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Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / NATURE TRAVEL
Jul 17, 2005

Whiteout and wounds in a world of birds

The first hint of what was to come were the three guys down near the jetty.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 17, 2005

TSE must think global: new chief

The Tokyo Stock Exchange needs to be a world-class stock exchange, otherwise Japan will lose its economic clout, Tokyo Stock Exchange Inc. Chairman Taizo Nishimuro says.
Japan Times
Features / WEEK 3
Jul 17, 2005

Dining where no solo woman dared

Reiko Yuyama believes that adventures are there to be had in daily life without having to go out into the wilderness. In that sense, she says she might be "more of an adventurer than Christopher Columbus or Naomi Uemura," the late, great Japanese explorer and climber who disappeared on Mount McKinley...
BUSINESS
Jul 16, 2005

Me Net Securities, kabu.com to merge by end of March

Online brokerages kabu.com Securities Co. and Me Net Securities Co. said Friday they will merge by March 31, creating the third-largest online brokerage in terms of customer accounts.
BUSINESS
Jul 16, 2005

Minister eyes China talks as gas dispute boils over

Japan and China should resolve a bilateral row over gas projects in the East China Sea through dialogue, Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Shoichi Nakagawa said Friday.
BUSINESS
Jul 16, 2005

Idemitsu Snorre hits oil in North Sea

Idemitsu Kosan Co. announced Friday that Idemitsu Snorre Oil Development Co., its joint venture with Osaka Gas Co., has struck oil in the North Sea off Norway.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Jul 16, 2005

Kirk R. Patterson

This year, Temple University Japan received formal designation as the Japan campus of a foreign university. Before that, since 1982 in Tokyo, TUJ had the status of branch campus of Temple University in Philadelphia. U.S. Ambassador Thomas Schieffer in giving the keynote address at this year's TUJ commencement...
BUSINESS
Jul 15, 2005

Sagawa acquires Mitsui's Thai unit

Sagawa Express Co. said Thursday it has obtained a Thai subsidiary of trading house Mitsui & Co. in a bid to bolster its business in Asian markets.
BUSINESS
Jul 14, 2005

Government to take ads on official publications

The government will allow private-sector companies to run advertisements in its printed publications, including posters, brochures and white papers, to create a new financial resource for the nation's coffers, sources said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jul 13, 2005

Kanda allegedly key bid-rigger in scam

Sozo Kanda, the former board member of Japan Highway Public Corp. arrested Tuesday by the Tokyo High Prosecutor's Office, allegedly played a central role in what has become the nation's biggest public works bid-rigging scandal.
COMMENTARY
Jul 13, 2005

Sinophobia complicates takeover bids

HONG KONG -- In quick succession, the previously intangible reality of "China Rising" has taken on tangible form for Americans, as China has used the wealth that has accrued as a result of its rapid development and huge trade surpluses to try and takeover three U.S. businesses.
BUSINESS
Jul 12, 2005

KDDI to offer handsets for JR East payments

KDDI Corp. said Monday it will start a new service in January in which its handsets can be used as smart tickets for trains operated by East Japan Railway Co.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 12, 2005

Toyota chief says fuel-cell tieup with GM almost a done deal

Toyota Motor Corp.'s president said Monday a tieup with U.S. rival General Motors on fuel-cell vehicles is in its final stages -- but he promised to do his best to beat GM and Ford.
BUSINESS
Jul 12, 2005

Taisho inks tieup with Yomeishu

Taisho Pharmaceutical Co. said Monday it has concluded a business tieup with Yomeishu Seizo Co., including acquiring a 6.6 percent equity stake in the herbal beverage maker, to develop new health-care products.
JAPAN
Jul 12, 2005

Toyota chief says fuel-cell tieup with GM almost a done deal

Toyota Motor Corp.'s president said Monday a tieup with U.S. rival General Motors on fuel-cell vehicles is in its final stages -- but he promised to do his best to beat GM and Ford.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Jul 10, 2005

NTV's "Otona no Natsu Yasumi," Fuji's "Rodo Kijun Kantokukan" and more

Several years ago, actress Shinobu Terashima won a Japan Academy Award and lots of overseas critical praise for her portrayal of a troubled young woman in the movie "Vibrator."
BUSINESS
Jul 9, 2005

FSA ups protection for insurance policyholders

The Financial Services Agency released a new set of rules Friday to upgrade protection of customers by requiring insurance firms to become more accountable for policies they sell.
BUSINESS
Jul 8, 2005

Sumitomo Life chief to head industry

The Life Insurance Association of Japan plans to appoint Shinichi Yokoyama, president of Sumitomo Life Insurance Co., as its next chairman in September after Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. President Ryotaro Kaneko refused to take the post, sources said Thursday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 6, 2005

A prize-winning director quite happy to have a laugh

With his short-brimmed hat and carefully trimmed goatee, Kenji Uchida looks strikingly like the private investigator played by So Yamanaka in "Unmei Janai Hito."
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 6, 2005

Postal privatization bills squeak by Lower House

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's contentious postal privatization bills narrowly cleared the House of Representatives on Tuesday as dozens of lawmakers in the Liberal Democratic Party joined the opposition camp in voting against the legislation.
BUSINESS
Jul 5, 2005

'Cool Biz' helps boost Uniqlo sales

Fast Retailing Co., operator of the Uniqlo casual-clothing store chain, said Monday its sales soared 13.7 percent in June from a year earlier on a same-store basis, the first rise in five months.
JAPAN
Jul 3, 2005

Prosecutors to grill former Japan Highway exec

Prosecutors plan to question a 70-year-old former board member of the Japan Highway Public Corp. as early as this week over a bid-rigging scandal for bridge construction projects, according to sources.
Haneda Airport security staff arrested over theft
Tokyo police have arrested a 21-year-old security inspector at Haneda Airport after he allegedly stole cash from a passenger during a baggage inspection.
Japan's elderly population down at around 36.2 million
The estimated number of people age 65 or older in Japan stands at 36.19 million as of Monday, accounting for record 29.4% of the country's total population, according to the internal affairs ministry.
SDF spots China’s biggest aircraft carrier for first time
The Fujian aircraft carrier is seen in Shanghai in May 2024 as it leaves for its first sea trial.
White House threatens broad crackdown on liberal groups
FBI Director Kash Patel (right) listens to senior White House adviser Stephen Miller speak in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Monday.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Pole vault rivals in awe after Duplantis has another historic night in Tokyo
Sweden's Armand Duplantis competes in the men's pole fault final during the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Monday.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
Tara Davis-Woodhall leaps to gold and finds redemption at world championships
Tara Davis-Woodhall celebrates after winning the women's long jump final at the World Athletics Championships at Tokyo's National Stadium on Sunday night.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.

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Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
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