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SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jan 6, 2008

Time reveals Berbatov's true motivation

LONDON — Two months is a long time in the Premier League. At the beginning of November, when rumors started that Tottenham striker Dimitar Berbatov was unhappy at the club, the Bulgarian's agent, Emil Dantchev, was quick to pour cold water on them.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 6, 2008

Food for oil: global version

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut — It has always been interesting to me how much of a role sheer coincidence has played in the history of the world.
BASKETBALL
Jan 6, 2008

Osaka edges Takamatsu in OT

In a battle of top two Western Conference teams, the first-place Evessa had only four scorers, but still managed to edge the Five Arrows 99-97 in overtime in Kishiwada, Osaka Prefecture, in bj-league action on Saturday.
COMMENTARY
Jan 6, 2008

Embodiment of Pakistan's paradoxes

LOS ANGELES — A gift given to me years ago from Benazir Bhutto, an elegantly decorated wood jewelry box slathered in glossy lacquer, still adorns a sideboard in our home.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jan 6, 2008

Hara, Giants should have it easy with stacked roster in 2008

A Happy New Year to all readers of the "Baseball Bullet-In."
Reader Mail
Jan 6, 2008

Regaining the trust of neighbors

Jun Hongo's Dec. 21 article, "To survive corporate scandal or to crumble" -- about corporate conduct -- points out a clear contrast: Companies that tell the truth, apologize and mend their ways will regain customers' trust, while those that continue with coverups and denials won't. And rightly so; food...
Reader Mail
Jan 6, 2008

Justification of past naval treaties

In account No. 8 of the "Witness to war series" (Oct. 5), Masayoshi Ito explains that one factor in setting his course in life was his view that the Washington Naval Limitation Treaty of 1922 (in which the size of the Japanese navy was limited to 60 percent of that maintained by the United States...
Reader Mail
Jan 6, 2008

Focus on exiting the part-time rut

The Oct. 27 editorial, "Part-time all the time," suggested that today's drastic shift in Japan's hiring system -- from permanent to part-time employment -- causes employees to worry that they'll never escape the cycle of low wages. I agree, but the disadvantages of part-time workers should be emphasized...
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jan 6, 2008

Why have Japan's bookworms turned?

Let's talk books this first Sunday of the new year.
EDITORIALS
Jan 6, 2008

Political temblors in Iowa

The United States has just concluded the first stage in the quadrennial spectacular — or is it a spectacle? — that is a presidential campaign. The Iowa caucuses were held Thursday evening and the two winners, Sen. Barack Obama and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, confounded their party establishments...
Reader Mail
Jan 6, 2008

Real obligation under Kyoto pact

Concerning the Jan. 3 article "Japan lags as Kyoto pact's action period begins": This article is very misleading and is therefore consistent with the Japanese government's policy of double-speak on the issue of Japan's greenhouse-gas emissions.
Reader Mail
Jan 6, 2008

Deafness to survivors' stories

Regarding Misao Nakayama's Dec. 29 letter, "Korean workers not used as slaves": What term would Nakayama prefer to use than "slave" to avoid having the truth told once again? How many Koreans have told Nakayama that they were "happy" to work for the Japanese government (during World War II)?
Reader Mail
Jan 6, 2008

Sexual division of labor

In the Jan. 1 Zeit Gist article, "Seeking life in balance," writer Michael Hassett says some insightful things about policymakers' responses to the birthrate decline. But he misses one important factor -- the "rational decision-making" of women concerning their fertility. In cultures throughout the world,...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / ON THE ROAD
Jan 6, 2008

Games so real the best of drivers take them seriously

Advancing technology blurs the line between virtual and real-world driving as today's champions practice on television screens.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Jan 6, 2008

Social realism enhanced by the pastoral

MOUNTAINS PAINTED WITH TURMERIC by Lil Bahadur Chettri, translated from Nepali by Michael J. Hutt. New York: Columbia University Press, 2007, $22.50 (cloth) Originally published in the late 1950s, this novel — says the blurb — "is one of the few books almost every Nepali knows well." The reason is...
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Jan 6, 2008

Rock climbing rehabilitation, celebrity life stories, taking care of parents

Yasushi Yamanoi is one of Japan's most famous rock climbers. In 1994 he made it to the top of a Himalayan peak that stands 8,201 meters above sea level. He did it alone and without oxygen.

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