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JAPAN
Oct 12, 2005

Older folks getting fitter; kids flabbier: survey

Middle-aged and senior citizens have become more agile while the physical capabilities of younger people are deteriorating, according to results of an annual fitness test.
JAPAN
Oct 10, 2005

30% of home computers don't have virus protection

The scourge of computer viruses has been widely reported, but that doesn't mean everyone takes preventative measures -- especially children and the elderly.
EDITORIALS
Oct 10, 2005

Help for victims of asbestos

The government has drafted an outline of a bill to provide financial aid to sufferers of asbestos-caused cancer and mesothelioma, a cancer of the membranes surrounding the lungs, and to bereaved family members of victims. The government hopes to have the Diet enact the bill next year.
JAPAN
Oct 9, 2005

Sumitomo Trust, MUFG mediation likely to fail

The Tokyo District Court has urged Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. to pay about 5 billion yen in compensation to Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co. for their failed trust merger, but MUFG is likely to reject the court's proposal, sources familiar with the matter said Saturday.
EDITORIALS
Oct 9, 2005

Nine numbers and 81 squares

Human beings are a famously diverse lot. We come in different colors and sizes, speak a Babel of tongues, worship a pantheon of gods or no god at all, eat our foods bland or spicy, vote or not, and are sorely divided over the value of poetry. But those distinctions pale compared to the big one: the gulf...
JAPAN
Oct 8, 2005

China and Hong Kong set forex landmark

The combined foreign-exchange reserves held by China and Hong Kong as of the end of June topped those held by Japan for the first time, according to Finance Ministry data released Friday.
BUSINESS
Oct 8, 2005

Yoshinoya vows 'gyudon' return if U.S. beef arrives

Yoshinoya D&C Co. will put its signature "gyudon" beef-on-rice dish back on the menu within six weeks once Japan lifts its ban on U.S. beef imports, restaurant chain President Shuji Abe told a news conference Friday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 7, 2005

Marines pumped for long-awaited return to postseason

CHIBA -- The Chiba Lotte Marines are battling more than the Seibu Lions in this weekend's Pacific League first-round playoffs.
JAPAN
Oct 7, 2005

22% of state offices coerced to buy wares: NPA

Nearly 22 percent of government offices were targets of some form of outside coercion during the year spanning August 2004 to last July, with at least 8.6 percent pressured into buying merchandise, subscribing to publications or making donations, the National Police Agency said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Oct 7, 2005

Ricoh drops Taiwan patent suits

Ricoh Co. said Wednesday it has dropped its patent infringement lawsuits against Taiwanese companies because settlements have been reached.
EDITORIALS
Oct 7, 2005

Breaking the cycle of hatred

The suicide bombings that devastated three crowded restaurants on the Indonesian resort island of Bali over the weekend come as a chilling reminder that the world has yet to break the cycle of terrorist violence. The coordinated attacks reportedly killed at least 22 people, including a Japanese tourist,...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Oct 7, 2005

Beautiful truths woven in lyricism

If poetry is an art then songwriting is a craft. Verbal phrases and musical phrases each have their own modes of logic and the trick is to match them up in a way that sounds natural. All songwriters try to do that to a certain extent, but Joanna Newsom seems more conscious of the actual work involved...
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 6, 2005

Australia gets tough on terror

SYDNEY -- Tough new laws enforcing preventive detention of suspected terrorists will soon drastically change the laid-back response that Australia has so far allowed to the growing world threat of terrorism. But even before new laws start, the wails of protests from civil-liberty groups are deafening....
BUSINESS
Oct 6, 2005

Goal eyed for government lending cut

The government plans to set a target year for halving the ratio of outstanding loans by eight governmental lenders to the gross domestic product, officials said Wednesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 6, 2005

Give them what they want

When Paul Baron moved to Tokyo three years ago, he was excited to explore the city's vast art world as he had been an avid follower of art events while studying graphic design in London. There was only one problem: Where to find out what was going on. It should have been easy; it should have all been...
BUSINESS
Oct 6, 2005

PC software shipments grow 4.3%

Domestic shipments of packaged personal computer software in fiscal 2004 reached 786.2 billion yen, up 4.3 percent from the previous year, according to the results of a survey released Wednesday by the Japan Personal Computer Software Association.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 5, 2005

Iwamura tells Swallows he wants to play in majors

Yakult Swallows infielder Akinori Iwamura made a new request Tuesday to the Central League club to switch to the major leagues next season via the posting system.
JAPAN
Oct 5, 2005

Soil contaminated with uranium shipped to U.S.

The nuclear research and development agency has shipped uranium-contaminated soil to an undisclosed location in the United States for disposal, officials said.
BUSINESS
Oct 5, 2005

Bureaucratic workforce to face 10% cut over five years

The government said Tuesday it will cut the number of national-level civil servants by 33,230, or at least 10 percent of the total as of the end of fiscal 2004, over the next five years, officials said.
EDITORIALS
Oct 5, 2005

When numbers don't add up

of a Japanese unit of the PricewaterhouseCoopers Group were arrested last month on suspicion of falsifying accounting reports of Kanebo Ltd., a maker of sundries, food products and pharmaceuticals. If these CPAs are found guilty of violating the Securities and Exchange Law, the credibility of the nation's...
JAPAN
Oct 4, 2005

'Tankan' up slightly amid worries over oil

Sentiment at large manufacturers rose slightly in September, with optimism for strong exports somewhat dampened by worries over soaring oil prices, according to the Bank of Japan's "tankan" quarterly business survey released Monday.
BUSINESS
Oct 4, 2005

Latest Bali blasts to have limited impact, travel agencies say

Japanese travelers appear to be taking Saturday's deadly bombings in Bali calmly, with relatively few tour cancellations reported by travel agents so far.
Japan stands its ground after Trump letter delivers 25% U.S. tariff shock
U.S. President Donald Trump (left) and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick at Morristown Airport, New Jersey, on Sunday. Trump on Monday sent letters to 12 countries notifying them of new "reciprocal" tariff rates effective Aug. 1.
Japan to set up 'control tower' for crimes by foreign residents
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday.
China’s housing crisis is worse than it seems
Residential buildings under construction in Shanghai in July 2022. The Chinese government risks long-term decline by repeating Japan’s policy mistakes in handling its real estate and demographic crises.
Over 800 people found to be involved in TOEIC cheating scheme
An English conversation test paper and bubble answer sheet. A Chinese graduate student from Kyoto University is suspected of having attempted to use a small microphone under a mask to tell other takers of a popular English-language proficiency test the correct answers.
Japan braces for more quakes as authorities dismiss doomsday hype
Evacuees from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecuture, arrive at Kagoshima Port on Friday.
From the Abes to the Ohtanis: How siblings shape athletic development
Olympic judoka Uta Abe (second from left) and Hifumi Abe (second from right) with their brother Yuichiro (center) and their parents. “I’m always consciously trying to be a good older brother,” Yuichiro said.
Foreign nationals' presence in Japan emerges as key issue in Upper House poll
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a campaign speech next to a Liberal Democratic Party candidate for the Upper House (top center left) in Yokohama on Sunday.
Scams involving police impersonation surge
A video by the National Police Agency warns about fake scams.
Lawson to let visitors use larger parking lots as paid car campsites
A Lawson convenience store in Yachiyo, Chiba Prefecture. A new service from the company comes amid the rise in inbound tourists, making hotels and inns harder to book and more expensive.
The future is bright inside the visionary mind of architect Sou Fujimoto
The exhibition of Fujimoto’s architecture surveys his career to date, as well as looks ahead as shown in his proposal of a future floating city designed in collaboration with data scientist Hiroaki Miyata.

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