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Reader Mail
Apr 3, 2008

Piece captures spirit of Ireland

I am a 17-year-old student from Ireland. While on the Internet, I stumbled across the March 30 article by Roger Pulvers titled "Ireland -- from the quintessence of reaction -- to what." I have never read an article that has captured my imagination so greatly. Never has my nation's soul and the identity...
Reader Mail
Apr 3, 2008

Data seem to contradict argument

I read the March 30 letter "What soldiers' criminal acts convey" with great interest as it was from a Japanese Okinawan. This is what I retain from the statistics offered by the author:
CULTURE / Art
Apr 3, 2008

Orphan and the Old Single

Yamamoto Gendai, Tokyo's Shirokane
CULTURE / Art
Apr 3, 2008

Kazunori Kumagai: Tap Secret

Tokyo's Aoyama Round Theater
Reader Mail
Apr 3, 2008

At the pleasure of the citizens

In his March 16 letter, "Homogeneity no excuse for profiling," Nick Wood claims that by virtue of his re-entry visa, he has just as much "right" to enter Japan as Japanese citizens, and as such, fingerprinting should be applied to "all" or "none at all."
BASKETBALL
Apr 2, 2008

DeWitz, Davis nab accolades

Big men have played a prominent roles for the Sendai 89ers and Tokyo Apache this season.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Apr 2, 2008

Where will Next Town Brown resurface?

NEW YORK — Why would even the disseminators of fabrication sense Rick Carlisle is a consequential candidate to replace Isiah Thomas as Knicks coach?
COMMENTARY
Apr 2, 2008

U.K.'s ongoing EU headache

LONDON — What is a constitution? The question may seem to be a rarefied and abstruse one for lawyers and academics, but just at the moment it lies at the very heart of British politics and strategy.
BUSINESS
Apr 2, 2008

Outlook bleak, businesses say

Business sentiment among major manufacturers dropped by 8 points to 11, marking the biggest drop in three years, according to the latest Bank of Japan "tankan" survey released Tuesday.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OLD NIC'S NOTEBOOK
Apr 2, 2008

Water in a 'howling wilderness'

John Oxley (c. 1785-1828) was among the first Europeans to ever explore this flat, brown and red land, after he was appointed surveyor-general of the British colony of New South Wales in 1817.
SOCCER
Apr 2, 2008

Bhutia refuses to carry torch

NEW DELHI (AP) Bhaichung Bhutia, India's soccer captain, has refused to carry the Beijing Olympics torch during its run through the Indian capital later this month in protest over China's crackdown on recent protests in Tibet, a sports official said Tuesday. The Indian Olympic Association, which is...

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Ichiro Suzuki, one of the most iconic players in NPB and MLB history, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with 99.7% of the vote.
With Hall of Fame induction, Ichiro makes himself heard loud and clear