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EDITORIALS
Aug 26, 2008

Olympics not all gold

The Beijing Olympic Games, viewed by both the Chinese government and the Chinese people as a tremendous opportunity to showcase the economic development and modernization of the world's most populous country, have drawn to a close.
BUSINESS
Aug 26, 2008

Inpex to build LNG terminal in Niigata

Inpex Holdings Inc. said Monday it will invest ¥100 billion to build a liquefied natural gas import terminal in northern Honshu.
BUSINESS
Aug 26, 2008

Low interest rates will alleviate economic slump: Shirakawa

The country's low interest rates will help the economy avoid slipping into a "deep" slump, Bank of Japan Gov. Masaaki Shirakawa said Monday.
BUSINESS
Aug 26, 2008

Daihatsu unveils fuel-efficient Move Conte minicar

Daihatsu Motor Co., Japan's biggest minicar maker, unveiled on Monday its new Move Conte as rising gasoline prices boost demand for fuel-efficient cars.
BUSINESS
Aug 26, 2008

Kirin to buy Aussie dairy business

Kirin Holdings Co Ltd. said Monday it has agreed to buy Dairy Farmers for 910 million Australian dollars (¥88.5 billion) in cash and assumed debt to extend its position as Australia's largest seller of fresh milk.
COMMENTARY
Aug 25, 2008

Nonnuclear high ground

This month, as in previous years, newspapers and television programs in Japan were filled with stories about the Pacific War to commemorate the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and Japan's surrender.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 25, 2008

China showed the world that it's out of sync

I cannot recall the opening ceremonies at the Athens or Sydney Olympics, maybe because I am a little ambivalent about sports in the first place. But the opening ceremony for the Beijing Olympic Games did get my attention — and everyone else's. Given all the hype, the least anyone could do was to tune...
COMMENTARY / THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK
Aug 25, 2008

The longest day ever for Japan

I recently stumbled upon a YouTube recording — actually, two — of the Showa Emperor telling his subjects over the radio that Japan was accepting defeat. The first one I heard was what appeared to be a cleaned-up version; the second was the one with static, bits of which I had heard before. This was,...
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 25, 2008

Russia's neurotic invasion

At the very moment China was getting a "gold medal" in diplomacy for the success of the opening ceremony in Beijing, Russia earned a "red card" for the extreme and disproportionate violence of its military intervention in Georgia.
OLYMPICS / 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS: BASKETBALL
Aug 25, 2008

Team USA back on top of basketball

BEIJING — Chinese culture, it has been said, emphasizes group harmony over individual desires. Western culture is supposed to stress the opposite dynamic.
COMMENTARY
Aug 25, 2008

Chinese 'oldies' who raised the bar for caring

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — In the obsessive media heat of these youth-oriented Beijing Olympics, a once-famous Chinese political figure has died at the ripe young age of 87, and goes to the grave almost internationally unnoticed.
BUSINESS / JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES
Aug 25, 2008

Subprime-mortgage crisis in third stage

The subprime-mortgage problem has entered a third phase.
EDITORIALS
Aug 25, 2008

Alarming AIDS statistics

The 17th International AIDS Conference, Aug. 3-8, in Mexico City serves as a reminder that the world cannot afford to lower its guard against this deadly disease. This applies especially to Japan where, according to the health ministry's AIDS committee, a record number of new HIV infections were reported...
OLYMPICS
Aug 25, 2008

Rubio becomes youngest medalist in Olympic men's basketball

BEIJING — Spain guard Ricky Rubio is the youngest Olympic medalist in men's basketball history.
EDITORIALS
Aug 25, 2008

Diet session in September

Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda has announced that an extraordinary Diet session will convene in mid-September. Mr. Fukuda wanted to call the Diet session in late August, but Komeito, a junior partner in the ruling coalition, insisted on late September. Mr. Fukuda's compromise shows that his leadership is...
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 24, 2008

Bush legacy leaves U.S., Asia room to build

BANGKOK — In his last presidential visit to Asia, U.S. President George W. Bush laid out what he considered was his legacy for the region. But what he left out in his last major Asia policy speech, delivered earlier this month in Bangkok, was as revealing as what he underlined as his success.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 24, 2008

Families blossom under feminine mystique

OLYMPIA, Wash. — This year marks the 45th anniversary of the publication of Betty Friedan's "The Feminine Mystique." Today, many social conservatives still blame Friedan and feminism for inducing women to abandon the home for the workplace, thus destabilizing families and placing their children at...
SOCCER / SOCCER SCENE
Aug 24, 2008

Future looking grim for Olympic soccer

Argentina successfully defended its Athens Games gold in the Bird's Nest on Saturday, but events off the pitch have made sure little else about Olympic soccer will be the same again.
SPORTS / ODDS AND EVENS
Aug 24, 2008

Japan leaves Beijing with nothing but regrets

BEIJING — What went wrong for "Hoshino Japan" at the 2008 Summer Olympics?
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’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Government and bad actors are at the root of the foreign national issue
A maiko walks down a street crowded with tourists in Kyoto. Challenges that come with a massive influx of overseas visitors and foreign nationals buying up real estate are just some of the immigration problems that have become hot-button political issues in Japan.
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.
China delivers warning to U.S. and Japan with third aircraft carrier
The Fujian, China's third aircraft carrier, carries out sea trials at an unknown location in May last year.

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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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