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JAPAN
Aug 12, 2005

Radioactive leak halts Tepco reactor

Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Thursday it will shut down the No. 1 reactor at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant to investigate a leakage of fluids containing radioactive tritium found July 28 in the turbine building.
JAPAN
Jul 24, 2005

Vulnerability is all too apparent

The strong earthquake that struck the Kanto region Saturday reminded Tokyo residents of the city's vulnerability to natural disasters -- and left them wondering what would happen if the capital is hit by the long-anticipated Big One.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Jun 10, 2005

Sushi Ouchi: There's nothing to fear in naturally good sushi

Entering an old-school Edomae sushi shop for the first time can be daunting -- even for the most self-confident of us. The welcome is often so vocal it verges on the aggressive. The cedarwood counters look scrubbed to the point of sterility, the gleaming bright interiors afford little sense of warmth...
JAPAN
Jun 7, 2005

Married detainees illegally held: SDP

Nearly a quarter of the 127 foreigners who have been detained at detention centers for more than six months as of April 30 have Japanese spouses, according to government data released Monday by an opposition party.
JAPAN
Dec 18, 2004

Water leak forces reactor closure

Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Friday it will suspend operations at the only running reactor of the six-reactor Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant in Fukushima Prefecture, possibly from Monday, to investigate a suspected radioactive water leak.
JAPAN
Dec 7, 2004

Males more prone to commit crimes but whys elude

As in other advanced countries, statistics show that most crimes in Japan are committed by males, especially violent offenses.
Features / WEEK 3
Nov 21, 2004

Discordant notes...

Bacteriologist Hideyo Noguchi (1876-1928), who became a star researcher with the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research in New York, was a great man. He was so great that he is now the face on the new 1,000 yen bill issued Nov. 1.
JAPAN
Aug 16, 2004

Mihama accident latest in long string of nuclear plant woes

OSAKA -- In early 1999, a group of German nuclear scientists and engineers had just returned to Osaka after visiting nuclear power facilities in Fukui Prefecture. Sitting in a bar in the Hotel New Otani, they were deeply disturbed.
JAPAN
Aug 10, 2004

Dental body execs admit ministry bribes

Three former Japan Dental Association executives pleaded guilty Monday to bribing and entertaining two members of a health ministry advisory panel between 2001 and 2003 to pressure them into helping raise the fees patients pay to dentists.
JAPAN
Jul 13, 2004

Constitutional revisionists see gain

Diet forces vowing to keep the Constitution intact lost further ground in the House of Councilors election, as the Japanese Communist Party suffered a major setback and the tiny Social Democratic Party barely hung on, according to final results released Monday.
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2004

Opposition blames dispatch for crisis

Opposition parties on Friday reiterated their criticism of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi following the kidnapping this week of three Japanese civilians by militants in Iraq, saying the dispatch of Self-Defense Forces personnel to Iraq caused the crisis.
JAPAN
Feb 4, 2004

Kids' books 'stir imagination,' Ghosn says

Good books can encourage children to love reading, become lifelong learners and lead a successful way of life in a global society, Nissan Motor Co. President Carlos Ghosn told a ceremony Tuesday for winners in a children's book contest.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OLD NIC'S NOTEBOOK
Jan 4, 2004

It's time to stop looting Japan's tree treasures

A couple of decades ago, I had a very public confrontation with the government's Forestry Agency. It was about the cutting of old-growth deciduous forest around where I live in Kurohime, Nagano Prefecture -- trees that were hundreds of years old.
BUSINESS
Dec 13, 2003

Boards here in need of outsiders: U.S. headhunter

A leading U.S. executive search firm has found that Japan's corporate boards have a smaller number of external directors than any other nation.
JAPAN
Dec 12, 2003

Rape allegation heaps misery on SDP

The Social Democratic Party found itself in further turmoil Thursday as a former state-paid secretary to party lawmaker Tomoko Abe was accused of raping a woman on several occasions last year.
JAPAN
Nov 15, 2003

SDP local chapter representatives agree against DPJ merger

Regional chapter representatives of the Social Democratic Party confirmed in Tokyo on Friday the party's decision not to merge with the Democratic Party of Japan.
JAPAN
Nov 8, 2003

Forum ponders attributes of 'globally useful Japanese'

Leading business executives and scholars gathered Friday in Tokyo to discuss what constitutes a "globally useful Japanese," and how individuals of this kind may be nurtured at businesses.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2003

Tanaka set to escape indictment for fraud

Prosecutors are expected to decide against indicting former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka, who stands accused of misusing the salary of her state-funded secretary, investigative sources said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 21, 2003

New Komeito exec urges Doi to quit

Tetsuzo Fuyushiba, secretary general of New Komeito, said Sunday that Social Democratic Party leader Takako Doi should resign over a money scandal involving former SDP policy chief Kiyomi Tsujimoto.

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