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BUSINESS
Sep 15, 2005

China's Kingsoft taps into Japan

China's major software company, Kingsoft Corp., started offering Wednesday its popular antivirus software for free on the Internet, becoming the first Chinese company to make a full-scale entry into the Japanese software market, its Japanese arm said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2005

Election spurs Upper House posts reform rebels' flip-flop

A House of Councilors member who played a key role in nixing the government's postal privatization bills last month said Tuesday he and 10 other rebels will back them this time, making their passage this month a virtual certainty.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 14, 2005

Fujitsu's 6 million yen robot enon set to help the lost

Lost in a store? Let electronics maker Fujitsu's robot help guide your way.
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2005

Support for Koizumi Cabinet hits 59%

Public support for Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's Cabinet rose to 59.1 percent this week, up 11.8 percentage points from last month, according to a Kyodo News survey released Tuesday.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / WILD WATCH
Sep 14, 2005

Taking it slowly to savor eco-exploring

These days, "eco" has become something like a random, loosely attached, brand name. Not associated with any particular company, nor with any particular product, eco -- which "Webster's" defines as a combining form meaning "environment or habitat" -- is applied seemingly indiscriminately.
BUSINESS
Sep 13, 2005

Koizumi's next act to be his toughest yet

By MAYUMI NEGISHI and HIROKO NAKATA Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's landslide victory has given him a broad mandate to privatize the postal services and downsize the bloated public sector.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Sep 13, 2005

M's the word in high-pressure popularity stakes

There's a new phrase on working women's lips: "yononaka kara sekuhara ga kieta (sexual harassment is gone from the world)."
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Sep 11, 2005

What price social equality since the ventriloquists' putsch?

On the fourth anniversary of the 9/11 atrocity, is it too early to talk of a Bush legacy? What vision has the administration of President George W. Bush bestowed on the United States as a result of the terrorist attacks that day?
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Sep 11, 2005

TV Tokyo's "Dawn of Gaia" tackles the 2007 problem and more

Japanese industry is now gearing up for what's being called the 2007 Problem. In that year, the huge mass of humanity known as the baby-boom generation will start to retire, and when they leave their companies they will take with them many of the skills and knowhow that built those companies and, in...
Japan Times
Features
Sep 11, 2005

What's the Point?

Fabrice Blocteur may not be as well known as Marco Polo, Vasco da Gama, Ferdinand Magellan or Sir Francis Drake. But like explorers of old, this French-Canadian resident of a rural Kyoto village is on a quest to rewrite the maps through new discoveries.
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2005

National Stadium to get asbestos cleanup next summer

Plans are being made to remove asbestos insulation from the ceilings in the National Stadium complex in Tokyo starting next summer, it was learned Friday.
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2005

Tokyo Fire Department taps taxis for not-so-emergency calls

The Tokyo Fire Department started using cabs Friday to transport people to the hospital if they are not in critical condition so more ambulances can be used for emergency cases, department officials said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2005

Upper House postal rebel would change stance if LDP wins

Yoshitada Konoike, former state minister for disaster management who voted against the postal privatization bills in August, on Friday told the Liberal Democratic Party, to which he belongs, that he would support resubmission of the bills if the LDP-New Komeito coalition wins a majority in Sunday's election....
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2005

Prosecutors seek three-year term, fine for Tsutsumi

Prosecutors Friday demanded a three-year prison term and a 5 million yen fine for Yoshiaki Tsutsumi, the former chairman of Kokudo Corp. and Seibu Railway Co. who has pleaded guilty to charges of falsifying financial statements and insider trading.
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2005

Labor unions ask Canada to stop exporting white asbestos

Three Japanese unions, including one for construction workers, requested in a joint action Friday that Canada, the biggest single supplier of asbestos to Japan, stop exporting the carcinogenic mineral, labor officials said.
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2005

Family-bred politicians fan out

KURASHIKI, Okayama Pref. -- Japanese politics is often a family affair, with the offspring of Diet members winning seats originally held by their fathers, and in some cases, grandfathers.
COMMENTARY
Sep 10, 2005

From Kyoto to New Orleans

LOS ANGELES -- Beneath the endlessly horrific details surrounding the hurricane that swamped parts of New Orleans and the southeast United States lurks a monster question. Just how angry -- really -- is Mother Nature over the irreverent, careless way we humans and our energy-hungry machines have been...
JAPAN
Sep 9, 2005

Claims from Kanto quake would outdo Katrina: S&P

If a huge temblor like the one in 1923 hits the Kanto region, insurance claims will rocket to nearly 7 trillion, yen topping the cost of any past natural disaster to date, U.S. credit rating agency Standard & Poor's said Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 9, 2005

Seiko Noda and Yukari Sato in desperate battle in Gifu

GIFU -- A showdown between two female candidates has all eyes fixed on this sleepy conservative city in the Chubu region.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / VINELAND
Sep 9, 2005

Hail Vouvray, Aristocrat of the wine world

Just as The Aristocrats is the dirty joke that comedians tell each other after the punters have gone home, Vouvray is the tipple of choice among sommeliers once the ties have come off at the end of the evening.
Sep 9, 2005

Death toll at 21 as Typhoon Nabi clears out

Typhoon Nabi moved north away from the Japanese archipelago on Thursday, with the death toll from the storm rising to 21 after a body believed to be that of a missing man was found at the site of a landslide in Takachiho, Miyazaki Prefecture, in the afternoon. Six people were still listed as missing....
COMMENTARY
Sep 9, 2005

Give Lebanon space to heal

BEIRUT -- The tragic assassination of Rafik Hariri, both former and prospective Lebanon Prime Minister, on St. Valentine's Day (Feb. 14) set in motion a chain of events that gave the world hope in Lebanon's future.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / COUNTER CULTURE
Sep 9, 2005

Fashion turf war gains pace in Harajuku

It's a dog-eat-dog world down in Harajuku, where fickle fashion consumers abandon the old for the new as a matter of course and finding a successful formula for retail business success is often a case of trial and error.
JAPAN
Sep 8, 2005

Scandal claims key Asahi, industry exec

The Asahi Shimbun's executive adviser said Wednesday he will step down from his post and resign as chairman of the Japan Newspaper Publishers & Editors Association to take responsibility for a fabricated report published in the daily.
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.
Heatstroke alert issued for 19 prefectures as Japan enters 'once-in-a-decade' heat wave
Japan will experience a heat wave through mid-July on a “level only seen once in a decade,” the Meteorological Agency said on June 30.
Hidden AI prompts in academic papers spark concern about research integrity
Waseda University is one of 14 institutions in eight countries found to have used hidden prompts in research papers.
Tokyo and Kyoto feature among top ‘noctourism’ destinations
Tokyo ranked second after New York and ahead of Dubai and Singapore in a ranking of the top global cities for nighttime tourism.
Elon Musk says he has created a new U.S. political party
Elon Musk looks on during a news conference with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on May 30.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Flag football facing challenges and opportunities ahead
Japan’s women’s flag football team at the 2025 International Bowl in Los Angeles in June. The sport is enjoying continued growth in the country.
From Hokusai’s Great Wave, shinkansen to One Piece: a cultural treasure box for Lego Japan
Michael Ebbesen, general manager of Lego Japan, says Lego bricks based on Japanese culture have a rich global appeal and are sellable around the world.
With farmed fish, RelationFish swims against the tide in fine dining
Chef Hideaki Matsuo (middle) and the staff of Oseto Suisan Fisheries prepare to check on their sustainably farmed fish.
As Southeast Asia heats up, a Japanese cooling giant sees a major opportunity
An employee of Daikin Cambodia explains the use of different tools during an air conditioner installation training session in Phnom Penh. Daikin is one of Japan’s oldest air conditioning companies, but as Japan’s population falls, the firm is keying in on overseas growth.

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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Mount Fuji is considered one of Japan's most iconic symbols and is a major draw for tourists. It's still a mountain, though, and potential hikers need to properly prepare for any climb.
What it takes to save lives on Mount Fuji
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