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Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2006

Toyota vows to improve quality, recall regime

Toyota Motor Corp. submitted a report to the government Thursday outlining measures it will take to improve its quality control, defect monitoring and recall systems in response to a transport ministry mandate stemming from an accident involving a defective Toyota sport utility vehicle.
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2006

Gap in real estate prices between big, small cities continues to widen

The gap in land prices between large and small cities continues to widen even though the average price in select areas has moved higher for the first time in 14 years.
COMMENTARY
Aug 4, 2006

Disaster in the Middle East

LONDON -- This time Israel has surely gone too far.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Aug 4, 2006

Films for kids

The 14th Kodomotachino Kinder Film Festival takes place Aug. 4-6 and Aug. 8-13 at Hino City on the outskirts of western Tokyo and at Aoyama's Round Theater, aiming to introduce high-quality films to children.
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2006

Cops log 120 child abuse cases in first half

Child abuse cases uncovered by police in the first half of this year rose 14.3 percent over the same period last year to a record of 120, the National Police Agency said Thursday.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Aug 4, 2006

Traditional Bali music

Based near Bali's capital city of Negara, Suar Agung have played jegog (traditional bamboo music from West Bali) to audiences in Japan on more than 30 occasions in the last decade.
EDITORIALS
Aug 4, 2006

U.N. takes a hard line against Iran

The United Nations Security Council this week passed a resolution that gives Iran a stark choice: suspend its uranium-enrichment activities or face possible economic sanctions. The move is a victory for those who fear that Iran's nuclear programs threaten to unravel the global nuclear nonproliferation...
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Aug 4, 2006

Traveling to Earth's depths

United States-born Charles Glover has been taking photographs since he was aged 10. Since that tender age, he has visited all seven continents and 70 countries. Glover's exhibition from his travels in Antarctica runs through August 31 at Maison Franco Japonaise museum in Ebisu, Tokyo.
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2006

Konica Minolta ups group net profit

Konica Minolta Holdings Inc. said Thursday its April-June group net profit rose 44.3 percent from a year earlier to 10.56 billion yen on double-digit sales and profit growth for its information equipment and optics divisions.
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2006

Transfers of 100,000 yen or more face scrutiny

The Financial Services Agency said Wednesday it will require banks to keep records of people transferring 100,000 yen or more to help crack down on criminal activities.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / THE SECOND ROOM
Aug 4, 2006

Psychedelic radar 08.04

Saturday, Aug. 5
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Aug 4, 2006

Movies with musical theme screened for free in Ebisu

The "Star Light Cinema Festival" is currently screening popular movies with a musical theme free of charge at Yebisu Garden Palace in Ebisu, Tokyo. It is the seventh time that the shopping complex has hosted the festival.
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2006

Tanigaki pitches 8% sales tax by '11

Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki said Thursday the 5 percent consumption tax should be raised to 8 percent by fiscal 2011.
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2006

KHI's Airbus parts contract to end

Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. will stop manufacturing fuselage panels for Airbus SAS A321 small jetliners at the end of March when its current contract with the European aircraft company ends, a KHI spokesman said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2006

Bandai to sell giant Gundam

Bandai Co. said Thursday it will market a large plastic model of the Gundam robot, the main character from the popular cartoon series "Mobile Suit Gundam," on Dec. 16.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / WALKING THE WARDS
Aug 4, 2006

Shibuya's got glamour, and more

Anyone with more than a week in Tokyo has spent some time with Shibuya's mascot, Hachiko, waiting and watching thousands of individuals merge on cue into a tsunami of mass determination and consumerism, a scramble of humanity.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Aug 4, 2006

Architect's exhibition reveals simple aesthetic

Yoshihide Okuma (1905-1984) came to prominence as an architect in the postwar era, establishing a signature style of traditional wooden housing that harked back toward Japan's past when the country itself was undergoing rapid modernization.
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2006

Princess Mako off to Austria

Princess Mako, the 14-year-old granddaughter of Emperor Akihito, left for Austria on Thursday for a two-week home-stay.
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2006

Nippon Paper to try blocking Oji's takeover of Hokuetsu

Nippon Paper Group Inc., the holding firm of Japan's No. 2 pulp and paper company, said Thursday it will buy Hokuetsu Paper Mills Ltd. shares to get an equity stake of less than 10 percent.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 4, 2006

72-hour party people

Japan's foremost music festival, Fuji Rock, might be over for another year, but for those who couldn't make the trek to Naeba Ski Resort last weekend, or the 130,000 who did but couldn't catch everything, our reporting team -- Daniel Robson, Simon Bartz, Philip Brasor, Mark Thompson, David Hickey, Richard...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Aug 4, 2006

South of the border in 'Nakame'

Naka-Meguro's days as a hip, artsy enclave have long been numbered. The area isgentrifying fast, especially down by the river and uptoward Daikanyama. But venture along the slow-moving, old-school shopping street that forms the spiritual axis of 'Nakame' (as the locals like to call it) and you can still...
SOCCER
Aug 3, 2006

Gamba starts strong

J. League champions Gamba Osaka held off a second-half fight back to edge China's Dalian Shide 3-2 while JEF United Chiba beat South Korea's Ulsan Huyndai by the same scoreline at the East Asian "A3" Champions Cup in Tokyo on Wednesday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 3, 2006

Kuroda best in July

Hiroshima Carp right-hander Hiroki Kuroda was named the MVP for the month of July after winning all four starts, including a shutout, during the month, the Central League said Wednesday.
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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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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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.
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