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JAPAN
Apr 16, 2006

Unmanned Tokyo transit line remains shut down

The automated Yurikamome Line connecting waterfront areas along Tokyo Bay remained suspended Saturday after the system was shut down the day before when a train lost a wheel, the operator of the train line said.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Apr 16, 2006

'Conspiracies of silence' feign sympathies largely unfelt

Japanese people are known for their sense of propriety and decorum. Reserve and self-restraint are fine Japanese virtues, and they have afforded the society an enviable harmony and level of personal safety unparalleled in the developed world. Putting a damper on people's self-assertive instincts, and...
JAPAN
Apr 11, 2006

Koizumi ready to take role in base talks

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Monday he is willing to meet Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine, who remains opposed to a plan to relocate a U.S. air station within the prefecture, following a deal struck Friday on the plan with local governments.
EDITORIALS
Apr 3, 2006

Checkered moves of land prices

Land price statistics as of Jan. 1, announced by the Land, Infrastructure and Land Ministry, show that at least three of the nation's major urban areas plus some other areas have emerged from a long tunnel of real-estate price deflation. The trend is supported by increased demand for office space and...
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Mar 26, 2006

Consumer credit companies have your money, and the media, in their pockets

On Jan. 13, the Supreme Court found in favor of an individual who had sued a consumer credit company for charging too much interest. By doing so, the court rejected the controversial "gray zone" that such companies take advantage of in their business.
JAPAN
Mar 23, 2006

Visit Japan, sure, but info centers closing

Ah, the friendly tourist information center -- often the first place travelers visit when trying to acquaint themselves with an unfamiliar city.
JAPAN
Mar 23, 2006

Tokyo, Nago agree talks will continue about base

The Defense Agency and Nago, Okinawa, remained divided Wednesday over the plan to move the U.S. Marine Corps helicopter base now in Futenma, central Okinawa, to the city in the northern part of the island but agreed to continue talking to make a deal by the end of the month, officials said.
JAPAN
Mar 21, 2006

Futenma relocation plan won't be tweaked, Abe says

The government does not plan any changes to the Japan-U.S. plan to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Station within Okinawa, Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe said Monday.
LIFE / Language
Mar 21, 2006

Odd use of foreign loan words a sign of the times

Heed this safety warning: "Caution! Don't lean on the gate. The gate would fall down when lean on it. It occurs you trouble." Having eluded the gate, then follow this health instruction: "The Italian word pomodoro means golden fruit. Tomatoes have vitamin, carotene, potash, pectene, and is good for blood...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 14, 2006

Iwakuni vote won't halt U.S. move: Abe

The central government will go ahead with plans to move 57 U.S. carrier-based warplanes and support personnel to the U.S. Marine Corps Iwakuni Air Station in Yamaguchi Prefecture, despite the overwhelming opposition expressed in a nonbinding local plebiscite, Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe said Monday....
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 9, 2006

John Howard is still the man

SYDNEY -- Instead of the usual rancorous Canberra power-play politics, Prime Minister John Howard has lately been all smiles as guest of honor at a series of dinners across Australia.
BUSINESS
Mar 8, 2006

Trio to build rail cars for Hong Kong

Itochu Corp., Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. and Kinki Sharyo Co. said Tuesday they have received an order to build 34 railway cars for a Hong Kong railway.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Mar 3, 2006

Spice with style on the side

[NOTE: Poivrier has closed.]
JAPAN
Feb 23, 2006

Contractors' agency retiree staff set advance list of project bid-winners

Former senior Defense Facilities Administration Agency officials who worked for midsize contractors after retirement allegedly compiled a list detailing the combination of construction consortiums that would land a project at a U.S. base in Yamaguchi Prefecture, investigation sources said Wednesday....
JAPAN
Feb 17, 2006

Kobe airport opens amid hope

KOBE -- In what its supporters hope is not an ill omen, Kobe's new airport opened in fog early Thursday morning.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / THE SECOND ROOM
Feb 17, 2006

Psychedelic radar 02.17

Friday, Feb. 17
JAPAN
Feb 16, 2006

Kobe airport seeking business travelers

With the opening of the new Kobe airport Thursday, air carriers are set to wage a battle against railways, especially for business travelers, between Tokyo and Kobe.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Feb 11, 2006

Japan: A nation in the naked flesh

Recently at the local "sento" (public bath), as I was changing back into my clothes, an old woman said to me, "Oh, what nice underwear you have!" Usually, when people start talking about my underwear, I either ignore them or feign not understanding Japanese. But as she spoke in that fashion of an old...
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Feb 10, 2006

18,000 years in the making

Having been the centerpiece attraction at last year's Aichi Expo, the Yukagir Mammoth head is now on display in Tokyo, part of the "Yukagir Mammoth Museum" being held at the Fuji Television building. The remains of the woolly mammoth were discovered in 2002 in permafrost near Yukagir village, located...
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Feb 3, 2006

Rare instruments put up for auction

Music-box collectors will have a chance to get their hands on rare items when a total of 140 antique mechanical musical instruments, which have been displayed at Orugoru no Chiisana Museum in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, are auctioned off. The museum closes its doors March 31.
COMMENTARY
Jan 30, 2006

A way past Kyoto's 'hot air'

In a Jan. 7 symposium at Dalian University of Technology, I delivered a keynote speech on the possibility of Japan's implementing the clean development mechanism in China.
JAPAN
Jan 27, 2006

Fuji TV may acquire Livedoor, Hieda says

Fuji Television Network Inc. is considering stepping in to help scandal-hit Livedoor Co., the TV network's chairman said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Jan 27, 2006

NHK hints at cutting fees if paying viewers return

The president of NHK hinted Thursday the broadcaster might reduce its subscription rates if more people paid their fees.
JAPAN
Jan 23, 2006

Six die in family murder-suicides

Four children and two adults were found dead Sunday in an apparent family murder-suicide and a murder and attempted suicide, police said.

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