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EDITORIALS
Jun 19, 2007

A lesson for Nova Corp.

The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has decided that Nova Corp., the nation's largest English-language school chain, violated the Specified Commercial Transaction Law and ordered it to partially suspend business. Saying that Nova committed 18 types of violations, the ministry imposed a six-month...
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 19, 2007

Five storms set collide in the Mideast

AMSTERDAM — The region between Egypt and Pakistan is a caldron of five discrete, explosive components: Iraq's civil strife, Afghanistan's insurgency, Iran's nuclear ambitions, the long-standing Israel-Arab conflict, and the risk of clashes between extremist groups and corrupt, repressive governments....
BUSINESS
Jun 19, 2007

TBS' Rakuten snub reflects protected world

Hiroshi Inoue, president of Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc., does not hide his displeasure when he talks about online shopping mall operator Rakuten Inc.'s attempt to make the broadcaster its affiliate.
EDITORIALS
Jun 19, 2007

It's North Korea's move

The financial dispute that North Korea used as an excuse for not fulfilling its obligations under a six-party talks accord has reportedly been resolved. Although the North extended an invitation to a delegation of the International Atomic Energy Agency, it must now speedily carry out the steps of the...
JAPAN
Jun 19, 2007

Spurned by Japan, Kurds find refuge in Canada

A Kurdish man and his family who staged a sit-in in front of United Nations University in 2004 while they were seeking refugee status announced Monday they have been accepted in Canada.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 19, 2007

Japan hopes coral plan keeps disputed EEZ claim above water

Fisheries officials have launched a coral-growing project around two Pacific Ocean islets to bolster a reef and Japan's claims in a territorial dispute with China.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jun 19, 2007

Crime victims get their day, say in court

The Diet is expected to pass a controversial bill this week to revise the Criminal Procedure Law to enable people victimized by crime to participate in trial proceedings.
JAPAN
Jun 19, 2007

Iwojima, site of fierce battle, is officially renamed Iwoto

Iwojima, the famous patch of volcanic rock in the Pacific where Japanese and U.S. forces fought a fierce battle toward the end of World War II, is no longer known by that name, officially speaking.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Jun 19, 2007

Second Life, second lingo

There probably aren't many English teachers in Japan who go to work carrying a samurai sword, dressed in battle armor, with a large Stars and Stripes strapped to their back. But happily for Chris Flesuras, in 3-D virtual world Second Life little is impossible.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jun 19, 2007

Creating calm in children's minds

It's no big secret that children in Japan need to relax a bit more. With many undergoing entrance exams at age 12 — some even at age 6 — today's pre-teens are pressured to compete with their peers and be stellar academic performers from early on. Then there is ijime (bullying), a perennial problem,...
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jun 19, 2007

Roaches; taxing stuff

'Gokiburi': the third way Here are three wildly different approaches to the recurring summer problem of cockroaches in the home.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Jun 19, 2007

What do you know about Japanese superstitions?

Japan Times
Reference / SO WHAT THE HECK IS THAT
Jun 19, 2007

Small statue in Azabu Juban

Dear Alice,
COMMENTARY
Jun 19, 2007

Giving China the red hook

LOS ANGELES — U.S. Democratic Sen. Charles E. Schumer has a tiger by the tail. And since he hails from the mean streets of Brooklyn, you can count on the fact that he's not about to let go soon, no matter how loudly the tiger roars.
SOCCER / J. League
Jun 18, 2007

Tanaka duo sets pace for Urawa in convincing road victory

A tale of two Tanakas was the storyline for Urawa Reds' 2-0 victory away to FC Tokyo on Sunday. Injury ravaged striker Tatsuya Tanaka marked his first league appearance of the season with a confidence-boosting goal at the beginning and central defender Marcus Tulio Tanaka returned from a hamstring problem...
SOCCER / J. League
Jun 18, 2007

Osim safe for now

CHIBA — Amar Osim earned a stay of execution after goals from Seiichiro Maki and Naotake Hanyu gave troubled JEF United Chiba a thrilling 3-2 win over fellow strugglers Ventforet Kofu on Sunday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 18, 2007

Saito leads Waseda to national title

Yuki Saito threw one-run ball over 5 2/3 innings and Makoto Onozuka hit a two-run homer Sunday as Waseda University beat Tokai University 4-1 to win its first national collegiate championship in 33 years. Saito struck out six and allowed seven hits in his second start in as many days following Saturday's...
EDITORIALS
Jun 18, 2007

Efficient use of farmland

The government's white paper on agriculture for fiscal 2006 calls for greater domestic production as world population growth and increased bioethanol production put the squeeze on grain supplies for food. The United Nations estimates that the world's population, which stood at 6.5 billion in 2006, will...
BUSINESS / JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES
Jun 18, 2007

What the Basel regulations mean for the Japanese banking industry and monetary policy

Anew set of rules governing capital adequacy of banks debuted this year, and Japanese banks, many of whom close their books in March, became the world's first to announce their earnings results under the new standards.
Japan's cutting-edge railgun successfully strikes target vessel
The Defense Ministry’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) conducted a ship-board railgun shooting test from June to early July this year with the support of the Maritime Self-Defense Force.
Is America ready for Japanese-style 7-Elevens?
Convenience stores are a fixture of Japanese life and 7-Eleven, a chain that began in the U.S. in 1927, opened its first store in Japan in 1974 — and then became wholly Japanese-owned in 2005 through parent company Seven & I Holdings.
‘Fairytale’ Shirakawago ranked one of the world’s most beautiful villages
Forbes and Unforgettable Travel Company have ranked Shirakawago in Gifu Prefecture as Asia's most beautiful village.
People rush to make furusato nozei donations ahead of tighter rules
A booth from the town of Betsukai in Hokkaido at an Amazon Japan furusato nо̄zei promotion event, on Sept. 5 in Tokyo's Minato Ward.
Aging Japan’s centenarian population nears 100,000
Shigeko Kagawa, Japan's oldest person at 114, in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, on July 30
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
As of August 2024, the number of confirmed chagusaba farmers had fallen to 302, just over half the 582 reported in 2015, according to the Shizuoka Chagusaba Farming Method Promotion Council.

Podcast

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

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
By Mai Yoshikawa

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