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BUSINESS
Feb 25, 2005

Top three automakers hiked output in January

Japan's top three automakers -- Toyota, Nissan and Honda -- boosted global output in January due to strong sales in overseas and domestic markets, but Mazda and Mitsubishi Motors trimmed production, the companies said Thursday.
SOCCER / World cup
Feb 23, 2005

North Korea prepares to accept Japanese fans

Japan Football Association vice president Junji Ogura on Tuesday said North Korea is moving ahead with preparations to accept Japanese supporters for a 2006 World Cup qualifier in Pyongyang this summer.
MORE SPORTS
Feb 5, 2005

Davenport strolls into Pan Pacific semis

Top-ranked Lindsay Davenport overpowered Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic in straight sets Friday to advance to the semifinals of the Pan Pacific Open.

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