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BUSINESS
Oct 27, 2005

Risks of U.S. beef low if regulations observed: panel

An expert panel on mad cow disease has agreed there is little difference in the risks posed by beef from North American and Japanese cows, paving the way to lift the ban on U.S. beef imports before President George W. Bush's visit next month.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Oct 26, 2005

Amazon's best defense is its people

In 1989, two years after his first visit to the Amazon, singer/songwriter Sting co-authored a book called "Jungle Stories: The Fight for the Amazon" (Barrie & Jenkins). In the book he writes, "To visit the forest just once is to be haunted forever after by its mysterious beauty and to be made aware of...
JAPAN
Oct 25, 2005

Let consumption tax pay for welfare: panel

A Liberal Democratic Party panel called Monday for converting the consumption tax into a welfare tax, a step that would certainly boost the tax rate to more than 10 percent from the current 5 percent.
COMMUNITY
Oct 25, 2005

Helping out in the community

NPO, NGO listings Follows is the Tokyo area monthly English listing of nonprofit, NGO, CBO and community service events.
JAPAN
Oct 23, 2005

Broad-based effort to help 'NEETs' find jobs

A group drawn from industry, local government and academia has launched a project to help youths not in employment, education or training -- known as "NEETs" -- find jobs.
Features
Oct 23, 2005

Japan's take on the issue of diagnosis

Cancer diagnosis has long been a divisive issue in Japan.
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2005

Blood curbs eyed in event of West Nile outbreak

The health ministry plans to impose a regional ban on blood donations if the West Nile virus is detected in people, mosquitoes or wild birds, according to a report released Thursday by a ministry research panel.
BUSINESS
Oct 21, 2005

Supermarket bank counters coming soon

In the near future, people may exchange money at travel agencies and open savings accounts in supermarkets.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Oct 21, 2005

Shop-till-you-drop hints in fashionable districts of Harajuku and Omotesando

Harajuku has long been an area frequented by fashion-sensitive youngsters.
JAPAN
Oct 20, 2005

Japan, Canada reach pension deal

Japan and Canada have effectively agreed to end the double payment of pension premiums by their citizens, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 20, 2005

GM vows to retain alliances with Suzuki, Isuzu

CHIBA -- General Motors Corp. remains committed to working closely with Suzuki Motor Corp. and Isuzu Motor Ltd., despite speculation it may sever capital alliances with the automakers to accelerate realignment in the global auto industry, a senior GM official said Wednesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 20, 2005

The aesthetics of the Korean noblewoman

Korean aesthetics can be summed up in one word, mot. Used frequently in casual conversation, the term refers to stylishness, elegance and the state of being chic.
JAPAN
Oct 18, 2005

Osaka's scandal-hit mayor to resign, run again in snap poll

OSAKA -- Osaka Mayor Junichi Seki announced Monday he will resign his post and then run again in a snap election that he said will determine voter faith in his proposed reforms.
BUSINESS
Oct 15, 2005

Toyota, GM at center of global auto shift

The ongoing realignment of the global auto industry may accelerate, with General Motors Corp. and Toyota Motor Corp. set to play pivotal roles in this seismic shift.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / COUNTER CULTURE
Oct 14, 2005

Trendy Naka-Meguro is on the Bals

It used to be that Japanese consumers tended not to spend a great deal on their homes. Over the last decade or so, however, that has changed, and firms like Bals Corporation have proved extremely successful at selling the notion of home improvement to Japan.
JAPAN
Oct 10, 2005

Ministry to boost second opinions

The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry is reportedly considering offering remuneration to doctors under the medical insurance system for providing data to another doctor on patients seeking a second opinion.
BUSINESS
Oct 8, 2005

Foreign firms not in Kanebo hunt

The Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan has chosen four competing business groups as part of the second tender for sponsorship of Kanebo Ltd.'s rehabilitation, according to sources.
MORE SPORTS
Oct 7, 2005

Report: Asashoryu a dad again

Mongolian yokozuna Asashoryu's wife Tamir gave birth to a son Thursday at a Tokyo hospital, Sumo Fan Magazine reported on its Web site (www.sumofanmag.com).
BUSINESS
Oct 7, 2005

Bankers set rules on theft redress

The Japanese Bankers Association released detailed guidelines Thursday listing the conditions under which bank depositors may not receive full compensation in the event that they lose money via bank-card thefts and forgeries.
BUSINESS
Oct 5, 2005

Bureaucratic workforce to face 10% cut over five years

The government said Tuesday it will cut the number of national-level civil servants by 33,230, or at least 10 percent of the total as of the end of fiscal 2004, over the next five years, officials said.
COMMENTARY
Oct 4, 2005

China peels a layer off its secret onion

HONG KONG -- In the 1980s, when I was a Beijing-based correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, I had occasion to interview an official in Shanghai. How much of China's trade, I asked, pass through Shanghai? The official responded: "I don't think that figure has appeared in the newspapers."
COMMENTARY
Oct 3, 2005

The PC-cell phone downside

Since the 1990s, personal computers and cell phones have made fast inroads into the modern world. Without them, normal life would be almost impossible.
JAPAN
Oct 3, 2005

Obituary: Takao Ode

Former Supreme Court Justice Takao Ode died of heart failure at his home in Sano, Tochigi Prefecture, on Thursday, the court said Sunday. He was 73.
BUSINESS / JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES
Oct 3, 2005

Japan's GDP and GNP: How far will the domestic and the national spread?

Numerical targets are much in vogue these days. The post-election Koizumi government also seems to have caught the bug in light of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy's latest plans for managing the economy over the medium to longer term.
U.S. backtracks on Japan tariff calculation, taking effective rate lower
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, said the U.S. made a clerical error in not including a “reciprocal” tariff rate ceiling for Japan in the trade deal.
Japan's inheritance tax is high, unforgiving and sometimes avoidable
The National Tax Agency at the Ministry of Finance, Kasumigaseki, Tokyo. Japanese tax authorities can bill foreign residents in Japan for assets inherited globally.
Japan starts survey on foreign nationals' unpaid resident taxes
In the most recent regular session of parliament, problems were highlighted regarding some foreign workers leaving Japan without paying outstanding taxes after completing their stay periods.
How Pakistan shot down India's cutting-edge fighter using Chinese gear
An Indian Air Force pilot gets out of a Rafale fighter jet during its induction ceremony at an air force station in Ambala, India, September 2020.
The horrors of Nagasaki, in first person
Koichi Tagawa’s diary entry from Aug. 9, 1945, describes the day of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
Cheer with caution: Expert advises sports fans have game plan for extreme heat
A Cardinals fan fans himself during the seventh inning of a game against the Pirates in St. Louis, Missouri, in June 2022.
Australia's warship selection signals Japanese defense industry's arrival
The Maritime Self-Defense Force's Mogami-class frigate. Australia's selection of an upgraded version of the Mogami-class warship for its next frigate class could prove to be a watershed moment for Japan’s defense industry.
Japan's inheritance tax is high, unforgiving and sometimes avoidable
The National Tax Agency at the Ministry of Finance, Kasumigaseki, Tokyo. Japanese tax authorities can bill foreign residents in Japan for assets inherited globally.
Will the movement seeking Ishiba’s resignation succeed?
Liberal Democratic Party youth division head Yasutaka Nakasone (center) and other members speak to reporters in Tokyo on July 25.
Photographer Bleg Bayraktar is winning social media with politeness
A video on Bayraktar's Instagram account of the Belgian photographer approaching an elderly worker in Tokyo's Shibuya has gone viral, garnering almost 9 million views.

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