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Japan Times
SOCCER
Aug 17, 2007

Becks scores in first Galaxy start

CARSON, Calif. (AP) It was a night of firsts for David Beckham.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 17, 2007

Roh's trip to Pyongyang puts three scenarios in play

WASHINGTON — There is much speculation about what President Roh Moo Hyun will do when he meets North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang during Aug. 28-30.
BUSINESS
Aug 17, 2007

Nikkei fall continues on global uneasiness

Japanese stocks fell further Thursday amid global jitters over the U.S. subprime loan crisis and broader concerns about the U.S. economy.
EDITORIALS
Aug 17, 2007

Calming global jitters

World stock markets have been on a roller-coaster ride in recent weeks. Defaults in the U.S. subprime mortgage market have rippled through the global economy, forcing central banks to inject liquidity into their banking systems as credit tightened. The jitters are another reminder of the interconnectedness...
BUSINESS
Aug 17, 2007

Rural universities feel pinch of lower enrollments

Hagi International University in Yamaguchi Prefecture filed for court protection from creditors in June 2005, owing ¥3.7 billion after the number of freshmen enrollments and students declined sharply.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Aug 17, 2007

A cooling swim good enough to (almost) die for

It's hot. Sweltering hot. And humid. And it's not going to cool down any time soon.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 17, 2007

'I was totally squished, but it was ace'

It's apt that Rock in Japan takes place in between Fuji Rock and Summer Sonic. While Fuji sprawls myriad bands over a vast, scenic site and Summer Sonic hosts acts for a younger crowd in an exhibition hall and stadium, RIJ combines the best of both.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 17, 2007

Omura provides spark for Marines

CHIBA — Shunsuke Watanabe entered Thursday's game between the Chiba Lotte Marines as a pitcher in need of a good break. Lucky for him Saburo Omura was more than willing to deliver.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / SHORT TAKES
Aug 17, 2007

Azur et Asmar (Azur and Asmar)

Director: Michel Ocelot Language: French and Arabic
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 17, 2007

'Vexille'

Back in 2004, when the sci-fi anime "Appleseed" was released, Studio Ghibli president Toshio Suzuki told me that it was the "future of animation." Not so much for the story, which was a retread of a Shirow Masamune manga about a half-human, half-bioroid (biological android) future society, as for the...
BUSINESS
Aug 17, 2007

MUFG to sell 'catastrophe bonds' linked to quake danger

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., Japan's biggest bank, plans to sell bonds linked to earthquake risk to tap demand from investors seeking higher returns and from companies to hedge the cost of potential damage.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 17, 2007

'Rosso Come Il Cielo'

In many ways Mirco was a typical 10-year-old boy; skittish, puppyish and with a very short attention span. One second he'd be playing with a spinning top, and a nanosecond later he'd be running down the street in pursuit of the next fun thing. Mirco was the only child of adoring parents living in the...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 17, 2007

'Factotum'

The work of poet/author Charles Bukowski, America's "Budweiser Baudelaire," has always had a kind of contradictory appeal. On the one hand, Bukowski, a misanthropic alcoholic, delivered a harsh, no-holds-barred account of life on the skid-row underbelly of society. And yet he did so with such prosaic...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / SHORT TAKES
Aug 17, 2007

Still Life

Director: Jia Zhang Ke Language: Mandarin
Japan Times
Reference / Special Presentations / WITNESS TO WAR
Aug 17, 2007

Journalism in the service of war authority

Kanji Murakami began his reporting career in January 1941, joining the Asahi Shimbun's bureau in Seoul, or Keijo as it was then known, when the Korean Peninsula was under Japanese colonial rule.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Aug 17, 2007

Summertime and the grazing is easy

It's holiday time and the Food File is off for a break, but not before tidying up a few loose ends. This column is a summer miscellany — call it a chop suey (from the Cantonese shap sui, meaning "odds and ends") — on a few of the places we've visited and enjoyed in recent months.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 17, 2007

Girls have all the fun

If there was a festival anthem to this year's Summer Sonic, it was "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun." The overflowing crowd at Cyndi Lauper's Sunday set on the Sonic Stage was mostly made up of women who mouthed every word to her string of hits. And when she finished with her biggest hit, the female members...
BASKETBALL
Aug 16, 2007

Saitama's James holds his own in NYC hoops tournament

"If I can make it there, I'll make it anywhere," legendary crooner Frank Sinatra told us in "New York, New York."
Inside Tokyo's 'phantom' stations — and the stories they tell
Mamoru Iwai, stationmaster of Keisei Ueno Station, says that, other than earthquake-proofing, the former Hakubutsukan-Dobutsuen (Museum-Zoo) Station has remained untouched.
Trump trims fentanyl-linked China tariffs after 'amazing' Xi meeting
U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping greet each other as they arrive for talks at the Gimhae Air Base, next to the Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea, on Thursday.
Japanese and South Korean leaders agree to boost ties in first meeting
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi shakes hands with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung ahead of their talks at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Thursday.
Takaichi and Xi reaffirm pledge in first meet to pursue ‘mutually beneficial’ ties
A screenshot from Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's X account shows Takaichi exchanging greetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Friday.　
Japan’s government ramps up bear control efforts amid rise in attacks
A bear roams around a field in the town of Kuzumaki, Iwate Prefecture, on Oct. 12.
Oasis returns to Japan after 16 years — and fans can still sing every word
Liam Gallagher commanded the stage with effortless charisma during Oasis' Tokyo Dome set on Saturday.
At Japan Mobility Show, BYD gears up to conquer Japan's EV market
BYD Auto Japan President Atsuki Tofukuji unveils the Racco at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Oasis returns to Tokyo: Rain, rapture and rock
Fans wait to get into the Oasis show at Tokyo Dome on Saturday. While lining up in the rain, some broke into impromptu versions of the British rock group's hits.
Kyushu banzuke sets the stage to cement 2025’s sumo narratives
Onosato ahead of his bout against Aonishiki at The Grand Sumo Tournament at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Oct. 18
Tokyo Film Festival opens with global stars and a spotlight on Asian storytelling
Director Junji Sakamoto (left) walked the Tokyo International Film Festival red carpet with Sayuri Yoshinaga (center) and Non (right), who both play mountaineer Junko Tabei, the first woman to summit Mount Everest, in the biopic "Climbing for Life."

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Mamoru Iwai, stationmaster of Keisei Ueno Station, says that, other than earthquake-proofing, the former Hakubutsukan-Dobutsuen (Museum-Zoo) Station has remained untouched.
Inside Tokyo's 'phantom' stations — and the stories they tell
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