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JAPAN
Jul 31, 2006

Another hospital halted care in last moments

A hospital affiliated with the Kinki University School of Medicine discontinued care for six severely ill newborn babies in 1996 and 1997 after they were judged to be incurable, a doctor who used to work at the university said Sunday.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 31, 2006

War criminal's kin urges next leader shun Yasukuni

A grandson of former Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo, who was convicted as a Class-A war criminal after World War II, says Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's successors should refrain from visiting Yasukuni Shrine.
BUSINESS
Jul 31, 2006

Oji won't seek injunction to stop Hokuetsu's capital increase

Oji Paper Co. does not plan to apply for a court order to block a capital increase plan by Hokuetsu Paper Mills Ltd., which is an obstacle to Oji's hostile takeover bid for Hokuetsu, according to sources.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 31, 2006

Is bigger better for European Union?

See related story EU membership sharpens Central, East Europe's competitive edge
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 31, 2006

EU membership sharpens Central, East Europe's competitive edge

See related story Is bigger better for European Union?
BUSINESS / JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES
Jul 31, 2006

BOJ should have based hike on consumer needs, worldwide inflation trend

The Bank of Japan raised the unsecured overnight call rate from virtually zero to 0.25 percent at the end of its July 13-14 Policy Board meeting and hiked the official discount rate from 0.1 percent to 0.4 percent.
JAPAN
Jul 31, 2006

Lawyers eye cult rape accusations

. South Korean authorities have put Jung, 61, on an international wanted list on rape charges.
JAPAN
Jul 31, 2006

Osaka hospital stopped care for dying newborns

Yodogawa Christian Hospital in Osaka discontinued efforts to prolong the lives of eight babies between 1999 and 2005 with the consent of the parents when doctors determined the newborns would die within one to two hours.
JAPAN
Jul 31, 2006

Obituary: Yoshinori Aboshi

Yoshinori Aboshi, the archaeologist who in 1972 discovered the renowned Takamatsuzuka tomb in his home village of Asuka, Nara Prefecture, died of cancer Saturday night, his family said. He was 78.
SOCCER / J. League
Jul 30, 2006

Kawasaki clings to lead atop J. League

High-flying Kawasaki Frontale maintained their slender lead atop the J. League first division on Saturday despite being held to a 1-1 draw away to 10-man Oita Trinita on Saturday.
JAPAN
Jul 30, 2006

Augmenting breast cancer tests eyed

The health ministry has decided to examine how effective ultrasound is in screening for breast cancer, ministry officials said Saturday.
JAPAN
Jul 30, 2006

Oji offering compromise to end bid for Hokuetsu

Oji Paper Co. has proposed freezing a hostile takeover bid for Hokuetsu Paper Mills Ltd. if Hokuetsu withdraws its planned issuance of new shares to Mitsubishi Corp., sources said Saturday.
JAPAN
Jul 30, 2006

N. Korea missile didn't go as far as Japan estimated

The United States has told Japan that the Taepodong-2 missile fired July 5 by North Korea exploded in midair within 1.5 km of the launchpad, not 400 to 600 km away as the Japanese government had initially estimated, sources said Saturday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 30, 2006

Yamaha purchased Katayama tickets

Yamaha Motor Co. purchased 200,000 yen worth of tickets for a political fundraiser held this month by Satsuki Katayama, parliamentary secretary of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, after METI accused the motorcycle maker of illegal exports, sources said Saturday.
JAPAN
Jul 30, 2006

Engineering firm paid off gangsters: sources

Mizutani Kensetsu Co., involved in a tax evasion scandal, has provided around 1 billion yen of money under the table to gangsters, informed sources said Saturday.
JAPAN
Jul 30, 2006

Japan Post firms plan expansion after privatization

The bank and the insurance company to be created through postal privatization next year will try to expand their operations to match those of their private-sector rivals, informed sources have said.
JAPAN
Jul 30, 2006

Fellow drinker liable in fatal accident

The Tokyo District Court has ordered a man -- and a companion who had been drinking with him -- to pay damages to the family of a student killed in a 2001 drunk-driving accident.
CULTURE / Books
Jul 30, 2006

Strip down and soak up some Japanese culture

GETTING WET: Adventures in the Japanese Bath, by Eric Talmadge. Tokyo: Kodansha, 255 pp., 2,400 yen (cloth). In the last few years we have seen books about cod, salt and potatoes, and the authors of these tomes appear to have employed a roughly similar method. Settle on a topic, learn everything -- and...
Japan Times
LIFE
Jul 30, 2006

No mountain too high for oldest man ever to scale Everest

This story is part of a package on "Growing old healthily." The introduction is here
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 30, 2006

Dawn of news for Chinese journalism

PRAGUE -- A remarkable incident has emboldened Chinese journalists. Earlier this year, the government suspended publication of the newspaper Bing Dian Weekly, provoking unprecedented open protest, which received extensive media coverage worldwide.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Jul 30, 2006

TBS rejoins the fighting family in "Triple Kitchen" and more

One of the enduring conflicts in Japanese TV dramas is the one that exists between a bride and her mother-in-law. This theme hit its peak 13 years ago in the series "Double Kitchen," which followed the daily boxing match between Kiriko and her husband's mother, who, as played by Yoko Nogiwa, was the...
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jul 30, 2006

New horizons beckon legendary sailor

This story is part of a package on "Growing old healthily." The introduction is here
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jul 30, 2006

Time-capsule Tokyo along a street where I lived

In the early 1980s, my wife and I lived in a tiny flat in Soshigaya on the Odakyu Line in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward. The eldest three of our four children were born then, and I have only the fondest memories of pushing a pram up and down the kilometer-long shotengai (shopping street) between the station...
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.
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