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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 21, 2007

Orix, Lotte stars become reluctant teammates

Watching the Central League battle its Pacific counterpart has long been the main attraction of the Nippon Professional Baseball All-Star Game. While interleague play has diluted the novelty of seeing the league's battle, the story this year revolved around a few likely reluctant teammates.
SOCCER
Jul 21, 2007

Japan, Australia both try to play down talk of grudge match

HANOI — Ivica Osim told reporters to "get a life" as his patience wore thin over constant quizzing about Japan's World Cup loss to Australia last year and said the result won't have an effect on Saturday's Asian Cup quarterfinal clash between the two teams.
JAPAN
Jul 21, 2007

Rightist gets 10 months for botched firebombing of Nikkei

the daily regret (would) its attitude," the court said. In the early hours of July 21 last year, Hiraoka threw a wine bottle containing gasoline — but without setting it alight — at the daily's side door.
JAPAN
Jul 21, 2007

Court rules Chongryun property not tax-exempt

The Tokyo District Court rejected a lawsuit Friday filed by a limited partnership company operated by and on behalf of the pro-Pyongyang group Chongryun seeking exemption from fixed asset taxes on its headquarters and two other properties in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Jul 21, 2007

Kansai cargo hub hopes ride on its new runway

. We need to aim to be an independent airport," Kansai airport President Atsushi Murayama told a recent news conference. The proposal's emphasis on freight was no doubt influenced by U.S. cargo carrier DHL. In June, DHL opened up a 5 billion yen facility at the airport. It is five times bigger than the...
EDITORIALS
Jul 21, 2007

New warning on oil

Brace for another energy crisis. A new authoritative assessment forecasts sharply higher demand that will raise prices and increase reliance on the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and unstable regions for oil supplies. While some experts dismiss the analysis as alarmist, we need...
JAPAN
Jul 21, 2007

Cultist loses final appeal, must hang for gas attack

The Supreme Court upheld the death sentence against a doomsday cult member who played a direct role in the fatal 1995 gassing of the Tokyo subway system, a court official said Friday.
SPORTS / MULLY'S MISSIVES
Jul 21, 2007

Schwarzer gives kind assessment of Kawaguchi

HANOI — The Asian Cup quarterfinal between Australia and Japan may well come down to penalties — which would bring 'keepers Mark Schwarzer and Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi into the spotlight.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Jul 21, 2007

Mitsuya Goto

Mitsuya Goto can tell any aspiring student how to learn English. "You really have to want to," he might say, and "you must use any tool available to you."
BUSINESS
Jul 21, 2007

Expanding Japanese economy attracting fund managers

Citadel Investment Group, the $14 billion hedge fund run by Kenneth Griffin, hired two bankers from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and a portfolio manager from Fidelity Investments for its Japan office, sources said Friday.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jul 21, 2007

What's your Hokey Pokey biography?

So, where are you from? How old are you? What are your hobbies? What do you like sports? How long stay Japan? Tired of answering questions? Really?
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Jul 21, 2007

The all-in-one conspiracy theory

"Life in Japan is like tofu," announces a friend over drinks at a late night eatery. "It's much too bland. What this country needs is a good dose of . . . evil."
BUSINESS
Jul 21, 2007

Resona to sell shares to Dai-ichi Life

Resona Holdings Inc., Japan's fourth-largest banking group, said Friday that it will sell preferred shares to Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Co. and use the proceeds to repay funds received in a government bailout.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 21, 2007

Automakers say quake won't disrupt exports

Toyota Motor Corp., Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co., Japan's three largest carmakers, said Friday that production halts at Japanese plants caused by earthquake damage at a parts supplier won't disrupt exports.
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.
The unstoppable rise of konbini tourism
Guests typically follow Ryo Ito’s lead as he weaves through the narrow, colorful aisles of convenience stores.
Dodgers clinch back-to-back World Series titles as Blue Jays downed in thriller
Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto and teammates celebrate after winning the World Series against the Blue Jays. Yamamoto was named MVP for the series.
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
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
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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