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JAPAN
Dec 23, 2006

Prosecutors demand four years for Horie

Prosecutors on Friday demanded a four-year prison sentence for Takafumi Horie, the former president of Internet firm Livedoor Co., for alleged violations of the Securities and Exchange Law.
EDITORIALS
Dec 23, 2006

Lopsided tax proposals

The tax proposals by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito included in the fiscal 2007 draft budget reflect Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's idea that there will be no financial reconstruction without high economic growth. He envisages the following path: Tax cuts for the corporate sector will energize...
BUSINESS
Dec 21, 2006

Tax yield lifts '07 budget

The Finance Ministry on Wednesday handed the Cabinet the fiscal 2007 draft budget, which, due to projected increased tax revenues, reflects the first spending rise in two years but also slashes the issuance of new government bonds.
BUSINESS
Dec 15, 2006

Ruling bloc says keep tax breaks for corporations

The ruling coalition finalized its tax revision proposals Thursday for fiscal 2007, focusing on breaks for companies in a bid to accelerate capital investment and postponing discussion of the sensitive issue of a consumption levy hike until after next fall.
COMMENTARY
Dec 14, 2006

Pinochet's death marks the end of an era

NEW YORK -- The death of Chilean dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet Ugarte, on Dec. 10, Human Rights Day, marks an appropriate coincidence: the end of one of the bloodiest tyrants in recent Latin American history at one of the most significant human-rights celebrations.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Dec 12, 2006

BOEGE Polos, up-market UNIQLO, blood-free diamonds . . .

Polos reimagined
EDITORIALS
Dec 12, 2006

Take the money and run

Nearly 20 offices, including the head office, of Kinmirai Tsushin Inc., an Internet protocol telephony service provider, have been searched following allegations that it lured and defrauded investors with talk of new technology and lucrative returns.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Dec 9, 2006

Yoshiyuki Iwamoto

Yoshiyuki Iwamoto recently published in New York a book in English.
BUSINESS
Dec 7, 2006

Abe tax plan hits stiff LDP opposition

The Cabinet's plan to use road-related tax revenues for general expenditures ran into strong opposition Wednesday from members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, which may force Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to revise his key fiscal reform.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 5, 2006

Chaff that sticks to wheat

SYDNEY -- As scandals go in the annals of Australian business, the one over wheat sales to Iraq during the Saddam Hussein regime is huge. And the political fallout, both domestic and international, may prove to be even mightier. It leaves many people here and abroad scratching their heads in amazement....
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 4, 2006

Horie says ex-CFO made false statements against him in court

Internet entrepreneur Takafumi Horie on Sunday accused a former subordinate of making false statements against him in court and said neither had been aware of alleged accounting fraud at Livedoor Co.
JAPAN
Dec 3, 2006

Nintendo's Wii game console debuts to long lines nationwide

Enthusiastic fans formed long lines outside electronics stores nationwide early Saturday to be the first in Japan to get their hands on Nintendo Co.'s new Wii video game console.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 3, 2006

Nintendo's Wii game console debuts to long lines nationwide

Enthusiastic fans formed long lines outside electronics stores nationwide early Saturday to be the first in Japan to get their hands on Nintendo Co.'s new Wii video game console.
BASKETBALL / ONE-ON-ONE WITH ...
Nov 25, 2006

Terashita: Jordan my idol

Beginning this week The Japan Times will be featuring periodic interviews with players in Japan's bj-league -- the nation's first pro basketball circuit -- which has started its second season. Daiki Terashita of the Niigata Albirex BB is the subject of this week's profile.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Nov 24, 2006

Watch this MySpace

W ith sites already running in Europe and Australia, U.S. social networking site MySpace finally landed in Japan last week, squaring up against the all-conquering homegrown service Mixi.

Longform

Mamoru Iwai, stationmaster of Keisei Ueno Station, says that, other than earthquake-proofing, the former Hakubutsukan-Dobutsuen (Museum-Zoo) Station has remained untouched.
Inside Tokyo's 'phantom' stations — and the stories they tell