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BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE PLAYERS OF THE MONTH
Nov 7, 2009

Pomare, Hamilton nab monthly honors

Here's how Gyno Pomare can sum up his first month in the bj-league: Seven games, seven double-doubles, seven memorable experiences.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 6, 2009

'Synecdoche, New York'

Sreenwriter Charlie Kaufman, who spun American cinema on its head with striking scripts for "Being John Malkovich" and "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," goes for fiendishly obsessional, intellectual acrobatics in his directorial debut.
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CULTURE / Film
Nov 6, 2009

Scaremeister Raimi sheds light on his fondness for darkness

Sam Raimi is best known as the man behind the "Spiderman" franchise, but he's also widely regarded as a master of the macabre and of horror. After all, he broke through in 1981 with "The Evil Dead" after fixating on horror movies as a child. Before age 10, he was making 8-mm home movies.
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CULTURE / Art
Nov 6, 2009

England's War of the Roses is being fought in modern-day Tokyo

Back in July, at a New National Theatre Tokyo (NNTT) press conference to herald this autumn's special staging of William Shakespeare's nine-hour-long "Henry VI" trilogy, Hitoshi Uyama, 56, its director, declared his intention to go beneath and beyond the blood, guts and gore of the famous epic set during...
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CULTURE / Music
Nov 6, 2009

Vola & The Oriental's record-making Machine

"Once you're on a major label, you have to crank albums out fast!" says Ahito Inazawa, the frontman for Vola & The Oriental Machine.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Nov 5, 2009

Meiji University celebrates manga heritage

A national media arts center might never see the light of day but Meiji University is doing its part to preserve classic manga.
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JAPAN
Nov 5, 2009

Bush talks to Waseda about his life — in world of sports

Exactly a year after Barack Obama was voted in as president, his successor, George W. Bush, talked in Japan on Wednesday about his former life — in sports.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 5, 2009

Is Russia really so weak?

MOSCOW — Western leaders and observers persistently repeat, like a mantra, that Russia is "weak." This judgment is based on a flawed comparison between Russia and the Soviet Union — though one that is also popular in Russia itself.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Nov 5, 2009

In Tokyo, nothing is too good for your pet

Whether you're looking for a birthday cake for your beagle, or oxygen therapy for your tabby, you can find countless ways to pamper your pet in Tokyo.
EDITORIALS
Nov 3, 2009

Rewards for medical workers

Every other year the Central Social Insurance Medical Council (Chuikyo) determines how much health insurance societies must pay to medical institutions for medical treatments. The 165,000-member Japan Medical Association, which includes private and hospital doctors and traditionally has supported the...
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COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Nov 3, 2009

What are your tips for surviving this winter?

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COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Nov 3, 2009

The fatally flawed math of risking it all in Japan

Whenever Richard Cory went down town, We people on the pavement looked at him: He was a gentleman from sole to crown, Clean favored, and imperially slim.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 2, 2009

Hunky Fighters the main attraction for baseball's newfound admirers

SAPPORO — One of the special traits of the Fighters' games at Sapporo Dome is the sincere fans' warm, enthusiastic cheering, perhaps more so than at any other ballpark.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Nov 1, 2009

Giants-Fighters Japan Series matchup a world away from 1981 clash

The ongoing Japan Series between the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters and the Yomiuri Giants marks the second time these two clubs have met to decide the championship of Japanese baseball. They also faced each other in 1981, and there have been a lot of changes since that first meeting 28 years ago.
EDITORIALS
Nov 1, 2009

Fighting corruption in Asia

When Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama likened the Democrat Party of Japan's takeover to the Meiji Restoration in last week's policy speech, he failed to mention an issue that fueled discontent with the Tokugawa Shogunate as it ended in 1867 — corruption. Though corruption did not get a specific mention...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Oct 31, 2009

Putting a little bug in your ear

Sometimes beauty resides not to the eye of the beholder. Instead, it lives in the ear of the listener.
BUSINESS
Oct 31, 2009

Rehab team eyes legislation to cut JAL pensions

The government formed a team Friday to discuss measures for financially troubled Japan Airlines Corp., including a bridge loan JAL is expected to need for survival as early as next month and proposed legislation to cut the carrier's pension benefits.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Oct 30, 2009

There's nothing like a local brew

Once upon a time, all sake was made with locally grown rice. Then came the rise of a particularly reliable strain called Yamada Nishiki, and the scene changed dramatically. Yamada Nishiki, which accounts for nearly 30 percent of Japan's sake rice, is resilient and easily shipped between prefectures....
BUSINESS
Oct 30, 2009

JAL to seek revival under state

After about a month of evaluating the assets of Japan Airlines Corp., the transport ministry and a reconstruction task force said Thursday that the struggling carrier needs to go through reconstruction under the Enterprise Turnaround Initiative Corp.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Oct 30, 2009

There's nothing like a local brew

Once upon a time, all sake was made with locally grown rice. Then came the rise of a particularly reliable strain called Yamada Nishiki, and the scene changed dramatically. Yamada Nishiki, which accounts for nearly 30 percent of Japan's sake rice, is resilient and easily shipped between prefectures....
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Oct 30, 2009

m-flo's Verbal spreads the love

"It's like a meteorite flow" says Verbal of his group's name. "I spelled it 'mediarite' because I thought we would hit with a big impact in the media and surprise the unsuspecting masses with some good music. I think it worked better than I anticipated."
EDITORIALS
Oct 29, 2009

Coaxing an employment boost

Although Japan's economy has come through the worst phase of the current crisis, the government's October economic report shows that the unemployment rate remains high. At 5.5 percent in August, the rate was only slightly better than the all-time high of 5.7 percent registered the previous month. There...
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JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Oct 28, 2009

Ka-ching and bling for Hello Kitty at 35

The queen of kawaii, Hello Kitty, celebrates her 35th birthday this year with global events, new products and a bit of bling.

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