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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 12, 2008

Virgin Galactic visits to book space tourists

Going around the world is passe. Nowadays the fashionable traveler aims a little higher — for outer space.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / SHORT TAKES
Sep 12, 2008

'Shakariki'

Director: Shinsuke Ono
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2008

Can YouTube cure political apathy?

Thanks to video-sharing Web sites like YouTube, it has become easier to broadcast and share video clips with the world, whether it's a short film shot with a cell phone or an elaborately choreographed movie.
BUSINESS
Sep 12, 2008

Meiji Dairies, Meiji Seika to merge

Meiji Dairies Corp., Japan's biggest dairy company, and confectioner Meiji Seika Kaisha Ltd. said Thursday they will merge, creating the nation's second-biggest food maker as prices of ingredients rise.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 12, 2008

Coach builds brand of affordable luxury goods

Twenty years ago, at the height of the bubble economy, Coach Inc. started out small in Japan, selling its products at the Mitsukoshi department store in Yokohama.
COMMENTARY
Sep 11, 2008

China's Africa policy changing for the better

China refused to allow Zimbabwe's president, Robert Mugabe, to take part in the opening session of the Olympic Games, according to the Sydney Morning Herald. The paper said Mugabe had traveled to Hong Kong but was then persuaded by China to go home.
COMMENTARY
Sep 11, 2008

Cameron eyes policy shift

David Cameron, the leader of Britain's Conservative opposition, is highly likely to be Britain's next prime minister when the general election comes in 12 to 18 months time. He is in effect the prime minister-in-waiting. His views about the international scene are therefore very important not just to...
EDITORIALS
Sep 11, 2008

Reality for the DPJ

Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa has secured a third two-year term as head of the No. 1 opposition as no one else ran against him in the party election. Mr. Ozawa will have a showdown with the successor to Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda in coming general elections. Mr. Ozawa said at a news...
EDITORIALS
Sep 11, 2008

Moot occasion to celebrate

North Korea this week celebrated the 60th anniversary of its founding. In its editorial, Rodong Sinmun, the North's main newspaper, called on North Koreans to remain united around the leader Kim Jong Il and to strengthen the armed forces, which it described as "the foundation of a strong nation." It...
Reader Mail
Sep 11, 2008

Spotty coverage of manga summit

Regarding the Sept. 8 article "Manga viewed as vibrant info conduit": I guess I should be happy to see any kind of story regarding manga appearing in The Japan Times, but the coverage of the recent 2008 Manga Summit left a bad taste in my mouth. Why weren't there any images of manga artists at the summit?...
Reader Mail
Sep 11, 2008

Cost cuts drive nursing turnover

The Sept. 7 letter "Real barriers to foreign nurses" suggests that the lack of Japanese-language proficiency of foreign-trained nurses poses a threat to the well-being of patients in Japan's hospitals. While I don't have all the facts, my girlfriend, who is a nurse, tells me that she and her colleagues...
Reader Mail
Sep 11, 2008

Indian waiver good for the world

Regarding the Sept. article "Hiroshima, Nagasaki leaders hit India nuke waiver": As an Indian residing in Japan for the past eight years, I can understand the resistance many Japanese people have toward the nuclear deal between the Nuclear Suppliers Group and India. It must be noted, though, that India...
Reader Mail
Sep 11, 2008

Taliban don't deserve their label

I have yet to fully understand how Afghanistan became the "good war" in the eyes of the West. Al-Qaida is in Pakistan. The Taliban didn't plan, participate in, or have any advanced knowledge of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Reader Mail
Sep 11, 2008

Postwar treatment good enough

Regarding the Sept. 6 article "Occupiers favored with postwar plenty": Yes, the U.S. military and others stationed in Japan right after World War II did live better than most. Then again, what did Japan expect after attacking the United States? Was the U.S. supposed to starve its own personnel, and pay...
Japan Times
JAPAN / LETTERS FROM KOBE
Sep 11, 2008

Theater, stores cheered up locals

Fifth in a series
JAPAN
Sep 11, 2008

Kim's absence at gala baffles North watchers

Foreign Ministry officials expressed puzzlement Wednesday over North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's failure to make a public appearance Tuesday to mark the hermit state's 60th anniversary.
Reader Mail
Sep 11, 2008

Shortsighted approach to hazard

It is claimed in the Sept. 6 article "Maker admits using non-edible rice in food" that the health ministry "said there have been no reports of health hazards" in connection with the situation. But isn't the health ministry being a little shortsighted? If any of these products contain carcinogens, as...
Reader Mail
Sep 11, 2008

No more than temporary workers

Regarding the Sept. 3 editorial, "Premier case of deja vu": It is absolutely amazing that two successive prime ministers suddenly and irresponsibly resigned from their post without rhyme or reason after less than a year in office. In all probability, the next prime minister will also be in power for...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 11, 2008

Annette Messager: one humble messenger

Around the 1960s, French artist Annette Messager began to move away from the idea of "great art." Using materials readily available around the house, her works acquired an air of familiarity and allowed her to use these often effeminated — and thus undervalued — materials to make social critiques....
JAPAN
Sep 11, 2008

Five start campaigns for LDP presidency

The Liberal Democratic Party officially kicked off its presidential election campaign Wednesday with five candidates angling to succeed Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, who announced his resignation last week.
BUSINESS
Sep 11, 2008

Obituary: Satoshi Sumita

Satoshi Sumita, who headed the Bank of Japan during the nation's asset bubble in the late 1980s, has died. He was 92.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Descendants in Philippines denied Japanese citizenship
As attacks surge, who can cull bears in Japan?
Police cars leave the Akita Prefectural Police headquarters to cull bears, in the city of Akita on Thursday.
Japan may triple departure tax to tackle overtourism
A plane takes off from Haneda Airport.
What would a ‘backup capital’ look like for Japan?
The Japan Innovation Party has long sought to get Osaka designated as Japan's backup capital.
Japan fully enters sports streaming era as fans face new dilemmas
Sports fan Tadashi Yokoyama streams basketball and fencing on three screens.
Tatsuya Nakadai: A masterful leading man and postwar icon
Tatsuya Nakadai had the look of a leading man in his youth, but his large and searching eyes suggested the pain and loneliness of an old soul.
As Japan’s female leader rises, can she cross sumo’s sacred line?
Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku (front center) delivers a speech on the first day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Sunday. Centuries of belief and tradition still underpin the all-male association's stance of excluding women.
Takaichi doesn’t mince words on Taiwan, but dramatic policy shift unlikely
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in parliament on Tuesday.
Florist Nicolai Bergmann flourishes outside the box
Florist Nicolai Bergmann shops for fresh flowers at the Ota flower market in Tokyo on Friday.

Podcast

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

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
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