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JAPAN
Jul 19, 2006

GSDF troops enjoyed Japanese rice, cup noodles sent over to Samawah

Throughout their 2 1/2-year mission in Iraq that concluded Monday, Ground Self-Defense Force troops survived mostly on food transported from Japan, including 420 tons of rice, logistics officers said.
JAPAN
Jul 19, 2006

Japanese win gold at global math contest

Two Japanese high school students have won gold medals at this year's International Mathematical Olympiad in Slovenia, while four other Japanese contestants took silver and bronze, education ministry officials said Tuesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 19, 2006

Bombings demonstrate what Bombay is made of

MADRAS, India -- A day after maximum terror struck India's financial capital, Bombay, the city of 17 million people was back on its feet. Even London took four days after last July's explosions to get over the shock and trauma.
JAPAN
Jul 19, 2006

Obituary: Naotaka Makino

Naotaka Makino, a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame and credited with reforming high school baseball, died Tuesday of pancreatic cancer at a hospital in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, his family said. He was 95.
EDITORIALS
Jul 19, 2006

Hope of the marketplace

The Bank of Japan's lifting of its zero-interest rate policy last week represents an end to an extraordinary policy that continued for five years and four months. With its decision, which marks a step toward normalization of the nation's monetary policy, the central bank has signaled that the Japanese...
BUSINESS
Jul 19, 2006

Corporate bankruptcies down 6%

Corporate bankruptcies decreased 6.3 percent on year to 744 cases in June, a private credit research agency said Tuesday.
COMMENTARY
Jul 19, 2006

Cultural diplomacy in the Middle East

Political and economic stability in the Middle East is vital to ensure Japan's energy security and to reduce risks in the global economic system. In the interests of this region's mid- and long-term political stability, it is clearly desirable for "democratization" in the region to take root deeply and...
BUSINESS
Jul 19, 2006

Matsushita ready for Russia output

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said Tuesday it will start making liquid crystal display TVs in Russia from September in a bid to gain access to the emerging market.
BUSINESS
Jul 19, 2006

Interest rates rise at major banks

Major banks raised their ordinary deposit rates from a record-low 0.001 percent Tuesday for the first hike in six years, in response to the Bank of Japan's decision last Friday to scrap its "zero-interest-rate" policy.
JAPAN
Jul 19, 2006

Stricter visa rules eyed for foreigners of Japanese descent

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party's special committee on foreign workers proposed Tuesday that the government set stricter regulations for foreign nationals of Japanese descent when they renew their visas.
BUSINESS
Jul 19, 2006

Deflation's end seen; BOJ urged to be prudent

The government said in its annual report on the economy Tuesday that the end of deflation is in sight and pressured the Bank of Japan to carry out future interest rate rises in a wise manner.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / WILD WATCH
Jul 19, 2006

Home comforts in a natural idyll

It's 07:30 and I'm just back from hiking to the 1,860-meter summit of Mount Yashigamine, having set out at 4 a.m. and been soaked to the skin in the rain along the way, and I am slipping into a welcoming hot bath -- squeezing in a soak, as well as a mountain, before breakfast.
JAPAN
Jul 19, 2006

Princess will need Caesarean delivery

Princess Kiko has developed complications with her pregnancy and will most likely give birth by Caesarean section, palace officials said Tuesday.
SOCCER / J. League
Jul 18, 2006

Morimoto gets offer from Italy

Tokyo Verdy striker Takayuki Morimoto has received an offer to play for Italian League club Catania, officials of the J. League second-division club said Monday.
JAPAN
Jul 18, 2006

'Yukata' enjoying sales boom thanks to affordable pricing, flashy colors

The "yukata," or summer kimono, is enjoying a sales boom among women thanks to drastically reduced prices and bold designs inspired by Western clothing.
JAPAN
Jul 18, 2006

Carbon monoxide kills chef in Ginza

A chef was found dead of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning in his father's eatery in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district Monday and his parents, who discovered him, were hospitalized, rescue authorities said.
JAPAN
Jul 18, 2006

Ishikawa orders 10,000 evacuated due to heavy rain

Heavy rain drenched wide areas of Japan on Monday, with downpours causing a mudslide and a train derailment in Shimane Prefecture and prompting Ishikawa Prefecture to order more than 10,000 people in Kaga to evacuate.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Jul 18, 2006

What do you do on a rainy day?

Claire Flint Teacher, 28 Oedo onsen in Odaiba is a great place to go on a rainy day. They have re-created an old, traditional village from the Edo period. It's really interesting. You can even choose the style of yukata to wear as you walk around.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jul 18, 2006

Gold value, dogs and carpentry

Gold, gold, gold Andrew in San Francisco has come through with some very helpful advice on gold (Lifelines: July 4).
EDITORIALS
Jul 18, 2006

Our very own preemptive option

After North Korea test-fired seven missiles July 5, arguments suddenly began flying within the government and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party that Japan should consider developing the capability to strike a foreign missile base if there is an imminent threat of an attack on Japan.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 18, 2006

Collective punishment is hardly a policy

NEW YORK -- Israel's invasion of the Gaza Strip and of Lebanon's southern border is exacting a heavy price on the civilian population in those regions. Isra- el's actions are worsening a humanitarian situation that was already critical, particularly as far as children's health and the quality of their...

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