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Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 22, 2009
Japan hopes new U.S. leader can demonstrate alliance is still vital
Sworn in as the 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama faces high expectations not only at home, but also from close ally Japan, as he grapples with an unprecedented array of domestic and foreign policy issues.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 13, 2009
Respect 'maiko' privacy, don't act like paparazzi, Kyoto tells tourists
KYOTO — It's a freezing December night but tourists are out in force in Kyoto's Gion district, on the hunt for one particular attraction.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 8, 2009
Osaka school mobile ban resonates
OSAKA — Each morning, Hisako Kuroda sends her sons, Kenichi, 11, and Jun, 8, off to elementary school in Osaka. The kids depart with their textbooks and homework. But one item they are not carrying is a cell phone.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jan 6, 2009
Lessons from when the bubble burst
With the current global financial crisis, there is much talk in the international economic communities about how to prevent the kind of prolonged slump that hit Japan after the end of the bubble economy years.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 24, 2008
Hard times for foreign workers
First of two parts
JAPAN
Dec 6, 2008
Osaka governor only has eyes for China
OSAKA — A year ago, when Osaka Gov. Toru Hashimoto announced his candidacy, he made saving the prefecture from bankruptcy his priority.
JAPAN
Nov 30, 2008
Conference in Nagoya provides writing tips
NAGOYA — Japan has long been a favored destination, and a favorite subject, for Western scribes. In the 19th century, Laficadio Hearn and Isabella Bird penned books that were widely read in Europe and the United States. In the 20th century, novelists like James Michener and beat poet Gary Snyder were...
JAPAN
Nov 28, 2008
An NGO reaches out to bullied foreign kids
KYOTO — Bullying is widely recognized as a problem affecting Japanese children. But non-Japanese kids and their parents who are also harassed can have a particularly hard time finding either sympathy or practical advice in their native language.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2008
End of WWI remembered, 90 years on
KOBE — A small ceremony was held Tuesday morning at the Kobe Municipal Foreign Cemetery to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the end of the World War I.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Nov 9, 2008
From heroes to zero, with fateful strings attached
Nov. 11 marks the 90th anniversary of the end of World War I. Sparked by the assassination of Austria's Archduke Franz Ferdinand by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip on June 28, 1914, in Sarajevo, and due to a complex series of interlocking treaties between the Great Powers, this isolated event sparked...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 6, 2008
Fukui town of Obama erupts in victory parties
Yes we did. That's what residents in the Sea of Japan town of Obama were chanting Wednesday during a boisterous celebration following Barack Obama's victory in the U.S. presidential election.
JAPAN
Nov 1, 2008
U.S. candidates vow to 're-engage' Japan
OSAKA — Eight years ago, on the eve of the 2000 U.S. presidential election, a bipartisan group of Washington experts released the Armitage Report, named after Richard Armitage, one of the main authors and an eventual deputy secretary of state under President George W. Bush.
JAPAN
Oct 29, 2008
Dolphin activist keeps up fight against slaughter
OSAKA — Renowned American dolphin trainer Ric O'Barry has dedicated his life to freeing captured dolphins worldwide. In a new documentary, he hopes to educate both Japanese and international audiences about the slaughter of the mammals in Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, and the hazards of eating dolphin...
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Oct 28, 2008
A peep at video parlors
In the predawn hours of Oct. 1, a fire broke out at an Osaka video parlor, killing 15 people and injuring nearly a dozen others, including one who died later. Kazuhiro Ogawa, a 46-year-old unemployed man who had been in the parlor, was arrested on suspicion of arson and murder.
CULTURE / Books
Sep 28, 2008
Did Koizumi and Bush really destroy Japan?
CURING JAPAN'S AMERICA ADDICTION by Minoru Morita, Chin Music Press, Seattle, 2008, 224 pp., $15 (paper) Minoru Morita is one of Japan's most prominent and respected political analysts. And he's mad as hell at what he believes are the social and economic crimes committed by former Prime Minister Junichiro...
JAPAN
Sep 23, 2008
Kansai turns its back on native-daughter Koike
OSAKA — Kansai supporters of the Liberal Democratic Party welcomed Monday's election of Taro Aso as party president and called on him to work to end the gridlock in the Diet.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 11, 2008
LDP rivals offer more reform or regression
OSAKA — In the short term, the next prime minister will either continue internationally sought fiscal and economic reforms or return to the traditional pork-barrel projects and failed economic policies of the past, forge closer military ties with the United States or maintain the status quo.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 8, 2008
'Manga' viewed as vibrant info conduit
KYOTO — In Japan and other parts of Asia, "manga" comic books are not only escapist entertainment but also a powerful and effective medium to educate a broad range of people on important topics like environmental conservation and food safety.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 5, 2008
Kansai airport still struggling after 14 years
OSAKA — Fourteen years after opening and a year after its second runway was completed, Kansai airport is still struggling to survive as canceled flights and political clashes with local and central government officials leave the airport's future up in the air.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 3, 2008
G8 speakers' summit upstaged
HIROSHIMA — Lower house speakers from the Group of Eight nations promised Tuesday to strengthen efforts to uphold and reinforce the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, which comes up for review in 2010.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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