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CULTURE / Art
Nov 15, 2007

Not in Beijing for the Chinese

Standing among the glamorously attired revelers celebrating the opening of the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing this month, Tokyo art dealer Sueo Mizuma had to yell to make himself heard.
EDITORIALS
Nov 15, 2007

The will to find common ground

The Diet has unanimously enacted a law that will financially help victims of natural disasters such as typhoons and earthquakes. This revision of a former similar law resulted from consultations between the Liberal Democratic Party-Komeito ruling coalition and the Democratic Party of Japan. As the first...
BUSINESS
Nov 15, 2007

Japan, China progress little on gas dispute

Japan and China failed Wednesday to resolve their dispute over gas fields in the East China Sea at senior working-level talks in Tokyo.
BUSINESS
Nov 15, 2007

New terms for Nikko

Citigroup Inc., which wants to make Nikko Cordial Corp. a 100 percent subsidiary, agreed Wednesday to revise its share-swap contract with the Japanese brokerage after its stock price plunged amid the ongoing U.S. subprime mess.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 15, 2007

Out of exile, into a Tokyo art space

For artist Morio Matsui, life has almost turned full circle. After four decades in "exile" in France, this currently Corsica-based Japanese artist's ties with his homeland have strengthened with the opening earlier this year of an art space, Espace Morio Matsui, in Shimo-Meguro, Tokyo.
BUSINESS
Nov 15, 2007

Subprime mess dents Mizuho pretax profit

Mizuho Financial Group Inc., Japan's No. 2 banking group by assets, said Wednesday its group pretax profit fell 24.7 percent to ¥399.2 billion in the six months to September, battered by the subprime mortgage crisis in the U.S.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Nov 15, 2007

A big noise about what?

'I think the best pop is always subversive in its nature," says James Righton over the phone from London a few days after his band Klaxons beat the bookies' odds to win the Mercury Music Prize, a major award that gives $40,000 to the "best" British or Irish album of the year. "Even things like Abba —...
Reader Mail
Nov 15, 2007

Don't sweat the waiting time

Of all the arguments that have been forwarded against the impending photographing and fingerprinting of foreigners upon arrival in Japan, the one that strikes me as the most ill-thought out concerns the increase in waiting times in immigration queues. Immigration at Narita airport is lightning fast;...
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 15, 2007

Restoring the innocence of childhood

With just a few days before International Children's Day (Nov. 20), it is high time to ponder the issues in the leadup to the event. This day is marked to commemorate globally the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which was signed by the United Nations on Nov. 20, 1989, and celebrated as Children's...
BUSINESS
Nov 15, 2007

Shinko brokerage merger delayed

Mizuho Financial Group Inc. will delay the creation of Japan's third-biggest brokerage after losses related to U.S. subprime mortgages forced it to revise terms for merging Mizuho Securities Co. and Shinko Securities Co.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 15, 2007

Toto ads take aim at America's great unwashed

In the summer, sanitary ware manufacturer Toto Ltd., best known for its Washlet bidet toilets, launched an aggressive advertising blitz in the United States to woo Americans who have long shied away from such a product as strange, unnecessary — and a little bit embarrassing.
BUSINESS
Nov 15, 2007

Isuzu hit for repeated bus recalls

Isuzu Motors Ltd. received a warning from the transport ministry over the company's repeated recalls of buses.
BUSINESS
Nov 15, 2007

Aozora warns of drop

Aozora Bank Ltd. said Wednesday that it expects a 23 percent decline in full-year profit after writing down the value of investments related to U.S. home loans and on lower income from bond trading.
SOCCER
Nov 14, 2007

Osieck: Win for Reds good for game in Asia

SAITAMA — Holger Osieck believes victory for Urawa Reds in the AFC Champions League final on Wednesday evening will be the seed for renewed growth throughout the Asian game.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Nov 14, 2007

Isiah shows confidence in Curry

NEW YORK — The more I'm around Eddy Curry, the more I like his honesty and off-court jesting. He smiles easily, good humoredly messes with teammates and is quick to poke fun at himself.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Nov 14, 2007

Gunners back on top

READING, England (AP) Arsenal returned to the top of the English Premier League with a 3-1 victory at Reading on Monday.

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