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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
May 12, 2007

Kylie Schuyler

"My interest in the M.S. Swaminathan Foundation stems from the vision of humanist and scientist Professor Swaminathan himself. His ideas and projects appeal to me greatly because by empowering people they are all aimed at the elimination of poverty. Swaminathan's focus has the potential to bring about...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
May 12, 2007

The freshman wears Prada

"Because I want to make a statement," says the girl. "And my statement is that I am unique, which my choice of fashion demonstrates."
COMMENTARY / World
May 12, 2007

A war of nerves in Turkey

SANTA MONICA, Calif. — With the political standoff surrounding the selection of a new president intensifying, Turkey is entering a critical period that could have a profound effect on both the country's internal evolution as a secular democracy and its relations with the West. The presidential candidacy...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
May 12, 2007

One sure way to build your Japanese vocabulary

I'll never forget the first time I went to city hall in Japan to talk about the national health insurance plan. The man behind the desk explained the whole scheme in perfect Japanese, which at that time was perfectly unintelligible to me.
JAPAN
May 12, 2007

H.K. mob linked to hotel drug bust

Police have arrested five Chinese with 51 kg of methamphetamines, an official said Friday.
BASKETBALL
May 11, 2007

bj-league holds final tryout

What a difference a year makes.
EDITORIALS
May 11, 2007

Strengthening smaller firms

The fiscal 2006 government white paper on medium and small enterprises states that there are about 4.3 million such enterprises in Japan. Their employees account for about 70 percent of the nation's total employment. Given their weight in the economy, it is important that the government understand their...
JAPAN
May 11, 2007

Tokyo apartment fire kills two girls

A fire broke out early Thursday morning at a home in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, and the bodies of two men and a woman were found in the rubble, police and firefighters said. The fire, which started around 5 a.m., gutted the living room on the first floor of the two-story house. Homeowner, 63-year-old...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
May 11, 2007

'Ashita no Watashi no Tsukurikata'

Film genres are more or less universal. Even the Western, that quintessential American genre, has inspired filmmakers everywhere, from Italy to Japan, to make local versions. But some genres thrive particularly well in certain cultures, for reasons not always clear to outsiders. Why, for example, the...
EDITORIALS
May 11, 2007

Qualified sense of fair play

The high-school baseball spring and summer tournaments at Koshien Stadium in Hyogo Prefecture are national events. People love the games because of the young players' clean image and spirit of fair play. But findings by the Japan High School Baseball Federation show that most participating high schools...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
May 11, 2007

Mods Mayday

If there's a saving grace to living in a megalopolis of 12 million people, it's that there's a scene catering to the whim of every kind of music fan. And scenes don't come with much more grace — and style — than the one created by Tokyo's mods.

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