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JAPAN
Jun 20, 2006

Youths give 'United 93' preview before theater run

University students last weekend gave a preview showing in Tokyo of "United 93," a U.S. film about one of the airplanes caught up in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, some two months before the movie's official debut in Japan, to raise public awareness about the incident.
JAPAN
Jun 20, 2006

Plastic recyclers can't compete with China

Many Japanese companies that produce materials recycled from used plastic bottles are on the verge of bankruptcy as more and more of their raw material ends up in China and may soon be finding their way to India as well.
JAPAN
Jun 20, 2006

Plan to curb false acacias stings apiarists

Beekeepers producing honey from the flowers of false acacias are panicking about the possibility that the trees may soon be regulated as an exotic species.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jun 20, 2006

Cleaning, bikes and a miracle

Cheap bike Caroline needs a bike but doesn't want to spend a lot. "I heard I can buy, very cheaply, bikes that have been left at inconvenient places, such as train stations, towed away and not retrieved by their owners after a year. Can you give me more details about where such depots might be?"
Japan Times
Reference / SO WHAT THE HECK IS THAT
Jun 20, 2006

5 yen and 50 yen coins

Dear Alice,
Rugby
Jun 19, 2006

Ex-Japan coach Shukuzawa dies

Hiroaki Shukuzawa, the most successful coach of the Japan national rugby team, died of a heart attack on Saturday at age 55.
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 19, 2006

Japan, Croatia battle to draw

NUREMBERG, Germany -- It's all but over for the Boys in Blue.
MORE SPORTS
Jun 19, 2006

Elias leaves crowd hungry for more

Japanese football players and coaches got more than just a taste of U.S. football, they got the full flavor of the NFL, when Keith Elias took the field with or against them in the third annual Ivy-Samurai Bowl on Sunday.
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 19, 2006

Americans holding on in Group E

KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany -- The United States is hanging on by a thread.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 19, 2006

Satozaki, Agbayani slug Marines past Swallows

Tomoya Satozaki hit a grand slam in the fifth inning Sunday, leading the Chiba Lotte Marines past the Yakult Swallows 8-7 in interleague action.
SPORTS / MULLY'S MISSIVES
Jun 19, 2006

Best quotes of the World Cup (so far)

NUREMBURG, Germany -- A look back on some of the best quotes of the World Cup so far:
EDITORIALS
Jun 19, 2006

A united lobby for life

Japan has seen more than 30,000 people kill themselves annually for eight consecutive years since 1998. Last year, 32,552 people took their own lives, a total that breaks down to 89.18 suicides per day and 3.71 suicides every hour. Certainly these are grim figures.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 19, 2006

Business at Beijing's pleasure

In a May 30 Wall Street Journal article, former U.S. Assistant Defense Secretary Charles W. Freeman III expressed doubts about the prospects of a free-trade agreement between the United States and Taiwan: "Given its almost obsessive antipathy for President Chen (Shui-bian), Beijing will do almost anything...
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 19, 2006

The radicalization of Western Muslims

LONDON -- What is it that makes young Muslims in the West susceptible to radicalism? What is it about the experience of the West's rising generation of Muslims that leads a small minority to see violence as a solution to their economic and political dilemmas, and suicide as their reward and salvation?...
COMMENTARY
Jun 19, 2006

Tokyo's hard line slowing solution to abduction issue

Japan is understandably upset over past abductions of its citizens by North Korea. But rightwing pressure has made a solution almost impossible. It is a good example of how emotional nationalism and Tokyo's manipulations can damage sensible foreign policies.
BUSINESS / JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES
Jun 19, 2006

Keidanren to use same play book under Mitarai

On May 24 the Keidanren started anew under the leadership of Canon Inc. Chairman Fujio Mitarai, who has declared his goals to be the "innovation of Japan" and the continuation of the organization's drive for structural reforms under his predecessor Hiroshi Okuda.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 19, 2006

China's monetary surge dooms its boom

ATLANTA -- Chinese monetary authorities raised their one-year benchmark rate by 27 basis points while allowing the deposit rate to remain unchanged at 2.25 percent. This move was mostly greeted with praise, but the change is trivial and will have little discernible impact on the Chinese economy or the...
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 18, 2006

Japan, Croatia riding in same boat

NUREMBERG, Germany -- At such an early stage of the World Cup it is becoming apparent that it is an unforgiving one for less fancied nations, a tournament shorn of the first-round shocks of Japan-Korea four years ago.
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 18, 2006

Dutch team shows togetherness in win over Cote d'Ivoire

STUTTGART -- The Netherlands killed off Cote d'Ivoire in the Group of Death after just two matches.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jun 18, 2006

Swallows embracing contribution from first baseman Riggs

The 1991 World Series champion Minnesota Twins had the "homer hankies" waved by fans at the Metrodome in Minneapolis.
EDITORIALS
Jun 18, 2006

Magic bean talk

Well, here's news worth celebrating with a big glass of Irish coffee. The more coffee you drink, U.S. researchers announced last week, the less likely you are to suffer alcohol-related liver damage. In a world sloshing in bad news, the assertion had the effect of a morning-after double espresso on anxious...
Why I chose Japanese citizenship over permanent residency
Jon Heese (second left) takes part in a 2024 New Year's nihonshu barrel opening ceremony.
For Uniqlo’s founder, conquering America is personal
A Uniqlo store in New York. In recent years, Uniqlo’s affordable, well-made basic clothes have struck a chord, especially with younger American shoppers, fueling a rapid business expansion.
Japan's fractured politics could ensnarl Takaichi's economic plans
Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected leader of Japan's ruling party, the Liberal Democratic Party, attends a news conference after the LDP presidential election in Tokyo on Oct. 4.
Sho-time as dazzling Ohtani powers Dodgers into World Series with historic performance
Shohei Ohtani hits a solo home run against the Milwaukee Brewers in the fourth inning of Game 4 of the National League Championship Series at Dodger Stadium on Friday.
LDP and Nippon Ishin no Kai to form coalition government, report says
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and Nippon Ishin no Kai have agreed to form a coalition, paving the way for the country's first female prime minister, Kyodo reports.
What does Jimbocho think of its unexpected ‘cool’ status?
Tokyo's Jimbocho neighborhood is a haven for book lovers, its rows of secondhand bookstores spilling over with printed materials.
What you need to see at this year's Tokyo film festival
Chloe Zhao’s "Hamnet"
New film explores how Japan and the U.S. found common ground through baseball
Masanori Murakami became the first MLB player from Japan when he made his debut with the Giants on Sept 1, 1964.
As they wrestle for power, Japan’s political parties must remember their base
Rengo's head Tomoko Yoshino speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Oct. 8.
Sumo is about to hit London and the West with a force previously unseen
Preparations advance on Monday for the Grand Sumo Tournament at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

Podcast

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

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
By Patrick St. Michel

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