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BASKETBALL
Aug 23, 2006

Worlds are latest stop for Simon

HIROSHIMA -- If evaluating basketball talent is your job, the FIBA World Championship is a good place to be.
SOCCER / World cup
Aug 23, 2006

Osim likely to ignore Euro stars

New Japan coach Ivica Osim looks set to snub Celtic midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura and other European-based players for next month's Asian Cup qualifiers away to Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
MORE SPORTS
Aug 23, 2006

Kameda to fight Landaeta again

Venezuelan Juan Landaeta will get the chance to avenge his controversial split-decision defeat to Japan's newly crowned WBA light flyweight champion Koki Kameda after Kameda's Kyoei Gym announced a rematch on Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 23, 2006

Lawyer flood looms amid litigious trend

In past years, 25-year-old law school graduate Hiroyuki Ichikawa would have been facing an almost impossible task -- a bar exam with a 97 percent failure rate.
JAPAN
Aug 23, 2006

Tokyo groping down overall but picking up on some lines

Groping incidents and other harassment targeting female commuters increased on some Tokyo-area train lines last year, despite an increase in women-only cars, according to police officials.
JAPAN
Aug 23, 2006

Mathematician Ito wins new award

Mathematician Kiyoshi Ito has won the first Carl Friedrich Gauss Prize for Applications of Mathematics, the International Mathematical Union announced Tuesday.
JAPAN
Aug 23, 2006

New encephalitis vaccine delayed by a year

Approval of a new vaccine for Japanese encephalitis, initially expected this year, is likely to be delayed until 2007 or later because the government is seeking additional safety tests on possible side effects, the vaccine developers said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Aug 23, 2006

U.S. to seek January start for Futenma relocation work

The United States plans to ask Japan to start work in January to make space at Camp Schwab in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, for relocating the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station from Ginowan, a source well versed in the bilateral relationship said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2006

Uniqlo outsources designer clothing

Casual clothing retailer Uniqlo Co. said Tuesday it outsourced the design of its autumn and winter clothing lines, which will be launched worldwide Friday.
BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2006

Suntory puts premium on fruity can cocktails

Suntory Ltd. said Tuesday it will debut premium canned cocktails using fresh fruit on Sept. 26, hoping to lure people who want high-end, sweet alcoholic beverages.
BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2006

Liquor group sues over pensions

An association of liquor retailers filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking 16 billion yen in damages from Credit Suisse and several other parties for failing to warn the group of the risk in investing their pension funds in foreign bonds, which resulted in heavy losses.
JAPAN
Aug 23, 2006

Yokota film to debut here in November

The critically acclaimed documentary "Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story," about the girl kidnapped by North Korean agents, will hit Japanese screens in November, a distributor said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2006

Marubeni to dominate Daiei board, helm

Marubeni Corp., the largest shareholder in Daiei Inc., will stake out a majority on the troubled retailer's board to have a more forceful say in its reconstruction efforts, officials at the trading house said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2006

Seiyu cuts first-half loss to 1.36 billion yen

Seiyu Ltd. said Tuesday its first-half group operating loss narrowed to 1.36 billion yen from 2.48 billion yen for the same period last year, thanks to higher sales of household goods.
JAPAN
Aug 23, 2006

Abe vows amendment

YOKOHAMA -- Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe, the front-runner in the race to become the next prime minister, said Tuesday he would push ahead with contentious efforts to amend the Constitution if he is chosen to succeed Junichiro Koizumi.
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Aug 23, 2006

Bottled water and problems that flow

Having just spent several weeks in the United States, I can report with confidence that, more than ever before, Americans have their hands full.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Aug 23, 2006

Forest green tree frog

* Japanese name: Moriao-gaeru * Scientific name: Rhacophorus arboreus * Description: A cute little, beautiful green frog; males are 4-6 cm long, females are 6-8 cm long. The backs can be mottled with brown speckles, and the number of these speckles varies according to where in the country they live....
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2006

Brewers basking in the summer economic heat but the future looks flat

As the summer heats up, the beer is flowing around backyard barbecue grills and rooftop beer gardens in city centers. And this year, a recovering economy is putting a little extra fizz into beer sales.
EDITORIALS
Aug 23, 2006

Child abuse crisis

Child abuse in this nation has reached a crisis level. Child welfare centers across the nation dealt with a record 34,451 cases of child abuse in fiscal 2005, a thousand more than in the previous year and a 31.3-fold increase since fiscal 1990.
JAPAN
Aug 23, 2006

Obituary: Toshikazu Wakatsuki

Toshikazu Wakatsuki, a pioneer in rural health care, died of pneumonia Tuesday at Saku Central Hospital in Saku, Nagano Prefecture, a hospital official said. He was 96.
BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2006

Honda plans Thailand parts plant

Honda Motor Co. said Tuesday that a new subsidiary will start producing automobile parts in Thailand for the Asia-Oceania market next June.
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.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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