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COMMENTARY
Aug 8, 2006

Danger of education divide

During its five-year rule, the administration of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has completed a number of structural reforms, including the privatization of the postal service. To that extent, the administration deserves high praise.
BASKETBALL
Aug 6, 2006

Wily coach Pavlicevic building Japan team block by block

His shoes have trudged across countless hardwood courts from Spain to Japan.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 6, 2006

Tojo: Yasukuni solely for those killed in war

Wartime Prime Minister Gen. Hideki Tojo gave orders in a secret document that Yasukuni Shrine should honor only those who are killed in battle, according to the document made available Saturday.
CULTURE / Books
Aug 6, 2006

A blue mood for poetry

POEMS OF DAYS PAST / ARISHI HI NO UTA, by Nakahara Chuya, translations by Ry Beville. The American Book Company, 2005, 81 pp., $19.99 (paper). RIGHT EYE IN TWILIGHT / MIGI-ME NO BYAKUYA, by Ban'ya Natsuishi, translations by Ban'ya Natsuishi & Jack Galmitz. Wasteland Press, 2006, 58 pp., $12 (paper). Both...
EDITORIALS
Aug 5, 2006

Pursue cautious defense policy

This year's government white paper on defense touches on North Korea's missile tests, closer security cooperation between Japan and the United States, and proposals to upgrade the Defense Agency to ministry status and expand the Self-Defense Forces' overseas activities, among other things.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 5, 2006

Bringing peace to Lebanon

As Israel encounters stiffer than expected resistance to its attacks in Lebanon, and world outrage and condemnation of the mounting human toll rises, calls grow for a ceasefire followed by the deployment of a fresh peacekeeping force. The nature and prospects of a new mission will depend crucially on...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Aug 5, 2006

Renu Arora

In 1982, Renu Arora, from Bombay and living in Japan, began her Gourmet Trips to India from here. Married and the mother of a son, she was teaching Indian home cooking to groups of interested Japanese people. Some were men, some young unmarried women, some housewives. Some of them aimed to become professional...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 5, 2006

BOJ repeating history, board exec from 2000 warns

When the Bank of Japan ended its "zero-interest-rate" policy at its two-day Policy Board meeting last month, Nobuyuki Nakahara recalled the last time the central bank made the same move, when he was a board member in August 2000.
BUSINESS
Aug 5, 2006

Toyota shrugs off safety woes; logs record profit

Toyota Motor Corp., unscathed by an investigation over its failure to promptly recall faulty vehicles, announced record group sales and profits for the April-June quarter Friday, thanks to strong sales in North America and Europe.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 5, 2006

Israel-Hezbollah conflict: the end game

LONDON -- The kill ratio is becoming a problem: Israel has been killing about 40 Lebanese civilians for every Israel civilian who is killed. They are all being killed by accident, of course, but such a long chain of accidents begins to look like carelessness, and even in Israel and the United States...
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2006

Gap in real estate prices between big, small cities continues to widen

The gap in land prices between large and small cities continues to widen even though the average price in select areas has moved higher for the first time in 14 years.
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2006

Cops log 120 child abuse cases in first half

Child abuse cases uncovered by police in the first half of this year rose 14.3 percent over the same period last year to a record of 120, the National Police Agency said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2006

Transfers of 100,000 yen or more face scrutiny

The Financial Services Agency said Wednesday it will require banks to keep records of people transferring 100,000 yen or more to help crack down on criminal activities.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / THE SECOND ROOM
Aug 4, 2006

Psychedelic radar 08.04

Saturday, Aug. 5
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Aug 4, 2006

Architect's exhibition reveals simple aesthetic

Yoshihide Okuma (1905-1984) came to prominence as an architect in the postwar era, establishing a signature style of traditional wooden housing that harked back toward Japan's past when the country itself was undergoing rapid modernization.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Aug 4, 2006

South of the border in 'Nakame'

Naka-Meguro's days as a hip, artsy enclave have long been numbered. The area isgentrifying fast, especially down by the river and uptoward Daikanyama. But venture along the slow-moving, old-school shopping street that forms the spiritual axis of 'Nakame' (as the locals like to call it) and you can still...
EDITORIALS
Aug 3, 2006

A positive form of punishment

Justice Minister Seiken Sugiura has asked the Legislative Council to discuss the introduction of social service as a way for certain types of convicts to make amends for their crimes. He also asked the advisory body to discuss housing for parolees and convicts who have served their time under a certain...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 3, 2006

Keisuke Shirota

Base Gallery Closes Saturday
JAPAN
Aug 2, 2006

METI tells Paloma to resubmit heater report

The government demanded Tuesday that Paloma Industries Ltd. resubmit a report within a week on its probe into deadly carbon monoxide poisonings caused by defects in its gas water heaters.
JAPAN
Aug 2, 2006

Sumitomo Light Metal dinged for 250 million yen in back taxes

Tax authorities have determined Sumitomo Light Metal Industries Ltd. gave more than 1 billion yen in undeclared donations to deficit-ridden subsidiaries over a four-year period through March 31, 2005, sources said Tuesday.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Aug 2, 2006

Festival raises interest in American football ahead of 2007 World Cup

Baseball, soccer, basketball . . . and next up, football.
From anguish to aggression: Trump goes on offense after midair collision
U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a briefing on Thursday about the midair crash in Washington.
Slope built to reach man trapped in sinkhole in Saitama
A slope (left) is built at the intersection of a sunken road in Yashio City, Saitama Prefecture on Saturday.
Mind the gap — and the shoulder checking: Dealing with pushy people in Japan's crowded spaces
Tokyo’s notoriously crowded trains and train stations can be stressful for many. Unfortunately, the ぶつかり男 (butsukari otoko, bumping man) takes his stress out on others through shoving, elbowing and shoulder checks.
AstraZeneca and Daiichi’s breast cancer drug gets EU backing
AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo’s Datroway breast cancer treatment, which the companies expect will eventually become a blockbuster, was recommended for approval in the European Union.
Japan plans to curb exports of chips and quantum-computing tech
Technicians at work in the clean room of a semiconductor manufacturing facility in Ibaraki Prefecture.
First official survey set to change backcountry Hokkaido skiing
The first official government survey of Hokkaido backcountry skiing could spell changes for trails in the northern prefecture.
Fuji TV’s go-big PR strategy wins grudging praise globally
Fuji TV executives take questions during a news conference on Monday in Tokyo in which some participants became unruly.
Two decades of unparalleled access into the world of Hayao Miyazaki
Documentary director Kaku Arakawa’s filming style — naturalistic, intimate and unobtrusive — proved essential to portraying anime powerhouse Hayao Miyazaki as a man as flawed and human as he is a visionary artist in “Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron.”
For two weeks only, cold-water yellowtail can give you chills
Yellowtail caught during the coldest period of the year is delicious enough — but paired with a classic method of marinade and pan-searing, it's divine.
In meat- and fish-loving Japan, veganism is making a comeback
Though vegan restaurants have been on the upswing since 2017, Japanese vegans still lack a wide variety of options.

Podcast

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

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
By Alex K.T. Martin

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