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Sep 25, 2005

Shinobazu Pond

"Listen," said Nishizawa-san.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Sep 25, 2005

Women of poetic substance

PATHWAYS, by Edith Shiffert, New York: White Pine Press, 2005, 115 pp., $14 (paper). A WOMAN'S LIFE, by Harue Aoki, Tokyo: Shichigatsudo, 2004, 120 pp., 1,200 yen (paper).
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Sep 25, 2005

Help the disabled, but don't deny them

Several years ago, the government discussed state-sponsored care for people with disabilities. The idea was to assist mentally and physically disabled people in leaving publicly-funded facilities and entering society; or, at least, that was how it was presented.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Sep 25, 2005

What could have been from what was seen

KANNANI AND DOCUMENT OF FLAMES: Two Japanese Colonial Novels, by Katsuei Yuasa, translated and with an introduction and critical afterword by Mark Driscoll. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press, 2005, 193 pp., $19.95 (paper). The odd rightwing extremist excepted, it is difficult to find anyone...
LIFE / Travel / NATURE TRAVEL
Sep 25, 2005

Specters of alpine delight

Berchtesgaden lies snug against Bavaria's southeastern border in the shadow of the Obersalzberg massif. Just a cat's leap from Austria, is what the locals say.
SOCCER / J. League
Sep 24, 2005

Lucas has fractured cheekbone

FC Tokyo's Brazilian striker Lucas, who was knocked unconscious in last week's 0-0 draw away to Yokohama F. Marinos, has been diagnosed with a fractured left cheekbone and will need two to three weeks to fully recover, officials of the J. League first-division club said Friday. Lucas underwent detailed...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 24, 2005

Matsunaka blasts 44th in win

Nobuhiko Matsunaka hit his Pacific League-leading 44th homer Friday afternoon as the Softbank Hawks downed the Seibu Lions 5-4.
SUMO
Sep 24, 2005

Asashoryu downs Kotooshu

Mongolian grand champion Asashoryu upended Kotooshu on Friday, denying the sekiwake wrestler his first title at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Sep 24, 2005

Despite popularity of Premier League, fans have complaints

LONDON -- Appropriately enough for the country that pioneered football hooliganism during the 1970s and 1980s, English supporters are revolting, though, this time in a more positive way.
JAPAN
Sep 24, 2005

Strong typhoon aimed at Izu isles

A strong typhoon, the 17th of the season, was moving north-northwest in waters west of the Ogasawara Islands and was expected to approach the Izu Island chain by Saturday afternoon, the Meteorological Agency said.
JAPAN
Sep 24, 2005

Wrong patient loses part of lung

The National Cancer Center Hospital has said part of a patient's lung was mistakenly removed during surgery by doctors who thought he had cancer because samples of cells taken from two other patients were mixed up.
JAPAN
Sep 24, 2005

Sting units making dent in narcotics trade on Internet

The health ministry set up special units in January to crack down on illegal drug trade on the Internet, with investigators arresting about 60 people in the seven-month period through July, government sources said Friday.
EDITORIALS
Sep 24, 2005

Inconclusive poll in Germany

I n Germany's general election Sunday, described as the most inconclusive in the country's postwar history, voters refused to give a clear-cut majority to any party. Earlier in the campaign, the opposition alliance of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its sister party, the Christian Social Union...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Sep 24, 2005

Cambodian envoy to Japan on three-point mission

"Hello, hello," Pou Sothirak greets warmly as he enters the reception room of the Cambodian Embassy in Akasaka, central Tokyo. Then as a staff member follows on behind, with a camera: "Now stand here with me for a photo. Right, we're done. We have to let him take these official pictures, otherwise he...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Sep 24, 2005

Get ready for the Hokkaido steeplechase temple pilgrimage

The Buddhist pilgrimage, a type of holy hiking, is an ancient tradition in Japan that requires visiting temples, bushwhacking through brush and swatting mosquitoes. There are two kinds of pilgrimages: big and small. The big ones like the Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage take five to six weeks to walk (six...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 24, 2005

After-lunch nap can perk up kids who get the nods in class: expert

It's an afternoon class and most of the pupils are trying to fight off drowsiness -- an experience most people perhaps can identify with.
COMMENTARY
Sep 24, 2005

Global help in Afghanistan remains vital

ISLAMABAD -- Uncertainty over Afghanistan's political future has finally begun to recede with the successful conclusion of the country's first parliamentary elections in years. Although violence continues to plague Afghanistan, its political progress is impressive. In the long run, however, its stability...
JAPAN
Sep 24, 2005

Kanebo will sell off core fashion division

Kanebo Ltd., undergoing state-backed rehabilitation, plans to sell its fashion division, company officials said Thursday night.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 24, 2005

EU economic integration rolls on despite political crisis

After voters in France and the Netherlands rejected the proposed European Union Constitution, the bloc no doubt plunged into a deep crisis, but it is a crisis that will lead to "a period of reflection and a stronger European Union at the end," a Brussels-based think tank expert told a recent symposium...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Sep 24, 2005

Geraldine Twilley

LONDON -- In the 25 years that she has lived in Japan, Geraldine Twilley has balanced her serious work with free-time fun. When she was a young woman on her own, going for the first time to Tokyo, she showed the enterprise and spiritedness that are still her characteristics. Currently she is in London...

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