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JAPAN / ALSO OUT THERE
Jan 30, 2008

Finessing the pen-twirl becomes a fine science

Unlike Tamagotchi or the Nintendo DS, the latest Japanese gadget does not bleep, comes without voice recognition system and will not connect to the Internet.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Jan 29, 2008

Are you concerned about the current financial turmoil?

BUSINESS
Jan 29, 2008

Daiichi Sankyo antibiotic OK'd

Drugmaker Daiichi Sankyo Co. won approval to sell the antibiotic Gracevit in its home market.
EDITORIALS
Jan 27, 2008

The 'keitai' generation

Nearly 100 percent of high school students, 50 percent of junior high, and a third of those in grammar school now own cell phones. Even the word "cell phone" already sounds out of date, replaced even among foreign residents by "keitai," the shortened form of the Japanese word for portable phone.
Japan Times
JAPAN / MIXED MATCHES
Jan 26, 2008

Pair mutually strive to broaden their horizon, perspective

Alexander Bright and Akiko Yamada first met at Cambridge University in 1999, when Bright was a graduate student majoring in materials science and Yamada, then a high school teacher, was taking a year off to study education in England.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jan 25, 2008

Classic director remembered

The Japan Foundation will present the film series "Rediscovery of Yamamoto Satsuo" on Feb. 2-3 as it continues to promote cultural and arts exchange with non-Japanese. A selection of the most popular works by the celebrated director Yamamoto will be shown in Tokyo with English subtitles.
BUSINESS
Jan 25, 2008

Toyota falls just short of passing GM's 2007 sales

Toyota said Thursday it sold 9.366 million vehicles last year globally, about 3,000 fewer than General Motors' tally, allowing the U.S. automaker to retain its crown as the world's No. 1 automaker.
Reader Mail
Jan 24, 2008

Drinking sessions add to problem

The Jan. 11 editorial "Confidence to have children" rightfully pointed out that long work hours prevent men from assisting in child care. However, I might point out that company drinking sessions add even more time to the typical salaryman's day than does overtime. These drinking sessions, which are...
EDITORIALS
Jan 24, 2008

Profiting on a scrap of information

The Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission has launched an investigation of three NHK employees — two reporters and a director — on suspicion of insider stock trading. They are suspected of garnering ¥100,000 to ¥400,000 in profits after trading 1,000 to 3,000 shares on "insider" knowledge....
CULTURE / Art / INSIDE ART
Jan 24, 2008

The parallel world of art associations

What are the most famous exhibitions of contemporary art in the world? The Venice Biennale? Art Basel Miami Beach?
LIFE / Digital / IGADGET
Jan 23, 2008

PC games invade the PlayStation 3

PS3 levels up: StreamMyGame.com has released, for free, its Linux Player, which allows any game created for use on a PC to be played on a PlayStation 3 running the Linux system. You need to have Linux installed on a PS3 (versions such as Ubuntu and Yellow Dog Linux will do the trick). It works by feeding...
BUSINESS
Jan 23, 2008

KHI delivers first 777 freighter parts

Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. has delivered its first parts for Boeing Co.'s wide-body 777 freighters that will enter service by the end of this year.
BUSINESS
Jan 22, 2008

Showa Shell to cut January output

Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K., the Japanese unit of Royal Dutch Shell PLC, will join Nippon Oil Corp. and Cosmo Oil Co. in cutting crude processing this month as unusually warm weather reduces kerosene demand.
Reader Mail
Jan 20, 2008

Committed teachers shunted aside

Kanako Takahara's Jan. 5 article, "Assistant language teachers in trying times" -- on the problems faced by ALTs in Japan -- was excellent, though it only mentioned a few of the issues we face.
Japan Times
LIFE / WEEK 3
Jan 20, 2008

Savor the sensation of being a 'princess'

My handsome butler, resplendent in his smart black waistcoat and bow tie, greets me at the door. "Hello princess," he softly intones as he manfully leads me to a rose-strewn alcove.

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