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LIFE
Dec 31, 2006

Eyeing Japan's new year and far, far beyond

The future may be fundamentally uncertain, but people's appetite for predictions of what will be happening in days, weeks, months, years or even decades to come is one thing, at least, that is certain to be part of it.
LIFE
Dec 31, 2006

Timeline points to ways ahead

The following are extracts from the mirai nenpyo (future timeline) database prepared by the team led by Masataka Yoshikawa, research director of the Institute of Life and Living at Hakuhodo Inc., Japan's second-largest advertising agency. By collecting vast amounts of published information spanning many...
Japan Times
LIFE
Dec 31, 2006

Shaping our future along with robots

Yoshiyuki Sankai is a professor of engineering at Tsukuba University in Ibaraki Prefecture and a front-runner in the field of "cybernics," which combines robotics with a wide array of academic disciplines, including neurology, information technology, behavioral science and psychology. Now aged 48, he...
SOCCER / J. League
Dec 30, 2006

Guido's Reds advance to final

Shinji Ono ensured Guido Buchwald has the grandest stage of all at which to say his goodbyes as Urawa coach by scoring one goal and creating another for Robson Ponte as the Reds advanced to the Emperor's Cup final with a 2-1 victory over Kashima Antlers on Friday.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Dec 30, 2006

Charlton's coaching carousel like a comedy skit

LONDON -- During the 1960s, American comedian Bob Newhart gave the world what was to become a classic sketch on his Emmy-winning show. It was called "The Introduction of Tobacco to Civilization," wherein a telephone call from Sir Walter Raleigh prompted skeptical laughter in England.
JAPAN
Dec 30, 2006

Cultural attitudes in Japan spell few adoptions

Couples looking to start a family naturally want their own children. But amid the recent debate over whether to legalize surrogate births in Japan, one question has largely been overlooked: What about adoption?
JAPAN
Dec 30, 2006

Sea of Japan coast told to brace for blizzards

Police arrested a homeless man Friday for breaking into the Amagasaki branch of the Kobe Public Prosecutor's Office, apparently so he could be jailed and get out of the cold. Manabu Nakao, 46, who is unemployed and has no fixed address, turned himself in to police Friday morning, after breaking the office...
JAPAN
Dec 30, 2006

Sea of Japan coast told to brace for blizzards

Police arrested a homeless man Friday for breaking into the Amagasaki branch of the Kobe Public Prosecutor's Office, apparently so he could be jailed and get out of the cold. Manabu Nakao, 46, who is unemployed and has no fixed address, turned himself in to police Friday morning, after breaking the office...
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 30, 2006

Palestinian civil conflict leads nowhere

PRAGUE -- Regardless of the latest hastily negotiated truce, the battle between nationalist Fatah and Islamist Hamas seems to be gaining intensity. Palestinian politics, always self-destructive, has reached new heights of internal conflict, pulling the population deeper into disorder and pushing them...
COMMENTARY
Dec 30, 2006

English should be an elective

The debate over whether Japanese children should be taught English at primary school deserves better consideration than it is getting.
JAPAN
Dec 30, 2006

Surrogacy hard to take root here

will go overseas." Journalist Miho Hirai, who wrote a book on surrogacy in March, agreed, saying any government that forces couples to secretly opt for surrogacy ignores the minority and "bullies the weak."
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Dec 30, 2006

Women of faith celebrate 50 years of fellowship

Like much of the rest of the world toward the tail of the year end, Talia McCray is busy, busy, busy.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Dec 30, 2006

Hakodate -- home of the Twinkle Lady

As I left Hakodate for Niseko, the whole city was draped in the first snowfall of the year. And it was one furious snowfall.
JAPAN
Dec 30, 2006

Surrogacy hard to take root here

will go overseas." Journalist Miho Hirai, who wrote a book on surrogacy in March, agreed, saying any government that forces couples to secretly opt for surrogacy ignores the minority and "bullies the weak."

Longform

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