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Reader Mail
Sep 2, 2007

Nothing like conventional bombs

Regarding Grant Piper's Aug. 26 letter, " 'Greatest evil' is not apparent": Noncombatants should not be targeted in war, under any circumstance. No matter what countries at war have already done to civilians, it is still illegal to target women, children and people outside the military.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Sep 2, 2007

Environmental celebrity special, celebrity comeback special, Kurosawa classic adaptation

On Monday, TBS does its part in publicizing serious global issues with the 2-hour special "Mirai no Kodomotachi e Chikyu no Kiki wo Sukuu Okane no Tsukai-kata (How to Use Money to Solve Global Crises for Children of the Future)" at 9 p.m.
Reader Mail
Sep 2, 2007

A few more women, please

Where are the female Japanese ministers in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's new Cabinet? (Women have been appointed to two of 17 posts.) When women are insulted and discriminated against, it means that there is no hope or justice in society. I am a mother in Finland who prays that more women will decide...
COMMENTARY
Sep 2, 2007

Asian Americans building a key bridge

LOS ANGELES — A funny thing happened to Tokyo's Masahiro Kohara after he arrived in Los Angeles almost 2 1/2 years ago: He felt right at home.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Sep 2, 2007

Cultural affinity bodes well for growing ties with India

Legend has it that in ancient times a mask made its way from India to Japan. One look at today's Noh mask called Beshimi would confirm this legend: Its tea-colored complexion, large eyes and ample nostrils certainly make it look nothing like a Japanese, but like a native of India.
MORE SPORTS
Sep 2, 2007

Defar races to 5,000m victory

OSAKA — It's better to have a strong finish than a strong start, a wise man once said. This was true Saturday night in the final of the women's 5,000-meter race at the 2007 IAAF World Athletics Championships.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Sep 2, 2007

You have to appear to be a complete loser in Japan to get benefits

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's vision for a "beautiful country" stresses self-reliance. The media usually translates this aim in national defense terms: a stronger military that doesn't have to duck behind the United States. To the average person it simply means you're on your own. That buzz word of several...
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Sep 2, 2007

Filmmaker, writer, little boy

Boy, by Takeshi Kitano, translated by David James Karashima. New York: Vertical Inc., 80 pp., $17.95 (cloth). These three stories by one of Japan's most popular film directors (aka Beat Takeshi, one of Japan's most popular TV comedians) were originally published in 1987. They thus antedate the first...
EDITORIALS
Sep 2, 2007

Aging bridges of Japan

The collapse a month ago of a freeway bridge over the Mississippi River near downtown Minneapolis offers an important lesson for Japan, where a large number of bridges are expected to reach the end of their useful life in the near future. The collapse points to the danger inherent in old infrastructure...
EDITORIALS
Sep 2, 2007

Credible anti-warming tieup

In their meeting in Tokyo on Wednesday, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed to cooperate in creating an effective, post-Kyoto Protocol framework to fight global warming, in which all major greenhouse gas-emitting nations participate.
CULTURE / Books
Sep 2, 2007

Transcending boundaries with writer Yoko Tawada

Facing the Bridge by Yoko Tawada, translated by Margaret Mitsutani. New York: New Directions, 2007, 186 pp., $14.95 (paper) WHERE EUROPE BEGINS by Yoko Tawada, translated by Susan Bernofsky and Yumi Selden, preface by Wim Wenders. New York: New Directions, 2007, 208 pp., $14.95 (paper)
Reader Mail
Sep 2, 2007

Partition has often failed

Regarding Gregory Clark's Aug. 27 article, "Hope for peace in partition?": It was with some surprise that I read Clark preach the virtues and minimize the dangers of using partition as a tool to solve intrastate disputes (such as in Iraq). Even if one accepts Clark's view that responsibility for the...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / CLOSE-UP
Sep 2, 2007

Danjuro Ichikawa: Destined to act wild

When Danjuro Ichikawa stomps around the stage in flamboyant costumes, his face painted in red-and-white makeup and his voice virtually bellowing, it is kabuki in its rawest, most dramatic form. This actor and his ancestors through 11 previous generations have been wreaking havoc in the elegant world...
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Sep 1, 2007

Convicted Hughes certain to face abuse upon return

LONDON — In November 2003 West Bromwich Albion striker Lee Hughes was driving at speed on the wrong side of the road when his car struck an oncoming vehicle. Its driver, Douglas Graham, was killed.
MORE SPORTS
Sep 1, 2007

Wariner whips 400-meter field

OSAKA — We already know Tyson Gay is the World's Fastest Man. So who's the fastest one-lap runner on the planet?
MORE SPORTS
Sep 1, 2007

Worlds notebook; Day 7

OSAKA — News and notes from Day 7 of the 2007 IAAF World Athletics Championships.
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2007

Scandal-rife defense body is history

The Defense Facilities Administration Agency disbanded Friday after serving 60 years as the coordinator between the public and the U.S. forces in Japan and the nation's own military, brought down by long-entrenched corruption over contracts.
SDF spots China’s biggest aircraft carrier for first time
The Fujian aircraft carrier is seen in Shanghai in May 2024 as it leaves for its first sea trial.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Is America ready for Japanese-style 7-Elevens?
Convenience stores are a fixture of Japanese life and 7-Eleven, a chain that began in the U.S. in 1927, opened its first store in Japan in 1974 — and then became wholly Japanese-owned in 2005 through parent company Seven & I Holdings.
Final weeks of World Expo in Osaka likely to see large crowds
With one month left to go, crowds are expected to swell at the World Expo in Osaka during its final weeks.
Japan's elderly population down at around 36.2 million
The estimated number of people age 65 or older in Japan stands at 36.19 million as of Monday, accounting for record 29.4% of the country's total population, according to the internal affairs ministry.
Strikes on Qatar and Poland shake U.S. sway among friend and foe
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Museum of the Bible in Washington on Sept. 8. Israeli strikes in Qatar and Russian drone incursions into Poland have challenged the U.S. leaders claims of global respect.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
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