search

 
Menu
Search
 
September 15, 2025
 

Today's print edition

Home Delivery
Subscribe for more access
338,206 results
Sort by: Relevance Newest Oldest
After adjusting your search parameters, press Enter on your keyboard or click on the red magnifying glass to run your query again.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 22, 2006

Japanese baseball circles rejoice at WBC triumph

Japanese baseball circles on Tuesday celebrated the county's triumph at the World Baseball Classic with a victory over Cuba in the championship final.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 22, 2006

Japan faces difficulty in hosting later round games for 2009 event

SAN DIEGO -- Results aside, it could be tough for Japan to host later round games for the next World Baseball Classic in 2009.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 22, 2006

Japan defeats Cuba to win first World Baseball Classic

SAN DIEGO -- So much for history. Well, for reliving it anyway.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 22, 2006

Japan rejoices at becoming WBC champion

Japanese baseball fans were jubilant Tuesday after Japan became the champion of the inaugural World Baseball Classic with a 10-6 victory over three-time Olympic champion Cuba in the final.
SOCCER / J. League
Mar 22, 2006

F. Marinos open up lead in J. League top flight

Yokohama F. Marinos maintained its remarkable early season form Tuesday, opening up a two-point lead at the top of the J. League first division after a 2-1 win at Oita Trinita.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 22, 2006

Koizumi, Nukaga reject big changes to base relocation plan

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and Defense Agency chief Fukushiro Nukaga confirmed Tuesday the government will push ahead with the current relocation plan for the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Station in Okinawa.
JAPAN
Mar 22, 2006

Pyongyang urged Tokyo to meet with skyjacking fugitives

Pyongyang asked Tokyo during bilateral talks in February to hold talks with Japanese skyjackers living in North Korea as demanded by the fugitives as a condition for agreeing to go home, sources said Tuesday.
EDITORIALS
Mar 22, 2006

Addressing China's challenges

The world has watched China's rise with awe and trepidation. Yet, the focus on how China will use its new power and influence has obscured the many problems the country faces as it continues to develop. Good Marxists that they are, Chinese leaders have long fretted over the contradictions within their...
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 22, 2006

War and poverty take a harsh toll on Iraqi children

BAGHDAD -- Iraq's children have suffered more than just successive wars and economic sanctions. The loss of parents and family resources has boosted child labor, homelessness and inclinations toward violence and rebellion.
JAPAN
Mar 22, 2006

Hokkaido volcano gets active again

A volcano in eastern Hokkaido erupted early Tuesday, a local meteorological observatory said after confirming minor volcanic activity there.
JAPAN
Mar 22, 2006

Government economist calls for boosting foreign labor

A scholar involved in the government's efforts to formulate a new economic strategy based on globalization called on Japan on Monday to accept more foreign labor as its rapidly aging population continues to shrink.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 22, 2006

Ichiro calls victory 'greatest moment'

SAN DIEGO -- For Team Japan to be No. 1, Ichiro Suzuki had to bat No. 3.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Mar 22, 2006

Self-interest and those Greenland pigs

Why do some societies last for hundreds, even thousands, of years, while others soar, dazzle but then fizzle like short-lived summer fireworks?
JAPAN
Mar 22, 2006

Cabin smoke cancels ANA takeoff

An All Nippon Airways domestic flight scrubbed its takeoff Tuesday at Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture after smoke poured into the cabin as the plane taxied toward the runway, officials said.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Mar 22, 2006

Black-spotted frog

* Japanese name: Tonosama-gaeru * Scientific name: Rana nigromaculata * Description: Males of this handsome frog grow to about 70-mm long, while females are slightly larger at 77 mm. They vary in color, from lime green to gray-brown, but they all have a pattern of black spots down the flanks of their...
JAPAN
Mar 22, 2006

'Rightist' with abduction gripe lops off hand outside Diet

A man almost completely lopped off his left hand with a machete Tuesday in front of the Diet, apparently to protest Japan's policy toward North Korea, police said.
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.
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.
‘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.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Strikes on Qatar and Poland shake U.S. sway among friend and foe
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Museum of the Bible in Washington on Sept. 8. Israeli strikes in Qatar and Russian drone incursions into Poland have challenged the U.S. leaders claims of global respect.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.
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.

Podcast

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

Longform

Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
Rethinking that second drink: Japan’s Gen Z gets ‘sober curious’
By Alex K.T. Martin

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

Smile! It’s ‘Sanrio Time,’ now and ever after
Smile! It’s ‘Sanrio Time,’ now and ever after

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS note

Read more

SUPPLEMENTS BINDER