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CULTURE / Music
Jan 19, 2007

Isis and Boris

In the age of digital downloading, it's still possible to get people to buy CDs and records. You've just got to be smart about it.
BUSINESS
Jan 19, 2007

Widely awaited BOJ rate hike a no-show

The Bank of Japan held its key short-term interest rate steady Thursday, confounding predictions of a rate hike by market-watchers and avoiding an expected clash with lawmakers.
CULTURE / Music
Jan 19, 2007

Great Adventure "OK Screamer"

"OK Screamer" is a deceptive record. At first, the third album from the Anglophile groove-rockers Great Adventure sounds like unfettered Britpop-worship, with po-faced baggy beats and Stone Roses sensibilities straight out of the early-1990s.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Jan 19, 2007

Ebisu Imaiya So-Honten: Skewered or simmered, rare birds

The evenings are long and dark. Icy winds whip through the streets. Comfort food is called for, and it pays to know where to find it. If we're in Ebisu, as often as not we head straight to Imaiya So-Honten.
MORE SPORTS
Jan 18, 2007

Fukufuji makes nervy first start for Kings in NHL

ATLANTA -- Japanese goaltender Yutaka Fukufuji made his first start in the NHL on Tuesday but conceded three goals and was taken off in the second period of the Los Angeles Kings' 6-2 defeat to the Atlanta Thrashers.
JAPAN
Jan 18, 2007

LDP conventioneers sing praise for Abe, visits to Yasukuni

The air was music-filled and festive Wednesday as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took the stage to kick off the Liberal Democratic Party's annual convention to finish off the banner "Utsukushii Kuni Nippon" ("Japan, a Beautiful Country").
EDITORIALS
Jan 18, 2007

Foundation for economic growth

Despite its continuous expansion, Japan's economy remains fragile. Personal consumption is sluggish and a serious gap exists in wages and other working conditions between regularly and irregularly employed workers. Major manufacturing companies may be enjoying strong performances, but that is not necessarily...
COMMENTARY
Jan 18, 2007

So much for Abe's reconciliation policy

Remember all that talk just a few months back about how Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, unlike former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, was embarked on a policy of reconciliation with China?
BUSINESS
Jan 18, 2007

MMC, Peugeot sign supply pact

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. will receive diesel engines from PSA Peugeot-Citroen under a new supply pact, the automakers announced Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Jan 18, 2007

Current account surplus up 21.5% as exports soar

The current account surplus in November rose 21.5 percent from the previous year to 1.756 trillion yen, the Finance Ministry said Wednesday, reflecting brisk demand for Japanese exports.
SUMO / Basho reports
Jan 18, 2007

Asa in top form at New Year

Mongolian grand champion Asashoryu forced out compatriot Hakuho on Wednesday to maintain the lead at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament.
COMMENTARY
Jan 18, 2007

Unhappy state of education

LONDON -- Very few parents in Britain or Japan are happy about the state of education available to their children. The response of politicians in both countries to these concerns is inadequate and sometimes dangerous.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 18, 2007

Automakers target emissions as way to stay ahead

The growing gap in profitability among the world's automakers is becoming more apparent, as seen in the contrasting fortunes of Toyota Motor Corp., whose sales have been growing strongly, and ailing U.S. giant General Motors Corp., which is struggling to stem a tide of red ink.
JAPAN
Jan 18, 2007

Cost of Kobe memorials irks some critics

KOBE -- A dozen years after the Great Hanshin Earthquake, debate is growing over how best to remember the disaster and its aftermath in a city where only 70 percent of current residents were here when the temblor struck.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jan 18, 2007

"Boroboro Dorodoro -- The Return of Japanese Subculture"

Watari-umCloses in 11 days
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jan 18, 2007

An inheritance of kabuki roles

"I am particularly interested in Kikugoro VII," says Miyoko Goto, "because he fulfills all the qualifications for a Kabuki actor and because he can play both tachiyaku and onnagata roles equally well, while his father Baiko remained an onnagata."
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 18, 2007

Latin America's next growth challenge

TORINO, Italy -- Since 2003, Latin America's economies have been thriving, with GDP, including estimates for 2006, up by 17 percent -- an average annual growth rate of 4.3 percent and a 12 percent increase in per capita GDP. While impressive, this is only the second time in 25 years that Latin America...
BUSINESS
Jan 18, 2007

Fuji Fire boosts disaster service

Fuji Fire & Marine Insurance Co. said Wednesday it will start a service in March under which staff will be dispatched to disaster sites so customers can quickly complete paperwork and receive insurance payments in as little as three days.

Longform

Rock group The Yellow Monkey played K-Arena Yokohama in June as part of a nationwide tour. Concerts are increasingly popular in the age of social media as users value in-person experiences.
Inside Japan’s arena boom: Sports, sound and city-building