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JAPAN
Feb 12, 2007

Japan ready to renew whaling push

Japan will host an international conference this week to push its campaign to allow commercial whaling, but some of the world's most influential antiwhaling nations -- including the U.S. -- plan to boycott the meeting.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Feb 11, 2007

The price of stalemate

One of the most controversial elements of Japan's campaign to overturn the International Whaling Commission's 1986 commercial whaling ban is the alleged use of official Overseas Development Aid to "buy" the votes of poorer IWC member-countries. That is an allegation vehemently denied by fisheries bureaucrats....
ENVIRONMENT
Feb 11, 2007

From the inside looking out . . .

'There are a number of factors, both biological and economic, which led the industry to destroy one whale species after another, even though the industry was dependent on their survival. Thus, the commercial whaling ban should be kept and not mixed up with the idea of preserving tradition and/or culture....
ENVIRONMENT
Feb 11, 2007

Deadlock is dominant in whaling's 'petty parlor game'

In light of the entrenched positions involved, the whaling issue appears hopelessly deadlocked as the prowhaling nations led by Japan, Iceland and Norway demand the right to return to commercial whaling from countries equally determined to resist them.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Feb 9, 2007

'My Super Ex-Girlfriend'

People tend to talk about "chick flicks" a lot, you know, the kind of film that stars Anne Hathaway or Holly Hunter and has people stressing a lot about their relationships. There's an assumption that certain sort of films will only play to female audiences, but you never hear about the flip side of...
CULTURE / Music
Feb 9, 2007

The Fall "Reformation Post TLC"

Mark E. Smith is less a rock singer than a professional iconoclast, which may make him the only member of that ill-defined late 1970s movement called postpunk who remains viable.
EDITORIALS
Feb 8, 2007

More bad news for Mr. Abe

For the first time since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe came to power in late September, more Japanese disapprove of his administration than approve of it. Although Mr. Abe's Liberal Democratic Party emerged victorious in the Aichi gubernatorial election Sunday, he will continue to experience difficulties...
BUSINESS
Feb 8, 2007

Mixi ready to face MySpace in Japan market: president

The president of Mixi Inc. expressed confidence Wednesday the country's most popular social networking Web site will not be beaten by the world's biggest site, MySpace, which has 140 million members worldwide.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Feb 6, 2007

French luxury lobby captain mulls Japan's brand fixation

Japan is famous for its fondness of luxury brands, particularly those from France. In fact, when the money spent shopping on vacation is included, Japanese consumers may buy as much as 45 percent of all luxury goods sold worldwide, analysts at the HSBC Group in Paris recently estimated.
JAPAN
Feb 6, 2007

Yanagisawa ouster calls linger

will continue to talk about his remark until the Upper House election" in July, said Ikuo Kabashima, a University of Tokyo professor who studies voting behavior. "The negative image will probably continue to follow (the LDP) in every election that takes place." Yanagisawa made the remark during a Jan....
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Feb 6, 2007

Some truly dreadful jokes from public

JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Feb 4, 2007

Super temp worker who saves day is a nonconformist heroine

Prior to the start of the current Diet session, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said that the ruling coalition would not submit previously announced bills to revise the Labor Standards Law. The move was seen as being cautionary, since there will be an Upper House election in July and the bills would have contained...
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 2, 2007

Declining tolerance of dangerous words

NEW YORK -- Nowadays, words are often seen as a source of instability. The violent reactions last year to the caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad published in a Danish newspaper saw a confused Western response, with governments tripping over their tongues trying to explain what the media should and should...
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Feb 2, 2007

Song, story and shamisen

The International House of Japan in Roppongi, Tokyo, will bring a 270-year-old genre of music to life when it presents "Song, Story and Shamisen: Tokiwazu and the Soul of Japanese Music" on Feb. 9. Tokiwazu, a type of music known mainly for providing the accompaniment to kabuki, dates from the mid-18th...
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Feb 2, 2007

A sensuous 'V-Day' shimmy

With men around the country eagerly anticipating their Valentine's Day treats, a Tokyo-based collective of bellydancers is aiming to shift some of that day's focus back to the female populace by presenting "V-Day" on Feb. 11 at Cozmos Cafe in Shibuya, Tokyo.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 1, 2007

Pending retirees suddenly find, dote on wives

Mitsutoshi Fukatsu has been with his wife for three decades, but their lives have grown apart.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 1, 2007

Chamber doors that shimmer with gold

Uuntil the Meiji Restoration in 1868, Kyoto's Gosho Palace, a rectangular compound of approximately 110,000 sq. meters, housed Japan's Imperial Family for more than 1,000 years. The buildings have been destroyed by fire on a number of occasions, but were rebuilt each time exactly in the original ancient...
Reader Mail
Jan 31, 2007

A farce with or without a draft

Robert Lezzi's contribution to the letters' page Jan. 10 was of particular interest to me. I served two tours of duty in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War, carrying out search and rescue assignments for downed pilots in the North Tonkin Gulf. While I somewhat appreciate Lezzi's seemingly cynical (perhaps...
BUSINESS
Jan 31, 2007

Nikko Cordial execs aided fraud: panel

A special panel looking into accounting fraud at Nikko Cordial Corp. issued a report Tuesday saying top management was involved in inflating profits at the nation's third-largest brokerage.
JAPAN
Jan 30, 2007

Yanagisawa sexist remark draws Abe ire

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe issued a warning Monday to health minister Hakuo Yanagisawa about his "inappropriate remark" comparing women to "child-bearing machines," while female lawmakers in the opposition camp urged him to step down over the statement.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jan 30, 2007

Lend an ear to an ancient practice

The tools and rules of hygiene are generally cut and dry: Brush your teeth at least twice a day, floss once, remember to bathe, and clip your nails to meet your own taste. But what about cleaning your ears? For some people, once every couple of weeks is enough, but others like to do it every day.
Lessons from India-Pakistan war: Were China's arms overrated?
A Chinese J-10B fighter jet is put on display at the China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai, China, in October 2016. The short May conflict between India and Pakistan became a live trial for Chinese arms, exposing vulnerabilities in its fighter aircraft and air defense systems.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Chinese parents are fueling Tokyo’s education race
More Chinese families are clustering in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward, a district renowned for having the finest educational environment in Japan.
Halt of U.S. visa process puts Japanese students' futures in question
People hold up signs during a rally in support of international students at the Harvard University campus in Boston on Tuesday.
Japan Post launches 'digital address' system
Under the "digital address" system launched by Japan Post, users can input seven-digit combinations of numbers and letters on online shopping and other websites, and their addresses will automatically appear on the sites.
Atsuko Okatsuka brings big 'dad' energy to new special
Atsuko Okatsuka tries out some of the jokes from her new special, “Father,” at the Tokyo Comedy Bar in Shibuya in January.
How ‘hikikomori’ shut-ins ‘start to have dreams for the future’
Located in Nagano Prefecture, Samurai Gakuen tries to help young and old individuals who have withdrawn from society rediscover their places out in the world.
Halt of U.S. visa process puts Japanese students' futures in question
People hold up signs during a rally in support of international students at the Harvard University campus in Boston on Tuesday.
Mateusz Urbanowicz: ‘Miyazaki inspired me to put the audience first’
Mateusz Urbanowicz’s recent book “Imaginary Storefronts” collects his illustrations of the mundane Japanese street scenes that have given him immense inspiration.
Songs, stars and strategy: Japan debuts its newest awards ceremony
Rock band Mrs. Green Apple performed an emotional rendition of hit song “Darling” on the final night of the Music Awards Japan.

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

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Construction equipment sits idle in a park near Shiba Toshogu shrine in Tokyo's Minato Ward. While Japan has a history of treating its trees with reverence, green coverage is said to be lacking in most of the major cities.
Do Japan's trees no longer occupy the sacred space they used to?
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