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Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Aug 25, 2006

Ainu culture in Hokkaido's Akan National Park

When Japan's Meiji Era (1868-1912) government concluded that the country had a manifest destiny to commence full-scale colonization of the hitherto barely developed northern island of Hokkaido, it set about the task assiduously.
BASKETBALL
Aug 20, 2006

Nowitzki powers Germany past Japan in opener

HIROSHIMA -- How do you shut down a 213-cm power forward with the athleticism of a sprinter and the impressive accuracy of an All-Star shooting guard?
BASKETBALL
Aug 19, 2006

German coach: Don't underestimate Panama

HIROSHIMA -- Panama is the lowest-ranked team in the tournament, possessing No. 34 on FIBA's world rankings list.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 18, 2006

Cyber crime cases up 11.8%

Police recorded 1,802 cases of Internet-related or cyber crimes during the first half of the year, up 11.8 percent over a year earlier and a record high for any first half, the National Police Agency said Thursday.
BASKETBALL
Aug 17, 2006

Spotlight on Japan as 24 teams compete

For the next two weeks, basketball fans from around the world will have their eyes and ears focused on Japan.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 17, 2006

Film's future is now

T here's new competition for actors aiming to make it big in Hollywood: Thanks to computer graphics, stars from the past are about to rise from the dead to play in new feature films as if they had never passed away.
BUSINESS
Aug 16, 2006

Farm ministry OKs 35th U.S. meatpacker

The agriculture ministry said Tuesday it has authorized a meatpacker in California to resume beef exports to Japan, the last on the list of 35 U.S. beef processors approved for exports to the Japanese market.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 15, 2006

Affiliate marketing now coming of age

"Half my advertising budget is wasted, but I don't know which half," goes the old retailer's quip, but this dilemma may someday be a thing of the past. If so, affiliate marketing, a type of pay-for-performance advertising, will get some of the credit.
BUSINESS
Aug 12, 2006

Yanase eyes TSE listing in 2009

Yanase & Co., Japan's biggest automobile importer, plans list itself on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 2009 to reinforce its management base by raising low-cost funds, company officials said.
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 Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Aug 8, 2006

Japan media focus blurred on big issues

All the pain of the tragedy that has befallen their family is etched in the crumpled faces of Shigeru and Sakie Yokota.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Aug 6, 2006

Many happy returns to my Tokyo village past and present

As readers of this column last week may recall, I wrote there about a period in the early 1980s when my wife and I lived in the western Tokyo suburb of Soshigaya in Setagaya Ward. Three of our four children were born in the local hospital, and we have only the fondest memories of the old neighborhood....
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2006

Gap in real estate prices between big, small cities continues to widen

The gap in land prices between large and small cities continues to widen even though the average price in select areas has moved higher for the first time in 14 years.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / THE SECOND ROOM
Aug 4, 2006

Psychedelic radar 08.04

Saturday, Aug. 5
JAPAN
Aug 3, 2006

Japanese pops lag at quality time with kids

Japanese fathers spend an average of 3.1 hours per weekday with their children, placing second from the bottom in a six-country international comparison, according to a report by the National Women's Education Center.
BUSINESS
Aug 1, 2006

Japan Post drafts 10-year plan

Japan Post Corp. submitted to the government on Monday outlines of its 10-year postal privatization road map that includes plans for its savings bank to provide loans to individuals and for its life insurance firm to offer health and casualty insurance policies.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Aug 1, 2006

Can NHK justify its huge collection costs?

NHK spends a massive 76.9 billion yen per year on its fee collection system, which equates to some 12.4 percent of the national broadcaster annual operating income.
JAPAN
Jul 31, 2006

Lawyers eye cult rape accusations

. South Korean authorities have put Jung, 61, on an international wanted list on rape charges.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Jul 30, 2006

Tokugawa shogun saved from going to the dogs

Tsunayoshi (1646-1709) was the fifth in a line of 15 Tokugawa-family rulers. His 29-year rule was marked by an unusual number of natural disasters, including a volcanic eruption of Mount Fuji, and by that equally unusual outbreak of commerce — the arts, extravagance and indulgence now known as the...
JAPAN
Jul 28, 2006

North-bound exports tightened

The government will tighten controls on the transfer of information technology and export of IT-related products to North Korea by revising trade control regulations this fall, official sources said.
BUSINESS
Jul 28, 2006

U.S. beef coming soon; consumers skeptical

Thursday's decision by the government to resume beef imports from the United States is drawing a mixed response from consumers.
SUMO
Jul 25, 2006

Dominance, Underperformers and Yogurt!

Exactly what happened on Sunday evening at the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium is simple -- Asashoryu won his 17th Emperor's Cup to date and his second this year, Hakuho came up short despite his victory over the yokozuna and will not be promoted to yokozuna for the September tournament in Tokyo and Miyabiyama...
JAPAN
Jul 23, 2006

Three people die due to heavy rain in Kagoshima

Flooding and mudslides left three people dead Saturday after record rain hit Kyushu, sending the rain-related death toll over the last week to 23 in nine prefectures.
JAPAN
Jul 22, 2006

Hiraizumi tapped for Heritage listing

The Agency for Cultural Affairs will recommend the region surrounding the ancient town of Hiraizumi, Iwate Prefecture, be named a UNESCO World Heritage site, aiming for registration in 2008, agency officials said Friday.
MORE SPORTS
Jul 21, 2006

Deep Impact on top of the world

Deep Impact, last year's Triple Crown winner in Japan, became the first Japanese horse to be ranked No. 1 in the world by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities, the Japan Racing Association said Thursday.
EDITORIALS
Jul 21, 2006

Summit of Mr. Putin's success

The annual summit meeting of the Group of Eight leading industrialized nations is often dismissed as a photo opportunity for world leaders rather than a place where real policies are agreed upon. This year's meeting, held earlier this week in St. Petersburg, Russia, was no exception. The summit declaration...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 21, 2006

Ex-additive salesman warns of hidden dangers

A one-time food-additives salesman and chemist is using his insider information to warn people about the dangers lurking in the prepared-food sections at supermarkets and convenience stores.
India strikes Pakistan over Kashmir tourist killings
Indian paramilitary personnel stand guard along a road in Srinagar on Wednesday after New Delhi launched missile strikes on archrival Pakistan in a major escalation between the nuclear-armed neighbors.
About 30% of those in de facto marriages refuse to marry over surname change
A survey by a private group found that 30% of people in de facto marriages in Japan have not filed for marriage registration because they or their partners do not want to change their surnames.
J-pop group Arashi to disband after going on tour next spring
Arashi is known for massive hit songs such as “A・RA・SHI,” “Love So Sweet” and “Happiness.”
Japan's 'ice age' employment generation is at risk of poverty during retirement
Those who entered the job market from around 1993 to 2004, when long-term stagnation started, are likely to struggle even more to make ends meet after retirement.
Man held after two injured in Tokyo Metro knife attack
Police outside Todaimae Station on the Namboku Line on Wednesday evening after a knife attack at the station 　
'Big picture thinker': Ispace CEO Hakamada on reaching the moon and dreaming of starships
Takeshi Hakamada, founder and CEO of Ispace, says his primary interest in space development is not to abandon Earth, but to protect it.
The drive for luxury: Aston Martin Asia's president explains the desire for more
While for Aston Martin, it’s all about delivering luxury, their regional president for Asia Gregory Adams' start in the auto industry in Japan was far more humble.
Why are rice prices still high in Japan?
Amid shortages, the price of a 5-kilogram bag of rice during the week of April 14 was ¥4,220.
Plug and Play wants to help Japanese startups go global
Phillip Vincent (right), Japan CEO of Plug and Play, and Ma Jingqian, head of ventures, at Plug and Play's Tokyo office, last month
Want to see the future at the Osaka Expo? Get in line.
“‘Future of life,’ by Ishiguro,” the World Expo pavilion by roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro, displays humanlike androids.

Podcast

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

Longform

Dangami House is a 180-year-old former samurai residence of the Kato clan, who ruled over Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, until the Meiji Restoration.
A house, a legacy and the quiet work of restoration in rural Japan
By Hanako Lowry

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