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BUSINESS
Feb 29, 2008

Nissan wants U.S. partner but not talking to anyone, CEO says

Nissan still sees a partnership with a North American auto company as good for its long-term strategy, but the Japanese automaker isn't in any talks now, Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn said Thursday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Feb 29, 2008

Slow-food movement creeps to Japan

Enjoying good food is a fundamental pleasure. But the slow-food movement asks whether "good food" can mean more than simply the flavor and presentation of a meal.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Feb 29, 2008

'Breach'

It's a joy to see an actor who once seemed nothing more than a bimbo, a pretty face, mature into a real actor of far greater range.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Feb 29, 2008

Sampling an aromatic sake great

The prizewinning Eikun: Kinsho-shu sake comes from Kyoto-based Saito Shuzo, the only brewery to bag the gold prize at the annual National New Sake Awards an astounding 10 years in succession. Ichigin won the accolade in 2007.
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LIFE / Travel
Feb 29, 2008

Splendor falls on castle walls

Snowcapped Fuji drops behind the humps of the Hakone range in central Honshu as a southwest-bound train approaches Odawara Station. With mountains on the west and the ocean on the south and east, Odawara was a natural fortress. The first to exploit this topography was the Kobayakawa clan, who built a...
EDITORIALS
Feb 29, 2008

Inauspicious success in space

On Feb. 20 the United States destroyed an out-of-control intelligence satellite with a three-stage missile fired from an Aegis cruiser in the Pacific Ocean. For the first time, the U.S. has used a missile from its missile-defense system to destroy a satellite. In January 2007, China destroyed an old...
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CULTURE / Film
Feb 29, 2008

'Doko ni Iku no'

Japanese indie directors who made their reputations in the 1970s and '80s often have big gaps in their feature-film resumes. Sogo Ishii didn't make a feature for 10 years following 1984's "Gyakufunsha Kazoku (Crazy Family),"a groundbreaking black comedy. Mitsuo Yanagimachi, who burst onto the scene in...
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Feb 29, 2008

Animate yourself a la UrumaDelvi

A n exhibition of works by UrumaDelvi, who created the popular TV character "Oshirikajiri-mushi," will be held March 1 to 16 at Parco Factory in Tokyo's Shibuya.
BUSINESS
Feb 29, 2008

Cap on foreign holdings in airports to be dropped

The government will scrap a clause aimed at capping foreign ownership of operators of the country's major airports from its draft bill to revise the airport law and submit it to the current Diet session, government sources said Thursday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Feb 29, 2008

Daiginjo — the peak of the brewing season

Look at the labels of pricier sake and you will almost certainly find the word ginjo.
BASEBALL / SPORTS SCOPE
Feb 29, 2008

Central League starting to resemble two separate divisions

If there is one thing that can be said about the Central League offseason it's that the rich have gotten richer and the poor have gotten poorer.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Q&A
Feb 29, 2008

I.D. cards for cigarette machines set to debut

People buying cigarettes out of vending machines will soon have to use a taspo integrated circuit card to verify their age.
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CULTURE / Music
Feb 29, 2008

Shomyo no Kai

Shomyo got off to a good start in Japan. The first documented performance of this form of Buddhist sutra chanting, originally from India, was before an audience of 10,000 monks and priests at Nara's Todaiji Temple in 752.
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Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Feb 29, 2008

Salmon Sound back at Shinjuku Wire

There will be fishy goings on at Salmon Sound, which returns to club Wire in Shinjuku on March 1. The concept for the event is simple: a night of Norwegian music spun by Norwegian DJs.
JAPAN
Feb 29, 2008

Smoking ban elusive despite WHO warning

The World Health Organization issued a report in February on the global tobacco epidemic, urging countries to enforce effective smoking bans in public places.

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