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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 11, 2005

Source: Valentine to stay in Chiba as Marines offer new 4-year deal

Chiba Lotte Marines manager Bobby Valentine has been offered a four-year contract beginning with next season, and Valentine's acceptance of the new deal is imminent, a source familiar with the situation said Thursday at Tokyo Dome.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Nov 11, 2005

Knicks already plotting roster changes

NEW YORK -- Might we see Isiah Thomas begin yet another reconstruction project before the Knicks (0-4) conclude their current six-game road trip?
MORE SPORTS
Nov 11, 2005

World Cup tickets used to lure fans

In a bid to lure fans to the upcoming World Club Championship, the Japan Football Association is offering punters who attend the Dec. 11-18 tournament the chance to win tickets for next year's World Cup finals in Germany.
JAPAN
Nov 11, 2005

Alleged groper runs through subway

A 31-year-old man was arrested Thursday at Nezu subway station in Tokyo for jumping onto the tracks during rush hour and fleeing after being accused of groping a woman on a train, police said.
JAPAN
Nov 11, 2005

Ministry to hike Tamiflu stockpile

The health ministry plans to expand the nation's stockpile of influenza-fighting Tamiflu and come up with measures to deal with any shortages, including prioritizing drug recipients, ministry sources said Thursday.
JAPAN
Nov 11, 2005

Man held in hacking incident

Tokyo police arrested a 34-year-old man Thursday on suspicion of transferring some 210,000 yen from a jewelry company's bank account to his own after he illegally obtained the firm's Internet banking identification number and password.
MORE SPORTS
Nov 11, 2005

Takahashi ready for fresh start at Tokyo marathon

Sydney Olympic champion Naoko Takahashi said Thursday she is ready to make a fresh start when she hits the road in Tokyo on Nov. 20 for her first full marathon in two years.
JAPAN
Nov 11, 2005

Top court favors mass killer in Shinchosha publicity ruling

The Supreme Court ordered publisher Shinchosha Co. on Thursday to compensate a death-row mass murderer for publishing images of her, including a photo secretly taken in court in 1999, partly upholding a high court ruling.
JAPAN
Nov 11, 2005

Robber who killed teen gets life

The Tokyo District Court sentenced a 24-year-old man to life in prison Thursday for killing a 19-year-old woman and taking cash off her body in early May.
EDITORIALS
Nov 11, 2005

High hopes for Mr. Mitarai

Mr. Fujio Mitarai, president of Canon Inc., has been picked to succeed Mr. Hiroshi Okuda as head of Nippon Keidanren (the Japan Business Federation). He will start leading the organization dubbed as the "commanding headquarters" of Japan's business community in May 2006.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / VINELAND
Nov 11, 2005

Can Japan sales save Beaujolais Nouveau?

Japan overtook the United States as Beaujolais' top export market in 2004, but a disastrous sales campaign for Beaujolais Nouveau last year raised serious doubts as to whether Asia can save the Beaujolais from the hole that they've dug themselves into.
CULTURE / Music
Nov 11, 2005

Mark Johnson: "Shades of Jade"

Bassists tend to hang back in jazz groups, rarely stepping out as leaders, and when they do step out, they play loud and thump. Bassist Mark Johnson's new release, "Shades of Jade," will stand out as an excellent exception.
CULTURE / Music / THE SECOND ROOM
Nov 11, 2005

Psychedelic radar 11.11

Saturday, Nov. 12
COMMENTARY
Nov 11, 2005

Is capitalism key to peace?

WASHINGTON -- In a world that seems constantly aflame, one naturally asks: What causes peace? Many people, including U.S. President George W. Bush, hope that spreading democracy will discourage war.
JAPAN
Nov 11, 2005

Panel takes aim at soaring medical benefits

The government and the ruling bloc formed a panel Thursday to discuss ways to curb growing fiscal spending on medical care benefits as the population ages and to draw up legislation by next year.
BUSINESS
Nov 11, 2005

Revenue climbs at shipping firms

Two Japanese shipping companies said Thursday that revenue grew smoothly in the April-September period as a result of a firm container shipping market, though rising fuel costs affected their profitability.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / THEN AND NOW
Nov 11, 2005

Investigating the history of Hiroo

The Shibuya River starts at Shinjuku Gyoen. Running southward, it makes a big horseshoe curve near Ebisu and heads north to Roppongi. At Ichi-no-hashi, it abruptly bends east to eventually pour into Tokyo Bay. The river's upper reaches are now culverts, but water emerges just south of Shibuya Station...
BUSINESS
Nov 11, 2005

TSE to cut execs' pay over computer crash

The Tokyo Stock Exchange said Thursday it will slash the pay of its nine operating officers for the massive computer system breakdown that hit the world's second-largest equity market on Nov. 1.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Nov 11, 2005

Tokyo FILMeX hits the spot

Thirty-four films selected for their originality and creativity will be showcased in the sixth annual Tokyo FILMeX running Nov. 19-27.
BUSINESS
Nov 11, 2005

Cerberus to acquire 30% of new Seibu holding firm

U.S. investment fund Cerberus Group will have a 30 percent stake in the new holding company set up for the Seibu Railway Co. group, making it the largest shareholder, according to recapitalization and revival plans unveiled Thursday.
JAPAN
Nov 11, 2005

New Rengo leader wants to mend fence with DPJ

, said in an interview Wednesday with The Japan Times. "As long as (such discussions) are held, I'm not at all worried about our relationship with the DPJ," he said.
BUSINESS
Nov 11, 2005

MMC sees signs of life in first half

Struggling Mitsubishi Motors Corp. said Thursday its losses narrowed significantly in the first half of fiscal 2005.
BUSINESS
Nov 11, 2005

Softbank rides broadband to 4.4 billion yen operating profit

Softbank Corp. said Thursday it posted its first first-half operating profit in five years, helped by steady growth in its high-speed Internet service.
CULTURE / Film
Nov 11, 2005

From sour to sweet

Danny Boyle, the auteur who brought us "Shallow Grave," who amazed us with "Trainspotting," and who started a new trend in the zombie/horror genre with "28 Days Later," has come out with his latest: a movie called "Millions," starring two little brothers, aged 8 and 10. You read that right: children...
Will Bangladesh go the way of Pakistan?
Gen. Waker-uz-Zaman, Bangladesh's army chief, arrives at Dhaka International Airport to receive Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus on Aug. 8 to lead the country's interim government.
Slow-moving storm Shanshan downgraded to tropical depression
Elevated water levels on the Tama River in Kawasaki on Friday after Shanshan dumped torrential rain on wide areas of Japan.
Apparent suicide jumper falls onto pedestrian in Yokohama, killing both
Two women died near Yokohama Station on Saturday after one of them apparently fell from a building and landed on the other, who was walking below.
20% take no action over Nankai Trough quake warning
A shelf for emergency goods is seen almost empty at a hardware store in the city of Shizuoka on Aug. 9.
Typhoon Shanshan batters Kyushu ahead of likely landfall
A satellite image shows Typhoon Shanshan south of Kyushu on Wednesday afternoon
Clocking off: Japan’s hotter summers put limit on outdoor work
A construction worker in Tokyo's Akasaka district on Aug. 21. With 886 cases, 54 of them fatal, during the period from 2019 to 2023, the construction industry leads Japan’s tally for occupational heatstroke.
Japan seeks another record-breaking defense budget for fiscal 2025
Members of the Ground Self-Defense Force hold a live-fire exercise at the GSDF's training grounds in the East Fuji Maneuver Area in Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, in May. Japan's Defense Ministry is seeking another record-breaking budget for fiscal 2025.
Can Japan handle a heat wave and natural disaster at the same time?
A member of the Self-Defense Forces wipes away sweat as he conducts a search and rescue operation at a landslide site caused by heavy rain in Kumano, Hiroshima Prefecture, on July 11, 2018.
Did you feel that? It may be time to refresh your disaster kits — and vocabulary.
A map of western Japan shows the Nankai Trough and, to its north, the hypocentral region where the energy for an earthquake is thought to be building.
This English schoolboy has big dreams of becoming yokozuna — and more
Nicholas Tarasenko trains at Minato stable in Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture, on Tuesday. Tarasenko’s potential in sumo was made obvious when he won U18 gold in the 90-kg weight class at the 2023 Baruto Cup in Estonia despite being four years under the age limit and having only had a total of one hour of sumo training before the meet.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

A store clerk tries to cool things down in front of their shop by spraying a hose.
Is extreme weather changing the way Japan shops?
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