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Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Nov 4, 2006

Hooked on the concept of sustainable fishing

Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market -- the largest in the world -- is oddly quiet early afternoon. Yet climb a steep flight of steps above a small warehouse and the pace is frenetic.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 4, 2006

Japan's future task: a balancing act on U.S., China ties

T he question of how to maintain balanced relations with China and the United States will be Japan's major diplomatic challenge in the coming decades, and the recent nuclear test by North Korea may in fact provide a good chance for Tokyo and Beijing to cement their ties.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 3, 2006

Unheralded Giants big in tie

Meeting the Yomiuri Giants wasn't much fun for the San Diego giant.
JAPAN
Nov 3, 2006

Plan OK'd to help students graduate

will say it is (unfair) to the 90 percent who completed the (required amount of) classes," Ibuki told reporters. "But if we are too strict, (they will say) it is cruel." The ministry plan specifies that "the students are victims and utmost efforts must be made so there is no unfairness between students...
JAPAN
Nov 3, 2006

Talk of going nuclear irks opposition

Four opposition parties leveled a joint protest Thursday at key Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers who have repeatedly argued that Japan needs debate whether to develop nuclear arms in response to North Korea's atomic test.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Nov 3, 2006

Zojoji temple tea ceremony

The Minato Interna- tional Association invites 100 people to savor a cup of macha at a tea ceremony on Nov. 19 at Zojoji temple, 4-7-35 Shiba-koen, Minato-ku, Tokyo. The fee is 1,000 yen (payable that day). To apply, send a return-paid postcard naming each participant and their contact details to "Minato...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / WALKING THE WARDS
Nov 3, 2006

A wave to Setagaya

Home to approximately one tenth of the total citizenry of all of Tokyo's 23 wards, Setagaya houses 800,000 people, the same figure as the population for the entire island of Oahu, Hawaii. At both places, people seem to have come in waves.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 3, 2006

Affront to Korean identity

BANGKOK -- By distorting the historical record between Korea and China, Beijing has created a crisis that has united the ruling party in Seoul and its sometimes disloyal opposition.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Nov 3, 2006

Noh finds inspiration in playwright

To mark the centenary of the birth of modernist Irish playwright Samuel Beckett, the Embassy of Ireland is organizing "A Beckett Evening" at the Tessenkai Noh Theatre in Aoyama, Tokyo on Nov. 4 and 5.
CULTURE / Music
Nov 3, 2006

Stanton Moore "III"

Not many recordings have been made in New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina, but fewer still have been made in that special sanctuary of trad jazz, Preservation Hall, the run-down mecca of old-time jazz. Drummer Stanton Moore, though, took the postdisaster break in the tourist action to drag his very nontraditional...
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 3, 2006

Overcoming the finiteness of our world

PARIS -- No economy is a closed, autonomous universe, governed by rules independent from law, morals and politics. Indeed, the most interesting economic questions generally border neighboring disciplines. But nowhere is this clearer than in the interaction between economic processes and the natural environment....
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Nov 3, 2006

Local volunteers revive cello competition

The 1st Gaspar Cassado International Violoncello Competition in Hachioji begins Nov. 23, relaunching a contest that first began in Florence, Italy in 1969.
JAPAN
Nov 3, 2006

Japan won't talk directly with North Korea: Aso

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's special adviser on national security, Yuriko Koike, called Wednesday for a cautious approach toward North Korea's nuclear threat while welcoming Pyongyang's recent announcement that it will return to the stalled six-nation talks on ending that threat. Koike shared the view...
EDITORIALS
Nov 3, 2006

Debate that sends the wrong signal

Liberal Democratic Party policy chief Shoichi Nakagawa continues to call for debate on whether Japan should arm itself with nuclear weapons. On Oct. 30, he said to the effect: What if North Korea launches a nuclear-tipped missile aimed at Japan. Do we say, "America, please help us"? Before we can say...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Nov 3, 2006

Singer beats the boys at their own dirty games

Peaches emerges from the Creston Hotel in Tokyo's youth mecca of Shibuya dressed in a gold one-piece swimsuit, black stockings, silver thigh-high platform boots and a black cape with the Judas Priest logo on the back. Her eyes are rimmed with thick black mascara and there's a silver lightning bolt painted...
The unstoppable rise of konbini tourism
Guests typically follow Ryo Ito’s lead as he weaves through the narrow, colorful aisles of convenience stores.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo
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.
Trump would make U.S. Supreme Court history by attending tariffs case
There is no record in the U.S. Supreme Court’s 235-year history of a sitting president ever attending arguments, according to Clare Cushman, director of publications and resident historian at the Supreme Court Historical Society.
Dodgers clinch back-to-back World Series titles as Blue Jays downed in thriller
Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto and teammates celebrate after winning the World Series against the Blue Jays. Yamamoto was named MVP for the series.
How airlines are refining their in-flight food in Japan's tourism boom
All Nippon Airways' gourmet program, The Connoisseurs, showcases the Japanese concept of "shun" (peak season for ingredients), giving passengers a preview of the refined cuisine that awaits them in Japan.
The unstoppable rise of konbini tourism
Guests typically follow Ryo Ito’s lead as he weaves through the narrow, colorful aisles of convenience stores.
Anime isn’t competing with Hollywood — it’s beating it
After its July release, “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba — Infinity Castle,” an animated feature adapted directly from a TV arc, became the highest-grossing Japanese film ever.
Oasis returns to Japan after 16 years — and fans can still sing every word
Liam Gallagher commanded the stage with effortless charisma during Oasis' Tokyo Dome set on Saturday.
At Japan Mobility Show, BYD gears up to conquer Japan's EV market
BYD Auto Japan President Atsuki Tofukuji unveils the Racco at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Wednesday.

Podcast

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

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
By Alex K.T. Martin

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