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EDITORIALS
Sep 23, 2006

A setback for Thai democracy

The Thai military seized power Tuesday, revoking the constitution and declaring martial law. The coup took place while Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was in New York attending a U.N. General Assembly session.
BUSINESS
Sep 23, 2006

Lawmaker vows cross-party agreement to revise lending bill

Masazumi Gotoda, former parliamentary secretary in charge of financial services, said Friday he will work to revamp a consumer lending bill to get the ceiling on interest charges lowered and the higher rate on small loans scrapped.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Sep 23, 2006

Anthony Millington

The British School in Tokyo, independent and coeducational, is the only British school in Japan, and the only school in Japan offering the English National Curriculum. It is a nonprofit organization, administered by a board of trustees representing the British and international community in Tokyo. The...
JAPAN
Sep 23, 2006

Researchers zap gene that blocks cancer treatment

A group of researchers from the National Cancer Center and other entities have worked out a method to sharply curb the growth of breast cancer by inhibiting a gene that makes cancerous cells resistant to a chemotherapy drug.
BUSINESS
Sep 23, 2006

Saison, Orient, UC to merge systems

Three of Japan's top credit card companies -- Credit Saison Co., Orient Corp. and UC Card Co. -- have agreed to integrate their core operations systems by 2010, officials of the card companies said Friday.
JAPAN
Sep 23, 2006

Lawyers to hold concert, sing praises of Article 9

A group of some 30 lawyers will fight to preserve Article 9 of the Constitution by giving a choral performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, which is dedicated to world peace and happiness. The concert is an effort to draw attention to political moves to revise the article, which renounces war.
SUMO / Basho reports
Sep 22, 2006

Asashoryu takes control at autumn basho

Mongolian yokozuna Asashoryu overpowered Tochiazuma on Thursday to grab sole possession of the lead with three days remaining at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 22, 2006

Oh gets released from hospital

Japanese home run king Sadaharu Oh left Keio University Hospital on Thursday after an extended rehabilitation following an operation to remove his stomach earlier in the year.
JAPAN
Sep 22, 2006

Abe already preparing policy team for new job

Prime minister-in-waiting Shinzo Abe has already started taking applications from bureaucrats who want to join his policy team at the Prime Minister's Office.
JAPAN
Sep 22, 2006

Drunken driving sweep yields 4,383 violations

In an annual weeklong crackdown that ended Monday, police departments across Japan documented 4,383 instances of people driving under the influence of alcohol and arrested 149 people, the National Police Agency said in a report released Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 22, 2006

Top court upholds death sentence in Miyazaki murders

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the death sentence of Kieko Ishikawa, a 49-year-old woman convicted of killing and robbing two women in the late 1990s, dismissing her appeal.
JAPAN
Sep 22, 2006

Koizumi moves out, signs off

Outgoing Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi moved out of the Prime Minister's Official Residence Thursday evening as he gets ready to hand the reins of government to new ruling party leader Shinzo Abe next Tuesday.
JAPAN
Sep 22, 2006

Prince Hisahito's name added to royal registry

Newborn Prince Hisahito, the first heir to the throne born in 41 years, had his birth registered Thursday in the Imperial family registry, the Imperial Household Agency said.
JAPAN
Sep 22, 2006

Less than half of law school graduates pass bar: ministry

Of graduates who completed their studies after law schools were set up under a 2004 reform, only 48 percent who took the national bar exam passed, the Justice Ministry said Thursday.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 22, 2006

India's song of freedom creates a divide

MADRAS, India -- India has a national song, and a national anthem. The first, "Vande Mataram (Salute to the Mother)," signified the cry for freedom from British brutality. The song pushed the nation into a nationalistic frenzy that often caused fear and panic among the occupying British forces. The first...
EDITORIALS
Sep 22, 2006

A nuclear-free Central Asia

Five former republics of the Soviet Union in Central Asia have created a nuclear-free zone. The agreement is an important step forward for the global nonproliferation regime at a time when that order is under assault on multiple fronts.
BUSINESS
Sep 22, 2006

Japan in FTA talks with Gulf states

Japan and the oil-producing countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council began official negotiations Thursday in Tokyo on a free-trade agreement.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Sep 22, 2006

Open-air sightseeing bus celebrates second anniversary

The Hinomaru Limousine Company this month celebrates the second anniversary of its "Sky Bus Tokyo" tours. The tours offer passengers a scenic 45-minute ride through Maranouchi and its surrounding area every day of the year, every hour, on the hour. The tour takes in a number of Tokyo landmarks, including...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Sep 22, 2006

Asia Orchestra Week 2006

This October, Tokyo and Osaka will host Asia Orchestra Week 2006, an annual festival that celebrates classical music from a distinctly Asian -- and contemporary -- perspective. Over the last four years, AOW has drawn 30,000 people to watch more than 2,000 musicians from 13 Asia-Pacific countries. Programs...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Sep 22, 2006

Accolades for Afrobeat originator

Producer Brian Eno has been variously quoted as saying Nigerian drummer and songwriter Tony Allen is "the most important musician," or "the best drummer" of the last 50 years. Whatever Eno actually said there is no doubt of the high regard Allen is held in, not only for his rhythms, so tight and complex...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Sep 22, 2006

On a pathway to the divine

Since it acquired the status of a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004, more people have naturally felt inclined to see the temples and monasteries of Koyasan in Wakayama Prefecture for themselves. But more than a few visitors to the complex find that its heavy Buddhist religiosity and the funereal gloom...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Sep 22, 2006

Vying to be crowned as Kyushu's ramen king

Kyushu is famous for its rich, varied food culture, and particularly for the rivalry between Hakata ramen and Kumamoto ramen. The former uses pork-based soup, thin noodles, ginger and fresh garlic, and is distinguished by a serving of only a small amount of noodles, to which the customer requests seconds....
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Sep 22, 2006

Mix of local, international ensures club's longevity

With the global club scene experiencing mixed fortunes, as can be seen in Tokyo with smallish crowds at many clubs and dance festivals rumored to be struggling to attract big-name artists from overseas, one event space continues to draw people several years after first opening its doors. Air, in Daikanyama,...
JAPAN
Sep 22, 2006

Tougher financial sanctions on North being sought

have testified that billions of yen in cash have been sent to North Korea in this manner. One Japanese man living in Osaka, who worked for two decades at a North Korean-funded trading company in Japan, said Tuesday's ban will have only a short-term effect.
Anime isn’t competing with Hollywood — it’s beating it
After its July release, “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba — Infinity Castle,” an animated feature adapted directly from a TV arc, became the highest-grossing Japanese film ever.
The unstoppable rise of konbini tourism
Guests typically follow Ryo Ito’s lead as he weaves through the narrow, colorful aisles of convenience stores.
Dodgers clinch back-to-back World Series titles as Blue Jays downed in thriller
Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto and teammates celebrate after winning the World Series against the Blue Jays. Yamamoto was named MVP for the series.
Woman, 69, arrested over 1999 Nagoya housewife's murder
A police sketch released in 2020 of a woman spotted near the scene of the 1999 murder of a housewife in Nagoya's Nishi Ward
Japan to introduce joint child custody system in April 2026
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara (center) and other ministers prior to a Cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office on Friday
Anime isn’t competing with Hollywood — it’s beating it
After its July release, “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba — Infinity Castle,” an animated feature adapted directly from a TV arc, became the highest-grossing Japanese film ever.
Oasis returns to Japan after 16 years — and fans can still sing every word
Liam Gallagher commanded the stage with effortless charisma during Oasis' Tokyo Dome set on Saturday.
At Japan Mobility Show, BYD gears up to conquer Japan's EV market
BYD Auto Japan President Atsuki Tofukuji unveils the Racco at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Oasis returns to Tokyo: Rain, rapture and rock
Fans wait to get into the Oasis show at Tokyo Dome on Saturday. While lining up in the rain, some broke into impromptu versions of the British rock group's hits.
Kyushu banzuke sets the stage to cement 2025’s sumo narratives
Onosato ahead of his bout against Aonishiki at The Grand Sumo Tournament at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Oct. 18

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Mamoru Iwai, stationmaster of Keisei Ueno Station, says that, other than earthquake-proofing, the former Hakubutsukan-Dobutsuen (Museum-Zoo) Station has remained untouched.
Inside Tokyo's 'phantom' stations — and the stories they tell
By Alex K.T. Martin

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