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Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 23, 2005

Breast cancer threat ignored

Japanese women must bring about radical change in their country's health-care culture to stem a worrisome increase in breast cancer, a prominent cancer-awareness advocate said ahead of Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October.
JAPAN
Sep 21, 2005

Tokyo seeks '16 Summer Olympics

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government said Tuesday it will set up a preparation committee Oct. 1 to get the Summer Olympic Games in 2016 or later.
JAPAN
Sep 21, 2005

Visa violations dropping but fingerprint revival eyed

Visa violators in Japan are on the wane, but the fingerprinting of foreigners may soon be revived, according to the 2005 Immigration Control report released Tuesday by the Immigration Bureau.
JAPAN
Sep 21, 2005

Maehara posts junior ranks but Hatoyama is DPJ's No. 2

The Democratic Party of Japan on Tuesday formally endorsed new executives and a "shadow Cabinet" under newly elected leader Seiji Maehara, letting many junior members and those in the party's middle ranks assume key posts.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 21, 2005

Oil prices up steelmakers' costs

Japanese steelmakers as a whole will face a yearly cost increase of 100 billion yen or more if crude oil prices remain high for a year, an industry leader said Tuesday.
MORE SPORTS
Sep 19, 2005

Capirossi quickest at Motegi

MOTEGI, Ibaraki Pref. -- Pole-sitter Loris Capirossi overtook Italian compatriot Max Biaggi late in the race Sunday to win the MotoGP Grand Prix of Japan.
BUSINESS / JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES
Sep 19, 2005

Postelection policy management and the Japanese economy

The Sept. 11 House of Representatives election ended in a landslide victory for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, which secured 296 out of the 480 seats in the lower chamber of the Diet.
COMMENTARY
Sep 19, 2005

A mandate to finish the job

The Sept. 11 general election produced stunning results unprecedented in Japanese political history. Unaffiliated voters gave overwhelming support to the governing Liberal Democratic Party, handing the LDP-New Komeito coalition more than two-thirds of the 480-seat Lower House. Paradoxically, conservative...
Japan Times
Features
Sep 18, 2005

In skeptical quest of a boom

"Why don't you write about the kimono boom?" they said, citing anecdotal evidence suggesting that the traditional gown of Japan was making a comeback. So, with several people at The Japan Times claiming they'd seen "a lot" of people wearing them recently, off I set to investigate.
Japan Times
Features / WEEK 3
Sep 18, 2005

Block-rockin' beats hit town

Few things were as emblematic of 1980s America as "breaking," the inner-city dance style whose head-spinning and somersaulting acrobatics became a world sensation.
MORE SPORTS
Sep 17, 2005

With playing days over, Baggio considers coaching

Italian soccer legend Roberto Baggio is looking forward to a coaching career which may include a stint at a J. League club or as Italian national team boss, he said at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 17, 2005

Demand for China gas drilling data reasonable: energy chief

Japan's demand that China hand over concrete data on its ongoing gas drilling projects in a disputed sea zone is not unreasonable because it pertains to sovereignty, according to a senior Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry official.
BUSINESS
Sep 17, 2005

TSE, FSA at loggerheads over listing plan

A confrontation with the Financial Services Agency has hindered Tokyo Stock Exchange Inc.'s plans to list its own shares on the TSE by the end of this fiscal year.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 17, 2005

Taiwan sees wider recognition as key to upholding democrac

Taiwan has been endeavoring to lift the stature of its 23 million people in the eyes of the international community as a foil to China's plans for unification.
BUSINESS
Sep 17, 2005

S&P tells banks to beware of housing loan default rise

Standard & Poor's warned Friday that Japanese banks should be cautious about a possible rise in housing loan defaults as they compete for a bigger share of the market before the government corporation handling the loans is terminated.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 17, 2005

Corporate jets attracting more Japanese clients

"Why don't you get into my flying car?"
JAPAN
Sep 16, 2005

Downsized, quickly built Nago offshore base eyed

Japan and the United States are considering downsizing a planned military-civilian airport off Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, for relocating the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, sources close to bilateral relations said Thursday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Sep 16, 2005

Keeping up with the Norah Joneses

She may only be 16 years old, but Massachusetts native Sonya Kitchell talks with the assurance of a musician twice her age. It's a couple of days after Kitchell played a live showcase to a largely music-industry crowd in a tiny Shibuya jazz bar, following the recent Japan-only release of her debut album,...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Sep 16, 2005

Warm to the mild port city of Numazu

Located just 100 km from Tokyo, the city of Numazu, in Shizuoka Prefecture, is less than an hour's ride away on the Hikari bullet train. Numazu merged with a neighboring city in April and today has a population total of over 211,000 and a land area of 187.1 sq. km.
JAPAN
Sep 15, 2005

JT to hold smokers-only movie preview of 'Sin City'

With smokers increasingly shunned in public places, Japan's largest cigarette maker is offering a rare treat -- tickets to a film preview where they can smoke all they want.
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2005

Fujimori applies for Peru passport

Fugitive former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori applied Tuesday for a Peruvian passport at the Peruvian Consulate General in Tokyo.
Winning warship bid gives Japan confidence boost as Tokyo eyes more exports
Australia’s decision to select Japan's upgraded Mogami-class warship, seen in this computer-generated image, has been “well received across Japanese industry," a Defense Ministry official said.
Two Japanese nationals shot dead in Manila
Commuters cross the street through traffic in Manila.
Osaka fire kills two firefighters and leaves four injured
Firefighters work at the scene of a fire in the Dotonbori district in the city of Osaka on Monday.
Trump’s peace-deal demands leave Ukraine's Zelenskyy with only bad options
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a joint news conference with the European Commission president in Brussels on Sunday.
Japan watches nervously as Trump ramps up pressure on Zelenskyy
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba takes part in an online meeting focused on Ukraine, with leaders from the "coalition of the willing," a group of nations that have pledged support for Kyiv against Russian aggression, late Sunday.
Winning warship bid gives Japan confidence boost as Tokyo eyes more exports
Australia’s decision to select Japan's upgraded Mogami-class warship, seen in this computer-generated image, has been “well received across Japanese industry," a Defense Ministry official said.
In Paris, chefs Chizuko Kimura and Kei Kobayashi make their mark
Chef Kei Kobayashi is France's only Japanese chef with three Michelin stars.
Top MLB prospect Rintaro Sasaki is committed to doing it 'the hard way'
Rintaro Sasaki hits a home run during a game against Duke at Stanford's Sunken Diamond on March 16.
In preserving Japanese hospitality, ‘details are everything’
Beniya Mukayu, a traditional "ryokan" inn located in Ishikawa Prefecture, considers itself at "the heart of onsen towns, local residents, farmers, fishermen, sake brewers and artisans" — all of which need new, sustainable methods of serving visitors to survive into the future.
A seaside hotel built on competitive Japanese cycling
In a region more associated with art, Keirin Hotel 10 takes a decidedly more athletic approach to attracting tourists.

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

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Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
The long search for Japan’s lost soldiers
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