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BUSINESS
Jul 11, 2007

Court setbacks deflate Steel Partners' investments

Warren Lichtenstein's Japanese investments are losing value after a Tokyo court called his fund "abusive" and shareholders rejected its latest takeover bid.
SOCCER
Jul 10, 2007

Foul proves costly for Japan

HANOI — Japan's defense of the Asian Cup got off to a stuttering start against Qatar on Monday evening in their Group B opener in Hanoi, with Ivica Osim's men conceding a late equalizer in a 1-1 draw.
SOCCER
Jul 10, 2007

Vietnam surprises UAE

Vietnam coach Alfred Riedl has called for calm after the cohost's shock 2-0 victory over United Arab Emirates in their Asian Cup finals Group B opener at a rocking My Dinh Stadium on Sunday evening.
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Jul 10, 2007

What are your favorite summer hot spots in Japan?

Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: FASHION
Jul 10, 2007

House of Holland, Kim Songhe and HIROCOLEDGE yukata

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LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jul 10, 2007

Allure of cakes too much for housewives to resist

Twenty years ago, Japanese girls were told that marriage should be the last item on the list of to-dos after college, that hankering after a wedding ring was idiotic and that the first and foremost concern should be work and a career.
MORE SPORTS
Jul 9, 2007

Germany outclasses S. Korea

KAWASAKI — Quarterback Joachim Ullrich was 13-of-19 and threw for three scores while the German defense held its opponent to only 25 total yards as Germany trounced South Korea 32-2 on Sunday at Kawasaki Stadium in Group 2 action of the 3rd IFAF World Championship.
SOCCER
Jul 9, 2007

Osim: Japan motivated to repeat as champion

HANOI, Vietnam — Ivica Osim and captain Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi put on a united front Sunday after questions were raised over a poor attitude permeating the Japan squad ahead of its first Asian Cup finals game.
COMMENTARY
Jul 9, 2007

Next stage of emission cuts

Speaking at the 13th International "Future of Asia" conference in Tokyo May 24, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced a set of comprehensive strategies for cutting greenhouse-gas emissions.
SOCCER
Jul 8, 2007

Man City names Eriksson manager

LONDON (AP) Sven-Goran Eriksson was appointed Manchester City manager on Friday after former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra announced he had gained effective control of the club to become its new chairman.
LIFE / REFUGEES AND JAPAN
Jul 8, 2007

Kleptocracy to 'freedom'?

Hla Aye Maung's nightmare began in the central Tokyo district of Nishi Nippori when he went shopping. A police car pulled up beside him and the officers found he was one of the more than 250,000 illegal aliens apparently working in Japan. They took him to a police station in nearby Ueno, from where he...
Japan Times
LIFE / REFUGEES AND JAPAN
Jul 8, 2007

Footy aims at goal of awareness

Japan's fourth annual refugee soccer tournament commemorating World Refugee Day (June 20) was played in the rain on June 24 in front of a small but enthusiastic crowd. There were 12 teams with players mostly from Asia. Takeshi Okada, former manager of the national team (1997-98), told me he fancied the...
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jul 8, 2007

'Propaganda is the soul of every struggle'

Revolutionary activist Rosa Luxemburg, writing from prison in Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland) on Sept. 3, 1918, exhorted colleagues not to relent in their struggles. "Stand your ground," she wrote, "till we meet again at work!"
Japan Times
LIFE / REFUGEES AND JAPAN
Jul 8, 2007

Diplomat rues Tokyo's 'lack of humanity' to asylum-seekers

Sadako Ogata was the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees from 1991-2001, and has been President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) since 2003. Here, she talks frankly to The Japan Times about Japan's attitudes to those who flee their homelands and seek sanctuary on these shores.
Japan Times
LIFE / REFUGEES AND JAPAN
Jul 8, 2007

'Liars' who won lottery

Just 410 — the number of refugees accepted by Japan since 1982 — says a lot about government policy toward those who flee political persecution in their home countries. They wouldn't fill more than a few cars on a rush-hour commuter train!
JAPAN / PARTY LINE
Jul 7, 2007

Tanaka won't disband party, despite defections

New Party Nippon leader and ex-Nagano Gov. Yasuo Tanaka announced Friday his party would carry on even though its only two lawmakers said they are going to leave and become independents.
JAPAN
Jul 7, 2007

Chinese growth sustainable, Wang says

market will be realized only after we solve problems in rural villages and increase their purchasing power," he said. To narrow the gap with urban areas, the government has concentrated infrastructure investment in rural areas and exempted 150 million children from paying school fees, Wang said.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 7, 2007

EU project prevents conflict in Africa

PARIS — The European Union's military mission to ensure free and fair elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has shown what the European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) can achieve in Africa.
JAPAN
Jul 7, 2007

Nagano boasts oldest right whale fossil

Researchers at a museum in Nagano Prefecture possess fossils at least 5 million years old belonging to a cetacean species known as right whales, making them the oldest fossilized remains of the mammal in the world, officials said.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Jul 7, 2007

Kyoko Mimura

"Recognizing some kind of beauty goes beyond all borders," Kyoko Mimura said.
JAPAN
Jul 6, 2007

Voter litmus test last thing Abe needs now

Scandals, from corruption to suicide, have been the hallmarks of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's first ordinary Diet session, which ended Thursday with support for his Cabinet at its lowest ebb.
CULTURE / Music
Jul 6, 2007

Live Earth

"Eco-cute!" was 24-year-old J-pop superidol Kumi Koda's response, according to organizers, when asked to perform at the Tokyo leg of Live Earth, a series of concerts taking place at nine cities around the world on July 7 to encourage music fans to take action against global warming. As a rallying cry,...

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