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Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Nov 4, 2011

Akita's Gardener proving a formidable force once again

With identical 5-1 records, the upstart Akita Northern Happinets and expansion Chiba Jets square off four times over the next two weekends. It will be a strong early season test for both squads.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Oct 8, 2011

Where have all the heroes gone?

Sound cannot travel in a vacuum and perhaps that explains the growing silence in the Japanese spirit.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Oct 7, 2011

Hosokawa: Weather the fall with an old Edo classic

Now that summer has been blown away, we finally have the appetite not just to eat but to venture further afield. Time to head across the Sumida River into the shitamachi (old downtown) heartland of Ryogoku, home to the national cult of sumo and its central shrine, the mighty Kokugikan stadium.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / LIGHT GIST
Sep 27, 2011

No-nos for Noda: Japan's top 10 most useless PMs

On Sept. 2, Yoshihiko Noda was appointed the 95th prime minister of Japan, the sixth man (and they have all been men) to hold the job in five years. To mark this occasion and offer lessons to the new Democratic Party of Japan chief on how not to lead the country, the Community Page asked 10 writers to...
Japan Times
LIFE
Jul 31, 2011

Most unlikely bedfellows

"How wonderful! How marvelous! From here to the southeast is what the Westerners call the Pacific Ocean and the American states! They must be very close!" — Watanabe Kazan, artist and samurai, in a diary recording a sojourn in Enoshima, an island off Kamakura in present-day Kanagawa Prefecture,...
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Jul 24, 2011

Dramatization of Mukoda's 'Kurumi no Heya'; value-savvy celebrity special; CM of the week: Fanta

The late writer Kuniko Mukoda was famous for her teleplays, which portrayed Japanese family life in a more realistic light than almost anyone else's TV scripts. This week, NHK starts a six-part dramatization of one of her novels, meaning a story that she didn't write directly for the small screen.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jul 24, 2011

Swallows flying high with Ogawa at helm

Here we are at the All-Star break in Japan's patchwork baseball season, and enough cannot be said about the job done by Junji Ogawa, manager of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows. In his first full season at the helm, Ogawa has had his team in first place since April, and it has been mentioned the teams at the...
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jul 22, 2011

Okinawa ropes in some fun

The Yonabaru tug-of-war on July 31 will pit the city's east side against its west in a competition that dates back some 400 years.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jul 17, 2011

It seems Japan has literally gone to the dogs

Japan has found an answer to loneliness, despair, fear, disgust and uncertainty. Hint: It's alive, stands on four legs and barks. Well, so much the better if the gloom weighing us down can be so easily dispelled. Or is it?
Japan Times
CARTOONS / ZERO GRAVITY
Jul 10, 2011

Sumo Jeans

Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jun 26, 2011

Game changer as advertisers take a sporting chance

Earlier this month, teen golf sensation Ryo Ishikawa was driving his Audi when he was stopped by police and told that his international driver's license, obtained in the United States, was not valid in Japan. It was an innocent faux pas, but Ishikawa was forced to apologize profusely through the media...
Reader Mail
Jun 23, 2011

Unhealthy promotion of sports

Regarding the June 18 Kyodo article "First sports law since '61 enacted": How will promoting sports cut medical spending? Some of the worst injuries are caused by sports. If there was an incentive to exercise safely, that might help reduce unnecessary spending, but to suggest that pushing sports down...
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Jun 15, 2011

Team approach difference for Dallas

Moments before Game 6 began, it became self-evident the NBA Finals would soon conclude in a "Dead Heat." No performer with any pride would dare try to follow Marc Anthony's unparalleled interpretation of the national anthem.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
May 20, 2011

'Freakonomics'/'The Red Baron'

Darren Aronofsky, whose "Black Swan" is now showing here, debuted with the cult flick "Pi" (1997), about a slightly mad math whiz who was convinced there was a pattern in stock market fluctuations that could reveal the markets' movements. As the film's hero put it, "Mathematics is the language of nature;...
Reader Mail
May 12, 2011

Local festivals don't pursue rights

Grant Piper's comment in his May 5 letter, "Abomination by any other name" (in which he criticizes the annual "Baby-cry sumo" event at Tokyo's Sensoji Temple as "culturally sanctioned child abuse") is hilarious.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
May 9, 2011

A further understanding of how money talks

In my previous column on the subject of 金 (kin or kane), alternatively meaning money, gold or metal, I realized that I'd barely scratched the surface of this vast subject. What forms does money take? How is it handled? Or, for that matter, how is it mishandled?
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 29, 2011

Evacuee mayor's community torn

Katsutaka Idogawa, the 64-year-old mayor of Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, is standing at a crossroads.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS / ICE TIME
Mar 30, 2011

France's noble gesture resonates in midst of crisis

It has been said that in times of crisis, people show their true colors.
COMMUNITY / Voices / HAVE YOUR SAY
Mar 1, 2011

Foreignness, nationality and naturalization: readers' views

A selection of responses to "Naturalized Japanese: foreigners no more" by Debito Arudou (Just Be Cause, Feb. 1):
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Feb 27, 2011

Skipping the ads gets harder as shows become infomercials

In the late 1990s, I did piece work for a public relations company, translating achievement reports into English for its non-Japanese clients. The reports outlined how and where the company had secured mentions of its clients' products in various media, and included equivalent advertising value amounts...
Japan Times
CARTOONS / NOODLES
Feb 20, 2011

Sumo

Reader Mail
Feb 10, 2011

Worldwide problem with 'honor'

Sumo's continued troubles demonstrate a problem that afflicts the world, not just Japan. Some years ago it was safe to assume that all young individuals coming up into the world had been taught certain fundamentals at home: basic things about right and wrong, respect for others, courtesy toward elders...
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.
Trump pledges 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico, and more levies on China
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump attends a viewing of the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket, in Brownsville, Texas, on Nov. 19. Trump on Monday threatened to slap China, Mexico and Canada with hefty tariffs upon his return to the White House.
AI boom makes 139-year-old cable maker Japan’s hottest stock
Fujikura's headquarters in Tokyo's Koto Ward. The company's share price has surged by more than 400% this year.
Japan’s sauna movement: Relax, refresh, repeat
Totopa in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward was picked by consultants TTNE as the best sauna of the year.
Funeral held for Princess Yuriko at Tokyo cemetery
Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, followed by Princess Aiko and Princess Kako, prepare to attend a funeral service for Princess Yuriko at Toshimagaoka Cemetery in Tokyo on Tuesday.
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.
How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit
A man walks past a gasoline station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Are you leaving your loved ones digital legacies or headaches?
The National Consumer Affairs Center reports a growing number of consultations regarding "digital legacies" — data and online services left behind when people die.
Rayssa Leal and Chloe Covell on Japan’s teen skaters: We are friends, not rivals
Brazil’s Rayssa Leal celebrates after winning the women's Street League Skateboarding competition on Saturday in Tokyo.
An iconic 32-foot doughnut might give Randy’s an edge in Japan
Randy's Donuts in Inglewood, California. Replicas of the giant doughnut sculpture will be installed, where possible, at shops in Japan.

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Totopa in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward was picked by consultants TTNE as the best sauna of the year.
Japan’s sauna movement: Relax, refresh, repeat
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