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ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Jan 9, 2008

Cave cricket

* Japanese name: Kamadouma * Scientific name: Atachycines apicalis * Description: A hump-backed insect with huge hind legs and long, sweeping antennae, the cave cricket is easily recognizable. It is brown, wingless, and the body is 3-4 cm long. The hind legs, with the femurs shaped like chicken drumsticks,...
LIFE / Digital / IGADGET
Jan 9, 2008

A microphone you put in your ear, and a video recorder kids can take anywhere

Silence is golden: Sanyo and NS-ELEX have unveiled their new earphone microphone, e-Mimi-kun. Using bone-conduction audio technology, it is designed to cut out background noise, the bane of modern life, and boost the quality of your sound transmission. If you are talking on your cell phone, for example,...
BUSINESS
Jan 9, 2008

Old Sony site to be office complex

Home builder Sekisui House Ltd. said Tuesday it will develop land formerly owned by Sony Corp. in Tokyo into an office and residential complex.
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LIFE / Digital / JAPAN TIMES BLOGROLL
Jan 9, 2008

Japan Economy News

Japan Economy News is a blog that delivers just what it promises: almost daily news and analysis on Japan-related economic issues, from marketing to real estate to finance and politics. Founder, editor and writer Ken Worsley is a senior partner at a marketing and strategic consulting firm in Tokyo and...
BUSINESS
Jan 9, 2008

Sony BMG to sell music downloads without copy protection

Sony BMG will start selling music downloads free of copy-protection safeguards later this month in North America, as the last holdout among the major record labels succumbed to the growing trend.
BUSINESS
Jan 9, 2008

Nomura in on Pakistan bank deal

Nomura Holdings Inc. said Tuesday it is teaming up with others to buy a controlling stake in Pakistan's Saudi Pak Commercial Bank Ltd. for about $163 million.
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LIFE / Digital
Jan 9, 2008

At home with Dr. Nakamatsu: Japan's most eccentric inventor

The declining birthrate is a well-known issue in Japan, but for renowned inventor Dr. Yoshiro Nakamatsu, it is merely another challenge. Two weeks ago at a press conference in Tokyo, Nakamats, who prefers to drop the "u" from his name, unveiled a new bottle of Love Jet, a product first introduced nearly...
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 8, 2008

China-Japan-U.S. relations: the big chance for East Asia

JAKARTA — I believe regional and global economic integration and increasing openness, mobility and democratization are shaping East Asian developments the most — not nationalisms or Sino-Japanese tensions, or the uncertainties of China's rise, or growing conventional armaments, however important....
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jan 8, 2008

An up-close view of Mount Fuji

Mount Fuji is the most beloved mountain in Japan — an honor it has held since the dawn of history.
Reader Mail
Jan 8, 2008

Misguided efforts against Serbs

Thank you for publishing professor Raju Thomas' Jan. 3 article, "The case against Kosovo independence." For over 60 years, Albanian extremists have sought to create an ethnically and religiously "pure" Kosovo by ethnically cleansing and slaughtering Kosovo's non-Albanian inhabitants and destroying...
BUSINESS
Jan 8, 2008

Sony sold 1.2 million PS3s over North America holiday

Sony said Monday it sold 1.2 million PlayStation 3 game machines in North America over the holidays, boosting the strength of its console's Blu-ray next-generation video format.
COMMENTARY / THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK
Jan 8, 2008

Bottle of water delivers wrong message

NEW YORK — "You really have to wonder at the utter stupidity and the irresponsibility sometimes of American consumers," Salt Lake City Mayor Ross "Rocky" Anderson said. "These false needs are provided, and too often we just fall in line with what Madison Avenue comes up with to market these unnecessary...
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jan 8, 2008

How to avoid an attack of the new year blues

For as long as I can remember, Oshogatsu (New Year's) and me just haven't gelled.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WORDS TO LIVE BY
Jan 8, 2008

Fashion pioneer Hanae Mori

Hanae Mori is one of the world's most celebrated fashion designers. A queen of style in France and in Japan, both of whose countries' governments have awarded her their highest cultural honors.
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BUSINESS
Jan 8, 2008

Biz leaders bullish on economy

Brushing aside growing pessimism on the prospects for the Japanese and global economies, the nation's top business leader said Monday he expects Japan to pick up steam in the second quarter on the back on strong overseas demand in developing countries.
Reader Mail
Jan 8, 2008

Albanians act out of desperation

Regarding professor Raju Thomas' Jan. 3 article"The case against Kosovo independence": Thomas should know better. People do not take up arms against their rulers and risk their lives for no good reason. They do so out of desperation, as a last resort.
Reader Mail
Jan 8, 2008

Extortionist fees for insurance

Thank you for the Jan. 4 article "The doctor will see the moneyed and insured, but less fortunate also ail" -- about the plight of the uninsured and underinsured in Japan. One point that the article failed to mention is the difficulty of entering the Kokumin Insurance program even if you are a legal...

Longform

Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
The second life of Japan's net cafes