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EDITORIALS
Mar 1, 2008

Return to the focus on mutual goals

During her visit to Tokyo this week, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice apologized to Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura for the alleged rape on Feb. 10 of a 14-year-old girl by a U.S. Marine in Chatan, Okinawa Prefecture. Considering the hurt feelings of people, especially...
BUSINESS
Mar 1, 2008

JAL to raise ¥151 billion by selling preferred shares

Japan Airlines Corp. said Friday it plans to raise ¥151.5 billion in capital by selling preferred shares to 14 creditors and business partners to reinforce its financial strength and further improve profitability.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Mar 1, 2008

Dialects: How to addle your brains

The verb, "addle," meaning to "make muddled or confused," can be used into only two contexts. This is from a linguistics prof who taught me years ago.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Mar 1, 2008

Champion starts racing season with Nissan

Benoit Treluyer was just age 4 when he obtained his first set of motorized wheels.
JAPAN
Mar 1, 2008

U.S. anticrime steps little comfort in Okinawa

OSAKA — With an unprecedented curfew on U.S. military personnel in Okinawa tentatively due to expire Monday, central government and prefectural officials are rushing to assure those living near U.S. bases that anticrime measures are being taken in the wake of the alleged Feb. 10 rape of a 14-year-old...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 1, 2008

Second Harvest gives YMCA school kids food for thought

If you're getting enough food to eat each day, consider yourself lucky. Many others, even in wealthy countries like Japan, routinely go hungry.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Mar 1, 2008

Without a trophy, Grant's tenure with Chelsea will be short

LONDON — Those who dislike the way Chelsea has bought its way to success celebrated its League Cup final defeat by Tottenham. It wasn't that so many neutrals wanted Spurs to win, they just wanted Chelsea to lose.
EDITORIALS
Mar 1, 2008

Reforming the public servant system

The government has drawn up the draft of a bill to reform the national public servant system. While based on a proposal by a private advisory panel for Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, it somewhat deviates from the proposal. Instead of creating a Cabinet agency to consolidate government personnel affairs...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Mar 1, 2008

How to put on futon underwear

My neighbor Kazu-chan complains that the Shiraishi International Villa guests have taken the bed sheets down to the beach again. The local minshuku calls me up now and then and asks me to explain Japanese bedding to foreign guests who are asking for sheets for their futons again.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 1, 2008

Chicken Ramen out to conquer world

Fifty years after its invention, the world's first instant noodle product is setting out to conquer the world.
BUSINESS
Mar 1, 2008

MMC focusing on emerging markets to boost income

Mitsubishi Motors Corp., Japan's least-profitable carmaker, aims to raise net income in three years by winning customers in emerging markets.
BUSINESS
Mar 1, 2008

Sojitz buys stake in Aussie oil project

Trading house Sojitz Corp. has agreed to pay 123 million Australian dollars (¥12.2 billion) to buy a 10 percent stake in an oil and gas project off Australia's southeast coast, gaining from record crude prices.
BUSINESS
Mar 1, 2008

Crude oil imports up 8% in January

Japan, the world's third-largest oil consumer, said crude oil imports rose for a fourth consecutive month in January, gaining 8.6 percent from a year earlier.
BUSINESS
Mar 1, 2008

HP leaks personal data on Web site

Hewlett-Packard Co.'s Japanese unit said it may have leaked the personal data of 139,583 people in Japan.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Mar 1, 2008

Warren's play has Five Arrows primed for title run

"An accomplishment sticks to a person," someone once said.
COMMENTARY
Feb 29, 2008

Long road to less carbon use

LONDON — If you go to the British government's Department of the Environment Web site, you can learn how to calculate your "carbon footprint" and will be given a personalized action plan with recommendations about how you, as an individual, can help tackle climate change.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Feb 29, 2008

Club world c'ship presents challenges

There's talk that FIBA, basketball's world governing body, wants to create a new club world championship.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 29, 2008

Nissan wants U.S. partner but not talking to anyone, CEO says

Nissan still sees a partnership with a North American auto company as good for its long-term strategy, but the Japanese automaker isn't in any talks now, Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn said Thursday.
Tokyo is the No. 2 choice for international students
The University of Tokyo. International students are increasingly flocking to Asia, with affordability being a particularly important metric.
Junglia, Japan’s newest theme park, opens in northern Okinawa
In Junglia’s Dinosaur Safari attraction during a media preview on Thursday, a casual drive through a habitat for the prehistoric creatures goes haywire when several Tyrannosaurus rexes break out of containment.
Big unanswered questions follow Japan's big, beautiful deal with the U.S.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday in Washington, the day after he agreed to an 11th-hour trade deal with Japan.
Extreme heat grips Japan, even Hokkaido
The city of Obihiro in Hokkaido amid scorching heat on Thursday
‘Demon Slayer’ movie slashes its own box office records
“Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle” is the first installment in a trilogy that's set to wrap the anime adaptation of Koyoharu Gotoke's manga about sword-wielding heroes fighting man-eating demons.
Behind the scenes: Inside Fuji Rock’s strategy for staying on top
In recent years, Fuji Rock has had fewer blockbuster performers and showcased more top-selling Japanese acts and international musicians' first-time performances in Japan.
Hall of Fame always held deeper meaning for Ichiro
Ichiro presents then-Hall of Fame President Jeff Idelson with the bat he used to break the single-season hits record in 2004.
Japan leans into homegrown AI amid rising competition
McKinsey’s 2025 Technology Trends Outlook, published Wednesday, says that the use of “sovereign AI” is a trend gaining significant global traction, including in Japan.
JT picks: What not to miss at Fuji Rock 2025
Fuji Rock Festival turns the green slopes of Niigata Prefecture’s Naeba Ski Resort into a summer escape that offers soundtracks for every mood.
Japan’s top brands get tied up in the great sunscreen debate
A coral reef in Okinawa in July 2022. Some jurisdictions around the world have moved to ban certain sunscreens in a bid to protect coral reefs, but some say the impact on reefs is far from clear.

Podcast

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

Longform

In 2020, 38% of all households were single-person. That figure is projected to rise to 44.3% by 2050.
The rise of AI companionship in a lonely Japan
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