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COMMENTARY / World
Jul 28, 2007

Clipping the wings of the soaring euro

PRAGUE — French President Nicolas Sarkozy's call for the European Central Bank to intervene to curtail the soaring euro is commonly seen as a sign that he neither understands nor trusts markets. Indeed, some now view Sarkozy as a traditional Gaullist who wants to help French producers by artificially...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jul 28, 2007

Marine Day sets off startling new theory on global terrorism

As you know, the national holiday on July 16, called Marine Day, has come and gone. Or, to be more correct, it came in on the typhoon and left on the typhoon.
BUSINESS
Jul 28, 2007

Eisai buys rights to sleeping pill

Eisai Co., Japan's fourth-largest drugmaker, said it bought the rights to develop and sell Massachusetts-based Sepracor Inc.'s Lunesta sleeping pill in its home market.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Jul 28, 2007

Katy Onda

On a recent announcement for a one-day cooking school, Katy Onda wrote that she would introduce a British menu suitable for the summer.
BUSINESS
Jul 28, 2007

Consumer prices drop, defying BOJ projection

Consumer prices declined in June for the fifth month in a row, undermining the Bank of Japan's case that inflation will take hold and interest rates need to be raised.
BUSINESS
Jul 28, 2007

Inflow of U.S. beef just trickle now

One year after the lifting of Japan's latest ban on U.S. beef over mad cow concerns, imports of the meat remain far below the levels seen before the first ban was imposed in 2003, an official said Friday.
BUSINESS
Jul 28, 2007

DoCoMo profits suffer as price war escalates

NTT DoCoMo Inc. said Friday its operating profit in the April-June quarter dropped 25.2 percent from a year earlier to 203.9 billion yen amid an intensifying price war with its rivals.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Jul 28, 2007

All-women NPO acknowledges the small kindness

Bustling with resilience and enthusiasm, Yukiko Yamahashi sets the tone for one of the few Japanese NPOs (nonprofit organizations) that still retains any degree of independence from government control. This means, of course, that it is regarded as troublesome, and a price has been paid.
SOCCER
Jul 27, 2007

Osim: Japan's fatigue, lack of creativity hurt team in defeat

HANOI — Ivica Osim was left to lament a lack of invention among his star players after Japan's bid for a third-straight Asian Cup title ended with a 3-2 semifinal defeat to Saudi Arabia.
SPORTS / MULLY'S MISSIVES
Jul 27, 2007

Nakazawa, Takahara headline Japan's '07 Asian Cup effort

HANOI — Here's a quick player-by-player rating of the performance of the Japan team at the Asian Cup finals:
JAPAN / History
Jul 27, 2007

Is blunt-speaking Aso next act after Abe?

Foreign Minister Taro Aso looked satisfied on the evening of Sept. 20, 2006 — right after the results of the Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election came in.
EDITORIALS
Jul 27, 2007

Fight over preferential treatment

A panel of knowledgeable people organized by the Japan High School Baseball Association has begun discussions on what to do about preferential treatment — such as exemptions of admission and dormitory fees and tuition — offered to talented baseball players. It is hoped that the panel will find a...
COMMENTARY
Jul 27, 2007

North Korea will still want its reactors

HONG KONG — The failure of the six-party talks to agree on a schedule for North Korea to declare and disable all of its nuclear programs shows that there are major obstacles ahead, although the first phase — providing for the shutdown of the Yongbyon nuclear reactor — went relatively smoothly,...
EDITORIALS
Jul 27, 2007

Indicators of financial health

The Diet in the last session enacted a law designed to prevent bankruptcy of local governments like that of Yubari city in Hokkaido. The law became necessary because many local governments suffer from a similar deterioration of finances.
Takaichi and Xi reaffirm pledge in first meet to pursue ‘mutually beneficial’ ties
A screenshot from Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's X account shows Takaichi exchanging greetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Friday.　
Anime isn’t competing with Hollywood — it’s beating it
After its July release, “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba — Infinity Castle,” an animated feature adapted directly from a TV arc, became the highest-grossing Japanese film ever.
Japan to introduce joint child custody system in April 2026
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara (center) and other ministers prior to a Cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office on Friday
Woman, 69, arrested over 1999 Nagoya housewife's murder
A police sketch released in 2020 of a woman spotted near the scene of the 1999 murder of a housewife in Nagoya's Nishi Ward
Asia-Pacific leaders call for shared trade benefits as APEC summit wraps up
=A South Korean protester holds a placard showing a caricature of U.S. President Donald Trump depicted as a thief during a rally ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Wednesday.
Anime isn’t competing with Hollywood — it’s beating it
After its July release, “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba — Infinity Castle,” an animated feature adapted directly from a TV arc, became the highest-grossing Japanese film ever.
Oasis returns to Japan after 16 years — and fans can still sing every word
Liam Gallagher commanded the stage with effortless charisma during Oasis' Tokyo Dome set on Saturday.
At Japan Mobility Show, BYD gears up to conquer Japan's EV market
BYD Auto Japan President Atsuki Tofukuji unveils the Racco at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Oasis returns to Tokyo: Rain, rapture and rock
Fans wait to get into the Oasis show at Tokyo Dome on Saturday. While lining up in the rain, some broke into impromptu versions of the British rock group's hits.
Kyushu banzuke sets the stage to cement 2025’s sumo narratives
Onosato ahead of his bout against Aonishiki at The Grand Sumo Tournament at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Oct. 18

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Mamoru Iwai, stationmaster of Keisei Ueno Station, says that, other than earthquake-proofing, the former Hakubutsukan-Dobutsuen (Museum-Zoo) Station has remained untouched.
Inside Tokyo's 'phantom' stations — and the stories they tell
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