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BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Nov 25, 2006

Tough defense key to success of Albirex

The Niigata Albirex reached the inaugural bj-league title game last season and lost the historic contest to the Osaka Evessa.
BUSINESS
Nov 25, 2006

Sanyo to lose 50 billion yen, cut 2,200 jobs by April

Struggling appliance maker Sanyo Electric Co. said Friday it expects to post a net loss of 50 billion yen for the 2006 business year instead of a 20 billion yen profit, and it will cut 2,200 more jobs by the end of March.
JAPAN
Nov 24, 2006

Everyone neglecting problem: experts

Unlike some Western countries that have long been taking action to curb bullying in schools, education experts say Japan has not been able to deal with the problem because people are failing to make a concerted effort.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 24, 2006

EU's turn to pull weight in Afghanistan

LOS ANGELES -- Time is running out for success in Afghanistan. The Nov. 28-29 NATO summit in Riga, Latvia, may be the last chance to pull that country back from the brink. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization assumed responsibility for providing security for all of Afghanistan in October. While about...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Nov 24, 2006

Watch this MySpace

W ith sites already running in Europe and Australia, U.S. social networking site MySpace finally landed in Japan last week, squaring up against the all-conquering homegrown service Mixi.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 21, 2006

Pa League releases 2007 schedule

The Pacific League said Monday its 2007 regular season will begin one week earlier than the Central League, with the first- to third-placed teams of the 2005 season hosting the Opening Day games on March 24.
BUSINESS
Nov 21, 2006

Nissan launches new Skyline in bid to boost flagging sales

Nissan Motor Co. on Monday launched its first fully redesigned Skyline sports sedan in five years in a bid to halt declining domestic sales.
BUSINESS
Nov 17, 2006

Hitachi touts three-year plan to revamp TV, power, disk-drive businesses

Hitachi Ltd. announced a plan Thursday designed to turn around its three core businesses -- power plants, flat-panel TVs and hard-disk drives -- by the end of March 2010.
BUSINESS
Nov 17, 2006

Fukui still tight-lipped on rate hike

Bank of Japan Gov. Toshihiko Fukui fueled speculation Thursday that the central bank will raise the interest rate before the end of the year.
BUSINESS
Nov 15, 2006

Aozora lists on Tokyo Stock Exchange

The formerly government-controlled Aozora Bank went public Tuesday -- eight years after its predecessor, Nippon Credit Bank, was delisted from the Tokyo Stock Exchange -- fetching an initial quote of 495 yen, or 13 percent less than its public offering price of 570 yen.
JAPAN
Nov 15, 2006

Banned goods to North listed

goods that are likely to be used by (government and party) executives, and those they are likely to give to their subordinates," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki told a news conference. "North Korea's leaders need to be sent a strong message from the international community" and abide by the...
BUSINESS
Nov 14, 2006

Hitachi, GE in strategic nuclear tieup

Hitachi Ltd. said Monday it has reached an agreement with General Electric Co. to strengthen ties in nuclear power plant business by setting up joint ventures in Japan and the United States.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Nov 12, 2006

Slugger Lee's four-year contract with Giants a big surprise

The news about Korean slugger Lee Seung Yeop signing a four-year contract with the Yomiuri Giants, announced Nov. 5, seemingly came out of the blue and is rather surprising, considering the first baseman's longtime aspirations to play in the major leagues.
CULTURE / Books
Nov 12, 2006

No ordinary guide to China

SHENZHEN: A Travelogue From China, by Guy Delisle, translated by Helge Dascher. Montreal: Drawn & Quarterly, 2006, 152 pp., $19.95 (cloth). Surely those dinosaurs who believed that comics were suitable only for stories of men in tights have all died off. With the popularity of comics growing by leaps...
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Nov 12, 2006

Political piper moves to call some of NHK's editorial tunes

NHK, Japan's national broadcaster, is under siege -- and with it this country's commitment to freedom of speech.
JAPAN
Nov 11, 2006

Chongryun warns against inspecting North's ships

said Thursday. So Chung On, director of Chongryun's international affairs bureau, which functions like an embassy because Japan and North Korea have no diplomatic ties, said Pyongyang had no problem with inspections of its ships within a country's territorial waters.

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