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JAPAN
Oct 23, 2004

Japanese dads told to get involved in family life

Japanese fathers should take more responsibility in family affairs, allowing females to better participate in the labor force, according to the visiting Finnish social affairs minister.
JAPAN
Oct 23, 2004

Machimura unmoved by UNSC report

Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura said Friday he is unconcerned by media reports that a U.N. advisory panel on reforming the world body will not propose Japan as a candidate for permanent membership of the U.N. Security Council in its recommendation report.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Oct 23, 2004

Thi Diu Nguyen

The ancient Dong Son period in Vietnam left a treasured legacy of artistic and cultural accomplishments. Two years ago when Tokyo artist Dr. Frederick Harris was setting up a foundation to benefit Vietnamese art students, he gave it the significant name Dong Son. He invited Thi Diu Nguyen to be art adviser...
SOCCER / World cup
Oct 22, 2004

Zico interpreter red carded for verbal abuse

Japan's Brazilian-born coach Zico will be without the services of his usual interpreter for next month's World Cup qualifier at home against Singapore.
JAPAN
Oct 22, 2004

Households could be hit with 5,000 yen green tax

Households might have to pay an average 4,950 yen per year if a planned environment tax is introduced in fiscal 2005, according to a government draft released Thursday.
BUSINESS
Oct 22, 2004

JAL, ANA consider airfare hike

Japan Airlines Corp. and All Nippon Airways Co. are considering raising airfares on domestic flights, possibly from the beginning of next year, due to soaring crude oil prices, airline officials said Thursday.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / WILD WATCH
Oct 21, 2004

On the woodland trail of sprites and fungal delight

Common sounds in the hill forests of northern Japan these days are the thin "tsiping" calls of Black-faced Buntings elusively flitting through the dwarf bamboo, as enormous numbers of them head south to milder climes.
JAPAN
Oct 20, 2004

Takebe, 78 other lawmakers visit Yasukuni for fall festival

Seventy-nine lawmakers, including Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe, visited Yasukuni Shrine on Tuesday for its annual fall festival.
COMMENTARY
Oct 20, 2004

Help wanted for promoting democrac

MANILA -- A myriad of organizations from North America and Europe operate in various parts of the world with the objective of advancing democratic governance. While their strategies may differ, these "democracy-assistance foundations" hold the common belief that promoting democracy essentially promotes...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 20, 2004

Daiei: from rags to riches back to rags

Daiei Inc. has grabbed the public's attention in recent months with its dramatic struggle to survive, culminating last week with President Kunio Takagi's resignation after being forced to seek help from the Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan.
JAPAN
Oct 20, 2004

Noono delays Diet session with unsure responses

Opposition lawmakers on Tuesday questioned Chieko Noono's credentials to be justice minister after she repeatedly gave contradictory statements over a political funding scandal.
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2004

108 active volcanoes keep agency shaking

A recent series of eruptions at Mount Asama that began last month is the latest reminder that Japan is a country of volcanoes.
BUSINESS
Oct 19, 2004

Diplomatic war over gas rumbles on

Japan will ask China to halt natural gas exploration projects if they encroach on Japan's economic waters, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda said Monday.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Oct 19, 2004

Agents, China dance and culture

Ole Latina! In addition to Dagmusic, (introduced in Lifelines; Sept. 24), there are quite a number of other companies in Tokyo who specialize in contracting foreign professional singers and musicians for TV CMs and soundlogos.
BUSINESS
Oct 19, 2004

Delivery personnel's right to strike to be restricted

The government will restrict the right of mail delivery staff to strike after postal privatization begins in April 2007, government sources said Monday.
BUSINESS
Oct 19, 2004

JAL, ANA meet different needs

In February, Japan Airlines Corp. surprised the industry by announcing it would replace its super-seat luxury class, which had been in place for 18 years, with a new, cheaper class on domestic flights.
JAPAN
Oct 17, 2004

Peru's envoy hopeful for Fujimori extradition

Peru's ambassador to Japan expressed hope Saturday that Japan will extradite disgraced former President Alberto Fujimori to face murder and embezzlement charges.
JAPAN
Oct 17, 2004

Most prefectures to continue blanket testing for mad cow

Most prefectural governments plan to continue testing all cattle for mad cow disease, despite the national government's plan to exclude cows aged up to 20 months possibly by next spring.
Japan Times
Features / WEEK 3
Oct 17, 2004

Drawing on love

She is a Japanese manga artist with a piercingly sharp eye for human traits and foibles. He is an American writer and language buff who can chat with equal ease in four languages. Together, they make for a magnetic -- not to say a "mangaetic" -- couple.
EDITORIALS
Oct 16, 2004

Battle for fair competition

Yamato Transport Co., Japan's leading parcel-delivery service, and Japan Post, the provider of "Yu-pack" service, are locked in a legal battle. Yamato claims that JP is setting prices at an unfairly low level while enjoying tax-exempt status and other privileges. It is ironic that some of the basic problems,...
JAPAN
Oct 16, 2004

Kin of ex-slave laborers lose unpaid wages suit

The Tokyo District Court on Friday rejected a compensation lawsuit over the state's refusal to give unpaid wages to the relatives of Korean laborers forced to work in Japan during World War II.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 15, 2004

Livedoor appoints O'Malley as manager

Internet services company Livedoor on Thursday announced the appointment of former Yakult Swallows and Hanshin Tigers player Tom O'Malley as manager of its baseball team.
JAPAN
Oct 15, 2004

Suicide Web sites not breaking any laws

The suicides earlier this week of nine people have renewed concerns over the suicide-related Web sites through which they are believed to have met.
JAPAN
Oct 15, 2004

Tunisians win redress over physical abuse at immigration facility

The Tokyo District Court on Thursday ordered a private security firm, its president and three employees to pay a combined 1.1 million yen to each of two Tunisian men over physical abuse the latter suffered in 2000 when they were held at an immigration facility.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Oct 15, 2004

Here's to the mother of all matsuri

Although Japan has a wealth of interesting festivals celebrated up and down the archipelago, taking in only a few requires considerable planning, effort and money.

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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