Word: mainichi
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...Fenway bleachers.) But some guardians of the Japanese game fear that Matsuzaka's departure means that the 86-year-old Japanese pro leagues have become little more than a offshore farm system for the U.S. "We'll lose our best," Katsuya Nomura, manager of the Rakuten Eagles, told the Mainichi Shimbun last month. "It means the decline of Japanese professional baseball...
...only the Japanese public agreed. A survey by the Mainichi Shimbun last week found that Abe's popularity had dropped to 53%, down 14 points from when he took power at the end of September. Some deflation was to be expected after his quick start, but the steep dip is feeding the perception that as strong as Abe appears abroad, at home he seems disengaged and clueless about the real concerns of voters. Despite his insistence that Japan has no intention of developing nuclear weapons, Abe seems unwilling or unable to rein in cabinet ministers who keep raising the unpopular...
...theft. Sughi, however, had a different view of their relationship. According to him, Wada had visited his studio in Rome as often as five times a year, often taking photos of his work from multiple angles. "I thought Wada was a fan of my paintings," Sughi told the Mainichi Daily News. "I never thought he was a painter. I'm shocked ... They are clearly plagiarized...
...such as pension reform and slashing Japan's fiscal deficit, could be left on the shelf. And Koizumi's mandate is still fragile. Although the election aligned the LDP on postal reform, the party is far from united on other issues. A survey of lower-house members by the Mainichi Shimbun revealed huge rifts in the LDP on everything from education funding to nuclear armament...
...Mainichi Shimbun reports that a senior member of Japan's Pana-wave Laboratory cult is now suggesting the world will end on about May 22?not last Thursday, as the group had originally asserted