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EDITORIALS
Aug 15, 2006

Heroic save in a long war

The good news is that British authorities thwarted a plot to blow up in midair around 10 airliners en route to the United States from Britain. The bad news is that the incident shows that the threat of an indiscriminate terrorist attack remains, reminding us that no nation or community can let up on...
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 15, 2006

Children died as Western leaders stared

NEW YORK -- The failure to reach a ceasefire agreement in Lebanon for nearly a month was, in itself, a severe in- dictment against Western political leaders. They were the only ones who could stop a war that has caused tremendous suffering. The most vulnerable victims are hundreds of thousands of children....
SOCCER
Aug 12, 2006

Terry tapped

LONDON (AP) Chelsea defender John Terry was named England soccer captain Thursday, succeeding David Beckham.
EDITORIALS
Aug 12, 2006

Japan Post Corp.'s sketchy road map

Japan Post Corp.'s 10-year road map for postal service privatization is ambitious. If things develop as the road map envisages, a mega-bank and a mega-life insurance firm will be established, possibly creating competition problems for existing private banks and insurance firms. But the road map appears...
JAPAN
Aug 11, 2006

Food self-sufficiency holds at 40%

Japan's self-sufficiency in food stayed at 40 percent in fiscal 2005 for the eighth straight year since fiscal 1998, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said Thursday.
JAPAN
Aug 11, 2006

Paloma offices, factory raided over poisonings

at Paloma Co. answers questions from reporters Thursday in Nagoya after the company was searched. KYODO PHOTO
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / THE SECOND ROOM
Aug 11, 2006

Psychedelic radar 08.11

Mother: Aug. 13-15
JAPAN
Aug 10, 2006

Paternity leave takers fewer

Only 0.5 percent of male private-sector company workers took paternity leave in fiscal 2004, down from 0.56 percent the year before, a health ministry survey said Wednesday.
EDITORIALS
Aug 10, 2006

Nagano bids maverick goodbye

Nagano voters on Sunday chose a steady and stable style of politics over maverick leadership often characterized by theatrics, confrontation and confusion. Gov. Yasuo Tanaka, a reform-minded ex-novelist, sought a third term but was defeated by Mr. Jin Murai, a former state minister for national disaster...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Aug 10, 2006

Kyogen meets contemporary theater

For the past 20 years, Kazuhiro Morisaki has promoted the comical performing art form of kyogen, but that doesn't make him a purist.
BUSINESS
Aug 9, 2006

Japan to share expo-tise with China

The government will set up a panel of experts Wednesday to share its experience hosting the World Exposition last year in Aichi Prefecture with 2010 expo host China, the trade minister said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Aug 9, 2006

Wage freeze sought for civil servants

The National Personnel Authority said Tuesday the basic monthly pay and bonus levels for government workers should stay the same in fiscal 2006 because its newly altered survey shows there is almost no gap between public- and private-sector salaries.
JAPAN
Aug 9, 2006

Center gives refugees reason for hope

has been commissioned by the government to provide followup (to refugees who have been recognized)," said Shin Ohara of RHQ. "I think all foreigners living in Japan face hurdles, but for refugees it is especially hard to be adopted into Japanese society for various reasons, including the language barrier." The...
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 9, 2006

Aso wants Yasukuni as nonreligious war memorial

Foreign Minister Taro Aso stirred up more controversy Tuesday over Yasukuni Shrine by proposing it be stripped of its religious status and turned into a state-run war memorial.
BUSINESS
Aug 8, 2006

JAL pares loss but plots fare hike as fuel soars

Japan Airlines Corp. on Monday reported narrower losses for the first quarter of fiscal 2006, but it faces tough times ahead as it struggles to deal with soaring fuel prices and falling domestic passenger numbers, and thus may hike international fares possibly by year's end.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Aug 5, 2006

'Gimme Wings' raises singer-songwriter's profile

Sixteen years ago, Benjamin Franklin wrote a song entitled "Feel Like a Bird." The lead song and the title of his first album, released June 17, is "Gimme Wings." "I guess that suggests I haven't got very far," he jokes. In fact he's come quite a distance, but with still a way to go.
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2006

Cops log 120 child abuse cases in first half

Child abuse cases uncovered by police in the first half of this year rose 14.3 percent over the same period last year to a record of 120, the National Police Agency said Thursday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 3, 2006

Kuroda best in July

Hiroshima Carp right-hander Hiroki Kuroda was named the MVP for the month of July after winning all four starts, including a shutout, during the month, the Central League said Wednesday.

Longform

A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami