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Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jun 20, 2012

Gardow done as Chiba coach

After an up-and-down inaugural season, the Chiba Jets will have a new coach for the 2012-13 campaign.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / ONE-ON-ONE WITH ...
Jun 20, 2012

Tyler learned many lessons in first NBA season

The Japan Times has published periodic interviews with bj-league players since the fall of 2006. This is the first One-on-One interview featuring a former bj-league player now in the NBA.
Jun 20, 2012

Finding common ground in East-West dialogue

With the rise of the "Asian Tiger" nations to global power, Eastern and Western scholars have been re-evaluating elements of East Asia's moral and literary heritage that were once viewed as obstacles to modernization. Efforts by these scholars to transmit this heritage to non-Asian audiences are welcome...
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jun 19, 2012

Gardow finished in Chiba; Tomiyama named new Jets coach

After an up-and-down inaugural season, the Chiba Jets will have a new coach for the 2012-13 campaign.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jun 19, 2012

Net shopping means unending flow of counterfeit brand-name goods

Luxury-brand bags, watches and shoes can easily be purchased on the Internet along with their cheaper counterfeit counterparts, which are illegal but nonetheless widespread.
COMMENTARY
Jun 18, 2012

State of economic disparity in the age of dashed ideals

During the 1980s and 1990s, a number of countries were ruled by political parties upholding the credo of "market fundamentalism" as their governments vigorously pushed neoliberalism.
MORE SPORTS
Jun 17, 2012

Takahashi teams up with Morozov again

The skating world was rocked by a bombshell announcement on Friday, one that many thought was nearly impossible.
Reader Mail
Jun 17, 2012

Views about college validated

Regarding Washington Post columnist Robert J. Samuelson's article "It's time U.S. dropped the college-for-all crusade," which ran in The Japan Times on May 30: What Samuelson calls the largest mistake in educational policy since World War II was actually first identified in 1963 by John Keats in "The...
Reader Mail
Jun 17, 2012

The right leverage for Taiwan

I both agree and disagree with Hisahiko Okazaki's June 5 article, "Fighting peace for Taiwan." He was right to point out that the vibrant working democracy in Taiwan nowadays is a determinant in shaping the island's foreign and cross-strait policy. Yet, his argument that Taiwan should fight to win the...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media
Jun 17, 2012

Gotye's moment in the spotlight

When Wally De Backer first came to Japan with his rock band The Basics, his prospects didn't seem very promising.
Japan Times
LIFE
Jun 17, 2012

Resident of last Dojunkai laments passing of '20s icons

"One of the members of the residents association once told me that we shouldn't talk to journalists, but I have nothing to lose now."
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jun 16, 2012

The midlife crisis hotline — dreams to fulfill before you get too old?

I've recently been reading books about athletes. Lance Armstrong's "It's Not About the Bike," Andre Agassi's "Open," and more recently, Scott Jurek's "Eat and Run." All these books are memoirs, but they have something less obvious in common. They all had ghostwriters.
Reader Mail
Jun 10, 2012

Energy costs of noise abatement

Regarding the June 6 article "A few simple steps can save energy": Here in the mountains of Shiga Prefecture, it never gets too hot. Yet, we bought an air conditioner and use it 365 nights a year because we need to sleep with the windows closed.
Reader Mail
Jun 10, 2012

Church-state collusion recalled

Regarding Dipak Basu's June 7 letter, "What need for missionaries?," which was a response to Catherine Wallace's May 31 letter ("Japan's access to Christianity"): I wholeheartedly agree with Basu. A religious debate has been going on in The Japan Times for some time now; finally someone has hit the nail...
Reader Mail
Jun 7, 2012

Little trust in nuclear protection

I would like to applaud The Japan Times for its June 3 editorial, "Quickstep to restarting reactors," which exposes the illogic of Japan restarting nuclear reactors. The many technical reasons, such as dubious computer models and out-of-date equipment used at the power plants, flatly refute the supposed...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
Jun 5, 2012

Much ado, but micro-important

A few weeks ago, as a panelist at a symposium on Japan's accession to the Hague Convention on international child abduction, I found it hard to disguise my ire. One of the speakers was a lawyer opposed to Japan joining the convention, and who refused to even use "abduction" to discuss what she called...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jun 3, 2012

Portrait of a pickpocket

THE THIEF, by Fuminori Nakamura, translated by Satoko Izumo and Stephen Coates. Soho Crime, 2012, 304 pp., $23.00 (hardcover) In simpler times, in simpler tales, authors pitted heroes against villains, and there was no confusion about who wore the black hat and who the white. We no longer live in those...
Reader Mail
May 31, 2012

Japan's access to Christianity

Regarding Scott Mintz's May 27 letter, "Biblical vs. modern ideas of love": Mintz stridently rejects the view that the story of Jesus describes in any way genuine love. It is apparent from his very selective and out-of-context citing of passages from the Bible that when it comes to God, Jesus and real...
Reader Mail
May 31, 2012

Tepco admits to incompetence

To a person like me following the developments in Japan from a distance, it is shocking to learn that the initial radiation levels from the meltdown of the reactors at Fukushima were 2.5 times the levels originally estimated by Tokyo Electric Power Co.!
BASKETBALL
May 31, 2012

Blackwell returns to U.S. as Evessa tenure ends

For Ryan Blackwell, nothing's changed. His status — as the former Osaka Evessa head coach — is the same as it was last Friday, when it was first reported in this newspaper that his tenure had ended.
Reader Mail
May 31, 2012

Reflecting Okinawans' sentiments

The May 15 editorial, "Okinawans deserve better" — on the 40th anniversary of Okinawa's return to Japanese rule — describes accurately the opinions of most Okinawans as indicated by polls of Mainichi/Ryukyu Shimpo and Asahi/Okinawa Times.
COMMUNITY / Voices / HAVE YOUR SAY
May 29, 2012

Your haiku: the good, the bad and the ugly of Japan

The following are the winners of the haiku competition launched to mark the Community section's 10th anniversary. The five recipients of the top prize, a copy of Debito Arudou and Akira Higuchi's "Handbook for Newcomers, Migrants and Immigrants," are marked by an asterisk. Other winners will receive...
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
May 27, 2012

Japan has a role to play in environment and rights issues in Belize

"The United Nations' largest-ever conference, billed as a historic opportunity to create a greener future, appears to be going up in smoke."
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 25, 2012

Japan's stellar speller ready for global contest

Natural learner Haruka Masuda's secret is reading, reading and reading.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
May 25, 2012

Umeboshi: Perfect in any culinary pickle

Japanese cuisine has more than its share of acquired tastes, and umeboshi are near the top of the list. Intensely sour and salty, these traditional tsukemono (pickles) are prepared over several weeks, starting in June when the fruits of the ume tree are ripe, and finishing up in July under the hot midsummer...
Reader Mail
May 24, 2012

The answer to who will lead us

I agree with Paul Gaysford's May 20 letter, "Stupidity of planners and builders." The problems and failures to which he points go far beyond the scope of the letter's title. Gaysford seems to expect better from the country that he and I both call home, and so do I.
Japan researchers develop a simple way to spot signs of Alzheimer's disease
In 2022, the number of elderly people with dementia in Japan reached 4.43 million, according to data from the health ministry.
Real estate worth ¥25 trillion puts Japan companies in spotlight
Elliott Investment Management's stake in Tokyo Gas is centered around getting the utility to sell off its real estate holdings, including Shinjuku Park Tower, which houses the Park Hyatt Hotel Tokyo.
Two dead after fire at Upper House lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi’s apartment
A fire broke out on the sixth floor of an apartment building where Upper House lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi resides on Wednesday in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward.
Japan investigating Amazon for allegedly bullying other businesses
Packages move along a conveyor belt at an Amazon warehouse
Tokyo’s take on that viral chocolate from Dubai
Cafe N°_5's take on the Dubai chocolate craze that has been circulating on social media over the past few months is a mix of bitter and sweet.
Hiroshi Kurosaki looks beyond Japan for heart-wrenching drama
Hiroshi Kurosaki’s Netflix series “Beyond Goodbye” centers on a woman (Kasumi Arimura, left) who discovers her dead lover’s heart saved the life of a quiet pianist (Kentaro Sakaguchi).
Japan researchers develop a simple way to spot signs of Alzheimer's disease
In 2022, the number of elderly people with dementia in Japan reached 4.43 million, according to data from the health ministry.
‘What Divides Us’ producer honors grandfather’s Hiroshima reportage
“What Divides Us" producer Cannon Hersey says his grandfather, who wrote about the aftermath of nuclear destruction in Hiroshima, never spoke about what he had seen while working with Japanese minister Kiyoshi Tanimoto to preserve the stories of survivors.
DPP’s Tamaki leverages new position with energy proposal
DPP leader Yuichiro Tamaki in Tokyo on Tuesday
Bluesky is booming in Japan — mainly for reasons other than U.S. politics
According to Similarweb, average monthly user numbers for Bluesky on Android in Japan quintupled in the 12 months to October.

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