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COMMENTARY
Mar 5, 2008

Russia is on the right path for Russians

LONDON — The coronation of Dmitri Medvedev as Vladimir Putin's anointed successor, by means of a presidential election on Sunday whose outcome was a foregone conclusion, has unleashed the usual deluge of stereotypes about "the Russians" in the Western media. They are backward, they cannot ever escape...
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OLD NIC'S NOTEBOOK
Mar 5, 2008

In praise of the 'mountain whale'

Not long after I arrived in Tokyo for the first time in October 1962, Klaus Naumann — a childhood friend from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, in the rural southwest of England, who had come to Japan ahead of me (and is still here) — took me on a magical trip to the Izu Peninsula in Shizuoka Prefecture....
EDITORIALS
Mar 5, 2008

Compromise on tax-code bill

The ruling parties rammed through the Lower House last week the fiscal 2008 budget bill and the tax-code bill, which includes maintaining the provisionally raised gasoline and other road-related tax rates for 10 years. Although the opposition forces controlling the Upper House can kill the tax-code bill,...
BUSINESS
Mar 5, 2008

National security justifies delay in TCI's J-Power stake: Amari

Trade minister Akira Amari defended the government's move to delay its decision on a U.K. hedge fund's bid to double its stake in the nation's biggest wholesale power producer, citing national security.
BUSINESS
Mar 5, 2008

Astellas names Pfizer's Steven Ryder head of global development

Astellas Pharma Inc. said Tuesday it will hire former Pfizer Inc. executive Steven Ryder to head a global development center in the U.S. to speed the release of new medicines in its fastest-growing market.
BUSINESS
Mar 5, 2008

Worried about yen, Toyota to boost output abroad

GENEVA (Kyodo) Katsuaki Watanabe, president of Toyota Motor Corp., says the carmaker is feeling the pinch from the yen's spike against the dollar and will move more manufacturing offshore to minimize the adverse effects.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / IGADGET
Mar 5, 2008

Easy-to-listen-to hits, soccer memories

Proven brand: Picking genuine designer goods from increasingly sophisticated ripoffs is tough. So Hitachi and printing maestro Toppan next month bring to Japan a high-tech method for seeing beyond the label. The IC Hologram is an RFID (radio-frequency identification) tag with a special hologram etched...
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 4, 2008

Gazprom-ization of EU energy security

LONDON — The term "energy security" in Europe has been hijacked to empower suppliers and weaken importers, implying a drastic reduction in competition, rising political vulnerability and the erosion of the rule of law.
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Mar 4, 2008

Poverty breeds sumo? Think again

The sport of sumo has been going through some rough times recently. Big case in point: the recent arrests of former Tokitsukaze Oyakata, (Junichi Yamamoto) and three of his rikishi. The four are currently being held by police in relation to the mid-2007 hazing death of former Tokitsukaze Beya rikishi,...
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 4, 2008

Cambodia's revenge fiasco

BRUSSELS — Cambodia is currently witnessing the commencement of what is likely to become a grotesque farce. In July, the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia will try four Khmer Rouge leaders, as well as the commandant of the infamous S21 Tuol Sleng prison, for crimes committed more than...
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League / 2008 J. LEAGUE PREVIEW
Mar 4, 2008

Stojkovic delighted to be back in Nagoya

The early years of the J. League saw many world-class stars arrive in Japan, but few, if any, gave as good service as Dragan Stojkovic.
JAPAN
Mar 4, 2008

Central Asia yellow sand fogs Japan

Carried by the winds for thousands of kilometers from the deserts of Central Asia and western China, yellow sand was observed in various parts of Japan late Sunday and Monday morning for the first time this year, the Meteorological Agency said.
JAPAN
Mar 4, 2008

MSDF ship, freighter clip sterns in Vietnam port

A Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer collided with a Cambodian cargo ship in the port of Ho Chi Minh City around 12:20 p.m. Monday Japan time, less than two weeks after another MSDF warship collided with and sank a small trawler off Chiba Prefecture, MSDF officers said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Mar 4, 2008

Politics in game of never-ending musical chairs

A nearly unbroken line of Liberal Democratic Party politicians has headed the government since the party's 1955 formation. This dominance, however, was shaken by the stunning victory of the Democratic Party of Japan in the July 2007 House of Councilors election. In this reshaped political landscape,...
Reader Mail
Mar 4, 2008

Right thing for America to do

.5 In his Feb. 25 article, "Fuel to the fire in Okinawa," Kiroku Hanai stated that he was interested in how Americans view problems related to U.S. military bases in Japan. Here's how I see it.
Tsunami threat passes following magnitude 6.9 quake off Iwate
A tsunami advisory was issued for Iwate Prefecture on Sunday evening following a strong earthquake. The advisory was later called off, after waves measuring 20 centimeters were recorded in some areas.
Japan to subsidize demolition of abandoned inns
Abandoned Japanese-style inns in the Kinugawa hot springs resort in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, in March 2023
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.
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.
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.
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.
Yokozuna duo Onosato and Hoshoryu poised for another clash of titans
Yokozuna duo Onosato (right) and Hoshoryu clash for the title on the final day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Sept. 28 at Ryogoku Kokugikan.
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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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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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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