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JAPAN
May 20, 2006

Corporate social responsibility seen gaining favor in Japan, experts say

Growing awareness of corporate social responsibility was praised as favorable progress for Japan at a symposium in Tokyo earlier this week.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
May 18, 2006

Tamasaburo Bando and Kodo reach for primitive emotions

Kabuki and taiko drumming seem worlds apart: kabuki is a quintessentially urban art form based on nuance and restraint; taiko drumming, from the festival world of matsuri and shrine dances, thrives on athleticism and exuberance. But recently they have been brought together by an unusual collaboration...
CULTURE / Books
May 14, 2006

Asia needs to fill its brand deficit

ASIAN BRAND STRATEGY by Martin Roll, Palgrave Macmillan, 2005, 272 pp., $42.50 (cloth). Shizuka Arakawa's graceful spins and spirals enthralled a nation as she won Japan the gold medal in women's figure skating at the Winter Olympics. But few would have cheered more loudly than Tokyo rice producer Toyorice...
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Apr 30, 2006

Recalling lady umpire Perry Barber and Cooperstown cookies

Reader Dennis McCormick from Hyogo Prefecture recently wrote to ask, "Do you remember about 15 years ago an American woman umpire came to Japan and worked a few Japanese games in the Kansai area? I don't recall her name, but I was surprised when I found out she was not a regular umpire in one of the...
JAPAN
Apr 29, 2006

Ex-World Bank head, Nicklaus spring honorees

The government said Friday it will release a list of 4,096 recipients of the spring decorations, including former World Bank chief James Wolfensohn and U.S. golf legend Jack Nicklaus.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 27, 2006

Embracing an organic modernism

At one of the extremes of 20-century architecture there were the modernists Adolf Loos and Le Corbusier and Bauhaus' Walter Gropius and Mies van der Rohe. They made impersonal and cool buildings in the "International Style" in vogue at the time that celebrated whiteness, straight lines and steel and...
MORE SPORTS
Apr 26, 2006

Arakawa likely to sit out Grand Prix series

Olympic champion figure skater Shizuka Arakawa indicated Tuesday she will sit out this year's Grand Prix series while giving priority to appearances in ice shows.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Apr 26, 2006

Media's vilification of Bonds shows lack of objectivity

It's a question that has to be asked.
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Apr 26, 2006

Scandal causes 8 JSF officials to step down

Eight members of the Japan Skating Federation executive committee will resign at the end of June over their alleged involvement in questionable business operations, federation officials said Tuesday.
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Apr 25, 2006

Kitajima headed to Pan-Pacific

Olympic breaststroke double champion Kosuke Kitajima and men's backstroke specialist Tomomi Morita were among 42 swimmers named Monday to compete at the Pan-Pacific Championships in Canada in August, the Japan Swimming Federation said.
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Apr 22, 2006

Morita sets national record

Backstroke swimmer Tomomi Morita broke the Japanese record twice on his way to claiming his fifth consecutive 100-meter title at the national swimming championships Friday.
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Apr 21, 2006

Olympic champs Kitajima, Shibata beaten at national c'ships

Kosuke Kitajima failed to make the medals podium in the men's 200-meter breaststroke and fellow Olympic champion Ai Shibata was unable to keep her 400-meter freestyle title on the opening day of the national swimming championships Thursday.
BASKETBALL
Apr 20, 2006

Japan to meet Puerto Rico in buildup for world c'ships

Japan will face Puerto Rico in the Kirin Cup in a tuneup for the men's world basketball championships getting under way this August, the Japan Basketball Association said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Apr 17, 2006

Economy in second-longest postwar expansion: Yosano

The economy is logging its second-longest expansion since the end of World War II and is on track to grow by more than 2 percent this year, Financial Services Minister Kaoru Yosano said Sunday.
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Apr 12, 2006

Japan plans to host int'l meet in summer 2007

Japan is planning to host a top-level international swimming meet in September 2007, the year prior to the Beijing Olympics, Japan Swimming Federation officials said Tuesday.
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Apr 5, 2006

Asada to skate in team competition

Figure skating sensation Mao Asada is scheduled to take part in a tournament pitting professional and amateurs in a team competition between Japan, North America and Europe in May, organizers said Tuesday.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Apr 2, 2006

How it all began for Baseball Bullet-In 30 years ago

Believe it or not, it was 30 years ago this week when the "Baseball Bullet-In" first appeared in the pages of The Japan Times. I was 27 years old and still a student at Sophia University on Tokyo when the first column ran on April 4, 1976.
EDITORIALS
Mar 28, 2006

Skating on thin ice

Shizuka Arakawa's Olympic triumph and the media hype surrounding women's figure skating belies the grossly inadequate training environment that Japan's top skaters face and the escalating training costs they shoulder in the absence of meaningful support from the government or corporations.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 26, 2006

Buffs black Seibu's eye on Opening Day

TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. -- Buffalo beef tastes great, no matter the bull.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 24, 2006

New envoy says he is not too soft on China

Tokyo's next ambassador to Beijing on Thursday played down concerns he might be too soft on China and said he will continue to put Japan's interests first when he takes up his post April 10.
JAPAN
Mar 24, 2006

New yen loans to China are put on hold for now

Amid continued strained bilateral ties, the government has put on hold its decision to provide fresh yen loans to China for fiscal 2005, Foreign Ministry officials said Thursday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 22, 2006

Japanese baseball circles rejoice at WBC triumph

Japanese baseball circles on Tuesday celebrated the county's triumph at the World Baseball Classic with a victory over Cuba in the championship final.

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