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BUSINESS
Jul 21, 2006

McDonald's plans tandoori on pita

McDonald's Co. (Japan) said Thursday it will introduce two health-conscious pita bread sandwiches at its outlets nationwide in a three-week campaign beginning Aug. 4.
BUSINESS
Jul 20, 2006

Komeito exec ties tax hike to welfare

Chikara Sakaguchi, deputy head of New Komeito, indicated Wednesday that the consumption tax might be raised, provided the revenue is dedicated to maintaining quality of social security services.
BUSINESS
Jul 20, 2006

Matsushita readies largest plasma TV

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said Wednesday it will begin taking orders on Sept. 1 for its newly developed 103-inch plasma TV, which is the world's largest flat-panel TV, for delivery on the Japanese market beginning at the end of that month.
JAPAN
Jul 20, 2006

December to see TOEIC speaking, writing tests

Responding to growing demand for tools to assess English speaking and writing abilities, U.S.-based Education Testing Service said it will launch speaking and writing sections of the Test of English for International Communication here in December.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / WILD WATCH
Jul 19, 2006

Home comforts in a natural idyll

It's 07:30 and I'm just back from hiking to the 1,860-meter summit of Mount Yashigamine, having set out at 4 a.m. and been soaked to the skin in the rain along the way, and I am slipping into a welcoming hot bath -- squeezing in a soak, as well as a mountain, before breakfast.
JAPAN
Jul 18, 2006

Carbon monoxide kills chef in Ginza

A chef was found dead of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning in his father's eatery in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district Monday and his parents, who discovered him, were hospitalized, rescue authorities said.
BUSINESS
Jul 17, 2006

Can JAL beat the low-cost carriers?

Industry watchers have been skeptical of Japan Airlines lately. On June 30, JAL announced it would issue stocks to raise much-needed cash, a move that has many wondering about the long-term prospects of the embattled carrier. A revealing point about the issuance is JAL neglected to inform shareholders...
CULTURE / Books
Jul 16, 2006

Vietvets come in from the cold war

THE LAST ASSASSIN by Barry Eisler. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2006, 334 pp., $24.95 (cloth). WHITE TIGER by Michael Allen Dymmoch. St. Martin's Minotaur, 2005, 308 pp., $24.95 (cloth). THE TUNNEL RATS by Stephen Leather. Hodder and Stoughton, 2005, 501 pp., £6.99 (paper). John Rain, Barry Eisler's American-Japanese...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 15, 2006

Britain to get new Japanese studies center in September

Efforts by Japan experts in Britain to boost Japanese studies in the country will bear fruit this September with the opening of the National Institute of Japanese Studies in the new White Rose East Asia Center.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Jul 15, 2006

Grandmother inspires German cake cookbook

There are a lot of changes in Tania Kadokura's life right now. But that's OK, she says. "I'm used to change."
BUSINESS
Jul 14, 2006

Firms to get help in wireless market

The Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry plans to draw up a new set of rules this fall to allow companies that do not own their own wireless infrastructure to more easily enter the mobile communications business, ministry officials said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Jul 14, 2006

Free-trade agreement with Malaysia takes effect

A free-trade agreement between Japan and Malaysia took effect Thursday, with the two countries ready to scrap tariffs on essentially all industrial goods and most agricultural, forestry and fishery products within 10 years.
JAPAN
Jul 13, 2006

Mizutani Kensetsu ex-chief arrested

Prosecutors arrested the former chairman of Mizutani Kensetsu Co. on Wednesday on suspicion of playing a key role in the engineering firm's alleged evasion of 230 million yen in taxes.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 13, 2006

Moving toward a creative partnership

Valuing the wisdom and capabilities of women is critical to the development of any organization or society. Organizations where women are full, contributing participants are open and energized by a wide range of opinion and approaches.
BUSINESS
Jul 13, 2006

Japan Post mulls '11 listing of bank, insurer

Japan Post Corp. is considering listing in fiscal 2011 two of the four units that will be created during the organization's privatization, starting next year, sources said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jul 12, 2006

Horie key in takeovers: ex-CFO

Former Livedoor Co. Chief Financial Officer Ryoji Miyauchi told the Tokyo District Court on Tuesday that Livedoor founder Takafumi Horie played a key role when the Internet company decided whether to take over other firms.
BUSINESS
Jul 12, 2006

Isuzu to start making Elf, other small trucks in Russia

Isuzu Motors Ltd. said Tuesday it will start producing small trucks in Russia, the latest move by a global manufacturer to strengthen its business in the growing market.
SPORTS / MULLY'S MISSIVES
Jul 9, 2006

The best of the best according to Mully

BERLIN -- There hasn't been one particular player who has grabbed the tournament by the scruff of the neck, but there have plenty of standout performances. Here is Mully's Team of the Tournament.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jul 9, 2006

Eriksson lost the plot with World Cup squad

LONDON -- England losing in the quarterfinals of the World Cup. It's just like watching Brazil.
JAPAN
Jul 9, 2006

Transport bureaucrats got 4.4 million yen in fund abuse

A number of transport ministry bureaucrats misappropriated a total of 4.43 million yen through abuse of business trip expense accounts in fiscal 2004, a recent ministry probe has shown.
JAPAN
Jul 9, 2006

Public finally gets to see long-lost Okamoto mural

A long-lost mural by the late painter Taro Okamoto was shown to the public for the first time ever Saturday in Tokyo, following a yearlong restoration.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jul 9, 2006

There's a price to pay for flaunting wealth in Japan

For its annual World Wealth Report, finance firm Merrill Lynch circles the globe and counts the number of millionaires. Though a million dollars -- 114 million yen, as defined by the survey -- ain't what it used to be, it's still a distant dream for the vast majority.
JAPAN
Jul 9, 2006

Machinery exec held over taxes

Tokyo prosecutors on Saturday arrested an executive of Mizutani Kensetsu Co. and an executive of a firm with which the major heavy machinery and engineering firm does business, prosecution officials said.
JAPAN
Jul 8, 2006

EHomes head admits lying to gain building inspector license

Togo Fujita, president of eHomes Inc. and a key figure in the building safety fraud centered on architect Hidetsugu Aneha, pleaded guilty Friday to falsifying financial documents in 2001 in order gain state certification to conduct structural engineering safety checks, many of which it apparently failed....
BUSINESS
Jul 7, 2006

S&P puts consumer lenders on watch

Standard & Poor's said Thursday it has put issuer and issue ratings for five major consumer credit companies on a watch list because a Liberal Democratic Party panel supports capping their maximum lending rates at 20 percent per annum.
Tokyo’s WWII museums hold diverse views on war and peace
A carrier-based Type 52 Zero fighter marks the entrance foyer of Yasukuni Shrine's Yushukan, a museum that tells a more nuanced story of Japan's experience in World War II than the controversies around the shrine might suggest.
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.
Summer bonuses at major Japan firms hit record
The fourth consecutive year of increase came after many firms raised their monthly wages this spring and as a result of solid earnings mainly among manufacturers.
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.
Weather agency warns of landslides and flooding in Kyushu as heavy rain continues
An embankment on the Amikake River that collapsed due to heavy rain in Aira, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Friday. Downpours continued in the Kyushu region over the weekend.
At Himawari Shokudo 2, Italian food with a Japanese soul
At Himawari Shokudo 2, chef Hozumi Tanaka serves Italian-inspired fare with a focus on Toyama produce, such as this appetizer of lightly blanched "hotaru ika" (firefly squid) served atop mixed wild plants and a crepe prepared from "yamato-imo" yam.
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.

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