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BUSINESS
Sep 5, 2006

Hokuetsu won't need poison pill as Oji's bid fails

Top papermaker Oji Paper Co.'s public tender offer for Hokuetsu Paper Mills Ltd. ended in failure Monday, as less than 5 percent of the shareholders had applied for the offer, an Oji Paper executive said.
JAPAN
Sep 5, 2006

Horie pleads not guilty to fraud

has called the first trial session a grand occasion (to make his case to the public), and I think he wore a suit to show that," defense lawyer Takai told reporters during the lunch break. If found guilty, Horie faces up to five years in prison, a fine of up to 5 million yen, or both.
JAPAN
Sep 5, 2006

First HIV-2 infection of a Japanese confirmed

The health ministry is calling for vigilance at hospitals across the country after the first case of HIV type-2 infection has been confirmed involving a Japanese person.
BASKETBALL
Sep 4, 2006

'Baby Shaq' made for the NBA

SAITAMA -- Good things come in small packages.
BASKETBALL
Sep 4, 2006

An ode to basketball

Pau Gasol holds up the James Naismith Trophy after the FIBA World Championship final between Spain and Greece at Saitama Super Arena on Sunday. KYODO PHOTO
BASKETBALL
Sep 4, 2006

Spain thrashes Greece in final

SAITAMA -- It seemed only fitting that when the public-address announcer called out the names of the players before Sunday's FIBA World Championship final the first name he said was Pau Gasol's.
BASKETBALL
Sep 4, 2006

Tanjevic: Worlds have plenty of room to improve

SAITAMA -- Turkey coach Bogdan Tanjevic was clearly under the weather after the game.
JAPAN
Sep 4, 2006

Horie ready to rebuff 'far-fetched' charges, lawyer says ahead of trial

Former Internet entrepreneur Takafumi Horie and his defense team are confident he will be cleared of securities laws violation charges, one of the lawyers said Sunday, a day before the trial is due to begin.
JAPAN
Sep 4, 2006

Seoul willing to resume summits with Abe

South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki Moon has told Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe, the front-runner to become Japan's next prime minister, of Seoul's readiness to resume summit talks, sources close to the bilateral relationship said Sunday.
JAPAN
Sep 4, 2006

China summit possible this year: Machimura

Former Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura said Sunday that a Japan-China summit may be possible by the end of the year if Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe becomes the next prime minister.
JAPAN
Sep 4, 2006

Abductees' kin to press case with Security Council

problem," Yokota said. "I think he will make even more efforts than before."
JAPAN
Sep 4, 2006

Ex-Vice Foreign Minister Ono dies

Former Vice Foreign Minister Katsumi Ono died Friday at his home in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo, his family said Sunday. He was 101.
EDITORIALS
Sep 4, 2006

Divisive changes in U.S.-ROK accord

Big changes are afoot in the military alliance between the United States and South Korea. The two governments have agreed to transfer operational control of the South Korean military in the event of a war to a South Korean general. South Koreans are deeply divided about the wisdom of this move.
COMMENTARY
Sep 4, 2006

Declining sources of pride

The 9/11 terrorist attacks five years ago added a new page to world history, posing a new threat to global security. Following the attacks, the Bush administration in the United States demanded that the international community choose between democracy and dictatorship, between good and evil. Calling...
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 4, 2006

Morality of boss's pay can't be legislated

PARIS -- Ever since 2001, when France enacted a law requiring listed companies to reveal their executives' pay packages, newspapers have had a field day denouncing greedy bosses. Not only are fixed salaries revealed, but so are bonuses, fees for serving on boards of directors, returns on stock options,...
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 4, 2006

India may finally embrace capitalism

ATLANTA -- For most of India's postcolonial era, the views guiding economic policy and those expressed by opinion makers reflected a deep-seated contempt for markets. Despite the failings of socialist economic policies at home and the successes of market reform elsewhere, India has been slow to embrace...
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 4, 2006

An uphill battle for Manmohan Singh

HONG KONG -- When Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, following in the footsteps of Jawaharlal Nehru, spoke from the great gateway of Shah Jehan's Red Fort to celebrate Independence Day, he looked like a tiny, almost insignificant figure, framed by gigantic red sandstone walls, as he looked down on...
JAPAN
Sep 4, 2006

NPA to introduce 3-D antiterrorist system for G8 summit

To defend against terrorist attacks, the National Police Agency plans to have a system in place analyzing three-dimensional data of locations and routes to be used by leaders of the Group of Eight nations when they come to Japan for a summit in 2008, NPA officials said Sunday.
JAPAN
Sep 4, 2006

Toyota allies warned over low pay

Toyota allies warned over low pay
BASKETBALL
Sep 3, 2006

U.S. outmuscles Argentina

SAITAMA -- Humbled by defeat to Greece on Friday, Team USA responded with a character-building win over Argentina in the FIBA World Championship third-place game.
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.

Podcast

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

Longform

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight
By Mai Yoshikawa

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