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COMMENTARY
Mar 29, 2008

Flaws in criminal justice

LONDON — The criminal justice systems in Britain and Japan have flaws, but there are worse systems.
BASKETBALL
Mar 29, 2008

Rizing top Ryukyu

The Rizing Fukuoka overcame the Ryukyu Golden Kings' 35 fourth-quarter points, holding on for a 98-95 win on Friday in the bj-league.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Mar 29, 2008

Capello's England less than impressive in loss to France

LONDON — Fabio Capello keeps his team selections not so much close to his chest but super-glued, yet if the England manager is true to his word David Beckham will win his 101st cap against the United States at Wembley Stadium on May 28 as long as the Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder is in the squad.
JAPAN
Mar 29, 2008

Storm over gasoline tax worries farmers

Saddled with an annual fuel bill of about ¥3.1 million, potato farmer Katsuhiro Yamamoto, like many others who work the soil for a living, is keeping a nervous watch on lawmakers in Tokyo as they battle over the extension of higher gas tax rates.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 29, 2008

Youngsters hold labor meeting ahead of G8

Ahead of the Group of Eight Labour and Employment Ministers' Meeting in May, youngsters from each G8 country exchanged opinions on labor-related issues at the Junior Labour Summit 2008 held Friday in the city of Niigata.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 29, 2008

Stations, refineries brace for impact of lower pump prices

With higher gas taxes set to expire, Kazuo Yaginuma, spokesman for a gasoline station business, has been fielding a lot of phone calls lately from reporters asking what the impact might be.
JAPAN
Mar 29, 2008

Under fire, ruling bloc passes the '08 budget

Ignoring a rejection by the opposition-controlled House of Councilors, the Diet Friday evening passed an ¥83 trillion state budget for fiscal 2008, which starts Tuesday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 29, 2008

Ishikawa, Tanaka spark Swallows

As expected, there was a lot of offense on display on Opening Night at Jingu Stadium. Most of it, however, came from an unexpected source.
JAPAN
Mar 29, 2008

Panel calls for direct producer contracts for Defense Ministry

A Defense Ministry internal panel considering procurement system reforms issued a report Friday urging that middlemen be bypassed and encouraging direct contracts with equipment manufacturers.
BUSINESS
Mar 29, 2008

Mitsubishi Heavy to proceed with regional jet development

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. announced Friday it will enter the global market for regional jetliners, in the process becoming the first Japanese company to launch its own passenger jets.
BUSINESS
Mar 29, 2008

Sapporo shareholders vote to keep Steel Partners at bay

By a two-thirds margin, Sapporo Holdings Ltd. shareholders voted Friday to back the brewer in its ongoing struggle to avert a takeover by its largest shareholder, Steel Partners, a U.S.-based activist hedge fund.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Mar 29, 2008

Eco designs and the power of beans

Anand Mehta, who lives four stops out of Kamakura on the Enoden Line, quotes his hero when called to ask when we might meet: "Gandhi said, 'What can be done tomorrow can be done today. What can be done today can be done right now.' So, jump on the train."
BUSINESS
Mar 29, 2008

Markets laud Fukuda offer to untie taxes

Sensing the will for reform, financial markets have responded generally favorably to Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's proposal to free up road-related taxes for other purposes in fiscal 2009, but rural economies already suffering from cuts in public spending risk further damage, analysts say.
EDITORIALS
Mar 29, 2008

Taiwan takes a new approach

The election of Mr. Ma Ying-Jeou, the Nationalist (KMT) candidate, in Taiwan's presidential campaign last weekend could herald a diminution of tensions in the Taiwan Strait, one of the remaining legacies of the Cold War and a potential nuclear flash point. Mr. Ma has called for closer relations with...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Mar 29, 2008

Welcome to Milkland

There is something Bovinian in the air. I am in Hokkaido and I can see farms all around, but no animals. As a matter of fact, you'd think all these farmers were farming snow, because that is all you can see — deep, deep snow behind the fences.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Mar 29, 2008

Research on some research

Most of my Stateside friends and family have knowledge of Japan only as deep as what they see on TV. Which means they think I live my life in a "dizzified" world of ninja, yakuza and robots.

Longform

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