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LIFE
Apr 8, 2007

Japan's way of judicial killing

Japan's application of the death penalty is cruel, secretive and out of step with much of the developed world, say its opponents. As a record 102 inmates now wait on death row for the hangman's noose, in this JT review of the capital-punishment system, the one man alive and free who knows the true horrors...
EDITORIALS
Mar 29, 2007

Tamiflu decision too late?

The health ministry has banned in principle the prescription of the influenza drug Tamiflu to people aged 10 to 19 in the wake of a series of cases in which young patients exhibited abnormal and dangerous behavior after taking the drug. This represents a turnabout from the ministry's earlier negative...
BUSINESS
Mar 28, 2007

Chile FTA final, eliminates tariffs on 92% of bilateral trade

Japan and Chile finalized the details Tuesday of their bilateral free-trade agreement, which will eliminate all tariffs on 92 percent of bilateral trade in terms of value within 10 years, officials said.
JAPAN
Mar 28, 2007

Ishihara slander suit filed by 92 women fails

The Tokyo District Court on Tuesday rejected half of a lawsuit filed by 92 women accusing Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara of slandering them in comments about a separate court case regarding his sexist comments.
MORE SPORTS
Mar 25, 2007

Kitajima poised to regain glory

Can Kosuke Kitajima return to the top?
JAPAN
Mar 22, 2007

Local elections to test depth of voter despondence

Held every four years, the polls will produce a new mix of governors, prefectural assembly members, mayors and other heads of towns, villages and wards.The official campaign period for the gubernatorial elections, including Tokyo's, kicks off Thursday.Along with the mayors for four ordinance-designated...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Mar 22, 2007

Beck: Too much information for an hombre to handle

Beck talks about his upcoming tour of Japan, a stockpile of songs that grows faster than he is able to record them and a trans-Pacific collaboration that will just have to wait
EDITORIALS
Mar 21, 2007

Close expenditure loophole

If a lawmaker locates his or her political funds management body in an official Diet office, rent and utilities are free. Now it has come to light that two lawmakers' funding bodies reported unusually high utility expenditures. Earlier, it was found that the political funds reports of education minister...
MORE SPORTS
Mar 20, 2007

Americans, Japanese pose double threat

Kimmie Meissner holds the title. Now Evan Lysacek has a quad. The two Americans could pull off a double win at the World Figure Skating Championships that begin Tuesday in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Mar 20, 2007

Francophones sue Ishihara over anti-French comments

French-speaking professors and translators Monday sued the Tokyo Metropolitan Government over disparaging remarks made by Gov. Shintaro Ishihara, claiming his derogatory comment about their language was "neglectful and appalling."
JAPAN / INNOCENT VICTIMS
Mar 19, 2007

Rising child-abuse deaths draw national scrutiny

It is a routine feature on television news: Another child has been strangled, starved, beaten or otherwise fatally abused-- at the hands of the parents.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Mar 18, 2007

Hawks poised to give Oh pennant

The 2007 Pacific League season opens March 24, and it promises to be another exciting campaign leading to the loop's "Climax Series" of postseason playoffs involving the top three finishers in October.
JAPAN
Mar 17, 2007

Horie handed 2 1/2 years

The Tokyo District Court sentenced Livedoor Co. founder Takafumi Horie to 2 1/2 years in prison Friday for falsifying financial statements and violating the Securities and Exchange Law in a harsh ruling sure to raise questions about double standards in the justice system.
BUSINESS
Mar 17, 2007

Good and bad seen from Livedoor fallout

Just over a year ago, 29-year-old Masanobu Kimura was one of the many eager Japanese individual investors rushing to put their savings in dozens of small venture businesses, including a fast-rising Internet portal named Livedoor Co.
JAPAN
Mar 15, 2007

Minister's reticence may backfire

It's turning into a hard week at the Diet for farm minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka, whose political funds report revealed suspiciously high utility expenditures at his rent-free government office.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 15, 2007

EU defies pessimists' dire predictions

PRAGUE -- As the European Union prepares to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome later this month, the EU is widely perceived to be on its knees. European integration, is felt to have, somehow met its Waterloo in 2005, when Dutch and French referendums unexpectedly torpedoed the draft...
BUSINESS
Mar 13, 2007

TSE rules out delisting of Nikko stock

The Tokyo Stock Exchange will not delist scandal-tainted Nikko Cordial Corp. because it cannot confirm whether the brokerage falsified its financial statements in a systematic manner, TSE President Taizo Nishimuro announced Monday.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 4, 2007

Europe sleeping through a cocaine siege

NEW YORK -- European leaders need to get serious about Europe's cocaine problem. The "white lady" is seducing a steadily growing number of Europeans, and remaining in a state of denial will only worsen the consequences.

Longform

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight