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JAPAN
Dec 2, 2005

IPods to remain freeof royalty payments

A government panel Thursday decided against expanding the range of products subject to royalty payments on digital music recording devices to include iPods and other new gadgets that use flash memory and hard disks.
JAPAN
Dec 2, 2005

Capital looks to pool trillions in bid to woo 2016 Olympics

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government may establish a pool of several trillion yen to be used in case the city is picked to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, metro officials said Thursday.
JAPAN
Nov 30, 2005

Asbestos-relief bill may hit 27 billion yen

The government revealed Tuesday that thousands of buildings nationwide, including public facilities, pose asbestos exposure risks while unveiling a draft bill to pay 27 billion yen in compensation to the people affected.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Nov 29, 2005

Soaking in benefits of a chocolate spa

The Service: chocolate spa The Hype: slimmer figure: smooth skin: stress relief The Lab Rat: a thirty-something female chocolate lover with irregular eating habits The Results: thighs slimmed by 1.1 cm; feeling of relaxation: and - though connection can't be proven - a sudden desire to go shopping.
BASKETBALL
Nov 25, 2005

AND1 crew puts on good show in Tokyo

Known better as a hallowed sumo venue, Tokyo's Ryoguku Kokugikan transformed into a hoops hotbed on Nov. 13.
JAPAN
Nov 22, 2005

Perks elude foreign campuses in Japan

Sara Meshino goes to Temple University Japan Campus in Minato Ward, Tokyo, and takes classes in English, paying 472,500 yen for nine credits this semester from September to December.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Nov 19, 2005

Play of Wigan Athletic is story of Premier League season

Here's a good trivia question -- name a Wigan Athletic player.
JAPAN
Nov 15, 2005

Icebreaker departs for Antarctica

The 11,600-ton icebreaker Shirase left Tokyo Monday, bound for Antarctica on Japan's 47th observation mission there.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Nov 12, 2005

Beckham's glamour image at heart of debate on his talent

LONDON -- David Beckham captains England for the 50th time against Argentina in a friendly in Geneva on Saturday with, in many respects, the jury still out on the Real Madrid midfielder.
BUSINESS
Nov 11, 2005

Cerberus to acquire 30% of new Seibu holding firm

U.S. investment fund Cerberus Group will have a 30 percent stake in the new holding company set up for the Seibu Railway Co. group, making it the largest shareholder, according to recapitalization and revival plans unveiled Thursday.
JAPAN
Nov 10, 2005

Artists decry museum merger plan

Painter Ikuo Hirayama and other prominent figures in the Japanese art world on Wednesday protested a proposal to integrate two national museums and a research institute on cultural assets because of financial difficulties.
BUSINESS
Nov 9, 2005

Koizumi unlocks auto taxes

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has ordered the government to use revenue from some auto-related taxes for purposes other than road-related projects, infrastructure minister Kazuo Kitagawa said Tuesday.
JAPAN / CABINET INTERVIEW
Nov 3, 2005

Make English mandatory for elementary pupils, Kosaka says

The new education minister believes English education should be made mandatory for elementary school students.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 3, 2005

Mazda turns a record profit on robust Japan, China sales

Mazda Motor Corp. on Wednesday reported record sales and profits in the first half of fiscal 2005, mainly due to brisk sales in Japan and China, and reductions in manufacturing costs.
JAPAN
Nov 3, 2005

Medals of Honor to include JR train-accident rescuers

The government will issue Medals of Honor on Thursday to 827 people and 15 organizations for their contributions to society, including those who saved lives in the deadly train derailment in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, in April, government officials said Wednesday.
MORE SPORTS
Nov 1, 2005

Berlin gold medalist Hamuro dies

Tetsuo Hamuro, who won the men's 200-meter breaststroke gold medal at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, died on Sunday night.
JAPAN
Oct 30, 2005

English test to gauge education level

About 1,000 junior high school students will be tested in November on their ability to speak English as part of the government's efforts to ascertain the situation of English education in Japan.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Oct 26, 2005

Eagles not showing progressive thinking in hiring Nomura as new manager

What a difference a year makes.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Oct 23, 2005

Best to dig deep and study language from its roots

W hen I was growing up in Los Angeles during the 1950s, the L.A. County Board of Education decided that the children of the city should learn Spanish. While the language was not made compulsory, it was taught to us regularly with the usual visual aids, such as pictures of elephants, giraffes, mountains...
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Oct 22, 2005

Henry confirms status as best player in Premier League

LONDON -- There can be little doubt that Chelsea has the best team in England, breaking records almost for fun. But for all its many qualities, Chelsea does not have the Premiership's best player, and the return of Thierry Henry in Arsenal's 2-0 win over Sparta Prague last Tuesday underlined his true...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Oct 21, 2005

The 39th Tokyo Motor Show is all revved up and ready to go

Trade days over, denizens of the auto industry turn their attention to entertaining and informing the general public at this year's Tokyo Motor Show glitz-fest at Chiba's Makuhari Messe from Saturday, Oct. 22 to Sunday, Nov. 6.
JAPAN
Oct 20, 2005

Car show highlights environmental technology

CHIBA -- The 39th Tokyo Motor Show opened to the media Wednesday at the Makuhari Messe convention center here, with futuristic concept cars and vehicles sporting the latest technologies -- particularly those that make them more environmentally friendly.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Oct 18, 2005

e.m.'s The Message, Lift Position, Blackpain wristwatches, Soe in Naka-Meguro . . .

Message in a boutique
JAPAN
Oct 13, 2005

Aomori formally OKs ITER research center in Rokkasho

Aomori Gov. Shingo Mimura said Wednesday his prefecture will accept a request from the central government to host a research center related to the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor to be built in France.
COMMENTARY
Oct 8, 2005

Stellar play fosters globalized mindset

LOS ANGELES -- Some things are just nice to see, and there's not much more to it than that. In America around this time every year, one of the nicest things to see -- especially for the inveterate sports fan -- is the invariably engrossing finale of the long Major League Baseball season.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Descendants in Philippines denied Japanese citizenship
As attacks surge, who can cull bears in Japan?
Police cars leave the Akita Prefectural Police headquarters to cull bears, in the city of Akita on Thursday.
Japan may triple departure tax to tackle overtourism
A plane takes off from Haneda Airport.
What would a ‘backup capital’ look like for Japan?
The Japan Innovation Party has long sought to get Osaka designated as Japan's backup capital.
Japan fully enters sports streaming era as fans face new dilemmas
Sports fan Tadashi Yokoyama streams basketball and fencing on three screens.
Tatsuya Nakadai: A masterful leading man and postwar icon
Tatsuya Nakadai had the look of a leading man in his youth, but his large and searching eyes suggested the pain and loneliness of an old soul.
As Japan’s female leader rises, can she cross sumo’s sacred line?
Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku (front center) delivers a speech on the first day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Sunday. Centuries of belief and tradition still underpin the all-male association's stance of excluding women.
Takaichi doesn’t mince words on Taiwan, but dramatic policy shift unlikely
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in parliament on Tuesday.
Florist Nicolai Bergmann flourishes outside the box
Florist Nicolai Bergmann shops for fresh flowers at the Ota flower market in Tokyo on Friday.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
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