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BUSINESS
Jun 9, 2006

New budget plan eyes surplus by 2011

The government has come up with a new budget reform proposal aimed at achieving a primary budget surplus by fiscal 2011 by cutting spending and raising taxes, government sources said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Jun 1, 2006

New U.S. Treasury chief welcomed

The government's top spokesman on Wednesday welcomed the nomination of Henry M. Paulson Jr. as new U.S. Treasury secretary, saying he hopes Paulson will help contribute to stable economic growth worldwide.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
May 30, 2006

'Gokiburi,' new law and residency

Cockroaches One of our readers has been having problems with cockroaches recently. She has been cleaning the apartment regularly, placing cockroach traps and even used a "bomb" to try and get rid of them, all to no avail.
CULTURE / Music
May 26, 2006

Ralph Myerz and the Jack Herren Band "Your New Best Friend"

By naming itself after the soft-porn mondo director Russ Mayer, and his erstwhile cameraman, Ralph Myerz and the Jack Herren Band seem to set themselves up as purveyors of the kind of low-fi, freaked-out lounge music that graces soundtracks. On their second album, "Your New Best Friend," the Norwegian...
BUSINESS
May 25, 2006

New Keidanren chief urges Asia diplomatic thaw

The new chairman of the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) has urged the government to swiftly resolve the nation's conflict with its Asian neighbors over Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's repeated visits to Yasukuni Shrine.
MULTIMEDIA
May 20, 2006

2,100 law grads hit new exam this weekend

About 2,100 graduates from university law schools took the new national bar exam Friday, conducted for the first time under judicial reforms launched in 2004.
MULTIMEDIA
May 20, 2006

2,100 law grads hit new exam this weekend

About 2,100 graduates from university law schools took the new national bar exam Friday, conducted for the first time under judicial reforms launched in 2004.
MULTIMEDIA
May 20, 2006

2,100 law grads hit new exam this weekend

About 2,100 graduates from university law schools took the new national bar exam Friday, conducted for the first time under judicial reforms launched in 2004.
JAPAN
May 20, 2006

2,100 law grads hit new exam this weekend

About 2,100 graduates from university law schools took the new national bar exam Friday, conducted for the first time under judicial reforms launched in 2004.
BUSINESS
May 19, 2006

Softbank, Vodafone set up firm

Softbank Corp. and Britain's Vodafone Group PLC, which recently sold its Japanese subsidiary to Softbank, announced Thursday that they are setting up a joint venture to develop and procure mobile phone handsets, software and digital content.
JAPAN
May 17, 2006

Egypt says thanks for new yen loan

Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit on Tuesday thanked Prime Minister Koizumi for Japan's agreement to provide yen loans up to 34.8 billion yen for a new museum project, a Foreign Ministry official said.
JAPAN
May 16, 2006

Old books find new life with young

Defying conventional wisdom, more young Japanese are getting interested in secondhand books -- not only to read but also taking pleasure in selling them at flea markets -- thanks in part to an enterprising young woman who started selling used books on the Internet.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
May 12, 2006

Pages stages world premiere

Avant-garde Spanish flamenco dancer Maria Pages stages the world premiere of her production "Sevilla" in Tokyo from May 14 to 16.
EDITORIALS
May 8, 2006

Bracing for a new level of oil prices

Oil prices hovering at a historically high level are threatening to destabilize the world economy. Domestically they could exert a cooling effect on the economy just as it appears to be emerging from a long period of deflation, thus undermining the foundation for economic recovery. The public is now...
EDITORIALS
May 3, 2006

Old woes for Italy's new government

Three weeks after losing a national election, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has finally conceded the vote. His decision to step down eliminates one headache for the winner, Mr. Romano Prodi, but it is not the most important challenge the prime minister-to-be faces.
BUSINESS
Apr 14, 2006

JT to appoint Kimura new chief

Japan Tobacco Inc. plans to appoint Director Hiroshi Kimura as the new president to succeed Katsuhiko Honda, who will become adviser, company officials said Thursday.
JAPAN
Apr 8, 2006

DPJ elects Ozawa as new president

The Democratic Party of Japan elected veteran lawmaker Ichiro Ozawa, 63, as its new president Friday, ending his head-to-head race with rival and two-time President Naoto Kan.
Japan Times
Features
Apr 2, 2006

Taking tanka to a new and timeless plane

Machi Tawara made a spectacular debut as a tanka poet at the age of 25 in 1987, and since then the Osaka-born artist has devoted her life to condensing her world into those neat, rhythmic but not rhyming, 31-syllable compositions.
JAPAN
Apr 1, 2006

DPJ positions to change with new guard

Seiji Maehara's decision Friday to resign as Democratic Party of Japan president will probably test the largest opposition party's solidarity and its conservative stance on defense, according to observers and DPJ sources.
BUSINESS
Mar 29, 2006

New recruits seek trust, poll shows

For new employees who will start working this spring, trust is the most important thing they look for in a company, an Internet survey found Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Mar 15, 2006

New chief vows to steady JAL

Japan Airlines Corp. should restructure itself into an airline that can consistently make an operating profit of at least 100 billion yen so it can survive in volatile business conditions, the troubled carrier's incoming president said in an interview with The Japan Times.
JAPAN
Mar 6, 2006

ANA to commemorate the dead in new accident facility

All Nippon Airways Co. will set up a commemorative space for air disaster victims in a new facility in Tokyo that will display debris and other material from past accidents, company officials said Sunday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Mar 4, 2006

Investor, philanthropist gives new name to jet set

It is 7:30 a.m. and Takaaki Kawashima has less than one hour to spare before leaving for Narita airport. He's due to take a midday flight to London, arriving in time for dinner with Prince Charles, Camilla and a small group of intimates at Clarendon House. He will leave for Japan again Friday morning,...
JAPAN
Feb 22, 2006

New defense bid-rigging warrants served

Prosecutors served new arrest warrants Tuesday on a former and two current Defense Facilities Administration Agency officials who allegedly rigged bids for construction projects at U.S. bases in Yamaguchi and Nagasaki prefectures in fiscal 2003, sources said.
JAPAN
Feb 4, 2006

Livedoor four face new charge

Prosecutors appear ready to serve fresh arrest warrants in mid-February on four now-former Livedoor Co. executives, including ex-President Takafumi Horie and former Chief Financial Officer Ryoji Miyauchi, on suspicion of falsifying the company's 2004 financial statements, investigative sources said Friday....
BUSINESS
Feb 3, 2006

TSE's new IT czar has big task

The newly installed chief information officer at trouble-plagued Tokyo Stock Exchange Inc. vowed Thursday to improve the computer trading system of Asia's largest bourse to make it more competitive in the global capital market.

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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