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CULTURE / Film
Jul 25, 2008

'Kung Fu Panda'

He's fat, he's lazy, he's an underachieving slob. But Po the Panda could just be the answer to the prayers of a martial-arts master in "Kung Fu Panda," this summer's animation blockbuster from Dreamworks, opening in Japan to precede the Beijing Olympics.
COMMENTARY
Jul 21, 2008

Birth of a massacre myth

With the Beijing Olympics looming we see more attempts to remind the world about the alleged June 4, 1989, massacre of democracy-seeking students in Beijing's Tiananmen Square.
EDITORIALS
Jul 18, 2008

Inspiration for Japanese literature

Ms. Yang Yi, a Chinese resident in Japan, has won the 139th Akutagawa Prize, the prestigious literary prize launched in 1935. She became not only the first Chinese to receive the prize but also the first recipient who didn't start learning Japanese until after becoming an adult. We congratulate her on...
MORE SPORTS
Jul 11, 2008

Ikeda, Kikuchi named to Canada's Olympic men's gymnastics squad

Veteran Japanese-Canadian gymnasts Ken Ikeda and David Kikuchi will represent Canada for the second time in the Summer Olympics, The Associated Press reported on Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / G8 SUMMIT 2008
Jul 9, 2008

Toyako businesses seek long-term benefit

TOYAKO, Hokkaido — Takuji Okamoto, 69, has run a tiny noodle shop with his wife, Chieko, for 23 years at the Lake Toya hot springs resort area.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jul 8, 2008

Japan's last frontier took time to tame, cultivate image

Hokkaido, where the Group of Eight summit is taking place in Toyako, is known for its hot springs, ski resorts, seafood and magnificent scenery.
JAPAN / G8 SUMMIT 2008
Jul 7, 2008

Fukuda, Bush stand united on N. Korea

TOYAKO, Hokkaido — U.S. President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda agreed Sunday to keep pressuring North Korea on both the nuclear and abduction issues, in an apparent bid to counter criticism in Japan that Washington is abandoning Tokyo by adopting a policy of "appeasement" toward Pyongyang....
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / CLOSE-UP
Jul 6, 2008

Peace follows turbulent times

"It was a nightmare," laughs Tokyo-based author David Peace of a recent trip to Paris to promote the French version of his most successful novel, "The Damned Utd."
OLYMPICS
Jul 4, 2008

Clay looking good for decathlon gold

Decathletes are a special group of athletes.
COMMUNITY / Issues / JUST BE CAUSE
Jul 1, 2008

July forecast: rough, with ID checks mainly in the north

I have suggested before (Zeit Gist, Dec. 18, 2007) that Japan shouldn't host major international events. Unfettered police power and insufficient media scrutiny create a virtual police state, inconveniencing everyone.
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MORE SPORTS
Jun 30, 2008

Kobayashi claims 5,000-meters win

KAWASAKI — Yuriko Kobayashi zoomed to the finish line for a victory in the meet-concluding women's 5,000-meter race on Sunday in the Japan Athletics National Championships.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
Jun 29, 2008

Foreigners flourish in the realm of Japanese arts

Japan has come a long way since the era of Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904), arguably the world's most famous and certainly the first Western Japanophile. Before Hearn, a Greek-Irishman who married the daughter of a local samurai in remote and rural Shimane Prefecture, and also took on Japanese citizenship,...
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Jun 25, 2008

Heinsohn: Pierce one of Celts' all-time greats

NEW YORK —In nine years of playing for the Celtics, Tommy Heinsohn, who came into the NBA the same season as Bill Russell (who arrived six weeks late due to the 1956 Melbourne Olympics) and won top rookie honors, averaged 18.6 points and 8.8 rebounds.

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