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Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Jun 19, 2010

White gets nod as bj-league's best

Second in a two-part series
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Jun 12, 2010

Okada top Japanese in bj-league

First in a two-part series
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / Japan Pulse
Jun 2, 2010

Mixi helps users socialize with new apps

Following in the footsteps of Facebook, Mixi brings fun and functional apps to its user community. Anybody need a pantsu calendar?
LIFE
May 30, 2010

By definition, who are 'adult learners' anyway?

Defining "adult learners" isn't easy. After all, youths in Japan can vote and drink at the age of 20, yet when attending university they are not considered adults.
Japan Times
LIFE
May 30, 2010

How can it get too late to learn?

Professor Ryusuke Yoneyama was in the middle of explaining to the members of his music-production class why Baroque-era violin bows, which resembled loosely strung archery bows, produced a weaker sound than their contemporary counterparts when he paused to ask a question.
BUSINESS
May 27, 2010

Greenpeace hits Toshiba, Nintendo

Nintendo Co. and giant Toshiba Corp. ranked among the least environmentally friendly consumer electronics firms, while Nokia and Sony Ericsson led the way in providing green products, according to a report released Wednesday by Greenpeace Japan.
COMMENTARY
May 21, 2010

Thailand risks taking road that ends in a Burma night

LONDON — "The government does not want to negotiate, so I think many more people will die," said "red-shirt" leader Sean Boonpracong in Bangkok on Monday. "This will end as our Tiananmen Square." Or more precisely, it may end up as Thailand's "8888": the massacre by the Burmese army of thousands of...
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
May 21, 2010

Animation fest sparkles

A collection of surreal, witty and thought-provoking short animation films currently showing at the Laputa Animation Festival 2010 in Asagaya, western Tokyo, stands splendidly apart from the plethora of mainstream anime works that vie for airtime on Japanese TV.
COMMENTARY
May 9, 2010

Beijing projects power in South China Sea

SINGAPORE — Is China becoming more assertive in enforcing its claims to control as much as 80 percent of the South China Sea, a claim that includes sovereignty over dozens of islands disputed with several Southeast Asian states?
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
May 9, 2010

Kimutaku in 'Moon Lovers'; 'unmarriageable' celebs; CM of the week: Daihatsu's Tanto EXE

In what's being promoted as his "first full-scale love story" in 10 years, SMAP heartthrob Takuya Kimura stars as a successful furniture manufacturer in "Tsuki no Koibito" (Moon Lovers; Fuji TV, Mon., 9 p.m.).
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
May 8, 2010

The era of the 'small woman' is gone forever

Japanese people are definitely getting taller, along with the people of other countries around the world.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE PLAYERS OF THE MONTH
May 4, 2010

White, Washington, Sparks pick up April honors

Since scoring 32 points in his bj-league debut, Wendell White has been a tone-setter for the Eastern Conference's top team.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Apr 30, 2010

Kyoto's temples of gastronomy

You need a strategy when you're visiting a city the size of Kyoto. Ours was simple: No tourist spots, no taxis and no traipsing around. We were there to eat.
COMMUNITY / Voices / HOTLINE TO NAGATACHO
Apr 27, 2010

Hatoyama, credibility of Japan is at stake

Dear Prime Minister Hatoyama,
Japan Times
LIFE
Apr 25, 2010

Gods are on boom

An eighth-century lacquered sculpture of Ashura, the Buddhist deity of war, reached superhero status last year when it was taken from Kofukuji Temple in Nara to be displayed at the Tokyo National Museum in Ueno, then later at the Kyushu National Museum in Fukuoka.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Apr 21, 2010

Ciders and ramune quench a thirst for nostalgia

Just in time for summer, old-fashioned cider and ramune are making a comeback up and down the length of Japan.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 21, 2010

Unlike China, wariness marks India's ascent

PARIS — Some countries are naturally at ease with the concept and the reality of strategic power. Such was clearly the case of France under Louis XIV, the Sun King in the 17th century, and such is the case today of China, whose leadership is comfortable with the balance-of-power games of classical...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Apr 20, 2010

Not showing at a family court near you

I have seen the secret Japanese video. No, not the one where you die within a week of watching it, the other one — the one about how traumatic divorce and parental separation are for children.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Apr 17, 2010

Persevering Williams making most of shot in NBA

The NBA playoffs begin this weekend, which means — hallelujah! — the "real season" is only hours away.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 14, 2010

Obama's new nuclear policy

WASHINGTON — Perhaps never in history have nuclear security, nonproliferation and arms control received the prominence that they are provided by this month's strategic trifecta: the April 6 release of the latest United States Nuclear Posture Review (NPR), the April 8 signing in Prague of the New START...
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Apr 14, 2010

Award winners from both East, West needed

NEW YORK — My postseason award winners job would be so much easier if the NBA allowed voters to do it right; my way, in other words. Actually, Major League Baseball originated how to get maximum bang for the buck when announcing individual honors.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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