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LIFE / Lifestyle / LIFE LAB
Nov 28, 2006

A feast for fish in search for beauty

Growing up in the countryside, a lot of my youth was spent swimming in lakes and rivers for as many summer days as the weather would provide. I had no fear of cannon-balling off high cliffs, I was never bothered by the scrapes of underwater rocks and boulders, and no matter how how fast the current,...
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COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Nov 28, 2006

The rules of the road

Obtaining a driver's license can be an expensive and frustrating experience, and doing so in Japan is no different in that regard. But for many foreign residents in Japan, transferring their home license into a Japanese one can be a fairly simple and inexpensive procedure, while for others it's an advisable...
BASKETBALL
Nov 27, 2006

Goya excellent for Grouses in setback

With the versatile skills, strong leadership, and most importantly, the concrete will to win, Takanori Goya certainly plays like the No. 1 overall draft pick.
MORE SPORTS
Nov 27, 2006

Deep Impact blasts Japan Cup competition

Tears of joy. Tears of relief. The kind of tears that spring to your eyes when you know you're witnessing historical moments. Those were the kind of tears that sprang to eyes at Tokyo Racecourse Sunday -- for Deep Impact.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 27, 2006

Zuleta doesn't re-sign with Hawks

Panamanian infielder Julio Zuleta has failed in his bid to re-sign with the Softbank Hawks of Japan's Pacific League and will become a free agent on Nov. 30.
COMMENTARY / THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK
Nov 27, 2006

U.S. democracy isn't a suitable export

NEW YORK -- The cover of The New Yorker the week after the Nov. 7 midterm elections showed a giant elephant statue being toppled, with people in the lawn way below jubilant and the White House beyond with the U.S. flag atop it at half mast.
BUSINESS / JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES
Nov 27, 2006

The importance of being ambiguous at APEC

APEC stands for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation. A strange name. Neither a committee nor a council, not even a commission -- just "cooperation."
COMMENTARY
Nov 27, 2006

Abe, Bush to strengthen ties

In his first summit with President George W. Bush held in Hanoi on Nov. 18, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed to strengthen the "Japan-U.S. alliance for Asia and the world" in security and economic relations.
JAPAN
Nov 27, 2006

Used pachinko machines harming health in China

, an association of pachinko manufacturers. Of these, more than 1 million are believed to end up in Hong Kong, with the remainder passed on to domestic recycling companies, officials at the Environment Ministry said.
EDITORIALS
Nov 27, 2006

Economic boom casts a shadow

The current economic expansion has entered its 58th month without interruption to become the longest post-World War II boom, surpassing the 57-month-long Izanagi boom from November 1965 to July 1970. But it is a boom shadowed by weak consumption attributable to stagnation in personal income. It is an...
JAPAN
Nov 27, 2006

28% of men toil over 12 hours a day

, conducted the poll in September and October on 772 men and women in their 20s through 50s working for private companies. The respondents live in the Kanto and Kansai metropolitan areas centering on Tokyo and Osaka. Among female employees, 5 percent said they work more than 12 hours a day on average....
BASKETBALL
Nov 27, 2006

Apache win heart attack against Toyama behind 38-point 'Helicopter' ride

John "Helicopter" Humphrey craves the spotlight.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 27, 2006

Opium money corrupting Afghan society

NEW YORK -- When NATO leaders meet for their summit in Riga at the end of this month, there will be a ghost at the feast: Afghanistan's opium.
BASKETBALL
Nov 26, 2006

Garrison leads Niigata past Osaka

Niigata forward Matt Garrison had a double-double performance with 20 points and 12 rebounds to help the Albirex BB rout the Osaka Evessa 92-64 in Saturday's bj-league action at Toki Messe in Niigata.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Nov 26, 2006

Fan power fails this time, as 'Guts' bolts Fighters for Giants

Despite the best efforts of those Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters fans who sought to convince star player Michihiro Ogasawara to remain with the club, the infielder decided to use his free agency and switch to the Yomiuri Giants.
JAPAN
Nov 26, 2006

Award-winning documentary film on Megumi Yokota debuts in Japan

and his wife, Sakie, look at messages posted Saturday in a theater in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, by viewers of a Canadian documentary about their daughter, Megumi, who was abducted by North Korea in 1977. KYODO PHOTO

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