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JAPAN
Aug 13, 2004

Remains of soldiers killed in China in '39 now in Japan

The remains of 16 Japanese soldiers who died in the 1939 Battle of the River Halka near the border between Mongolia and northeastern China were delivered to the Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery on Thursday.
OLYMPICS
Aug 13, 2004

Kashima best chance for Japan in gymnastics

Twelve years have passed since Japanese gymnasts won a medal at an Olympics, 20 years since they claimed gold and 28 years since they last triumphed in a team competition at the quadrennial event.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 11, 2004

Used airline, cop uniforms given new lease on life

An airline and several police departments are recycling employee uniforms -- but workers aren't getting hand-me-downs.
JAPAN
Aug 11, 2004

Schools to get more English help

The government hopes to have 1,000 native speakers of English assisting English classes at public elementary schools in fiscal 2006, up from 73 at present.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Aug 11, 2004

Clever plot of "Dumb Animal" play

It was two years ago, that the three main actors in "Donju (Dumb Animal)," currently running at the Parco Theater, met up over a drink or three. Arata Furuta, Katsuhisa Namase and Narushi Ikeda, are all now in their late 30s and early 40s, but were very prominent in the energetic 1980s Shogekijo (small...
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 10, 2004

Lions beat Hawks

(Kyodo) Alex Cabrera hit a go-ahead two-run double in a seven-run rally in the seventh inning as the Seibu Lions came from behind to beat the Pacific League-leading Fukuoka Daiei Hawks 15-6 on Monday.
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 Times
CULTURE / Art / NEW ART SEEN
Aug 9, 2004

Ozawa show gives no straight answers

When the Mori Art Museum opened its doors almost a year ago, media attention naturally focused on its prime location atop the Roppongi Hills complex (with a dazzling panoramic view of Tokyo), the debut exhibition "Happiness," and the talented and affable British gallery director, David Elliott. Less...
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Aug 8, 2004

All of Japan between two covers

JAPAN ENCYCLOPEDIA, by Louis Frederic, translated by Kathe Roth. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2002, 1102 pp., 48 illus., 14 maps, $59.95 (cloth). This large, beautiful and indispensable volume is a translation of "Le Japan: Dictionnaire et Civilisation," published in 1996, the year of the author's...
EDITORIALS
Aug 7, 2004

Rationale for denuclearization

Fifty-nine years after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, there is a disturbing sense that the world could be headed for more, not less, nuclear weapons. As the world's first and only atom-bombed nation, Japan is destined to do everything in its power to strive for the nonproliferation and...
JAPAN
Aug 7, 2004

Proposed emissions trading, carbon tax set to be hard sell

The introduction of an emissions trading system and a carbon tax would be effective in reducing Japan's greenhouse gas emissions, an Environment Ministry panel said in an interim report released Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 7, 2004

'Mushiking' bug-contest arcade game a hit with kids, parents

Sega Corp.'s "Mushiking" ("The King of Beetles") arcade game is a hit with kids and their parents.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 7, 2004

High expectations await Lee Hsien Loong

SINGAPORE -- After nearly 14 years at the country's helm, Goh Chok Tong has announced that he will step down as Singapore's prime minister on Aug. 12. Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will become the nation's third prime minister since it gained independence in 1965. It is believed that Goh will...
JAPAN
Aug 7, 2004

Proposed emissions trading, carbon tax set to be hard sell

The introduction of an emissions trading system and a carbon tax would be effective in reducing Japan's greenhouse gas emissions, an Environment Ministry panel said in an interim report released Friday.
SOCCER / J. League
Aug 6, 2004

Toda to stay

Shimizu S-Pulse said Thursday that former Japan midfielder Kazuyuki Toda will remain with the J. League first-division club at least until the end of this season.
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2004

No hurry to soothe China

The recent jeering of Japanese by Chinese soccer fans in the Asian Cup soccer tournament in China has not prompted Japan to speed up talks over a proposed secular war memorial, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Aug 5, 2004

MMC logs further quarterly loss

Scandal-laden Mitsubishi Motors Corp. said Wednesday its group net loss expanded to 54.7 billion yen in the April-June quarter from a loss of 51.1 billion yen a year earlier.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 5, 2004

JAL to chase individual domestic travelers

Japan Airlines Corp. will step up efforts to woo individual domestic travelers to better compete with rival All Nippon Airways Co., JAL President Toshiyuki Shinmachi said in a recent interview.
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2004

Alleged Unit 731 victims' bones still mystery

Fifteen years have passed since human bones were dug up at a construction site in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, linked to the infamous wartime Unit 731, and they remain a mystery that authorities still appear reluctant to resolve.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2004

Alleged Unit 731 victims' bones still mystery

Fifteen years have passed since human bones were dug up at a construction site in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, linked to the infamous wartime Unit 731, and they remain a mystery that authorities still appear reluctant to resolve.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 4, 2004

Life after the bomb

The Face of Jizo Rating: * * * 1/2 (out of 5) Director: Kazuo Kuroki Running time: 99 minutes Language: Japanese Currently showing [See Japan Times movie listings] The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 were Japan's single greatest catastrophe of World War II. They...
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2004

McDonald's Japan posts 1.12 billion yen net profit

McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan) said Tuesday it saw a more than eight-fold increase in net profit to 1.12 billion yen during the January-June period due to a popular new menu and sales promotions.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 3, 2004

Man missing since 1976 possibly abducted: group

Suspicions have deepened that a man from Saitama Prefecture missing since 1976 was kidnapped to North Korea, an affiliate of the citizens' group NARKN said Monday.
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.
Nearly half of workers in Japan engage in ‘quiet quitting’
"Quiet quitting" is most common among the younger generation, with 46.7% of respondents to a survey in their 20s identifying with the practice, reflecting a less-motivated workforce more focused on work-life balance.
Signs of change emerge in constitutional interpretation of same-sex marriage
Plaintiffs celebrate the Tokyo High Court's ruling in a same-sex marriage lawsuit in Tokyo on Oct. 30.
Britain responds after Expo 2025 afternoon tea brews outrage
The café space at the Osaka Expo's British pavilion
Truck driver's body recovered from huge Japan sinkhole after three months
Workers stand around a vehicle carrying the body of a person recovered from a sinkhole in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, on Friday.
'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.”
Want to see the future at Expo Osaka? Get in line.
“‘Future of life,’ by Ishiguro,” the World Expo pavilion by roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro, displays humanlike androids.
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.
CDP submits bill proposal on separate surnames, but challenges remain
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan lawmakers speak to reporters in parliament on Wednesday after submitting a bill in the Lower House to allow married couples to retain different surnames.

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