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BUSINESS
Aug 24, 2007

Wary BOJ leaves interest rate untouched

The Bank of Japan Policy Board agreed Thursday to keep its benchmark interest rate at 0.5 percent as the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis earlier this month added to uncertainties over the Japanese economy.
COMMENTARY
Aug 24, 2007

Howard feeling the squeeze

LOS ANGELES — John Howard, often the most patient and sure-footed of Western-style political leaders, is reported to be losing patience with the current Iraq government and mulling over options for an Australian troop withdrawal.
EDITORIALS
Aug 24, 2007

New effort to boost tourism

The government has decided on a basic plan to promote the tourist industry as one of Japan's main policy measures for the 21st century. The basic plan sets goals in 25 areas, including three main ones — increasing domestic tours by Japanese, attracting more tourists from abroad, and increasing the...
BASKETBALL
Aug 24, 2007

Neumann joins Rizing

Carl John Neumann was named as the replacement coach for bj-league expansion team Rizing Fukuoka, the team announced Thursday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 24, 2007

'Salvador'

Now that the bio-pic genre has become as familiar as a worn beach towel, it seems to have spawned a sub-genre — as yet still in the embryonic stages — which can perhaps be described as the "bio-pic of death."
COMMENTARY
Aug 24, 2007

The unending humanitarian nightmare

NEW YORK — In August 2002, Brent Scowcroft, national security adviser under Presidents Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush, wrote a prescient article in The Wall Street Journal warning of the dire consequences of invading Iraq. His predictions are confirmed in a new report by Oxfam, the British aid agency...
BUSINESS
Aug 24, 2007

Toyota, Isuzu to develop diesel engines for Europe

Toyota Motor Corp. and its Japanese partner truck maker, Isuzu Motors Ltd., will develop and produce small diesel engines together for the European market, both sides said Thursday.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Aug 24, 2007

Lesson in absurd comedy

Named in homage to the Romanian-born Absurdist playwright of the same name, the Eugene Ionesco Theater company will this month make its fourth visit to Japan to present Ionesco's dark comedy "Jugyo (The Lesson)."
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / SHORT TAKES
Aug 24, 2007

Eden

Director: Michael Hoffman Language: German
BUSINESS
Aug 24, 2007

Thrifty Skymark projects sales rise

Skymark Airlines Inc., Japan's largest low-fare carrier, forecast a 22 percent increase in second-quarter sales as it wins passengers from All Nippon Airways Co. and Japan Airlines Corp., the airline said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 24, 2007

Plan to move venerable Tsukiji market draws fire

Trucks transporting ice, fish and produce traverse a maze of narrow alleys, threading their way through throngs of visitors.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / BEST BAR NONE
Aug 24, 2007

Drinking down Azabu-Juban's heart

Azabu-Juban may be changing superficially at street level, located as it is in a valley behind the plush residential/ commercial complex Roppongi Hills, but the best of what's on offer there is still to be found behind closed doors — doors that can at first appear a bit daunting to open.
CULTURE / Music
Aug 24, 2007

Peter Doherty "The Books of Albion"

"When she wakes up in the morning she writes down all her dreams/Reads like the Book of Revelations or the Beano or the unabridged Ulysses." Lyrics from "What a Waster" by The Libertines — the most original and vital British band since The Smiths. "The Books of Albion" is a fascinating joyride through...
JAPAN
Aug 24, 2007

Three more inmates sent to gallows

Three death-row inmates went to the gallows Thursday, bringing to 10 the number of hangings approved by Jinen Nagase during his 11 months as justice minister.

Longform

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