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Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Jul 7, 2006

Zidane fires France into final

MUNICH -- Zinedine Zidane made sure his last game as a professional will be the World Cup final.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 7, 2006

Deejay U-Roy's still-righteous chat

"Wake the town and tell the people" rings the trademark battle cry of Jamaican deejay extraordinaire U-Roy, who plays three live dates in Japan this weekend.
CULTURE / Music
Jul 7, 2006

Amy Millan "Honey From The Tombs"

Her full-time gig with Canada's Stars and contributions to Broken Social Scene have seen singer/guitarist Amy Millan's popularity rise, making it the perfect time to release a solo album.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Jul 7, 2006

Finding Africa in the heart of Japan

We explored the Africa Remix exhibition at the Mori Art Museum the other day and came back buzzing with inspiration, hungry for more of the vibrant cultures and flavors of that great continent. There aren't a lot of options here in Tokyo, but at least there's Calabash.
MORE SPORTS
Jul 6, 2006

Sugiyama to lead Fed Cup team

The Japan Tennis Association said on Wednesday that Ai Sugiyama, Aiko Nakamura, Akiko Morigami and Shinobu Asagoe will play in a Fed Cup promotion/relegation playoff against Austria at Tokyo's Ariake Colosseum on July 15-16.
SPORTS / MULLY'S MISSIVES
Jul 6, 2006

As World Cup winds down, European transfer market begins heating up

DORTMUND, Germany -- The World Cup may soon be over, but the games are just beginning in the transfer market.
SOCCER / World cup
Jul 6, 2006

German coach pays tribute to his ragbag players

DORTMUND, Germany -- German coach Juergen Klinsmann deflected praise onto his players after the hosts' stirring World Cup run ended in "huge disappointment" Tuesday with a last-gasp semifinal defeat against Italy.
SOCCER / World cup
Jul 6, 2006

Italy breaks Germany's heart at World Cup

DORTMUND, Germany -- Fabio Grosso and Alessandro del Piero scored the goals that broke the hearts of the host nation and sent Italy into the World Cup final.
JAPAN
Jul 6, 2006

Politics attached to provocation: experts

More brinkmanship or a calculated test of the international community's resolve?
JAPAN
Jul 6, 2006

Seoul's survey in disputed seas riles Tokyo

. . . that this is a rightful exercise of our sovereignty. Thus we are unable to accept any protest or complaints from the Japanese government," Ra told reporters after the meeting. Ra said he urged Japan to exercise "restraint" to keep relations from deteriorating further, alluding to Tokyo's plan to...
JAPAN
Jul 6, 2006

Police up security detail on pro-Pyongyang groups

said it and several affiliated organizations, including a pro-Pyongyang Korean school in Tokyo, had received harassing phone calls after the missile launches. The group said no one had been physically threatened. The Metropolitan Police Department, responding to a request from the National Police Agency,...
EDITORIALS
Jul 6, 2006

Best laid plans of parents

The arrest June 22 of a high-school student on suspicion of arson and murder in connection with a fire at his home that killed his stepmother, half brother and half sister highlights the straits in which many students preparing for entrance exams may find themselves. The incident serves as a warning...
SOCCER / World cup
Jul 6, 2006

Italy powers through adversity on way to final

DORTMUND, Germany -- Against all odds Italy has made it to the World Cup final.
JAPAN
Jul 6, 2006

Manufacturing, construction workforce down to 1965 levels

The number of mining, manufacturing and construction workers has reverted to mid-1960s levels, according to a preliminary report on the 2005 census the government released last week.
COMMENTARY
Jul 6, 2006

Bush's Iraq dreams are turning to dust

WASHINGTON -- It appears to be the season for second thoughts about American intervention in Iraq. Periodic public-relations offensives after endless "turning points" have failed to halt the Bush administration's long-term slide in popular support. The misbegotten war in Iraq does more than discredit...
BUSINESS
Jul 6, 2006

Mitsubishi's Furukawa likely to head postal bank

Koji Furukawa, adviser to trading house Mitsubishi Corp., has emerged as the person most likely to head the banking unit of Japan Post when it is privatized in October 2007, although he is not a banker, sources said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Jul 6, 2006

Aso says of Doha snarl: you give, then we'll take

Tokyo called on the United States and other food-exporting countries Wednesday to first make concessions in the difficult trade liberalization talks before Japan changes its protectionist stance on certain certain agricultural items.
BUSINESS
Jul 6, 2006

JBF chief slams launches as brinkmanship, 'intolerable'

Japan Business Federation Chairman Fujio Mitarai expressed strong regret Wednesday about the launch North Korean missiles that came down in the Sea of Japan.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 6, 2006

Through the looking glass with Gilliam

At age 64, Terry Gilliam continues to confound. "Tideland," his latest and perhaps most challenging film, was an excursion into low-budget and fast shooting for the director, who is known for tortuous production difficulties. (See the documentary "Lost in La Mancha," about his failed attempt to shoot...
BUSINESS
Jul 6, 2006

Stock market analysts unfazed by missile tests

The benchmark Nikkei stock index fell Wednesday as investors were temporarily spooked by North Korean missile tests over the Sea of Japan earlier in the morning. Stocks closed at 15,523.94, down 114.56 points from Tuesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / NEW ART SEEN
Jul 6, 2006

An animist explores old themes

Over the last few years, the traditional art form of nihonga has emerged as a player on the Japanese contemporary art scene. I can only guess why this is -- something connected to nostalgia or nationalism perhaps? Or could it be that growing social and economic uncertainty has led Japanese to regard...
JAPAN
Jul 6, 2006

Pyongyang fires seven missiles into Sea of Japan

North Korea fired six ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan early Wednesday and another one in the evening, drawing economic sanctions from Japan and intensifying international concern about its nuclear weapons and diplomacy with the United States.
Japan's cutting-edge railgun successfully strikes target vessel
The Defense Ministry’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) conducted a ship-board railgun shooting test from June to early July this year with the support of the Maritime Self-Defense Force.
Is America ready for Japanese-style 7-Elevens?
Convenience stores are a fixture of Japanese life and 7-Eleven, a chain that began in the U.S. in 1927, opened its first store in Japan in 1974 — and then became wholly Japanese-owned in 2005 through parent company Seven & I Holdings.
‘Fairytale’ Shirakawago ranked one of the world’s most beautiful villages
Forbes and Unforgettable Travel Company have ranked Shirakawago in Gifu Prefecture as Asia's most beautiful village.
People rush to make furusato nozei donations ahead of tighter rules
A booth from the town of Betsukai in Hokkaido at an Amazon Japan furusato nо̄zei promotion event, on Sept. 5 in Tokyo's Minato Ward.
Aging Japan’s centenarian population nears 100,000
Shigeko Kagawa, Japan's oldest person at 114, in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, on July 30
‘Fairytale’ Shirakawago ranked one of the world’s most beautiful villages
Forbes and Unforgettable Travel Company have ranked Shirakawago in Gifu Prefecture as Asia's most beautiful village.
Aging Japan’s centenarian population nears 100,000
Shigeko Kagawa, Japan's oldest person at 114, in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, on July 30
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
As of August 2024, the number of confirmed chagusaba farmers had fallen to 302, just over half the 582 reported in 2015, according to the Shizuoka Chagusaba Farming Method Promotion Council.

Podcast

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

Longform

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight
By Mai Yoshikawa

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