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COMMENTARY / World / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Dec 21, 2007

Fukuda's point of no return

Former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi rocked the Japanese political landscape in November by predicting that Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda would dissolve the Lower House and call a general election "in the near future."
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Dec 21, 2007

Broncos, Rizing develop at different pace

TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. — Two teams walked off the basketball court on Monday night with identical 5-7 records. These teams, however, have different tales to tell about what they hope to accomplish this season in the bj-league.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Dec 19, 2007

Yamaguchi looks back on outstanding year at FSU

As final exams winded down at Florida State University last week, many students were likely ready to make the long trek home for the holidays. Although it's probably a safe bet it didn't take them over 20 hours in a plane to get there.
BUSINESS / THE VIEW FROM EUROPE
Dec 17, 2007

'Green IT' trend set to heat up, but will it cool the world down?

There are few pieces of office equipment as ubiquitous or as necessary as the personal computer. While the number of PCs in use worldwide is nearly impossible to estimate, their prevalence as a basic tool may be obscuring their role as energy consuming devices.
SOCCER
Dec 16, 2007

FSU's Yamaguchi finalist for top honor

Less than a week after helping to lead the Florida State University women's soccer team to the first national championship game in its history, Tokyo native Mami Yamaguchi was named a finalist for the 2007 MAC Hermann Trophy, presented to the United States' top collegiate player.
SOCCER
Dec 16, 2007

Kaka desperate for Milan win over Boca

AC Milan's talisman Kaka still aches from the disappointment of Milan losing the 2003 Toyota Cup to Argentina's Boca Juniors.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 16, 2007

Fascist currents in the EU mainstream

LONDON — On a cold wet November evening the dreamy spires of Oxford University became the unlikely setting for a new front line between the organization Unite Against Fascism and the far-right British National Party (BNP).
Reader Mail
Dec 16, 2007

Rationale for stopping gropers

In his Nov. 29 letter, "Gender separation is common sense," Francisco Menendez was kind enough to offer an answer to my Nov. 25 question: Why do non-Japanese men who believe that the fingerprinting regime equates to being treated like a terrorist do not also feel that their exclusion from women-only...
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Dec 15, 2007

Capello brings impressive history of success to England

LONDON — After Sven Lite, England now has the real thing. Steve McClaren, the assistant and successor to Sven-Goran Eriksson, always looked out of his depth as England's head coach. But there can be no such accusations leveled at Fabio Capello.
Japan Times
JAPAN / READERS' FUND
Dec 15, 2007

Donations aiding Asian kids in need

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BUSINESS
Dec 15, 2007

Millea Holdings to buy Kiln from U.K.'s Lloyd's

Millea Holdings Inc., Japan's largest insurer, said Friday its unit Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co. will buy Lloyd's of London insurer Kiln Ltd. for ¥106 billion in cash, or 150 pence per share.
SOCCER
Dec 14, 2007

Urawa comes up short against AC Milan

YOKOHAMA — Urawa Reds coach Holger Osieck praised his players after they went down 1-0 to Italian giants AC Milan in the Club World Cup semifinals.
Japan Times
JAPAN / READERS' FUND
Dec 14, 2007

Readers' contributions aiding struggling refugees in Japan

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BUSINESS
Dec 14, 2007

TCI latest fund to seek better returns from companies

The Children's Investment Fund Management Ltd., the U.K.-based activist fund with more than $10 billion (¥1.1 trillion) in assets, said it won't let Japanese companies stymie its efforts to boost shareholder value.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Dec 13, 2007

Reds looking forward to showdown with AC Milan

Urawa Reds coach Holger Osieck believes his team can complete mission impossible by beating Italian giants AC Milan in the semifinals of the Club World Cup on Thursday.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 13, 2007

Tehran's 'less is more' nuclear policy

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The recent United States National Intelligence Estimate (NIE), which reports that Iran once had a "nuclear weapons program" but suspended it in 2003, means that there will probably be no American attack on Iran during the Bush administration. How could America's president explain...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 13, 2007

'What is Hollywood anyway?'

Ken Watanabe's latest film opens with an image of a polar bear resurfacing into the brilliant spring sunlight after months living underground. It's tempting to see the scene as a metaphor for a career that has alternated between stretches of intense, highly acclaimed work and long periods of hibernation....
COMMENTARY
Dec 12, 2007

Protection and punishment

WATERLOO, Ontario — Dec. 9 and 10 marked the anniversaries of the Genocide Convention and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948). Both were an acknowledgment of the dark side of European history and embodied the determination to ban vices that had been let loose with terrible consequences...
30 minutes with Yuzuru Hanyu
Yuzuru Hanyu smiles during an interview in his hometown of Sendai in between performances of his latest tour, Ice Story.
Eight students recovering after hammer attack at university in Tokyo
Police investigate the scene after eight people were injured by a hammer-wielding woman on Hosei University's Tama campus in Tokyo on Friday afternoon.
Stage set for action-packed New Year Basho with yokozuna promotion battle
Kotozakura is in position to fight his way to a promotion to yokozuna going into the New Year Basho.
Race circuit and resort among post-event proposals for Osaka Expo site
A portion of the Grand Ring at the site of the Osaka Expo during a media tour late last month
Japan's health ministry reports record-high flu cases
A busy street in Tokyo on Dec. 30. The number of influenza patients per clinic, on average, in the final week of December was the highest since health ministry records began in 1999.
Isekai anime offers a key to understanding globalization
“The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic” centers on three teenage protagonists who are transported into a fantasy world where they must grapple with a foreign culture.
Japanese space startup readies for second lunar lander launch
Ispace CEO Takeshi Hakamada with the countdown clock for the launch of the startup's lunar lander, in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on Thursday
Emanuel leaves reform legacy amid historic shifts in U.S.-Japan alliance
Rahm Emanuel professes that the biggest thing he has brought to the U.S.-Japan relationship might be a fresh injection of vitality.
‘Unbound’ breaks NHK period drama tradition with a hero of the common folk
NHK’s latest taiga period drama, “Unbound,” centers on Tsutaya Juzaburo (Ryusei Yokohama), a commoner who becomes a successful bookseller and publisher.
Real wages fall for a fourth month, squeezing Japanese households further
Prices continue to outpace wage increases in Japan.

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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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A man offers prayers at Hebikubo Shrine in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward. The shrine is one of several across the country dedicated to the snake.
Shed your skin and reinvent yourself in the Year of the Snake
By Kathryn Wortley

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