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BASKETBALL
May 19, 2007

Golden Kings name Planells coach

The Ryukyu Golden Kings, one of the bj-league's two expansion teams for the 2007-08 season, named Hernando Planells Jr. as its first head coach, the Okinawa-based club announced Friday. The 30-year-old Planells, whose father is Spanish and has lived in Japan, was at the helm of the Wyoming Golden Eagles...
SUMO / Basho reports
May 19, 2007

Asashoryu, Hakuho retain share of lead

Mongolian Hakuho took another step toward promotion to yokozuna on Friday with a win over compatriot Ama at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament.
JAPAN
May 19, 2007

'Delivery education' wins the hearts of young students

was quick to embrace delivery education; the fast-food giant began to support education on proper eating habits and nutritional balance across the country two years ago. At Naze Elementary School in Amami, Kagoshima Prefecture, for example, children learned from a "teacher" sent by the firm how to make...
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
May 19, 2007

Mourinho's criticism of Ronaldo for diving is laughable

LONDON — If the Wembley gods are looking down on the first F.A. Cup final back at the rebuilt national stadium, they will decree that Manchester United takes an early lead against Chelsea.
EDITORIALS
May 19, 2007

Last recourse for parents

A Catholic hospital in Kumamoto disclosed a plan in November to set up a "baby hatch" in which women or parents could anonymously leave newborn babies. The hospital was especially thinking of women in desperate situations. The Kumamoto municipal government approved Jikei Hospital's plan in early April....
EDITORIALS
May 19, 2007

ASDF's role in Iraq

The Lower House has passed a bill to extend by two years the July 2003 ad hoc law to deploy the Self-Defense Forces for noncombat activities in Iraq. The specific aim of the bill is to extend the operations of the Air Self-Defense Force in Iraq since the law expires at the end of July.
JAPAN
May 19, 2007

Abe's panel on examining collective defense kicks off

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called on Friday the first meeting of a government panel tasked with debating how far Japan should be allowed to go in defending allies who come under attack, amid rising tension over security, including North Korea's nuclear programs.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
May 19, 2007

A reflection on harmonious cohabitation

It seems the insects arrive every year during Golden Week. Is it possible that even the insects are on this Japanese work schedule with set travel times? Or maybe it's insect tenkin. Transfer or travel, during Golden Week we are all on the same migration pattern. Face it, we're all just really large...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 19, 2007

Farm concession said key to U.S. FTA

Opening up Japan's politically sensitive agriculture market is the key to establishing a free-trade agreement between Japan and the United States, according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's vice president for Asia.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 19, 2007

Collective defense: What it means for Japan

Under the initiative of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a new government panel held its first meeting Friday to discuss whether Japan can legally exercise the right to participate in "collective self-defense.''
JAPAN
May 19, 2007

Lower House passes education bills

The House of Representatives on Friday passed three education bills that will give the central government more control over teachers and schools, something experts say will cause the education system to deteriorate.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
May 19, 2007

Tetsuzo Inumaru

When the first Imperial Hotel opened in Tokyo in 1890, it was a wooden, three-storied, Western-styled building.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
May 19, 2007

Doctor to foreign community moves with times

Dr. Fred Shane is a familiar figure in his community. Something to do with his pink hat, perhaps? "I've always sported colorful head gear," he chuckles, peering over his doctor's desk in a brand new clinic in Minato Ward, Tokyo. "This one my daughter bought for me. Before that, I had a red hat — I...
JAPAN
May 18, 2007

Trail to Obara said overlooked in '92 death

Second of two parts
JAPAN
May 18, 2007

Panel mulls lowering voting age to 18

A government panel that is expected to lower the voting age to 18 held their first meeting Thursday.

Longform

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight