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Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Jul 11, 2008

[VIDEO] iPhone arrives in Japan

COMMENTARY
Jul 11, 2008

Life and death of an American editing legend

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — An over-used cliche in the American language is that some man or woman is or was "larger than life." As with most cliches, this one can render a measure of value by capturing the aura of an unusual individual.
COMMENTARY
Jul 11, 2008

Giving corruption the boot

LONDON — Some people regard corruption as a victimless crime. It is nothing of the kind. Corrupt practices lead to the granting of favors not available to those unwilling or unable to offer bribes, increase costs, and limit competition.
BASKETBALL
Jul 11, 2008

Aoki OKs new deal

As expected, Motofumi Aoki will be back on the bench for the Takamatsu Five Arrows for the 2008-09 season, the bj-league announced on Thursday.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jul 11, 2008

NBA hires a general, NFL signs a colonel to tackle credibility crisis

NEW YORK — David Stern was deep in the bowels of Staples Center, holding an impromptu press conference next to the loading dock when he should have been in a luxury suite upstairs getting ready to enjoy Game 3 of the NBA Finals.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 11, 2008

Market for mobile 'manga' taking off

A wave of digital and mobile phone technology is sweeping through the Japanese publishing industry as the market for electronic publishing continues to take off.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jul 11, 2008

Classic songs for summer

Greg Irwin, one of very few foreign singer-songwriters of classic Japanese songs, particularly doyo (children's songs) in English, will perform two shows in Shibuya on July 18.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jul 11, 2008

Some South Asian food for thought

Aline of banana leaves topped with plastic rice and vegetables of the sort found outside Japanese restaurants trails across the room. Painted footprints rest in front of each one.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / FUZZY LOGIC
Jul 11, 2008

Sympathy for the Maries

All the boys are in their birthday suits and beautiful long-haired Ryohei Shima is mincing up toward me. Just think of a naked Mick Jagger — a 26-year-old one, that is — entering stage right on the set of a gay porn flick and you'll get the picture. Ryohei theatrically swivels his hips upon approach,...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Jul 11, 2008

The rapid way to escape stress

Ahhhh! — that's the sound an overheated urbanite makes after cooling off in midsummer at Japan's finest whitewater rafting location, Tokushima Prefecture's Yoshino River. Its two gorges, the Oboke and Koboke, draw day-tripping beginners as well as more experienced enthusiasts, with their long stretches...
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jul 11, 2008

From 'Speed' to outer space

Zooming up behind the "Speed Racer" film, which opened last week, is an exhibition starting July 18 at Hachioji Yume Art Museum that reveals where all the fast cars, snazzy gadgets and dastardly racer tactics began: on the desks of the animators at Tatsunoko Production Co., Ltd.
BUSINESS
Jul 11, 2008

Sony, other firms team up to develop organic displays

Sony Corp. and nine other domestic companies have decided to jointly develop — with government support — technology by 2013 to mass produce large energy-efficient organic flat-panel screens.
MORE SPORTS
Jul 11, 2008

Kinoshita joins Falcons as IPS player

Japanese wide receiver/kick returner Noriaki Kinoshita decided to join the Atlanta Falcons as an International Practice Squad (IPS) player for this upcoming season, the NFL Japan announced Thursday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 11, 2008

'Gake no Ue no Ponyo'

Hayao Mizayaki is the reigning giant of Japanese animation — and the Japanese box office. Since "Majo no Takkyubin (Kiki's Delivery Service)" in 1989, every Miyazaki film has been a smash hit, drawing the widest possible audience. In 2001, his coming-of-age fantasy "Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi (Spirited...
EDITORIALS
Jul 11, 2008

Forced to work for nothing

The Fair Trading Commission has ordered Yamada Denki, operator of the nation's largest consumer electronics retail chain, to stop the practice of forcing employees from its suppliers to work at its outlets without compensation. The Maebashi-based firm had some 250 suppliers send about 168,000 employees...
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2008

Harper calls for end to child 'kidnappings'

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Thursday urged Japan to adopt the Hague Convention on Civil Aspects of International Abduction of Children, which has been called for by foreign parents who claim their children have been "kidnapped" across national borders by their former Japanese spouses with...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jul 11, 2008

Picking a wine for the picnic spread

The smell of freshly mowed lawns and of gunpowder in the air signifies one thing: summer is now in full swing. Whether you're a peaceful soul who likes to spread out a plastic picnic mat in the local park under the tranquil shade of a decent-size tree, or a matsuri festival maniac heading down to the...

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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