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Aug 5, 2006

Terauchi, Nakagawa take honors

Ken Terauchi outclassed the field to win the men's 1-meter springboard and claim his first title in two years at the diving national championships in Tokyo on Friday.
SOCCER
Aug 5, 2006

Osim picks baker's dozen for friendly

Ivica Osim has picked a provisional 13-man squad for next week's friendly against Trinidad and Tobago.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 5, 2006

Iwamura leads home run fest for Swallows

Akinori Iwamura hit two of the Yakult Swallows' five home runs in a 9-7 victory over the Central League-leading Chunichi Dragons on Friday.
JAPAN
Aug 5, 2006

Student wins with patriotic speech

Satoko Okutani, a sophomore at Shoei Girls' High School in Tokyo, took first prize Friday in an English-language speech contest sponsored by Asia University, in which she urged Japanese to love their country more.
JAPAN
Aug 5, 2006

Change set for Iraq deployment

The Cabinet said Friday it will revise the basic plan for deployment of the Self-Defense Forces to Iraq following the recent withdrawal of troops from the country.
JAPAN
Aug 5, 2006

Kitagawa to visit Oz for tourism talks

The land, infrastructure and transport minister will visit Australia for four days from Tuesday for talks on expanding two-way tourism, the ministry announced Friday.
JAPAN
Aug 5, 2006

75% worry about crimes against kids: poll

Three out of four respondents to a government survey said they were worried about crimes against children, the Cabinet Office said Thursday.
JAPAN
Aug 5, 2006

Hashimoto funeral to be Tuesday

About 200 people, including former South Korean President Kim Young Sam and official representatives from 19 countries, will attend the Tuesday funeral of former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, Foreign Ministry officials said Friday.
JAPAN
Aug 5, 2006

Ministry reviews heater alterations

The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Friday there have been no carbon monoxide poisoning accidents caused by alterations to safety devices of gas water heaters made by makers other than Paloma Industries Ltd.
EDITORIALS
Aug 5, 2006

Pursue cautious defense policy

This year's government white paper on defense touches on North Korea's missile tests, closer security cooperation between Japan and the United States, and proposals to upgrade the Defense Agency to ministry status and expand the Self-Defense Forces' overseas activities, among other things.
JAPAN
Aug 5, 2006

Japan's zeal for eel translates into a drastic decline in supply

. The decrease in the number of eels in Europe is believed to be strongly related to the huge consumption of eel in Japan. Large numbers of eels caught in Europe have been imported here through China since the late 1990s.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 5, 2006

Bringing peace to Lebanon

As Israel encounters stiffer than expected resistance to its attacks in Lebanon, and world outrage and condemnation of the mounting human toll rises, calls grow for a ceasefire followed by the deployment of a fresh peacekeeping force. The nature and prospects of a new mission will depend crucially on...
JAPAN
Aug 5, 2006

Defense Agency hits 17 for drugs

The Defense Agency reprimanded 1,325 members for misconduct in fiscal 2005, up 39 from the prior year, including a record 17 for illegal drug use, according to data released last week by the agency.
JAPAN
Aug 5, 2006

Man admits killing mom, moving corpse around

A man was arrested Friday in connection with the slaying of his mother, whose body was found in her apartment in Kiyose, Tokyo, police said.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Aug 5, 2006

Paving over the Kyoto Protocol realities

The Kyoto Protocol aimed to slow down global warming, but I have a better way of dealing with global warming in Japan. It requires each person to walk outside of their house with a jackhammer and remove a 1-meter slab of concrete.
BUSINESS
Aug 5, 2006

First U.S. beef since botched veal to arrive Sunday

U.S. meatpackers are shipping beef to Japan again and the first batch is expected to arrive in Tokyo by air Sunday, industry officials said Friday.
BUSINESS
Aug 5, 2006

Mizuho in trouble over 'fixed' loans

Mizuho Bank tried to sell fixed low-interest housing loans without telling customers that there was a possibility the interest rate could actually rise before they got them, sources said Thursday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Aug 5, 2006

Renu Arora

In 1982, Renu Arora, from Bombay and living in Japan, began her Gourmet Trips to India from here. Married and the mother of a son, she was teaching Indian home cooking to groups of interested Japanese people. Some were men, some young unmarried women, some housewives. Some of them aimed to become professional...
SOCCER
Aug 5, 2006

Celtic's Nakamura left with mixed feelings after return to former club

YOKOHAMA -- It was a bittersweet return to Yokohama for Shunsuke Nakamura on Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 5, 2006

BOJ repeating history, board exec from 2000 warns

When the Bank of Japan ended its "zero-interest-rate" policy at its two-day Policy Board meeting last month, Nobuyuki Nakahara recalled the last time the central bank made the same move, when he was a board member in August 2000.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 5, 2006

Commentator advises savers to stay cautious

With the Bank of Japan lifting its nearly six-year-old "zero-interest-rate policy," the days of rock-bottom interest rates are finally over.
BUSINESS
Aug 5, 2006

Toyota shrugs off safety woes; logs record profit

Toyota Motor Corp., unscathed by an investigation over its failure to promptly recall faulty vehicles, announced record group sales and profits for the April-June quarter Friday, thanks to strong sales in North America and Europe.
BUSINESS
Aug 5, 2006

Namco Bandai gives up Zapf bid

Namco Bandai Holdings Inc. said Friday its tender offer bid to buy more than 75 percent of German toy maker Zapf Creation AG's outstanding shares was unsuccessful because the number of shares offered by current stockholders was far below its target.
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.
Onosato's yokozuna promotion causes rare quirk in new sumo rankings
Newly promoted yokozuna Onosato holds a copy of the latest banzuke ranking in Anjo, Aichi Prefecture, on Monday.
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. 
Over 900 earthquakes strike Tokara islands in space of two weeks
A screenshot shows many quakes occurring in the Tokara islands over the past 30 days, in this image taken from the U.S. Geological Survey website.
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."
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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