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BUSINESS
Apr 14, 2005

Stocks rise as NBS suitors look to deal

Livedoor Co. stock surged 13 percent Wednesday on news that it is negotiating a capital and business tieup with Fuji Television Network Inc.
BUSINESS
Apr 14, 2005

Lawson, FamilyMart post robust growth in earnings

Lawson Inc. said Wednesday its net profit for the year that ended in February rose 10 percent to a record 20.44 billion yen, buoyed by strong sales and aggressive store-openings.
MORE SPORTS
Apr 13, 2005

Morita, 15, becomes Japan's youngest-ever pro tennis player

National junior champion Ayumi Morita became the youngest Japanese professional tennis player of all time at 15 years and one month when tennis officials gave the green light to her application Tuesday.
JAPAN
Apr 13, 2005

Woman's long-lost brother confirmed in Russia

A DNA test has confirmed that a Japanese man who had stayed on on Sakhalin after the Soviet Union took control of the island at the end of World War II is the elder brother of a Hokkaido woman, the health ministry said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Apr 13, 2005

Japan set to pitch for bigger UNSC

Japan is willing to try to persuade countries opposed to expansion of the U.N. Security Council to support the idea, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Apr 13, 2005

Japan wants permission to kill more whale species

Japan will seek permission to conduct a "broader and more comprehensive" research whaling program in the Antarctic when the International Whaling Commission holds its annual meeting in June, a Fisheries Agency official said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 12, 2005

Koizumi blames China for letting mobs run wild

China should be blamed for failing to protect the Japanese nationals from attack, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Monday.
BUSINESS
Apr 12, 2005

East China Sea test-drilling not to be swayed by unrest

Japan will decide whether to give Japanese firms rights to conduct experimental drilling in disputed waters in the East China Sea regardless of a series of anti-Japanese protests in China, Vice Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Hideji Sugiyama indicated Monday.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 11, 2005

Invest to bolster peace in southern Sudan

KHARTOUM -- Cereal trader Said Abubaker has a simple explanation for the fast-rising price of the local staple sorghum in the town market at Warawar in southern Sudan: "Peace has been a stranger in our land for so long that now that it has come, nature does not know how to welcome it."
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2005

Japan paid $3 million in '99 Kyrgyz hostage crisis

The Japanese government paid the Kyrgyz government a $3 million ransom for the release of four Japanese hostages in southern Kyrgyzstan in 1999, but it appears the money never reached the hostage takers, Japanese government sources said Saturday.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Apr 10, 2005

Early showing by Carp raises hope for repeat of 1975 glory

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the first Central League championship won by the Hiroshima Toyo Carp. It was in 1975 when the "Aka-Heru" (Red Helmets) played in their first Japan Series.
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2005

Thousands in Beijing march against Japan

BEIJING -- Thousands of Chinese protesters held a rally here Saturday, chanting "Down with Japan" and pelting the Japanese embassy and businesses with rocks and bottles.
Rugby
Apr 9, 2005

Government backs bid for Rugby World Cup

The Japan Rugby Football Union's hopes for hosting the Rugby World Cup in 2011 were boosted on Friday with news that the Japanese government was officially backing the bid.
JAPAN
Apr 9, 2005

Koizumi to go to Afro-Asia meeting

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi will visit Indonesia from April 21-24 to attend the Afro-Asia Conference in Jakarta and a ceremony to mark the 50th anniversary of the Bandung Conference, the top government spokesman said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 9, 2005

Prolific director Nomura of 'Castle of Sand' fame dead at 85

Movie director Yoshitaro Nomura, whose 1974 suspense thriller "Castle of Sand" ("Suna no Utsuwa") has been ranked by critics as one of the country's best films ever, died Friday at 85.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Apr 9, 2005

'Too friendly'? Hopelessly Midwestern

I am crossing America by Amtrak train and am now leaving the Wild West headed east through the Midwest. Much of the Midwest is prairie, farms and cows. Collectively these states are called the Plains States, probably because they are indeed very plain. Not a thing is growing at this time of year, but...
BUSINESS
Apr 9, 2005

BOJ policy like morphine: appointee

A newly appointed member of the Bank of Japan Policy Board said Friday the central bank should eventually stop its ultraeasy monetary policy, calling it "morphine" for the economy.
BUSINESS
Apr 9, 2005

Tokyo's terms for joining China gas project rejected

Japan could accept China's offer to jointly conduct oil and gas exploration in the East China Sea, but only if Beijing provides details of its ongoing gas projects in the disputed waters and halts its operations there, the industry minister said Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 9, 2005

Japan Post unit chiefs to be from private sector

The government will select private-sector personnel for the presidential posts at five spinoff units of Japan Post to be created in April 2007, sources said Friday.
BUSINESS
Apr 9, 2005

Yoshinoya forecasts profit for current year

Yoshinoya D&C Co. on Friday forecast a profit for the current fiscal year, despite the loss of its signature dish of "gyudon" beef on rice.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 9, 2005

Palestinian struggle: reality vs. rhetoric

DOHA, Qatar -- No other national struggle in the world has assimilated itself, or has been inadvertently assimilated, to symbolize so many things to different people as has the Palestinian struggle. And yet, despite the intricate layers of sense and understanding that have sought to encapsulate the Palestinian...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 8, 2005

More Minamata victims to receive financial aid

The central and Kumamoto Prefectural governments announced Thursday they would offer financial assistance to about 3,000 Minamata disease sufferers who have not yet received any help to pay for their medical treatment, the Environment Ministry said.
BUSINESS
Apr 8, 2005

Honda hopes compact wagon debut snaps slide

Honda Motor Co. said Thursday it will start selling its first compact station wagon this week.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 8, 2005

Prime minister's new quarters a step up

Built more than 70 years ago, it had only three rooms for private use that get little sunshine and was inhabited by mites and cockroaches. A previous occupant had been assassinated there.
BUSINESS
Apr 7, 2005

BOJ maintains monetary policy; member objects

The Bank of Japan said Wednesday its policy-setting panel decided to leave its ultraloose monetary policy unchanged.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OLD NIC'S NOTEBOOK
Apr 7, 2005

Birds of fine feather -- and taste

The Green or Common pheasant was adopted as the national bird of Japan in 1947, and a pair of these kiji used to decorate the 10,000 yen note. Recently however, the noble pheasant, symbol of masculine might and courage -- and, through its sudden agitated flying and crying, supposedly a prophet of earthquakes...
Japan's cutting-edge railgun successfully strikes target vessel
The Defense Ministry’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) conducted a ship-board railgun shooting test from June to early July this year with the support of the Maritime Self-Defense Force.
Is America ready for Japanese-style 7-Elevens?
Convenience stores are a fixture of Japanese life and 7-Eleven, a chain that began in the U.S. in 1927, opened its first store in Japan in 1974 — and then became wholly Japanese-owned in 2005 through parent company Seven & I Holdings.
‘Fairytale’ Shirakawago ranked one of the world’s most beautiful villages
Forbes and Unforgettable Travel Company have ranked Shirakawago in Gifu Prefecture as Asia's most beautiful village.
People rush to make furusato nozei donations ahead of tighter rules
A booth from the town of Betsukai in Hokkaido at an Amazon Japan furusato nо̄zei promotion event, on Sept. 5 in Tokyo's Minato Ward.
Aging Japan’s centenarian population nears 100,000
Shigeko Kagawa, Japan's oldest person at 114, in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, on July 30
‘Fairytale’ Shirakawago ranked one of the world’s most beautiful villages
Forbes and Unforgettable Travel Company have ranked Shirakawago in Gifu Prefecture as Asia's most beautiful village.
Aging Japan’s centenarian population nears 100,000
Shigeko Kagawa, Japan's oldest person at 114, in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, on July 30
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
As of August 2024, the number of confirmed chagusaba farmers had fallen to 302, just over half the 582 reported in 2015, according to the Shizuoka Chagusaba Farming Method Promotion Council.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight
By Mai Yoshikawa

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