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JAPAN
Sep 3, 2006

Yoshinoya to have a 'gyudon' day

Yoshinoya D&C Co. will resume sales of "gyudon" beef-on-rice dishes for the first time in 19 months -- for one day only -- around Sept. 18, company sources said Saturday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2006

Japan still grappling to predict 'Big One' as it crunches figures

Since a devastating earthquake was predicted 30 years ago for the Tokai region, an observation network has been set up that the Meteorological Agency claims to be one the world's best.
BUSINESS
Sep 1, 2006

Iran sanctions won't cause oil woes

Japan can manage with its oil reserves in the event economic sanctions are imposed on Iran and oil shipments from the country are suspended, a senior Japanese trade official suggested Thursday.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 1, 2006

China's revolutionary myth

LONDON -- Arriving in Beijing on Aug. 23 for his third China visit in five years, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez praised the country's Communist leaders to the skies for having rescued China from a "practically feudal" situation and made it one of the world's largest economies in less than half a century....
EDITORIALS
Aug 30, 2006

Simplifying disaster communications

Since Japan lies in the path of typhoons, wide areas of the nation suffer from floods and landslides every year. Cloudbursts also wreak havoc in limited areas. Accurate information is crucial in preventing injuries, deaths and property damage when disasters strike. In a welcome move, the Ministry of...
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Aug 27, 2006

TBS's "Message," TV Tokyo's "Dawn of Gaia" and more

Aug. 28 marks the 53rd anniversary of the very first broadcast of a television commercial in Japan, and as a way of commemorating the event TBS has produced a special two-hour drama, "Message" (Monday, 9 p.m.), about Toshi Sugiyama, who is considered the most innovative TV commercial director in the...
BASKETBALL
Aug 26, 2006

Colangelo hoping for basketball boom in Japan

SAPPORO -- Jerry Colangelo, managing director of the 2006-08 USA Basketball senior national team and the chairman of the Phoenix Suns, was the key person in bringing superstars like LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Carmelo Anthony onto Team USA for the FIBA World Championship 2006.
JAPAN
Aug 26, 2006

Abe wants permanent law for SDF missions abroad, collective defense

can respond more promptly (to crises)," Abe said. The SDF's recent missions to Iraq and the Indian Ocean are taking place under temporary laws. Abe also said a lesson from the just-completed deployment of ground troops to Iraq is that Japan needs to seriously consider how its troops should respond in...
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Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Aug 25, 2006

Motor City soul

In the mid-1980s, when Detroit was a city in decline, Derrick May, Juan Atkins and Kevin Saunderson (collectively known as the Belleville Three) kicked off a musical revolution. By working the futuristic electro sound of European acts like Kraftwerk and New Order into a funky, dance floor-friendly musical...
BASKETBALL
Aug 24, 2006

Tall Blacks nail Japan

HIROSHIMA -- Live by the 3-pointer and die by the 3-pointer.
JAPAN
Aug 22, 2006

Voting for next prime minister will be an all-LDP affair

The year's biggest political event -- the race to pick the next Liberal Democratic Party president and thus the successor to Prime Minis ter Junichiro Koizumi -- officially kicks off Sept. 8 for a Sept. 20 vote. Here are some questions and answers:
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LIFE / Style & Design
Aug 22, 2006

Hisanobu Tsujimura's Kan chair, the En bench, Muji's form-fitting sofa, Ken Watanabe's Linkage Stool

Due to a spate of out-of-town excursions and hiking expeditions, lately I've felt the need to just sit down and enjoy moments of lounging bliss. Here is a selection of chairs, benches and sofas that not only act as elegant interior additions to the home, but more importantly, will encourage you to take...
COMMENTARY / THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK
Aug 21, 2006

Precious wetlands rapidly disappearing

SUNSET BEACH, North Carolina -- Back to the barrier island where my wife and I spend two weeks of every summer, I think of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in June that dealt with the disposition of wetlands. The justices' opinions -- in what was called the most significant environmental case under new...
BASKETBALL
Aug 20, 2006

Ginobili leads Argentina to victory

SENDAI -- Argentina, Nigeria and Lebanon all scored victories in Group A action on the opening day of the FIBA World Championship here on Saturday.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Aug 20, 2006

A nation of animal lovers -- as pets or when they're on a plate

The Japanese consider themselves a compassionate people when it comes to an animal's fate. Memorial stones have been erected in whaling villages since the early Edo Period (1603-1867), as they are today at slaughterhouses. Buddhist priests are hired to read the sutras before altars set with incense and...
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LIFE / WEEK 3
Aug 20, 2006

Seniors go French with a 'little pig'

During the summer months in Japan, parks, baseball grounds and school yards come alive with the grimaces, grins, grunts and cries of triumph or dismay from people of advanced years who gather together to toss big metal balls at a little wooden one.
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CULTURE / Music
Aug 18, 2006

Reggae Sunsplash in Japan 2006

When & where: Reggae Sunsplash in Japan 2006 takes place this Saturday, Aug. 19 at Yokohama Shinko Pier Bayside Stage in Yokohama. Doors open at noon, show starts at 2 p.m.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 18, 2006

Metamorphose 2006

When & where: Metamorphose 2006 will be held Aug. 26-27 at the Japan Cycle Sports Center in Shizuoka Prefecture. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, music begins at 6 p.m. and goes on until 9 a.m. Sunday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Aug 18, 2006

Navigating through a lost world

As the single flashing beam of the lighthouse struggled to make itself seen in the misty half-light, the Toppy 2 high-speed ferry bumped its way across the waves on the east side of the island of Yakushima, southeast of Kyushu.
SUMO
Aug 15, 2006

Trips north, south, east and west -- oh, and unwanted amateurs!

While the dust was flying during the should they/shouldn't they (make Hakuho yokozuna and Miyabiyama ozeki) promotion debate that blew up following the Nagoya Basho, the sumo powers that be did what they so often do best and ignored the fuss.
MORE SPORTS
Aug 15, 2006

Powell to compete in Japan

Commonwealth champion and 100 meters world record holder Asafa Powell will compete at next month's Seiko Super track and field meet in Yokohama, organizers said Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 15, 2006

Floating crane hits power line, causes Tokyo-area blackout

A raised construction crane on a barge moving downriver hit high tension lines Monday morning in Edogawa Ward, Tokyo, causing blackouts in the capital and neighboring prefectures for nearly three hours that brought rush-hour transportation to a halt.

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