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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 1, 2005

BOJ paving way to alter monetary policy

The Bank of Japan on Monday upgraded its core consumer price index forecast for fiscal 2005 and 2006, paving the way for the central bank to end its ultraloose monetary policy aimed for more than four years at reinvigorating the economy.
JAPAN
Oct 31, 2005

Force realignment plan criticized

Top Japanese and U.S. officials boasted that Saturday's interim report on U.S. military realignment in Japan will realize the two principles they set out to achieve -- maintaining a deterrent force in the Asia-Pacific region and reducing the burden of host communities.
EDITORIALS
Oct 30, 2005

A tale of two bears

Human beings are a cruelly fickle lot, especially when it comes to animals. Take two stories circulating on the Web last week, both out of Washington, D.C. and both concerning bears.
MULTIMEDIA
Oct 30, 2005

Speaking volumes

Kaori Shoji
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Oct 29, 2005

Contrast in Liverpool's performance an ongoing mystery

LONDON -- There are many unanswered questions in the world.
JAPAN
Oct 29, 2005

Kadena F-15 drills to be transferred to five ASDF bases

Japan and the United States have agreed to move some of the F-15 fighter jets' flight exercises held at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa to five Air Self-Defense Force bases outside the prefecture, sources said Friday.
JAPAN
Oct 29, 2005

Koizumi's Cabinet picks shrouded in mystery

to appoint personnel to the three executive posts to the party and the Cabinet on Oct. 31," Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda told a news conference later the same day. The special Diet session opened after the Sept. 11 Lower House election and ends Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Oct 29, 2005

Panasonic maker sees solid first half

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said Friday it posted a group net profit of 64.41 billion yen for the first half of fiscal 2005, a year-on-year increase of 15 percent.
BUSINESS
Oct 29, 2005

Nissan reports record profit on strong sales, lower costs

Nissan Motor Co. reported Friday that it posted a record group operating profit of 411.5 billion yen for the first half of 2005, up 2 percent from the same period the previous year.
BUSINESS
Oct 29, 2005

Foreigners free to invest in broadcasters -- up to a point

Telecommunications minister Taro Aso on Friday welcomed moves by foreign funds to hold equity stakes in Japanese broadcasters -- as long as these stakes are under the legal limit of 20 percent.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 28, 2005

Nossiter says 'bon sante!'

If nothing else, Jonathan Nossiter's "Mondovino" created a stir and no doubt triggered many discussions amid the opening (and sniffing!) of corks all over the world.
BUSINESS
Oct 28, 2005

Sony's quarterly net profit slumps amid flat sales, struggling TV unit

Sony Corp. said Thursday that its operating profit rose 52 percent to 65.9 billion yen in the three months through September, boosted by a large windfall generated by a change in its pension scheme.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 27, 2005

The man in black

For a man whose entire cinematic career has been devoted to portraying maladjusted types who don't fit in, Tim Burton is certainly comfortable holding a microphone in front of a crowd. Then again, that is the deal with artists: turn your oddities and idiosyncrasies into art and watch your childhood rejection...
JAPAN
Oct 26, 2005

New carbon tax plan limits levy

The Environment Ministry on Tuesday released a revised version of its carbon tax plan, aimed at discouraging fossil fuel use so Japan can fulfill its Kyoto Protocol obligation to cut global greenhouse gas emissions.
JAPAN
Oct 26, 2005

Court splits on Hansen's compensation

Judges were split Tuesday on two lawsuits filed by former Hansen's disease patients from South Korea and Taiwan -- the South Korean patients were denied compensation while the Taiwanese were awarded it.
BUSINESS
Oct 26, 2005

JAL decides to join oneworld airline alliance

Reversing its longtime stance of sticking to bilateral agreements, Japan Airlines Corp. said Tuesday it has decided to join oneworld -- the global airline coalition featuring British Airways, American Airlines and other six carriers.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Oct 26, 2005

Eagles not showing progressive thinking in hiring Nomura as new manager

What a difference a year makes.
JAPAN
Oct 25, 2005

Koizumi's next target: the bureaucracy

With the Diet's enactment of the postal privatization bills earlier this month, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi now has a new punching bag he can use to maintain his political momentum: the bloated bureaucracy.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Oct 25, 2005

Yamaha's electric cycles, Toshiba's 'Wearable Star' series, Naoto Fukasawa's Aroma Pot, AU's Penck, the Boing collection

When it comes to the promotion of design in Japan, there's hardly any honor more significant than the annual Good Design Award. Developed by the Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization (JIDPO), each year the Good Design Award heralds the best of the best. In its 49th year, and with over 30,000...
COMMENTARY
Oct 24, 2005

How clear is Japan's future?

The editors of three leading British journals (The Times, The Financial Times and The Economist) have recently visited Japan and reported positively on Japan's economic prospects. They noted that Japan had largely recovered from "the lost decade." The Economist was bullish, heading its recent supplement...
Japan Times
Features
Oct 23, 2005

Sickness unto death, without despair

One summer morning in 2001, a good friend of mine, Bronson Conrad, rang me at my Manhattan home. After we'd chatted for a while, he broke the news that he had incurable, terminal cancer in his hip bone.
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2005

Chemical weapons tally in China may be cut

Japan is considering lowering its estimate of the number of chemical weapons the Imperial Japanese Army abandoned in China at the end of the war, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda said Thursday.
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2005

Japan Post, ANA to create joint air cargo company

Japan Post and All Nippon Airways Co. announced Thursday they will jointly set up an air cargo company in April in a move that will mark the mail monolith's first attempt to break into the international air courier market.
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
BUSINESS
Oct 21, 2005

All regions except Hokkaido recovering: BOJ managers

All regions except for Hokkaido are showing clear signs that the economy is back on a recovery path, Bank of Japan branch managers said during their quarterly meeting at the central bank Thursday.
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.
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