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JAPAN
Dec 4, 2004

Foreign students pass 117,000, but tight screening slowing pace

There were 117,302 foreign students in Japan as of May 1, but the pace at which they are entering Japan has slowed because universities are tightening admissions criteria, a survey by a student-support organization showed Friday.
JAPAN
Dec 4, 2004

Revised domestic violence law falls short

Sachiko Nakajima was 20 years old when she began what should have been an ordinary college romance.
JAPAN
Dec 4, 2004

Directives target domestic abuse -- but lack specifics

The government has issued directives that call on ministries, local governments, police and civic groups to better coordinate efforts to protect and support victims of domestic violence, but they spell out no concrete preventive measures.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Dec 4, 2004

One of nine lives still jet-setting at age 91

Behind a curtain of bamboo and flanked by a huge willow tree, up a flight of the steepest concrete steps, there stands a house in Yokohama's Yamate-cho that is home to an unacknowledged Living National Treasure.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 4, 2004

Ex-teacher indicted over anthem

A retired Tokyo high school teacher was indicted Friday for allegedly urging parents to stay seated while "Kimigayo" was played at a graduation ceremony in March.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 4, 2004

LDP faction treasurer handed suspended term

The Tokyo District Court accepted a former Liberal Democratic Party faction treasurer's admission that he conspired with a superior to falsify the group's 2001 political funds report, and sentenced him Friday to a suspended 10-month prison term.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Dec 3, 2004

Gunners have gone from invincible to mortal in just over a month

LONDON -- On the face of it two defeats in your last 56 Premiership games hardly seems reason for a crisis.
EDITORIALS
Dec 2, 2004

First step to an 'open door'

In another milestone move aimed at expanding economic ties with fast-growing East Asian nations, Japan and the Philippines agreed this week to sign a free-trade agreement (FTA). Increased trade and investment in this region is especially welcome at a time when multilateral trade talks under the auspices...
JAPAN
Dec 1, 2004

Hashimoto admits taking JDA donation

Former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, speaking Tuesday to a closed Diet panel session, effectively acknowledged that he received an unreported 100 million yen donation from the Japan Dental Association in July 2001.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Dec 1, 2004

Dodgers coach Colborn feels right at home in Japan

Thrilled to be back in Japan last month as the pitching coach on the 2004 Major League Baseball All-Star Japan Tour was Jim Colborn, former pitching instructor for the Orix BlueWave and currently mentor to the mound staff of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Dec 1, 2004

John and Joe: singin' bout their generations

In his famous 1976 essay, "The Me Decade and the Third Great Awakening," Tom Wolfe first put forth the now widely accepted idea that the counterculture of the 1960s had been perverted in the '70s by formerly progressive-minded baby boomers when they realized that genuine social change wasn't as important...
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 30, 2004

Chinese sub highlights underseas rivalries

HONOLULU -- The incursion of a Chinese nuclear-powered submarine into Japanese territorial waters Nov. 10 has illuminated the mounting competition under the surface of the Pacific and Indian oceans and their adjacent seas.
Japan Times
Features
Nov 28, 2004

WATCHING THE DETECTIVES

On a rainy Saturday night in the neon-drenched streets of Shinjuku, Kenji Shimura looks like 1,000 other salarymen: off-the-rack black suit, sensible shoes and a face made for anonymous middle-management in an insurance firm.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Nov 27, 2004

ARI teaches leadership skills via organic farming

What is the connection between Hoichi Endo, a former member of Japan's Credit Union (CU), based in Tsujido, Kanagawa Prefecture, and the Asian Rural Institute's group of students from developing countries learning leadership skills and organic farming in Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture?
JAPAN
Nov 26, 2004

Bic Camera searched over unpaid overtime

The Tokyo Labor Bureau on Thursday searched the offices of discount electrical appliance retailer Bic Camera Co., which is suspected of failing to pay employees for overtime.
JAPAN
Nov 26, 2004

Daylight-saving time wins support

About 77 percent of Diet members support the introduction of daylight-saving time, according to results of a survey conducted by a center affiliated with the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
BUSINESS
Nov 26, 2004

As bad-loan worries finally recede, banks turn attention to weak profits

Major Japanese banks are finally set to bid farewell to the bad-loan problems that have dragged down the country's financial sector, not to mention the economy as a whole.
BUSINESS
Nov 25, 2004

Teenager request for shorter classes among public ideas for deregulation

A teenager's request for shorter classes was one of many ideas proposed by members of the public in the latest round of suggestions for deregulation, the government said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Nov 25, 2004

MTFG, UFJ post declines in first half

Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc. announced Wednesday its group net profit fell 43.1 percent in the fiscal first half from a year earlier to 171.7 billion yen, while merger partner UFJ Holdings said separately its group net loss was 674.3 billion yen for the six months to September.
JAPAN
Nov 24, 2004

'Howl's Moving Castle' conjures up box-office record

Famed director Hayao Miyazaki's latest animated film, "Howl's Moving Castle," chalked up 1.48 billion yen in box-office revenue and attracted an audience of 1.1 million people in its first two days of release.
SOCCER / World cup
Nov 23, 2004

Japan, South Korea separated in draw for World Cup qualifiers

Archrivals Japan and South Korea will be separated into two different groups as the top-seeded countries in the upcoming draw for the final round of Asian zone qualifiers for the 2006 World Cup finals in Germany.
JAPAN
Nov 23, 2004

American sues over canceled Juki Net security talk

An American computer security expert sued the government Monday for 30 million yen, claiming the communications ministry had suppressed his freedom of speech.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 23, 2004

More effort urged to curb youth drug use

The man was 17 when he took speed for the first time, experimenting with a high school friend by inhaling the amphetamine in smoke form.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 22, 2004

DNA tests may not work in abductee case

Experts are still examining the purported remains of abductee Megumi Yokota, but DNA tests may not work because of their poor condition, according to government sources.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 21, 2004

Wife of GSDF sergeant found dead in her home

The wife of a Ground Self-Defense Force sergeant was found dead at their house in late September while he was stationed in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah.
Japan Times
Features / WEEK 3
Nov 21, 2004

Stepping off the money-go-round

Being part of a worldwide grassroots "festivity" later this week comes at a price, of course -- but the price is no price at all, because Nov. 27 is "Buy Nothing Day," and all you have to do is spend no money.
Britain responds after Expo 2025 afternoon tea brews outrage
The café space at the Osaka Expo's British pavilion
Woman says archbishop of Tokyo ignored her pleas after priest allegedly raped her
In a news conference in Tokyo on Friday, Tokie Tanaka, 64, details her allegations of sexual abuse against a Catholic priest.
Israel protests after Kyoto inn seeks war crime declaration from tourist
A street in Kyoto in March 2023. An Israeli tourist was asked to sign a document stating that he had not committed war crimes when he checked in at a Kyoto guesthouse in April, prompting a response from Israel's ambassador.
Second round of U.S.-Japan tariff talks ends inconclusively in Washington
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick (far left), U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (left) and Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator. The second round of tariff negotiations between Japan and the United States were held on Thursday in Washington.
Inflation and high hotel prices curtail Golden Week travels
Travelers in front of a flight information panel in a departure hall at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on April 26
Japan’s ‘tabi’ sock mecca runs on thread and memories
A seamstress at Kineya Tabi sews together split-toe "tabi" socks, once a major industry for the town of Gyoda, Saitama Prefecture.
Despite shifts in Japan's political landscape, constitutional revision still far off
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has been a staunch advocate for constitutional reform.
'Ukiyo-e in Play' showcases traditional art carved anew
The Adachi Institute has been working on creating brand new ukiyo-e prints in collaboration with contemporary artists such as Yayoi Kusama, whose “Mt. Fuji in Seven Colours: When life boundlessly flares up to the universe” (2014) can be seen on display at “Ukiyo-e in Play.”
Ishiba hears advice from across the aisle on how Japan should handle Trump
Prime Minister Shigaru Ishiba and CDP head Yoshihiko Noda at a parliamentary session in Tokyo on April 23.
Don't send in the clones: AI event nixed as Alt accounts get reality check
A screenshot from the website for Alt's AI conference, which was canceled after the company disclosed an investigation into its sales figures.

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