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BUSINESS
Dec 18, 2003

TV stations seek world's tallest tower

NHK and five private television stations said Wednesday they have agreed to promote the construction of the world's tallest broadcasting tower, envisioned at about 600 meters.
LIFE / Lifestyle / MATTER OF COURSE
Dec 18, 2003

Colorblind schoolkids can see clearly now

Red. Green. Red. Green. A simple pattern. Or so I thought, until I spent an hour at the Japanese elementary school my son attends. I had come in to do holiday crafts, and was showing the kids how to make a paper chain in Christmas colors. I told them to take a strip of red paper and bend it into a circle....
JAPAN
Dec 18, 2003

Kin of Ehime Maru victims seek U.S. probe

Relatives of two people killed when a Japanese fishing boat was sunk when it was struck by a U.S. Navy submarine nearly three years ago have asked U.S. transportation authorities to investigate the collision, their lawyer said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Dec 18, 2003

Honda sets sights on 10% sales increase in 2004

Honda Motor Co. said Wednesday it hopes to boost its global sales in 2004 to a record 3.2 million vehicles, up 10 percent from the forecast for this year.
BUSINESS
Dec 18, 2003

Real growth projection seen at 1.8%

The government is expected to set its fiscal 2004 economic growth projection at 1.8 percent in real terms and 0.5 percent in nominal terms, official sources said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Dec 18, 2003

Ministers back Japan Highway splitup

The transport minister and the administrative reform minister agreed Wednesday to carve up the heavily indebted Japan Highway Public Corp. after it is privatized in fiscal 2005, government officials said.
BUSINESS
Dec 18, 2003

Bonuses see first rise in three years

Labor-management negotiations for this winter's bonuses at major companies settled on a weighted average of 802,481 yen, up 1.61 percent in the first year-on-year increase in three years, according to a report released Wednesday by the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren).
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 18, 2003

Japanese Embassy in Baghdad issues alert

The Japanese Embassy in Baghdad has asked Japanese nationals to refrain from visiting it for the time being after receiving threats of attack, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda said Wednesday.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / WILD WATCH
Dec 18, 2003

Cold feet over winter camp

Camping is a wonderful way to unplug from the computer and e-mail, catch up on sleep, and escape the never-ending round of deadlines and commitments. While summer and autumn camps offer opportunities to "shoot the breeze" around a campfire, on dark evenings in the winter there is nothing more one can...
BUSINESS
Dec 18, 2003

Resona group nixes Saitama's offer

Banking group Resona Holdings Inc., now undergoing rehabilitation, will turn down Saitama Gov. Kiyoshi Ueda's offer to invest 1 billion yen in taxpayer money into the locally operating Saitama Resona Bank, Chairman Eiji Hosoya said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Dec 18, 2003

Coalition says consumption tax hike in 2007 could save pension system

The ruling coalition finalized an annual tax reform package Wednesday that vaguely advocates a consumption tax hike in fiscal 2007 as a means of saving the ailing public pension system.
COMMENTARY
Dec 18, 2003

Conservatives smell an upset

LONDON -- A transformation has taken place on the British political scene, and it is one that could have profound effects on the wider European landscape as well as on trans-Atlantic relations. The nature of this change can be summed up in two words -- Michael Howard. This is the man who has now emerged...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 17, 2003

NPO opens craft shop to fund effort to eradicate land mines

A nonprofit organization engaged in the elimination of land mines has opened a shop in Tokyo that sells handbags, table cloths and other items from kimono material to help fund its activities.
JAPAN
Dec 17, 2003

Moves afoot to accelerate Narita arrivals processing

Foreigners arriving at Narita airport waited an average of 13 minutes and a maximum of 44 minutes to get through immigration on a busy weekend earlier this month, the government said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Dec 17, 2003

Barriers stay down at rail crossings

As many as 500 railroad crossings in Japan are closed to road traffic for a total of 40 or more minutes an hour during peak train traffic, the Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry said Tuesday.
MORE SPORTS
Dec 17, 2003

Skylarks capture Japan X Bowl

Running back Yasuhiro Kabata rushed for 126 yards in an X League championship record-setting 33 carries, leading the Onward Skylarks to a 13-10 victory over the Asahi Beer Silver Star on Tuesday at Tokyo Dome in the Japan X Bowl.
JAPAN
Dec 17, 2003

Koizumi in dark over Kanzaki Mideast trip

Takenori Kanzaki, leader of New Komeito and a key coalition ally of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, left for Kuwait on Tuesday and may visit southeastern Iraq if circumstances permit.
JAPAN
Dec 17, 2003

Kasyanov sees pipeline merits but remains noncommital

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov agreed Tuesday that a pipeline project linking East Siberia and Nakhodka, a port in Russia's Far East, would benefit both countries.
MORE SPORTS
Dec 17, 2003

Record season earns Fudo MVP

Four-time consecutive money leader Yuri Fudo was selected as this season's Most Valuable Player on the Japanese women's golf tour, the Japan LPGA said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Dec 17, 2003

'Quality' of foreign students seen as key

An education ministry panel called Tuesday for changes to Japan's policy on foreign students, seeking a greater emphasis on quality rather than quantity.
JAPAN
Dec 17, 2003

Requests for SARS-related equipment ignored

The government is lagging far behind in providing hospitals with equipment to handle suspected SARS cases despite their requests for help and the fear that the deadly infectious disease may stage a comeback this winter, according to a Kyodo News survey released Tuesday.
SOCCER / J. League
Dec 17, 2003

Buchwald to Reds

The Urawa Reds said Tuesday they have reached a basic agreement with former German international defender Guido Buchwald to make him the new coach of the J. League first division side beginning Feb. 1, 2004.
BUSINESS
Dec 17, 2003

LDP advocates more income tax powers for cities

In a major concession to local governments, the Liberal Democratic Party's tax panel said Tuesday it will call on the national government to allow localities to collect more local income tax in fiscal 2004, LDP officials said.
JAPAN
Dec 17, 2003

Next Supreme Court justice named

The government said Tuesday it will appoint lawyer Chiharu Saiguchi, a former vice chairman of the Tokyo Bar Association, to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Takehisa Fukazawa.
BUSINESS
Dec 17, 2003

Ruling coalition agrees to hike pension premium to 18.35%

After a lengthy political tug of war, the Liberal Democratic Party and New Komeito agreed Tuesday night that public pension premiums paid by the average salaried worker should be raised to 18.35 percent of annual income from the current 13.58 percent.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 17, 2003

Samurai drama airs 1,000 times but plot thins

The popular samurai TV drama "Mito Komon," which debuted in 1969, has become the nation's first such program to air 1,000 episodes.
BUSINESS
Dec 17, 2003

Economic outlook given an upgrade

The Bank of Japan on Tuesday upgraded its assessment of the economy in its monthly report for December for the fourth month in a row, citing improved corporate sentiment and more personal spending.
Philippine bid to acquire used Japanese warships gains steam
Tokyo is looking to transfer Abukuma-class vessels to the Philippines as part of broader efforts to boost the defense capabilities of like-minded neighbors amid growing Chinese military assertiveness in the region.
Koshien’s dark summer forces reckoning for high school baseball
Koryo High School players greet their cheering section after beating Hokkaido’s Asahikawa Shiho in the first round of Summer Koshien on Aug. 7. The school withdrew three days later as a bullying scandal enveloped the team.
Akazawa's trip to Washington for tariff talks abruptly canceled
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, had been set to fly to Washington on Thursday.
Confusion over Japan’s ‘hometown’ plan overshadows African development event
First Lady Yoshiko Ishiba (center, in white and blue dress) hosts an event on Japanese culture with the first ladies of African leaders on the sidelines of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Yokohama on Aug. 21.
Mitsubishi’s wind-power retreat a blow to Japan's alternative-energy goals
Wind turbines in the town of Happo in Akita prefecture. Wind power is a key part of Japan's alternative energy drive.
Koshien’s dark summer forces reckoning for high school baseball
Koryo High School players greet their cheering section after beating Hokkaido’s Asahikawa Shiho in the first round of Summer Koshien on Aug. 7. The school withdrew three days later as a bullying scandal enveloped the team.
Is Kishida plotting a return of the king? Or would he rather stay a kingmaker?
Former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida chairs a plenary session at the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Yokohama on Aug. 21.
Japanese prefectures break with labor ministry on minimum wage
The ministry of labor has suggested a 6% minimum wage increase, but most prefectures reporting so far are opting to go slightly higher.
Philippines quietly deepening ‘unofficial’ defense ties with Taiwan
Filipino soldiers take part in a flag-raising ceremony on Mavulis Island during a visit by the Philippines' Armed Forces chief of staff, in Batanes, the Philippines, in June 2023. Batanes, a group of idyllic islands at the country’s northernmost tip, sits about 160 kilometers from Taiwan.
Are 'coolcations' the answer for Japan's heat-weary tourists?
Hikers on a trail in Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture. As extreme heat continues to grip Japan, a tectonic shift may be underway in the nation’s summer tourism scene as more people gravitate toward cooler destinations.

Podcast

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

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Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past
By Alex K.T. Martin

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