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Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Dec 9, 2012

Granderson sharing passion for baseball on tour of Asia

Curtis Granderson doesn't have to be here. He's got money; he's got fame; he's been an MLB All-Star three times; and, well, he's a New York Yankee.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Dec 8, 2012

Mapping Japan — what on earth could be cooler than that?

According to a recent article in The Japan Times, more and more women are taking to map-reading these days. One reason cited in the article is the influence of the new autumn TV drama called "Sosa Chizu no Onna" ("Woman of Investigative Maps"). The starring role is played by Miki Maya, herself a map...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Dec 8, 2012

Mapping Japan — what on earth could be cooler than that?

According to a recent article in The Japan Times, more and more women are taking to map-reading these days. One reason cited in the article is the influence of the new autumn TV drama called "Sosa Chizu no Onna" ("Woman of Investigative Maps"). The starring role is played by Miki Maya, herself a map...
WORLD / Politics
Dec 8, 2012

Smell, taste interact as brain centers combine information to assess foods

We all know that when it comes to enjoying food, taste and smell go hand in hand. But how and where they hold hands in the neural circuits of the brain has always been something of a mystery.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ELECTION 2012
Dec 7, 2012

Many voices but no clear messages

With so many parties — and their seemingly mix-and-match policy positions — vying in the Dec. 16 Lower House election, voters are facing a difficult choice. Even so, all the sudden mergers and policy rejiggering suggest the new parties would be no better than their predecessors at breaking the tradition...
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Dec 7, 2012

Classical music concert raises cash for charity

Got a spare ¥4,000? With that small sum you could not only enjoy a live rendition of Johann Sebastian Bach's "Christmas Oratorio" or George Frideric Handel's "Messiah" but at the same time you could provide four Sudanese refugee families each with a set of tools for farming. If you've got a spare ¥10,000,...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 7, 2012

'Frankenweenie'

Director Tim Burton started out as an animator at Disney, and after working on such milquetoast projects as "The Fox and The Hound" and "The Black Cauldron" he was greenlighted to develop some of his own stuff. After a few animated shorts, he made his first live-action film at age 25 in 1984, "Frankenweenie."...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 7, 2012

Holiday gift ideas for the film buff you love best

As the end of the year approaches and the air is filled with the kerching of winter bonuses and brazen consumerist excess, thoughts turn to our loved ones, and the trinkets that will best pacify them at gift-swapping time. For the cinephile in your life, the JT's film critics suggest the following fine...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 7, 2012

'Salmon Fishing in the Yemen'

What with the recent misery in Gaza and Israel, it's hard to wrap your mind around a feel-good story coming out of the Middle East, but here it is, "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen," opening at Japanese theaters over a year after its premiere at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 7, 2012

Dark-matter detector using DNA conceived

That wonder molecule of life on Earth, DNA, is being enlisted in the search for an exotic species dwelling in the cosmos: dark matter.
Reader Mail
Dec 6, 2012

Reasons that sound like excuses

I had difficulty agreeing with Dipak Basu's Dec. 2 letter, "Good reasons to stay at home," about why Japanese youth tend not to study abroad. He mentions costs and the fear of racism.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League / J. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Dec 6, 2012

Rudderless Gamba pay heavy toll for strategic mistakes

Gamba Osaka's relegation to the second division feels no less shocking now that the dust has settled, but after spending only five weeks of the season outside the bottom three, perhaps the writing was on the wall all along.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Dec 6, 2012

In the details of our landscapes sits a panorama of mankind

In Johnny Hardstaff's short film "Transmission," a group of astronauts training to visit a distant planet are interviewed. Filmed as a viral promotion for Ridley Scott's recent film "Prometheus," "Transmission" acts as an introduction to the characters of Scott's universe, rich in both story and visual...
WORLD / Politics
Dec 6, 2012

Harvard recognizes 'alternative sexualities and kink' group

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COMMENTARY / World
Dec 6, 2012

Egypt's democratic dictator?

Mohamed Morsi, Egypt's first-ever elected civilian president, recently granted himself sweeping temporary powers in order, he claims, to attain the objectives of the revolution that overthrew Hosni Mubarak's dictatorship.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Dec 5, 2012

You can't take it with you: Horse gambler's system stymied by tax law

Bad bet: Osaka man busted by tax authorities over gambling winnings.
COMMENTARY
Dec 5, 2012

Cast your ballots carefully

Disillusionment with politicians and established political parties has been growing in democratic countries for some time. Politicians are increasingly seen as venal. Some are incompetent and ignorant. Many are often arrogant and conceited. But we cannot do without them.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 5, 2012

Apple after Steve Jobs: separating fact and fiction

This fall, Apple chief executive Tim Cook formally apologized for the company's mistake-filled mobile map application, which became a national joke for its screwy geography. The misstep focused new attention on the legendary company and how it has fared since the death of Steve Jobs in October 2011....
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 4, 2012

Double jeopardy practice scrutinized

Two recent high-profile exonerations have reignited calls by defense lawyers to require the full disclosure of evidence, and to let verdicts handed down by lay judges stand.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Dec 4, 2012

Original gifts for your unique friends

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EDITORIALS
Dec 4, 2012

Tokyo gubernatorial issues

Nine candidates have announced their candidacy for the Tokyo gubernatorial election, which will be held on Dec. 16, the same day as the Lower House election. Since Tokyo is the nation's capital and the center of Japan's political, economic and intellectual activities, the result of the gubernatorial...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 4, 2012

Takeda exec pushing for more women at top

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Director Deborah Dunsire, the only female on a board of one of Japan's 10 largest public companies, says the drugmaker is just getting started in promoting more women to senior levels.
Japan Times
JAPAN / POSITIONING FOR THE POLL
Dec 4, 2012

Kada's party backs Hague treaty, monthly child support

Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada wants the nation to provide better child-rearing support, become a society that allows participation by everyone, and join the Hague Convention against abductions by estranged parents.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / THE VIEW FROM EUROPE
Dec 3, 2012

The best-kept secret in Japanese politics is that policies don't matter

Political parties in Japan are busy preparing for the Dec. 16 Lower House election. Each day, voters face new or newly merged parties, most of them determined to become part of the "third political force" or "third pole" forming to challenge the ruling Democratic Party of Japan and its two rivals —...
JAPAN / ELECTION 2012
Dec 3, 2012

Nippon Mirai pledges 2022 atomic phaseout, tax freeze

Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada on Sunday unveiled her new party's hastily compiled policy platform for the Dec. 16 general election, calling for the elimination of nuclear power by 2022 and freezing the government's plan to raise the sales tax.
Japan to overhaul tax exemption system for foreign visitors
The Ginza shopping district in Tokyo in August
Japan researchers develop a simple way to spot signs of Alzheimer's disease
In 2022, the number of elderly people with dementia in Japan reached 4.43 million, according to data from the health ministry.
Tokyo police arrest six Chinese nationals over yami baito scheme
Tokyo police have arrested six Chinese nationals on suspicion of unlawful confinement and attempted extortion involving a 23-year-old exchange student who had become involved in a financial dispute over a yami baito, or a “dark” part-time job.
Kumiko Shichijo: ‘Living abroad helped me appreciate Japanese etiquette’
Kumiko Shichijo provides tips on Japanese etiquette and manners on Instagram and says videos on gift-giving and hand towels have done particularly well.
Uniqlo criticized in China after CEO says retailer does not use Xinjiang cotton
In an interview in Tokyo with the BBC that was published on Thursday, Fast Retailing CEO Tadashi Yanai said the company does not source cotton from China's Xinjiang region.
Ishiba sticks to the basics in second policy speech
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers his policy speech at the Lower House of parliament in Tokyo on Friday.
Hiroshi Kurosaki looks beyond Japan for heart-wrenching drama
Hiroshi Kurosaki’s Netflix series “Beyond Goodbye” centers on a woman (Kasumi Arimura, left) who discovers her dead lover’s heart saved the life of a quiet pianist (Kentaro Sakaguchi).
Japan researchers develop a simple way to spot signs of Alzheimer's disease
In 2022, the number of elderly people with dementia in Japan reached 4.43 million, according to data from the health ministry.
‘What Divides Us’ producer honors grandfather’s Hiroshima reportage
“What Divides Us" producer Cannon Hersey says his grandfather, who wrote about the aftermath of nuclear destruction in Hiroshima, never spoke about what he had seen while working with Japanese minister Kiyoshi Tanimoto to preserve the stories of survivors.
Bluesky is booming in Japan — mainly for reasons other than U.S. politics
According to Similarweb, average monthly user numbers for Bluesky on Android in Japan quintupled in the 12 months to October.

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