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COMMENTARY / World
Oct 8, 2007

Japan's Antiterrorism Special Measures Law and confusion over U.N. authority

Once again there is political debate over military-related legislation under the shadow of Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution, and once again it has revealed confusion over the international law and constitutional issues involved. The debate is over the extension of the Antiterrorism Special Measures...
SUMO
Oct 7, 2007

Ozeki Kotomitsuki hospitalized

Recently promoted ozeki Kotomitsuki has been hospitalized with appendicitis, his stablemaster Sadogatake said Saturday. Kotomitsuki suddenly started to complain of stomach pains on Thursday morning and entered a hospital in Chiba Prefecture the same day. However, the ozeki will not undergo surgery and...
MORE SPORTS
Oct 7, 2007

Ando falters as U.S. shocks Japan

YOKOHAMA — Led by world junior champion Caroline Zhang and veteran Johnny Weir, the United States pulled off a surprising sweep of Japan in their International Counter Match at Shin-Yokohama Arena on Saturday evening.
Reader Mail
Oct 7, 2007

Ammunition against Japan

Regarding the Sept. 30 article "110,000 protest history text revision order": It surprises me that in a democratic country like Japan a single ministry (education) is able to affect internal and international politics so negatively. Okinawans are not the only ones who have criticized past and present...
Reader Mail
Oct 7, 2007

The young deserve the truth

Regarding the Oct. 4 article "Okinawa leaders press state to keep hands off textbooks": I agree that the books should not be changed. True history is a hard thing to find because it is always the victor that writes the history. Victors will exclude all things that make them look bad. And, again, each...
TENNIS
Oct 7, 2007

Defiant Razzano rallies to pull upset

France's Virginie Razzano rallied from a set down and defied match points against her to defeat top-seeded Venus Williams 4-6, 7-6 (9-7), 6-4 and win the Japan Open.
Reader Mail
Oct 7, 2007

Poor example for educators

Regarding the Sept. 28 article "Tokai tasked with continuing education reforms": Increasing the number of teachers in the schools is not the solution. Improving the attitudes and integrity of everyone concerned -- from the education minister to the classroom teachers -- can help a lot.
Reader Mail
Oct 7, 2007

Junta will receive retribution

As a Myanmar citizen, I would like to apologize to the citizens of Japan for the utterly wrong action of the government of Myanmar late last month. I am sure the regime did not know what it was doing, for it has been doing wrong after wrong for two decades now. It does not know the value of human life....
JAPAN
Oct 7, 2007

Supporters saddened by twin's passing

and his brother Duc play on a specially made wheelchair sent from Japan at a hospital in Ho Chi Minh City in April 1986. KYODO PHOTO
Reader Mail
Oct 7, 2007

The death of one's own

Before I go to bed tonight, I will pray hard to Lord Buddha that I wake up as a Japanese in the morning. All my life, I have been Burmese and have thought that human life has equal value worldwide. Recent days have been a rude awakening for me.
Reader Mail
Oct 7, 2007

Many chances to speak English

In response to Hikaru Maeda's Sept. 30 letter, I think that criticism of Nova's wrongdoing is not only justified; it's long overdue. Maeda has opportunities all around to speak English. All you have to do is speak to someone!
COMMENTARY
Oct 7, 2007

Advancing the study of Japan in Britain

LONDON — On Thursday, at the Japanese Embassy in London, the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation and the Nippon Foundation announced a series of new grants designed to further the development of Japanese studies in Britain.
Reader Mail
Oct 7, 2007

Media pressure helped instructors

Regarding Hikaru Maeda's Sept. 30 letter, "English school has been good to us": The writer's comment that "it is a shame that Nova has been so criticized by the media" is very naive. As a Nova "Titled Instructor," I can affirm that all Nova teachers were relieved when the media finally brought the nonpayment...
EDITORIALS
Oct 7, 2007

A gamble in Pyongyang

It is too early to tell whether South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun can call his trip to North Korea last week a success, but North Korean leader Kim Jong Il must be happy with the visit. The summit choreography appeared to confirm his status as the senior leader on the Korean Peninsula, and the summit...

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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