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JAPAN
Jun 4, 2005

Medical interns should get real wage: top court

Medical interns should be regarded as workers under the Labor Standard Law and should thus be guaranteed the minimum wage, the Supreme Court ruled Friday.
JAPAN
Jun 4, 2005

Guardrails in all prefectures apparently sabotaged to hurt

Sharp pieces of protruding metal blamed for injuring passing cyclists and pedestrians have been found on guardrails in all 47 prefectures, central and prefectural government officials said Friday.
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2005

96,000 people listed as missing in '04

About 96,000 people nationwide disappeared from their homes last year, the first time in four years the figure has dipped to below the 100,000 mark, the National Police Agency said Thursday.
EDITORIALS
Jun 3, 2005

Premise of mutual confidence

The long-standing problem of the Northern Territories has been weighing heavily on relations between Japan and Russia. Summit talks between the two countries in the past have lifted hopes for a new development toward a settlement. Each time, though, hopes waned in due course because a new Soviet or Russian...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / THEN AND NOW
Jun 3, 2005

A bridge through time

The arched bridge highlighted in the accompanying wood-cut print is Senju Ohashi on the northern perimeter of Edo City. Built in 1594 at the head of the Sumida River, close to its junction with the Ara River, Senju Ohashi was the only bridge Shogun Ieyasu allowed to be built across a major river around...
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2005

Nihon Keizai hit for dodging income tax on 840 million yen

The Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau has found that business newspaper publisher Nihon Keizai Shimbun Inc. failed to declare about 840 million yen in income for three years to December 2003, sources said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Jun 3, 2005

Ruling bloc bill to put card theft onus on banks

The Liberal Democratic Party and coalition partner New Komeito agreed Thursday to a bill that would require financial institutions to compensate depositors for losses incurred from stolen or forged cash cards unless the users are mainly at fault, officials from the two parties said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2005

Koizumi dismissals stir up Kasumigaseki

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi last month abruptly dismissed two senior Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry officials he believes were not cooperating with his effort to privatize the postal services.
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2005

High court upholds 14-year sentence for gang-rape leader

The Tokyo High Court on Thursday upheld a lower court-imposed 14-year prison term for a former Waseda University student who led a group that gang-raped three college students.
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2005

Suicides top 30,000 for seventh year

Suicides in Japan topped 30,000 for the seventh straight year in 2004, with men accounting for more than two-thirds of the number, according to a report released by the National Police Agency on Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / INDUSTRY TRENDS
Jun 2, 2005

Pen makers cross swords in battle for thinnest lines

In the competition for writing ever sharper lines, pen makers have been jostling for the title of the world's smallest ball points.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 2, 2005

Most efficient exit from extreme poverty

For years, the world has looked to Asia as a leader in many areas, particularly business and technology. Now Asia is serving as an important example to follow in the international race to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
MORE SPORTS
Jun 1, 2005

Wakanohana, Takanohana left stunned by father's death

Former sumo grand champions Wakanohana and Takanohana, the sons of sumo elder Futagoyama who died of mouth cancer Monday, said Tuesday they consider their late father more of a teacher as they paid tribute to him and gave him all the credit for their successful careers the day after his death.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / NEW ART SEEN
Jun 1, 2005

A voyeur for today

The photographer Richard Kern grew up in a small town in North Carolina, the son of a newspaperman. As a teenager, Kern had a part-time job changing the marquee at the local cinema, and one of the perks was free films. It was during a screening of Roger Vadim's camped up 1968 sci-fi flick "Barbarella"...
JAPAN
Jun 1, 2005

Dental chief gets suspended jail term for payoff to LDP

Sadao Usuda, former president of the Japan Dental Association, was handed a suspended three-year prison term Tuesday for providing an undeclared 100 million yen donation in 2001 to the Liberal Democratic Party's largest faction.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 1, 2005

Rise in defamation suits threaten media: journalists

The increasing number of lawsuits being filed in response to allegedly defamatory news articles is posing a threat to media organizations and freedom of expression by discouraging aggressive reporting, several journalists said at a recent symposium in Saitama.
BUSINESS
Jun 1, 2005

Mitsubishi Fuso to get new chief

Scandal-tainted truck maker Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus announced a new president and CEO on Tuesday, demonstrating resolve to overcome its crisis over defect coverups.
JAPAN
Jun 1, 2005

China sub being towed to Hainan

Japan is looking into a report that a Chinese submarine is being towed in the South China Sea toward Hainan Island, government sources said Tuesday.
SUMO
May 31, 2005

Sumo elder Futagoyama dies

Sumo elder Futagoyama, a former ozeki and the father of former grand champions Takanohana and Wakanohana, died of mouth cancer at a Tokyo hospital Monday, his family said. He was 55.
COMMENTARY
May 31, 2005

Pyongyang eyes nuclear test

The issue of North Korea's nuclear-weapons development could reach a critical stage in June, one year after the suspension of six-party talks. U.S. intelligence says Pyongyang might conduct a nuclear test that month.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
May 29, 2005

Diva sings hot and cold on solo debut

It is 11 on a Sunday morning and Roisin Murphy has just arrived back at her London flat. Another big night out in the city's kinetic clubland?
Japan Times
Features
May 29, 2005

Aftershocks in Sri Lanka

HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka As the sun sets on another sultry Sri Lankan day, a small crowd gathers outside tent No. 68, home of Thuwan Rashid Kaseer and his three children. The 45-year-old carpenter is well known in the southern town of Hambantota for his fine, emotion-filled voice, and this evening his song...
SOCCER / World cup
May 28, 2005

Japan blows it again

Japan suffered another setback ahead of its upcoming World Cup qualifiers after going down 1-0 to the United Arab Emirates in the final game of the annual Kirin Cup tournament on Friday.
BUSINESS
May 26, 2005

Kansai airport turns first profit

The operator of Kansai International Airport said Wednesday it posted its first-ever full-year profit in fiscal 2004, thanks to an increase in international flights and a reduction in interest payments on debts.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
May 26, 2005

Mining the Earth's problems for drama

'It starts with the Earth. How can it not?"
BUSINESS
May 25, 2005

ATMs need to take foreign cards: critics

The inability of most automated teller machines at Japanese banks to accept foreign credit cards has long irritated tourists and short-term foreign residents in a country where cash still plays a key role in everyday life.
EDITORIALS
May 24, 2005

Breaking the legislative logjam

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's campaign to privatize the postal-services system has entered a crucial stage now that the Lower House has set up an ad hoc committee on government-sponsored privatization bills. The establishment of the panel attests to the prime minister's resolve to get the package...
Success of Chinese-made fighter jets against India raises alarm in Asia
Chinese J-10 fighter jets from the People's Liberation Army Air Force August 1st Aerobatics Team perform during a media demonstration at the Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand, in November 2015.
Rich Japanese still fear yen crash, wealth manager says
The yen slumped more than 2% on Monday alone, nearing ¥150 to the dollar, after the U.S. and China temporarily lowered tariffs, triggering a reversal of bearish dollar bets.
Japan to recognize Taiwan as place of origin in family registration system
Masataka Yuhara, secretary-general of the Friends of Lee Teng Hui Association in Japan, which has been calling for "Taiwan" to be permitted as a place of origin in family registers.
Irresponsible climbing prompts debate over who should pay for Mount Fuji rescues
Mount Fuji fills the skyline above a bridge connecting stores at a popular outlet shopping center in the city of Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, in November 2024.
Akazawa's dilemma: no tariff deal or a half-baked deal
Chief tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa and his delegation in the Oval Office of the White House in April. Since then, Japan's trade negotiations with the U.S. have produced no tangible results.
For his first feature film, director Ryuya Suzuki created a masterpiece
"Jinsei," which follows its protagonist over a century, probes themes of identity and societal issues with a dark comic touch. The director, however, says he created the story without knowing where it would lead.
Historian Rob Fitts discovers earliest ever reference to baseball in Japan
Japan's Shohei Ohtani carries the Japanese flag onto the field before the start of the World Baseball Classic final against the United States in Miami on March 21, 2023.
Japanese retailers turn to California rice for cheaper alternative
U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass eats California rice at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Tuesday along with Mitsuko Tsuchiya, vice president of retailer Aeon.
Harmfully hot days for pregnant women in Japan nearly doubled over past five years
New research by a U.S. climate scientists’ group reveals that extreme heat has increased the risks of preterm births and other pregnancy complications in Japan, nearly doubling the number of days that are harmfully hot for pregnant women over the past five years.
Sumo title contenders already emerging in early stages of Tokyo meet
Onosato (left) battles Abi on Day 3 of the Summer Basho in Tokyo on Tuesday.

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