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JAPAN
Dec 16, 2006

Aso denies bid to draw line through Russian-held isles

report that the government is actually considering a proposal to split the total area (of the four islands) in half," Aso told reporters. Aso said he was simply responding to questions by Seiji Maehara, former president of the Democratic Party of Japan, during a House of Representatives Foreign Affairs...
JAPAN
Dec 16, 2006

Aso denies bid to draw line through Russian-held isles

report that the government is actually considering a proposal to split the total area (of the four islands) in half," Aso told reporters. Aso said he was simply responding to questions by Seiji Maehara, former president of the Democratic Party of Japan, during a House of Representatives Foreign Affairs...
JAPAN
Dec 16, 2006

JT to buy rival Gallaher for 2.25 trillion yen

integration as soon as possible and expand our business to become the world's second and eventually the top maker" of tobacco products. In fiscal 2005, JT's group sales, which include its beverage, food and pharmaceutical businesses, were 4.64 trillion yen. It sold 409.7 billion cigarettes.
JAPAN
Dec 16, 2006

Where does the abduction issue fit in?

in March 1995. "Honestly speaking, if all the issues are settled, Japan's burden of economic aid would be greater than any other country" in the talks, a senior Foreign Ministry official predicted.
JAPAN
Dec 16, 2006

JT to buy rival Gallaher for 2.25 trillion yen

integration as soon as possible and expand our business to become the world's second and eventually the top maker" of tobacco products. In fiscal 2005, JT's group sales, which include its beverage, food and pharmaceutical businesses, were 4.64 trillion yen. It sold 409.7 billion cigarettes.
JAPAN
Dec 16, 2006

Where does the abduction issue fit in?

in March 1995. "Honestly speaking, if all the issues are settled, Japan's burden of economic aid would be greater than any other country" in the talks, a senior Foreign Ministry official predicted.
EDITORIALS
Dec 16, 2006

Faint signs of hope

After a 13-month lapse, a fresh round of the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear-arms programs is likely to start Monday in Beijing. It may face hitches before picking up from the Sept. 19, 2005, joint statement -- in which Pyongyang agreed to abandon its nuclear program in exchange for security...
EDITORIALS
Dec 16, 2006

Blame users, not software

The Kyoto District Court has fined Mr. Isamu Kaneko, a former University of Tokyo researcher, for developing the anonymous file-sharing software Winny. It ruled that development of the software program, in effect, helped users illegally copy copyrighted content.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 16, 2006

Toyota poised to get GM's top spot

Toyota is on a roll and looks set to keep going strong in the year ahead.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 16, 2006

Holocaust and nuclear denial

PRAGUE -- What connects Iran's nuclear ambitions and Holocaust denial?
JAPAN
Dec 16, 2006

Education, defense bills passed

and his Cabinet bow after the Lower House plenary session voted down an opposition-proposed no-confidence motion against them Friday. KYODO PHOTO
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Dec 16, 2006

Kiyonori Kanasaka

Last October, the Royal Scottish Geographical Society conferred its Diploma of Fellowship upon Professor Kiyonori Kanasaka of Kyoto University.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Dec 16, 2006

Focusing on the elusive imagery of identity

Why would a young photographer from Venezuela studying in Japan choose to spend valuable time recording the lives of Japanese-Brazilians in Brazil?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Dec 16, 2006

Land of Akita dogs and Santa Claus

I've had it! I'm not going to sit around freezing to death in my uninsulated Japanese house again this winter.
BUSINESS
Dec 16, 2006

'Tankan' rise fuels rate hike talk

Business confidence at large manufacturers rose slightly in the three months to December, according to the Bank of Japan's quarterly "tankan" survey released Friday, fueling speculation the central bank's second interest rate hike in about six years could come next month.

Longform

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