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Rugby
Jun 1, 2008

Classic All Blacks edge Japan

The Classic All Blacks edged Japan 15-13 on Saturday as the hosts prepare for next week's Pacific Nations rugby tournament.
SOCCER
Jun 1, 2008

Mancini threatens legal action over firing by Inter

MILAN, Italy (AP) Two weeks ago Inter Milan coach Roberto Mancini and team owner Massimo Moratti embraced on the field after a third straight Serie A title. On Friday, Mancini threatened to sue his former employer.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 1, 2008

More than 1,000 turn out for job fair in Roppongi

Ignoring the rain, more than 1,000 people seeking new positions or tips on improving their careers in Japan's job market turned out for a job fair in Tokyo's Roppongi entertainment district Saturday, organizers said.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Jun 1, 2008

Old Royal Siam revisited

TRAVELER IN SIAM IN THE YEAR 1655: Extracts from the Journal of Gijsbert Heeck, translated and introduced by Barend Jan Terwiel. Chiang Mai: Silkworm Books, 2008, 124 pp., with b/w pictures and drawings, full-color maps and illustrations, 2008, 595 Bahts (paper) In 1903, the 1655 manuscript of Gijsbert...
Reader Mail
Jun 1, 2008

The Asian-American perspective

I enjoy many of the The Japan Times' articles online, but I do have one beef to share. I would appreciate it if you could interview more Asian Americans to get their viewpoints. You will find their views are very different from Japanese nationals and white-skinned foreigners.
EDITORIALS
Jun 1, 2008

Memories that linger

After China asked Japan last week to transport emergency supplies for survivors of the May 12 Sichuan earthquake, even signaling that the use of Japanese Self-Defense Force aircraft would be acceptable, it appeared that C-130s would be the first Air Self-Defense Force aircraft to fly into China, aside...
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Jun 1, 2008

Cultural visitation, travel show special, eating game show

This week, rakugo (raconteur) storyteller Tsurube Shofukutei visits the historic town of Izumo in Shimane Prefecture on his travel show "Tsurube no Kazoku ni Kampai (Tsurube Toasts Families)" (NHK-G, Monday, 8 p.m.). He's joined by former J. League soccer star Rui Ramos, whom he meets under the torii...
Reader Mail
Jun 1, 2008

Power of trees underestimated

I still think the answer to carbon dioxide is in trees. It seems to me that the best way to combat the problem is not only to impose restrictions on CO2 producing factors such as industry and traffic, but also to increase the acreage of land used for forests as a permanent means of CO2 storage as well...
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
May 31, 2008

Players facing short summer with Euro 2008, World Cup qualifiers

LONDON — The Premier League's leading players are set for burnout this summer despite England's absence from Euro 2008.
MORE SPORTS
May 31, 2008

Sugayama retires from volleyball

Ex-Japan volleyball national team player Kaoru Sugayama decided to call it quits, her club JT Marvelous announced on Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 31, 2008

Che's daughter speaks out

Aleida Guevara, daughter of Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara, recently made an emotional visit to Hiroshima to follow in the footsteps of her father and address her country's humanitarian efforts to provide medical aid to other nations in need.
JAPAN
May 31, 2008

Japan joins effort to ban cluster bombs

Japan will agree on a draft convention to immediately and completely ban cluster bombs in principle, Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura said Friday, marking a shift in Tokyo's position on the controversial munitions.
JAPAN / TICAD IV
May 31, 2008

Making a continent 'vibrant'

YOKOHAMA — The defining phrase of this year's Tokyo International Conference on African Development was "Towards a Vibrant Africa." But what does this mean to the TICAD participants?
Japan Times
JAPAN / MIXED MATCHES
May 31, 2008

Massage their main medium

KYOTO — Ted Taylor, 40, a native of New Mexico, was not planning on going to a farewell party held for someone he had never met. He was planning to return to Tottori Prefecture on that day in April 2006.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
May 31, 2008

'Rusting olive trees' of peace

With the goal of (eventually) visiting every island in the Seto Inland Sea, I set out last weekend on an island explorer trip. (For the record, I've only visited 28 out of about 200!)
JAPAN
May 31, 2008

Search for McKinley climbers ends

The U.S. National Park Service on Thursday suspended an aerial search for two Japanese climbers missing on Mount McKinley, concluding it is unlikely they are still alive.
Japan Times
SOCCER
May 31, 2008

Keane's goal paces Ireland

LONDON (AP) Robbie Keane scored three minutes after the opening kickoff and gave Ireland a 1-0 win over Colombia in a friendly international at Craven Cottage on Thursday night.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
May 31, 2008

Sweeney stepping up his game for Fighters

If there's a job to be done, chances are Brian Sweeney is your man.
EDITORIALS
May 31, 2008

Birth of a republic

Nepal has become a republic. A special assembly of legislators voted overwhelmingly this week to abolish the country's 239-year old monarchy. The Maoist-dominated Parliament now begins the difficult task of governing one of the world's poorest countries. All the country's political parties and its people...
Why did such a powerful earthquake produce such a weak tsunami?
A person records images of waves following a tsunami advisory generated by local authorities after an earthquake struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, prompting warnings and evacuations stretching across at the South Pacific, in Vina del Mar, Chile, on Wednesday.
Last soldiers of Imperial Japanese Army have a warning for younger generations
Kunshiro Kiyozumi, 97, who was the youngest crew member of the Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-58 in World War II, on his way to a restaurant to have lunch in Matsuyama, Japan, on April 29.
Japanese students struggle with description-type tests
The average correct answer rate for description-type questions in the Japanese-language section of the fiscal 2025 national achievement test for third-year junior high school students was as low as 25.6%, according to the education ministry.
Severe Tropical Storm Krosa approaches eastern Japan
Severe Tropical Storm Krosa is expected to pass east of the Boso Peninsula in Chiba Prefecture on Saturday morning.
Japan's jobs-to-applicant ratio falls to 1.22 in June
Japan's seasonally adjusted effective job-to-applicant ratio dipped to 1.22 in June, down 0.02 point from the previous month, according to the labor ministry.
Junglia brought dinos back to Okinawa. But will it bring tourists?
At Panorama Dining, one of Junglia’s two proper restaurants that also doubles as the rooftop Inifinity Terrace overlook, guests can pay extra to sit in balcony tables made to look like birds’ nests overlooking the park grounds.
Coordination office marks first step in U.S. Forces Japan’s shift to ‘warfighting’ command
U.S., Japanese and Australian staff work in the JJOC Cooperation Team office at the U.S. Army’s Hardy Barracks in central Tokyo in this image posted to the Australian Embassy's X account on July 25.
GTN takes a chance on newcomers to Japan
Hiroyuki Goto, president of GTN. The company started after Goto personally co-signed leases for around 20 non-Japanese people, including some friends and friends of friends.
Artist Chiharu Shiota weaves a hidden marvel on Teshima
“Memory of Lines” is Chiharu Shiota’s second art installation on Teshima as part of the Setouchi Triennale.
How the Japanese TV industry is changing
Fuji TV headquarters in Tokyo's Minato Ward. Fuji TV came under fire over the manner in which it handled a case of “sexual trouble” involving former boy band member Masahiro Nakai and a female announcer.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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
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