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Reader Mail
Dec 11, 2007

Oh's record viewed as tarnished

Regarding the Dec. 5 article "Oh honored by FSAJ for lifetime achievement": I was surprised to see that baseball great Sadaharu Oh was bestowed such an award by the Foreign Sportswriters Association of Japan without any apparent dissent. It's ironic -- given the unfairness that his teams perpetrated...
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Dec 11, 2007

Hemp OK as rope, not as dope

A Justice Ministry report released last month says the number of Cannabis Control Law violations set a record in 2006, while the amount of marijuana seized dropped to half from the previous year.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Dec 11, 2007

What was the biggest domestic news story of 2007?

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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WORDS TO LIVE BY
Dec 11, 2007

Tamegoro Sudo

Tamegoro Sudo, 50, is a movie producer and actor whose many friends in Tokyo's downtown Asakusa area provide him with the hilarious characters and plots in his movies. His five "Dekotora no Shu (Shu, the Dekotora Man)" movies star his favorite decorated trucks and his buddies, actors Sho Aikawa and Shingo...
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COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Dec 11, 2007

'Eikaiwa' firms face Nova fallout

Too big, too fast, and with too little quality — that's the consensus view of many industry analysts on former language-school market leader Nova Corp., whose collapse left over 420,000 students and 4,000 non-Japanese instructors without an "eikaiwa" home.
BUSINESS
Dec 11, 2007

Machinery orders rise at double the expected pace

Machinery orders rebounded in October, rising at twice the pace economists had forecast, suggesting companies are confident sales in Asia and Europe will compensate for waning demand from the U.S.
BUSINESS
Dec 11, 2007

Merchants most pessimistic in four years: survey

Merchants in November became the most pessimistic they've been in four years as stagnant wages and record gasoline prices prompt consumers to pare spending.
BUSINESS
Dec 11, 2007

Lending growth slowdown continues

Bank lending failed to pick up in November even after machinery orders rose at twice the pace forecast by economists, suggesting companies may continue to shun debt for financing expansion.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 11, 2007

Cabinet pair issue car-top plea to horde at Shibuya

In a rare show of desperation, Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura and Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba stood atop a van Sunday in the crowded main intersection of Tokyo's Shibuya district, urging public support to pass the special antiterrorism bill now stranded in the Upper House.
EDITORIALS
Dec 11, 2007

'Student' comes before 'athlete'

Sports are supposed to build a sound mind and a sound spirit. But recent marijuana incidents involving rugby players at Kanto Gakuin University raise the suspicion that many student athletes have forgotten the true meaning of sports. Rugby fans may ask: Where is the pride of rugby players whose tenets...
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Dec 11, 2007

Shipping, martial arts, health costs

Heading home HB has been teaching English in Aomori Prefecture for over 20 years and is planning to retire in the U.S.
LIFE / Language
Dec 11, 2007

Yearend love stories cap a yucky 2007 for girls

Here's a toshinose renai hora banashi (yearend love relationship horror story) -- always a favorite topic of conversation during the season's more casual nomikai (drinking parties).
BASKETBALL
Dec 9, 2007

Osaka beats Ryukyu

Mikey Marshall scored 29 points and Matt Lottich added 25 to lead the Osaka Evessa to a 96-84 win over the visiting Ryukyu Golden Kings on Saturday. Danny Jones had 21 points and 13 rebounds in the loss.
Reader Mail
Dec 9, 2007

Addressing the bullying tendency

Regarding the Dec. 6 editorial, "The reality of bullying": Ever read "Lord of the Flies"? Put a lot of people together in a small space with few external constraints and you will have bullying. It happens everywhere, irrespective of age or gender.

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