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SUMO
Aug 15, 2006

Trips north, south, east and west -- oh, and unwanted amateurs!

While the dust was flying during the should they/shouldn't they (make Hakuho yokozuna and Miyabiyama ozeki) promotion debate that blew up following the Nagoya Basho, the sumo powers that be did what they so often do best and ignored the fuss.
JAPAN
Aug 15, 2006

Floating crane hits power line, causes Tokyo-area blackout

A raised construction crane on a barge moving downriver hit high tension lines Monday morning in Edogawa Ward, Tokyo, causing blackouts in the capital and neighboring prefectures for nearly three hours that brought rush-hour transportation to a halt.
JAPAN
Aug 13, 2006

Firms see expansion lasting through spring

More than 90 of 100 major firms expect the economy to keep expanding until next spring, but more than 80 are concerned about oil price hikes and an economic slowdown in the United States, a Kyodo News survey shows.
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
Aug 11, 2006

Obituary: Hirokazu Kuroda

Hirokazu Kuroda, the leader of a radical leftist group from the 1960s to the 1990s, died at a hospital in Saitama Prefecture in late June, sources said Thursday. He was 78.
SOCCER / World cup
Aug 10, 2006

Boys in Blue give Osim first win as new coach

Ivica Osim's reign as coach of Japan got off to a winning start as Alex Santos scored both goals in a 2-0 victory over Trinidad and Tobago on Wednesday evening.
JAPAN
Aug 10, 2006

Abe gets boost as factions look set to back him

Factional politics once again have come to the forefront of the Liberal Democratic Party presidential election with reports Wednesday that Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe has secured the support of two faction leaders and is a virtual shoo-in.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 10, 2006

History strains Seoul ties: Ban

Abe to play a positive role by paying special attention to these issues in the future," Ban said in response to reporters' questions over whether the two discussed the territorial and Yasukuni disputes. In a separate news conference, Abe said the Yasukuni issue did not directly come up.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 10, 2006

First U.S. beef since ban goes on sale at Costco

U.S. beef went on sale Wednesday for the first time since the lifting of a ban imposed in January over mad cow disease, officials from the stores selling the meat said.
SOCCER / J. League
Aug 8, 2006

Striker Tamada injures ankle

Japan World Cup striker Keiji Tamada will be sidelined for two to three weeks with a sprained left ankle, Nagoya Grampus Eight said Monday.

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