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JAPAN
May 26, 2006

Court rejects suit to remove Koreans from Yasukuni rolls

The Tokyo District Court on Thursday rejected demands by former Korean soldiers who served in the Japanese military and relatives of deceased soldiers that the state remove their names from the rolls of war dead at Yasukuni Shrine and pay damages.
JAPAN
May 26, 2006

South Korean again brave on railway

, I was able to summon much more strength than usual." Shin's bravery was widely reported in the South Korean media Wednesday.
JAPAN
May 26, 2006

Canon exits film cameras amid digital dominance

Following in the footsteps of camera giants Nikon Corp. and Konika Minolta Holdings Inc., Canon Inc. will stop developing new film-based camera products because of the shrinking analogue market and dramatically growing digital demand, the company's president said Thursday.
EDITORIALS
May 26, 2006

Weak effort to equalize votes

The Upper House has passed and sent to the Lower House a bill to revise the Public Offices Election Law in order to rectify disparities in the relative value of a vote in Upper House elections. The bill, submitted by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner Komeito, is likely to...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / THE SECOND ROOM
May 26, 2006

Psychedelic radar 05.26

Saturday, May 27
CULTURE / Music
May 26, 2006

ROMZ Record 4th Anniversary Tour

Computer geeks, grab your MacBooks and rejoice -- your passion for processors and software will place you among the hippest of the hip next week.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
May 26, 2006

Making a song and dance about human rights

Amnesty International began over four decades ago, when British lawyer Peter Benenson wrote to The Observer newspaper campaigning for worldwide protests about the rights of forgotten prisoners. Benenson had heard about the case of two Portuguese students sentenced to seven years imprisonment simply for...
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
May 26, 2006

Bach mass masterpiece sung by Flemish ensemble

Belgian conductor Philippe Herreweghe brings his acclaimed Collegium Vocale Gent to Tokyo on June 8. Over the last 30 years, the Collegium has established a reputation worldwide as one of the finest early-music groups, being especially well-known for its performances of German baroque music and, in particular,...
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
May 26, 2006

Sundays kept cool at Sundown

Club events on a Sunday have long provided a refuge for clubbers seeking a chilled re-entry into some kind of normalcy before the grind of work on a Monday morning.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
May 26, 2006

Politics scaled with music

Matthew Herbert's new album "Scale" is easy to like. His signature arrangements of accessible house-inflected beats behind jazzy melodies are polished to a glossy sheen. Strings swoon. Horns sound lushly. Songs like the soulful "Moving like a Train" or "When We Are in Love" positively slink out of the...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
May 26, 2006

The capital delights of Nara

To visit Kyoto is often to experience what Oscar Wilde thought of Wagner's music -- beautiful moments, but bad quarters of an hour. The time spent soaking up the splendors of its temples and gardens seems slight at the side of those long bus rides getting there across a cityscape that goes out of its...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / BEST BAR NONE
May 26, 2006

Rock 'n' grot in the crypt

Welcome to Furanken-no-Hanayome, a freaky, style-y, junk-filled lair for insomniac rockers and creep show freaks. I thought I knew all the weird rock 'n' grot bars in Tokyo, but this one somehow managed to slip under my radar undetected -- and has managed to do so for the past 10 years.
CULTURE / Music
May 26, 2006

Dirty Pretty Things "Waterloo to Anywhere"

Ex-Libertines Pete Doherty and Carl Barat may have gone their own ways, but the soap opera continues. While Doherty chose drug-fueled insanity and the release of a self-indulgent album with Babyshambles, Barat formed Dirty Pretty Things -- and on the basis of their debut, "Waterloo to Anywhere," they...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 26, 2006

Inaba drives in three for Fighters to cut Giants down to size

Sure, let the big guy sit. And let the kid pitch too.
CULTURE / Music
May 26, 2006

Ralph Myerz and the Jack Herren Band "Your New Best Friend"

By naming itself after the soft-porn mondo director Russ Mayer, and his erstwhile cameraman, Ralph Myerz and the Jack Herren Band seem to set themselves up as purveyors of the kind of low-fi, freaked-out lounge music that graces soundtracks. On their second album, "Your New Best Friend," the Norwegian...
BUSINESS
May 26, 2006

Surge in oil prices reduces trade surplus 31.8%

The trade surplus shrank 31.8 percent in April to 646.2 billion yen for the 16th straight month of decline as soaring oil prices inflated the value of imports, the Finance Ministry said in a preliminary report Thursday.
BUSINESS
May 26, 2006

Bonuses to be second-highest ever

The summer bonus to be paid by 113 major companies will come to 877,191 yen on a weighted average basis, the second-highest amount since records started to be kept in 1959, the Japan Business Federation said Thursday.
BUSINESS
May 26, 2006

FSA orders Sompo suspension

The Financial Services Agency on Thursday ordered Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. to suspend most of its operations for two weeks at all of its offices nationwide for illegal sales practices.
JAPAN
May 26, 2006

Upper House panel OKs reform bill

A House of Councilors panel approved an administrative reform promotion bill Thursday aimed at downsizing the government, one of the pillars of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's reform drive.
BUSINESS
May 26, 2006

Customers push megabanks to share the wealth

The top six banking groups' record profits from 2005 are being criticized not only by customers who have put up with years of bad service and token interest rates, but also regional banks seriously affected by their advances.
BUSINESS
May 26, 2006

Honda debuts bio-fabric for cars

Honda Motor Co. said Thursday it has developed a plant-based bio-fabric with sufficient durability and resistance to sunlight for use as a surface material in auto interiors.
BUSINESS
May 26, 2006

Consumer electronics shipments up

Consumer electronics shipments in Japan leapt 10.8 percent in April from a year earlier to 214.4 billion yen, rising for nine months in a row, the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association reported Thursday.
CULTURE / Music
May 26, 2006

Tab Benoit et al "Voice of the Wetlands"

Perhaps the only good to come out of the Hurricane Katrina disaster has been the many excellent New Orleans music compilations, whose profits are going to those dispossessed by the storm and the ensuing chaos. The most political and most passionate of these is Tab Benoit and company's "Voice of the Wetlands."...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 25, 2006

Shinjo reprimanded

Pacific League head umpire Yoshio Maekawa reprimanded Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters outfielder Tsuyoshi Shinjo with another warning Wednesday, telling his club that Shinjo's collared undershirts and other shenanigans will not be tolerated.
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.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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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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