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BUSINESS
Nov 30, 2007

Canon plans big boost in toner output

Canon Inc. said Thursday it will invest ¥140 billion from now until 2009 to produce more toner cartridges used in printers and photocopiers as demand increases.
MORE SPORTS
Nov 29, 2007

Ando looks to earn place in Grand Prix Final after recovering from injury

SENDAI — World champion Miki Ando will continue her bid to secure a spot at next month's Grand Prix Final in Turin, Italy, when she takes to the ice here on Friday night in the NHK Trophy, the last of this season's six Grand Prix events.
Reader Mail
Nov 29, 2007

Try listening to the teachers

Regarding the Nov. 23 article "Japan's schools flunking at global level": Calls for reform by politicians and university administrators uniformly cite lack of competitiveness and the failure to meet international standards in support of often untested reforms. Throughout my university career that included...
JAPAN
Nov 29, 2007

China warship on historic visit

A warship from China docked Wednesday at Tokyo's Harumi Pier, making the first port call in Japan by a Chinese naval vessel from the communist country — a highly symbolic display of improving ties between the two Asian giants.
COMMENTARY
Nov 29, 2007

Building better Japan-China relations

HONG KONG — The deterioration of China-Japan relations during the five years of Junichiro Koizumi's premiership has been reversed, but concrete progress needs to be made if the dramatic improvement in relations in the last 14 months is to be sustainable.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Nov 29, 2007

Flipping screens

If you've never heard of the form of Japanese puppet theater called dogugaeshi, you are in good company: The ancient tradition remains an obscurity even to puppet enthusiasts in the know. But American puppeteer Basil Twist is about to change all that with "Dogugaeshi," his production currently on tour...
Reader Mail
Nov 29, 2007

Alarming role of ideology

Gwynne Dyer's Nov. 24 article, "Evidence on Iran doesn't seem to matter," is an alarming reminder of the role of ideology and "group think" in the formation of policy.
Reader Mail
Nov 29, 2007

Gender separation is common sense

In his Nov. 25 letter, Peter Stevenson wonders why the same non-Japanese males who complain about the new Japanese policy of photographing and fingerprinting arriving foreigners at airports do not seem particularly upset about women-only train carriages.
EDITORIALS
Nov 29, 2007

Science fact, not fiction

In its fourth and final report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), winner (with Mr. Al Gore) of this year's Nobel Peace Prize, concluded that global warming is "unequivocal" and already threatens hundreds of millions of lives and as much as two-thirds of the species on the planet....
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Nov 29, 2007

Translator of the universal and the local

In his 1987 book "Ireland Kiko (Travels in Ireland)," the renowned historical novelist and essayist Ryotaro Shiba (1923-96) observed that "the typical Irish character could easily be dramatized," and that "Ireland is one of the richest countries for the literary arts, with people whose daily lives are...
JAPAN
Nov 29, 2007

UNHCR chief pitches third-country resettlement

Japan is notorious for accepting very few refugees, despite making a significant financial contribution to the office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees.
Reader Mail
Nov 29, 2007

Japan must lead on security

In his Nov. 25 letter letter, "Foreigners overrate themselves," Peter Stevenson makes some interesting points that I tend to agree with. Still, one needs to ask who is really behind the hornet's nest of cameras, fingerprinting, photographing, delays at airports, etc. worldwide. Beyond a doubt, it is...
Reader Mail
Nov 29, 2007

Who watches the watchers?

Regarding the Nov. 20 article "Security cameras: Ensuring safety or invading privacy?": Here we go again with "I have nothing to hide, so why should I not give up some privacy for security." This way of naive thinking is worrisome and wrong. The issue is not "security versus privacy" but rather "liberty...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Nov 29, 2007

A passion for the classics

Mention "Die Soldaten," B.A. Zimmermann's dark, uncompromising and harrowing work of 1960s modernism, and Hiroshi Wakasugi visibly brightens. It's the first season for this highly respected conductor as artistic director of Tokyo's New National Theater, and he's clearly very, very pleased that he has...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 29, 2007

"Kenjiro Kitade: Kitade Art"

hpgrp Gallery, Omotesando Closes on Dec. 9
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 29, 2007

Defect-finding autoworker blows whistle on new 'Toyota way'

The California autoworker who is suing Toyota and others in a whistle-blower lawsuit said Tuesday she was merely carrying out the quality-conscious "Toyota way" in spotting defects when managers cracked down on her efforts and demoted her.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Nov 29, 2007

Nights at the opera: picks for the upcoming season

With the publication last week of the new Michelin Guide, the world may now know Tokyo to be the culinary capital that it is. Opera, on the other hand, lags slightly behind, although compared to many other cities there is still an embarrassment of riches, writes Benjamin Woodward.

Longform

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