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CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Aug 7, 2005

Fuji TV presents docudrama "The August 12 JAL Crash: To My Child in Heaven" and more

I n the NHK drama "Nanako to Nanao-Ane to Ototo ni Nareru Hi (Nanako and Nanao: the Day They Became Sister and Brother)" on NHK-G, Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Yu Aoi plays high-school student Nanako, who is something of a social outcast, mainly because of her attitude. Nanako's philandering father died seven...
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Aug 7, 2005

No turning back the clock when the walls come tumbling down

Because earthquakes are unpredictable, people who live with them are fatalistic: There's nothing you can do except hope you're in a place that doesn't fall down on top of you. This attitude only covers naked survival, which to most people means everything, but experts predict that in a worst case scenario...
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2005

Outlying-isle joint defense drill slated

Japanese and U.S. troops will conduct defenses of Japan's outlying islands for the first time in their biannual joint command post exercise, Kyodo News learned Thursday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Aug 6, 2005

ESL job: Cows encouraged to apply

An ex-colleague recently contacted me about teaching an after-school English class for high school students going abroad. I doubted I would have the time to teach it, but agreed to talk to the school.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 6, 2005

Deciphering China's military intentions

HONOLULU -- Surely the most pressing security question confronting the United States in Asia and the nations of Asia themselves is: "Will China become a serious military threat in the western Pacific?"
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 5, 2005

Famed Imperial Hotel chef Murakami dies of heart failure

Nobuo Murakami, former chief chef at the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, died of heart failure Tuesday morning at his home in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, his family said Thursday. He was 84.
JAPAN
Aug 5, 2005

Postal privatization vote set for Monday

The long-awaited showdown vote on the postal privatization bills that could determine the fate of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's administration has been delayed until at least Monday, officials said.
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2005

Toyota sets sales record but profit drops

Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday that a 10.5 percent boost in sales helped it set a quarterly sales record of 4.98 trillion yen in the first quarter, thanks to thriving demand in all markets.
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2005

Haneda blackout hit amid repairs

The power-unit monitoring system was not working properly when the control tower at Tokyo's Haneda airport suffered an electrical failure Tuesday because circuit breakers on the switchboard were being replaced, the transport ministry said.
BUSINESS
Aug 3, 2005

Yumeshin seeks greater financial disclosure from Japan Engineering

Yumeshin Holdings Co. said Tuesday it will ask Japan Engineering Consultants Co., its target in a hostile takeover bid, to disclose more of its financial statements.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 3, 2005

Control-tower power blackout amid inspection shuts Haneda

Tokyo's Haneda airport, the nation's busiest domestic air hub, was forced to shut down for an hour after the control tower lost power during an inspection of its electrical switchboard.
BUSINESS
Aug 3, 2005

Over half of top firms fret Japan-China ties: survey

More than half of major companies surveyed recently are afraid strained relations between Japan and China could adversely affect their business with China.
BUSINESS
Aug 3, 2005

Noguchi relishes his space-shuttle instant noodles

Astronaut Soichi Noguchi on Tuesday described his encounter with instant noodles aboard the space shuttle Discovery with zeal.
JAPAN
Aug 3, 2005

Asbestos probe chief exits over industry ties

Environment Minister Yuriko Koike said Tuesday the head of the ministry panel studying the asbestos problem has resigned due to his close ties to the asbestos industry.
JAPAN
Aug 2, 2005

University of Tokyo starts rare push for recruits

Japan's declining birthrate has finally put the nation's most prestigious university on alert.
JAPAN
Aug 2, 2005

LDP cuts off Asahi Shimbun

The Liberal Democratic Party decided Monday not to give interviews to the Asahi Shimbun, except news conferences by its senior officials.
BUSINESS
Jul 30, 2005

Production edged up 1.5% in June

Industrial production rose a seasonally adjusted 1.5 percent in June from the previous month, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Friday.
BUSINESS
Jul 30, 2005

Jobless rate dropped to 4.2% in June

Japan's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 4.2 percent in June, marking a 0.2 percentage point contraction from May and the lowest figure in nearly seven years, the government said Friday.
BUSINESS
Jul 29, 2005

Michigan seeks investment, to evolve

Seeking to lure investment from a country that once threatened her state's main industry with ruin, Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm said Thursday her five-day trade mission to Japan underscores the new reality of the global economy -- evolve, or die.
BUSINESS
Jul 29, 2005

TVs skew electronics earnings

Sony Corp. and Matsushita Electronic Industrial Co. presented starkly different earnings reports Thursday as sales of flat-screen televisions altered the fortunes of the rival consumer electronics makers.
JAPAN
Jul 29, 2005

NHK axes one, chides 13 over funds

NHK said Thursday it has dismissed a camera operator for embezzlement and suspended another employee from work for seven days for false accounting, while imposing minor punishments on 12 others for insufficiently supervising the two.
BUSINESS
Jul 28, 2005

New Microsoft Japan chief warm to partnerships, downplays FTC probe

The new president of Microsoft Japan said Wednesday the U.S. software giant will continue to invest heavily in the Japanese market and played down the contentious nature of the ongoing hearings with the Fair Trade Commission.
JAPAN
Jul 28, 2005

New Komeito exec signals willingness to jump LDP ship

New Komeito's secretary general said Wednesday his party would entertain forming a coalition government with the Democratic Party of Japan if, in a snap election, the DPJ took a majority in the House of Representatives.
BUSINESS
Jul 28, 2005

BOJ keeps ultra-loose money policy

The Bank of Japan maintained its ultra-easy monetary policy Wednesday, leaving the current account balance target unchanged at a range of 30 trillion yen to 35 trillion yen, in line with analysts' predictions.
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Jul 28, 2005

Moves afoot to counter U.S. Big Oil's clout

Reducing the greenhouse gases that derive from human activities and cause global warming is perhaps the most critical environmental challenge facing the world community.
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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