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BUSINESS / JAPAN-U.S.-CHINA SYMPOSIUM
Jun 5, 2006

U.S. sets negotiating table on Iran for Tokyo, Beijing

See the main story: "Regional tensions cast long shadow" See related story: "Japan, China need to go back to school"
COMMENTARY
Jun 5, 2006

Japan's college gap growing

In the two years since Japanese national universities were reorganized into independent administrative corporations, government grants for their operating expenses (personnel and equipment costs) have been slashed by 1 percent each year.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jun 4, 2006

Everything you need to know about Japan's All-Star Games

Fan balloting is under way for the 2006 Japan Pro Baseball Sanyo All-Star Series to be played next month.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Jun 4, 2006

Knicks giving Brown what he deserves

NEW YORK -- Since I've been unwilling to tear myself away long enough from the mesmeric NBA playoffs to attend Larry Brown's regularly scheduled, roadside rendezvous (putting Franklin Roosevelt's Fireside Chats to shame) with the gang of Knicks' roving reporters, I would like to take this occasion to...
SOCCER / J. League
Jun 4, 2006

Kawakatsu takes over at Fukuoka

Avispa Fukuoka on Saturday announced the appointment of former Japan international Ryoichi Kawakatsu as manager of the J. League first division club.
SOCCER / J. League
Jun 4, 2006

Reds, Marinos take leads in Cup

Urawa Reds and Yokohama F. Marinos took pole position after winning their first-leg matches at home in the quarterfinals of the J. League Nabisco Cup on Saturday.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 4, 2006

France's weak incentive to earn income

LONDON -- France's chronic malaise is marked by periodic explosions of protest. The two most recent episodes -- the rioting and arson in French cities last autumn and the successful student campaign earlier this year against a new law governing young labor-market entrants -- seem to have little in common....
BUSINESS
Jun 4, 2006

Murakami fund reportedly ready to sell Hanshin shares to Hankyu

Hankyu Holdings Inc.'s bid to acquire Hanshin Electric Railway Co. through a public tender offer is expected to be successfully concluded because the Murakami fund, Hanshin's biggest shareholder, now intends to sell its stake, Hankyu sources said Saturday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / NATURE TRAVEL
Jun 4, 2006

Time to kill -- but not mosquitoes

I am only an hour's drive from my destination -- the lodge of Safari Hoek, where, as promised in the last column, I plan to write up an "ethical" hunting safari outfit -- when I inadvertently bag my first trophy.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Jun 4, 2006

Everybody gets to be a detective this week in TBS's "Uranaishi Misuzu" and more

Everybody gets to be a detective this week. In "Uranaishi Misuzu: The Incident Beyond Fate" (TBS, Monday, 9 p.m.), it's one of those street fortune tellers you see parked outside of office buildings at night. Misuzu (Kumiko Okae), however, isn't your run-of-the-mill palm reader. She's one of the most...
CULTURE / Books
Jun 4, 2006

Pensive view of a city's declining identity

KYOTO: A Cultural and Literary History, by John Dougill. Signal Books, 2006, 242 pp., 2,500 yen (paper). "Everyone knew," the wartime narrator of Hisako Matsubara's Kyoto novel "Cranes at Dusk" relates, "there was not a single Japanese city of over a million people that hadn't already been bombed." But...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / CLOSE-UP
Jun 4, 2006

How shall we dance?

This summer, the movie that shot Johnny Depp to Hollywood stardom, Tim Burton's 1990 fantasy "Edward Scissorhands," comes to Japan as a live dance stage created and directed by Matthew Bourne.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jun 4, 2006

The boys in blue got better things to do than ticket you

Local authorities nationwide started implementing a new policy to crack down on illegal parking last Thursday. Most people welcome stricter enforcement, since it presumably means safer streets and a smoother traffic flow. But there are many who don't like the new system, in particular people who operate...
BUSINESS
Jun 4, 2006

Murakami quizzed on NBS

Prosecutors and financial regulators have questioned well-known fund manager Yoshiaki Murakami on a voluntary basis over possible insider trading in connection with purchases of shares in Nippon Broadcasting System Inc. in 2005, investigative sources said Saturday.
JAPAN
Jun 4, 2006

Visiting Iraqis show off their karate skills to SDF

Three Iraqis demonstrated their karate skills and techniques Saturday during a session of the 45th All Self-Defense Forces Karate Championship at Tokyo's Nippon Budokan hall.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jun 4, 2006

Will ghostwriters face 'treachery' from post-Koizumi Japan?

A recent news item in The Japan Times really shocked me. It concerned what a former political heavyweight once said in private.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Jun 4, 2006

Involuntary students of death

KAMIKAZE DIARIES: Reflections of Japanese Student Soldiers, by Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney. Chicago/London: University of Chicago Press, 2006, 206 pp., 13 b/w plates, $25 (cloth). War flourishes through caricature and some of these wartime creations live on long after their political usefulness is over. One...
EDITORIALS
Jun 4, 2006

Cloaks of invisibility, new and old

Learned scientific articles generally don't make a big splash in the world beyond academe. Many of us out here can't understand them, and we're much too busy and distracted to bother trying. But two articles in this month's issue of the journal Science have made headlines that are capturing even children's...
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jun 3, 2006

Chelsea's spending spree may backfire in the end

LONDON -- Chelsea has new tactics as it prepares to dominate European football next season.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 3, 2006

Abe's three-run homer off Matsuzaka lifts Giants over Lions

Shinnosuke Abe hit a go-ahead three-run homer in the sixth inning as the Yomiuri Giants rallied to beat the Seibu Lions 4-2 for their third straight win.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 3, 2006

Nissan and Suzuki seal mutual car-supply deal

Nissan Motor Co. and Suzuki Motor Corp. announced Friday they will expand their existing partnership by supplying minicars, minivans and pickup trucks to each other both at home and abroad.
BUSINESS
Jun 3, 2006

Monetary base off by record 15%

Japan's monetary base plunged 15.3 percent in May from a year earlier, its biggest ever year-on-year decline due to a sharp fall in current account deposits at the Bank of Japan, the central bank said Friday.
BUSINESS
Jun 3, 2006

Murakami probed over NBS share deals

Prosecutors are investigating the Murakami fund for possible insider trading in connection with its Nippon Broadcasting System share transactions last year, sources said Friday.
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.
What it takes to save lives on Mount Fuji
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