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Dec 14, 2004

Terrorist tracking center planned

The Justice Ministry will set up an intelligence center to track the movements of suspected terrorists and identify weaknesses in immigration controls at airports, according to ministry sources.
Dec 14, 2004

Data on subscribers to Yahoo BB leaked

Softbank Corp. said Monday personal data on some 6,500 subscribers to its Yahoo BB Internet service may have been leaked, based on information it received from two Tokyo-based publishers.
JAPAN
Dec 10, 2004

State names hospitals in blood scandal

The health ministry on Thursday disclosed the names of 6,916 hospitals and 17 medical suppliers believed to have stocked a hepatitis C-tainted blood product that caused one of the largest medical disasters in Japan's postwar history.
JAPAN
Oct 24, 2004

French reporter conducted espionage for Russia in Russo-Japanese War

Russia obtained information on Japan's strategy for the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War, including the plan for a major offensive in northeastern China in March 1905, through a Tokyo-based French correspondent and other sources, according to the recent study by a Russian scholar.
BUSINESS
Oct 21, 2004

Kokudo withheld info in rail share deal

Kokudo Corp. sold some of its shares in Seibu Railway Co. without telling buyers that the railway firm's stock ownership conditions met delisting standards, sources familiar with the matter said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Oct 18, 2004

China reportedly set to infringe on EEZ

Beijing is believed to have granted Chinese companies the rights to conduct natural gas exploration in Japan's exclusive economic zone in the East China Sea, trade chief Shoichi Nakagawa said Sunday.
Events
Oct 17, 2004

Autumn sage festival in Kobe's herb park

Nunobiki Herb Park in Chuo Ward, Kobe, is holding an autumn sage festival through Nov. 21.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Aug 31, 2004

Air travel, kids stuff and wills

Air travel R.M. has a friend who wants to come and visit Japan, but he needs to use a portable oxygen tank from time to time.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Aug 22, 2004

N.K. officials bitten by bulldog Japanese journo makes good TV

One of the problems the Japanese government has to contend with in its dealings with North Korea is the fact there is interaction between the two countries that it can't control, such as that which travels over the airwaves. Being a totalitarian dictatorship, North Korea doesn't have the same problem,...
JAPAN
Aug 7, 2004

Jenkins meets with military lawyer for second day

Accused U.S. Army deserter Charles Jenkins met a U.S. military lawyer from South Korea for the second day Friday in Tokyo, government sources said, offering no details on how the talks progressed.
JAPAN
Aug 7, 2004

Jenkins meets with military lawyer for second day

Accused U.S. Army deserter Charles Jenkins met a U.S. military lawyer from South Korea for the second day Friday in Tokyo, government sources said, offering no details on how the talks progressed.
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
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
Jul 20, 2004

Ministry to broaden spectrum user fees

The telecommunications ministry might slap users of home information appliances and high-bandwidth wireless local area networks with spectrum user fees, ministry sources said Monday.
JAPAN
May 26, 2004

Cosmo Oil tried to punish whistle-blower

Cosmo Oil Co. tried to punish an employee who in late April blew the whistle in connection with a leak of personal customer data, sources said Tuesday.
EDITORIALS
May 4, 2004

Google-eyed on Wall Street

The announcement that Google, the company that created the No. 1 Internet search engine, is about to go public has investors the world over in a lather. While the fever recalls the heady days of the Internet bubble, the clamor surrounding the offering speaks to a deeper hunger: a desire for markets to...
Events
Apr 25, 2004

KANSAI: Who & What

30 travelers a day can win Seto bridge pass: Every tourist who crosses the Seto Ohashi Bridge will have a chance to win, via a drawing, a prepaid expressway card between April 29 and May 5.
BUSINESS
Apr 13, 2004

Softbank to get data-leak reprimand

The telecommunications ministry will issue a warning this week to the Softbank Corp. group over a massive leak of client data from Internet service provider Softbank BB Corp., ministry officials said Monday.
Events
Apr 11, 2004

KANSAI: Who & What

Major exhibit features Miffy the bunny: A big event featuring Miffy the bunny is being held until April 18 at ATC Museum in Suminoe Ward, Osaka.
BUSINESS
Apr 3, 2004

Microsoft raid highlights growing fears

The surprise raid by Japanese antimonopoly authorities on Microsoft Corp.'s Tokyo offices was impeccably timed -- barely a month before the European Union slapped a $613 million fine on the company.
Events
Mar 21, 2004

KANSAI: Who & What

Almond blossoms on view in Kobe: Toyo Nut Co., a food company based in Higashi-Nada Ward, Kobe, is opening its garden to the public through March 25 to show almond trees in bloom.
Japan Times
Features
Mar 14, 2004

Roots

Have you ever considered making your family tree?
BUSINESS
Feb 28, 2004

Softbank offers 500 yen to Yahoo! BB users, confirms data leak on millions

Softbank Corp. said Friday it has confirmed that information on some 4.52 million users of its Yahoo! BB high-speed Internet service had been stolen from its data base.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Feb 17, 2004

Posting food to the U.S. and big clothes

U.S. posting rules Dear Lifelines; Is there some new prohibition against sending Japanese foods to the U.S.?
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Feb 12, 2004

To run, or not to run, the race issue

Last year, when Californians had to choose between Hollywood star Arnold Schwarzenegger and incumbent Democrat Gray Davis to be their governor, they also had to vote on another divisive issue: Proposition 54. This law, the so-called Racial Privacy Initiative, sought to ban the state collection of information...

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