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BASKETBALL
Aug 26, 2006

Unbeaten Americans looking to improve

SAPPORO -- Team USA was a perfect 5-0 in group league action of the FIBA World Championship 2006.
BASKETBALL
Aug 26, 2006

Colangelo hoping for basketball boom in Japan

SAPPORO -- Jerry Colangelo, managing director of the 2006-08 USA Basketball senior national team and the chairman of the Phoenix Suns, was the key person in bringing superstars like LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Carmelo Anthony onto Team USA for the FIBA World Championship 2006.
BASKETBALL
Aug 26, 2006

Spain shows Japan what goals should be

HIROSHIMA -- Spain's superiority shone brightly in the final game of Group B play at the FIBA World Championship.
JAPAN
Aug 26, 2006

Abe wants permanent law for SDF missions abroad, collective defense

can respond more promptly (to crises)," Abe said. The SDF's recent missions to Iraq and the Indian Ocean are taking place under temporary laws. Abe also said a lesson from the just-completed deployment of ground troops to Iraq is that Japan needs to seriously consider how its troops should respond in...
JAPAN
Aug 26, 2006

No talks at ASEM with Wen, Roh

Japan will not ask China or South Korea to hold summits on the sidelines of an Asia-Europe Meeting next month in Finland, a government source said Friday.
JAPAN
Aug 26, 2006

Abe wants stronger prime minister's office if he gets top job

Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe would increase the role of the prime minister's office in setting key policies in education and national security if he becomes the country's leader, sources close to him said Friday.
JAPAN
Aug 26, 2006

Smoke from disaster drill flares halts Tokyo subway line

The Ginza subway line was halted for about 20 minutes during the morning rush hour Friday due to smoke from a disaster drill that flowed into the subway system.
COMMENTARY
Aug 26, 2006

Politicians in fantasyland

LONDON -- Our leaders would do well to reread "Alice Through the Looking Glass" by Lewis Carroll. If they can suppress their vanity for a moment, they should recognize that they have much in common with the White Queen. When Alice declares that "one can't believe impossible things," the queen retorts...
JAPAN
Aug 26, 2006

U.S. warship to take part in quake drill

A U.S. warship will take part in next week's Tokyo Metropolitan Government earthquake drill with a scenario that millions of people need to be taken to safe areas, metro officials said Friday.
BUSINESS
Aug 26, 2006

Ministry to seek 20.16 trillion yen for '07 welfare budget

The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said Friday it will ask for 20.16 trillion yen in social security outlays in the fiscal 2007 budget.
BUSINESS
Aug 26, 2006

Ashikaga Bank ready for new owners

The government will start screening financial institutions to take over state-administered Ashikaga Bank as early as September, Financial Services Minister Kaoru Yosano said Friday.
BUSINESS
Aug 26, 2006

45% say it's OK to buy fake-brand goods

About 45 percent of Japanese said it was acceptable to buy fake brand products and pirated music compact discs or movie DVDs for reasons such as their cheap prices, according to a recent survey conducted by the Cabinet Office.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Aug 26, 2006

Doreen Simmons

Quite simply, Doreen Simmons is unique.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Aug 26, 2006

In the heat of the city

My son calls it "air you can wear."
JAPAN
Aug 26, 2006

Tepco seeks 50 million yen for blackout

Tokyo Electric Power Co. will seek 50 million yen in compensation from the firms responsible for the Aug. 14 major blackout in the Tokyo area that lasted about three hours.
BUSINESS
Aug 26, 2006

Idemitsu, Japan Energy to up prices

Idemitsu Kosan Co. said Friday it will hike the wholesale prices on its gasoline and other petroleum products in September by 0.50 yen per liter, while Japan Energy Corp. announced a markup of 0.80 yen.
JAPAN
Aug 26, 2006

North Koreans refused entry for conference

Japan denied visas to six North Koreans seeking to attend a religious conference because of tightened restrictions imposed after Pyongyang's missile tests last month, an immigration official said Friday.
JAPAN
Aug 26, 2006

Pressuring Iran on nukes fans Mideast fire further: Khatami

fighting terrorism," he said. "This is like pouring gasoline on a fire." He also called the U.S. nonproliferation and nuclear arms policy hypocritical.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Aug 26, 2006

'Sagi' -- a major interruption of 'wa'

"I was so surprised!" said the policeman, sipping on a Mooey Blue Hawiian at the Moooo! Bar. He's on duty. "I've never been called on my cell phone before for an emergency."
BUSINESS
Aug 26, 2006

July CPI up only 0.2% after base year, component change

The consumer price index posted a unexpectedly small rise of 0.2 percent in July from the previous year as new index components, including flat-screen televisions, pushed it down and forced past readings to be downgraded, the government said Friday.
JAPAN
Aug 26, 2006

Taiwan general views SDF drill

Taiwan's army commander in chief, Gen. Hu Chen-pu, watched one of the Ground Self-Defense Force's major live-fire drills conducted Thursday in Shizuoka Prefecture, sources involved in Japan-Taiwan relations said.
JAPAN
Aug 26, 2006

Diet picks next leader on Sept. 22

The lawmaker who will succeed Junichiro Koizumi will be picked in the Diet on Sept. 22 following the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election slated two days earlier, government sources said Friday.

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