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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 11, 2009

Kamei, Tsuruoka lift Giants

Yomiuri Giants players Yoshiyuki Kamei and Kazunari Tsuruoka combined to drive in five runs against the Hanshin Tigers on Friday.
BUSINESS / JAPAN-CHINA-U.S. SYMPOSIUM
Apr 11, 2009

Rivalries, mistrust must make way for tripartite crisis control

China and the United States will step up their cooperation for global financial and economic stability out of strategic considerations despite other conflicting interests, the experts told the March 30 symposium.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2009

Japan Web site a life-time labor of love

When Stefan Schauwecker first launched japan-guide.com in 1996 while still a student in Canada, the Web site only featured an A to Z section on Japanese culture — "just a basic intro to Japan, a guide to look up cultural stuff and a little bit of history," the Swiss native recalled.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Apr 10, 2009

Aloha to The Kahala Hotel & Resort

"The Kahala Hawaiian Food Fair" at the Hotel Okura Tokyo brings the flavors of the exclusive Honolulu Kahala Hotel & Resort to Tokyo.
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2009

DPJ would ban corporate funds in political arena

A key political reform committee of the Democratic Party of Japan, whose leader, Ichiro Ozawa, is mired in an illicit funds scandal, unveiled a draft report on political funds Thursday that seeks a complete ban on corporate donations.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Apr 10, 2009

Looking beyond the Premier Cru

Nothing can quite beat the elegance of haut couture: the individual tailoring, the attention to detail and the assurance that you'll be the envy of others. The elegance is unparalleled — and the price tag can be, too. By the same token, for sheer elegance and finesse, the classic wines from the top...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Apr 10, 2009

Looking beyond the Premier Cru

Nothing can quite beat the elegance of haut couture: the individual tailoring, the attention to detail and the assurance that you'll be the envy of others. The elegance is unparalleled — and the price tag can be, too. By the same token, for sheer elegance and finesse, the classic wines from the top...
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / STYLE WISE
Apr 9, 2009

Kalivas goes 'Goemon,' Marjoli shines bright and Sistere makes Kyoto urban

Fantasy after fashion Tina Kalivas will get to see her creations on the big screen this May, as the Australian fashion designer produced the costumes for the new Japanese film "Goemon." The movie is based on the legend of a Robin Hood-like hero and was directed by Kazuaki Kiriya, who was responsible...
COMMUNITY / Voices / HAVE YOUR SAY
Apr 7, 2009

Punishing foreigners, exonerating Japanese?

Following are some readers' responses to Debito Arudou's March 24 Zeit Gist article, "Punishing foreigners, exonerating Japanese":
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Apr 5, 2009

Gender-bender drama, 'Three Kingdoms' spinoff anime, little-known big biz

In Japan, the term "new half" usually refers to a man who becomes a woman through some sort of medical procedure, but on the new daytime drama series, "Mama wa New Half" ("Mom is a New Half") (TV Tokyo, Mon.-Fri., 1 p.m.) it simply describes a man who performs in drag at a special "new-half pub" in Tokyo....
EDITORIALS
Apr 5, 2009

G20 stands up to crisis

Only history will judge whether last week's meeting of the Group of 20 nations did in fact provide a floor to the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. Equally uncertain is whether the conclave marked the emergence of a new economic order, as British Prime Minister Gordon Brown declared upon...
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OLD NIC'S NOTEBOOK
Apr 5, 2009

Swapping snow for a rain forest

Although there was very little snow this winter here where I live in the Nagano Prefecture hills, it was still good to have an excuse to get away from the cold, and the excuse this time was to present a prize for the writer and illustrator of a book for little children.
EDITORIALS
Apr 4, 2009

Recognize the A-bomb victims

On March 27, the Kochi District Court declared that a man who entered the city of Hiroshima just one hour after the Aug. 6, 1945, atomic bombing is a sufferer of an illness caused by radiation. Similar suits have been filed by some 300 people at 17 district courts. They are challenging the state's refusal...
COMMENTARY
Apr 3, 2009

Small-scale abductions that can trigger war

BANGKOK — Even relatively small misunderstandings, festering underground over time and eating into the foundations of stability, can cause wars. Some poisons work immediately; other poisons take time.
EDITORIALS
Apr 3, 2009

Moment of truth for Afghanistan

This week U.S. President Barack Obama faces a real test of his powers of persuasion when he attends a NATO summit and presses his allies to step up their presence in Afghanistan. Success depends not only on his words but also on the new strategy his administration has adopted to stabilize that embattled...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Apr 3, 2009

Fleeting beauty, timeless dining

Impatient to see the first sakura of the season, we followed the crowds into Ueno Park. It's been a good while since we last joined in the revelry at Tokyo's largest, most boisterous cherry blossom-viewing party — and never before have we done it in such gourmet style.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Apr 3, 2009

Innsyoutei: Fleeting beauty, timeless dining

Impatient to see the first sakura of the season, we followed the crowds into Ueno Park. It's been a good while since we last joined in the revelry at Tokyo's largest, most boisterous cherry blossom-viewing party — and never before have we done it in such gourmet style.
JAPAN
Apr 2, 2009

Axed Brazilians, Peruvians to be paid to leave Japan

The government began offering money Wednesday for unemployed foreigners of Japanese ancestry to go home, mostly to Brazil and Peru, to stave off what officials say poses a serious unemployment problem.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 30, 2009

Steady, reliable Iwakuma played big role in Japan's WBC title defense

The Japanese baseball national team has accomplished another great feat in the just-wrapped-up World Baseball Classic, and made a triumphant return to its homeland on Wednesday.
Reader Mail
Mar 29, 2009

Vigorous inspiration for us all

Regarding the March 23 article "Man runs 52 marathons in 52 days": Bravo! Brave runner, great man! Sixty-five-year-old Akinori Kusuda (of Saitama) deserves a special Olympic medal for his courage, stamina and determination.
COMMENTARY / THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK
Mar 29, 2009

Hold the SOS call on the Japanese language

Will the Japanese language die, crushed by the onslaught of English? This question has set off some heated talk in Japan recently because of a book suggesting that it may. First, a friend of mine in Tokyo, a member of a small reading club, told me about it. Then another friend wrote to say the book became...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Mar 28, 2009

Practicing for the Olympics

My grandmother used to reminisce about spending the first five minutes of Spanish class practicing rolling her r's. My grandmother would be proud — the ESL classroom doesn't just spend five minutes on English pronunciation, we spend an entire class on it.

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