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Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Sep 7, 2007

Orbital adventures

Those who watch Phil Hartnoll at Clash26 will see one of British dance music's most influential artists.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CABINET INTERVIEW
Sep 6, 2007

Work-life imbalance said birthrate's key foe

The key to turning around Japan's declining birthrate is to improve the work-life balance for both women and men, asserts Yoko Kamikawa, new state minister for population issues and gender equality.
JAPAN
Sep 6, 2007

Anger brews over dubious social security system

confers with Social Insurance Agency consultant Kiyoshi Kawaguchi at an agency branch office last month. AP PHOTO
EDITORIALS
Sep 5, 2007

A recurring moral hazard

The resignation of farm minister Takehiko Endo, only a week after taking office, over the illegal receipt of state subsidies by a farmers' association that he heads is perplexing and disturbing. He is the fifth Cabinet minister Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has lost since coming to power in September 2006...
Japan Times
JAPAN / ATOMIC POWER AT ANY COST
Sep 5, 2007

All cost bets off if Big One hits nuke plant

Last of three parts
EDITORIALS
Sep 4, 2007

A medical travesty in Nara Prefecture

Last week, a woman from Kashihara, Nara Prefecture, miscarried after nine hospitals refused to admit her. In August 2006, 19 hospitals refused to admit a woman, also from Nara Prefecture, who had lost consciousness during delivery. She died eight days after she gave birth in the 20th hospital. These...
SPORTS / ODDS AND EVENS
Sep 3, 2007

Ndereba, Tosa prove worthy medal winners in marathon

OSAKA — Two storylines unfolded on this brilliant summer morning along the streets of this lovely city, and both had happy endings — good drama, too — for the difficult discipline of marathon running.
EDITORIALS
Sep 3, 2007

Descent of the Thai insurgency

The insurgency in southern Thailand is changing shape, reports Human Rights Watch. Investigators believe that Muslim separatists have embraced a campaign of ethnic cleansing and intimidation, designed to drive Buddhists out of the predominately Muslim provinces and to control the remaining Muslims. Separatists...
SPORTS / ODDS AND EVENS
Sep 2, 2007

A to Z at the world c'ships

OSAKA — I have a good friend named Les Witt.
MORE SPORTS
Sep 1, 2007

Wariner whips 400-meter field

OSAKA — We already know Tyson Gay is the World's Fastest Man. So who's the fastest one-lap runner on the planet?
BUSINESS
Sep 1, 2007

JT plans more takeovers from 2009 for overseas expansion

Japan Tobacco Inc., the world's third-largest cigarette maker, will seek more takeovers from 2009 to build on the £7.5 billion purchase of Gallaher Group PLC, President Hiroshi Kimura said in a recent interview.
MORE SPORTS
Aug 31, 2007

Worlds notebook; Day 6

OSAKA — News and notes from Day 6 of the 2007 IAAF World Athletics Championships.
SPORTS / ODDS AND EVENS
Aug 31, 2007

Japan medal hopes fading

OSAKA — The home-nation advantage has not provided much of a spark for Japan at the 2007 IAAF World Athletics Championships.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 31, 2007

Mono find fan in Steve Albini

While big-name music acts look to foreign markets to continue fattening their already oversize bank accounts, for Tokyo quartet Mono, it's a simple matter of survival.
MORE SPORTS
Aug 31, 2007

Gay razes field in 200 meters

OSAKA — The IAAF dubbed it the "sub-20-second war" in its preview story in the daily program.
MORE SPORTS
Aug 30, 2007

Thomas soars to gold in men's high jump

OSAKA — Mankind has always had a desire to soar to new heights. The U.S. astronauts' historic 1969 trip to the moon is the prime example.
SPORTS / ODDS AND EVENS
Aug 30, 2007

Medalists look to Beijing '08

OSAKA — Politicians and athletes have more in common than many people may realize.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 30, 2007

Immersed in playful worlds

Tokyo Opera City Gallery has one of the best art spaces in the city, and a program that ranks it with The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo near Kiyosumi in eastern Tokyo and the Mori Art Museum in Roppongi.
BUSINESS
Aug 30, 2007

Hedge fund numbers, assets mushroom as stocks languish

Hiromichi Tsuyukubo ran the best-performing fund in Japan at Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., an arm of the nation's biggest lender. Then, after six years, he decided to join a hedge fund.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CABINET INTERVIEW
Aug 30, 2007

MSDF mission facing 'challenge'

The coming political battle on whether to extend the special antiterrorism law on logistic support for multinational forces in Afghanistan is a major challenge for the Foreign Ministry, according to Nobutaka Machimura.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 30, 2007

Hiromi Uehara's piano keys 'burn red'

It is easy to tell that Hiromi Uehara is a hypersensitive pianist, aware of everything around her as she performs. During one concert, a cell phone rang, and she quickly played a chord based on the ring tone to smooth over the interruption — and lessen the embarrassment for the offender. What sparks...
MORE SPORTS
Aug 29, 2007

Worlds notebook; Day 4

OSAKA — News and notes from Day 4 of the 2007 IAAF World Athletics Champion ships.
MORE SPORTS
Aug 28, 2007

Worlds notebook; Day 3

OSAKA — News and notes from Day 3 of the 2007 IAAF World Athletics Championships.
MORE SPORTS
Aug 28, 2007

Murofushi fails in quest for world title

OSAKA — Koji Murofushi is the reigning Olympic champion in the men's hammer throw. When he picked up a gold medal in Athens on a hot summer day in 2004, suddenly an entire nation gained interest in the obscure sport.
EDITORIALS
Aug 28, 2007

Learning from a summer of disasters

With an airplane exploding, bridges collapsing, and a nuclear plant shutting down, it has been a summer of disasters. Around the globe since May, no continent has been left untouched — whether by fire, flood, tornado, airplane crash or a collapsing mine. Disasters, clearly, do not take summer vacations....
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Aug 28, 2007

The blame game

We live in interesting times. With the shortage and high cost of domestic labor, the Japanese government has brought over record numbers of cheap foreign workers. Even though whole industrial sectors now depend on foreign labor, few publicly accept the symbiosis as permanent. Instead, foreigners are...
Taiwan stuns Samurai Japan to capture Premier12 title
Japan starter Shosei Togo reacts after allowing a three-run home run against Taiwan in the fifth inning of the Premier12 final on Sunday.
Ishiba shelves proposal for liaison offices with North Korea amid rising tensions
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks on Saturday in Tokyo at a rally that was held by a group of families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea decades ago to demand the immediate return of all abductees.
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.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
Japan beats Taiwan ahead of rematch in Premier12 final
Keita Sano celebrates with his teammates after scoring on Kotaro Kiyomiya's two-run triple against Taiwan during their Premier12 game at Tokyo Dome on Saturday.
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.
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.
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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