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COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Mar 20, 2007

Where can I get an original Japan gift?

Another creperie In reply to Sophie's recent plea for an authentic creperie in Tokyo, Yolande writes: "I am French and always enjoy the exquisite and authentic crepes served with delicious Brittany beer at 'Le Bretagne' in Kagurazaka. They also have a restaurant in Omotesando."
BUSINESS / JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES
Mar 19, 2007

Advice for Japan as it returns to the jungle: Don't feed the animals

The Japanese economy is now a fully signed-up member of the global jungle.
CULTURE / Books
Mar 18, 2007

Hard-boiled in Bangkok

The Risk of Infidelity Index: A Vincent Calvino Crime Novel, by Christopher G. Moore, Bangkok: Heaven Lake Press, 2007, 324 pp., $15.95 (paper) Bangkok-based detective-for-hire Vincent Calvino has found himself in a classic predicament: After coming through with a mountain of solid evidence for his American...
EDITORIALS
Mar 18, 2007

Who's playing by the rules?

The United States has ended an investigation of a Macau-based bank suspected of helping North Korea launder money from illicit activities. In wrapping up its investigations, the U.S. banned U.S. banks from doing business with the bank, but left up to Macau authorities the decision on what to do with...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Mar 17, 2007

Winning formula prevails in the midst of diversification

As I near the end of my winter stay in Niseko, I am left with a nagging question: Has Niseko been ruined by tourism?
BASKETBALL
Mar 16, 2007

Veteran sharpshooter Orimo hopes to fire Japan into Olympics

YOKOHAMA -- No matter how many years have gone by and how many young talents have appeared, one fact has not changed a bit since 14 years ago: swingman Takehiko Orimo can shoot a basketball better than any one in Japan.
BUSINESS
Mar 16, 2007

IRCJ disbands, lauds role in fostering rehab leaders

The government-sponsored Industrial Revitalization of Corp. of Japan disbanded Thursday after overseeing 41 distressed companies with more than 30 billion yen in combined retained earnings.
EDITORIALS
Mar 15, 2007

Off the TSE hook

The Tokyo Stock Exchange has decided not to delist Nikko Cordial Corp., the nation's third-largest brokerage, from the Tokyo bourse despite its false reporting of earnings. The TSE's explanation -- that the brokerage's misconduct was "not black enough" -- makes the public wonder whether the exchange...
JAPAN
Mar 15, 2007

Gov. Sonomanma: What sex slaves?

Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru, a comedian-turned-rookie-politician, waded into a political minefield Wednesday, claiming it was hard to confirm as historical fact that the wartime Japanese military coerced women across Asia into frontline brothels.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Mar 14, 2007

Patterson got raw deal from Blazers

NEW YORK -- In the judgment of billionaire Paul Allen, the last year of Steve Patterson's contract as the Blazers president/alternate governor/GM did not merit being exercised. This further confirms why I'll never be in position to make such weighty NBA decisions.
JAPAN
Mar 14, 2007

Japan signs landmark security pact with Australia

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his visiting Australian counterpart, John Howard, signed a landmark security accord Tuesday to strengthen bilateral cooperation, making Japan Australia's closest security ally after the United States.
BUSINESS
Mar 13, 2007

TSE rules out delisting of Nikko stock

The Tokyo Stock Exchange will not delist scandal-tainted Nikko Cordial Corp. because it cannot confirm whether the brokerage falsified its financial statements in a systematic manner, TSE President Taizo Nishimuro announced Monday.
COMMENTARY
Mar 13, 2007

Dealing with climate change

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the adoption of the Kyoto Protocol, and the 20th anniversary of the publication "Our Common Future," by the United Nations Brundtland Commission, the landmark report that called for "sustainable development" -- meeting the needs of the present without compromising...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WORDS TO LIVE BY
Mar 13, 2007

Mamoru Oshii

Animation and live-film writer and director Mamoru Oshii, 56, is best known for making the animated 1995 movie "Ghost in the Shell," which was a strong influence on the Hollywood movie "The Matrix" (1999). The work Oshii is most satisfied with is the 2004 sequel to that film, "Innocence" (which was nominated...
JAPAN
Mar 11, 2007

Sex slave history erased from texts; '93 apology next?

Former education minister Nariaki Nakayama takes pride in an achievement he and about 130 fellow members of the Liberal Democratic Party took the past decade to accomplish: getting references to Japan's wartime sex slaves struck from most authorized history texts for junior high schools.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Mar 11, 2007

Signing of Matsuzaka likely helping interest in Japanese baseball grow overseas

I thought there was going to be an increased interest in Japanese baseball in other countries, particularly in North America, after Hideo Nomo made it big with the Los Angeles Dodgers 12 years ago in 1995.
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.
Japan to overhaul tax exemption system for foreign visitors
The Ginza shopping district in Tokyo in August
Two dead after fire at Upper House lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi’s apartment
A fire broke out on the sixth floor of an apartment building where Upper House lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi resides on Wednesday in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward.
Real-life ‘Tokyo Swindlers’ ordered to pay ¥1 billion in damages
High-rise buildings in Tokyo. Through faking documents and passports a criminal group conspired to pose as the owner of a real-estate plot and buildings in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward in 2017, defrauding Sekisui House of ¥5.5 billion.
Real estate worth ¥25 trillion puts Japan companies in spotlight
Elliott Investment Management's stake in Tokyo Gas is centered around getting the utility to sell off its real estate holdings, including Shinjuku Park Tower, which houses the Park Hyatt Hotel Tokyo.
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.
DPP’s Tamaki leverages new position with energy proposal
DPP leader Yuichiro Tamaki 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.

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