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Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 10, 2013
TIFF is your chance to catch up with Japanese film
The Tokyo International Film Festival, now in its 26th edition, has had its share of detractors, dissing it for everything from competition lineups of major festival castoffs (no longer true since TIFF stopped insisting on world premieres) to a Special Screening section that is essentially a PR showcase for upcoming commercial releases (still and forever the case). And yet foreign critics, bloggers and fans keep turning up at TIFF for at least one reason: The festival offers a rare chance to see large numbers of new and not so new Japanese films with English subtitles, in better-than-average screening conditions.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Jul 29, 2013
Matsui formally retires as Yankee during ceremony at Yankee Stadium
Hideki Matsui ended his playing career as a member of the New York Yankees on Sunday, when the team honored him with a pregame ceremony at Yankee Stadium.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 27, 2013
Hashimoto, Matsui offer to quit but are persuaded to stay
Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party) co-leader Toru Hashimoto and Secretary-General Ichiro Matsui offer to step down 'to focus on their political agenda in Osaka' but other party executives persuade them to stay on.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jul 6, 2013
Matsui to throw BP for Yanks' farm team
Former New York Yankee Hideki Matsui, the 2009 World Series MVP, will throw batting practice to the Staten Island Yankees prior to their game against the Hudson Valley Renegades on Saturday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Jun 12, 2013
Once a young phenom, Matsui now a veteran leader for upstart Eagles
The plays aren't as flashy or spectacular as they used to be, but Kazuo Matsui still makes them.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 6, 2013
Giants treat Matsui, Nagashima to victory on special day
The Yomiuri Giants gave former greats Hideki Matsui and Shigeo Nagashima a hero's welcome before Sunday's game against the Hiroshima Carp.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 5, 2013
Legends Matsui, Nagashima feted
Hideki Matsui was back in Japan for the first time since announcing his retirement in late December and back on the field where he hit home run after home run for the Yomiuri Giants in front of packed houses from 1993-2002.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Apr 30, 2013
People's award: glittering honor or political tool?
The People's Honor Award, bestowed on those who have made tremendous achievements in their careers, has often drawn criticism for its vague nomination criteria and opaque selection process.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Apr 23, 2013
Early trouble will test Golden Eagles' mettle
The grind of a 144-game season will usually, over time, weed out the pretenders from the contenders, often with ruthless precision.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Apr 7, 2013
High honor for Nagashima, Matsui
Shigeo Nagashima and Hideki Matsui both had legendary careers with the Yomiuri Giants, the latter also excelling in the major leagues after leaving the Giants. Now their accomplishments are being officially recognized with the People's Honor Award.
EDITORIALS
Apr 5, 2013
Abe government honors sluggers
The Abe government helps get Japan's pro baseball season started by conferring the People's Honor Award on two Giant sluggers a generation apart.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 1, 2013
Nagashima, Matsui to get top honor
Former Yomiuri Giants sluggers Shigeo Nagashima and Hideki Matsui are slated to get the dubious People's Honor Award, often criticized as a political tool of the government.
JAPAN
Feb 28, 2013
AKB48 and director Nobuhiko Obayashi honor postquake efforts in Tohoku
Virtuoso movie director Nobuhiko Obayashi has created a film that pays homage to Tohoku's postdisaster recovery in an unusual collaboration with all-girl pop idol group AKB48.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jan 27, 2013
Farewell games in Japan usually teary affairs
There was a news item saying the New York Yankees were considering signing Hideki Matsui to a one-day contract so he can officially retire as a major leaguer with that club. The Jan. 10 Kyodo report quoted Yankees team co-owner Hal Steinbrenner as saying the team might also invite Matsui "to throw out the first pitch at a game as a token of appreciation for his seven years of service with the Yankees."
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 25, 2013
Nippon Ishin, Your Party to cooperate in summer poll; no merger yet
Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party) and Your Party will cooperate in this summer's Upper House election by not running candidates against each other in the same district.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Jan 23, 2013
Tellem's take: Matsui a special person
Arn Tellem is considered one of the most prominent agents in the sports world. He represented former Yomiuri Giants star Hideki Matsui during his entire 10-year career in the major leagues. Here he shares his thoughts on the Ishikawa native in an exclusive piece for The Japan Times.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jan 6, 2013
Matsui's stellar career, easy charm won admirers on, off baseball diamond
Happy New Year and welcome to 2013. One of the bigger stories to close out the 2012 baseball news year was the retirement of former Yomiuri Giants and New York Yankees slugger Hideki Matsui at the age of 38. The Dec. 28 announcement ended the career of one of the more memorable players in Japanese baseball and MLB: No. 55, Godzilla.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Feb 25, 2009
Japan trounces Australia in WBC tuneup game
Akinori Iwamura hit a pair of sacrifice flies and Hisashi Iwakuma threw 3 1/3 scoreless innings in relief of a wild Yu Darvish, leading Japan to an 8-2 rout of Australia in a World Baseball Classic exhibition game Tuesday.
South Korea couple beat same-sex barriers to parenthood
South Korean lesbian couple Kim Kyu-jin (left) and her wife, Kim Sae-yeon, pose with a "pregnant woman" badge during an interview in Seoul last month.
Japan unveils new overtourism countermeasures
The majority of tourists in Japan tend to stay in Tokyo, Osaka or Kyoto, resulting in overcrowding in popular tourist spots and a strain on transportation systems.
Opportunities await the bold in the Year of the Wood Dragon
2024 marks the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese zodiac, with the year predicted to be a good time for fresh starts.
Don’t worry about global population collapse
Most projections show the world will hit peak humanity in the 21st century as people choose to have smaller families and women gain power over their own reproduction.
Japan pharma startup developing world-first drug to grow new teeth
A new tooth is seen in a ferret's mouth after it was administered a drug to stimulate the growth of tooth buds.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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