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EDITORIALS
Jul 30, 2007

Suspicions that threaten ties

The standoff between Britain and Russia over the November 2006 murder of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko continues with no signs of compromise from either side. A failure to strike a mutually acceptable deal could not only damage relations between the two countries but also cause the overall relationship...
COMMENTARY
Jul 30, 2007

Blame game since Lockerbie

LONDON — Libya is the land of make-believe, and from a safe distance it can seem comical. The 65-year-old teenager who runs the place, Col. Moammar Gadhafi, has an even stronger commitment to fashion than my 15-year-old daughter (although she has much better taste). But it's a very ugly regime close...
JAPAN
Jul 30, 2007

LDP heavyweight Katayama booted out in Okayama

Candidate Kaori Tahara, an indigenous Ainu backed by the small opposition force New Party Daichi, was set to lose her bid for the Upper House, early returns showed Sunday. Tahara, 34, was up against five candidates battling for two seats in Hokkaido.
JAPAN / UPPER HOUSE SHOWDOWN
Jul 30, 2007

Kansai weighs pensions, wealth gap

OSAKA — Voters in the Kansai region went to the polls Sunday with not only the pension scandal on their minds but also the growing disparity between rich and poor.
COMMENTARY / THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK
Jul 30, 2007

How a woman portrayed Hitler as human

NEW YORK — What kind of courage, or audacity even, is required to stage, in Washington, a play featuring Adolf Hitler — one provocatively titled "My Friend Hitler" and written no less than by Yukio Mishima? After all, not just Hitler, but anything associated with Hitler is condemned here. And Mishima...
Japan Times
JAPAN / UPPER HOUSE SHOWDOWN
Jul 30, 2007

One thing's sure: Status quo doesn't cut it

An electorate dismayed by a seemingly endless series of scandals involving the ruling bloc went to the polls Sunday to decide the fate of the current leadership in the House of Councilors.
JAPAN
Jul 30, 2007

Abe vows to stay on, hints new Cabinet

nation. That is my task."
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Jul 30, 2007

Getting bills through Diet will be a lot tougher for the LDP

The clear message of dissatisfaction that voters sent Sunday to the Liberal Democratic Party will lead to a lengthy period of political instability and legislative gridlock, analysts say.
COMMENTARY
Jul 30, 2007

Ending the nuclear threat

UNITED NATIONS — Since the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, security planners the world over have lost considerable sleep contemplating the prospect of terrorists armed with nuclear weapons.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 30, 2007

Split posits a harsher Palestinian reality

GAZA — U.S. President George W. Bush's call for a new peace conference for Israel, Palestine and neighboring states that back a two-state solution is a welcome, if very tardy, development. But efforts to restart the peace process now confront a stark new reality: two mutually hostile Palestinian entities...
BUSINESS / THE VIEW FROM EUROPE
Jul 30, 2007

Foreign competition begins to overshadow Japan's solar industry

Japan is often seen as the motherland of the photovoltaic industry. Back in 1993, the government started its New Sunshine Project, a massive subsid program that helped to equip 300,000 Japanese houses with solar panels over the following decade. During that time Japan became the undisputed world market...
EDITORIALS
Jul 30, 2007

Focus on quake resistance

The July 16 earthquake off Niigata Prefecture pointed to the need to make homes quake-resistant. The quake flattened more than 300 houses, and most of the deaths occurred when people were pinned down by structures. School buildings, including gyms, also must be made quake-resistant, especially because...
MORE SPORTS
Jul 29, 2007

Kinoshita begins bid to be first Japanese to play in NFL

Noriaki Kinoshita firmly took his first step toward becoming the first Japanese player to make it on an NFL roster on Thursday.
Reader Mail
Jul 29, 2007

The blame for nonacceptance

Roger Pulvers makes some valid points in his July 22 article, "Outsiders or not, that is the question," but misses the main one, which is that foreigners are excluded from the core workforce. In 10 years of living in Japan, I never met a gaijin salaryman. All...
Reader Mail
Jul 29, 2007

Striving for a place in the U.N.

(Last Monday the United Nations rejected Taiwan's latest application to become a member of the world body). When Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian received a vice chancellor and a professor of Pepperdine University on May 22, he said Taiwan had no intention of challenging the "one China" principle....
Reader Mail / The Argument: radioactive water
Jul 29, 2007

Sumo fans deserved mention

Like most sumo fans, I followed the Nagoya Tournament with particular attention this year and was thrilled that it developed into such a close contest. Naturally the participation of two yokozuna for the first time in a while was a factor, but in particular, it was the phenomenal success of Kotomitsuki....
Reader Mail
Jul 29, 2007

Holocaust comparison ludicrous

In his July 23 article, "U.S. owes A-bomb apology," Kiroku Hanai writes: "Most people in the contemporary world view Auschwitz (the Holocaust), Hiroshima and Nagasaki (the nuclear bombings) and Kosovo (ethnic cleansing) in the same context." No. Most people in the contemporary world are practical enough...
Reader Mail
Jul 29, 2007

U.S. should not throw stones

Kiroku Hanai's opinion piece is one of the best ever to appear in The Japan Times. It is perceptive, plucky, profound and prescient. If only the U.S. government could express the same qualities and apologize for the nuclear holocausts in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it would have more credibility in its attempts...
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.　
Anime isn’t competing with Hollywood — it’s beating it
After its July release, “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba — Infinity Castle,” an animated feature adapted directly from a TV arc, became the highest-grossing Japanese film ever.
Japan to introduce joint child custody system in April 2026
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara (center) and other ministers prior to a Cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office on Friday
Woman, 69, arrested over 1999 Nagoya housewife's murder
A police sketch released in 2020 of a woman spotted near the scene of the 1999 murder of a housewife in Nagoya's Nishi Ward
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Anime isn’t competing with Hollywood — it’s beating it
After its July release, “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba — Infinity Castle,” an animated feature adapted directly from a TV arc, became the highest-grossing Japanese film ever.
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

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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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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