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Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Nov 8, 2007

Underworld outside their comfort zone

Call it a midlife crisis. Five years ago, Underworld's Karl Hyde and Rick Smith — then aged 45 and 43, respectively — took stock of their careers and realized a change was due.
SOCCER
Nov 8, 2007

Reds hang on to earn draw

Urawa Reds hung on grimly for a 1-1 draw in the first leg of their AFC Champions League final against Iran's Sepahan on Wednesday evening in Esfahan.
Reader Mail
Nov 8, 2007

Fingerprint all Japanese visitors

As a five-year-long resident of Japan, a businessman with a family, I am deeply offended by the government's decision to fingerprint and photograph my family and me (from Nov. 20), even though we hold "alien"-cards and pay taxes in Tokyo.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 8, 2007

Momoyama luster slides into view

"In the houses of the lords and nobles these paintings and the doors of the rooms have a background richly painted in gold, and on this gold they paint the picture in various suitable colors.'' (This Island of Japon. João Rodrigues' account of 16th-century Japan. Translated and edited by Michael Cooper)....
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 8, 2007

New MOT curator aims to do a lot with a little

Yuko Hasegawa delivers instructions to her staff in an even, polite manner that often belies the burden they impose. It's a style perhaps more suited to a corporate boardroom than an art museum. But, since she took over as chief curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo (MOT), in April last year,...
BUSINESS
Nov 8, 2007

Toyota logs record profit, sales

Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday that it posted a record ¥1.27 trillion operating profit for the first half of business 2007, largely on the back of robust sales in China, Russia and other emerging markets.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 8, 2007

Chunichi begins preparations for Konami Cup Asia Series

The Chunichi Dragons, who ended their 53-year NPB title drought by winning the Japan Series last week, went through a casual workout at Tokyo Dome on Wednesday afternoon to prepare for the Konami Cup Asia Series 2007, which begins on Thursday.
EDITORIALS
Nov 8, 2007

Mr. Putin's faulty history

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ratcheted up rhetoric against U.S. plans to deploy a missile shield in Europe. He recently paralleled Washington's plans with the Cuban missile crisis in 1962, considered to be the closest the world ever came to nuclear war. Although he quickly dismissed the chances...
JAPAN
Nov 8, 2007

Ozawa eats humble pie, puts blame on fatigue

president, I had been working to my limits both physically and mentally until the July Upper House election," he said. "But I think I was very tired, which made me lose vigor for a moment when I invited the confusion (over the proposed grand coalition)." Ozawa has had a history of heart problems.
EDITORIALS
Nov 8, 2007

Escalation in Sri Lanka

Fighting in Sri Lanka is intensifying. The Tamil Tiger rebels have stepped up attacks on government facilities and the military is responding in kind. The result is an escalation of violence that continues to exact a horrifying toll on civilians. This often forgotten conflict shows no sign of exhausting...
BUSINESS
Nov 8, 2007

G.communication has grown quickly on M&As

Nagoya-based G.communication grp., the firm taking over part of the failed language school chain Nova Corp., has grown rapidly in the past few years via aggressive mergers and acquisitions.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Nov 8, 2007

Dub and dope: Weatherall's weird science

He's been a key mover in every dance genre from acid house to techno and indie disco. But if you really want to know what gets DJ and producer Andrew Weatherall out of bed in the morning, it's a rather different type of music.
Reader Mail
Nov 8, 2007

Nagasaki open and friendly

Regarding the Oct. 28 letter "Ebb and flow of discrimination": I was surprised to read that anti-American sentiment is prevalent in Nagasaki. I have been living in Nagayo, Nagasaki, for five years and can honestly say that I have never suffered from any discriminatory remarks or rude behavior, other...
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 8, 2007

Gen. Musharraf's last act?

PRAGUE — Desperate to hold onto power, President Gen. Pervez Musharraf has discarded Pakistan's constitutional framework and declared a state of emergency. His goal? To stifle the independent judiciary and free media. Artfully, though shamelessly, he has tried to sell this action as an effort to bring...
JAPAN
Nov 8, 2007

Arriving outside Narita will be worse

OSAKA — As annoying as the new fingerprinting procedure will be for non-Japanese going through immigration at Narita International Airport, it is going to be much worse for foreign residents who don't live in the Tokyo area.
BUSINESS
Nov 8, 2007

Nova faces liquidation after sale

OSAKA — Nova Corp.'s court-appointed administrators plan to sell 30 of the failed language school chain's 670 branches to G.communication grp. and liquidate the rest, making tuition refunds very unlikely.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 8, 2007

Let history judge Russia's revolutions

PRAGUE — A plethora of anniversaries is arriving in Russia. This fall marks the 90th anniversary of the October Revolution of 1917 and the 25th anniversary of the death of Leonid Brezhnev. Next month will see the 15th anniversary of the Soviet Union's disintegration. Only by understanding that first...
BUSINESS
Nov 8, 2007

Quick profits, yes, but merger mania has its share of failures

Mergers and acquisitions are making headlines as companies increasingly seize on consolidations to generate quick profits to reward shareholders and cope with intensifying competition in a saturated domestic market.
Reader Mail
Nov 8, 2007

Nova system could still work

The Nov. 4 editorial, "Nova burns out," about the rise and fall of the English-teaching company, was very enlightening. Instead of painting a dark and destructive picture of the situation, it illustrated basic facts: Nova had 300,000-plus students who were paying for mostly English lessons, and in Japan...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 7, 2007

Ochiai's Dragons aim to capture Asia Series championship

Fresh off conquering Japanese baseball, the Chunichi Dragons are turning their attention to Asian supremacy.

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