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COMMENTARY / World
Jun 28, 2006

Japan needs better PR, less whale meat

LONDON -- Every year on my annual visit to Tokyo I spend at least one evening drinking sake in a small bar in Shibuya. And every year after I have finished eating one of the dishes the mama-san has put in front of me, while I am talking, there will be a big cheer and a lot of laughter. Yet again I have...
EDITORIALS
Jun 28, 2006

Supreme Court sidesteps issue

A banner that a plaintiff held up outside the nation's top court on Friday aptly summed up a ruling made the same day. It read: "Supreme Court avoids deciding on the constitutionality (of the issue)." The issue is Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visit to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine on Aug. 13,...
BUSINESS
Jun 28, 2006

Long-term fiscal health needs cuts, taxes: experts

Monday's decision by the government to cut spending and aim for a primary surplus by 2011 is a step in the right direction, but more drastic reforms are needed to whip the books back into shape, experts say.
BUSINESS
Jun 28, 2006

Japan Post to give up on TNT tieup

Japan Post's plan to enter the international distribution market with leading Dutch logistics company TNT N.V. will be scrapped because the two carriers disagree on strategy, Japan Post officials said Tuesday.
EDITORIALS
Jun 28, 2006

Justice for hepatitis victims

On June 16, the Supreme Court ruled that government-sponsored inoculations were responsible for infecting five people with the hepatitis B virus. It ordered the government to pay 5.5 million yen to each in compensation. Separately, on June 21, the Osaka District Court ordered the state, a drug maker...
JAPAN
Jun 28, 2006

Top court rejects Yasukuni appeals

The Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out two appeals challenging the constitutionality of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's controversial visits to Yasukuni Shrine.
BUSINESS
Jun 28, 2006

Toshiba shareholders OK poison pill

Toshiba Corp. shareholders approved measures to fend off hostile takeover bids at their annual meeting Tuesday, company officials said.
JAPAN
Jun 28, 2006

Japan, Turkey can be close as both nations bridge East and West: envoy

Japan and Turkey are able to build a close relationship as both nations have a lot in common as bridges between East and West, Turkey's ambassador to Japan told an audience in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jun 28, 2006

Police may be sent to East Timor

The government is considering taking part in the U.N. peacekeeping operations in East Timor, which has been rocked by violence, according to government sources.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 28, 2006

Totti puts Italy into quarters

Italy inflicted a defeat on Australia that was tough to take when substitute Francesco Totti scored with the last kick of the game.
BUSINESS
Jun 28, 2006

Ghosn asks shareholders to be patient

YOKOHAMA -- Nissan Motor Co. President and CEO Carlos Ghosn asked shareholders for patience Tuesday, promising to overcome "head winds" in the domestic market and produce better results in 2006.
JAPAN
Jun 28, 2006

Pension system bugbear only got band-aid fix

Five years was not enough time for Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to overhaul the nation's ailing pension system.
BUSINESS
Jun 28, 2006

Government staff cuts, new financial body headline reforms

A plan to streamline the bureaucracy by cutting 5.7 percent of the central government workforce and a plan to create a new financial institution in October 2008 under an overhaul of public financial institutions were approved Tuesday by two separate government panels.
BUSINESS
Jun 28, 2006

Livedoor to maintain financial services, chief says

Livedoor Co. will still provide financial services after it sells off its financial-business arms, Livedoor President Kozo Hiramatsu said Monday.
BUSINESS
Jun 28, 2006

Steelmakers warned to look out for cross-border M&As

Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Toshihiro Nikai told steelmakers Tuesday to be aware of the global reorganization taking place in the industry after Sunday's decision by Arcelor SA of Luxembourg to accept a takeover bid from Mittal Steel Co. of the Netherlands.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Jun 28, 2006

Eight-barbel loach

* Japanese name: Hotoke-dojo * Scientific name: Lefua echigonia * Description: Loaches are in the family of ray-finned fish. They have a flattened body, and four pairs of sensory organs, known as barbels, around the mouth, like whiskers. Catfish have similar sensory organs, but belong to a different...
JAPAN
Jun 28, 2006

Number of parole officers should double: panel

A Justice Ministry panel discussing ways to improve the probation system proposed Tuesday that the number of parole officers be at least doubled to better supervise parolees.
JAPAN
Jun 28, 2006

Soaring growth in child abuse cases raises alarm

The government warned Tuesday of a nationwide surge in child abuse reports, saying serious cases show no sign of abating and society as a whole urgently needs to address the problem.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 28, 2006

Women in China falling victim to gender violence

NEW YORK -- Although it is under-recognized and underreported, it is one of the most significant epidemics in China today. It is gender violence, manifested essentially as violence against women. This kind of violence occurs in all regions in China. It affects families of all ethnic backgrounds and social...
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Jun 28, 2006

Marine management is all at sea

Our oceans and seas are in deep trouble, and if the Japanese government is to be believed, part of the blame rests with the whales.
BUSINESS
Jun 28, 2006

Materials cut Bridgestone forecast

Bridgestone Corp. said Tuesday it has lowered its projected group net profit for the current business year to 65 billion yen from 100 billion yen due to higher raw materials prices.
BUSINESS
Jun 28, 2006

Sompo Japan punishes 584 after suspension

Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. has punished 584 people in the wake of a business suspension order it received for misconduct related to thousands of cases of unpaid insurance benefits, the company said.
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 27, 2006

Beckham's illness news to Eriksson

MUNICH -- Sven Goran Eriksson admitted England captain David Beckham kept him in the dark about the illness that caused him to vomit on the pitch after scoring his match-winning free-kick against Ecuador on Sunday.
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 27, 2006

Becks bends Ecuadorians

STUTTGART, Germany -- England played poorly once again and won, but Sven Goran Eriksson's men are unlikely to get away with anymore woeful performances such as this one if they are to reach the World Cup final.
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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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
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