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CULTURE / Books
Jun 24, 2007

When Rain drops in, expect a downpour

REQUIEM FOR AN ASSASSIN by Barry Eisler. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2007, 356 pp., $24.95 (cloth) Freelance assassin John Rain, featured in five previous works by Barry Eisler, is running out of enemies in Japan. And friends as well. Several books back, his computer geek buddy Harry was set up by...
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jun 24, 2007

Big breasts, funny hair, anything dumb — the way to go on TV

Last spring, TV tarento Rei Kikukawa made news when she appeared in a bra commercial. TV commercials are the bread-and-butter of most tarento (media stars), and Kikukawa has done her fair share, but since gaining stardom she's managed to avoid overt exploitation of her sex appeal. That's because she...
Reader Mail
Jun 24, 2007

Poor case for conservatism

George Will's June 4 article, "Making a case for U.S. conservatism," was a reminder of how out of touch conservative intellectuals can be. Will's self-importance really comes through when he implies that the Republican Party's return to the traditional philosophical precepts of conservatism would be...
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jun 24, 2007

Maj. Gen. Okada: a rare leader who took the blame

How do you make an anti-war film? I don't mean those gore-driven "war is hell" spectaculars that often seem like a sub-genre of horror movies. I am referring to a work that prompts people in any country to say, "We must never allow this sort of thing to happen again — not to our own people and not...
Reader Mail
Jun 24, 2007

Tenure at American universities

Regarding Takamitsu Sawa's June 12 article, "School tinkering that hurts": Contrary to Sawa's assertion, it is publishing prowess -- not instructional effectiveness -- that still determines tenure at American universities. Moreover, assistant professors are able to advance to associate professors and...
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 24, 2007

Caste politics keeps India's poor divided

LONDON — Caste, once again, is casting its shadow over India's politics. Caste-based "reservations" (reserved places) in education and government employment are supposed to benefit India's most deprived, but in reality they have hardened, rather than eroded, India's ancient system of discrimination....
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Jun 24, 2007

Show-biz family drama, children's fantasy adventure, sexual harassment lawyers

The Takashimas are one of the most famous show-business families in Japan. Seventy-six year-old Tadao is a veteran film and stage actor; his wife, Hanayo Sumi, was once a star with the Takarazuka musical stage company; and sons Masahiro and Masanobu are fixtures in movies and on TV.
JAPAN
Jun 24, 2007

Hill sees N. Korea shutting reactor in three weeks

The chief U.S. negotiator on North Korea said Saturday in Tokyo that he expects Pyongyang to shut down its Yongbyon nuclear facility "probably in three weeks."
JAPAN
Jun 24, 2007

Agency disposed of data on 830,000 pension accounts

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Saturday he plans to forgo part of his summer bonus to take responsibility for the pension record fiasco involving the Social Insurance Agency. "I have caused worries among people over the pension records issue. I bear a grave responsibility for causing such a problem,"...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jun 24, 2007

Somewhere between history and the imagination

David Mitchell is one of Britain's most influential novelists. "Ghostwritten" (1999), his first novel, was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and won the Mail on Sunday/John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. Shortlisted for the 2002 Man Booker Prize for fiction, his second novel, "number9dream" (2001),...
Japan Times
LIFE
Jun 24, 2007

PARKLIFE: You'd be amazed

Pick a park. Get up early. Stay till late. In between you'll be amazed what goes on.
BASKETBALL
Jun 23, 2007

Kuwait replaces Saudi Arabia

announced Friday that Kuwait will replace Saudi Arabia to participate in the FIBA Asia Championship 2007 for Men in Tokushima. The July 28-Aug. 5 tournament is the Beijing Olympics qualifier for Asia and Kuwait has been placed in Group B, the same group with host Japan, in the first round. Saudi Arabia...
MORE SPORTS
Jun 23, 2007

U.S., Japan square off in FIVB World League

KUMAMOTO — United States head coach Hugh McCutcheon is expecting two tough matches against Japan in the World League this weekend, despite his team's recent superiority.
MORE SPORTS
Jun 23, 2007

Kinoshita honored after season

Japanese speedster Noriaki Kinoshita was selected for the NFL Europa All-League team as a special teams player for the second consecutive season, the league announced on Thursday. The former Ritsumeikan University wide receiver/returner, who played in his third season, is the only player to be chosen...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 23, 2007

Rakuten acquires Guzman

SENDAI (Kyodo News) The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles announced Friday the acquisition of Dominican pitcher Domingo Guzman, who had played in Japan for four-plus years with the Yokohama BayStars and Chunichi Dragons. The 32-year-old right-hander agreed to an 18 million yen salary deal with Rakuten after...
JAPAN
Jun 23, 2007

Afghan vice president seeks support, open to SDF

Japanese people should decide on, but our friend Japan's support is very important for Afghanistan's reconstruction, development, disbandment of illegal armed groups and other areas," the 57-year-old vice president told reporters at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo. "We would very much like to...
JAPAN
Jun 23, 2007

Prince Tomohito is hospitalized for alcoholism rehab

Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, a cousin of Emperor Akihito and fifth in line to the throne, is being treated for alcoholism at a palace hospital, the Imperial Household Agency announced Friday.
JAPAN
Jun 23, 2007

Abe admits knowing pension problem last year

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe revealed Friday that he was aware of problems with the nation's pension premium payments by late last year, long before the government acted at the end of May.
BUSINESS
Jun 23, 2007

Investors OK non-Japanese on Toyota board

Jim Press, the top man of Toyota's North American operations, got the go-ahead from shareholders Friday to become the first non-Japanese member of the automaker's board of directors.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / U.S. BUSINESS SCHOOL SYMPOSIUM
Jun 23, 2007

Educators school Japan in global management

Japanese executives should look at the introduction of new U.S.-modeled rules on corporate governance as an opportunity to increase the value of their companies, rather than fret over the negative costs of compliance, an American accounting professor told a recent symposium in Tokyo.
China warns citizens not to visit Japan as row over Taiwan heats up
Chinese tourists wear kimonos as they visit Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district on Saturday.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
China warns of military response if Japan intervenes in Taiwan contingency
Representatives from the Japan Innovation Party hand over a proposal to designate Xue Jian, the Chinese consul-general in Osaka, as persona no grata, to a staff of the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Wednesday.
At Ginza’s newest hotel, luxury is a private treasure
At Fufu Tokyo, each guest room comes with its own private "onsen" (hot spring) — a luxury nearly unheard of in the heart of Tokyo's capital.
Japan may triple departure tax to tackle overtourism
A plane takes off from Haneda Airport.
At Ginza’s newest hotel, luxury is a private treasure
At Fufu Tokyo, each guest room comes with its own private "onsen" (hot spring) — a luxury nearly unheard of in the heart of Tokyo's capital.
Japan fully enters sports streaming era as fans face new dilemmas
Sports fan Tadashi Yokoyama streams basketball and fencing on three screens.
Stablecoins: Boring goes big, and now in Japan
Noritaka Okabe, CEO of JPYC, acknowledges a number of potential risks related to stablecoins.
Shohei Ohtani collects fourth MVP Award with 2025 NL honor
The Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani was named National League MVP for the second straight season on Thursday.
As Japan’s female leader rises, can she cross sumo’s sacred line?
Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku (front center) delivers a speech on the first day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Sunday. Centuries of belief and tradition still underpin the all-male association's stance of excluding women.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.
A century of Deaf sport finds its moment in Tokyo
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