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BUSINESS
Aug 16, 2006

Oji will ask Daishi Bank to sell its Hokuetsu stake

Oji Paper Co. President Kazuhisa Shinoda will ask Daishi Bank President Kunito Ojima on Thursday to sell the bank's 2 percent equity stake in Hokuetsu Paper Mills Ltd. to Oji, company sources said.
JAPAN
Aug 16, 2006

Princess to enter hospital Wednesday

Princess Kiko will enter a private hospital in Tokyo on Wednesday in preparation for her Caesarean delivery in September, the Imperial Household Agency said Tuesday.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / WILD WATCH
Aug 16, 2006

Flourishing on nutrients few

As the heat and humidity of summer build up, my favored relief is to head for the hills. Last weekend I even managed to slide down a snowbank, and that really cooled me off!
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 16, 2006

Prime ministers' Yasukuni visits

Following is a chronology of events related to prime ministers' visits to Yasukuni Shrine:
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 16, 2006

Firms find niche market turning office towers into dwellings

From the outside, the apartment building Kenny Sumitani recently moved into looks exactly like an office high-rise.
JAPAN
Aug 16, 2006

New envoy appointed to Brazil

Veteran diplomat Ken Shimanouchi was appointed Tuesday as ambassador to Brazil, officials said.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 16, 2006

China, South Korea lodge protests yet again

the conscience of mankind." Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing summoned Japanese Ambassador Yuji Miyamoto to the ministry and lodged a formal protest.
COMMENTARY
Aug 16, 2006

Japan far too vulnerable to Pyongyang's missiles

After North Korea's July 5 missile tests, Japan, for the first time since 1945, is asking America to beef up its military presence in Japan. Why? Because Japan's hedging and tardiness in relation to missile defense has left its cities more vulnerable than they need be. That risks encouraging Pyongyang...
BUSINESS
Aug 16, 2006

Kabu.com margin-trading fees to fall

Online brokerage kabu.com Securities Co. said Tuesday it will lower its fees for margin trading on Oct. 1, almost halving fees for trading value worth up to 500,000 yen.
BUSINESS
Aug 16, 2006

Despite Oji's likely failure, M&As catching on

Japan appears to have entered a new era of mergers and acquisitions with Oji Paper Co.'s recent takeover bid for Hokuetsu Paper Mills Ltd.
JAPAN
Aug 16, 2006

Tanker spills tons of oil in Indian Ocean

A tanker operated by Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. is believed to have spilled about 4,500 tons of crude oil into the Indian Ocean after colliding with a freighter it was attempting to assist, the company said Tuesday.
EDITORIALS
Aug 16, 2006

The U.N. acts, at last

One month after fighting began in southern Lebanon, the United Nations Security Council last week passed a resolution calling for an end to the conflict. The resolution, which passed unanimously, was the subject of protracted negotiations and the compromises are evident in the final product. Both Israel...
BUSINESS
Aug 16, 2006

Farm ministry OKs 35th U.S. meatpacker

The agriculture ministry said Tuesday it has authorized a meatpacker in California to resume beef exports to Japan, the last on the list of 35 U.S. beef processors approved for exports to the Japanese market.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 16, 2006

Enshrine the war criminals at a separate site: Nakasone

The Class-A war criminals should be enshrined somewhere other than Yasukuni so future emperors can pay respects to the war dead at the shrine, former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone remarked Tuesday, saying the nation's leader must effect this change.
SUMO
Aug 15, 2006

Trips north, south, east and west -- oh, and unwanted amateurs!

While the dust was flying during the should they/shouldn't they (make Hakuho yokozuna and Miyabiyama ozeki) promotion debate that blew up following the Nagoya Basho, the sumo powers that be did what they so often do best and ignored the fuss.
BASKETBALL
Aug 15, 2006

Team Japan's heads held high despite loss as worlds approach

URAYASU, Chiba Pref. -- More than an hour after Japan and Senegal had completed their exciting exhibition basketball game at the Urayasu City Sports Park Gymnasium on Sunday several hundred die-hard fans remained at the arena.
MORE SPORTS
Aug 15, 2006

Powell to compete in Japan

Commonwealth champion and 100 meters world record holder Asafa Powell will compete at next month's Seiko Super track and field meet in Yokohama, organizers said Monday.
JAPAN
Aug 15, 2006

Floating crane hits power line, causes Tokyo-area blackout

A raised construction crane on a barge moving downriver hit high tension lines Monday morning in Edogawa Ward, Tokyo, causing blackouts in the capital and neighboring prefectures for nearly three hours that brought rush-hour transportation to a halt.
JAPAN
Aug 15, 2006

Pair admit killing violent daughter

A couple were arrested Monday in the Tokyo suburb of Machida after they turned themselves in the previous evening, saying they killed their 21-year-old daughter, who had violently abused them, police said.
JAPAN
Aug 15, 2006

Seabed drilled at 5,815 meters down

A Japanese deep-water research vessel succeeded in drilling in the seabed at 5,815 meters below the surface of the ocean, a world record for deep-sea boring when remote-controlled cables and drilling tools are used, the government said Monday.
EDITORIALS
Aug 15, 2006

A time to learn from the past

Japan marks the 61st anniversary of the end of World War II even as its politicians send signals that lead other peoples in the world to question its true inclinations. One such signal was the prediction that Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi would visit Yasukuni Shrine on Tuesday, the very day of the...
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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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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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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