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BUSINESS
Oct 2, 2004

August jobless rate sees little change

Japan's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in August dropped 0.1 percentage point from the previous month to 4.8 percent, partly due to a sizable decrease in the number of jobless males, the government said Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 2, 2004

Tokaido Shinkansen Line fetes 40 years

Ceremonies were held Friday marking 40 years since the Tokaido Shinkansen Line opened, pioneering the bullet train service linking Tokyo and Osaka just ahead of the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games.
BUSINESS
Oct 2, 2004

New Matsushita memory card doubles as smart card

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. on Friday unveiled a new SD Memory Card that doubles as a smart card, allowing consumers to use the product as a wallet or a train ticket, as well as to store music and pictures.
JAPAN
Oct 2, 2004

Pre-emptive strike ability said necessary for Japan

A Defense Agency panel report says Japan needs the capability to launch a pre-emptive strike against a foreign target, such as a ballistic missile installation, according to sources close to the panel.
JAPAN
Oct 2, 2004

Japan reports 50 years of its ODA amounted to $221 billion

Japan has provided some $221 billion in official development assistance to 185 nations since 1954, the Foreign Ministry said Friday in releasing its annual white paper on ODA.
JAPAN
Oct 2, 2004

Police demand public's help in fighting crime

Police want more public participation in crime prevention, claiming it is impossible for them alone to ensure public safety, according to a 2004 white paper released Friday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Oct 2, 2004

Wayne Crothers

"To be an honest artist, you have to be concerned with living life to the fullest," said Wayne Crothers.
COMMENTARY
Oct 2, 2004

Muddled American dreams

LONDON -- There is a long tradition of learned American commentators interpreting Europe seriously -- and sometimes comically -- wrong.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Oct 2, 2004

Democrats Abroad: last chance to vote Bush out

Lauren Shannon is both a director and the front-of-house manager of Fujimamas, the highly successful restaurant bar and cafe in Jingumae, central Tokyo. An American citizen, she is also the vice chair of Democrats Abroad.
BUSINESS
Oct 2, 2004

Japan, U.S. to talk beef next week

Japan's ban on U.S. beef imports will be the subject of working-level talks between the two countries next week in Colorado, the farm ministry said Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 2, 2004

FTA concessions needed: Nakagawa

Japan may have to make more concessions to push forward free-trade negotiations with Southeast Asian nations, according to Shoichi Nakagawa, minister of economy, trade and industry.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 2, 2004

Toward ASEAN integration

SINGAPORE -- The Association of Southeast Asian Nations has begun a more promising phase of its integrative process in the face of three formidable challenges:
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 1, 2004

Godzilla hits 29th, 30th HRs; Yanks sweep Twins

NEW YORK -- Hideki Matsui homered in both games of a doubleheader on Wednesday against the Minnesota Twins as the New York Yankees swept the twinbill, 5-3 and 5-4, to move to the verge of clinching their seventh straight AL East title.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 1, 2004

Ramirez's two-run blast keeps Dragons waiting

Alex Ramirez hit a tie-breaking two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning, denying the Chunichi Dragons their sixth league title in a 5-3 defeat to the Yakult Swallows in the Central League on Thursday.
JAPAN
Oct 1, 2004

Girl to be institutionalized over boy's fall

The Tokyo Family Court decided Thursday to institutionalize a 13-year-old girl for pushing a boy from an apartment building in Tokyo in June, saying she has trouble thinking rationally.
EDITORIALS
Oct 1, 2004

No illusions about Iraq

The situation in Iraq is deteriorating. That is not a popular view, but it is hard to dispute. The government of Prime Minister Ayad Allawi cannot claim to control the entire country, and insurgents are stepping up attacks in an attempt to delay elections planned for January. Failure to hold that vote...
JAPAN
Oct 1, 2004

Ministry to widen scope for pursuing graduate studies

Graduates from the Japanese branches of qualified foreign universities will be eligible for admission to graduate programs in Japan, and credits earned at those branches can be transferred to Japanese institutions and vice versa, an advisory panel to the education ministry decided Thursday.
JAPAN
Oct 1, 2004

Funds sought for vaccine program

The head of an international organization that funds vaccinations in developing countries urged the government Thursday to contribute money to the program.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 1, 2004

Kitagawa to back second runway for loss-making Kansai airport

Newly appointed transport minister Kazuo Kitagawa says he will push for construction of a second runway by 2007 at the debt-strapped Kansai International Airport.
JAPAN
Oct 1, 2004

LDP promise to revise political funds law shrouded in doubt

Responding to recent money scandals involving Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers, the secretaries general of the two ruling parties agreed Thursday they would make an effort to revise the Political Funds Control Law.
JAPAN
Oct 1, 2004

Euthanasia meet begins in Tokyo

An international nongovernmental organization calling for terminally ill patients' right to euthanasia convened a conference in Tokyo on Thursday to discuss living wills. The 15th World Conference of the World Federation of Right to Die Societies consists of 38 member societies in 23 countries and will...
JAPAN
Oct 1, 2004

Kids tutored on fear-, anger-management

Naoto Araki, a 15-year-old Yokohama high school student, persistently kicked the chair Bill Pozzobon was sitting on, just to make him mad.
BUSINESS
Oct 1, 2004

JAL, ANA eye smaller jets to meet changing needs

Large jetliners have flown most of the nation's domestic routes for years, but this is about to change.
BUSINESS
Oct 1, 2004

Intel-Disney broadband service eyed

Intel and The Walt Disney Co. Japan will start offering a new service in Japan next month that lets computer users add their own special effects as they watch Disney cartoons set to classical music.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Oct 1, 2004

Rooney's debut helps Manchester fans overlook his roots

LONDON -- Mancunians, generally speaking, do not like Liverpudlians and that is putting it mildly. The feeling is also mutual and just about the only thing the folk from the two cities have in common is their opinion of each other.
BUSINESS
Oct 1, 2004

DoCoMo to halt prepaid services

NTT DoCoMo Inc. plans to discontinue offering prepaid mobile phone services as they are increasingly being used to commit crime, DoCoMo President Masao Nakamura said Thursday.
Workers say corporate South Korea was warned about questionable U.S. visas before Hyundai raid
Activists holding signs that reads "No one is illegal!" protest against a huge immigration raid last week in the U.S. state of Georgia, in front of the U.S. Embassy in Seoul on Tuesday.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Thousands without power in Tokyo as heavy rain batters Kanto region
Heavy rain hit Tokyo and surrounding areas Thursday afternoon, causing thousands to lose power, prompting flood warnings, grounding flights and causing transportation issues.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Japan's cutting-edge railgun successfully strikes target vessel
The Defense Ministry’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) conducted a ship-board railgun shooting test from June to early July this year with the support of the Maritime Self-Defense Force.
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
As of August 2024, the number of confirmed chagusaba farmers had fallen to 302, just over half the 582 reported in 2015, according to the Shizuoka Chagusaba Farming Method Promotion Council.
Search is on for loopholes in Japan’s $550 billion investment pledge
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick argues that U.S. President Donald Trump has sole authority to invest Japan's promised $550 billion.
In rural Hokkaido, the stops and starts of tourism revival on full display
Redevelopment plans for Kawayu Onsen have hit some snags — an example of how bringing tourists back to declining rural communities is far from easy work.

Podcast

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

Longform

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight
By Mai Yoshikawa

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