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SOCCER / World cup
Dec 16, 2012

Corinthians face major challenge against Chelsea

Corinthians manager Tite is aiming to channel the passion of his club's fanatical supporters in Sunday's Club World Cup final, but warns that Chelsea will need no second invitation to exploit any lapse in his players' resolve.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / WEEK 3
Dec 16, 2012

Last Tokyo street view of Mount Fuji set to go

As the sun sets over a small patch of the Nippori district of Tokyo's northeastern Arakawa Ward, people can often be seen stopping to gaze to the West — something not so surprising atop a street named Fujimizaka, which means "Mount Fuji Viewing Slope."
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 14, 2012

Jackson bids for more magic with 'The Hobbit'

When asked what "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" offers that "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy didn't, actor Sir Ian McKellan pauses before answering.
EDITORIALS
Dec 14, 2012

Public servants' political activities

In two cases related to the National Civil Service Law provision that prohibits national public servants from engaging in political activities, the Supreme Court's Second Petit Bench ruled Nov. 7 that national public servants' political activities should be banned only when such activities substantively...
BASKETBALL
Dec 12, 2012

Veteran forward Cummings joins 89ers

A week after forward T.J. Cummings officially parted ways with the Akita Northern Happinets, he moved on to the struggling Sendai 89ers, another Eastern Conference team in the bj-league.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 12, 2012

An energy-independent U.S. still has Middle East interests

For some time now, a certain strategic vision has been gaining traction: the United States is becoming energy-independent, paving the way for its political retreat from the Middle East and justifying its strategic "pivot" toward Asia. This view seems intuitively correct, but is it?
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 12, 2012

Kan's plight encapsulates DPJ's plunge from grace since '09

Two days into the campaign for the Lower House election, former Prime Minister Naoto Kan made a stump speech last Thursday at Fuchu Station in his western Tokyo constituency.
EDITORIALS
Dec 11, 2012

Accident probes in full swing

The seven-member Consumer Safety Investigation Commission, which was inaugurated in October, has chosen five accidents as initial targets for investigation.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 9, 2012

Eagles linked with swoop for star Jones

A number of former major leaguers have signed with Japanese teams this offseason, but they pale in comparison to the star the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles may have lured to Sendai.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / SWEET INSPIRATIONS
Dec 7, 2012

Candy made fresh at Tokyo stores

If Christmas is the time when adults pander to their inner child, then it is holiday season all year round at Papabubble. Tokyo's premier purveyor of artisan candies is no ordinary sweet shop: it's more like a Santa's grotto — complete with happy toiling elves.
JAPAN / ELECTION 2012
Dec 7, 2012

Many voices but no clear messages

With so many parties — and their seemingly mix-and-match policy positions — vying in the Dec. 16 Lower House election, voters are facing a difficult choice. Even so, all the sudden mergers and policy rejiggering suggest the new parties would be no better than their predecessors at breaking the tradition...
SOCCER / J. League / J. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Dec 6, 2012

Rudderless Gamba pay heavy toll for strategic mistakes

Gamba Osaka's relegation to the second division feels no less shocking now that the dust has settled, but after spending only five weeks of the season outside the bottom three, perhaps the writing was on the wall all along.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Dec 6, 2012

In the details of our landscapes sits a panorama of mankind

In Johnny Hardstaff's short film "Transmission," a group of astronauts training to visit a distant planet are interviewed. Filmed as a viral promotion for Ridley Scott's recent film "Prometheus," "Transmission" acts as an introduction to the characters of Scott's universe, rich in both story and visual...
JAPAN / ELECTION 2012
Dec 5, 2012

Parties posture with grand pronouncements, few details

Privatization of Japan Post was the focal point in the 2005 general election. The 2009 election ended in a lopsided victory for the Democratic Party of Japan and the ouster of the long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party. This Dec. 16, voters will go to the polls to cast their judgment on nuclear power in...
WORLD / Politics
Dec 5, 2012

Turkey faces renewed Kurdish threat

This town of 19,000, nestled in an idyllic mountain pass of impossibly green pastures and golden autumn trees, is on the front lines of Turkey's rapidly escalating guerrilla war.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 5, 2012

How to fight in Afghanistan with fewer U.S. troops

Kimberly and Frederick W. Kagan's recent commentary in The Washington Post, arguing for a force of 30,000 or more Americans in Afghanistan after 2014, is fundamentally wrong. Although their goals are sound — preventing terrorist attacks from the region on the United States — the writers' logic and...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 4, 2012

Takeda exec pushing for more women at top

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Director Deborah Dunsire, the only female on a board of one of Japan's 10 largest public companies, says the drugmaker is just getting started in promoting more women to senior levels.
COMMENTARY
Dec 3, 2012

The politics and insanity of the Cuba embargo

An open letter to U.S. President Barack Obama:
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Dec 2, 2012

BayStars, Hawks complete unusual swap of veterans

Trades are not a common occurrence in Japanese baseball, and deals involving star players — or at least starting players on most teams — are rarely made.
SOCCER / J. League
Dec 2, 2012

Yokohama slips past Sagan in finale

Yokohama F. Marinos missed out on a place in next season's Asian Champions League despite beating Sagan Tosu 1-0 on Saturday, as Urawa Reds claimed the qualification spot by finishing third on the final day of the J. League season.

Longform

It's back to the classroom for some residents as municipal governments across the country conduct lessons to learn how to use new technologies.
Can aging Japan go digital without leaving anyone behind?