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CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Jul 29, 2007

Tokyo and Osaka family, Ginza hostesses social climbing, shipwreck treasure hunting special

Tokyoites and Osakans like to believe that they not only differ in terms of local customs, but that they practically come from different planets. This idea is at the heart of the "Summer Drama Special: Long Wedding Road" (TBS, Monday, 9 p.m.).
BUSINESS
Jul 29, 2007

Kansai opens second runway, hopes 1.6 trillion yen was well spent

OSAKA — A formal ceremony was held Saturday morning to commemorate the opening of Kansai International Airport's controversial second runway, which will start operations Thursday.
Japan Times
LIFE
Jul 29, 2007

Kaiten zushi

It was a season of long days, heavy rain, loquats, hollyhocks and hydrangea.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jul 29, 2007

Keeping abreast of developments on the small screen

Arts and entertainment criticism of the sort practiced in the West is still relatively sublimated in Japan, where pop-culture hyoronka (critics) tend to be either pundits or PR flacks who rarely say anything overtly negative about the things they review.
CULTURE / Books
Jul 29, 2007

Details from the British Museum

Japanese Art in Detail, by John Reeve. British Museum Press, 2005, 144 pp., £14.99 (cloth) FLOATING WORLD: JAPAN IN THE EDO PERIOD, by John Reeve. British Museum Press, 2006, 96 pp., £9.99 (cloth)
MORE SPORTS
Jul 28, 2007

Kihara off to rough start in Israel

Pitcher Ryoju Kihara has struggled in the inaugural season of the Israeli Baseball League. The right-hander, who pitches for the Netanya Tigers, has a 24.79 ERA in four appearances (one start). He's worked four innings and allowed 11 runs on six hits, walked nine and struck out none through Thursday's...
EDITORIALS
Jul 28, 2007

Quake shakes nuclear power industry

News reports continue to shed light on the damage inflicted on Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant by the magnitude-6.8 earthquake that struck Niigata and Nagano prefectures July 16. Most worrying is a report that the tremors were more than double the quake-design benchmark...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 28, 2007

Giants southpaw hurler Utsumi steals spotlight, tosses two-hit shutout on 'Nioka Day'

The Yomiuri Giants may have been planning to honor nine-year veteran Tomohiro Nioka on Friday night, but it was pitcher Tetsuya Utsumi who stole the show.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 28, 2007

Clipping the wings of the soaring euro

PRAGUE — French President Nicolas Sarkozy's call for the European Central Bank to intervene to curtail the soaring euro is commonly seen as a sign that he neither understands nor trusts markets. Indeed, some now view Sarkozy as a traditional Gaullist who wants to help French producers by artificially...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jul 28, 2007

Marine Day sets off startling new theory on global terrorism

As you know, the national holiday on July 16, called Marine Day, has come and gone. Or, to be more correct, it came in on the typhoon and left on the typhoon.
BUSINESS
Jul 28, 2007

Eisai buys rights to sleeping pill

Eisai Co., Japan's fourth-largest drugmaker, said it bought the rights to develop and sell Massachusetts-based Sepracor Inc.'s Lunesta sleeping pill in its home market.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Jul 28, 2007

Katy Onda

On a recent announcement for a one-day cooking school, Katy Onda wrote that she would introduce a British menu suitable for the summer.
BUSINESS
Jul 28, 2007

Consumer prices drop, defying BOJ projection

Consumer prices declined in June for the fifth month in a row, undermining the Bank of Japan's case that inflation will take hold and interest rates need to be raised.
Foreign nationals' presence in Japan emerges as key issue in Upper House poll
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a campaign speech next to a Liberal Democratic Party candidate for the Upper House (top center left) in Yokohama on Sunday.
Trump announces new tariff rate on Japan — and extension of deadline to Aug. 1
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt holds a trade letter sent by the White House to Japan during a news conference at the White House in Washington on Monday.
China’s housing crisis is worse than it seems
Residential buildings under construction in Shanghai in July 2022. The Chinese government risks long-term decline by repeating Japan’s policy mistakes in handling its real estate and demographic crises.
Japan braces for more quakes as authorities dismiss doomsday hype
Evacuees from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecuture, arrive at Kagoshima Port on Friday.
Japan stands its ground after Trump letter delivers 25% U.S. tariff shock
U.S. President Donald Trump (left) and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick at Morristown Airport, New Jersey, on Sunday. Trump on Monday sent letters to 12 countries notifying them of new "reciprocal" tariff rates effective Aug. 1.
Foreign nationals' presence in Japan emerges as key issue in Upper House poll
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a campaign speech next to a Liberal Democratic Party candidate for the Upper House (top center left) in Yokohama on Sunday.
Lawson to let visitors use larger parking lots as paid car campsites
A Lawson convenience store in Yachiyo, Chiba Prefecture. A new service from the company comes amid the rise in inbound tourists, making hotels and inns harder to book and more expensive.
The future is bright inside the visionary mind of architect Sou Fujimoto
The exhibition of Fujimoto’s architecture surveys his career to date, as well as looks ahead as shown in his proposal of a future floating city designed in collaboration with data scientist Hiroaki Miyata.
A tiny mountain hamlet keeps traditional log rafting afloat
Once a way to transport lumber from the mountains to the coast, log rafting is now Kitayama's biggest attraction.
A furever friend: Tips for responsible dog ownership in Japan
Dog ownership may seem daunting in Japan, but with the right tools and logistical knowledge, you can ensure a healthy, happy life for your pet.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Mount Fuji is considered one of Japan's most iconic symbols and is a major draw for tourists. It's still a mountain, though, and potential hikers need to properly prepare for any climb.
What it takes to save lives on Mount Fuji
By Alex K.T. Martin

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

Muji has been sustainable from the beginning
Muji has been sustainable from the beginning

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