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Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 20, 2006

Quiet Tokyo neighborhood may be sitting on gruesome secret

The Toyama No. 5 apartment block is quiet at midday -- laundry flapping from balconies, old people taking an after-lunch stroll. But the building and its nearby park may be sitting on a gruesome World War II secret.
JAPAN
Sep 20, 2006

Cities toughen penalties on employees' drunken driving

At least 16 local governments have toughened or have decided to toughen their rules on punishing employees for drunken driving following a fatal car accident allegedly caused by an employee of the city of Fukuoka last month.
JAPAN
Sep 20, 2006

Gist of North Korea sanctions

Following is a breakdown of the financial sanctions imposed by Japan on North Korea on Tuesday:
JAPAN
Sep 20, 2006

Tokyo cuts North's cash supply

Japan on Tuesday dealt another blow to North Korea, imposing financial sanctions under a U.N. Security Council resolution that urges countries to prevent the transfer of funds for Pyongyang's weapons program.
JAPAN
Sep 20, 2006

Numerical goals established to ensure better-built houses

The government has set numerical goals to improve the durability and quality of houses.
BUSINESS
Sep 20, 2006

Fuji Photo to diversify, shift to holding company system

Fuji Photo Film Co. said Tuesday it will reorganize its businesses under a holding company next month, diversifying into new areas such as cosmetics and drugs from its traditional photo film business.
BUSINESS
Sep 20, 2006

Yakult starts new firm to sell drinks in coastal China

Yakult Honsha Co. said Tuesday it has established Shanghai Yakult Marketing Co., which will sell its mainstay Yakult drink starting in March in major Chinese coastal cities.
JAPAN
Sep 20, 2006

Minister won't warn media for naming juvenile suspect

Justice Minister Seiken Sugiura said Tuesday he will not issue a warning to the media for releasing the name and photograph of a 19-year-old suspected of killing a 20-year-old female student, saying they had not infringed on his rights.
EDITORIALS
Sep 20, 2006

Mr. Musharraf's dangerous deal

Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf maintains a precarious balance. On one hand, he must tread carefully among the Muslims who make up 97 percent of his country's population. On the other, he must appease his international supporters, among them the United States, who demand that he crack down on Islamic...
BUSINESS
Sep 20, 2006

Top Lexus model glides into showrooms

Toyota Motor Corp. unleashed the Lexus LS, its flagship model, on Japan on Tuesday in hopes of improving flagging sales of the internationally known brand, which has not lived up to expectations here since debuting in August 2005.
BUSINESS
Sep 20, 2006

DoCoMo's i-mode now in Bulgaria

NTT DoCoMo Inc. said Tuesday that Cosmo Bulgaria Mobile EAD has launched its i-mode Internet connection service for mobile phones.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / WILD WATCH
Sep 20, 2006

Nature's pulse at Asia's heart

It's September, autumn is around the corner, and here in Hokkaido where I live we have already had the first dusting of snow.
JAPAN
Sep 20, 2006

Talks with China set for weekend

Japan and China will hold sub-Cabinet-level talks Saturday and Sunday in Tokyo to discuss bilateral and regional topics, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 20, 2006

Cabrera powers Lions in crucial victory

TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. -- A day after Julio Zuleta took over Invoice Seibu Dome, Lions first baseman Alex Cabrera wasn't going to be shown up again.
JAPAN
Sep 20, 2006

Abductee kin hope latest sanctions help

The relatives of Japanese abducted by Pyongyang said Tuesday they hope financial sanctions imposed against North Korea earlier in the day will result in progress on the issue.
BUSINESS
Sep 20, 2006

TBS, Bic launch joint promotion

Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc. and consumer electronics store chain Bic Camera Co. said Tuesday they have linked up for sales of goods related to TBS programs and promotion of TV programs.
SUMO
Sep 19, 2006

Losing wrestler punches foe in face

A wrestler who used to belong to sumo's elite second-tier punched his opponent in the face after losing a bout the previous day in the lower tier makushita division at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament, sumo officials said Monday.
SUMO
Sep 19, 2006

Yokozuna Asa, Ama tied for lead at Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament

Mongolian grand champion Asashoryu won a heated brawl with Russian top maegashira Roho Monday to maintain his share of the lead with countryman Ama at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 19, 2006

Zuleta slugs 3 homers in win

TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. -- Ichi, ni, san.... Julio Zuleta has known how to count in Japanese for a few years.
JAPAN
Sep 19, 2006

Big-city land prices up for the first time since 1990

Average land prices in Japan's three largest metropolitan areas -- Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya -- are up for the first time since 1990, the government said Monday, providing further evidence the economy is picking up.
JAPAN
Sep 19, 2006

Tokyo's Wako University staging exhibition on Minamata disease

Wako University is holding an exhibition through Sept. 24 on Minamata disease at its campus in Machida, western Tokyo, aiming to show how the mercury-poisoning disease has affected Japan's postwar society.
JAPAN
Sep 19, 2006

Toyota chasing German luxury makes

The launch Tuesday of Toyota Motor Corp.'s Lexus LS model will be an important gauge of success for the Lexus marque in Japan's fiercely competitive luxury car segment.
JAPAN
Sep 19, 2006

'Gyudon' return sets off stampede to Yoshinoya

Fans of Yoshinoya's beef bowls thronged the fast-food chain Monday to get their first taste of the popular dish in more than 2 1/2 years since it was scratched from the menu due to the ban on U.S. beef.
Japan's cutting-edge railgun successfully strikes target vessel
The Defense Ministry’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) conducted a ship-board railgun shooting test from June to early July this year with the support of the Maritime Self-Defense Force.
Is America ready for Japanese-style 7-Elevens?
Convenience stores are a fixture of Japanese life and 7-Eleven, a chain that began in the U.S. in 1927, opened its first store in Japan in 1974 — and then became wholly Japanese-owned in 2005 through parent company Seven & I Holdings.
‘Fairytale’ Shirakawago ranked one of the world’s most beautiful villages
Forbes and Unforgettable Travel Company have ranked Shirakawago in Gifu Prefecture as Asia's most beautiful village.
People rush to make furusato nozei donations ahead of tighter rules
A booth from the town of Betsukai in Hokkaido at an Amazon Japan furusato nо̄zei promotion event, on Sept. 5 in Tokyo's Minato Ward.
Aging Japan’s centenarian population nears 100,000
Shigeko Kagawa, Japan's oldest person at 114, in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, on July 30
‘Fairytale’ Shirakawago ranked one of the world’s most beautiful villages
Forbes and Unforgettable Travel Company have ranked Shirakawago in Gifu Prefecture as Asia's most beautiful village.
Aging Japan’s centenarian population nears 100,000
Shigeko Kagawa, Japan's oldest person at 114, in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, on July 30
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
As of August 2024, the number of confirmed chagusaba farmers had fallen to 302, just over half the 582 reported in 2015, according to the Shizuoka Chagusaba Farming Method Promotion Council.

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