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EDITORIALS
Mar 30, 2008

Improper watch at sea

The Defense Ministry has released an interim fact-finding report on the Feb. 19 collision between an Aegis destroyer of the Maritime Self-Defense Force and a fishing boat that left two fishermen missing. The 7,750-ton Aegis destroyer Atago collided with the 7.3-ton tuna trawler Seitoku Maru around 4:07...
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Mar 21, 2008

Anime universe shifts to Tokyo

Tokyo International Anime Fair 2008, one of the world's largest animation conventions, will be held at Tokyo Big Sight from March 27 to 30.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Mar 7, 2008

Ritz-Carlton's anniversary and Arrogant Bastard ale

Ritz-Carlton anniversary plan To mark its first anniversary March 30, the Ritz-Carlton Tokyo is offering a "First Anniversary" accommodation plan from March 7 through April 30.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / IGADGET
Mar 5, 2008

Easy-to-listen-to hits, soccer memories

Proven brand: Picking genuine designer goods from increasingly sophisticated ripoffs is tough. So Hitachi and printing maestro Toppan next month bring to Japan a high-tech method for seeing beyond the label. The IC Hologram is an RFID (radio-frequency identification) tag with a special hologram etched...
EDITORIALS
Feb 28, 2008

Getting the reports straight

'D isarray" is the only word to accurately describe the Defense Ministry's disclosure of information related to the collision between the 7,700-ton Aegis destroyer Atago and the 7.3-ton fishing boat Seitoku Maru at 4:07 a.m. on Feb. 19. Such confusion could harm the credibility of the ministry. The government...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Feb 15, 2008

A Mediterranean buffet, Austrian food fair and half-price wines at Cardenas

Early birds stay longer in Hakone The Hyatt Regency Hakone Resort and Spa has introduced an early check-in accommodation plan that extends a one-night stay at the hotel to 26 hours.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jan 24, 2008

BoSox announce new partnership

The Boston Red Sox and longtime marketing partner EMC have expanded their partnership ahead of the Ricoh Japan Opening Series 2008 the team announced on Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 17, 2008

Volunteer interpreters assist foreigners with disaster drill

Fifty volunteer interpreters speaking seven foreign languages took part in a disaster drill for foreign residents Wednesday in Tokyo, helping the roughly 60 participants communicate with their rescuers.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Jan 11, 2008

In praise of picture-postcard Japan

As Ana and Roberto, my two good friends from Brazil, and myself gorged ourselves through the multicourse kaiseki dinner at the very pleasant and relaxed Tachibana Shikitei, a Japanese-style inn in Ishikawa Prefecture's Yamashiro Onsen, I convinced myself that food, when served on quality pottery —...
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / JAPAN TIMES BLOGROLL
Jan 9, 2008

Japan Economy News

Japan Economy News is a blog that delivers just what it promises: almost daily news and analysis on Japan-related economic issues, from marketing to real estate to finance and politics. Founder, editor and writer Ken Worsley is a senior partner at a marketing and strategic consulting firm in Tokyo and...
COMMENTARY
Dec 26, 2007

A man of principles in desperate times

LOS ANGELES — There are times when — from a moral standpoint — men and women simply should not remain silent. In such times, seemingly fine lines need to be turned into unequivocal hard lines. This is when the men and women of conscience stand out.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Nov 20, 2007

Watching them watching us

A s many non-Japanese are well aware, today is "G Day," or "F Day," or whatever cute name you'd like to assign to it: The day that the government begins fingerprinting virtually all foreigners — or "gaijin," or more appropriately "gaikokujin" — entering Japan. And those of us who will be subjected...
EDITORIALS
Nov 19, 2007

Fallout from an indictment

Public prosecutors have indicted a family court-appointed psychiatrist for leaking secret investigative materials on a teenager who set fire to his house in Tawaramoto, Nara Prefecture, in June 2006, killing his stepmother and two siblings. But they have decided not to indict the freelance journalist...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Nov 2, 2007

Beaujolais Nouveau, 7-5-3 specials and a hit Prix Fixe in Yokohama

Celebrations for the kids Nov. 15 is Shichi-Go-San, the traditional Japanese family event that celebrates the healthy growth of 7-, 5- and 3-year-old children. Colorfully dressed in traditional costumes, the children and their families visit a shrine or temple to pray for health and happiness. To celebrate...
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LIFE / Travel
Aug 24, 2007

Love you and you're green

It seems that when Amami-Oshima, an island in southern Kagoshima Prefecture, was created, there was just one color left on the palette: green.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Aug 21, 2007

Ten seconds to duck 'n' cover

With the annual Sept. 1 Disaster Prevention Day approaching, residents in Japan will be reminded of a simple fact: They are living in a country where earthquakes are a fact of life.
Japan Times
Reference / Special Presentations / WITNESS TO WAR
Aug 17, 2007

Journalism in the service of war authority

Kanji Murakami began his reporting career in January 1941, joining the Asahi Shimbun's bureau in Seoul, or Keijo as it was then known, when the Korean Peninsula was under Japanese colonial rule.
Events
Aug 12, 2007

KANSAI: Who & What

English tour takes in Koyasan temple town
JAPAN
Aug 11, 2007

Japan, U.S. clarify rules on handling secret data

In the wake of Japanese leaks of sensitive data on the U.S.-developed Aegis defense system, Tokyo and Washington concluded an agreement Friday designed to bolster security for the military information they exchange.

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