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BUSINESS
Sep 9, 2004

LDP lawmakers pledge to block postal reform

Dozens of lawmakers of the Liberal Democratic Party announced Wednesday they will try to block legislation aimed at privatizing Japan Post, despite the Cabinet's plan to approve a bill to this end on Friday.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 9, 2004

Why Japan prefers Bush

With the U.S. presidential election less than two months away, interest is building globally in the likely outcome and its impact on America's role in the world.
BUSINESS
Sep 9, 2004

Sojitz to receive 370 billion yen capital injection from financial institutions

Struggling trading house Sojitz Holdings Corp. officially announced Wednesday it will get a 370 billion yen capital injection from financial institutions, including UFJ Holdings Inc. and UBS AG, to clean up its balance sheet.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / NAME OF THE GAME
Sep 9, 2004

Return of the plant people

"Pikmin 2" may be old news around Japan, but it's fresh out in English.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 8, 2004

Director follows kabuki offstage to find the essence of onnagata

Musume Dojoji Rating: * * * (out of 5) Director: Yukiko Takayama Running time: 110 minutes Language: Japanese Currently showing [See Japan Times movie listings] Kabuki plays were an important source of material for early Japanese filmmakers, conferring prestige and popularity on their...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 8, 2004

Catching up with the 24-hour filmmaker

I sat down with English director Michael Winterbottom at the tail end of what was obviously a long, hard day of back-to-back interviews. Rather than my trying to get him discuss the same points of "Code 46" one more time, we instead kicked back with some beers and had a wide-ranging discussion covering...
BUSINESS
Sep 7, 2004

Bandwidth allotment draws protest

Softbank Corp. said Monday it has lodged a complaint with the telecommunications ministry over its plan to allot a new radio bandwidth exclusively to mobile phone giants NTT DoCoMo Inc. and KDDI Corp.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / CLOSE-UP
Sep 5, 2004

Takafumi Horie: Livedoor whiz kid sets a new style

Takafumi Horie, 31, has been the man in the news since the end of June, when he announced that his Tokyo-based Internet service firm, Livedoor Co., was in the market for Osaka's debt-ravaged Kintetsu Buffaloes baseball team.
EDITORIALS
Sep 4, 2004

How long will Chechnya fester?

The results of last weekend's elections in Chechnya offer little hope for a solution. To no one's surprise, former Interior Minister Alkhanov won in a landslide and promised to bring peace to the shattered country. Chechen rebels countered that the new president, like his predecessor, was already marked...
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 4, 2004

Baseball chief denies Giants will move to PL

Dismissing talk that the Yomiuri Giants may switch leagues, Japanese pro baseball commissioner Yasuchika Negoro said Friday he will propose several plans in the following days to manage the Pacific League next season in the event of a merger between the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes and the Orix BlueWave...
COMMENTARY
Sep 4, 2004

China favored in cross-strait tug-of-war

HONG KONG -- When Singapore's then Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong visited Taiwan in July on what was described as a "private and unofficial" trip, China reacted angrily. Among other things, it canceled a visit by its top banker to Singapore and warned darkly of "grave consequences" for which "the...
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Sep 3, 2004

Signing of Rooney a big gamble for Manchester United

LONDON -- Incredible.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 3, 2004

PL set to propose four-team league if 'Wave-Buffs move approved

The Pacific League is likely to propose a four-team league if a merger between the Kintetsu Buffaloes and Orix BlueWave is formally approved at an owners meeting next Wednesday, confirming a move for a second merger is in the works.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 2, 2004

Unavoidable as death, beer taxes

Since ancient times, alcohol has been an important source of tax revenue for rulers.
BUSINESS
Sep 2, 2004

Uniqlo Plus outlet to open in Osaka

Fast Retailing Co. said Wednesday it will open a large-scale Uniqlo store in downtown Osaka in October, with several more to follow in major cities within a year.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 1, 2004

Flickers in the dead of night

Kaidan Shinmimibukuro Rating: * * * 1/2 (out of 5) Director: See review Running time: 92 minutes Language: Japanese Currently showing [See Japan Times movie listings] The older I get, the harder I am to scare -- with horror movies at least. After a certain age, real life, including medical...
BUSINESS
Sep 1, 2004

Hitachi, Matsushita, Toshiba to set up 70 billion yen LCD venture in January

Hitachi Ltd., Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. and Toshiba Corp. will set up a 70 billion yen joint venture in January to manufacture liquid crystal display panels for flat TVs, the firms said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Aug 31, 2004

Softbank takes on NTT in land-line sector

Softbank Corp. said Monday it will start offering a discount land-line telephone service beginning in December, a move expected to deal yet another blow to industry behemoth NTT Corp.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Aug 31, 2004

'I want to clear my name and the name of my country'

One morning Islam Mohamed Himu woke up to find the Japanese media camped outside his home, and plainclothes police officers banging on his front door.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 31, 2004

Scholar denies peeping up skirt

A noted economist accused of trying to look up a high school student's skirt in April reiterated his innocence Monday in his first appearance before the media since the alleged incident occurred.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 31, 2004

Okada assured of return to DPJ helm

Katsuya Okada was assured of re-election as president of the Democratic Party of Japan on Monday after no one stepped forward to challenge him.
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 30, 2004

Majority in favor of two-league system

Around 74 percent of people in Japan are in favor of maintaining the current two six-team leagues in professional Japanese baseball, according to a Kyodo News survey released Saturday.
JAPAN
Aug 29, 2004

Support for DPJ tops that for LDP

Support for the Democratic Party of Japan has surpassed that for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party for the first time in six years, according to a Kyodo News poll.
JAPAN
Aug 29, 2004

Support for DPJ tops that for LDP

Support for the Democratic Party of Japan has surpassed that for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party for the first time in six years, according to a Kyodo News poll.
JAPAN
Aug 28, 2004

Ministry to file objection to Isahaya Bay court order

The agriculture ministry said Friday it will file an objection to a court order earlier this week to suspend construction work on a land reclamation project in Isahaya Bay in Kyushu.
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.
Thousands without power in Tokyo as heavy rain batters Kanto region
Heavy rain hit Tokyo and surrounding areas Thursday afternoon, causing thousands to lose power, prompting flood warnings, grounding flights and causing transportation issues.
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.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
JAL reprimand over drunken pilots adds to airline’s woes
Japan Airlines President Mitsuko Tottori (right) bows in apology Wednesday in Tokyo over the company's pilots causing flight delays due to drinking alcohol.
‘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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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
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