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CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Jan 29, 2006

Nihon TV dramatizes Harutoshi Fukui's best-selling novel "Sengoku Jietai" and more

On Jan. 31 and Feb. 7 at 9 p.m., Nihon TV will present a two-part dramatization of Harutoshi Fukui's best-selling fantasy novel "Sengoku Jietai (Warring Nations Self-Defense Forces)," which was adapted as a big-budget movie last year.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Jan 29, 2006

A reliquary for the story of Buddha

BUDDHISM: On the Path to Nirvana, by Swati Chopra, foreword by Lokesh Chandra, photo editor Lance Dane. New Delhi: Brijbasi Art Press, Ltd., 2005, 160 pp., 200 color photos, $35 (cloth). The true accomplishments of any leader are often compromised when legend wraps itself around the man himself. This...
SOCCER / J. League
Jan 28, 2006

Gamba, Urawa to open J. League

The J. League will kick off its 2006 season on March 4 with a clash between defending champion Gamba Osaka and Urawa Reds, runnerup in 2005, the league announced Friday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Jan 28, 2006

Yuko Nishimura

"I was lucky, in a way," Yuko Nishimura said. "I did most of the things I wanted. I like what I am doing now."
SOCCER / J. League
Jan 27, 2006

Ono seals deal with Urawa Reds

Japan midfielder Shinji Ono, who has returned to J. League first division club Urawa Reds after leaving Dutch club Feyenoord, formally signed Thursday.
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Jan 27, 2006

Davenport to miss Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo

World No. 1 Lindsay Davenport has decided to sit out the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo starting Tuesday through Feb. 5 because of a left ankle injury, organizers said Thursday.
SOCCER / World cup
Jan 27, 2006

Zico to call up Ono to join Japan squad

Japan coach Zico indicated Thursday he will call up midfielder Shinji Ono, who just returned to J. League first-division club Urawa Reds from Dutch club Feyenoord, for a weeklong training camp in Miyazaki beginning Sunday.
BUSINESS
Jan 27, 2006

Toyota No. 2 in sales for third year

The Toyota Motor Corp. group increased its combined global vehicle sales by 8.0 percent in 2005 to a record high of 8.11 million units, the automaker said Thursday as the industry released its sales, production and export numbers for last year.
CULTURE / Music
Jan 27, 2006

A band that plays along with the joke

Test Icicles have been in Japan for less than 24 hours, and nearly a quarter of that has been spent talking to journalists. Rory Atwell, the band's eldest member at the ripe old age of 25, is still somewhat game, but his younger bandmates, both just 20 years old, have a different agenda. Devonte Hynes,...
JAPAN
Jan 27, 2006

U.S. no stranger to 'I'm sorry' Japan-style

It's among the most Japanese of traditions: Officials go before the cameras to express deep regret over some alleged wrongdoing and promise to make sure it never happens again.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jan 27, 2006

Provocative dance

Led by choreographer Angelin Preljocaj, Ballet Preljocaj has become one of the best-known contemporary dance troupes in France. Preljocaj studied classical ballet before turning to contemporary dance under Merce Cunningham, and also spent a year in Japan studying Noh theater.
SOCCER / J. League
Jan 26, 2006

Suzuki ready to join Red Star

Japan and Kashima Antlers striker Takayuki Suzuki is set to join former European champion Red Star Belgrade on a two-year contract, soccer sources said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jan 26, 2006

China toxin spill Hokkaido-bound?

A chemical spill in a river that has already caused an ecological disaster in parts of China and Russia could eventually reach the sea and wash ashore in Japan, researchers warn.
JAPAN
Jan 25, 2006

Fans liked how Horie lived on the edge

Monday's arrest of Takafumi Horie, the 33-year-old founder of Internet services firm Livedoor Co., left the public wondering how he rose to fame so fast and what his impact on society, especially the young generation, will be.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 25, 2006

Foreign-language skills can help Americans fight terror

SANTA MARIA, Calif. -- "Learning somebody else's language is a kind gesture," stated U.S. President George W. Bush, because it suggests "I care about you."
BUSINESS
Jan 25, 2006

U.S. official tries to play down risky beef shipment

U.S. agricultural official J.B. Penn tried Tuesday to minimize the impact of a recent shipment of banned U.S. beef material, saying it was "an isolated incident" carried out by a meatpacker inexperienced in export procedures.
JAPAN
Jan 24, 2006

Queen nixed mum's surrender sword slight: book

LONDON (Kyodo) Despite her rather formal appearance, Queen Elizabeth is known to enjoy the occasional joke and can take pleasure when formal proceedings don't go exactly as planned.
JAPAN
Jan 24, 2006

Tuna farms that are feeding Japan seen as a threat to natural stocks

Japan's consumption of sliced raw tuna is undergoing a major upheaval as the surge in supply of farmed tuna brings down prices and threatens to decimate tuna stocks.
BUSINESS
Jan 24, 2006

Japan Post stock firm starts business

A new joint stock company set up by Japan Post began operations Monday in the leadup to privatization, which is scheduled to begin in October 2007.
JAPAN
Jan 23, 2006

TSE raises limit on trade executions to 5 million

The Tokyo Stock Exchange said Sunday it has raised the number of stock trades its computer system can execute each day to 5 million, up from the current 4.5 million, as part of its emergency measures to deal with surges in transactions like those stemming from the scandals involving Livedoor Co.
COMMENTARY
Jan 23, 2006

The feud can end anytime

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi should realize that he holds the key to settling the growing discord with China even as Beijing adds fuel to the fire by urging the Japanese government to restrict news media reports on the alleged security threat posed by China.
Japan Times
LIFE
Jan 22, 2006

Yokohama: model city for the nation?

'Change Japan -- from Yokohama."
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Jan 21, 2006

Alexei Rumiantsev

"Ragtime," Alexei Rumiantsev said, "is the first genuine American music, a mix of Afro-American and European tradition. Ragtime gave birth to jazz. When I was 14, my father was working in the old Czechoslovakia. For my birthday he brought me from there an album of Duke Ellington, the 'New Orleans Suites.'...
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Jan 20, 2006

Niida to face Columbian challenger

Japanese champion Yutaka Niida will face No. 15-ranked Columbian challenger Ronald Barrera in Tokyo on March 4 in his fourth defense of the WBA minimumweight title, boxing officials said Thursday.

Longform

Wealthier women in the prewar era had been the targets of various media-related health campaigns that mistakenly encouraged them to avoid everything from riding bicycles to reading novels when their monthly cycles came around.
Menstruation in Japan: Breaking the silence, slowly