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LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Mar 31, 2011

Design in aid of Tohoku

The design world lends its artistic hand As Japan struggles with the consequences of the Kanto-Tohoku earthquake, this month's column takes a different format to highlight some of the ways the design community has come together to provide relief and support.
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BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Mar 27, 2011

Time for JBA to give up charade on merger

Under normal circumstances things move at a snail's pace within the Japan Basketball Association. So it's anyone's guess if talks between JBA officials and their bj-league counterparts will pick up anytime soon and/or if any progress will be made in the months to come for the creation of a new "top league"...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Feb 26, 2011

Here's Japan's big, white hope

I read a piece of news the other day that makes me feel that "Japan as No. 3" may finally be headed in the right direction.
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LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Feb 25, 2011

Spa and lunch package in Tokyo

From March 1 to June 30, the Hyatt Regency Tokyo will offer an Anniversary Beauty Spa Package to commemorate the fifth anniversary of its Joule Spa & Wellness.
JAPAN
Feb 24, 2011

Government shutdown in June?

As battles rage in the Diet between the ruling and opposition camps over fiscal 2011 budget-related bills, one dreadful scenario has emerged: The debt-ridden government may run out of funds by around June.
EDITORIALS
Feb 21, 2011

Another DPJ metamorphosis

Japan and the United States signed an agreement last month on a five-year extension of Japan's host-nation financial support to help cover part of the costs of stationing U.S. forces in Japan under the bilateral security arrangement.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 20, 2011

Flights of fancy: making sense of airfares and ancillary charges

HONG KONG — The dogfight between American Airlines and the online travel agencies that used to be its business partners has important global implications for online ways of doing business. Unfortunately, the real loser will be the person that both sides say they are scrapping for, the airline passenger....
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Feb 6, 2011

Focusing on Masayoshi Son and Eiga Mura; CM of the week: My Land

In the earlier half of the previous decade, Japan seemed almost overrun with entrepreneurs heading digital and cyber businesses. Few, however, have succeeded as well as Masayoshi Son, the founder and president of SoftBank, one of Japan's three leading mobile phone carriers and the only one built from...
BASKETBALL / ONE-ON-ONE WITH ...
Jan 30, 2011

Miyazaki's Shimizu enjoying leading new team in his hometown

The Japan Times features periodical interviews with players in the bj-league. Taishiro Shimizu of the Miyazaki Shining Suns is the subject of this week's profile.
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LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Jan 28, 2011

Stay in Tokyo for a strawberry buffet

Through May 8, the Hilton Tokyo is offering a new accommodation package called Strawberry Party Stay, timed to coincide with the Strawberry Dessert Fair at its 24-hour dining facility, Marble Lounge.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jan 23, 2011

An inside look at selection for Japan's Hall of Fame

When Hiromitsu Ochiai is inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame this coming summer, it will be a very convenient situation. As manager of the defending Central League champion Chunichi Dragons, Ochiai will also pilot the 2011 CL All-Star team, and the HOF induction ceremony will take place...
COMMENTARY / World / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Jan 18, 2011

Up the prosecutor's road

Public Prosecutor General Hiroshi Obayashi was forced to resign after being in office for only six months in the wake of a series of scandals involving the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office's special investigation squad, including the tampering of evidence by one of its prosecutors.
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Jan 17, 2011

Love hotel operators lose some loopholes

Laws overseeing the operation of love hotels in Japan get stricter to weed out the fakes.
LIFE / WEEK 3
Dec 19, 2010

'Nitten' is no mere Braille library

Regular bookstores or libraries might not be much use to blind people, but there's one place in Tokyo where they can not only read and borrow books and meet others in similar situations, but also get advice on improving their quality of life — and even buy a range of everyday goods.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Dec 12, 2010

New Year's cleaning; a four-legged soldier; CM of the week: Paburon

There are many customs and traditions associated with New Year's, but housecleaning tends to get overlooked since it isn't very sexy. However, this week the quiz show "Wafu Sohonke" ("Head Family of Japanese Style"; TV Tokyo, Thurs., 9 p.m.) will look at New Year's cleaning traditions in detail.
COMMENTARY / World / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Nov 26, 2010

Highhanded prosecutors get judicial pat on the back

The arrogance and self-complacence of public prosecutors have been exposed with the acquittal of a high-ranking former welfare ministry official who had been indicted on a charge of forgery, and the subsequent arrest and indictment of two prosecutors accused of hiding evidence of data tampering. The...
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JAPAN
Nov 19, 2010

UNHCR chief praises asylum system's meaningful progress

Japan's acceptance of asylum-seekers has made meaningful progress, including its serving as a trial "third country" in a United Nations-promoted trial resettlement program, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres said Thursday in Tokyo.
JAPAN / Media
Nov 7, 2010

Japanese films at TIFF fail to thrill, with some notable exceptions

The Tokyo International Film Festival tries to accommodate the many critics, journalists and other freeloaders who want to see and report on its films, while squeezing as many paying customers into its screenings as possible. So folks in the former group are encouraged to attend special media-only screenings...
BUSINESS
Oct 30, 2010

Nintendo boss: No Wii price cut

Nintendo's president said efforts to boost Wii sales ahead of Christmas will focus on limited deals in cooperation with retailers and special packages that add game software or other products to give buyers a feeling of a discount — not an outright price cut.
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LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Oct 15, 2010

Win a trip during Hilton's Hawaii fair

In commemoration of the first direct flight on Hawaiian Airlines between Honolulu and Haneda Airport in Tokyo, a special "Fly Me to Hawaii" promotion will be held from Oct. 30 to Nov. 7 at the Marble Lounge restaurant in the Hilton Tokyo.
CULTURE / Film
Oct 8, 2010

Movie program offers some Japanese gems

For foreign residents, monolingual or no, Tokyo International Film Festival offers a good chance to see new Japanese films with subtitles, especially in three of the main sections: Competition, Special Screenings and Japanese Eyes.
JAPAN / Q&A
Sep 8, 2010

For most, adoption option impractical, iffy

For couples in Japan who can't have a child, adoption is not considered a viable option.
EDITORIALS
Sep 6, 2010

Record budget request

Government ministries and agencies have submitted a record-high budget request of ¥96.75 trillion for fiscal 2011, topping by 1.8 percent the corresponding ¥95.04 trillion figure for fiscal 2010, which was also a record. Election pledges by the Democratic Party of Japan, automatic increases in social...
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LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Sep 3, 2010

Soup made in a teapot makes for autumn treat

The Park Hotel Tokyo is celebrating its seventh anniversary in September and has prepared special kaiseki lunches and dinners at its Japanese restaurant Hanasansho.

Longform

Mount Fuji is considered one of Japan's most iconic symbols and is a major draw for tourists. It's still a mountain, though, and potential hikers need to properly prepare for any climb.
What it takes to save lives on Mount Fuji