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BUSINESS
Mar 29, 2008

End cross-shareholding, up dividends: TCI to J-Power

A senior executive of the Children's Investment Fund Management LLP (TCI), a British investment fund and the largest shareholder of Electric Power Development Co., urged the utility Friday to stop cross-shareholding and increase investment in fast-growing emerging economies.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Mar 28, 2008

Rival point guards locked in battle for bj-league assist title

They may not speak about it day after day, but there's a spirited competition taking place for the bj-league's assist title this season between Oita Heat Devils point guard Tsubasa Yonamine and his counterpart from the Ryukyu Golden Kings, Naoto Takushi.
COMMENTARY
Mar 28, 2008

Bridge just got started across the strait

HONG KONG — The triumph of Ma Ying-jeou, the Nationalist Party, or Kuomintang, candidate in the presidential election in Taiwan brings to an end eight years of rule by the pro-independent Democratic Progressive Party, whose candidate, Frank Hsieh, managed to garner only 41 percent of the vote to 58...
COMMENTARY
Mar 28, 2008

Bringing in China and India

The rise of China and India is a frequent topic of discussion in the international community. In pondering the global repercussions of this rise and how the world might cope with it, it is instructive to examine how the international community dealt with Japan, and how Japan adapted to the international...
JAPAN
Mar 28, 2008

Hashimoto's cost-cutting plans under fire

OSAKA — If Osaka Gov. Toru Hashimoto has his way, employees now working on international human rights issues may become school security guards and a popular women's center will be sold off.
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 28, 2008

MLB's opening series wins big with fans, teams

Everyone got something out of this road trip. Both teams got a win, the fans loved it and the future of Major League Baseball in Japan looks bright.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Mar 28, 2008

Club 8

Johan Angergard should be a major player in the Swedish pop game. He runs the respected indie label Labrador and is a member of three working bands, two of which he leads. Still, he doesn't claim to be much of a scenester.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Mar 28, 2008

Have your fill of scrumptious Korea

Onekorea: The term usually refers to the hope that North and South Korea will one day be reunited. In Japan, it's also shortened from the Japanese pronunciation (wankoria) to the cute-sounding "Wankori" and used by the diaspora to refer to their biennial cultural festival, which this year will be held...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Mar 28, 2008

Finding the real Okinawa in Yanbaru

The three baby goats frolicking in their enclosure, hewn out of northern Okinawa's itajii (evergreen oak) forest, were having a great time.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Mar 28, 2008

Mayakovsky play sets future in our hands

The great Russian playwright and futurist poet Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893-1930) wrote the 60-role play "Mystery Bouffe" 90 years ago.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / LIQUID CULTURE
Mar 28, 2008

Vodka: not so plain and simple

Vodka is often described as the world's most versatile spirit, which is a nice way of saying that it doesn't taste of much. Globally, it outsells every other spirit, but outside of Eastern Europe, nobody drinks it for its flavor.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 28, 2008

'Hitman'

Saying that you enjoy watching the film "Hitman" is like admitting to an affinity for consuming spicy chicken wings while chain smoking. Or dating acne-ridden criminals on parole. To say that "Hitman" is bad is way off the mark; it's worthier of adjectives like "god-awful" and "puke-provoking." The truth...
EDITORIALS
Mar 28, 2008

Police priorities crossed in stabbings

Eight plainclothes police officers on the lookout for a 24-year-old man were unable to stop him from going on a stabbing spree in and outside JR Arakawaoki Station in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture, on March 23. One man was killed and seven other people were injured, two of them critically.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 28, 2008

'Kung Fu Kun'

A "kids movie" in the current Japanese film business almost always means anime. It wasn't always thus — kids were the biggest fans of the Godzilla series and dozens of other nonanimated homegrown monster movies now vanished from the screens. They've also flocked to the "Spy Kids" films and similar...
Tokyo ranked world’s richest city by GDP, with Osaka-Kobe also rated highly
Tokyo has a gross domestic product of $2.55 trillion, just ahead of New York’s $2.49 trillion and Greater Los Angeles’ $1.62 trillion, according to CEOWorld’s global wealth index.
Takaichi stands firm on controversial Taiwan contingency remarks
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions during a session of the House of Representatives' Budget Committee in parliament in Tokyo on Monday.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Tokyo looks to keep ‘monster parents’ at bay with new protocols
New guidelines are addressing struggles by teachers to deal with the burden of parents who make irrational complaints that go beyond what is considered socially acceptable, often referred to as "monster parents," which is overwhelming their workload.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Florist Nicolai Bergmann flourishes outside the box
Florist Nicolai Bergmann shops for fresh flowers at the Ota flower market in Tokyo on Friday.
Jenson Button brings end to an illustrious racing career intertwined with Japan
Jenson Button races for Honda during the Singapore Grand Prix in September 2008.
Cleanliness gets competitive at Tokyo’s Spogomi world cup
On Oct. 29, teams from 33 qualifying countries scoured the streets of Shibuya for all manners of trash as part of the Spogomi litter-picking competition.
Jon Homewood: ‘There’s beauty in what we throw away’
After a peripatetic childhood around the world, teacher and artist Jon Homewood ended up coming to Japan in 2012 for a professional opportunity.
High-speed rail is expensive and difficult, but seen as a key to growth
Achal Khare, former managing director at India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation, gives a presentation during the IHRA Forum 2025 in Tokyo on Oct. 23.

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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
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