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BUSINESS
Dec 8, 2007

Softbank gains from phone defectors

Softbank Corp., the nation's third-biggest mobile-phone operator, led gains in users who switched carriers in November.
BUSINESS
Dec 8, 2007

Suzuki to open ¥31 billion Thai plant

Suzuki Motor Corp., Japan's second-largest minicar maker, will spend ¥31.4 billion to build a car factory in Thailand.
MORE SPORTS
Dec 7, 2007

Fukuhara moves closer to Beijing

Ai Fukuhara saw her chances of securing a spot in next year's Olympic Games increase when she kept her place in the top 10 in the latest world rankings released by the International Table Tennis Federation. Japanese No. 1 Fukuhara remained in 10th place in the December 2007 women's singles rankings...
COMMENTARY
Dec 7, 2007

Cagey political fundraising

LONDON — Prime Minister Gordon Brown continues to have a difficult time. His problem arises from the need for funds to run the Labour Party.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 7, 2007

'The U.S. vs. John Lennon'/'Chapter 27'

This Saturday, Dec. 8, marks 27 years since ex-Beatle John Lennon was gunned down outside his New York City home. Fans of the singer — and he still has many — often mark this sad anniversary by playing his music, raising a glass to his memory, or lighting a candle in Strawberry Fields.
EDITORIALS
Dec 7, 2007

Hugo Chavez, democrat

Fears about the future of Venezuela's democracy have abated, at least for now. Despite pre-vote threats about the potential cost of opposing his wishes, President Hugo Chavez has accepted the defeat of his constitutional reform package. The outcome has the potential to rejuvenate a dispirited and divided...
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Dec 7, 2007

Musette maestro

French accordionist Daniel Colin will perform a Paris Musette Christmas concert in Tokyo on Dec. 24. Paris Musette is a style of French accordion music that has been integral to downtown Paris for many generations. Italian immigrants who settled in large numbers in Paris in the 19th century brought accordions...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / WALKING THE WARDS
Dec 7, 2007

Winging it in Ota Ward

Ota Ward is totally fly. For starters, it hosts Haneda, the only airport actually situated in Tokyo's 23 wards. Although a plane would come in handy in navigating this southernmost and largest of the city's wards, you'd miss out on roasting wieners at Ota's weekend barbecue hot spot, Jonanjima Seaside...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Dec 7, 2007

Harlem Gospel Choir

Hail the festive season in true gospel style this year with the joyous sounds of Harlem Gospel Choir. The world-famous troupe from New York's Harlem district returns to Japan for the fifth time from Dec. 13-23 and promises an exultant performance of hand-clapping and foot-stomping. You may even get to...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 7, 2007

Japan climate effort needs rethink: experts

One of Japan's goals at the Bali conference on climate change is getting legally binding emission controls placed on developing countries, but many experts doubt the nation's ability to get its own house in order first.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Dec 7, 2007

Absurdly serious play

Keralino Sandroviich is one of Japan's leading contemporary dramatists. But this multitalented workaholic 44-year-old (also known as Kazumi Kobayashi) not only writes for, directs and runs the Tokyo-based Nylon 100° company he founded in 1985, he also makes films and plays in a punk band as well.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Dec 7, 2007

Hotpot, hot springs and cold beers Nabe Fair at Westin Tokyo

Nabe Fair at Westin Tokyo The Mai Japanese restaurant at the Westin Hotel Tokyo is holding a Nabe Fair through Feb. 29.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / SHORT TAKES
Dec 7, 2007

"Irina Palm"

Director: Sam Garbarski
BUSINESS
Dec 7, 2007

U.S. official urges Japan to open up, sign FTA

Claiming benefits for both sides, a visiting senior U.S. official urged Japan on Thursday to liberalize its agricultural market and launch talks on a free-trade agreement with the United States.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 7, 2007

'Angel'

Had filmmaker Francois Ozon ("Under the Sand," "The Swimming Pool") been around in Vienna at the same time as Freud, he would have put the good doctor out of business in a week; this is one man who really, truly understands women and what they want, seemingly without the mighty and constricted efforts...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Dec 7, 2007

Osaka restaurant presents modern kushiage fare

Kushiage (skewers of breaded and deep-fried seafood, meat and vegetables) is a popular specialty of the Osaka region, and the typical kushiage joint usually involves old-fashioned wooden counters, multiple rounds of beer and a smoky, after-work izakaya vibe. So A, a stylish little restaurant in Osaka's...

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