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COMMUNITY
Apr 21, 2007

Accidental president has a history with change

Toyoki Kozai is surprised to find himself president of Chiba University. He would rather have been a farmer, he insists, growing things.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Apr 21, 2007

The cherry blossom in a court of its peers

Imagine a clearing in the forest, where several species of flowers are blooming.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Apr 20, 2007

Bryant analyzes bj-league's 'final four'

Tokyo Apache coach Joe Bryant knows the ins and outs of each of the bj-league's seven other teams.
BASKETBALL
Apr 20, 2007

Eyes on the prize: Davis wants bj-league title for Albirex

For the Niigata Albirex BB, there's been one unifying goal this season: to return to the bj-league championship game.
BASKETBALL
Apr 20, 2007

JABBA sets schedule

Even after the FIBA World Championship ended, there is not time to play hooky.
BASKETBALL
Apr 20, 2007

OSG to defect from JBL: report

Kyodo News reported Wednesday that JBL Super League team OSG Phoenix intends to move to the league's opposing faction, the bj-league, for the 2008-09 season.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 20, 2007

France's identity politics

PRAGUE -- One big surprise of the current presidential campaign in France is how "national identity" has surged to the forefront of the political debate. During the 1995 presidential campaign, the main issues were unemployment and social divisions. In 2002, the priority was security. But the three main...
EDITORIALS
Apr 20, 2007

Tragedy in Nagasaki

A nightmare has descended upon the city of Nagasaki again. On Tuesday evening, a gangster shot and mortally wounded Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito. The mayor was campaigning for a fourth term in a Sunday election. Seventeen years ago, Mr. Ito's predecessor Hitoshi Motojima was seriously injured after being...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 20, 2007

'Tsukue no Nakami'

Kids often think their teachers live in a box outside classroom hours -- they are shocked when they see Miss Krabappel buying groceries or walking her dog. Guess what kids -- teachers also often have no clue what you do outside school, unless they are informed by parents, social workers or the police....
CULTURE / Music
Apr 20, 2007

Dinosaur Jr "Beyond"

With a band as consistent as Dinosaur Jr, you would hope that their first release in 10 years, "Beyond," would sound pretty much like the band always has. And it does, with the same grinding, whiny guitars, the insistent wall of sound and the same obscure lyrics.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / SHORT TAKES
Apr 20, 2007

Rocky Balboa

Director: Sylvester Stallone Language: English
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 20, 2007

Don Caballero

If a singer can completely reform a band, yet keep the same name (see: Axl Rose and Guns N' Roses), then a drummer can, too. Considered among the best drummers of the 1990s American indie rock scene, Damon Che's frenetic, innovative style played a large role in the underground success of Don Caballero,...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 20, 2007

'2:37'

A moment of stillness -- that's what "2:37" chooses for its opening shot, the camera pointed skyward, a canopy of green leaves framed against the gray sky beyond. It doesn't last long. Soon the camera moves earthward, and we enter an Australian high school where the calm is soon shattered when a student...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Apr 20, 2007

The wax and wane of Uchiko

To the enormous surprise of absolutely no one except the most irrepressible Pollyannas in or closely connected with the construction industry, the 19 years since the opening of the first of the gargantuan civil-engineering white elephants that go by the name of the Honshu-Shikoku bridges have not witnessed...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 20, 2007

Slugger Zuleta powers Marines to victory over Buffaloes

CHIBA -- After only pushing across a single run in the first game of their series with the Orix Buffaloes, the Chiba Lotte Marines were in need of a fresh start. After a rainout the previous day, the Marines returned to the diamond with a vengeance Thursday night at Chiba Marine Stadium.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 20, 2007

From near-death to a dream

It's enough of an achievement for a director to win an award at Cannes for his debut film, but to do so at age 19, that is truly remarkable. Yet that is exactly what Australian director Murali K. Thalluri did with "2:37," which picked up the Un Certain Regard award at last year's Cannes.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / SHORT TAKES
Apr 20, 2007

Music and Lyrics

Director: Mark Lawrence Language: English
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 20, 2007

Adventures in folk

'At a festival like this, where you're collaborating with highly talented, colorful artists during a short, intense time period, there is always a risk. But the wonderful thing about 'La Folle Journee' is that the artists are given the opportunities to work with partners who they would not have otherwise...

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