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JAPAN
Mar 3, 2006

Public OK needed to expand overseas service: NHK chief

A national consensus will be necessary for NHK to use viewer fees to expand its international broadcasts, the public broadcaster's president, Genichi Hashimoto, said Thursday.
CULTURE / Music
Mar 3, 2006

James Brown

Of all the self-promoting labels James Brown has appropriated in his career, "The Hardest Working Man in Show Business" is probably the most apt. People think it refers to the intensity of his live performances -- the hoarse screams, the manic, stuttery dance steps, the buckets of perspiration -- but...
JAPAN
Mar 2, 2006

Blatant, erroneous forced confession slammed

The Japan Federation of Bar Associations warned police and prosecutors Wednesday over a case in which a mentally impaired man in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, was erroneously arrested and charged for robbery.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 2, 2006

"Thank You Art Day"

Nationwide On March 9
JAPAN
Mar 2, 2006

City's collection of health-care premiums is legal: top court

The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by a man demanding reimbursement of his health insurance premiums who claimed the manner in which his city collected the fees was unconstitutional.
JAPAN
Mar 2, 2006

LDP panel OKs expat vote expansion

A ruling Liberal Democratic Party panel endorsed a proposal Wednesday to expand the scope of national elections in which people living overseas can vote, LDP officials said.
OLYMPICS
Mar 1, 2006

Arakawa says winning gold is like dream come true

Olympic champion Shizuka Arakawa said Tuesday it seems as if she is living in a dream after returning home with the gold she won in the women's figure skating at the Turin Games.
JAPAN
Mar 1, 2006

Panel backs larger administrative units to replace prefectures

A government advisory body proposed Tuesday to replace the current 47 prefectures with nine, 11 or 13 regional administrative units in order to respond better to local government needs.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / NAME OF THE GAME
Mar 1, 2006

Nintendo scores with consumers and then almost squanders its edge

Xbox 360 vs. PlayStation 3, Microsoft vs. Sony, DVD vs. Blu-ray -- there's a glimpse into the world of the hardcore game community. Tech talk and brand loyalty create enough static to scare away normal people who just want to play some games in their free time.
JAPAN
Feb 28, 2006

U.S. tech to correct nearsightedness finds favor

A U.S. technology that improves nearsightedness by just getting some shut-eye is catching on around the world and has moved into the clinical testing stage in Japan.
JAPAN
Feb 28, 2006

Support drops a bit for female-line succession

The percentage of people who support allowing a child of a female monarch to ascend the Imperial throne fell 7.8 percentage points from December to 64 percent, following news that Princess Kiko, the wife of Emperor Akihito's second son, is pregnant.
JAPAN
Feb 28, 2006

Ex-South Korean diplomat pens book on Hirobumi Ito

A former South Korean diplomat who spent more than a decade in Japan recently published a book on the roles of Hirobumi Ito, Japan's first prime minister and widely considered the archenemy of the Korean people, in the modernization of Japan.
COMMENTARY
Feb 28, 2006

Thoughts better left buried

LOS ANGELES -- Japan offers the world a culture of surpassing elegance, intellect, literature and political achievement, but it still remains something of an enigma. The great novelist Haruki Murakami understands, perhaps as well as anyone, this aspect of his country. His recent "Kafka on the Shore,"...
JAPAN
Feb 28, 2006

Iran's foreign minister tells Japan Tehran has a right to nuke program

Despite diplomatic pressure by Japan, visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki maintained Monday that Tehran has the right to continue its nuclear program, a Foreign Ministry official said.
JAPAN
Feb 28, 2006

Aso criticizes cartoons of prophet

Foreign Minister Taro Aso criticized some European publications Monday for printing contentious cartoons of the prophet Muhammad, calling such action "shallow."
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Feb 28, 2006

Poison, vendors and tai chi

Dangerous G wonders (somewhat bizarrely) where to begin inquiring about where people go to find poisons for the purpose of suicide. "I would appreciate some suggestions for the heroine of a story I'm planning to write."
JAPAN
Feb 28, 2006

METI hosts show of goods from 23 poorest countries

The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry started a five-day exhibition Monday of specialty goods from 23 least developed countries as part of Japan's "one village one product" initiative to help poor nations make their local products globally competitive.
JAPAN
Feb 27, 2006

Horie allegedly OK'd bogus sales

Former Livedoor Co. President Takufumi Horie and two other former executives decided in 2004 to post 1.58 billion yen in fictitious sales from two firms under Livedoor's control, according to sources close to the investigation into alleged accounting fraud.
JAPAN
Feb 27, 2006

58% see no need for DPJ chief to quit over e-mail fuss

More than half of respondents to a recent poll said Democratic Party of Japan leader Seiji Maehara does not need to step down over the turmoil surrounding an e-mail claimed to be evidence of a shady money transfer involving a senior ruling party official.
JAPAN
Feb 26, 2006

LDP planning policy to legalize gaming casinos

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party is expected to formulate a basic policy around June to legalize casinos in an effort to attract more tourists from abroad, lawmakers said Saturday.
Japan Times
Features
Feb 26, 2006

Dateline: Xinjiang

Our plane looked new and well maintained, but as we headed off into the void on the atlas far, far to the northwest of Shanghai, I still wondered if I had made a mistake by not buying some of the "Air Unexpected Insurance" on offer at the airport.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo
The unstoppable rise of konbini tourism
Guests typically follow Ryo Ito’s lead as he weaves through the narrow, colorful aisles of convenience stores.
A narrow Pacific waterway at heart of U.S. plans to choke China’s vast navy
Philippine and Australian troops fire an M777 howitzer during live fire exercises as part of joint military drills in Laur, Nueva Ecija, the Philippines, in August.
The second life of Japan's net cafes
Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
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.
Takaichi’s balancing act: Supporting Taiwan and stabilizing China ties
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi shakes hands with Lin Hsin-i, Taiwan’s presidential adviser, on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Saturday in this image posted to Takaichi's official X account.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo
Young Indonesians in Japan find their political voice
Indonesian students at Hiroshima University hold posters of the 17+8 Demands, demanding transparency and action from their homeland’s government.
The unstoppable rise of konbini tourism
Guests typically follow Ryo Ito’s lead as he weaves through the narrow, colorful aisles of convenience stores.
Kenshi Yonezu, 'Chainsaw Man' and the art of pop ubiquity
Kenshi Yonezu's “Iris Out” was an instant hit when it dropped in September. Its association with smash anime "Chainsaw Man — The Movie: Reze Arc" has spread it to even more people.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
The second life of Japan's net cafes
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