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SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Dec 30, 2006

Charlton's coaching carousel like a comedy skit

LONDON -- During the 1960s, American comedian Bob Newhart gave the world what was to become a classic sketch on his Emmy-winning show. It was called "The Introduction of Tobacco to Civilization," wherein a telephone call from Sir Walter Raleigh prompted skeptical laughter in England.
JAPAN
Dec 30, 2006

Cultural attitudes in Japan spell few adoptions

Couples looking to start a family naturally want their own children. But amid the recent debate over whether to legalize surrogate births in Japan, one question has largely been overlooked: What about adoption?
JAPAN
Dec 30, 2006

Sea of Japan coast told to brace for blizzards

Police arrested a homeless man Friday for breaking into the Amagasaki branch of the Kobe Public Prosecutor's Office, apparently so he could be jailed and get out of the cold. Manabu Nakao, 46, who is unemployed and has no fixed address, turned himself in to police Friday morning, after breaking the office...
JAPAN
Dec 30, 2006

Sea of Japan coast told to brace for blizzards

Police arrested a homeless man Friday for breaking into the Amagasaki branch of the Kobe Public Prosecutor's Office, apparently so he could be jailed and get out of the cold. Manabu Nakao, 46, who is unemployed and has no fixed address, turned himself in to police Friday morning, after breaking the office...
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 30, 2006

Palestinian civil conflict leads nowhere

PRAGUE -- Regardless of the latest hastily negotiated truce, the battle between nationalist Fatah and Islamist Hamas seems to be gaining intensity. Palestinian politics, always self-destructive, has reached new heights of internal conflict, pulling the population deeper into disorder and pushing them...
COMMENTARY
Dec 30, 2006

English should be an elective

The debate over whether Japanese children should be taught English at primary school deserves better consideration than it is getting.
JAPAN
Dec 30, 2006

Surrogacy hard to take root here

will go overseas." Journalist Miho Hirai, who wrote a book on surrogacy in March, agreed, saying any government that forces couples to secretly opt for surrogacy ignores the minority and "bullies the weak."
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Dec 30, 2006

Women of faith celebrate 50 years of fellowship

Like much of the rest of the world toward the tail of the year end, Talia McCray is busy, busy, busy.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Dec 30, 2006

Hakodate -- home of the Twinkle Lady

As I left Hakodate for Niseko, the whole city was draped in the first snowfall of the year. And it was one furious snowfall.
JAPAN
Dec 30, 2006

Surrogacy hard to take root here

will go overseas." Journalist Miho Hirai, who wrote a book on surrogacy in March, agreed, saying any government that forces couples to secretly opt for surrogacy ignores the minority and "bullies the weak."
EDITORIALS
Dec 30, 2006

2006, politics and personalities

The year 2006 may best be remembered as a year when outsize personalities drove events -- rather than abstract political forces -- although there were, as always, lingering issues that defied resolution. In Pyongyang, supreme leader Kim Jong Il continued his brinkmanship, struggling to keep the world's...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Dec 30, 2006

Jeri Foley

Ten years ago, the "Tokyo Journal" published its first annual list of 50 foreigners "who live here long-term, have been measurably successful in their work, and have made a difference to the Japanese and foreign community."
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.
The unstoppable rise of konbini tourism
Guests typically follow Ryo Ito’s lead as he weaves through the narrow, colorful aisles of convenience stores.

Podcast

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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