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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 11, 2006

Inada, Fighters rally in 8th

The little things can kill you.
SUMO
Nov 11, 2006

Komusubi Kisenosato

Kisenosato entered professional sumo in 2002 while still in his mid-teens. A native of Ibaraki Prefecture to the northeast of Tokyo and only age 20, he is perhaps the most promising young Japanese rikishi in sumo today.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Nov 11, 2006

Mourinho, Chelsea show appalling lack of class in Poll row

LONDON -- Congratulations to Chelsea for becoming more disliked than it was at the time of last week's column.
JAPAN
Nov 11, 2006

Chongryun warns against inspecting North's ships

said Thursday. So Chung On, director of Chongryun's international affairs bureau, which functions like an embassy because Japan and North Korea have no diplomatic ties, said Pyongyang had no problem with inspections of its ships within a country's territorial waters.
JAPAN
Nov 11, 2006

Suicide threat boosts police school patrols

A 17-year-old girl died Thursday in an apparent suicide leap from the junior high school she graduated from in Kitakyushu, police and local officials said. The girl was found lying in the schoolyard of the municipal junior high school in Kokurakita Ward at around 9:15 p.m.
EDITORIALS
Nov 11, 2006

Closing a respectful distance

Communications Minister Yoshihide Suga's order on Friday that the international shortwave radio service of NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corp.) devote more of its broadcast coverage to the past abduction of Japanese nationals by North Korean agents could open the door to government interference in news reporting....
JAPAN
Nov 11, 2006

ElBaradei sets visit to discuss North

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency will visit Japan later this month to discuss the North Korean and Iranian nuclear standoffs as well as the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, the Foreign Ministry announced Friday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Nov 11, 2006

U.S. lawyer gets the impossible done in Japan

Legal beagle Tim Langley is both blessed and dogged with an interesting surname. "When I worked inside the Diet as a blue-eyed, moustachioed, Japanese-fluent American fresh out of Japanese law school, the CIA in Langley, Va., naturally came up. Some thought my name was a joke."
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Nov 11, 2006

Mary Ishin Sung Katayama

Educated in Japan and the U.S., and each year making frequent official trips to Europe, Mary Ishin Sung Katayama says that she thinks of herself as borderless. "I love to travel and feel a need to be on the go every month or two," she said.
BUSINESS
Nov 11, 2006

Inverted Treasury yield doesn't signal U.S. slowdown: Fukui

Bank of Japan Gov. Toshihiko Fukui said Friday that the inverted yield curve in the U.S. Treasury market doesn't mean the United States economy is headed for a recession.
EDITORIALS
Nov 11, 2006

On cue with the ministry's script

The recent revelation that the government has manipulated the process of promoting education reform raises the basic question of whether the government is morally qualified for education-related administration at a time when the Diet is discussing a bill to revise the Fundamental Law of Education.
Magnitude 5.5 earthquake jars Tokara Islands amid flurry of seismic activity
A strong quake struck off the Tokara Islands on Thursday afternoon, with the island chain having recorded around 1,000 earthquakes since a burst of seismic activity first began on June 21.
Onosato's yokozuna promotion causes rare quirk in new sumo rankings
Newly promoted yokozuna Onosato holds a copy of the latest banzuke ranking in Anjo, Aichi Prefecture, on Monday.
A prophesied disaster (likely) won’t strike Japan this weekend
A viral manga prediction of a July 5 disaster has gripped Japan with anxiety and triggered an economic impact, but experts warn that while such dates are unreliable, the threat of a massive earthquake remains real. 
Over 900 earthquakes strike Tokara islands in space of two weeks
A screenshot shows many quakes occurring in the Tokara islands over the past 30 days, in this image taken from the U.S. Geological Survey website.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Flag football facing challenges and opportunities ahead
Japan’s women’s flag football team at the 2025 International Bowl in Los Angeles in June. The sport is enjoying continued growth in the country.
From Hokusai’s Great Wave, shinkansen to One Piece: a cultural treasure box for Lego Japan
Michael Ebbesen, general manager of Lego Japan, says Lego bricks based on Japanese culture have a rich global appeal and are sellable around the world.
With farmed fish, RelationFish swims against the tide in fine dining
Chef Hideaki Matsuo (middle) and the staff of Oseto Suisan Fisheries prepare to check on their sustainably farmed fish.
As Southeast Asia heats up, a Japanese cooling giant sees a major opportunity
An employee of Daikin Cambodia explains the use of different tools during an air conditioner installation training session in Phnom Penh. Daikin is one of Japan’s oldest air conditioning companies, but as Japan’s population falls, the firm is keying in on overseas growth.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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