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CULTURE / Books
Nov 18, 2007

Grand security plans for a stronger Japan

Securing Japan: Tokyo's Grand Strategy and the Future of East Asia, by Richard J. Samuels. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 2007, 320 pp., $29.95 (cloth) The security debate is heating up in Japan, revealing more cleavages and anxieties than strategic thinking. Hence, this stimulating and...
EDITORIALS
Nov 18, 2007

New wine in old bottles

Seasons change in Japan in two ways, according to nature and according to marketing. This last week started the season for Beaujolais Nouveau, the freshly harvested wine that has become an annual worldwide phenomenon. Marketing and traditional values, the two major forces on Japanese consumer behavior,...
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 18, 2007

What the Kaczynksi twins taught Poles

WASHINGTON — The defeat of the Kaczynski twins' Law and Justice Party (PiS) in Poland brought sighs of relief across Europe. But, as Donald Tusk's new government assumes office, it is important to learn the lessons that their defeat holds for all of us.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Nov 18, 2007

Hot hibachi league seems likely to burn all winter long

About this time of year, someone usually asks me, "Are you going to keep writing the column through the winter?" or "What is there to write about during the offseason?"
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Nov 18, 2007

Divorce rate boom special, interviewed female entrepreneurs, dealing with lonely deaths

Divorce is the main topic on the "Megami no Antena Special (Antenna of the Goddess Special)" (Asahi, Monday, 7 p.m.). Hosts Shinsuke Shimada and Shin Murakami discuss the rise in the nation's divorce rate, particularly among older couples.
LIFE / Lifestyle / WEEK 3
Nov 18, 2007

Cup-and-ball master turns his 'toy' into an art form

Do you play kendama? Probably not, on an everyday basis at least, though you may well have tried it a few times if you live in Japan.
Reader Mail
Nov 18, 2007

Intervention has killed 'design'

Regarding Julian Worrall's Nov. 6 article, "Design turns over a greener leaf": I generally agree with the idea that we should enter a design recession. As someone who has been practicing for the past 20 years in Europe, the United States, and extensively in Japan, my feeling is that due to media frenzy...
Reader Mail
Nov 18, 2007

Magic feeling of being exempt

Both Susan Menadue-Chun's letter, "SPRs have suffered enough," and William Wetherall's letter, "Exemptions not based on nationality," on Nov. 15 provided thought-provoking information and context to the Ministry of Justice's biometric data-collection program directed at "terrorists" trying to enter...
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Nov 18, 2007

Losing the plot and ratings when jumping on the Showa bandwagon

In order to keep people watching a TV drama series every week, it helps to have a loose plot thread — an overarching mystery that remains unexplained while the various story lines develop over time. The protagonist of the Friday night TBS serial, "Uta-Hime (Song Princess)" (10 p.m.), is Taro Shimanto...
Japan Times
LIFE / WEEK 3
Nov 18, 2007

Up, up and away

Imagine an oblong balloon that's longer than a Boeing 747 jumbo jet and has a small glass bowl of a passenger compartment dangling precariously from its underbelly. Despite the slogan "Fly with me" emblazoned along its length, the Zeppelin NT didn't look like the most reassuring vehicle in which to entrust...
Japan Times
LIFE / WEEK 3
Nov 18, 2007

Changing lives with castoffs

Michiyo Yoshida is a prime example of that green mantra, "Think globally, act locally." But the nonprofit organization she cofounded to send used wheelchairs to developing countries has also enabled members to "think globally and act globally."
Reader Mail
Nov 18, 2007

Overweening pride that baffles

Bravo to Roger Pulvers for his Oct. 21 Counterpoint article, "The power of telling tales versus making apologies." The last paragraphs were expressed beautifully. I always think it's prejudiced of Americans to think that their democracy and system are the best in the world and, whenever they go to another...
CULTURE / Books
Nov 18, 2007

Serial slayer's victims dressed to be killed

Red Mandarin Dress: An Inspector Chen Novel, by Qiu Xiaolong. New York: St. Martin's Minotaur, 2007, 320 pp., $24.95 (cloth) In the latest saga of Police Chief Inspector Chen Cao, Shanghai is abuzz over the shocking murder of a young woman, whose suffocated corpse is found in a public place clad in a...
JAPAN
Nov 17, 2007

Defense official tied to sour Moriya investment cut

A former Pentagon official denied Thursday having dined with any of the people named by disgraced former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya in his testimony about his dealings with an arrested defense equipment trader who entertained him in the past. In sworn testimony Thursday in the Diet, Moriya...
MORE SPORTS
Nov 17, 2007

Noguchi eyes breakthrough performance in return

More than three years have passed since the most significant day in Mizuki Noguchi's life.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Nov 17, 2007

England needs help from Israel to keep Euro hopes alive

LONDON — In August, England head coach Steve McClaren said the media should "judge me on results," so if the results are not good enough the man in charge will have his wish and be judged. The verdict will be guilty and the sentence loss of job.
EDITORIALS
Nov 17, 2007

Staving off recidivism

The Justice Ministry's 2007 white paper on crimes focuses on repeat offenders, using analyses of statistics from 1948 to 2006. It points to the importance of education and support programs for criminal offenders as a means of preventing the recurrence of crimes, and shows that the duty to prevent crimes...
COMMUNITY
Nov 17, 2007

Lend the children an ear

LONDON — Samuel L. Jackson, Natalie Portman and other Hollywood celebrities have joined a global campaign to raise $1 billion over 10 years in support of disadvantaged children around the world.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Nov 17, 2007

Hopi activist brings two messages to Japan

Playing drum and chanting an eagle song, Ruben Saufkie Sr. — a Hopi messenger and silversmith — brings East and West into balance at the leading shrine in Zushi, Kanagawa Prefecture.
The second life of Japan's net cafes
Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo
Takaichi leads first ministerial meeting on policies regarding foreign residents
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a ministerial meeting on policies regarding foreign nationals and immigration on Tuesday at the Prime Minister's Office.
ChatGPT nickname and Trump tariffs nominated for Japan’s buzzword of 2025
Women hold toys depicting Myaku-Myaku, the official character for the 2025 Osaka Expo, during a media day ahead of the event's public opening day in Osaka in April.
Across borders and screens, Tokyo film festival finds humanity in migration
“Mother Bhumi” takes place in a multiethnic rice-farming community where Chinese, Thai and Malay lineages intertwine.
Takaichi’s balancing act: Supporting Taiwan and stabilizing China ties
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi shakes hands with Lin Hsin-i, Taiwan’s presidential adviser, on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Saturday in this image posted to Takaichi's official X account.
From 1973 to 2025: A Japanese American skater’s long ride to recognition
Judi Oyama at Winchester Skatepark in San Jose, California, in January 1979. The Skateboarding Hall of Fame inductee and Guinness World Record holder still skates and hopes to inspire older women.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo
Young Indonesians in Japan find their political voice
Indonesian students at Hiroshima University hold posters of the 17+8 Demands, demanding transparency and action from their homeland’s government.

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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
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