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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Apr 12, 2008

Playin' the look-alike game

It's a game my wife plays whenever she's bored.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 27, 2008

Harden, Brown propel A's to series split with Red Sox

The Oakland Athletics made sure they held onto the lead this time.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 24, 2008

A's rout Tigers

Many say the gap between the two leagues has gotten closer, and that's a valid argument. But in terms of the amount of overall muscles, the big leaguers still have a big advantage.
Japan Times
LIFE
Mar 23, 2008

Tokyo's thrilling new fashion feast

With an improved turnout and more labels on the runways, last week's Japan Fashion Week '08-'09 Autumn / Winter Collection was, on paper, a near- soaraway success.
Reader Mail
Mar 20, 2008

Tale of two independence struggles

Most people would not hesitate to give a helping hand to a hapless kindergarten pupil being bullied by peers. But would they do the same if they came across a man under attack from a group of well-built aggressors with baseball bats? Probably not. The difference between the two situations is analogous...
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 19, 2008

2008 Pacific League preview

The Japan baseball season begins for the Pacific League teams this week, with their eight teams taking to the field. Click below for a preview of each team's prospects for the 2008 season.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 19, 2008

New-look Swallows embrace changes

It seems like everything about the Yakult Swallows is new these days.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / SPORTS SCOPE
Mar 10, 2008

Pair of rookie hurlers could make big impact for their teams this season

While Hokkaido Nippon Ham rookie Sho Nakata continues to turn heads at the plate during the exhibition season it may be a pair of rookie hurlers that make the biggest difference this year.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 23, 2008

Horie's appeal starts at Tokyo High Court

The counsel for Livedoor Co. founder Takafumi Horie pleaded not guilty to charges of accounting fraud Friday as Horie's Tokyo High Court appeal trial began.
Reader Mail
Feb 21, 2008

The root of national identity

Regarding the Feb. 16 article "(Tokyo Gov. Shintaro) Ishihara laments loss of national identity": Ishihara is quoted as saying that if North Korea launched a missile, "the Japanese would instantly change." When North Korea launched six missiles two years ago, did Japan change as a result of that?
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Feb 16, 2008

In the land of the statistically speaking

Numbers don't lie. Not in Japan anyway. Here, they tend rather to flatter. Or "fibulate." Or nourish.
Reader Mail
Feb 14, 2008

Active role in Nova's downfall

The anonymous correspondent Feb. 3 wrote that the government just let Nova fall. Certainly, the government stood by as the company collapsed, but it also had a more active role in its downfall. There's a tendency among former teachers to blame only management for Nova's downfall, and it's true that...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Feb 8, 2008

Taking a dive into the past

Day trips out of Tokyo are usually down south to Kamakura for hiking, out west to Hakone for the hot springs, or — for the ambitious — the shrines and temples of Nikko to the north.

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