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JAPAN
Aug 6, 2004

NPA seeks law to round up juvenile delinquents

A National Police Agency panel said Thursday that the government should establish a new law that would enable police to take juveniles into custody for delinquent behavior.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 6, 2004

No rush on some 9/11 panel proposals

WASHINGTON -- The recent 9/11 Commission report is without a doubt one of the most thorough, most important and best studies by any such independent group in recent decades in the United States. Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry and now President George W. Bush, as well as much of the...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Aug 6, 2004

Galali: Summertime, and the grazing is easy

Tongues lolling, throats parched, energy levels flagging, taste buds shriveled . . . When the summer heat sets in, nobody feels like hefty meals. It's the time of year when you have to coax your appetite into action. This is the season for grazing.
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 5, 2004

Kudo wins 199th game as Giants top Swallows

Veteran left-hander Kimiyasu Kudo picked up his 199th-career victory Wednesday night as the Yomiuri Giants edged the Yakult Swallows 3-1 at Tokyo's Jingu Stadium.
OLYMPICS
Aug 5, 2004

Ailing Tani will defend 48-kg title

The left foot injury Ryoko Tani sustained during training in mid-July was worse than first thought, but the 2000 Sydney Olympic champion in women's 48-kg judo insisted Wednesday she will compete in Athens to defend her title.
JAPAN
Aug 5, 2004

Youth exchange in fraud probe

Police on Wednesday searched the offices of a youth exchange association headed by former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori on suspicions that it fraudulently received 250 million yen in government subsidies.
EDITORIALS
Aug 5, 2004

Tide of liberalized farm trade

It comes as a great relief that the global trade talks in Geneva have been saved from collapse. Early Sunday, working past the Friday deadline, delegates from the World Trade Organization's 147 member nations agreed on a framework setting basic rules for completing the new round of negotiations that...
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 5, 2004

Ichiro takes AL batting lead

BALTIMORE -- Ichiro Suzuki went 5-for-5 in the first game of a doubleheader against the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday and produced another hit in one at-bat in the second game, boosting his average to an American-League high .355.
JAPAN
Aug 5, 2004

DPJ bill to kill pension reform meets its expected Diet fate

The House of Representatives welfare committee on Wednesday voted down an opposition-sponsored bill designed to repeal pension reform legislation enacted in June.
JAPAN
Aug 5, 2004

LDP aide suspended for taking cash payout

A government-paid secretary to a Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker was suspended from work Wednesday after it was learned he received some 3.4 million yen from a Japanese-language school operator convicted of helping Chinese citizens immigrate illegally.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Aug 5, 2004

Naughty Sven prepares to meet his fate

LONDON -- A nun took up residence outside the Football Association's headquarters in Soho as the remains of English football's governing body prepared for Thursday's meeting of the board, which will decide the future of head coach Sven-Goran Eriksson and maybe one or two high-ranking executives.
JAPAN
Aug 5, 2004

Passenger ID system to help fight terrorists

Japan plans to introduce an advanced passenger-information system in fiscal 2005 to enhance security measures against terrorists and criminals, government sources said Wednesday.
JAPAN / BULLETIN BOARD
Aug 5, 2004

Sailing regatta for foreign, Japanese kids set for Sept. 5

The Japan Junior Yacht Club Union will hold its 14th International Goodwill Junior Yacht Regatta on Sept. 5 at Wakasa Yacht Kunren Center in Wakasa Kaihin Park in Koto Ward, Tokyo.
BUSINESS
Aug 5, 2004

Large companies to lift capital spending by 7%

Large Japanese companies plan to boost capital spending by 6.9 percent in fiscal 2004 from the previous year, the first investment expansion in four years, the Development Bank of Japan said in a report released Wednesday.
JAPAN
Aug 5, 2004

Youth exchange in fraud probe

Police on Wednesday searched the offices of a youth exchange association headed by former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori on suspicions that it fraudulently received 250 million yen in government subsidies.
JAPAN
Aug 5, 2004

Denial-of-service cyber attacks jam government Web sites

The computer servers of eight ministries and organizations of the Japanese government, including the Prime Minister's Official Residence and the Defense Agency, were hit by cyber attacks on two occasions between Sunday and Tuesday.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Aug 5, 2004

Japanese in need of a break from summer break

Here's the real reason why the Japanese summer vacation is so short (for many, it's a matter of four or five days): the natsuyasumi (summer break) is essentially full of stress and if it were any longer, people up and down Japan would likely pop veins en masse.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OLD NIC'S NOTEBOOK
Aug 5, 2004

Woodland beauty there for all to sense

Just about the time when the wild wood irises burst into glorious purple around early July up here in Nagano Prefecture, high in the treetops there is a dancing, fluttering ballet of countless white-winged creatures.
BUSINESS
Aug 5, 2004

Tomy recalls Pokemon stuffed toys

Toy maker Tomy Co. said Wednesday it will recall about 626,000 Pokemon stuffed toys because they might contain needles.
JAPAN
Aug 5, 2004

Japan insists China protect soccer team

Japan has asked China on three occasions to urge authorities to take steps to ensure the safety of Japanese soccer team members and fans at the ongoing Asian Cup soccer tournament, Masatoshi Abe, senior vice foreign minister, said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Aug 5, 2004

Rice crop forecast to increase in '04

Japan's rice crop this year is expected to increase for the first time in four years and achieve the second-largest harvest per unit area, Rice Databank said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Aug 5, 2004

Half JT's tobacco growers face ax

Japan Tobacco Inc. said Wednesday it will ask some domestic tobacco growers to stop cultivating tobacco beginning next year due to falling cigarette consumption in Japan.
JAPAN
Aug 5, 2004

Population growth hits record low

Japan saw record low population growth in the 12 months to March 31 as the aging of society and declining birthrate continued, the government reported Wednesday.
JAPAN
Aug 5, 2004

DPJ bill to kill pension reform meets its expected Diet fate

The House of Representatives welfare committee on Wednesday voted down an opposition-sponsored bill designed to repeal pension reform legislation enacted in June.
BUSINESS
Aug 5, 2004

MMC logs further quarterly loss

Scandal-laden Mitsubishi Motors Corp. said Wednesday its group net loss expanded to 54.7 billion yen in the April-June quarter from a loss of 51.1 billion yen a year earlier.
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.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Goldman sells Tokyo office area to JR East for over ¥50 billion
GranTokyo South Tower (center). East Japan Railway has bought the 14th to 18th floors of the office building at a price of more than ¥50 billion from Goldman Sachs Group.
Ed Sheeran teams up with Tokyo’s Oedo Line
The “Oh! Ed! Collaboration Campaign,” launched on Tokyo's Keio Line to celebrate the Friday release of Ed Sheeran’s latest album, “Play,” includes a eight-car train dedicated to the pop star's music and trivia related to his career
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.

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

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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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