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JAPAN
Nov 14, 2003

Tokyo deaf to Chongryun tax gripes

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has rejected complaints filed by the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryun) over taxes levied on the pro-Pyongyang group, officials said.
JAPAN
Nov 14, 2003

State flip-flops yet again on SDF dispatch

The escalating violence in Iraq has forced the government to once again step back from its on-again, off-again schedule for an SDF mission to the country.
BUSINESS
Nov 14, 2003

Wholesale price skein reaches 38th month

Wholesale prices nationwide fell 0.4 percent in October from a year earlier for the 38th straight monthly fall, the Bank of Japan said in a preliminary report Thursday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / VINELAND
Nov 14, 2003

On the road to wine-country romance

There has always been a friendly rivalry between Napa and Sonoma, California's two premier wine-growing regions. We think of Napa as Kyoto -- containing stunning vistas, but marred by a tour-bus mentality. To paraphrase Gertrude Stein, we sometimes feel "there's no there there." Sonoma, on the other...
BUSINESS
Nov 14, 2003

NEC seeks cancer diagnosis system

NEC Corp. and its subsidiary NEC Soft Ltd. said Thursday they have reached an agreement with U.S. venture LifeSpanBioscience Inc. to develop a system to help diagnose cancer.
JAPAN
Nov 14, 2003

Bilateral talks suit abductions issue: Dai

Dai Bingguo, visiting Chinese vice foreign minister, on Thursday urged Japan to resolve the abductions issue via bilateral talks with North Korea rather than through six-way negotiations.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 14, 2003

Taiwan's spas bubbling over with popularity

TAIPEI -- Chu Chien-huei stretches her arms in a hot tub full of orchid petals on a sunny day at Spring City Resort, a hot spring hotel in Peitou, with her 5-year-old daughter at her side.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Nov 14, 2003

Letting the plane take the strain

There can be fewer more ostentatious trappings of wealth than a private jet. However, the perception of such aircraft as mere playthings of the rich and famous has tended to detract from their more mundane role as effective, hassle-reducing business tools.
BUSINESS
Nov 14, 2003

Sony forms e-publishing joint venture

Fifteen companies, including Sony Corp., have established a joint venture to provide paid electronic publishing services to member customers, Sony and four other major partners said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Nov 14, 2003

Pretax profits at major firms up 14%

The combined pretax profits of 434 major Japanese companies rose 14.2 percent in the six months to Sept. 30 from a year earlier to 6.82 trillion yen due to greater cost-cutting efforts, the Shinko Research Institute said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Nov 14, 2003

Mitsubishi profit soars in first half

Mitsubishi Corp., the nation's largest trading house, said Thursday its first-half net profit jumped 39 percent to 60.56 billion yen, thanks to brisk auto trade in Asia.
BUSINESS
Nov 14, 2003

European business group makes pitch for robust deregulation

The European Business Community in Japan called Thursday for an improved investment climate through drastic deregulation to achieve Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's pledge to double foreign direct investment by 2008.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 14, 2003

Koizumi makes choice on Japan Highway chief

The government decided informally Thursday to appoint a House of Councilors member and former businessman as president of Japan Highway Public Corp.
BUSINESS
Nov 14, 2003

Corporate pension plans on the verge of collapse

Faced with huge investment losses brought on by depressed stock prices and the prospect of baby boomers nearing retirement, corporate pension funds are on the verge of collapse.
BUSINESS
Nov 14, 2003

Beerlike drink shipments may fall

Shipments of "happoshu," the low-malt cousin of beer, are expected to post their first year-on-year fall in 2003, according to industry data released Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 14, 2003

Doi throws in towel as SDP president

Takako Doi said Thursday she will resign as president of the Social Democratic Party to take responsibility for the SDP's crushing defeat in the general election.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Nov 13, 2003

Tokyo best place for NBA games

It was great to see the NBA back in Japan, after a four-year absence, a couple of weeks ago.
JAPAN
Nov 13, 2003

Journalists warned about Taliban

The Japanese government Wednesday warned journalists working in Afghanistan that they could become targeted for kidnapping by members of the Taliban.
JAPAN
Nov 13, 2003

China submarine spotted on surface near Kagoshima

A Maritime Self-Defense Force plane on Wednesday sighted a surfaced Chinese submarine off Kagoshima Prefecture, MSDF officials said.
JAPAN
Nov 13, 2003

Fukuda says SDF will head to Iraq before end of year

Japan will send Self-Defense Forces units to Iraq before the end of the year, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda said Wednesday, the first clear public statement from the government regarding the timing of the controversial dispatch.
JAPAN
Nov 13, 2003

Earthquake shakes eastern Japan

An earthquake Wednesday with a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 in the Richter scale hit Tokyo and other areas of eastern Japan, but there were no reports of casualties or damage. The Meteorological Agency said there would be no tidal waves from the 5:27 p.m. quake, which shook buildings in the capital....
JAPAN
Nov 13, 2003

Kono to be appointed house speaker

Yohei Kono, former president of the Liberal Democratic Party, will be appointed as Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 13, 2003

Refugee status denial puts family in limbo

Khin Maung Latt of Myanmar, his Filipino wife, Maria Hope Jamili, and their two daughters have no place to call home but Japan, and they are on shaky ground.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 13, 2003

Aozora poaches executive from Sumitomo Trust

In a departure from Japanese banking practice, Aozora Bank announced Wednesday its next president is coming from rival Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co.
BUSINESS
Nov 13, 2003

JR Tokai posts record sales, profit

Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) on Wednesday reported record group sales and pretax profit for the first half.
A beloved Tokyo penguin’s end presages Suica’s shift to payments giant
JR East is retiring the beloved Suica penguin as part of a rebrand to transform the contactless payment platform, used for both transit and retail, into a mobile fintech powerhouse.
Fears rise of rupture in Japan-China ties in wake of Taiwan remarks
Two Chinese tourists wearing kimonos take a selfie as they visit Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district on Saturday.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
At Ginza’s newest hotel, luxury is a private treasure
At Fufu Tokyo, each guest room comes with its own private "onsen" (hot spring) — a luxury nearly unheard of in the heart of Tokyo's capital.
Ashfall warning issued in southern Japan as volcano erupts
View of Sakurajima from the mainland of Kagoshima Prefecture
Japan uses series against South Korea to prep for World Baseball Classic title defense
Japan's Ryuhei Sotani pitches against South Korea at Tokyo Dome on Saturday night.
Good fortune, wrapped in fried tofu
Golden "age-fukuburo," a culinary take on Japan's new year "lucky bags," can be served on their own.
Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan celebrates 80 years at the forefront of press freedom
Located near the Imperial Palace, the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan prides itself on the accessibility of its events and the support it offers to budding and established journalists. The club is currently headed by Dan Sloan, a former reporter for Reuters.
The challenges awaiting Japan’s new finance minister
Finance minister Satsuki Katayama answers questions from reporters in a group interview on Oct. 24.
At Ginza’s newest hotel, luxury is a private treasure
At Fufu Tokyo, each guest room comes with its own private "onsen" (hot spring) — a luxury nearly unheard of in the heart of Tokyo's capital.

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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An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.
A century of Deaf sport finds its moment in Tokyo
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