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SUZUKI

Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Nov 6, 2013
Mao aims for fourth NHK Trophy title as Sochi looms
Two-time world champion Mao Asada continues her quest for the Olympic gold medal at the Sochi Olympics at the NHK Trophy starting on Friday in Tokyo.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Oct 29, 2013
Damo Suzuki sees promise in young artists
"I don't like to make music, I like to make energy. Music is just a way to get energy, so why not just make energy?"
JAPAN / History / THE LIVING PAST
Oct 26, 2013
Oh, to be blissfully unfree in Nippon's isles . . .
"Freedom." "Liberty." Ringing words. Better than any other, they define modern times. They sparked three early-modern revolutions — England's "Glorious Revolution" (1688), the American Revolution of 1776-83, and the French Revolution beginning around 1789.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Oct 14, 2013
Marines cage Lions to reach final stage of PL Climax Series
Many people would jump at a chance for an autumn getaway in Miyzaki.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 10, 2013
Accused killer says he hid in victim's home
The man accused of stalking and stabbing to death an 18-year-old high school student confesses that he was waiting inside her Mitaka, western Tokyo, home to kill her.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 6, 2013
Tanaka breaks Ichiro's mark for monthly MVP honors
Record-setting right-hander Masahiro Tanaka was named the Pacific League's August pitcher of the month on Friday, becoming the first player to receive four consecutive monthly MVP awards.
JAPAN / History / THE LIVING PAST
Aug 24, 2013
Only in Japan could a sword be 'life-giving'
Few countries have broken with their past as sharply as Japan did. That was the price it paid for modernity.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Aug 22, 2013
Time to salute Ichiro's amazing feat, leave debate aside
Ichiro Suzuki took off his helmet to reveal a head a little more salt than pepper as he bowed in appreciation of the reception he was receiving after joining an exclusive club with the 4,000th professional hit of his career between Japan and the U.S. at Yankee Stadium.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 30, 2013
7-Eleven wizard, 80, to take on U.S.
Over the past 39 years, Toshifumi Suzuki has expanded 7-Eleven to 50,000 outlets, more than any other retail chain. Now, at the age of 80, he says he has no interest in retiring. He's got too much work to do.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jul 24, 2013
Crawling through the mud in style
It's quite fitting that the major Osamu Suzuki (1926-2001) retrospective, the first since the ceramicist's passing, is taking place at The National Museum of Modern Art in Kyoto, the hometown of the artist.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 5, 2013
Honda hopes diesel dents Suzuki India lead
Honda Motor Co. may have cracked the formula for success in India: a diesel-powered compact sedan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 4, 2013
Seven & I plans to at least double stores in North America to 20,000
Seven & I Holdings Co., the operator of 7-Eleven convenience stores, plans more acquisitions in the U.S. and may more than double its North America outlets as consumer spending improves there.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 17, 2013
Overstayers need speed, lawyer says
Since debuting in October as Japan's first law office catering to foreign nationals, Tokyo Public Law Office Mita Branch — Foreigners and International Service in Minato Ward has been deluged with appointments.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Apr 14, 2013
Suzuki's stellar performance guides Japan to bronze
With a brilliant performance on Saturday, Akiko Suzuki carries Japan to a bronze-medal finish at the World Team Trophy.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Apr 12, 2013
Suzuki rescues Japan after Mao stumbles
Akiko Suzuki and Daisuke Takahashi lift Japan to the top of the World Team Trophy standings.
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 4, 2013
Ichiro 'fine' after car accident
Ichiro Suzuki was unhurt in a car crash Saturday after the Yankees' game against the Detroit Tigers at the team's spring training complex in Tampa, Florida, according to New York media reports.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 27, 2013
Suzuki aiming for 30% of minivehicle market
Suzuki Motor Corp. said Tuesday it wants to secure a 30 percent share of the domestic minicar market in fiscal 2013 in the face of fierce competition from its rivals.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 22, 2012
Ichiro stuns biggest fan with gift
Free agent outfielder Ichiro Suzuki stunned Seattle Mariners fan Amy Franz with a gift on Tuesday, when the creator of the "Ichimeter" received a thank you card along with a package containing autographed spikes and a bat.
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Jul 24, 2012
Today's J-blip: A song for Ichiro Suzuki
'Don't you know, he beats the throw!' Ben Gibbard's indie-pop tribute to Ichiro.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 23, 2012
Ichiro in spotlight as MLB opens '12
Yu Darvish leaving Japan was the major story of the MLB offseason. When the season begins later this week, the headlines will all be about Ichiro Suzuki coming back.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
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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