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BUSINESS
Aug 19, 2006

Sugar prices soar amid demand for bio-ethanol

High oil prices have been causing rises in not only fuel and material costs but also in one thing consumers are more familiar with -- sugar.
BUSINESS
Aug 19, 2006

Yahoo Japan to help bidders burned by jewelry firm's failure

Yahoo Japan Corp. said Friday it will compensate customers who successfully bid for products auctioned by an Osaka-based jewelry firm that has filed for bankruptcy.
COMMENTARY
Aug 19, 2006

Tokyo sends Beijing a signal

NEW DELHI -- No place of homage has generated more political heat between countries in recent years than the eye-catching Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo. At the center of the storm has been a dark horse who became Japan's prime minister more than five years ago and who leaves office next month, having fashioned...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 19, 2006

Train stations with malls face higher property taxes

Are they train stations or shopping malls?
BUSINESS
Aug 19, 2006

Matsui scraps margin trade commissions

Major online brokerage Matsui Securities Co. said Friday it will eliminate commissions on one type of margin trading in September but raise the interest rate on funds borrowed for those trades.
COMMENTARY
Aug 19, 2006

Struggling for transparency in China

HONG KONG -- Following the Chinese press, one sometimes gets totally depressed and feels that there is no hope for the country, with its myriad problems. At other times, the opposite is true. This week, it is a mix. On different fronts, one sees a host of problems but, at the same time, it is clear that...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Aug 19, 2006

TaoZen: synthesizing life practices of the sages

Masahiro Ouchi stands before a group of 30 assorted individuals in Be Yoga, a studio in Tokyo's Hiro-o (including five dishy-enough French men to make one English guy joke that among so many women he has never felt so disadvantaged) and introduces us to the essence of the spiritual and therapeutic practice...
BUSINESS
Aug 19, 2006

Futata snubs Aoki bid, backs Konaka buyout

Menswear retailer Futata Co. said Friday it will accept Konaka Co.'s offer to make it a wholly owned subsidiary, rejecting menswear rival Aoki Holding Inc.'s proposal.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Aug 19, 2006

Bon stories: fire heads and stuffed turtles

"Ne, ne, Amy-chan . . ." Kio-chan is calling to me from across the Moooo! Bar. "Man-chan wa ne . . ." he starts to tell me a story about his best friend, 80-year-old Man-chan, who is sitting next to him. The only thing he likes more than Man-chan is telling stories about him. "You should see Man-chan's...
JAPAN
Aug 19, 2006

Matsuda first in Cabinet to meet Gadhafi

The state minister for science and technology held talks Thursday night in Libya with leader Moammar Gadhafi, according to the Foreign Ministry.
JAPAN
Aug 19, 2006

Tokyu contractor kills self following tax probe grilling

A branch office head of Tokyu Construction Co. has committed suicide after being questioned by prosecutors in connection with alleged tax evasion by engineering firm Mizutani Kensetsu Co., sources said late Thursday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Aug 19, 2006

Robert Neff

Think public spirit, think Robert Neff.
JAPAN
Aug 19, 2006

Iraqi security official to visit Japan

A high-ranking Iraqi official in charge of security will make a six-day visit to Japan from Sunday, the Foreign Ministry said Friday.
BASKETBALL
Aug 18, 2006

Key facts about the Japanese men's basketball team

Here's a look at some key facts, figures and random insight about the 2006 Japan National Team. It plays Saturday against Germany in Hiroshima in the teams' Group B opener at the FIBA World Championship:
BASKETBALL
Aug 18, 2006

Final look at FIBA groups

Here's a closer look at each of the four groups in the FIBA World Championship, which gets under way Saturday in four Japanese cities:
BASKETBALL
Aug 18, 2006

Big names rolling in for showdown in Sapporo as worlds set to tip off

SAPPORO -- The world's best have finally found their way to northern Japan.
BASKETBALL
Aug 18, 2006

FIBA World Championship has long, colorful history

World Cup soccer's exploits have been well chronicled. Basketball's international competitions, excluding Olympic gold-medal games, have received much-less attention from the sporting press.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 18, 2006

JCG foils Senkaku landing try

A boatload of Taiwanese activists tried to approach disputed uninhabited islets controlled by Japan in the East China Sea early Thursday but was warned away by Japan Coast Guard ships before managing to enter Japan's territorial waters, JCG officials said.
EDITORIALS
Aug 18, 2006

Threat to confidentiality

As part of international efforts to stop money laundering by criminal organizations and money transfers by terrorist groups, the government is preparing a new bill that it hopes to submit to a regular Diet session next year.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 18, 2006

Cyber crime cases up 11.8%

Police recorded 1,802 cases of Internet-related or cyber crimes during the first half of the year, up 11.8 percent over a year earlier and a record high for any first half, the National Police Agency said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 18, 2006

Pioneer for women seeks home for peace dolls

One of the nation's first female lawmakers is working on what she says will be her last project: a museum for dolls sent to Japan from over 50 countries in support of world peace.
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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