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JAPAN
Jul 24, 2007

Tokyo swing voters facing a wide field

vision and (genuine attitude)," analyst Miyagawa said. Shiratori sees broader implications.
EDITORIALS
Jul 24, 2007

New front on the battlefield

Warfare entered the 21st century earlier this year when Estonia came under assault by activists who attacked the country's computer systems. The prospect of war in the digital domain is a sobering one for security establishments that are still unprepared for it. The proliferation of networked systems,...
COMMENTARY
Jul 24, 2007

When democracy goes bad

LONDON — "We do not want to go back to an elective democracy where corruption becomes all pervasive," Lt. Gen. Moeen U Ahmed, chief of the Bangladesh army, told a conference in Dhaka in April.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Jul 24, 2007

DoCoMo's Simpure L2, Uniqlo's Hotels Homes, etc.

Word play
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Jul 24, 2007

What's the difference between working in Japan and back home?

Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Jul 24, 2007

Koreans speak out on schooling

Since the publication of my article about the Okayama Korean Primary and Middle School (Community, May 22), I have had several people ask me questions about the attitudes, opinions and beliefs of the people involved with the school.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WORDS TO LIVE BY
Jul 24, 2007

Hiroko Tsunoda-Shimizu

Hiroko Tsunoda-Shimizu, age 46, is director of the Department of Radiology at St. Luke's International Hospital in Tokyo, where she works with a team of 15 other doctors and 50 radiology technologists diagnosing and trying to eradicate various types of diseases. Tsunoda-Shimizu has been researching breast...
BUSINESS
Jul 24, 2007

Hyundai chief hits weak yen for favoring Japanese rivals

Chairman Chung Mong Koo of Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea's largest automaker, asked the company's management Monday to better prepare for global competition as the weaker yen becomes a "burden" for the carmaker.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / TAKING A CHANCE
Jul 24, 2007

'Silver workers' a gold mine for temp agency entrepreneur

When Shigeo Hirano set up Mystar60 Corp., a staffing agency specializing in finding jobs for people age 60 and over, he was a man on a mission.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Jul 24, 2007

Emergency appeal: Operation Niigata

The Japan Emergency Team, a nongovernmental disaster relief group — in its 77th mission since its founding in 1987 — is currently carrying out "Operation Niigata" at sites affected by the 6.8-magnitude quake on June 16.
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Jul 24, 2007

Normal service resumed at the Nagoya Basho

Hakuko, Sumo's 69th yokozuna, overcame his first-ever official yokozuna bout with a convincing yorikiri win against fellow Mongolian Tokitenku of Tokitsukaze Beya. Following that impressive start, however, he flipped on the auto-pilot switch and glided out week one. Stumbling several times in the second...
BUSINESS
Jul 24, 2007

KDDI ups profit in first quarter on reduced costs

KDDI Corp. said Monday its operating profit rose 15.6 percent to 140.9 billion yen for April to June year on year, thanks to cost-cutting and its mobile phone handsets with new features such as digital TV reception.
BASKETBALL
Jul 23, 2007

Scandal latest blow to refs

NEW YORK — Suddenly, the occasional bad call doesn't seem like such a big deal.
SPORTS / MULLY'S MISSIVES
Jul 23, 2007

Nakazawa laughs last after duel with rival Viduka

HANOI — It was great to hear Yuji Nakazawa say he gave Mark Viduka a taste of his own medicine during Japan's Asian Cup quarterfinal victory over Australia on Saturday.
JAPAN
Jul 23, 2007

Nuclear power expansion takes direct hit

Japan's nuclear power industry is among the world's most ambitious. Spurred by fears of global warming, planners envision a rapid expansion of plants, capacity and cutting-edge technologies.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 23, 2007

U.S. growers launch offensive to promote Calrose rice here

Creamy risotto in a fluffy seafood souffle and gelato sprinkled with crunchy topping were among the delicacies concocted by master chefs in a cooking contest in Tokyo for American rice — a product that is struggling to crack a nation notorious for protecting its rice farmers.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 23, 2007

The trouble with Poland

WARSAW — "We are only demanding one thing, that we get back what was taken from us. If Poland had not had to live through the years 1939-1945, it would be a country of 66 million." Thus spoke Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski on the eve of the last European Union summit, when he sought to gain...
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 23, 2007

Pollution fouling a legacy of eternal love

MADRAS, India — The Taj Mahal has always been considered a wonder. As India's best known monument, this white-marble icon is now ranked among the "New Seven Wonders of the World," along with the Great Wall of China and Rome's Colosseum.
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.
Japan's cutting-edge railgun successfully strikes target vessel
The Defense Ministry’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) conducted a ship-board railgun shooting test from June to early July this year with the support of the Maritime Self-Defense Force.
‘Fairytale’ Shirakawago ranked one of the world’s most beautiful villages
Forbes and Unforgettable Travel Company have ranked Shirakawago in Gifu Prefecture as Asia's most beautiful village.
People rush to make furusato nozei donations ahead of tighter rules
A booth from the town of Betsukai in Hokkaido at an Amazon Japan furusato nо̄zei promotion event, on Sept. 5 in Tokyo's Minato Ward.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
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.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
Rethinking that second drink: Japan’s Gen Z gets ‘sober curious’
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