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SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Feb 4, 2012

F.A. must make Terry stand down

Sometime in the next three weeks the Football Association's power brokers will meet to decide whether John Terry should continue to captain England.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 2, 2012

The Putin regime's terminal disease

The history of successive authoritarian regimes in Russia reveals a recurring pattern: They do not die from external blows or domestic insurgencies. Instead, they tend to collapse from a strange internal malady — a combination of the elites' encroaching disgust with themselves and a realization that...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 2, 2012

"Wonder Seeds 2012"

Tokyo Wonder Site's aim is to nurture and support up-and-coming artists through it's workshops and cultural exchange programs.
CULTURE / Art
Feb 2, 2012

"Wonder Seeds 2012"

Tokyo Wonder Site's aim is to nurture and support up-and-coming artists through it's workshops and cultural exchange programs.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 2, 2012

Demilitarizing Muslim politics

Can Muslim governments free themselves from their countries' powerful militaries and establish civilian control comparable to that found in liberal democracies? This question is now paramount in countries as disparate as Egypt, Pakistan and Turkey.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Feb 2, 2012

Warner's Ishizaka says 'exterminate' illegal downloads

Not many music-business executives compare themselves to Oda Nobunaga or Napoleon Bonaparte.
EDITORIALS
Feb 2, 2012

Fed targets and transparency

The U.S. Federal Reserve announced last week that it will keep interest rates near zero in an effort to assist a stumbling U.S. economy. While that news was expected, the length of the extension was not — the Fed plans to keep rates well below 1 percent for three more years.
BUSINESS
Feb 2, 2012

Makers cut forecasts on yen surge, Thai floods

Japanese makers of cars, chips and computers said profit would be less than previously expected this year as the stronger yen undermines a recovery from output setbacks caused by March 11.
EDITORIALS
Feb 1, 2012

Delicate wage negotiations

The annual wage negotiations for 2012 take place in a difficult situation marked by the effects of the March 11 disasters, the floods in Thailand, prolonged deflation and the strong yen. Labor and management must search for a wage level that is not only reasonable but also will eventually contribute...
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 31, 2012

Back in Russia: peeling, meeting and shopping

In mid-December, while trying to understand what was happening in Russia, I checked Twitter and found a tweet that somehow signified everything.
BASKETBALL
Jan 30, 2012

Parker takes control as Magic sweep Broncos

Jeral Davis' intimidating defense and Michael Parker's scoring prowess powered the Shimane Susanoo Magic to a runaway victory over the Saitama Broncos in the series opener.
EDITORIALS
Jan 30, 2012

A countdown in Nigeria

Awave of bombings in Nigeria has highlighted the fissures that threaten to fracture Africa's most populous nation. The violence has been launched by an Islamic militia, but it has inflamed already widespread economic and political discontent. President Goodluck Jonathan has called for a security crackdown,...
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jan 29, 2012

Expect Hall of Famer Ryan to be a positive influence for Darvish

Did you watch on TV that news conference last week introducing Yu Darvish as a member of the Texas Rangers?
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jan 29, 2012

In disparity-ridden Japan, don't mind the gaps — just get out of them

This is a nation of gaps.
LIFE / Travel / Longform
Jan 29, 2012

Fukushima casts a shadow over India's industrial boom

The ongoing nuclear disaster in Fukushima has quashed once ambitious plans for the construction of new reactors in Japan. The government does, however, remain committed to promoting exports of nuclear reactors and technology as it sees huge potential in overseas markets.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jan 28, 2012

Liverpool a long way from glory days

The celebrations among the players, management and fans underlined the joy of reaching the League Cup final even though it is the lowest-rated piece of domestic silverware.
COMMENTARY
Jan 28, 2012

Can Romney the turnaround artist do it again?

An Illinois lawyer who had a way with words once characterized a particular argument as weaker than soup made from the shadow of a pigeon that died of starvation. The argument for Mitt Romney benefiting from South Carolina's voting is almost as weak as Lincoln's soup, but here it is:
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Jan 27, 2012

Higher electric bills on horizon to pay for solar

To jumpstart solar energy promotion, power companies have started adding higher surcharges.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Jan 27, 2012

Companies connect with free mobile apps

With mobile apps, both clever and practical, innovative companies glom onto fans and potential customers.
COMMENTARY
Jan 27, 2012

Lesson of Great Recession is too hard to accept

The recent release of the 2006 transcripts of the Federal Reserve's main policymaking body stimulated a small media frenzy: "Little Alarm Shown at Fed at Dawn of Housing Bust," headlined The Wall Street Journal. The Washington Post agreed: "As financial crisis brewed, Fed appeared unconcerned." The New...
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jan 27, 2012

New National Theatre, Tokyo, opens season with Puccini classic

The New National Theatre, Tokyo, (NNTT) is opening its 2012 opera season with a classic by Italian composer Giacomo Puccini.
JAPAN
Jan 27, 2012

Opposition digs in against Noda

Opposition lawmakers grilled Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on Thursday over planned social security and tax reforms and his "inability" to keep his party's campaign pledges, and pressed again for him to call a Lower House election.
EDITORIALS
Jan 27, 2012

Power users on the hook

Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Jan. 17 that it will seek an average 17 percent hike in electricity rates from April for some 240,000 enterprises having contracts for 50 kW or more. It hopes to raise some ¥400 billion annually through the hike and to use the revenue to finance part of the fuel costs of...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Jan 27, 2012

Conrad Tokyo offers beauty plan

Together with French luxury skin-care brand Orlane Paris, the Conrad Tokyo is offering a special accommodation plan focusing on beauty called "Beauty Hunter Conrad Meets Orlane," throughout 2012.
U.S. falling behind on aircraft shelters in Asia as China’s missile arsenal grows
Airmen from the U.S. Air Force's 104th Fighter Wing complete post-flight checks on four F-15C fighter jets at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture, in October 2023.
Eight students recovering after hammer attack at university in Tokyo
Police investigate the scene after eight people were injured by a hammer-wielding woman on Hosei University's Tama campus in Tokyo on Friday afternoon.
Japan expands its sanctions against Russia
The additional sanctions against Russia "are to contribute to international efforts for peace," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Friday at the Prime Minister's Office.
Los Angeles wildfires devour thousands of homes even as fierce winds ease
A water bomber flies over houses burned down by the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on Thursday.
Apollo weighs $9.5 billion stake in Seven & I management buyout
Apollo Global Management is discussing a commitment of as much as ¥1.5 trillion for an equity stake in a bid by Seven & I’s founding Ito family to take the convenience store operator private.
Japanese space startup readies for second lunar lander launch
Ispace CEO Takeshi Hakamada with the countdown clock for the launch of the startup's lunar lander, in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on Thursday
Emanuel leaves reform legacy amid historic shifts in U.S.-Japan alliance
Rahm Emanuel professes that the biggest thing he has brought to the U.S.-Japan relationship might be a fresh injection of vitality.
‘Unbound’ breaks NHK period drama tradition with a hero of the common folk
NHK’s latest taiga period drama, “Unbound,” centers on Tsutaya Juzaburo (Ryusei Yokohama), a commoner who becomes a successful bookseller and publisher.
Real wages fall for a fourth month, squeezing Japanese households further
Prices continue to outpace wage increases in Japan.
Hair removal for kids — boosting confidence or preying on insecurities?
Beauty salon Dione, which has over 100 branches nationwide, offers hair removal treatments for children as young as 3 years old. It uses hair removal equipment that emits a special light heated to around 38 degrees Celsius, unlike conventional equipment that involves temperatures of 60 to 80 C.

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