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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
May 24, 2008

Iwakuma flying high for Eagles

Hisashi Iwakuma seems to have finally arrived for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.
EDITORIALS
May 24, 2008

Difficult times for business

Most companies listed in the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange have announced their performance for the 2007 business year ended March 31, and they show an increase in aggregate ordinary profit for the sixth consecutive year.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
May 24, 2008

Nature eases journey back to one's true self

In 2002, James Heartland found himself unexpectedly on Mount Shasta in northern California. There he fell into conversation with a young Japanese woman on a journey of her own.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 24, 2008

Swallows take advantage of Marines' costly fielding miscue in 12th inning, eke out 2-0 win

For nine innings Yoshihisa Naruse and Masanori Ishikawa were almost mirror images of each other.
JAPAN
May 24, 2008

Obituary: John Harold Skillman

John Harold Skillman, who served as a missionary and educator in Japan for two decades, died at the age of 80 due to complications from Alzheimer's disease in Silver Spring, Md., on May 20, his family said.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
May 24, 2008

Terry's miss took Ronaldo off the hook in Moscow

LONDON — For a few minutes Cristiano Ronaldo's CV had a new, ignominious entry. The player who lost the 2008 Champions League final for Manchester United.
EDITORIALS
May 24, 2008

A 'full-scale' gray society

A government white paper on the graying of the population says Japan has become a "full-scale gray society." As of Oct. 1, people aged 75 or over numbered a record 12.7 million — up 540,000 from a year earlier — and accounted for a record 9.9 percent of the nation's population, a 0.4 point increase...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 24, 2008

BOJ chief willing to cut rates as economy slows

Bank of Japan Gov. Masaaki Shirakawa said Friday he will not rule out lowering the BOJ's benchmark interest rate from the current 0.5 percent amid the slowing economy.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
May 24, 2008

Invitation to a spawn party

In any well-known Japanese garden in Japan, you are bound to come across a pond full of carp, large decorative fish that look like they had orange paint spilled on them. Koi, as they are called, also come in black and white, in which they look more like Holstein fish.
JAPAN / G8 SUMMIT 2008
May 24, 2008

NGOs call on G8 to take lead in cutting CO 2

KOBE — Major nongovernmental organizations from Japan and abroad gathering in Kobe for the Group of Eight environment ministers' summit called on the G8 Friday to lead the fight against climate change.
Japan Times
JAPAN / AFRICA LIFELINE
May 24, 2008

JICA, TICAD look beyond basics to growth

When the first Tokyo International Conference on African Development was held in 1993, aid to Africa still meant providing support for social infrastructure, including water, health and education projects, because many of the countries were in civil war and their people needed basic necessities.
BUSINESS
May 24, 2008

Pension reserves urged split, diversified

Japan should split the nation's ¥150 trillion in pension reserves into smaller funds and diversify what they are invested in, private-sector members of a government advisory panel said.
BUSINESS
May 24, 2008

Japan maintains lead in net foreign assets

Japan held the largest amount of net foreign assets in the world in 2007 for the 17th consecutive year as investors purchased more overseas bonds and stocks to seek higher returns.
BUSINESS
May 24, 2008

Daido Life to cut JGB stake, opt for higher-yielding hedge funds

Daido Life Insurance Co., part of Japan's only publicly traded life insurer, will increase investment in private equity and hedge funds to boost returns, while cutting holdings of lower-yielding domestic debt.
BUSINESS
May 24, 2008

Nippon Sheet sees 60% profit drop

Nippon Sheet Glass Co., the world's biggest maker of car windows, forecast its first profit decline in five years on energy costs and falling prices in Europe, its largest market following its 2006 acquisition of Pilkington PLC.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
May 24, 2008

Not going anywhere in Tokyo

The only things that stands perfectly still in this city of ceaseless motion are its statues. Not that most Tokyoites notice them. But I do.
COMMENTARY
May 23, 2008

Asia's rise befalls the West

HONG KONG — "When many Western observers look at China," the former Singaporean diplomat Kishore Mahbubani writes in his latest book, "The New Asian Hemisphere," "they cannot see beyond the lack of a democratic political system. They miss the massive democratization of the human spirit that is taking...
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.
80 years on, former teacher conveys history of hidden island in World War II
Masayuki Yamauchi teaches junior high school students about the history of Okunoshima, an island in Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture, in May.
1,010 food and beverage prices to rise in Japan in August
The price increases in August will be especially noticeable for dairy products, including milk and yogurt, according to the research firm Teikoku Databank.
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.
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.
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.
Why Ishiba refuses to quit even amid intense pressure for him to go
Supporters of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba take part in a rally across the street from the Prime Minister's Office on Friday.

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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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