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Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 2, 2008

Uchikawa sparks CL to All-Star win

YOKOHAMA — There were fireworks going off during the second game of the NPB All-Star Series on Friday.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Aug 1, 2008

Runner Yamauchi excited about opportunity to compete in Beijing

The essence of one's competitive spirit often comes from this: a joy in participating in the process. And it would be difficult — nearly impossible, in fact — to find another marathon runner who reveres the process as much as Mara Yamauchi.
COMMENTARY
Jul 31, 2008

Money can't buy Tibetan love

By all measures Tibet's economy is booming. In the past 30 years its growth rate has outstripped the rest of China's, 10.4 percent to 9.8 percent year on year. The result is that the vast majority of Tibetans have been pulled out of deep poverty.
EDITORIALS
Jul 31, 2008

Perception of a great show

China's preparations for the Aug. 8 opening of the Beijing Olympics are in full swing. China is staking its reputation on the Games — this year's largest sports event and the third Olympic Games to be held in Asia, after the 1964 Tokyo Games and the 1988 Seoul Games. The Olympic Village opened Sunday...
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Jul 29, 2008

Past shortcomings motivating factor for many 2008 Olympians

According to conventional wisdom, people forget the runnersup, but they remember the champions.
BUSINESS
Jul 26, 2008

Top two shippers log hefty profits

Nippon Yusen K.K. and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd., Japan's two largest shipping lines, boosted earnings as higher demand for coal, iron ore and grains more than offset hikes in fuel.
EDITORIALS
Jul 25, 2008

Public explosions in China

Explosions on two buses during the morning rush hour Monday in Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province in southwest China, killed two people and injured 14 others, as Chinese authorities were tightening security ahead of the opening of the Beijing Olympics in less than three weeks. Both the Kunming public...
Japan Times
LIFE / WEEK 3
Jul 20, 2008

Fly fanboys in the living room

Parents the world over would surely prefer their children not to throw things about. It's just plain bad manners, among other things. But Atsushi Kikuchi, a serious-looking father of two boys, positively encourages it. And, he evenmaintains, his sons' ballistic behavior has produced considerable benefits...
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jul 19, 2008

Hoshino makes gutsy decision by sticking with Uehara

Japan manager Senichi Hoshino took a gamble on Thursday afternoon.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 18, 2008

Hoshino places faith in Olympic qualifiers

Japan announced its 24-man baseball roster for the Beijing Olympics during a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Thursday afternoon.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Jul 13, 2008

Focused Tamesue follows his own path in search of Olympic glory

I have a confession to make, and it won't send an electric shock through your nervous system, nor will it instantly give you a Don King hairdo.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jul 12, 2008

Leaving the Beijing bird's nest behind

BEIJING — Ai Weiwei, China's most famous living artist, lives and works in Caochangdi, which used to be a village to the east of Beijing but is now, thanks to the city's endless creep — locals call it Beijing Tan Da Bing, or spreading pancake — just another crowded suburb. It takes a long time...
Japan Times
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Jun 15, 2008

Swim fed made right call on suits

It's been a strange year in the pool. The swimsuit has created more headlines than the swimmer.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jun 8, 2008

Kitajima shatters another record

Double Olympic champion Kosuke Kitajima set another national record on Saturday in the Speedo LZR Racer, raising more concerns about contractual obligations for Japan's swimmers to use domestically produced suits at the Beijing Olympics.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jun 7, 2008

Sugiuchi Hawks' main man in May

There's just something about May that brings out the best in Toshiya Sugiuchi.
Japan Times
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Jun 6, 2008

Noguchi should carry flag for Japan at Beijing Games

Koji Murofushi is a gifted athlete. The reigning Olympic champion in the men's hammer throw, he's achieved widespread notoriety in Japan just like his father, Shigenobu, the longtime national record-holder in the discipline, before him.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
May 30, 2008

Coach likes Oga's effort, fortitude

Yuko Oga has played a grand total of 19 minutes in her first three WNBA games.
COMMENTARY / World
May 24, 2008

Is China's Tibet policy bad for business?

PRAGUE — When a Chinese government security official recently accused followers of the Dalai Lama of organizing suicide attacks — merely the most extreme of a barrage of allegations against the "Dalai clique" — it was as though the Cultural Revolution were still raging. Indeed, particularly where...
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
May 11, 2008

Veteran Nakamura says move to bj-league the right decision for ex-JBL club

Kazuo Nakamura never minces his words. And this characteristic doesn't change, even on a formal, introductory occasion.
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.
Trump pledges 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico, and more levies on China
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump attends a viewing of the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket, in Brownsville, Texas, on Nov. 19. Trump on Monday threatened to slap China, Mexico and Canada with hefty tariffs upon his return to the White House.
AI boom makes 139-year-old cable maker Japan’s hottest stock
Fujikura's headquarters in Tokyo's Koto Ward. The company's share price has surged by more than 400% this year.
Japan’s sauna movement: Relax, refresh, repeat
Totopa in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward was picked by consultants TTNE as the best sauna of the year.
Funeral held for Princess Yuriko at Tokyo cemetery
Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, followed by Princess Aiko and Princess Kako, prepare to attend a funeral service for Princess Yuriko at Toshimagaoka Cemetery 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.
How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit
A man walks past a gasoline station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Are you leaving your loved ones digital legacies or headaches?
The National Consumer Affairs Center reports a growing number of consultations regarding "digital legacies" — data and online services left behind when people die.
Rayssa Leal and Chloe Covell on Japan’s teen skaters: We are friends, not rivals
Brazil’s Rayssa Leal celebrates after winning the women's Street League Skateboarding competition on Saturday in Tokyo.
An iconic 32-foot doughnut might give Randy’s an edge in Japan
Randy's Donuts in Inglewood, California. Replicas of the giant doughnut sculpture will be installed, where possible, at shops in Japan.

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