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JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Sep 28, 2008

When is an 'election' not an election?

The personality contest foisted on the public as a campaign for the presidency of the Liberal Democratic Party insulted the intelligence of anyone with a nervous system, and not just because Taro Aso was known to be a shoo-in from the beginning. By presenting five candidates who were supposedly vying...
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Sep 28, 2008

A step-by-step guide to owning a home in Japan

So you are ready to be king of your own castle in Japan. Adios to the days when you, a mere rent-paying tenant of a grotty apartment, worried about landlords taking you to the cleaners for spilling tea on the carpet or making minuscule holes in the walls to pin up framed pics.
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Sep 28, 2008

Fanfare greets Tabuse in return

UTSUNOMIYA, Tochigi Pref. — For 40 minutes of action, all eyes focused on him. Pride, curiosity and excitement characterized the occasion.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 27, 2008

Israel looks ready for an atypical leader

HAIFA, Israel — Famously irreverent, Israelis tend to call their leaders by their first name or childhood nickname. But don't be fooled: Tzipora "Tzipi" Livni is nobody's close friend. Her dry style, personal remoteness and forced smiles make her an atypical Israeli. Perhaps the country needs exactly...
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Sep 27, 2008

Impact of Tevez ruling could be profound in future

LONDON — So now we know. There is such as thing as a one-man team.
EDITORIALS
Sep 27, 2008

Nuclear carrier at home

The 97,000-ton George Washington, a nuclear-powered carrier of the U.S. Navy, arrived at its new home port, Yokosuka, Thursday. The flattop carrying more than 70 aircraft is the fourth U.S. carrier to be stationed there since 1973 — after the Midway, the Independence and the Kitty Hawk, all oil-powered....
Japan Times
JAPAN / CABINET INTERVIEW
Sep 27, 2008

Lower House majority is minimum goal: Hosoda

The Liberal Democratic Party and its partner, New Komeito, have set their sights on securing at least a majority in the Lower House in the next general election, LDP Secretary General Hiroyuki Hosoda said Friday.
JAPAN
Sep 27, 2008

Tourism minister apologizes for gaffes

New tourism minister Nariaki Nakayama wasted no time putting his foot in it. The day after stating that Japanese do not like foreigners and that the country is ethnically homogeneous, Nakayama apologized Friday and retracted his statements.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Sep 27, 2008

Blessings — from the hollow of my head

I suppose the luck of the Irish was with me.
COMMENTARY
Sep 27, 2008

The world's new hot spot

BAKU, Azerbaijan — In this large Caspian city on the edge of Europe and Asia the problems of the Western world — shaky banks, financial upheavals, struggles with terrorism — seem far away.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Sep 27, 2008

Ties that bond though cultures apart

With a wry but happy smile, Jennifer Rose DiLaura recalls the day she and her husband first met their daughter, adopted from China.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Sep 27, 2008

Tell me 'taint so!

Dear Prime Minister Aso,
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 27, 2008

French chef has Japanese touch

A reputation for excellence is the result of modest efforts made every day. At least that's what 50-year-old French chef Michel Troisgros seems to embody.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / CABINET INTERVIEW
Sep 27, 2008

Primary surplus not top priority: Nakagawa

Achieving a primary surplus by fiscal 2011 is not the most important goal for Prime Minister Taro Aso's administration, finance and financial services minister Shoichi Nakagawa said in an interview Friday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Sep 27, 2008

Carp knocking on playoff door

The J. League's Sanfrecce Hiroshima and manager Mihailo Petrovic got the good times rolling in Hiroshima by leading the second-division club to a promotion-clinching win on Tuesday.
EDITORIALS
Sep 27, 2008

Slow reaction to tainted food

Following the scandal in which rice contaminated with pesticides or mold toxin was resold to companies, an industrial chemical is now suspected of having found its way into food products. Marudai Food Co. has begun a recall of five products possibly made with melamine-tainted milk purchased from a Chinese...
JAPAN
Sep 27, 2008

Focus on abductions, former CIA official says

Japan's priority should be to resolve the abduction issue with North Korea rather than support failing attempts to denuclearize the hermit state, the CIA's former division chief for Asia said Friday in Tokyo.

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