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JAPAN
Jul 28, 2006

Mizutani faces fresh charge over tax evasion in '04

Tokyo prosecutors may soon file another charge against a former chairman of Mizutani Kensetsu Co. for suspected corporate tax evasion in the business year to August 2004, investigative sources said.
CULTURE / Music
Jul 28, 2006

Jurassic 5 "Feedback"

"I refuse to bust gats and water down my raps," rhymes Akil on "Where We At," addressing Jurassic 5's detractors. His words will likely fall on deaf ears. Those disappointed by the lack of tired references to cash, drugs and violence of J5's past work won't be embracing their third full-length "Feedback."...
JAPAN
Jul 28, 2006

Missile defense plans have their skeptics

North Korea has become Japan's main security concern in the post-Cold War era, as underscored by Pyongyang's July 5 test-firing of seven ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan.
BUSINESS
Jul 28, 2006

Toshiba to pay ¥87 million to settle suit

Electronics giant Toshiba Corp. agreed Thursday to pay 87 million yen to a former engineer to settle a lawsuit before the Tokyo District Court in which he sought some 1 billion yen from the royalties made from patents on his flash memory invention.
BUSINESS
Jul 28, 2006

Loan rate cap in works

An advisory panel at the Financial Services Agency will draw up by late August proposals on lowering the ceiling on interest rates on consumer loans and dealing with the problem of heavily indebted borrowers, agency officials said Thursday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Jul 28, 2006

Window on the West

It's hard not to feel well disposed toward a place like Nagasaki even before you set foot in it. Nagasaki was, after all, the port in western Kyushu that had to bear the torturous brunt of the anti-Christian persecutions assiduously pursued by the Tokugawa shoguns in the 17th century. And had it not...
BUSINESS
Jul 28, 2006

'Safe' U.S. beef gets green light to enter Japan

The government on Thursday approved the resumption of U.S. beef imports, saying it will check all incoming shipments "for the time being" to make sure high-risk materials are being properly removed.
JAPAN
Jul 28, 2006

Small-scale funerals on the increase

The second-floor unit in Kodaira, western Tokyo, at first glance may look like an overly large apartment, with its sofas, large TV, video player, kitchen, bathroom and tatami room, but it is actually a small-scale funeral hall.
BUSINESS
Jul 28, 2006

NEC returns to profitable quarter

NEC Corp. said Thursday it climbed back into the black in the April-June first quarter of the current fiscal year due to increased sales and cost reductions.
EDITORIALS
Jul 28, 2006

The endgame in Lebanon

It has been more than two weeks since Hezbollah launched a raid on Israel that prompted a brutal Israel response and appears to have triggered what can only be called a war. The international community has sharply criticized the combatants, but has done little more than protest. There is talk of inserting...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / BEST BAR NONE
Jul 28, 2006

Endorphin II gets the juices flowing

As any decent dictionary published after 1980 will tell you, an endorphin is "any of a group of peptide hormones that bind to opiate receptors and are found mainly in the brain. Endorphins reduce the sensation of pain and affect emotions." In other words, they make you feel good.
CULTURE / Music
Jul 28, 2006

Peaches "Impeach My Bush"

The title is an eye-catcher, promising all manner of saucy-yet-savvy postfeminist fun, but be warned: Far from the liberal alien sex-prophetess of your dreams, Peaches is actually your embarrassing uncle who visits every Christmas. You chuckle at his "leg or breast" gag while dad's carving the turkey,...
BUSINESS
Jul 28, 2006

MHI wins key LNG tank deal in U.S.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said Thursday its U.S. subsidiary and a partner have won a contract to build two liquefied natural gas storage tanks for Sabine Pass LNG L.P., a subsidiary of Houston-based Cheniere Energy Inc.
JAPAN
Jul 28, 2006

Trio charged in kidnapping of noted face-lifter's daughter

Three men were indicted Thursday for the June 26 kidnapping Kanako Ikeda, a 21-year-old university student who is the daughter of well-known cosmetic surgeon Yuko Ikeda, prosecutors said.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jul 28, 2006

Celebrate jazz, hip-hop near Fuji

Amid the deluge of high-profile rock festivals this summer are some more idiosyncratic events boasting eclectic lineups in unusual settings. So for every "Summer Sonic" featuring big-selling rock acts from abroad in an urban setting, there is a festival like "True People's Celebration 2006," organized...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 28, 2006

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CULTURE / Film
Jul 28, 2006

Breaking teeth on 'Hard Candy'

Thonggrrrl, 14, could just be the girl of Lensman's dreams. She's sexy, she's witty, she's currently reading the autobiography of Jean Seberg and making all kinds of intelligent comments. And she's all of 14 years old.
SOCCER
Jul 27, 2006

JFA plans U-21 friendlies

In a move to help mend political ties with China, the Japan Football Association said Tuesday the two nations and South Korea will play Under-21 international friendlies from August on a home-and-away format.
SOCCER
Jul 27, 2006

Nakazawa may quit national team

Japan and Yokohama F. Marinos defender Yuji Nakazawa, who played for Japan in all three matches at the World Cup in Germany, indicated Wednesday that he may end his international career.
MORE SPORTS
Jul 27, 2006

Suzuki likely out of World Cup

Athens Olympics over-100 kg gold medalist Keiji Suzuki is likely to miss the world team championship World Cup in September in Paris because of a left shoulder injury, Japanese men's coach Hitoshi Saito said Tuesday.
SOCCER / J. League
Jul 27, 2006

Frontale moves top after Magnum's final gasp

KAWASAKI -- Kawasaki Frontale replaced Gamba Osaka at the J. League summit on Wednesday evening after Brazilian Magnum's late goal gave the home side a pulsating 3-2 win in a top-of-the-table clash.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 27, 2006

Teens' A-bomb film draws big response

Like any 14-year-old, Stephen Sotor is a big fan of video games and carries his PlayStation Portable everywhere he goes.
JAPAN
Jul 27, 2006

Abe may leave faction before LDP leadership race

Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe is thinking of leaving his faction before the Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election in September to garner broader support, sources close to Abe said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jul 27, 2006

A-bomb tales as relevant now as ever, student says

, an American student who spent the last year at Tokyo's Waseda University, rehearses Saturday for the Japanese-language recitation play "The Day the Dragonflies Were Gone" with fellow performers from China, Japan, Sri Lanka, South Korea, Sweden and Ukraine. AKEMI NAKAMURA PHOTO
JAPAN
Jul 27, 2006

Man admits pulling scam to get PCs

A former employee of a Toshiba Corp. affiliate has been arrested on suspicion of swindling two clients out of 230 personal computers worth some 50 million yen, police officials said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jul 27, 2006

Horie never led to believe accounting was illicit: defense

Former Livedoor Co. President Takafumi Horie's lawyers conceded Wednesday the Internet firm may have been guilty of some accounting fraud but argued that Horie was not guilty on the grounds that he believed the firm's accounting practices were legal, sources said.
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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