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LIFE / Digital
Feb 6, 2008

Tokyo's 'video people' come together

On Jan. 27, a new keyword climbed to the top of the rankings in Japan to steal first place on the blog search engine Technorati. Dougajin — literally "Video People" — was the name coined by organizers of Japan's first video-blogging event, held one day earlier, to describe the country's latest category...
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Feb 6, 2008

Acquiring Gasol latest coup for Lakers

NEW YORK — Wilt, Kareem, Magic, Jamaal Wilkes, James Worthy, Shaq and Kobe all became Lakers as a consequence of poor or pressured decisions by competing executives.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / IGADGET
Feb 6, 2008

A digital SLR camera for every trigger finger

Snap-happy: Digital cameras come in all shapes and sizes. With their interchangeable lenses and reasonable prices, entry-level digital SLR (single-lens reflex) cameras are a halfway house between a cheap pocket-size point-and-click camera and a full-on pro shooter. The best-selling of the entry-level...
BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2008

Mitsubishi Estate profit falls 13%

Mitsubishi Estate Co. said Tuesday its nine-month profit fell 13 percent on rising building costs for offices.
JAPAN
Feb 6, 2008

Nations swap papers limiting MSDF fuel use

Diplomatic notes were exchanged Tuesday in Tokyo between Japan and nations whose ships will receive fuel when the Maritime Self-Defense Force resumes its Indian Ocean support mission, with the understanding that the fuel will be used only for U.S.-led antiterrorism operations in and around Afghanistan....
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 6, 2008

Handling the Taiwan issue

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Opinion polls indicate that one-third of Americans believe that China will "soon dominate the world," while nearly half view China's emergence as a "threat to world peace." In turn, many Chinese fear that the U.S. will not accept their "peaceful rise." Americans and Chinese must...
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / JAPAN TIMES BLOGROLL
Feb 6, 2008

Tokyo Jazz Site

Brooklyn-born James Catchpole runs Tokyo Jazz Site, a blog that documents the capital's extensive jazz scene.
BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2008

Kubota profit drops as costs rise, demand slows

Kubota Corp. said Tuesday it suffered a 12 percent drop in third-quarter profit because of rising steel costs and slowing demand in North America and Japan, its largest markets.
COMMENTARY
Feb 5, 2008

ASEAN through Asian eyes

A charter governing the activities of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations was adopted at the 13th ASEAN summit held in Singapore in November on the 40th anniversary of the regional grouping.
Reader Mail
Feb 5, 2008

The full story on food safety

Regarding the Feb. 1 front-page article "Poisonings from tainted Chinese 'gyoza' ": Admittedly Tianyang Food and its ilk (along with the Chinese government) have miles to go in terms of ensuring product safety and accepting responsibility once something goes awry. But it takes two to tango, as they...
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Feb 5, 2008

WiMAX set to alter wireless landscape

Now that the government has licensed use of the 2.5-gigahertz bandwidth, Japan will soon be joining South Korea, Taiwan and others in offering next-generation wireless services for users of mobile phones and computers.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 5, 2008

Dealing with the risks to global growth

WASHINGTON — Everyone wants economic stability, and many are reluctant to abandon today what gave them stability yesterday. But trying to obtain stability from rigidity is illusory. The stability of the international financial system today depends on the willingness of countries with rigid exchange...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Feb 5, 2008

What's the biggest issue facing the Indian community in Japan?

Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Feb 5, 2008

Indian IT workers feel pull of home

My wife was finally beginning to show signs of despair.
Reader Mail
Feb 5, 2008

U.S. naval actions provocative

Regarding the Jan. 30 article "Asia's high stake in Persian Gulf Stability": In writing about the Jan. 6 Strait of Hormuz incident, Michael Richardson states that "challenges to the right of unimpeded transit passage by warships . . . are inherently dangerous." While that is true, the fault lies with...
Reader Mail
Feb 5, 2008

View from newsstand on a clear day

Regarding the Jan. 30 Kyodo article "Wrapping comes off Japan's second-tallest condo complex": Don't you think that citing the tallest condo is important? Or was that not mentioned in the press release? The latest quake-resistant technology? Do tell.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Feb 5, 2008

Retiring Stateside

With many baby boomers in the process of retiring — and this includes many foreigners who have spent years working in Japan — the following letter from the U.S. (in response to a query from HB on shipping, printed back on Dec. 12) makes a number of points that may help those in a similar situation....
EDITORIALS
Feb 5, 2008

Making the best students brighter

A night "cram school" for top achievers run by a private company has begun at the publicly run Wada Junior High School in Tokyo's Suginami Ward. Some public schools have been pushing tieups with private cram schools offering supplementary instruction to help improve the scholastic ability of students....

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