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BUSINESS
Jul 31, 2008

IMF supports BOJ's wait-and-see attitude

WASHINGTON (Kyodo) The International Monetary Fund is pressing Japan to maintain its "accommodative" monetary policy for a little longer as its economy faces downside risks.
JAPAN
Jul 31, 2008

Reshuffle talk growing stronger

Speculation is rife in Nagata-cho that Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda may name a new Cabinet early next week.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Jul 29, 2008

Past shortcomings motivating factor for many 2008 Olympians

According to conventional wisdom, people forget the runnersup, but they remember the champions.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jul 12, 2008

Talented Tigers excel in season's first half

The Hanshin Tigers are so far ahead in the Central League standings the Japanese media has already given them a magic number.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Jul 8, 2008

Beware the foreigner as guinea pig

Anywhere in the world, noncitizens have fewer legal rights than citizens. Japan's Supreme Court would agree: On June 2, in a landmark case granting citizenship to Japanese children of unmarried Philippines mothers, judges ruled that Japanese citizenship is necessary "for the protection of basic human...
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2008

Serial killer Miyazaki, two others hanged

Serial killer Tsutomu Miyazaki, 45, who abducted, molested and strangled four young girls in Tokyo and Saitama Prefecture in 1988 and 1989, was hanged Tuesday along with two other inmates, Justice Minister Kunio Hatoyama said.
Reader Mail
Jun 8, 2008

Most Koreans not 'forcibly brought'

The final line of the June 4 article from Kyodo News, "Chinese now No. 1 foreign group," erroneously characterized the 426,227 Koreans who are classified as special permanent residents as "those who were forcibly brought to Japan from the Korean Peninsula when it was under Japanese colonial rule, and...
BUSINESS
May 27, 2008

Daiwa to sell Shariah-compliant fund

SINGAPORE (Kyodo) Singapore's stock and derivatives exchange has teamed up with the Daiwa securities house to offer an investment fund based on Japan's top 100 companies whose activities comply with Islamic laws, the two sides announced Monday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 12, 2008

Miura earns first win of season

YOKOHAMA — Daisuke Miura didn't want to wait too long to pick up his first win of the season. So he made Hanshin Tigers slugger Tomoaki Kanemoto wait at least one more night before reaching his own goal.
BUSINESS
Mar 5, 2008

Worried about yen, Toyota to boost output abroad

GENEVA (Kyodo) Katsuaki Watanabe, president of Toyota Motor Corp., says the carmaker is feeling the pinch from the yen's spike against the dollar and will move more manufacturing offshore to minimize the adverse effects.
MORE SPORTS
Feb 28, 2008

Agent: Mao has not split with coach

Contradicting a report from Kyodo News early Wednesday morning, the agent for figure skating star Mao Asada said she has not split with her Armenian coach, Rafael Arutunian, or decided to move her training base back to Japan.
JAPAN
Jan 28, 2008

Hashimoto elected governor of Osaka

OSAKA — Toru Hashimoto scored a landslide victory Sunday in Osaka's gubernatorial election, which was seen as having national implications.
BUSINESS
Dec 27, 2007

Growth slowing: BOJ's Kamezaki

YOKOHAMA (Kyodo) Economic growth has recently been slowing on sharp falls in domestic housing investment at a time when uncertainties surrounding the global economy are increasing, Bank of Japan Policy Board member Hidetoshi Kamezaki said Wednesday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 10, 2007

Dragons bounce back with win

Hirokazu Ibata drove in four runs and the Chunichi Dragons avoided a second consecutive upset loss by defeating the Uni-President Lions 4-2 in the fourth game of the Konami Cup Asia Series 2007 on Friday night at Tokyo Dome.
SOCCER / J. League
Nov 4, 2007

Gamba earns Nabisco title

Teenage defender Michihiro Yasuda proved the hero with a second-half winner as Gamba Osaka edged Kawasaki Frontale 1-0 on Saturday to claim their first Nabisco Cup.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS
Oct 28, 2007

Darvish, Seguignol key Hammies' win

SAPPORO — Yu Darvish is beginning to become a playoff legend.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS
Oct 16, 2007

Woods: Dragons fire at perfect time

Kenichi Nakata and Kenshin Kawakami were the losing pitchers in the Chunichi Dragons' final games of 2006, dropping Games 4 and 5 of the Japan Series, respectively, against the champion Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS
Oct 13, 2007

Will mercurial Tigers end slump?

Here are five questions heading into the first stage of the Central League Climax Series between the Hanshin Tigers and Chunichi Dragons:
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami
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.
Counting the reasons why there are so few American cars in Japan
Tesla's store in Tokyo's Shibuya district. While sales of American cars in Japan appear to be shrinking, Tesla's presence in the country is growing.
Shohei Ohtani's example could change Japan's views on paternity leave
Shohei Ohtani and Mamiko Tanaka announced the birth of their first child on April 19.
Nearly half of workers in Japan engage in ‘quiet quitting’
"Quiet quitting" is most common among the younger generation, with 46.7% of respondents to a survey in their 20s identifying with the practice, reflecting a less-motivated workforce more focused on work-life balance.
Could this be Japan’s year at the Kentucky Derby?
Christophe Lemaire rides Admire Daytona, who was bred in Japan, during the UAE Derby at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai on April 5.
Counting the reasons why there are so few American cars in Japan
Tesla's store in Tokyo's Shibuya district. While sales of American cars in Japan appear to be shrinking, Tesla's presence in the country is growing.
Shohei Ohtani's example could change Japan's views on paternity leave
Shohei Ohtani and Mamiko Tanaka announced the birth of their first child on April 19.
Nearly half of workers in Japan engage in ‘quiet quitting’
"Quiet quitting" is most common among the younger generation, with 46.7% of respondents to a survey in their 20s identifying with the practice, reflecting a less-motivated workforce more focused on work-life balance.
U.S. secretary of the navy weighs ‘dual-use’ shipbuilding with Japan
John Phelan at a Senate confirmation hearing for U.S. secretary of the navy in Washington in February

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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.
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