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JAPAN
Sep 4, 2007

Account fudging undoes vice foreign minister

Dealing yet another blow to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Vice Foreign Minister Yukiko Sakamoto resigned Monday, admitting her political office falsified political funding records for fiscal 2004 and 2005.
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Sep 4, 2007

IAAF chief heralds emergence of smaller nations at worlds

OSAKA — Speaking at the final daily news briefing of the 2007 IAAF World Athletics Championships on Sunday at Nagai Stadium, IAAF President Lamine Diack summarized the feelings of thousands of people here.
EDITORIALS
Sep 4, 2007

Furthering defense exchange

The agreement last week between the defense ministers of Japan and China to increase defense exchange is welcome. It will help reduce tension between the two countries, which has arisen from China's defense buildup, the territorial dispute over Senkaku Island, natural-gas development in the East China...
JAPAN
Sep 4, 2007

Chile's Bachelet, Abe vow to boost trade with EPA

Visiting Chilean President Michelle Bachelet and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged Monday to further promote trade between the two countries, hailing an economic partnership agreement that has now gone into force.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Sep 4, 2007

The scapegoating of Asa

The Japan Sumo Association has recently tag-teamed with the Japanese media to lay into Asashoryu, the Mongolian sumo champ who has all but dominated the sport for the past few years.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Sep 4, 2007

Japan's Shinto-Buddhist religious medley

Most in Japan may know Buddhism has something to do with controlling lust and anger, and is associated with funerals and graves, while Shinto involves venerating nature, and weddings. But many people have trouble making theological distinctions between the two or even telling a Buddhist temple from a...
JAPAN
Sep 4, 2007

Media ignoring mercury-tainted dolphin meat: assemblyman

The Japanese media's lack of condemnation is the principal reason mercury-tainted dolphin meat continues to be consumed, including in school lunches, a local assembly member from Wakayama Prefecture said Monday.
EDITORIALS
Sep 4, 2007

A medical travesty in Nara Prefecture

Last week, a woman from Kashihara, Nara Prefecture, miscarried after nine hospitals refused to admit her. In August 2006, 19 hospitals refused to admit a woman, also from Nara Prefecture, who had lost consciousness during delivery. She died eight days after she gave birth in the 20th hospital. These...
LIFE / Language
Sep 4, 2007

Garnish your Japanese with some 'humble pie'

Second of two parts
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Sep 4, 2007

The king is all but dead — long live sumo!

Following his flight home, the Mongolian police and military were deployed to prevent Japanese media access to "their" man, Asashoryu, and not since the time Konishiki was looking at promotion to yokozuna has the line separating Japanese and non-Japanese suitability to hold the rank been drawn so prominently...
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Sep 4, 2007

Starting climbing, stopping scratching

Social climbing Rod is seeking rock to scale:
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / ON THE BOOK TRAIL
Sep 4, 2007

"The Devil's Breath," "Mr. Putter — Tabby Spin the Yarn"

"The Devil's Breath," David Gilman, Puffin Books; 2007; 377 pp. Close on the heels of Charlie Higson's highly successful Young Bond series comes another adrenalin-pumping adventure story that reads like a Robert Ludlum thriller tailor-made for teenagers.
BUSINESS
Sep 4, 2007

Honda, Mazda lead drop in August domestic vehicle sales

Honda Motor Co. and Mazda Motor Corp. led a drop in domestic regular vehicle sales in August, the 26th straight monthly decline, as a less stable labor market continued to discourage people from buying new cars.
BUSINESS
Sep 4, 2007

Capital spending drops on pullback by services firms

Corporate investment unexpectedly declined in the second quarter after services providers pared back spending, the Finance Ministry said Monday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Sep 4, 2007

What's your take on the Asashoryu scandal?

BUSINESS
Sep 4, 2007

Wages fall eighth straight month

Wages fell in July at their fastest pace in three years, hampering an expansion in consumer spending, the labor ministry said Monday.
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Sep 4, 2007

Kenyan distance legend praises athletes' showing

OSAKA — Kipchoge "Kip" Keino made his Olympic debut at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games. Forty-three years later, the Kenyan legend was back in Japan, watching hundreds of elite athletes vie for world titles.
BUSINESS
Sep 4, 2007

Impact of subprime on property market 'limited'

The U.S. subprime crisis will have a limited impact on Japan's property market rally, which is likely to shrug off the increased borrowing costs stemming from a global drying up of credit, according to investors and analysts.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 4, 2007

J:COM poised to show HBO hits on TV, for fee

Starting Oct. 1, viewers in Japan will be able to tune in to such popular Home Box Office programs as "The Sopranos" and "Band of Brothers" via Jupiter Telecommunications Co.'s cable TV service.
BUSINESS
Sep 4, 2007

Softbank to focus on small businesses to beat DoCoMo, KDDI

Softbank Corp. expects to gain market share from NTT DoCoMo Inc. and KDDI Corp. by focusing on small businesses.
JAPAN
Sep 4, 2007

Hatoyama a hawk on death penalty, illegal immigrants

." A close friend to LDP Secretary General Taro Aso, Hatoyama promised not only to "become a good justice minister" but also support Abe and his Cabinet in the wake of the LDP-New Komeito ruling bloc's loss of its majority in the July Upper House election.

Longform

Mount Fuji is considered one of Japan's most iconic symbols and is a major draw for tourists. It's still a mountain, though, and potential hikers need to properly prepare for any climb.
What it takes to save lives on Mount Fuji