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BASKETBALL
Sep 5, 2006

Roundball at best (and worst) at FIBA

SAITAMA -- We've watched so much basketball over the past two weeks that we've started blurting out phrases such as "Dunk again, Gasol!" and "Hit another 3-pointer, Navarro!" in our sleep.
JAPAN
Sep 5, 2006

Effort to beef up overseas TV

A government panel Monday began discussing ways to increase government and business cooperation for enhancing Japan's international television broadcasting capabilities and its ability to send information abroad, the communications ministry said.
JAPAN
Sep 5, 2006

Dead husband not father of child conceived using frozen sperm: top court

The Supreme Court on Monday quashed a lower court ruling that a deceased man was the father of a child conceived after his death using frozen sperm.
JAPAN
Sep 5, 2006

Even without direct say, public influencing LDP race

, Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe (center) and Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki, attend an LDP regional meeting last week. KYODO PHOTO
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 5, 2006

Change needed at Yasukuni

In the Washington Post article that ran on this page Aug. 22, "Much to-do about a shrine," conservative U.S. commentator George Will suggests that Shinzo Abe, the front-runner in the Liberal Democratic Party's presidential race, stop visiting Yasukuni Shrine, the memorial for Japan's war dead, if he...
BUSINESS
Sep 5, 2006

Capital spending up 16.6% in April-June quarter

Companies' capital spending rose 16.6 percent in the April-June quarter on an all-industry basis from a year earlier, marking the sharpest expansion since comparative data became available in July-September 2002, according to a Finance Ministry survey released Monday.
BASKETBALL
Sep 5, 2006

Spain's Hernandez the class of FIBA coaches

SAITAMA-- Spain has made a quantum leap.
BASKETBALL
Sep 5, 2006

Even loss doesn't temper excitement of golden Greek guard Papaloukas

SAITAMA -- Theodoros Papaloukas experienced something unfamiliar at the FIBA World Championship: a loss in a title game.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Sep 5, 2006

Japan-born stylist brings influence to bear back home

W ith his big brown eyes and permanent pout, Nicola Formichetti doesn't look like the kind of guy to battle his way to the top of the bitchy world of fashion. But that is exactly where this super-stylist is -- flick through the phonebook-size fashion mags on the shelves on any given month and you're...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Sep 5, 2006

Grim bar system may hurt legal reforms

Sept. 21 is awaited with a mixture of anticipation and dread in campuses across Japan. It is the date on which results of the country's first new bar examination are announced. How well a school's students do on this test, which is projected to have a pass rate of about 40 percent, may have a serious...
BUSINESS
Sep 5, 2006

Livedoor employees calm as founder's trial begins

Livedoor Co. employees took the start of former President Takafumi Horie's trial Monday in stride, hinting at the diminished stature of its once iconic founder.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / ON THE BOOK TRAIL
Sep 5, 2006

"The Monstrous Memories of a Mighty McFearless," "The Year the Gypsies Came"

"The Monstrous Memories of a Mighty McFearless," Ahmed Zappa, Puffin; 2006; 215pp.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Sep 5, 2006

Does Japan need an emperor or empress?

Taichi Kadowaki Office worker, 32 I don't think we need an emperor or empress. We Japanese adore the royal family because they are this great symbol,but they don't really do anything. They just spend our tax money, but on nothing useful or important.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 5, 2006

CL to follow PL playoff model

The Central League will introduce a three-team, two-stage playoff system next year that has gained support among Pacific League backers, the Nippon Professional Baseball executive committee decided Monday.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Sep 5, 2006

Nuptials and moldy tatami

B&B Angelie asks what kind of business licenses are needed to open a Bed & Breakfast here in Japan. "I went to the local city office and walked away with tons of information on opening a ryokan . . . which is not what I had in mind at all."
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 5, 2006

Future of Japan securities reform at stake

As the trial of Japan's most famous dot-com entrepreneur opened Monday, a much wider issue was also before the court: the nation's tenuous shift toward a more freewheeling market economy.
EDITORIALS
Sep 5, 2006

What is expected of Mr. Abe

With Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe's formal announcement of candidacy in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election, the tripartite race between Mr. Abe, Foreign Minister Taro Aso and Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki has heated up. Given Mr. Abe's great popularity, it is likely...
BUSINESS
Sep 5, 2006

Panel calls on BOJ to ban staff from most trading

An advisory panel to the Bank of Japan on Monday released a set of recommendations that would bar BOJ employees involved in making monetary policy from most types of financial trading, central bank officials said.
BUSINESS
Sep 5, 2006

Hokuetsu won't need poison pill as Oji's bid fails

Top papermaker Oji Paper Co.'s public tender offer for Hokuetsu Paper Mills Ltd. ended in failure Monday, as less than 5 percent of the shareholders had applied for the offer, an Oji Paper executive said.
JAPAN
Sep 5, 2006

Horie pleads not guilty to fraud

has called the first trial session a grand occasion (to make his case to the public), and I think he wore a suit to show that," defense lawyer Takai told reporters during the lunch break. If found guilty, Horie faces up to five years in prison, a fine of up to 5 million yen, or both.
JAPAN
Sep 5, 2006

First HIV-2 infection of a Japanese confirmed

The health ministry is calling for vigilance at hospitals across the country after the first case of HIV type-2 infection has been confirmed involving a Japanese person.
BASKETBALL
Sep 4, 2006

'Baby Shaq' made for the NBA

SAITAMA -- Good things come in small packages.
BASKETBALL
Sep 4, 2006

An ode to basketball

Pau Gasol holds up the James Naismith Trophy after the FIBA World Championship final between Spain and Greece at Saitama Super Arena on Sunday. KYODO PHOTO
BASKETBALL
Sep 4, 2006

Spain thrashes Greece in final

SAITAMA -- It seemed only fitting that when the public-address announcer called out the names of the players before Sunday's FIBA World Championship final the first name he said was Pau Gasol's.
A prophesied disaster (likely) won’t strike Japan this weekend
A viral manga prediction of a July 5 disaster has gripped Japan with anxiety and triggered an economic impact, but experts warn that while such dates are unreliable, the threat of a massive earthquake remains real. 
Magnitude 5.5 earthquake jars Tokara Islands amid flurry of seismic activity
A strong quake struck off the Tokara Islands on Thursday afternoon, with the island chain having recorded around 1,000 earthquakes since a burst of seismic activity first began on June 21.
Japan to require flight passengers to keep power banks within sight
The transport ministry has announced new regulations requiring flight passengers to keep power banks within sight to mitigate fire risks while on board planes.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Residents of Tokara Islands begin evacuation as seismic swarm continues
Details about evacuations from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecture, is seen written on a whiteboard in the city of Kagoshima on Thursday.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Flag football facing challenges and opportunities ahead
Japan’s women’s flag football team at the 2025 International Bowl in Los Angeles in June. The sport is enjoying continued growth in the country.
From Hokusai’s Great Wave, shinkansen to One Piece: a cultural treasure box for Lego Japan
Michael Ebbesen, general manager of Lego Japan, says Lego bricks based on Japanese culture have a rich global appeal and are sellable around the world.
With farmed fish, RelationFish swims against the tide in fine dining
Chef Hideaki Matsuo (middle) and the staff of Oseto Suisan Fisheries prepare to check on their sustainably farmed fish.
As Southeast Asia heats up, a Japanese cooling giant sees a major opportunity
An employee of Daikin Cambodia explains the use of different tools during an air conditioner installation training session in Phnom Penh. Daikin is one of Japan’s oldest air conditioning companies, but as Japan’s population falls, the firm is keying in on overseas growth.

Podcast

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

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
By Alex K.T. Martin

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