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JAPAN
Jul 9, 2006

80% in poll favor strong reaction to North Korea's missile launches

More than 80 percent of respondents to a recent poll say Japan should step up economic sanctions against North Korea following Pyongyang's recent missile launches.
JAPAN
Jul 8, 2006

Tokyo snubs Pyongyang threat over sanctions

Japan rejected North Korea's demand Friday to drop new economic sanctions over the North's Wednesday missile launches, ignoring Pyongyang's threat of "stronger measures" and "devastating consequences" unless it reversed its decision.
SOCCER / World cup
Jul 6, 2006

Italy breaks Germany's heart at World Cup

DORTMUND, Germany -- Fabio Grosso and Alessandro del Piero scored the goals that broke the hearts of the host nation and sent Italy into the World Cup final.
SOCCER / World cup
Jul 6, 2006

Italy powers through adversity on way to final

DORTMUND, Germany -- Against all odds Italy has made it to the World Cup final.
JAPAN
Jul 6, 2006

Pyongyang fires seven missiles into Sea of Japan

North Korea fired six ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan early Wednesday and another one in the evening, drawing economic sanctions from Japan and intensifying international concern about its nuclear weapons and diplomacy with the United States.
JAPAN
Jul 6, 2006

Korean residents ponder fallout of missile launch

. The pro-Seoul Korean Residents Union in Japan (Mindan) denounced the missile tests and called on Chongryun to pressure North Korea to refrain from further tests.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 5, 2006

Asakura goes distance in win

Kenta Asakura pitched his first complete-game shutout in four years with a five-hitter and Hirokazu Ibata and Tyrone Woods went deep as the Central League-leading Chunichi Dragons blanked the Yomiuri Giants 4-0 on Tuesday.
SOCCER
Jul 4, 2006

Shocker: Nakata says he will retire

Japanese international midfielder and national superstar Hidetoshi Nakata said Monday he will retire from professional soccer after a decade on the pitch in Japan, Italy and England, a stunner from one of the most popular Boys in Blue.
JAPAN
Jul 4, 2006

Isle tensions flare up again

Tensions between Tokyo and Seoul flared again Monday when South Korea began maritime research in waters around islets under its control that are also claimed by Japan.
JAPAN
Jul 4, 2006

Average lawmaker's income rose to 24.31 million yen in '05

Diet members earned an average of 24.31 million yen in 2005, marking the first rise in four years, according to a Kyodo News survey based on lawmakers' official income statements released Monday.
SOCCER / World cup
Jul 2, 2006

Toni fires Italy into semis

HAMBURG, Germany -- Things are falling into place for the Italians, and it couldn't come at a better time.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 2, 2006

Giants escape skid at Tigers' expense

Tomohiro Nioka, Lee Seung Yeop and Yoshinobu Takahashi hit three straight RBI doubles in the sixth inning as the Yomiuri Giants rallied to beat the Hanshin Tigers 4-2 to end a 10-game losing streak Saturday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 1, 2006

Tigers hand Giants 10th straight loss

Osamu Hamanaka, Andy Sheets and Akihiro Yano each homered and the Hanshin Tigers piled on misery in an 11-0 blanking Friday, sending the beleaguered Yomiuri Giants to their 10th consecutive defeat for the first time in 31 years.
Most Japanese teens struggling with school find end of summer ‘painful’
Some 93.1% of Japanese teenagers who struggle with school life said they felt like they “wanted to disappear from the world" at the end of summer vacation ahead of the start of a new term, according to a recent survey released by Yokohama-based nonprofit Daisan Kazoku.
Philippine bid to acquire used Japanese warships gains steam
Tokyo is looking to transfer Abukuma-class vessels to the Philippines as part of broader efforts to boost the defense capabilities of like-minded neighbors amid growing Chinese military assertiveness in the region.
Mitsubishi’s wind-power retreat a blow to Japan's alternative-energy goals
Wind turbines in the town of Happo in Akita prefecture. Wind power is a key part of Japan's alternative energy drive.
Can anime carry the memories of World War II?
Many schools in Japan show "Grave of the Fireflies" as educational material to tell the emotionally grueling story of a boy who has no means to prevent his sister from starving to death.
Akazawa's trip to Washington for tariff talks abruptly canceled
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, had been set to fly to Washington on Thursday.
Mitsubishi’s wind-power retreat a blow to Japan's alternative-energy goals
Wind turbines in the town of Happo in Akita prefecture. Wind power is a key part of Japan's alternative energy drive.
Virtual singer Kaf's music becomes magic in 'Kamitsubaki City Under Construction'
Virtual singer Kaf got her start in 2018 by posting songs and covers to YouTube. Now, after having performed live shows at major venues including Tokyo’s Nippon Budokan, she is turning to voice acting and starring in the new anime series “Kamitsubaki City Under Construction.”
Can anime carry the memories of World War II?
Many schools in Japan show "Grave of the Fireflies" as educational material to tell the emotionally grueling story of a boy who has no means to prevent his sister from starving to death.
In pictures: Koenji Awa Odori 2025
Japan Times
Koshien’s dark summer forces reckoning for high school baseball
Koryo High School players greet their cheering section after beating Hokkaido’s Asahikawa Shiho in the first round of Summer Koshien on Aug. 7. The school withdrew three days later as a bullying scandal enveloped the team.

Podcast

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

Longform

Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past
By Alex K.T. Martin

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