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BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Jan 7, 2009

Barkley lives up to reputation as buffoon

NEW YORK — To Charles Barkley's credit, his capacity for audacity and proclivity for stupidity are unrivaled in NBA annals.
JAPAN / History
Jan 7, 2009

Ministry pulled protest to NYT over family mine POW claim: Aso

Prime Minister Taro Aso admitted Tuesday that the Foreign Ministry deleted a written protest to The New York Times from its Web site last month after finding evidence that a company run by his family during World War II used Allied POWs to work its coal mines.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jan 4, 2009

A nation adrift cries out for new visions fired by anger and sorrow

Every era in the life of a country begs for creators to define it and give it momentum for its society to progress. Politicians, economists and bureaucrats seem to believe that culture rides on the wave of the economy — but the opposite is true. It is on progressive waves of culture that economic achievement...
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE PLAYERS OF THE MONTH
Jan 4, 2009

Kinjo's shooting sparks Ryukyu

Never underestimate the value of a consistent shooter.
Japan Times
Reference / Special Presentations / WITNESS TO WAR
Jan 3, 2009

Recalling Nagasaki's fateful day

The city has long been rebuilt and moved on, but Hiroshi Ito still can't come to grips with Nagasaki's obliteration by the United States 63 years ago.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 30, 2008

Premium burger sales sizzle in recession

Despite of, or maybe because of, the recession, hamburger chains are doing a brisk business as they introduce premium fare.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Dec 30, 2008

Foreign university faculty face annual round of 'musical jobs'

Universities in Japan force most of their foreign instructors to play an unnerving version of musical chairs. Every year the music starts and instructors with expiring contracts scramble for an opening at a new school. University administrators force teachers to play "musical jobs" by offering limited-term...
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Dec 28, 2008

ONE for ALL

Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 25, 2008

Watanabe vies for change

A snap election is the most effective way to clear the "sense of stagnation" prevailing in Japan, Lower House reformist Yoshimi Watanabe of the Liberal Democratic Party told The Japan Times after voting Wednesday for an opposition resolution to this end.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 25, 2008

Aso failing to lead LDP to promised land

When Taro Aso became prime minister in September, he was chosen by his peers in the Liberal Democratic Party as the man who would reverse their declining ratings. But after three months of the extraordinary Diet session, which closes Thursday, Aso's Cabinet already seems to be in trouble.
Reader Mail
Dec 25, 2008

Madoff's greatest talent

Recent news articles covering the activities of Bernard Madoff, a brilliant financier for the times, make a compelling case that he be considered for the Nobel Prize in economics next year. His absolute great talent was to make people feel comfortable in turning their money over to him for great returns. ...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / TAKING A CHANCE
Dec 25, 2008

People Tree products pioneering fair trade in Japan

The hand-knit sweaters and scarves and hand-woven bags with an ethnic look are nothing like the products sold to the masses of consumers in most big shopping malls.
BUSINESS
Dec 20, 2008

ANA locked into wrong-way fuel bet for 2009

All Nippon Airways Co. tried to protect itself as jet fuel surged to a record $181 in July. Instead, it locked in prices at almost twice the market rate.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 19, 2008

Singing the bluefin tuna blues

IKI, Nagasaki Pref. — On a gloomy day pregnant with rain and the weight of past expectations, Minoru Nakamura is welcomed back to port like a conquering hero.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Dec 19, 2008

Mystery Jets ditch the quirky and turn up the pop

They formed their group when they were only 8 years old, but after years of playpen antics it wasn't until 2006 that Mystery Jets made it into the public eye with their debut album "Making Dens."
Japan Times
JAPAN / READERS' FUND
Dec 18, 2008

NPOs try to support rising tide of asylum seekers

Last in a series
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Dec 17, 2008

D'Antoni proud of time with Suns despite team's failure to win a title

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Mike D'Antoni openly admitted Monday night's return to Phoenix, his home for six seasons, is a "big deal" to him.
Japan Times
JAPAN / READERS' FUND
Dec 16, 2008

Restoring forests in Laos aim of NGO

Third in a series
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Dec 16, 2008

MLB salaries surviving downturn

It may be strictly coincidental, but that doesn't make it any less interesting. About the same time the New York Mets were spending millions on the closer they so desperately need this week, the owner of the team was facing possible losses of millions of his own as the victim of a fraud scheme even more...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / BEST OF BOOKS: 2008
Dec 14, 2008

Ready for a little Yuletide reading?

BASHO: The Complete Haiku, translated by Jane Reichhold (Kodansha International)
Reader Mail
Dec 14, 2008

Getting historical dates right

Regarding the Dec. 8 editorial "Remember Pearl Harbor": Is there something special about dates and Japanese newspapers? One thing that is generally accepted throughout the world is that times and dates of events coincide with the time zone where they take place. Thus U.S. newspapers cite the bombing...
Japan Times
JAPAN / READERS' FUND
Dec 12, 2008

Helping Filipino schoolchildren

This is the first in a series of how contributions to The Japan Times Readers' Fund last year — the 53rd since the campaign started — are being put to use. The ¥940,595 readers donated in 2007 has gone to six organizations to finance humanitarian projects for needy people across Asia.
Reader Mail
Dec 11, 2008

One tradition that's out of hand

Regarding the Observer feature "Where a baby girl is a mother's awful shame," printed in The Japan Times on Nov. 29: It was disturbing to learn that, because of the dowry obligation and perhaps a general inferior perception of women in Indian society, people have turned a blind eye to the fact that they...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Dec 11, 2008

Was that the sound of the China art bubble bursting?

As quickly as it appeared, the Chinese contemporary art boom ended last week in Hong Kong.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Dec 10, 2008

Rondo running the show for Celtics

NEW YORK — After visiting the Indiana Pacers at Conseco Fieldhouse on Tuesday, the 19-2 Celtics invade our nation's capital on Thursday. Given the way they're playing, David Stern has canceled the remainder of the season, called off the playoffs and ordered them to go straight to the White House.
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.
Japan to overhaul tax exemption system for foreign visitors
The Ginza shopping district in Tokyo in August
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.
Real-life ‘Tokyo Swindlers’ ordered to pay ¥1 billion in damages
High-rise buildings in Tokyo. Through faking documents and passports a criminal group conspired to pose as the owner of a real-estate plot and buildings in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward in 2017, defrauding Sekisui House of ¥5.5 billion.
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.
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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