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EDITORIALS
May 10, 2007

A shakeup for France?

Mr. Nicolas Sarkozy is the new president of France. The former interior minister bested Ms. Segolene Royal, the Socialist candidate, in the second round of the election with 53 percent of votes cast. France is bracing for real change, with the president-elect promising a package of reforms within 100...
BUSINESS
May 10, 2007

Toyota profit hits record 2.24 trillion yen

Toyota Motor Corp. became the first Japanese firm to top the 2 trillion yen line in profits, driven by brisk sales in North America and Europe and the weaker yen.
JAPAN
May 10, 2007

Red Army figure's life term stands

The Tokyo High Court on Wednesday upheld a Japanese Red Army leader's lower court-imposed life prison sentence for his role in terrorist attacks on two overseas diplomatic missions in the mid-1970s.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / NEW ART SEEN
May 10, 2007

Looking at the garish and the free

Let's face it, there really is nothing like the face. Lovers dream of faces, poets stretch and struggle to juggle the words so that they might capture and communicate a countenance. Even businesspeople, the ultimate pragmatists, will travel across towns or oceans — when a telephone or e-mail could...
BUSINESS
May 10, 2007

Shinsei had 61 billion yen loss in '06

Shinsei Bank, the first Japanese lender acquired by foreign investors, said Wednesday it posted a net loss of 61 billion yen for the business year that ended March 31 due to losses incurred by Aplus Co., an affiliated consumer lender.
COMMENTARY / World
May 10, 2007

France embarks on the right revolution

WARSAW — Is France about to exchange the fake revolution of May 1968 for a sham counter-revolution this year, or have the French given Nicolas Sarkozy a mandate for real change to modernize their country?
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 10, 2007

Modern girls and outrage

The Taisho Era (1912-1926) saw young habitues of Japan's cafe society challenging and outraging their parents as they danced, smooched and smoked cigarettes, aping their idols of the silver screen. Emblematic of the age was the moga (modan gaaru, or modern girl) with her Western shoes, dresses, makeup...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
May 10, 2007

Muscling in on the world of showbiz

Some of Japan's top athletes are using their talents to carve out new careers in the theater spotlight — and they have created one of the nation's most successful entertainment exports along the way
BASKETBALL
May 9, 2007

Albirex's Hirose gets 1-year deal

Niigata Albirex BB coach Masaya Hirose has received a one-year contract extension for next season, the bj-league announced Tuesday.
Japan Times
SOCCER
May 9, 2007

Defeat sends Addicks down

LONDON (AP) Charlton was relegated from the Premier League on Monday night after losing 2-0 at home to Tottenham.
JAPAN
May 9, 2007

Abe made offering to Yasukuni Shrine instead of visiting

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe chose not to visit Yasukuni Shrine last month during its spring festival but did make a 50,000 yen private offering, a Yasukuni spokeswoman said Tuesday.
JAPAN
May 9, 2007

Japan to seek 50% global emissions cut at G8 meet

. . . this requires global greenhouse gas emissions to peak within the next 10 to 15 years, followed by substantial reductions of around 50 percent by 2050 compared to 1990s levels." According to the sources, Abe told Bush during their April 27 meeting in the U.S. that Japan's proposal will involve developing...
The second life of Japan's net cafes
Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo
Takaichi leads first ministerial meeting on policies regarding foreign residents
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a ministerial meeting on policies regarding foreign nationals and immigration on Tuesday at the Prime Minister's Office.
Japan’s Nikkei 225 slumps 4%, led by losses in tech sector
Japan’s benchmark Nikkei stock average index briefly tumbled more than 2,000 points on Wednesday morning following a downbeat session on Wall Street fueled by fears of a bubble in the artificial intelligence sector.
A narrow Pacific waterway at heart of U.S. plans to choke China’s vast navy
Philippine and Australian troops fire an M777 howitzer during live fire exercises as part of joint military drills in Laur, Nueva Ecija, the Philippines, in August.
Takaichi’s balancing act: Supporting Taiwan and stabilizing China ties
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi shakes hands with Lin Hsin-i, Taiwan’s presidential adviser, on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Saturday in this image posted to Takaichi's official X account.
From 1973 to 2025: A Japanese American skater’s long ride to recognition
Judi Oyama at Winchester Skatepark in San Jose, California, in January 1979. The Skateboarding Hall of Fame inductee and Guinness World Record holder still skates and hopes to inspire older women.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo
Young Indonesians in Japan find their political voice
Indonesian students at Hiroshima University hold posters of the 17+8 Demands, demanding transparency and action from their homeland’s government.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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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
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