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SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Feb 9, 2008

Capello has work cut out for him to rebuild England squad

LONDON — New manager, same old England. Or Englantalia.
Japan Times
JAPAN / MIXED MATCHES
Feb 9, 2008

Fitting like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle

R ikiya Yokohori met his destiny while delving into applied mathematics at the University of Central Oklahoma in 2002.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Feb 1, 2008

Yoshiume: Simmering over a nabe hot pot

The sleet was lashing down, the wind whipping off Tokyo Bay as we trudged the streets of Ningyocho, eastern Nihonbashi, in search of dinner. Appalling conditions, certainly, but worth braving for the down-home charms of an evening at Yoshiume.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 31, 2008

High mercury level warnings fail to put Japanese off tuna

Kazuhiro Ukiuchi loves his tuna sushi, and he tries to have it once a week — despite the common knowledge in Japan the popular fish can contain toxic mercury.
Reader Mail
Jan 31, 2008

Domestic coverage could be better

As a reader for nearly 30 years, I recently switched my subscription from one of the other English-language dailies because I felt The Japan Times' coverage of domestic news was far superior. That said, there is always room for improvement, and I would like to offer two examples. In the Jan. 25 issue,...
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Jan 27, 2008

Japan, Chile scoreless in Okada's return

Japan kicked off coach Takeshi Okada's second spell in charge of the national team with a disappointing 0-0 draw against Chile at National Stadium on Saturday night.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Jan 22, 2008

Weak yen will trump prints row for tourists

Online letters of protest were filled out. A group of nearly 70 civic organizations from around the world delivered a formal letter of disapproval to Justice Minister Kunio Hatoyama. Protesters gathered outside the Justice Ministry and thrust an inflated 3-meter-high yellow hand with an extended forefinger...
BASKETBALL
Jan 21, 2008

DeWitz puts on dazzling display for parents in 89ers triumph

SENDAI — Mike and Mary DeWitz traveled thousands of kilometers from their Arizona home to watch their son play basketball over the weekend.
BASEBALL
Jan 20, 2008

Whiting pays tribute to Boyer, Halberstam

In an exclusive piece, best-selling author Robert Whiting reminisces about two men, Clete Boyer and David Halberstam, both of whom died in 2007, who had a profound impact on his distinguished career.
COMMENTARY / THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK
Jan 8, 2008

Bottle of water delivers wrong message

NEW YORK — "You really have to wonder at the utter stupidity and the irresponsibility sometimes of American consumers," Salt Lake City Mayor Ross "Rocky" Anderson said. "These false needs are provided, and too often we just fall in line with what Madison Avenue comes up with to market these unnecessary...
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 6, 2008

Food for oil: global version

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut — It has always been interesting to me how much of a role sheer coincidence has played in the history of the world.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 4, 2008

Waseda grad school to groom true newshounds

There is no doubt that Japan has produced its share of top-notch journalists: noted political writer Takashi Tachibana, war photographer Ryuichi Hirokawa and videographer Kenji Nagai, who was shot dead in September while reporting close up on the unrest in Myanmar, to cite but a few.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jan 4, 2008

Beijing: punk paradise in waiting

As Beijing enters its Olympic year, The Japan Times meets the Japanese mogul who's hoping to put the city on the musical map
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 30, 2007

Forum upbeat on Japan-ASEAN FTA but hit closed farm sector

Japan's recent conclusion of free-trade talks with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations signals Tokyo's continued engagement with the region, four journalists from ASEAN member states told a recent symposium in the capital.
BASKETBALL
Dec 28, 2007

Apache guard Aoki continues climb to stardom

There are times this season when Cohey Aoki is the best offensive player on the basketball court.
Japan Times
Reference / Special Presentations / WITNESS TO WAR
Dec 20, 2007

A long life of peace that sprung from war

Twelfth in a series
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Dec 14, 2007

Wrapping up the music of 2007

Stuck for what musical goodies you should get this festive season? The Japan Timess called upon some industry experts, and our own elves, to pick the year's best entertainment.
Japan Times
JAPAN / READERS' FUND
Dec 13, 2007

Helping Laotians keep their forests

Second in a series
Japan Times
JAPAN / READERS' FUND
Dec 12, 2007

Kyoto NGO works to boost Afghan women's lot, literacy

This is the first in a series on how contributions to The Japan Times Readers' Fund last year — the 52nd since the campaign started — are being put to use. Readers donated ¥1,191,888 in 2006, which has gone to six groups helping needy people across Asia.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Dec 4, 2007

Taking liberties? Readers respond

The Community Page received an unprecedented number of responses to the "Taking Liberties" series that ran in this section last month. Following are some examples.
Reader Mail
Nov 29, 2007

America is not 'the world'

I wanted to comment on the peculiar use of the word "world" in The Japan Times and indeed the Japanese media generally. It is only the Japanese media and Japanese politicians who do this when referring to the opinion of the U.S. government. This apparently subconscious phenomenon seems unique to Japan,...
Japan Times
LIFE
Nov 25, 2007

Jobs journal reflects social change

Back in 1980 when the weekly job-seekers' magazine Travail was launched, it was a social phenomenon that gave women the information they needed to independently switch jobs and build their careers. People even adopted the magazine's title (which means "work" in French, and is written in hiragana as torabayu)...
BASKETBALL
Nov 3, 2007

Two-time champion Evessa, Five Arrows anchor Western Conference power base

The 2007-08 bj-league season tipped off on Tuesday night. It was the first game for the expansion Rizing Fukuoka. A crowd of 2,475 watched the Osaka Evessa post a 91-71 victory.
BASKETBALL / ONE-ON-ONE WITH ...
Oct 28, 2007

Kawachi confident as bj-league begins third year

In an exclusive interview with The Japan Times, Toshimitsu Kawachi, the bj-league commissioner, spoke at length about the challenges the third-year league has in achieving long-term success, the structural problems of the Japan Basketball Association (JBA) and his vision for future expansion in the league....
Japan Times
LIFE
Oct 28, 2007

Masters of all they survey

"How do you get to the Seibu department store?"
Reader Mail
Oct 18, 2007

Want ads appear discriminatory

After reading the classified section Oct. 9 (Tuesday), I feel that The Japan Times should modify some of its policies concerning want ads: namely, the ageism and blatant discrimination that often is a prerequisite for a job. One corporation writes "Japanese nationality preferred." Other companies have...
Reader Mail
Oct 14, 2007

Tired myth of uniqueness

In her Oct. 7 book review of Alan Macfarlane's "Japan Through the Looking Glass," Mariko Kato writes "It is fully known that Japan -- despite being the world's second-largest economy and a hyperproductive civilization -- is utterly different from the West."
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Oct 14, 2007

Illustrating Japan's top cover star

For more than 30 years, Masamichi Oikawa has drawn the cover art for Pia magazine, reports staff writer Edan Corkill
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 6, 2007

Fans fuel Fighters' bid for another Japan Series

SAPPORO — Forty-two thousand, two hundred and twenty two. That's the listed maximum capacity of Sapporo Dome. Apparently somebody forgot to tell the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters fans.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 3, 2007

Heading for a French Sixth Republic?

PARIS — Nearly 50 years after the creation of the Fifth Republic by Gen. Charles de Gaulle, French President Nicolas Sarkozy wants to change France's fundamental institutions. An expert council will send him its proposals by Nov. 1.

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