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Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WORDS TO LIVE BY
Dec 13, 2005

Ritsuko "Ritzie" Kojima

Ritsuko "Ritzie" Kojima, 53, has worked as a hospital social worker and interpreter. Ten years ago, she quit her hospital job so she could take care of her ailing mother and her own family. A mother of three sons, she's a great chef who loves throwing big parties at her home in Kumamoto Prefecture in...
JAPAN
Dec 13, 2005

Panel to combat epidemics induced by global warming

The Environment Ministry will set up a special advisory panel to look into diseases that may become epidemics in the near future as temperatures rise in Japan due to global warming, according to ministry officials.
JAPAN
Dec 13, 2005

Japan, Japanese abroad still targets for terrorism: police

Japan and Japanese nationals overseas could still be the targets of terrorism as the al-Qaida terrorist network continues to condemn nations that supported the use of force against Iraq in 2003 and to call for "jihad," or holy war, the National Police Agency said Tuesday in an annual report on security....
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Dec 11, 2005

New Carp manager Brown excited about 2006 season

(This is a continuation of last week's column with our report about new Hiroshima Carp manager Marty Brown and his thoughts on the challenge of taking over at the helm of the Central League club which has been a second-division team for the past seven seasons.)
Japan Times
Features
Dec 11, 2005

Korean school strives to keep its homeland culture alive

When I first laid eyes on Tokyo Chosen Dai-Ni Shokyu Gakko (Tokyo Korean No.2 Elementary School) in the downtown Edagawa district of Koto Ward, it looked like any other school in Japan.
EDITORIALS
Dec 11, 2005

Dreaming of a quiet Christmas

December and Christmas: Even in non-Christian Japan, the two go together as naturally as holly and ivy. In fact, December in Tokyo can sometimes seem almost as Christmassy as December in Rome. Christmas trees appear on street corners and in store windows. Garlands and wreaths, tinsel and red candles...
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Dec 10, 2005

Ferguson risks legacy being rise and fall of Man United

LONDON -- When your club has spent £65 million on four strikers, all of whom played in the 2-1 Champions League defeat by Benfica on Wednesday you have a right to expect better than the powder-puff display by Manchester United in the Stadium of Light -- none of which is at the end of the Old Trafford...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Dec 10, 2005

Of countries big and small

"It's a big country," rings an oft-repeated line from a 1958 Gregory Peck-Burl Ives Western about love, honor and territory in the old West, a film appropriately titled "The Big Country."
JAPAN
Dec 10, 2005

High court reversal convicts peace activists of SDF trespass

, Sachimi Takada (center) and Toshiyuki Obora face reporters Friday in Tokyo after the high court ruled their antiwar-leaflet distribution constituted trespassing.
JAPAN
Dec 10, 2005

Trailblazing volunteer reflects on path to NGO icon status

When Keiko Kiyama went to Yugoslavia in the early 1990s to help people in the war-torn region, many Japanese probably thought her a bit eccentric.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 10, 2005

Hanging sparks Aussie debate

SYDNEY -- Singapore has hanged a convicted Australian drug runner and some Australians are demanding a boycott against this key trading partner. Rarely before have Australians been so upset over what they see as obsolete "Asian values."
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 9, 2005

Oh gets H. Matsui for WBC squad

New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui will be included in Japan's 30-man roster for next spring's inaugural World Baseball Classic, manager Sadaharu Oh said Thursday. "Will I put him in? Yeah, that's right," Oh said on the eve of the announcement of his team for the WBC, the first-ever tournament...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 9, 2005

Serafini, Franco set for Japan return, maybe not to Marines

Both Dan Serafini and Matt Franco will play in Japan next season, but they may not return to the Japan Series champion Chiba Lotte Marines, agent Myles Kahn said.
MORE SPORTS
Dec 9, 2005

Ai aims to make splash on Tour

Ai Miyazato, who earned her U.S. LPGA tour card last weekend, said Thursday she is looking to break into the elite ranks in her rookie year on the world's most prestigious tour in women's golf.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / FUZZY LOGIC
Dec 9, 2005

Drumming up an apocalypse

Afrirampo are a whacked-out crackpot girl duo just out of their teens from Osaka, which is famous for its out-there noise-rock scene.
CULTURE / Music
Dec 9, 2005

Talib Kweli: "Right About Now"

Despite heaps of praise for his groups Black Star and Reflection Eternal, and for his solo work, mainstream fame has eluded Brooklyn MC Talib Kweli. Considered one of the best albums in American underground hip-hop, 2004's "The Beautiful Struggle" saw him making a run at the big time; sounding forced...
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Dec 9, 2005

Armchair critics get own online film festival

Fancy being the next Pauline Kael or Roger Ebert? International short film festival, Con-Can Movie Festival, is giving the perfect opportunity to budding film critics, and of course regular movie fans, by inviting the public to view films submitted by directors from all over the world. The films, all...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 8, 2005

Business chiefs urge METI to bolster Asian FTA efforts

Business leaders want Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Toshihiro Nikai to promote free-trade agreements between Japan and Asian economies as well as market-opening negotiations under the World Trade Organization.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Dec 7, 2005

Webber frustrated with role for 76ers

NEW YORK -- Philadelphia's Chris Webber didn't even try to hide his fury when replaced for defensive purposes down the stretch against the Knicks late last month. Everyone within earshot heard him berate assistant John Kuester, who's apparently responsible for such substitutions.
BUSINESS
Dec 7, 2005

Japan ready for pain at WTO: Nikai

Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Toshihiro Nikai said Tuesday that Japan is ready to accept a painful outcome from the difficult market-opening negotiations taking place in the World Trade Organization's Doha Round, hinting that Tokyo may make concessions in its heavily protected agricultural sector....
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 6, 2005

Bush should do the right thing, and quit

NEW YORK -- By August 2003, California Gov. Gray Davis' approval rating had plunged to 22 percent. Two months later, he lost a special recall election.
BUSINESS
Dec 6, 2005

Livedoor to join Nippon Keidanren

Internet venture Livedoor Co. has requested admission into the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren), the nation's most influential business lobby, federation officials said Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 6, 2005

Service held for Daiei founder Nakauchi

A memorial service for the late Daiei Inc. founder Isao Nakauchi was held Monday in Tokyo, attended by more than 2,000 people, including many from the retailing industry.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Dec 6, 2005

Pensions, wills and helplines

Pensions I will be leaving Japan soon -- I've been here for two years -- and have been paying into the National Pension System. How do I go about applying for the refund? I have also heard that there are agencies that do the paperwork for a fee.
BUSINESS
Dec 6, 2005

Capital spending up 9.6% for quarter

Capital spending grew 9.6 percent in the July-September quarter on an all-industry basis to 12.56 trillion yen for the 10th straight quarter of expansion, the Finance Ministry said Monday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WORDS TO LIVE BY
Dec 6, 2005

Kumiko Mori

Since 1997, mezzo-soprano Kumiko Mori, 46, has played Madame Thenardier more than 2,000 times in the hugely successful Japanese stage production of "Les Miserables." A couple of times a week she can be seen on a variety of shows ranging from travel and food specials to talk shows and comedies. She's...
The U.S. says Japan has a 700% tariff on American rice. Is that the case?
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt holds up a piece of paper with information about tariff rates at the White House on Tuesday.
Man arrested in Tokyo stabbing tracked victim through livestream
Kenichi Takano leaves a police station in Tokyo on Thursday to be sent over to prosecutors.
Japanese superfans turn dental clinic into Ohtani mini-museum
Japanese dentist Yusuke Kamimura poses for a photograph in front of a private collection dedicated to MLB player Shohei Ohtani, inside his dental clinic in Koshigaya, north of Tokyo, on Feb. 28, 2025.
Bonsai thefts sweep Japan as miniature trees grow more popular
According to the Nippon Bonsai Growers Cooperative, there were about 30 cases of bonsai theft last year.
U.S. steered Syrian Kurds toward Damascus deal, sources say
A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa (right) and Syrian Democratic Forces commander-in-chief Mazloum Abdi signing an agreement to integrate the SDF into the state institutions, in Damascus on Monday.
Ishiba on shaky ground over budget and gift vouchers
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's reversal over medical co-payments late last week and the revelation he gave gift vouchers to lawmakers have weakened his political standing.
As pollen season peaks, Japan's allergy struggle emerges from hibernation
Urbanization is amplifying pollen-related allergies as grasslands and soft soil give way to concrete and asphalt.
Japan to get tough on businesses not taking heatstroke countermeasures
A construction site in Tokyo in July 2018. Businesses failing to take measures to prevent severe heatstroke among employees will be subjected to criminal punishment from June.
In a sea of Dodger Blue, Japanese superfan ready to cheer on the Cubs
Takuya “Moby” Okamoto after Game 5 of the 2016 World Series, which the Cubs went on to win in seven games to snap a 108-year drought
Drones, budgets and infighting: Taiwan's daunting defense challenges
Officials from Taiwan's Institute for National Defense and Security Research (INDSR), the Ministry of National Defense’s research arm, say the lessons from the Ukraine conflict are clear for the democratic island: drones and other autonomous systems are crucial for its defense.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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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
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