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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 28, 2013
Japan Series shifts to Tokyo Dome for Game 3
The Japan Series moved inside as both the Yomiuri Giants and Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles held two-hour practice sessions on Monday at Tokyo Dome.
JAPAN
Oct 28, 2013
Protest is lodged over China's latest intrusion
Japan lodged a protest Monday with Beijing over the Chinese ships that are repeatedly intruding into Japan's territorial waters near the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / Japan Pulse
Oct 28, 2013
Tokyo Designers Week 2013
This year's Tokyo Designers Week gets its creative juices flowing with more markets, music and a festival vibe.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Oct 27, 2013
Tanaka handcuffs potent Giants lineup, lifts Eagles to Game 2 triumph
When you're in desperate need of a win, a pretty good strategy is to give the ball to the guy who never loses and get out the way.
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Oct 27, 2013
Nuclear regulators can't win
Criticisms of the biases and capabilities of the Nuclear Regulation Authority — from both the pro- and anti-nuclear power camps — summarize the contradictions of Japan's nuclear power policy.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 26, 2013
Giants hold off brilliant rookie Norimoto in Game 1
Takahiro Norimoto gave his best Masahiro Tanaka impression with a forkball that was working all night and a variety of other pitches that looked just as sharp.
EDITORIALS
Oct 26, 2013
Is job hunting a suicide risk?
The stress of job hunting has become so extreme in recent years that one in five college students contemplates suicide during the job-hunting process, according to a poll taken last summer.
EDITORIALS
Oct 26, 2013
Teachers add up days of overtime
Teachers at Japanese elementary and secondary schools log an average of 95 hours of overtime per month. It's no wonder some might be falling asleep along with their pupils.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Oct 26, 2013
Branding Japan: Not always onward and upward
Branding is not an exact science. Take for example the recent campaign by Fukushima Industries to launch a new consumer-friendly corporate mascot.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Japan Pulse
Oct 26, 2013
Flip a skirt a month in 2014
Kaori Kato's Skirt Flipping Calendar enters its second year, while sticky notes debut.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 25, 2013
Bill to bolster NRA moves forward
The administration approved a bill Friday to bolster the fledgling Nuclear Regulation Authority by having the NRA absorb a technical support organization.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 25, 2013
Eagles upbeat before Japan Series opener against Giants
Rain kept the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles indoors on Friday, but hasn't dampened the enthusiasm ahead of their first Japan Series appearance, which comes against the storied Yomiuri Giants.
EDITORIALS
Oct 24, 2013
Mr. Abe's undemocratic secrecy bill
An Abe administration-sponsored bill to protect national security 'secrets' will undermine freedom of the press and people's right to know. Diet members should oppose it.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 24, 2013
In Chile, Japan tests method to make depleted copper mines viable again
A Japanese government-backed body has begun to test a new copper extraction technology using sulfuric acid mixed with multiple species of bacteria at a mine on the outskirts of Copiapo, Chile, officials of the organization said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Oct 24, 2013
Foreign tourists break record for September
The number of foreign tourists in September surged 31.7 percent over the previous year to 867,000, breaking the record for the month, according to the Japan National Tourism Organization.
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CULTURE / Art / Japan Pulse
Oct 24, 2013
Isetan Mitsukoshi Design Week
Isetan showcase lifestyle brands with its Designers Week product fair 'Hand Made By For Me.'
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CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Oct 24, 2013
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EDITORIALS
Oct 23, 2013
Territorial talks with Russia
Japan needs to develop a long-term strategy for maximizing its leverage with Russia as negotiations on resolving the Northern Territories sovereignty issue appear set to resume.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 23, 2013
Japan Exchange racks up ¥16.6 billion in profit
Japan Exchange Group Inc., operator of the Tokyo and Osaka stock markets, beat its first-half profit forecast as the biggest share rally in four decades boosted trading volumes.
JAPAN
Oct 22, 2013
Japan, China hold private event to mark friendship pact
Japanese and Chinese experts hold a low-key event to mark the 35th anniversary of a bilateral treaty of peace and friendship, more than two months after the actual date because of the dispute over the Senkaku Islands.

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