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BUSINESS
Mar 25, 2008

Nippon Oil in deal with PetroChina

Nippon Oil Corp., Japan's largest refiner, may process 40 percent more crude oil for a unit of PetroChina Co. under an accord expected to be signed this month, according to company officials.
BUSINESS / Q&A
Mar 25, 2008

Is it throwing good money after bad to keep Shinginko Tokyo afloat?

Shinginko Tokyo, Japan's first bank created by a local government, was set up by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government in April 2004 and started operations a year later to realize Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara's pet idea of supporting struggling small and medium-size companies in the capital. With many of...
EDITORIALS
Mar 25, 2008

Heart of darkness

The Akita District Court last Wednesday sentenced a 35-year-old woman to life imprisonment for murdering her 9-year-old daughter and a 7-year-old neighborhood boy in Fujisato, a town with a population of just over 4,000, in Akita Prefecture. The crimes appear to point to problems that may have arisen...
COMMENTARY
Mar 24, 2008

Chinese arms fueling Sudanese conflict

NEW YORK — Between 2003 and 2006 China sold Sudan more than $55 million worth of small arms, which, according to a report recently published by Human Rights First (HRF), are among the main ingredients fueling conflicts in that country.
COMMENTARY
Mar 24, 2008

Reliance on aerial bombings

A just-released film and a special program was televised this month on the occasion of the 63rd anniversary of the hellish bombing of Tokyo by the United States, which killed 100,000 residents.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 24, 2008

Asia's questions for the next president

NEW YORK — In one of the longest American presidential campaigns in history, neither party has addressed one of the most critical issues of the day: How can the United States successfully integrate its domestic concerns with an increasingly competitive global marketplace?
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 24, 2008

Defense costs bombing the U.S. budget

PARIS — As the United States and the world mark the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, debates are raging about the consequences — for Iraq, the Middle East and America's standing in the world. But the Iraq war's domestic impact — the Pentagon's ever mushrooming budget and its long-term...
COMMENTARY
Mar 24, 2008

Japan peers into the abyss

HONOLULU — It is an item of faith for many Japanese — and many Japan watchers — that their country will never build or acquire nuclear weapons. Japan's nonnuclear status, a product of both the searing experience of August 1945 and a calculation of the strategic value of nuclear weapons, has been...
BASKETBALL
Mar 24, 2008

Nakamura's hot hand lifts Evessa to victory

Sharpshooter Naoto Nakamura was in a zone on Sunday afternoon, burying 3-point shot after 3-point shot in the Osaka Evessa's 95-80 home win over the Rizing Fukuoka.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 24, 2008

Uehara: Timing of exhibition games is puzzling

Although it was inevitable in this borderless era of baseball, it could've been taken care of.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 24, 2008

A's rout Tigers

Many say the gap between the two leagues has gotten closer, and that's a valid argument. But in terms of the amount of overall muscles, the big leaguers still have a big advantage.
EDITORIALS
Mar 24, 2008

Japan's salary gap

White Day was celebrated March 14, but along with giving cookies and chocolates, men might have done better to give women the one-third of their salaries they are missing. According to new data, Japanese women are paid 33 percent less than men. A recent report on average salary gaps from the International...
EDITORIALS
Mar 24, 2008

Security for cultural treasures

The burning of South Korea's Namdaemun Gate in February was a terrible tragedy. A month after the fire was set by an arsonist, Koreans still mourn their national treasure, now a cinder. Along with many people around the world, we extend our deepest sympathy for the terrible loss of an ancient symbol...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 24, 2008

Drew's sixth-inning grand slam powers Red Sox past Giants

Hideki Okajima proved that you can go home again, but J.D Drew was the star on this night.
BUSINESS / JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES
Mar 24, 2008

Chinese frozen foodand frigid bilateral relations

Bilateral relations can be complicated by conflicting interests, which makes occasional problems inevitable. What's important, however, is whether the two countries can communicate frankly about the problems, find their causes and resolve them. This is one reason wh countries set up hot lines between...
BASKETBALL
Mar 23, 2008

Washington returns

Osaka Evessa power forward Lynn Washington scored 18 points and grabbed nine rebounds in his first game since sustaining a knee injury in November, but the Rizing Fukuoka spoiled the 2005-06 bj-league MVP's return in an 88-87 overtime victory on Saturday in Kansai.
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.

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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.
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