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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 27, 2004

No decision yet from NPB panel on new baseball team

A Nippon Professional Baseball executive committee panel, which is screening the applications of Internet-related companies Rakuten Inc. and Livedoor Co. as they vie to create a new baseball team in Sendai, failed to reach a decision on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Oct 26, 2004

Political funds law revision not the answer

Despite moves to amend the Political Funds Control Law after a recent scandal involving a 100 million yen political donation by a dental lobby to a faction of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, experts are skeptical about whether such efforts will actually give it teeth.
BUSINESS
Oct 19, 2004

Hitachi, GE to work together on new reactor type

Hitachi Ltd. will build a next-generation nuclear power reactor jointly with General Electric Co., participating in a U.S. project to resume the construction of nuclear power plants, Hitachi officials said Monday.
JAPAN
Oct 16, 2004

Koizumi hails Cambodia's new king

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi sent a message to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday, congratulating the country on the selection the previous day of Prince Norodom Sihamoni as its new king, Japanese officials said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 7, 2004

Chubu airport to add to Kansai's unease

TOKONAME, Aichi Pref. -- With the February opening of Chubu Centrair International Airport, its general manager of sales and marketing has a few words for those who worry the new facility will take flights away from Kansai International Airport.
BUSINESS / CABINET INTERVIEW
Oct 5, 2004

IRCJ to stop accepting new projects in March

Seiichiro Murakami, newly chosen state minister in charge of industrial revitalization, said the Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan will stop accepting new turnaround assignments in March, as scheduled.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / NEW ART SEEN
Sep 22, 2004

Project seeks new sites for sore eyes

I would estimate that for every artist sipping champagne at an opening reception -- clad in Gaultier and coiffed with contrived insouciance -- there are hundreds of other artists sitting alone in cheap apartments eating cold noodles. "Starving artist" may be a cliche, but the truth is that most people...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Sep 19, 2004

Cubist on the turntables

A cacophony of electronic bleeps and disjointed drum rolls kick off the second and latest CD "Sensation" by Ryo Kato, aka DJ Klock. What follows is a series of drill-like drum riffs that start, stop then start again several times before settling into a jerky hip-hop-like beat. Later, this transient groove...
JAPAN
Aug 20, 2004

NPA wants new laws on terror attacks, immigration control

In its first policy outline on antiterrorism measures, the National Police Agency called Thursday for new legislation to prevent terrorist attacks and improve the capability of police to respond to nuclear, biological or chemical attacks.
COMMUNITY
Aug 15, 2004

Lanvin cuts a new dash

Only a couple of years ago, no self-respecting fashionista would have been caught dead in Lanvin. A brand stuck in the past, it had plenty of pedigree -- but was about as chic as white socks and sandals.
Japan Times
Features
Aug 15, 2004

Lanvin cuts a new dash

Only a couple of years ago, no self-respecting fashionista would have been caught dead in Lanvin. A brand stuck in the past, it had plenty of pedigree -- but was about as chic as white socks and sandals.
JAPAN
Jul 27, 2004

Japan tested chemical weapon on Aussie POW: new evidence

The Imperial Japanese Army tested cyanide gas on Australian and Dutch East Indies prisoners of war in 1944 in Indonesia's Kai Islands, according to a document recently uncovered by a Japanese researcher.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jul 21, 2004

Le Corbusier's new archive for digital viewing

The legacy of blueprints and sketches by Le Corbusier, one of the most influential and admired architects of the 20th century, will become accessible from you desktop next year.
BUSINESS
Jul 13, 2004

New PlayStation due this fiscal year

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. said Monday it will launch the next-generation PlayStation video game console by the end of the current fiscal year.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jul 10, 2004

Giants owner eyes new competition to replace Japan Series

Yomiuri Giants owner Tsuneo Watanabe on Friday unveiled an idea for a competition that would replace the Japan Series championship if Japanese professional baseball is realigned into a one-league system through mergers between teams.
BUSINESS
Jun 29, 2004

Mazda aims high with new compact

Mazda Motor Corp. on Monday launched the Verisa compact, looking to create a new high-grade category in this growing sector.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 23, 2004

New approach needed in six-party talks

WASHINGTON -- As the six-party talks over North Korea's nuclear program resume late this month, the outlook for success remains as poor as ever. The Bush administration continues to take a firm stand, insisting on complete, verifiable and irreversible North Korean nuclear disarmament before any discussions...
EDITORIALS
Jun 19, 2004

SDF's new role raises questions

Reiterating in effect what he had told U.S. President George W. Bush in a Japan-U.S. summit earlier this month, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi announced on Thursday that Japanese troops now stationed in Iraq will participate in the U.S.-led multinational force following the June 30 transfer of sovereignty....
BUSINESS
May 27, 2004

Flexible stance planned for farm negotiations in new round of WTO talks

The government and the ruling coalition parties said Wednesday that Japan will take a flexible position on farm negotiations in the new round of global trade talks under the World Trade Organization.
BUSINESS
May 18, 2004

Agency eyes building 10 new nuclear reactors by fiscal 2030

The energy agency envisions a need to build about 10 nuclear reactors by fiscal 2030, according to a draft long-term outlook on energy supply and demand.
COMMENTARY / World
May 15, 2004

New jailers, same prison?

The stage-managed toppling of ex-Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's statue will not, after all, be the image defining the Iraq war. Like the famous photo of the young girl on fire running naked to escape the horror of napalm in the Vietnam War, the photographs emerging from Abu Ghraib prison will be the...
JAPAN
May 11, 2004

New warrant served in JDA bribery scandal

A former chief of the Social Insurance Agency was served a fresh arrest warrant Monday for allegedly receiving 4 million yen more in bribes from top executives of the Japan Dental Association.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Apr 27, 2004

Car checks and new passport rules

Vehicle inspection Do you know of anyone who could give me information on the laws and procedure regarding car inspections? I need to obtain Japanese inspection and a registration number plate for a recently imported car.
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
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.
Chinese national sentenced for hit-and-run that injured four children in Saitama
A Saitama district court sentenced Deng Hongpeng, a Chinese national and demolition worker, to two years and six months in prison, suspended for four years, for hitting a group of elementary school children with his car and fleeing the scene while driving under the influence.
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 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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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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