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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 20, 2005

Lee rallies Marines to win over Softbank

South Korean slugger Lee Seung Yeop connected for a two-run homer in the bottom of the fourth inning Monday as the Chiba Lotte Marines rallied to defeat the Pacific League-leading Softbank Hawks 9-5.
SUMO
Sep 20, 2005

Kotooshu keeps on winning

Bulgarian Kotooshu overpowered Iwakiyama on Monday to remain undefeated and in sole possession of the lead at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament.
EDITORIALS
Sep 20, 2005

Counting the overseas vote

Article 1 of the Constitution makes it clear that sovereign power resides with the people, and Article 15 says, "The people have the inalienable right to choose their public officials and to dismiss them." Thus the right to vote in elections is the most important constitutional right for Japanese citizens....
JAPAN
Sep 20, 2005

TB to be subject to parameters of bioterrorism law

The health ministry plans to abolish the Tuberculosis Prevention Law to make the bacteria that cause the disease subject to counterterrorism measures under the Infectious Disease Law, which is expected to be revised next year, according to ministry sources.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Sep 20, 2005

What's on your portable music player?

Peter Durfee Translator, 35 I'm listening to Massive Attack's newest album. I also have the Beethoven Symphonies that the BBC made available a few months ago. And Antony and the Johnsons, because I went to kindergarten with the bassist.
Reference / SO WHAT THE HECK IS THAT
Sep 20, 2005

Maru boats

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COMMUNITY / LIFELINES
Sep 20, 2005

T-shirts, leave and a reminder

T-shirt exchange "Get it Pumping!", "I'm a steel driving man," "Almost famous," and "New Kids on the Block world tour." Random English adverts on the train? An English lesson gone wrong?
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Sep 20, 2005

Brought to heel

The watchdog role of journalists in Japan is on trial in several cases with enormous implications for freedom of the press here
JAPAN
Sep 20, 2005

Indonesia jungles yield remains of possibly 60 troops

Sixty sets of remains believed to be of Imperial Japanese Army soldiers have been found in Indonesian jungles, Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry officials said Monday.
LIFE / Style & Design
Sep 20, 2005

Fendi furs and furnishings, Humans by Mike Mills, dark Baccarat, Vera Wang perfumes . . .

F is for flamboyant Ostentatious interior offerings at the refitted salon of Fendi Omotesando
MORE SPORTS
Sep 19, 2005

Capirossi quickest at Motegi

MOTEGI, Ibaraki Pref. -- Pole-sitter Loris Capirossi overtook Italian compatriot Max Biaggi late in the race Sunday to win the MotoGP Grand Prix of Japan.
SUMO
Sep 19, 2005

Kotooshu large and in charge

Bulgarian sekiwake Kotooshu continued to leave a trail of destruction in his wake at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament as he bumped out Kyokushuzan on Sunday to remain the sole leader with a perfect 8-0 record.

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