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SOCCER
Sep 23, 2008

City turns on style to crush Pompey as United, Chelsea share spoils

LONDON (AP) Salomon Kalou's late equalizer salvaged a 1-1 draw for Chelsea against Manchester United on Sunday, while Manchester City crushed Portsmouth 6-0 in the Premier League.
JAPAN
Sep 23, 2008

Aso elected LDP leader in landslide

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party chose Taro Aso as its 23rd president Monday, hoping to regain public popularity and win the next general election.
JAPAN
Sep 23, 2008

Aso's win greeted in low-key fashion

When Taro Aso was elected president of the Liberal Democratic Party on Monday, he got a low-key welcome from his supporters outside LDP headquarters in the Nagata-cho political quarter of Tokyo.
COMMENTARY
Sep 23, 2008

Roots of antipathy toward China

In almost all international polls, Japan ranks high in ratings with regard to peacefulness or contribution to world peace and stability. In other words, people in many countries have a favorable image of Japan. There is, however, a noteworthy exception: China.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 23, 2008

'Manga' fans have been won over but what about the rest of Japan?

A curious thing happened to the stock market when Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda announced Sept. 1 his intention to step down: Shares in "manga"-related companies surged.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Sep 23, 2008

Who would you as choose as Japan's next prime minister?

Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WORDS TO LIVE BY
Sep 23, 2008

Vivienne Sato

Vivienne Sato is a unique cultural concierge in Tokyo, full of the lowdown on both high art and mass culture. Vivi knows what and who's happening in the city 24/365, and if she's present, the party is on till the wee-wee hours. Always dressed to the nines — and often to the nine hundreds — with her...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Sep 23, 2008

Readers get last word on 'gaijin' tag

The Community Page received another large batch of e-mails in response to Debito Arudou's followup Sept. 2 (Sept. 3 in some areas) Just Be Cause column on the use of the word "gaijin." Following is a selection of the responses.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 23, 2008

Passing supplementary budget may take priority over snap election

Newly elected Liberal Democratic Party President Taro Aso vowed Monday to do his utmost to solve problems that range from revitalizing the economy to improving the health care system.
JAPAN
Sep 23, 2008

U.S. Army in Japan raising response speed

The U.S. Army is increasing its operational capability in Japan to levels not seen since the postwar Occupation to expedite troop deployment, according to the new U.S. Army commander in the country.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 23, 2008

Matsui set for surgery on left knee

NEW YORK (AP) Hideki Matsui's season is over, with the New York Yankees slugger scheduled to have surgery on his ailing left knee Monday instead of traveling with the team to Toronto.
LIFE / Lifestyle / ON THE BOOK TRAIL
Sep 23, 2008

'The Prison Runner,' 'The Charlie and Lola Series'

"The Prison Runner," Deborah Ellis, OUP; 2008; 190 pp. A wobbly tooth, a favorite library book that has been lent out to someone else — these are the sorts of problems that children should be growing up with. But life isn't the same everywhere, and in developing countries such as Bolivia, children...
BUSINESS
Sep 23, 2008

Shinsei to take 80% profit hit on Lehman

Shinsei Bank Ltd., the first Japanese bank acquired by overseas investors, said Monday its profit is projected to fall 80 percent on losses from debt extended to Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.
BUSINESS
Sep 23, 2008

BOJ, Australia slow injections as markets steady

Central banks in Japan and Australia added $15.7 billion to the financial system to hold down borrowing costs, slowing the pace of cash injections as a U.S. plan to buy banks' bad debts eased credit-market jitters.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Sep 23, 2008

Hat headaches, work woes

Alan wants to know where he can get a Panama hat cleaned and blocked.
JAPAN
Sep 23, 2008

Kansai turns its back on native-daughter Koike

OSAKA — Kansai supporters of the Liberal Democratic Party welcomed Monday's election of Taro Aso as party president and called on him to work to end the gridlock in the Diet.
BUSINESS
Sep 23, 2008

MOS Food seeks overseas expansion to offset falling domestic sales

MOS Food Service Inc. plans to double the number of its overseas outlets in five years to offset declining domestic sales.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / TAKING A CHANCE
Sep 23, 2008

Robot development takes a homeward turn

While Japanese robotics companies have made robots that look and move like human beings, the goal of making a society where human beings and robots interact in everyday life has remained out of reach.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Sep 23, 2008

Anything, any time, anywhere

Unlike most other countries, Japan is dotted with thousands of vending machines that allow consumers to buy a wide range of products at any time of the day or night, eliminating the need for inconvenient trips to the store.

Longform

Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years