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CULTURE / Art
Feb 14, 2008

A question of intention

How valid is the distinction between crafts and arts? A number of recent exhibitions, most notably "Roppongi Crossing" at Tokyo's Mori Art Museum and "Space for Your Future" at the Museum of Contemporary Arts, Tokyo, have confronted us with this question, one that is of great relevance to Japanese art....
BUSINESS
Feb 14, 2008

Auto unions seek wage, bonus hikes

Toyota Motor Corp., Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co.'s unions in Japan asked for more pay as the automakers forecast higher earnings, the firms said Wednesday.
Reader Mail
Feb 14, 2008

Active role in Nova's downfall

The anonymous correspondent Feb. 3 wrote that the government just let Nova fall. Certainly, the government stood by as the company collapsed, but it also had a more active role in its downfall. There's a tendency among former teachers to blame only management for Nova's downfall, and it's true that...
COMMENTARY
Feb 13, 2008

A growing laundry list against Beijing

LOS ANGELES — Some double-standards are two-faced in the extreme, but not all.
COMMENTARY
Feb 13, 2008

Our responsibility to protect

WATERLOO, Canada — Then Secretary General Kofi Annan's famous "challenge of humanitarian intervention" in September 1999 provoked a furious backlash from many countries. Yet a mere six years later, the norm, reformulated as the "responsibility to protect" (R2P), was endorsed by the world leaders gathered...
BASKETBALL
Feb 13, 2008

Oita's Ellis receives weekly award

Oita HeatDevils big man Andy Ellis missed all seven of his 3-point shots in Saturday's game against the Niigata Albirex BB. But he made his final shot of the game: a slam dunk with one second left after he grabbed an offensive rebound. That gave Oita a 73-72 victory. Ellis finished with 22 points and...
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Feb 13, 2008

Trade for Shaq a bad move by Suns

NEW YORK — At first shudder, Shaquille O Neal's relocation from one retirement village to another triggered the normal atypical knee-jerk reactions:
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Feb 13, 2008

Let science empower you

The setting: The 350-year-old Royal Society in London, whose magnificent neo-Classical base overlooks the Mall, which has Buckingham Palace at one end of the boulevard and Trafalgar Square at the other. The speaker: Lord Rees of Oxford, the Astronomer Royal. Martin Rees is the current president of the...
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Feb 13, 2008

Pollen set to come out of hibernation

For sufferers of "kafunsho" (pollen allergy), it's hay fever season again.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Feb 13, 2008

Black-headed gull

Japanese name:Yurikamome
EDITORIALS
Feb 13, 2008

Reducing accidental deaths in hospitals

A health ministry study panel is pushing for the establishment of a third-party Medical Accidents Investigation Commission that would investigate medical accidents to prevent recurrences. This body would increase the quality and transparency of medical services, while reducing mutual distrust between...
EDITORIALS
Feb 13, 2008

Papermakers' recycling lies

The Kyoto-based Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation chose the kanji "nise," meaning fake or false, as 2007 "kanji of the year" to symbolize the rampant sham practices of politicians, food-makers and pension planners. Unfortunately the kanji still appears valid this year. It has been found that 17...
JAPAN
Feb 13, 2008

Hospital, doctor cleared in chopstick suit

The Tokyo District Court on Tuesday turned down a damages suit brought by a couple whose 4-year-old son died in 1999 after a doctor overlooked a 7.6-cm broken chopstick section lodged in his brain following a fall.
LIFE / Digital / IGADGET
Feb 13, 2008

Casio unveils its speediest camera; and every home gets its very own fireplace

Snappier snaps: A good-quality digital camera can take perhaps four or five photos a second, but Casio has left the competition in its wake with its just-announced Exilim Pro EX-F1, which boasts a staggering pace of 60 6-megapixel photos a second. It can also record video at an equally outlandish rate...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 13, 2008

For Fukui city of Obama, choice of U.S. candidate is a no-brainer

OSAKA — If you're traveling through Fukui Prefecture over the coming weeks, don't be surprised if you see signs, posters or even souvenir goods that say "Obama for Obama"

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