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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 23, 2007

Tuffy gives fans delight on, off field

As he walked back from the outfield after wrapping up his pre-game fielding practice, fans found him, ran down to the first row of the stands and yelled, "Tuffy! Give me your autograph!"
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jun 23, 2007

'Rub hotels': Vegas in a box

I made a recent discovery: love hotels! Not dirty, sleazy hotels on the other side of the tracks, but hotels that are cleaner than a "minshuku," cheaper than a business hotel and located near the main shopping district. What's love got to do with it? Nothing, necessarily.
SOCCER
Jun 22, 2007

Osim: Japan's build up to Asian finals a joke

Ivica Osim has blasted the Japan Football Association for bungling the national team's build up to the upcoming Asian Cup finals.
SOCCER
Jun 22, 2007

Osim leaves door ajar for Hide

Japan coach Ivica Osim has left the national team door wide open for Hidetoshi Nakata should the superstar make a sensational return to professional soccer.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 22, 2007

Four Stories rises in Osaka's 'cultural desert'

OSAKA — For the Kansai region's foreign residents, a night out in Osaka has not usually meant a literary experience. Unlike neighboring Kyoto, with its reputation as a mecca for foreign artists, writers and poets, one did not usually walk into an Osaka bar or restaurant expecting to hear quality short...
JAPAN
Jun 22, 2007

Chongryun's No. 2 man quizzed about HQ deal

, was questioned about the property deal the group made with Shigetake Ogata, 73, who formerly headed the Public Security Intelligence Agency, the sources said. The agency's mission is to surveil groups engaged in subversive activities. Monitoring Chongryun is one of its priorities.
JAPAN
Jun 22, 2007

Sato pleads innocent to bribery

and his brother, Yuji (center back), enter the Tokyo District Court for the Thursday start of their bribery trial. KYODO PHOTO
JAPAN
Jun 22, 2007

War-displaced trio lose lawsuit again on appeal

The Tokyo High Court on Thursday rejected a damages lawsuit filed against the government by three war-displaced Japanese women seeking compensation for delayed resettlement from China and poor state support afterward.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 22, 2007

'Mogari no Mori'

Naomi Kawase has spent much of her career fending off labels, be it "woman director," "New Wave young hope" or "maker of autobiographical documentaries" the latter a genre she did much to popularize, starting with her student work in the late 1980s.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / SHORT TAKES
Jun 22, 2007

When Ruoma was Seventeen

Director: Jiarui Zhang Language: Mandarin
BUSINESS
Jun 22, 2007

Sony to enter growth mode: Stringer

Sony Corp. Chairman Howard Stringer promised Thursday to shift the struggling electronics and entertainment giant from recovery mode to growth and to boost game offerings for the PlayStation 3, calling the console a key profit driver despite its bungled rollout.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jun 22, 2007

Takeshi Shibuya

At 68, with a taste and range as diverse and eclectic as ever, Takeshi Shibuya shows no signs of slowing down. In the past week alone, Shibuya has played with his famed Takeshi Shibuya Orchestra, performed as part of a duo with a guitarist, backed a vocalist, and given a solo concert. The pianist, who...
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jun 22, 2007

Rimbaud revelry

Who ever would've thought a nightclub event would take a page out of a classic literary masterpiece?
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jun 22, 2007

Stay cool for summer: learn how to wear a yukata in two hours

Ever been to a Bon festival and marveled at how everyone manages to pull off wearing a yukata (summer kimono) with such aplomb? Match the well-dressed throngs this summer by heading to one of instructor Junko Machida's classes (in Japanese), which will teach you how to properly wear this clothing staple...

Longform

Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
The second life of Japan's net cafes