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BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Dec 3, 2006

A trip down memory-dori on 1956 tour by Dodgers

Our good friend John Gilmore of Baseball International tipped us off through Bob Bavasi's JapanBall.com about an Internet home page highlighting former Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers owner -- and international baseball devotee -- Walter O'Malley.
Japan Times
LIFE
Dec 3, 2006

Deep and meaningful dance

Dutch artists Monique van Kerkhof and Rob Oudendijk have performed in many unusual places -- a synagogue and a company office in New York, and in a huge dried-up reservoir and an art gallery in Japan. But until Nov. 18, they and fellow dancers they brought together had never before entertained an audience...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Nov 30, 2006

Moving beyond nonsense

Born Kazumi Kobayashi in Tokyo, 43-year-old Keralino Sandroviich -- or Kera, as he is best known -- started his career with the techno band Uchoten (Rapture) which he formed in 1982 when he was a student at the Japan Academy of the Moving Image. Although he had planned to be a film director, when Uchoten...
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Nov 26, 2006

Fan power fails this time, as 'Guts' bolts Fighters for Giants

Despite the best efforts of those Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters fans who sought to convince star player Michihiro Ogasawara to remain with the club, the infielder decided to use his free agency and switch to the Yomiuri Giants.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Nov 25, 2006

Keeping on keeping on -- her way to social change

Sarajean Rossitto is an Italian-American of many passionate parts: fundraising and management consultant, NGO and NPO development barnstormer, blogger, jogger, actress, and a consummate cook.
BASKETBALL
Nov 22, 2006

'Samurai' unleashes excitement on court

Nobody was quite sure about the final score, or about who scored how many points, how many assists they had or how many rebounds they grabbed. Because after all, those were probably the least important things the fans cared about.
JAPAN
Nov 18, 2006

What do you know about revising the law of education?

The government-backed bill to revise the Fundamental Law of Education cleared the Lower House Thursday and was sent Friday to the Upper House. Here are some questions and answers about the revision.
EDITORIALS
Nov 18, 2006

Another dent in public trust

The arrest of Wakayama Gov. Yoshiki Kimura on suspicion of involvement in rigging bids for a prefectural sewerage project has further weakened public trust in local government. He became the first incumbent governor to be arrested on such an allegation. Bribery is also suspected inasmuch as a slush fund...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Nov 18, 2006

Alternative therapy assists on a galaxy of levels

Eight people are sitting in a circle in a meeting room in central Tokyo. One by one they are asked to share a personal problem, choosing one of those present to represent themselves, and the facilitators then positioning the rest of the group as family members or associates so that behavioral and ancestral...
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Nov 17, 2006

J-tech pioneer returns with album and tour

It's unusual for an exponent of techno music -- often decried as a somehow unartistic form of music -- to be enthusiastically embraced by the establishment, but DJ Ken Ishii has achieved exactly that.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 16, 2006

Two views of Hugo Chavez

BUENOS AIRES -- Hugo Chavez's nearly eight years in power in Venezuela -- which he will seek to extend in presidential elections next month -- seem to defy economic analysis. Indeed, any and all economic examination of Chavez's Venezuela confirms Edgar R. Fiedler's quip that if you "ask five economists...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 15, 2006

Aozora lists on Tokyo Stock Exchange

The formerly government-controlled Aozora Bank went public Tuesday -- eight years after its predecessor, Nippon Credit Bank, was delisted from the Tokyo Stock Exchange -- fetching an initial quote of 495 yen, or 13 percent less than its public offering price of 570 yen.

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