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COMMENTARY / World
Jan 27, 2011

Facing the specter of famine

SINGAPORE — In India, a potentially huge economic and social crisis is in the making, involving extensive rewriting of recipe books to exclude a favorite ingredient. Onions are in short supply and their prices have risen by 80 percent, too expensive for many Indians to afford as part of their daily...
BASKETBALL
Jan 26, 2011

Osaka's Washington hurts hamstring

Osaka Evessa power forward Lynn Washington, the bj-league's 2010-11 All-Star Game MVP on Sunday, sustained a grade-two hamstring injury during Tuesday's practice. He's expected to be sidelined for two to three weeks.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 26, 2011

Sony starts up fee-based music

Sony Corp. and the world's major record labels are starting their own music streaming service in the U.S. this quarter to challenge Apple Inc.'s iTunes, after years of letting startups license their artists.
SOCCER / J. League
Jan 24, 2011

Nelsinho vows to take resurgent Reysol to next level

KASHIWA, Chiba Pref. — Kashiwa Reysol manager Nelsinho is eager to see how far his team's momentum can take it on returning to the J. League first division after only one season in the second tier.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Jan 23, 2011

Washington, Rauf bans smack of a double standard

Osaka's Lynn Washington and Kyoto's Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, two of the league's marquee players, served one-game suspensions last Sunday for separate incidents. Talk about a double dose of bad publicity for the bj-league.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jan 22, 2011

Arsenal likely to bring end to trophy drought

LONDON — The quadruple of winning the Premier League, Champions League, F.A. Cup and the League Cup has never been achieved in England.
BASKETBALL
Jan 21, 2011

Rera Kamuy coach Bryant fired

Head coach Joe Bryant of the cash-strapped Rera Kamuy Hokkaido has been fired, a Japan Basketball League official said on Thursday.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jan 21, 2011

National Film Center holds French film fest

For many, new year is a time for reflection. A chance to look at the past with fond, albeit critical hindsight. A film festival in Tokyo is doing just that by ringing in 2011 with a retrospective look at French cinema from the last two decades.
EDITORIALS
Jan 20, 2011

Moment of truth nears

Former Democratic Party of Japan chief Ichiro Ozawa, on the advice of his attorneys, turned down a request Tuesday to submit to interrogation ahead of his expected indictment on allegations of falsely reporting political funds. The request had come from lawyers appointed by the court to act as prosecutors...
COMMENTARY
Jan 20, 2011

The price of climate change?

SINGAPORE — Generations of Australians have learned that their island-continent is a land of alternating droughts and floods. Recent prolonged rain and devastating flooding across eastern Australia, particularly in the state of Queensland, underscore this heartbreaking cycle.
LIFE / Digital / TECH_JAPAN
Jan 19, 2011

Japanese Web outlook and predictions for 2011

Last year saw many changes for Japanese Internet users as people began to shift from Japanese social networks to international ones, and from regular cellphones to smart phones. The international influence was felt in other web-based areas too. So what can we expect for 2011?
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Jan 18, 2011

NPB's 50-homer club unlikely to be expanding ranks

The period between the start of the calendar year and the beginning of camp is often wrought with bold proclamations and lofty goals as ambition helps power players through their final winter preparations.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 18, 2011

Deflation becoming notorious export

Deflation is so entrenched that companies are exporting it.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / WEEK 3
Jan 16, 2011

Living in a house of longevity

When New York-based artist Shusaku Arakawa died in May 2010 at the age of 73, it caused a sensation — not only because of his influence on many creators, scientists and philosophers, but also because of the gaping contradiction his passing left behind.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Jan 15, 2011

Authentic slice of Japan preserved in South Florida

The first two weeks of the new year are over, and Tom Gregersen, 61, is putting away the kine and usu, the traditional wooden mallets and mortars used in the mochitsuki (rice-cake pounding) event held as part of the O-shogatsu Festival at The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens.
BUSINESS
Jan 15, 2011

Keidanren, S. Korea business lobby oppose start of carbon trading

Japanese and South Korean companies, adopting arguments that helped block carbon trading in the U.S., are opposing government plans to set up emissions markets worth a potential $212 billion by 2020.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jan 14, 2011

Blackwell takes stock of sweep by Phoenix

How a team responds after a key series can be a defining moment in a season.
JAPAN
Jan 14, 2011

Tax hike not question of if, just how

Working mother Gudrun Skuladottir appreciates her life in Sweden, where her two small children can receive a good education for free.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 14, 2011

Global coordination task falls to French schmoozer

HONG KONG — Pity French President Nicolas Sarkozy, and be careful what you wish for. Sarkozy has taken over as the president of the once-cozy Group of Eight developed economic powers as well as the Group of 20 countries, which combines the club of old economic powers with the up and coming new ones....
EDITORIALS
Jan 14, 2011

Social welfare unraveling

Personal consumption, which accounts for more than half the nation's gross domestic product and is an important locomotive of the economy, has been sluggish. Short-term factors behind the sluggish consumption are the termination of subsidies for the purchase of eco-friendly cars and the scaling down...
BUSINESS
Jan 13, 2011

Toyota finds cachet hard to regain

After owning several Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles over the past 17 years, Randy Sterling traded in his Tacoma pickup this month for Ford Motor Co.'s F-150 truck. "The recent problems with Toyota caused me to have a closer look at Ford," said Sterling, a contractor in Blenheim, Ontario, referring to record...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 12, 2011

Woman makes it a ritual to sleep under stars in Tokyo

Chiaki Kato has slept outdoors about three times a month for the last decade, regardless of the season or weather.
Japan avoids commenting on Cleveland-Cliffs CEO's provocative comment
Cleveland-Cliffs is reportedly in talks with North Carolina-based steelmaker Nucor to acquire U.S. Steel.
Miyazaki quake falls short of triggering Nankai Trough megaquake advisory
A mirror reflects a collapsed house in the city of Suzu, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 10, nearly one year after a major earthquake struck nearby on New Year's Day in 2024.
Antioxidant found in broccoli, celery suppresses gray hair in mice
A research team from Nagoya University and other institutions hopes that further testing on humans involving the antioxidant luteolin will lead to the development of a drug for preventing or reducing gray hair.
Tokyo plans to subsidize epidurals, but are hospitals ready?
Epidurals during childbirth have long been uncommon in Japan, though they have been growing more popular in recent years.
Japan business failures top 10,000 in 2024, worst in 11 years
The number of corporate bankruptcies with liabilities of ¥10 million or more in Japan last year marked the third consecutive year of increases as rising prices due to the yen's weakening and labor shortages caused business failures in a wide range of industries.
Japanese companies rush to up English-language disclosures in 2025
The Tokyo Stock Exchange will soon require some companies to publish their financials in English in addition to Japanese.
From wrath to radiance: Why the 'Manyoshu' feels like paradise lost
The entrance gate to Arakura Sengen Shrine in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, with Mount Fuji in the distance.
Tokyo plans to subsidize epidurals, but are hospitals ready?
Epidurals during childbirth have long been uncommon in Japan, though they have been growing more popular in recent years.
Due north: Foreign-born guides introduce Hokkaido’s unique charms
Lantoko, a company operated by Taiwan native Ping-Fang Lan, offers drift ice walking tours and other exhilarating experiences in and around Shiretoko National Park.
30 minutes with Yuzuru Hanyu
Yuzuru Hanyu smiles during an interview in his hometown of Sendai in between performances of his latest tour, Ice Story.

Podcast

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

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?
By Tomoko Otake

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