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BUSINESS
Jun 6, 2008

Fit remains No. 1

Honda Motor Co. topped Japan's car sales ranking in May for the seventh straight month with its revamped Fit compact, an industry organization said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Jun 6, 2008

Short U.S. slump

ATLANTA, (Bloomberg) The U.S. will avoid an extended economic slump similar to Japan's in the 1990s as banks recognize losses faster than their Japanese counterparts did, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Dennis Lockhart said Wednesday.
Japan Times
Reference / Special Presentations / WITNESS TO WAR
Jun 6, 2008

Women's postwar triumph recalled

19th in a series
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jun 6, 2008

World-famous Yellow to close

On the morning of June 22, Tokyo will lose a modern cultural asset when Club Yellow, also known as Space Lab Yellow, closes its doors for the final time before its premises are sold to land developers. Since 1991, this event space has hosted world-class DJs, gained a reputation as one of the best clubs...
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jun 6, 2008

Star-studded cast imparts sparkle to Verdi spectacular

The New National Theatre Tokyo is currently staging the opera "La Traviata" for the first time in four years. Renowned Japanese conductor Toshiyuki Kamioka, making his first-ever appearance at the NNT, will lead a cast peppered with world-famous singers.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Jun 6, 2008

Maru 3-kai: Maru steps up one more floor

Location, location, location. It's the cardinal rule, the holy trinity of real estate, the prerequisite for success in many a trade — and almost an essential for any restaurant. So how come one of Tokyo's most happening little diners is in a part of town that few people would ever consider their first...
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 5, 2008

Quake warms Japan-China ties

The Sichuan earthquake disaster has highlighted many changes in China, such as its willingness to accept outside aid in contrast to the 1976 Tangshan earthquake, when Beijing insisted on self-reliance and refused all offers of assistance.
Japan Times
SOCCER / SOCCER SCENE
Jun 5, 2008

Japan's stylish display against Oman leaves critics little ammunition

If there was a question mark hanging over national team manager Takeshi Okada before Monday's World Cup qualifying match against Oman, his side's comprehensive 3-0 win went a long way toward providing the answers.
JAPAN
Jun 5, 2008

Bar to kids' citizenship ruled illegal

In a ruling sure to affect thousands of others born out of wedlock to non-Japanese mothers, the Supreme Court on Wednesday granted 10 children of Filipino women the right to Japanese nationality.
Reader Mail
Jun 5, 2008

Criteria for selecting teachers

It was with resigned amusement that I read an advertisement for a large English-conversation school on the bus the other morning. The sales point was that students were able to select lessons with the teacher of their choice. In fine print, the ad suggested that prospective students might have a preference...
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 5, 2008

Why Israel is engaging Syria

On May 15, U.S. President George W. Bush gave a speech before the Israeli parliament, decrying "radicals and terrorists." His archaic references to the "promised land" and "chosen people" certainly appealed to the equally outdated and exclusivist views of many, although not all Israeli Knesset members,...
CULTURE / Art
Jun 5, 2008

'Choe U-Ram: Anima Machina'

SCAI the Bathhouse
BUSINESS
Jun 5, 2008

IPhone launch due by yearend as Softbank hooks up with Apple

Softbank Corp. said Wednesday it has reached a deal with Apple Inc. to launch iPhone sales in Japan by the end of the year, further boosting the prospects of the nation's scrappy No. 3 mobile phone company.
Reader Mail
Jun 5, 2008

Horrible risk for passengers

Regarding the May 28 article "Customs loses pot in traveler's bag": It is with great sadness that I read the story about how a customs official at Narita International Airport hid drugs in a Hong Kong traveler's suitcase for a "training exercise."
Reader Mail
Jun 5, 2008

Revisionism on the other foot

Kevin Churchley makes a good point in his June 1 letter, "Dealing with Nanjing's history," in which he applauds the Tokyo High Court's decision against Shudo Higashinakano's revisionist book "The Nanking Massacre: Fact Versus Fiction."
EDITORIALS
Jun 5, 2008

Historic meeting in Beijing

The march toward reconciliation across the Taiwan Strait continues. Last month, Chinese President Hu Jintao met Wu Poh-hsiung, chairman of the KMT (Nationalist Party), Taiwan's ruling party. Coming on the heels of the inauguration of Taiwan's new president, Mr. Ma Ying-jeou, who has promised to stabilize...
Reader Mail
Jun 5, 2008

Where East could meet West

Concerning the ongoing discussion about the existence of God, I agree with William Johnston's May 25 letter, "The reconciliation of opposites," for the simple reason that in the Zen Buddhism tradition, Peter Singer (with his doubts expressed in his May 19 article, "If there is a god, then why is there...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 5, 2008

Humble Harrison bucks his years

Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 5, 2008

Torifune celebrate the birth of butoh's founder

Last month in his ongoing series Japanese Cinema Eclectics, author Donald Ritchie screened "Horrors of Malformed Men" (Toei, 1969). An "unsung classic" of Japanese film, "Horrors" features the only cinematic performance of Tatsumi Hijikata, the founder of the butoh dance movement. Hijikata, who would...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 5, 2008

Oil prices, slump will hit spending: Nukaga

Higher oil prices amid signs of a global economy slowdown could affect profits and consumer spending in Japan and other parts of the world, Finance Minister Fukushiro Nukaga warned Wednesday.
CULTURE / Art
Jun 5, 2008

'Emily Kngwarreye and her Legacy'

Hillside Forum, Daikanyama, Tokyo

Longform

Ichiro Suzuki, one of the most iconic players in NPB and MLB history, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with 99.7% of the vote.
With Hall of Fame induction, Ichiro makes himself heard loud and clear