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SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Mar 6, 2007

Who to watch at the upcoming Haru Basho

Who is going to take a fall in the Haru Basho?
BUSINESS
Mar 3, 2007

CPI remains level with last year

Japan's core consumer price index was unchanged in January from a year earlier due to cheaper crude oil prices, the government said Friday, fueling speculation that the Bank of Japan may hold off on raising interest rates in the near future.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Feb 27, 2007

A grab bag of affordable products

Great design ideas do not necessarily need to cost an arm and a leg -- even though some manufacturers would like you to think so. With that in mind, this month's picks are a grab bag of affordable products, all under 10,000 yen (the small version of the Oblong clock excepted). Also, you should be able...
Japan Times
LIFE
Feb 25, 2007

Law and disorder

I was surprised when Jaime Xavier Lopez, the head of Sacred Heart, a notorious "martial-arts" group, told me to meet him at the government's Office of Cadastral Surveys and Property, where he has his day job. Or that's where he did work, since he is now imprisoned.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Feb 24, 2007

Nobody willing to take blame for fiasco with fans in France

LONDON -- Supporters are told they are the most important people in football . . . the sport's biggest sponsors . . . yet when they are randomly batoned and bloodied by French policemen, as around 500 Manchester United fans were at the Champions League tie against Lille, nobody seems responsible.
COMMENTARY
Feb 23, 2007

Airports foretell the future

LONDON -- It is at airports that one can tell that most of East Asia is merging into one gigantic business and market entity, a crisscrossed latticework flow of people, goods, ideas, lifestyles, relationships -- of such size, speed and intensity that it is beyond the power of any governments to check...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / NEW ART SEEN
Feb 22, 2007

Breaking into an insider's tea-drinking club

The term "gaijin artist" can be something of an insult to those who make Japan their home. It is, after all, parochial and old-fashioned to differentiate artists strictly on the basis of what passport they carry.
BUSINESS
Feb 16, 2007

GDP grows at annualized 4.8%

Japan's economy expanded at an annualized 4.8 percent in real terms during the October-December period of last year, beating economists' average forecast of 3.8 percent, a government preliminary report showed Thursday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Feb 16, 2007

'Being Julia'

The great Sarah Bernhardt said all women are actresses in one way or another, and "Being Julia" explores every facet of that quote.
BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2007

Hitachi's quarterly profit down 77%

Hitachi Ltd.'s group net profit for the October-December period fell more than three-quarters on lower earnings from securities, the Tokyo-based industrial electronics giant said Monday.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / CLOSE-UP
Feb 4, 2007

Princess Tenko: conjuror of pure mystery

The life of illusionist Tenko Hikita -- better
BUSINESS
Feb 1, 2007

Toshiba triples its group net profit in April-December period

Toshiba Corp. reported Wednesday a group net profit of 111.3 billion yen for the first three quarters of its 2006 business year to March -- more than triple from the previous year -- led by robust earnings in the liquid crystal display, home electric appliance and nuclear reactor businesses.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 27, 2007

SpongeBob soaks up young fans in Japan

Square and loud, SpongeBob wasn't supposed to have much chance for success in Japan, a nation famous for its love of more cuddly characters like Hello Kitty and Pikachu.
Japan Times
Reference / SO WHAT THE HECK IS THAT
Jan 23, 2007

Cycling on sidewalks

Dear Alice,
BUSINESS
Jan 18, 2007

Fuji Fire boosts disaster service

Fuji Fire & Marine Insurance Co. said Wednesday it will start a service in March under which staff will be dispatched to disaster sites so customers can quickly complete paperwork and receive insurance payments in as little as three days.
BUSINESS
Dec 23, 2006

NEC loss in half 2.5 billion yen more than first reported

Ailing electronics giant NEC Corp. said Friday its group net loss for the fiscal first-half was 2.5 billion yen more than it reported a month ago.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Dec 9, 2006

Premier League benefiting from foreign ownership of teams

LONDON -- By early 2007 a third of the 20 Premiership clubs will come under foreign ownership.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?
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