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EDITORIALS
Jun 28, 2008

The case against Mr. Sahashi

Mr. Nozomu Sahashi once built Japan's largest English-language chain. But the former president of Nova Corp. and one other former Nova official were arrested Tuesday on suspicion of misusing some ¥320 million deposited by employees into a welfare fund. Their arrests are expected to help unravel what...
JAPAN
Jun 28, 2008

Third-grade English may get test run in fiscal 2009

The education ministry wants to start teaching English to third-graders on a trial basis at several hundred elementary schools nationwide in fiscal 2009, a ministry official said this week.
BUSINESS
Jun 28, 2008

Toyota, Nissan lead production gains

Toyota Motor Corp. and Nissan Motor Co., Japan's largest and third-largest carmakers, led a rise in domestic output last month, as overseas demand boosted exports.
JAPAN
Jun 28, 2008

Meguro to air five-language radio program

Tokyo's Meguro Ward will launch a five-language radio program Tuesday in an effort to better inform its foreign residents about daily subjects, a ward official said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / MIXED MATCHES
Jun 28, 2008

The whole package: a couple's lifetime of love

In 1988, Yuki Takai, a native of Kyoto, and Jonathan Nordhausen from St. Paul, Minn., met in Atlanta while working for Yusen Air and Sea Service Co.
EDITORIALS
Jun 28, 2008

Make North Korea accountable

North Korea has filed a declaration of its nuclear programs with China, which chairs the six-party talks, and the United States has started a procedure to remove the North from its list of state sponsors of terrorism.
JAPAN / G8 COUNTDOWN
Jun 28, 2008

Ministers slam Mugabe one-man poll 'sham'

KYOTO — The Group of Eight foreign ministers strongly denounced Zimbabwe's regime at the Friday end of their two-day summit in Kyoto, with several calling the country's one-candidate runoff presidential election the same day a sham and threatening further U.N. Security Council action.
BUSINESS
Jun 28, 2008

Aiful threatens Lehman with suit

Aiful Corp. said it may sue Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. for saying Japan's biggest consumer finance company by assets may be insolvent, triggering a 25 percent slide in its share price.
BUSINESS
Jun 28, 2008

NEC buy to net telecom software

NEC Corp., Japan's largest mobile phone maker, will acquire closely held NetCracker Technology Corp. to gain software for telecommunications equipment.
BUSINESS
Jun 28, 2008

Japan clarifies tax rules to help attract offshore investors

Japanese regulators are seeking to make taxation rules more transparent for overseas investors in the world's second-biggest economy in a bid to attract more funds from abroad.
BUSINESS
Jun 28, 2008

Mitsubishi buys 34% stake in Cima

Mitsubishi Corp., the nation's biggest trading company, bought a 34 percent stake in Houston-based natural gas and oil wholesaler Cima Energy Ltd. to tap demand in the world's biggest energy market.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Jun 27, 2008

[VIDEO] Nihonshu Fair 2008 in Tokyo

SOCCER / World cup
Jun 27, 2008

Aragones denies Fenerbahce deal

VIENNA — Spain coach Luis Aragones denied reports Wednesday that he signed a deal with Turkish club Fenerbahce.
JAPAN / G8 COUNTDOWN
Jun 27, 2008

G8 diplomats renew vow to stabilize Afghanistan

KYOTO — Foreign ministers from the Group of Eight industrialized nations met Thursday in Kyoto and agreed to renew their "firm and long-term commitment" to stabilizing Afghanistan, especially by giving development aid to regions on its border with Pakistan.
JAPAN
Jun 27, 2008

North scrutiny to continue, Komura, two G8 counterparts agree

KYOTO — Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura and his Italian and British counterparts agree the Group of Eight should continue to closely monitor North Korea's nuclear program, a Foreign Ministry official said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Jun 27, 2008

Nipponkoa chief survives top investors' attack

Nipponkoa Insurance President Makoto Hyodo breathed a sigh of relief Thursday as shareholders agreed to let him retain his post despite opposition from top shareholder Southeastern Asset Management Inc. of the United States.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jun 27, 2008

Revel in Lock's fusion of dance

For more than 25 years, the Canadian troupe La La La Human Steps has been hailed as one of the world's leading and most radical contemporary dance companies since it was founded by Moroccan-born Edouard Lock in 1980.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Tokyo ranked world’s richest city by GDP, with Osaka-Kobe also rated highly
Tokyo has a gross domestic product of $2.55 trillion, just ahead of New York’s $2.49 trillion and Greater Los Angeles’ $1.62 trillion, according to CEOWorld’s global wealth index.
Tokyo looks to keep ‘monster parents’ at bay with new protocols
New guidelines are addressing struggles by teachers to deal with the burden of parents who make irrational complaints that go beyond what is considered socially acceptable, often referred to as "monster parents," which is overwhelming their workload.
China delivers warning to U.S. and Japan with third aircraft carrier
The Fujian, China's third aircraft carrier, carries out sea trials at an unknown location in May last year.
Japan lawmakers eye firm response to Chinese envoy's threat to behead PM
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks at a Lower House Budget Committee meeting on Friday.
As Japan’s female leader rises, can she cross sumo’s sacred line?
Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku (front center) delivers a speech on the first day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Sunday. Centuries of belief and tradition still underpin the all-male association's stance of excluding women.
Takaichi doesn’t mince words on Taiwan, but dramatic policy shift unlikely
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in parliament on Tuesday.
Florist Nicolai Bergmann flourishes outside the box
Florist Nicolai Bergmann shops for fresh flowers at the Ota flower market in Tokyo on Friday.
China delivers warning to U.S. and Japan with third aircraft carrier
The Fujian, China's third aircraft carrier, carries out sea trials at an unknown location in May last year.
Jenson Button brings end to an illustrious racing career intertwined with Japan
Jenson Button races for Honda during the Singapore Grand Prix in September 2008.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
By Yukana Inoue

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