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BUSINESS
Jul 6, 2006

Panel to suggest BOJ asset disclosure

A Bank of Japan panel will recommend that the central bank draw up new rules requiring Policy Board members to disclose their personal assets, panel sources said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jul 6, 2006

North's missile threat

The following is a chronology of the events surrounding North Korea's missile program:
BUSINESS
Jul 6, 2006

Fuso boasts lean, green hybrid truck

Mitsubishi Fuso introduced new a diesel-electric hybrid light truck Wednesday that it said will offer the best fuel efficiency of any commercial vehicle in Japan.
JAPAN
Jul 6, 2006

Korean residents ponder fallout of missile launch

. The pro-Seoul Korean Residents Union in Japan (Mindan) denounced the missile tests and called on Chongryun to pressure North Korea to refrain from further tests.
JAPAN
Jul 6, 2006

Japan vows $60 million to help Afghan disarmament efforts

program, which operates separately from the DDR. "Without success in the DIAG process, neither the rule of law nor continued economic development can be achieved," Aso said.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jul 6, 2006

The art of the party at Fuji Rock

No one denies the power of danger and vice to push boundaries, and whether we admit it or not, the two have a way of rattling some pretty inspired performances out of people. No surprise, then, that Fuji Rock Festival has been a breeding ground for such mischief, and that the Palace of Wonder, Fuji's...
BUSINESS
Jul 6, 2006

Japan to seek Mauritanian crude

Japan will send a mission to Mauritania in a few months to explore the possibility of Japanese companies joining oil development projects in the west African country, government officials said Wednesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jul 6, 2006

Three artists piece together contemporary Japanese art

Art since the 1960s has reveled in a directional pluralism devoid of dominant mediums or movements, with no consensus on how the range of artists and styles might add up to a more significant whole.
BASKETBALL
Jul 5, 2006

Japan now set to take on Lebanon

Japan's opponent in a tuneup for the men's world basketball championship getting under way in August has been changed to Lebanon from Puerto Rico, the Japan Basketball Association said Tuesday.
SOCCER / World cup
Jul 5, 2006

France counting on Zidane factor

DORTMUND, Germany -- France's chances of reaching the World Cup final depend on which Zizou turns up in Munich on Wednesday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 5, 2006

Asakura goes distance in win

Kenta Asakura pitched his first complete-game shutout in four years with a five-hitter and Hirokazu Ibata and Tyrone Woods went deep as the Central League-leading Chunichi Dragons blanked the Yomiuri Giants 4-0 on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jul 5, 2006

Diplomat in traffic-accident flap

Police on Tuesday turned over to prosecutors their case on a South Korean diplomat in connection with a Tokyo auto accident.
JAPAN
Jul 5, 2006

UV-absorbing chemical faces ban

Japan will ban the manufacture and import of a widely used ultraviolet ray absorber because it has been found to accumulate in the body and is toxic to the liver, officials said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jul 5, 2006

Dominican Republic emigrants to get apology

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi will express regret to emigrants to the Dominican Republic in the 1950s and the government will pay about 1,300 people several million yen for the hardships they suffered under the program that sent them there, government officials said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jul 5, 2006

Kajima faces taxes on contract rebates

Kajima Corp. and other companies paid a combined 900 million yen in rebates to construction firms linked to a former executive of Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. for contracts to build a pharmaceutical plant in Hikari, Yamaguchi Prefecture, according to a tax audit obtained Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jul 5, 2006

Co-op recalls body-fat scale that can't measure anything

A consumer cooperative union has begun recalling an instant body-fat scale imported from China because the instrument was found to have no fat-measuring functions, union officials said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jul 5, 2006

GSDF not affected by reported Samawah blasts: Nukaga

Troops from the Ground Self-Defense Force preparing to pull out of the southern Iraq city of Samawah were not affected by explosions reported in the city, Defense Agency Director General Fukushiro Nukaga said Tuesday.
EDITORIALS
Jul 5, 2006

The Hashimoto legacy

Fortune did not smile on Mr. Ryutaro Hashimoto when he sought the presidency of the Liberal Democratic Party, and the premiership, for a second time in April 2001. He was badly defeated by Mr. Junichiro Koizumi. But Mr. Hashimoto, prime minister from January 1996 to July 1998, who died over the weekend...
JAPAN
Jul 5, 2006

Schindler: People stuck in lifts 320 times in '04

Schindler Elevator K.K., the domestic subsidiary of the Swiss-based global elevator and escalator maker, said Tuesday that people in Japan were trapped inside its elevators 320 times in 2004.
SUMO
Jul 5, 2006

The competition finally arrives

In 1958, then yokozuna Wakanohana, uncle of the Wakanohana and Takanohana brothers of the 90s won the first July tournament in the modern era with a 13-2 record.
MORE SPORTS
Jul 5, 2006

Mao to take on Meissner in GP opener

Mao Asada, the 15-year-old skating sensation who won last year's Grand Prix Final but was too young to compete in the Turin Olympics, will begin her Grand Prix campaign this season along with older sister Mai, and Miki Ando, at Skate America in October, according to an entry list posted on the Web site...
EDITORIALS
Jul 5, 2006

Explanations only deepen suspicion

A South Korean man believed to have been kidnapped by North Korea 28 years ago was allowed to meet his mother and sister last week at Mount Kumgang in North Korea. Mr. Kim Young Nam (also known as Kim Chol Jun) is thought to be the man who married Ms. Megumi Yokota of Niigata, who was kidnapped by North...
BUSINESS
Jul 5, 2006

Cabinet split over interest rates

Cabinet ministers appeared split Tuesday over the direction of the Bank of Japan's monetary stance, with the central bank coming closer to ending its "zero-interest-rate" policy next week.
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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