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JAPAN
Aug 20, 2006

Following arson attack, Kato warns of 'dangerous' nationalism emerging

Veteran lawmaker Koichi Kato, victim of an arson attack on one of his houses last week following his criticism of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visits to Yasukuni Shrine, is warning that signs of "dangerous" nationalism are increasing in Japan.
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LIFE / Travel / NATURE TRAVEL
Aug 20, 2006

Medieval gem to blow you away

Heidelberg's a blast! This German university town has something about it that simply says "style." It also has a history of revolutionary ideas, religious schisms, destruction, anarchy and heroic restoration.
JAPAN
Aug 19, 2006

Lobbying firm strives to be bridge to Diet

and Daniel Lintz of Nagatacho Forum pose at a Tokyo hotel in July. PETER CROOKES PHOTO
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JAPAN
Aug 19, 2006

For guitar-loving Japanese, it's gotta be American and it better be Gibson

The hand-aged Gibson Les Paul Special is a replica of the 1960 original, but an American master craftsman made it exactly the way the guitar would look today, complete with aging, cracked paint and dents from scuffs and scratches.
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BUSINESS
Aug 19, 2006

Train stations with malls face higher property taxes

Are they train stations or shopping malls?
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COMMUNITY
Aug 19, 2006

TaoZen: synthesizing life practices of the sages

Masahiro Ouchi stands before a group of 30 assorted individuals in Be Yoga, a studio in Tokyo's Hiro-o (including five dishy-enough French men to make one English guy joke that among so many women he has never felt so disadvantaged) and introduces us to the essence of the spiritual and therapeutic practice...
BUSINESS
Aug 19, 2006

Futata snubs Aoki bid, backs Konaka buyout

Menswear retailer Futata Co. said Friday it will accept Konaka Co.'s offer to make it a wholly owned subsidiary, rejecting menswear rival Aoki Holding Inc.'s proposal.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Aug 19, 2006

Robert Neff

Think public spirit, think Robert Neff.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Aug 18, 2006

Sustainable design

To celebrate the 50th year since the founding of the Good Design Awards, the Good Design Presentation 2006 takes place Aug. 23-26 at Tokyo Big Sight in Odaiba, Tokyo, sponsored by the Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization. A crowd of 50,000 people are expected to attend, with exhibitors competing...
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LIFE / Travel
Aug 18, 2006

Navigating through a lost world

As the single flashing beam of the lighthouse struggled to make itself seen in the misty half-light, the Toppy 2 high-speed ferry bumped its way across the waves on the east side of the island of Yakushima, southeast of Kyushu.
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CULTURE / Music
Aug 18, 2006

Fans go cool on Arctic Monkeys

You might think it would be exciting for a band from a Sheffield suburb to play a huge festival in Japan. But when Arctic Monkeys played the packed Mountain Stage, it was without even the merest flicker of a smile. Preferring to bemoan the noise coming from the stage next door, vocalist Alex Turner seemed...
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Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Aug 18, 2006

From silver screen to stage

Directed by Matthew Bourne, well-established in Japan following the success a decade ago of his production of "Swan Lake," "Edward Scissorhands" runs through Sept. 3 at the Yu-port Kani Hoken Hall in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Aug 18, 2006

Tepco repairs damaged line of blackout

Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Thursday it has completed repairs on damaged power cables that caused a major blackout in Tokyo and Chiba and Kanagawa prefectures for about three hours Monday morning.
BASKETBALL
Aug 17, 2006

Spotlight on Japan as 24 teams compete

For the next two weeks, basketball fans from around the world will have their eyes and ears focused on Japan.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 17, 2006

Last shrine trip OK, but not next: poll

Just over half of the respondents to a Kyodo survey released Wednesday supported Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's trip this week to Yasukuni Shrine, but nearly the same number said the next leader should not go.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 17, 2006

The rules of Lebanon's reconstruction

PRAGUE -- Lebanon's reconstruction, so painstakingly carried out in the 1990s, is now at risk of being undone. But Lebanon is not alone in that respect: According to the United Nations and several independent studies, countries in transition from war to peace face roughly a 50 percent chance of sliding...
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BUSINESS
Aug 17, 2006

Entrepreneur beats heavy odds to make comeback

When Katsumi Iizuka personally assumed in 2001 the 2.4 billion yen debt that his failed personal computer firm had accumulated, few would have expected him to make a comeback.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 17, 2006

Gauging proportionate force

LONDON -- The war in Lebanon has prompted the term "disproportionate force" to be bandied about as if some crystal-clear principle of international law lay behind it, telling us when force is disproportionate and why it is illegal. But combat-related civilian deaths are not enough to say that "disproportionate...
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JAPAN / Politics
Aug 16, 2006

'Stubborn maverick' makes good on promise

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Tuesday took his last opportunity while in office to visit Yasukuni Shrine on the anniversary of Japan's wartime surrender, finally following through on a campaign pledge he made before his April 2001 inauguration to break the diplomatic taboo by making the contentious...
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 16, 2006

Rightists hold the line despite a series of recent setbacks

war criminals," Kamijo said. "If the Emperor really said things like that, I don't want to worship him." Kamijo, with a Hinomaru and the name of his rightwing group, Gishin Gokoku-kai, emblazoned on his crisp blue uniform, was not much impressed by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's Yasukuni visit earlier...
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BUSINESS
Aug 16, 2006

Firms find niche market turning office towers into dwellings

From the outside, the apartment building Kenny Sumitani recently moved into looks exactly like an office high-rise.
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BUSINESS
Aug 15, 2006

Affiliate marketing now coming of age

"Half my advertising budget is wasted, but I don't know which half," goes the old retailer's quip, but this dilemma may someday be a thing of the past. If so, affiliate marketing, a type of pay-for-performance advertising, will get some of the credit.
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BUSINESS
Aug 15, 2006

Mutton caramel, fish ice cream as regional fare goes over top

Trying popular and quirky local fare is often part of the summer vacation experience, and not all items are necessarily guaranteed to be tasty.
JAPAN
Aug 15, 2006

Yamasaki opts out of LDP presidential race

Former Liberal Democratic Party Vice President Taku Yamasaki said Monday he will not run in the ruling party's Sept. 20 presidential election, saying he wants to keep his "dignity this time."
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LIFE / Lifestyle
Aug 15, 2006

Meet the chic sikh

Waris Ahluwalia has some good anecdotes. Like the one where Willem Dafoe asks him if it's OK to give Spike Lee his number, and a couple of hours later he gets a call and the voice at the other end of the line says "Hey Waris, it's Spike Lee," and asks him to audition for his upcoming blockbuster bank...
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Aug 13, 2006

Giants '80s theme nights on; scalpers, bonus packets gone

In a further effort to draw more fans to home games at Tokyo Dome and remind supporters how good the team played 15-25 years ago, the Yomiuri Giants are remembering the "good ol' days" and holding '80s Night on Fridays.

Longform

Ayumi Matsuki, a priestess at Yoshiwara Shrine, shows off some "o-mamori" charms. She says visitors to the shrine have increased since the NHK drama “Unbound” began airing this month.
Tracing Tsutaya Juzaburo, Edo’s media maverick