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BUSINESS
Sep 5, 2006

Capital spending up 16.6% in April-June quarter

Companies' capital spending rose 16.6 percent in the April-June quarter on an all-industry basis from a year earlier, marking the sharpest expansion since comparative data became available in July-September 2002, according to a Finance Ministry survey released Monday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Sep 5, 2006

Does Japan need an emperor or empress?

Taichi Kadowaki Office worker, 32 I don't think we need an emperor or empress. We Japanese adore the royal family because they are this great symbol,but they don't really do anything. They just spend our tax money, but on nothing useful or important.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 5, 2006

Future of Japan securities reform at stake

As the trial of Japan's most famous dot-com entrepreneur opened Monday, a much wider issue was also before the court: the nation's tenuous shift toward a more freewheeling market economy.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 4, 2006

An uphill battle for Manmohan Singh

HONG KONG -- When Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, following in the footsteps of Jawaharlal Nehru, spoke from the great gateway of Shah Jehan's Red Fort to celebrate Independence Day, he looked like a tiny, almost insignificant figure, framed by gigantic red sandstone walls, as he looked down on...
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Sep 3, 2006

NHK's "The 88 Temples of Shikoku: Pilgrimage for Beginners" and more

As the title indicates, Nihon TV's variety show "The Sekai Gyoten News" (Wednesday, 9 p.m.) looks at astonishing news stories from all over the world. This week's installment looks at a woman who lost an amazing 182 kg.
BASKETBALL
Sep 2, 2006

Challenge sets tone for Greece

SAITAMA -- There was a seminal moment in Greece's victory over the United States in their semifinal game at the FIBA World Championship that would have defied belief in years past.
BASKETBALL
Sep 2, 2006

Hot-shooting Greeks upset USA

SAITAMA -- There's jubilation in Athens. There's disappointment in America.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Sep 2, 2006

Keane-McCarthy antipathy makes for intriguing matchup

LONDON -- Circle the date in your diary -- Nov. 25, Wolves vs. Sunderland.
BUSINESS
Sep 2, 2006

Postal privatization details eyed by April

The postal privatization headquarters will ask Japan Post Corp. to provide details by the end of April on how it intends carry out its privatization, officials said Friday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / WALKING THE WARDS
Sep 1, 2006

Slow train coming downtown

Arakawa Ward snuggles like a puzzle piece in the bends of the Sumida River. The third smallest of Tokyo's 23 wards, it has an intimate, unpretentious atmosphere that matches the attitude of many of its residents. Asked what makes Arakawa special, locals and even city officials tilt their heads in thought,...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Sep 1, 2006

Blondie

Among that small elite of American bands who enjoyed strings of Top 40 hits during their respective heydays, Blondie stands out. The New York-based group may not have shifted as many units as The Beach Boys, Creedence Clearwater Revival or even Hall and Oates, but they managed to stay on top without...
JAPAN
Aug 31, 2006

Welfare recipients will need more than Abe's helping hand

Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe's pledge to create a society in which struggling people can receive second chances, while being assured of a public safety net, isn't getting through to those living on assistance.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Aug 29, 2006

What's your opinion of gender roles in Japan?

Nikki Halligan Linguist, 26 In my last job, men were promoted over women. The discrimination came from the women, who would fawn over the male staff and mistreat female staff. In my current job, I was promoted because of a lack of females in the industry.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Aug 29, 2006

Tofu, magic for both body and taste buds

When the summer heat sets in, my Japanese mother religiously serves hiyayakko (chilled tofu) sprinkled with katsuobushi (bonito flakes) and soy sauce. Just looking at this simple dish, I feel myself starting to cool down, knowing that tofu actually helps lower your body temperature.
JAPAN
Aug 28, 2006

Religion 'not limiting' women in Iran

KYOTO -- Born into an educated, politically active family in Iran, Fatemeh Hashemi defies the image of Muslim women often held in Japan.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Aug 27, 2006

Letters on high school arms, the WBC and Kaz in Colorado

Wayne: I am a big fan of Japanese high school baseball and was at Koshien for the wonderful tournament recently, but I am very disappointed high school coaches/administrators (and parents) allow their pitchers'/sons' arms to be abused for potential short-term gain.
CULTURE / Books
Aug 27, 2006

Cultural insight past the twaddle

FULL METAL APACHE: Transactions Between Cyberpunk Japan and Avant-Pop America, by Takayuki Tatsumi, foreword by Larry McCaffery. Durham and London: Duke University Press, 272 pp., 2006, $22.95 (paper). Literary theorist and critic Takayuki Tatsumi's new book, "Full Metal Apache," is both good and bad....
CULTURE / Books
Aug 27, 2006

Picturing North Korean propaganda

Japan's comic craze was first documented for the West with the publication of Frederick Schodt's "Manga Manga, The World of Japanese Comics" (1983). Since then, the production and consumption of manga and anime -- its moving picture equivalent -- have spread to China and the Republic of Korea. More recently,...
COMMENTARY
Aug 26, 2006

Politicians in fantasyland

LONDON -- Our leaders would do well to reread "Alice Through the Looking Glass" by Lewis Carroll. If they can suppress their vanity for a moment, they should recognize that they have much in common with the White Queen. When Alice declares that "one can't believe impossible things," the queen retorts...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Aug 26, 2006

Doreen Simmons

Quite simply, Doreen Simmons is unique.
JAPAN
Aug 25, 2006

Essay about tossing kittens off cliff sparks outcry

want to raise a living creature as a pet, the owners must opt for a way that makes better sense for themselves," she writes. "I chose enrichment of 'life' for the cats that I have raised and opted to kill their kittens out of a sense of my social responsibility. Of course, I must bear the pain and grief...
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Aug 25, 2006

Euripides transported

As one of the three great tragedians of ancient Greece, along with Sophocles and Aischylos, Euripides is well-known to modern theatergoers through masterworks such as "Electra." From Aug. 26-Sept. 10, Theatre Project Tokyo will present one of Euripides' later -- and lesser-known -- works, "Bakxai," at...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / BEST BAR NONE
Aug 25, 2006

Gattaca, a utopia of good selections

Baar Gattaca is reasonably easy to find -- thanks to the blaring red banners of the bar next door. But, just to avoid confusion, the entrance is immediately to the right of this garish splash of red -- straight down the stairs to the basement. There, you will see the bar's name on the door and the tag...
Tsunami threat passes following magnitude 6.9 quake off Iwate
A tsunami advisory was issued for Iwate Prefecture on Sunday evening following a strong earthquake. The advisory was later called off, after waves measuring 20 centimeters were recorded in some areas.
Japan to subsidize demolition of abandoned inns
Abandoned Japanese-style inns in the Kinugawa hot springs resort in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, in March 2023
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
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.
Mother of Thai girl forced into sex work in Tokyo detained in Taiwan
The Metropolitan Police Department headquarters in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward
Jenson Button brings end to an illustrious racing career intertwined with Japan
Jenson Button races for Honda during the Singapore Grand Prix in September 2008.
Cleanliness gets competitive at Tokyo’s Spogomi world cup
On Oct. 29, teams from 33 qualifying countries scoured the streets of Shibuya for all manners of trash as part of the Spogomi litter-picking competition.
Jon Homewood: ‘There’s beauty in what we throw away’
After a peripatetic childhood around the world, teacher and artist Jon Homewood ended up coming to Japan in 2012 for a professional opportunity.
Yokozuna duo Onosato and Hoshoryu poised for another clash of titans
Yokozuna duo Onosato (right) and Hoshoryu clash for the title on the final day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Sept. 28 at Ryogoku Kokugikan.
High-speed rail is expensive and difficult, but seen as a key to growth
Achal Khare, former managing director at India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation, gives a presentation during the IHRA Forum 2025 in Tokyo on Oct. 23.

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Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
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