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Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Mar 4, 2006

Investor, philanthropist gives new name to jet set

It is 7:30 a.m. and Takaaki Kawashima has less than one hour to spare before leaving for Narita airport. He's due to take a midday flight to London, arriving in time for dinner with Prince Charles, Camilla and a small group of intimates at Clarendon House. He will leave for Japan again Friday morning,...
JAPAN
Mar 4, 2006

DPJ may sue source of bogus e-mail that blew up in its face

the person who offered the information," Hatoyama told DPJ lawmakers during a meeting in Tokyo. Nagata read out the bogus e-mail in the Diet last month, claiming it was internal instructions by Horie to staff to transfer 30 million yen to the son of Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Tsutomu...
JAPAN
Mar 4, 2006

Private surveillance cameras on the rise

Is it neighborhood watch or Big Brother?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Mar 4, 2006

Mong-Lan

Although she was only 5 when, with her family, she was evacuated from Saigon, Mong-Lan thinks the events of war and suffering in her early life traumatized her. Thirty years later, critics find in her poetry "the tectonic force of history, beauty and despair." Poetry, giving release to her emotions,...
BUSINESS
Mar 4, 2006

Jobless rate edged up to 4.5% in January

Japan's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 4.5 percent in January from 4.4 percent in December, when it registered a 0.1 percentage point decline, the government said Friday.
BUSINESS
Mar 4, 2006

Sumitomo-Saudi venture gets loan

Rabigh Refining & Petrochemical Co., a Saudi-based joint venture between Sumitomo Chemical Co. and Saudi Arabian Oil Co., has obtained $5.8 billion in loans from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation and other financial institutions, including major private-sector Japanese banks, Sumitomo Chemical...
BUSINESS
Mar 4, 2006

Specifics prove difficult in privatizing financier

The government has deferred a decision on whether to include specific measures to fully privatize Shoko Chukin Bank, a public financier specializing in loans to smaller businesses, in a bill on streamlining government-linked financial institutions.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Mar 4, 2006

What would the village hugger do?

Eons ago in an America light-years away, my wife and I stopped at the only eatery available in a town that hit the bull's-eye in the middle of nowhere. As we ordered coffee and toast, an old man shuffling past suddenly stopped and spoke to my wife. She may have been the first Oriental he had ever seen....
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Mar 4, 2006

A meeting with a (full) Komodo dragon

Celebrity profile Name: Komodo dragon Breed: Varanus komodoensis, the largest monitor lizard Favorite food: Homo sapiens "Charm point": none
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 4, 2006

Reshaping the welfare state

LONDON -- A market economy is efficient, but it is not just. Because wages are determined by the law of scarcity, some people cannot earn enough money to live a decent life.
JAPAN
Mar 4, 2006

Nakagawa hints favoring Abe as next chief

Whoever succeeds Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi should be highly popular with voters, Liberal Democratic Party policy chief Hidenao Nakagawa argued Friday, sparking speculation that he would back Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe in the September LDP presidential election.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Mar 3, 2006

WBC is Japan's chance for international success

The Winter Warriors were a miracle away from leaving Turin empty-handed, but the Boys of Summer may just save the day in time for cherry blossom season.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 3, 2006

Final hurdles cleared

All that's left for Team Japan to do is come out of the dugout and play China on Friday night.
BASKETBALL
Mar 3, 2006

Broncos to give out collectible cards

On the court, the Saitama Broncos aren't exactly basketball superstars.
EDITORIALS
Mar 3, 2006

Trying too hard to get ahead

When Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker Hisayasu Nagata spoke during a Feb. 16 Lower House Budget Committee session, it appeared that he possessed a strong political weapon for blowing up the Liberal Democratic Party and Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's Cabinet.
JAPAN
Mar 3, 2006

U.S. KC-130 relocation mulled

Japan and the United States are planning to change the relocation site for the command center for the U.S. KC-130 midair refueling aircraft unit from a Japanese base in Kagoshima Prefecture to a U.S. base in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, according to Japanese government sources.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 3, 2006

Unselfish Matsunaka putting it all on the line for 'Hinomaru' in WBC

Team Japan cleanup hitter Nobuhiko Matsunaka doesn't care how he swings the bat. Numbers are subordinate in the mind of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks star, especially in the World Baseball Classic.
JAPAN
Mar 3, 2006

Be wary of China threat, NPA tells tech exporters

The National Police Agency chief urged Japanese high-tech equipment makers Thursday to be more cautious when exporting to China as their technology could be used to make weapons.
JAPAN
Mar 3, 2006

Bank exec, gangster held over loan

Police said Thursday they arrested seven people, including the chairman of a Tokyo-based "shinkin" savings-and-loan bank and a gang leader, on suspicion they conspired to arrange an illegal loan to a company linked to the mobster, despite knowing it would cause losses for the bank.
JAPAN
Mar 3, 2006

Yasukuni row hurting everyone: scholars

The dispute between Japan and China over Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visits to Yasukuni Shrine hurts not only the nations' bilateral ties but also the entire region by hindering regional cooperation, two American experts on China said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 3, 2006

Nagata now admits e-mail was fake, faces Diet discipline

Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker Hisayasu Nagata got on the same page as his party Thursday by finally admitting the e-mail he trotted out in the Diet last month in a bid to demonstrate shady financial ties between an arrested entrepreneur and a son of Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Tsutomu...
JAPAN
Mar 3, 2006

Death upheld for robbery-murders

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the death sentence handed to a 62-year-old man convicted of two robbery-murders in the 1990s.
BUSINESS
Mar 3, 2006

MUFG ending some ATM fees

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. in late May will abolish money transfer charges between its group banks for customers using cash cards at its automated teller machines, sources at the group said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Mar 3, 2006

February monetary base up 1.9%

Japan's monetary base grew 1.9 percent in February from a year earlier for the 61st straight monthly increase, the Bank of Japan said Thursday.
A prophesied disaster (likely) won’t strike Japan this weekend
A viral manga prediction of a July 5 disaster has gripped Japan with anxiety and triggered an economic impact, but experts warn that while such dates are unreliable, the threat of a massive earthquake remains real. 
Magnitude 5.5 earthquake jars Tokara Islands amid flurry of seismic activity
A strong quake struck off the Tokara Islands on Thursday afternoon, with the island chain having recorded around 1,000 earthquakes since a burst of seismic activity first began on June 21.
Japan to require flight passengers to keep power banks within sight
The transport ministry has announced new regulations requiring flight passengers to keep power banks within sight to mitigate fire risks while on board planes.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Residents of Tokara Islands begin evacuation as seismic swarm continues
Details about evacuations from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecture, is seen written on a whiteboard in the city of Kagoshima on Thursday.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Flag football facing challenges and opportunities ahead
Japan’s women’s flag football team at the 2025 International Bowl in Los Angeles in June. The sport is enjoying continued growth in the country.
From Hokusai’s Great Wave, shinkansen to One Piece: a cultural treasure box for Lego Japan
Michael Ebbesen, general manager of Lego Japan, says Lego bricks based on Japanese culture have a rich global appeal and are sellable around the world.
With farmed fish, RelationFish swims against the tide in fine dining
Chef Hideaki Matsuo (middle) and the staff of Oseto Suisan Fisheries prepare to check on their sustainably farmed fish.
As Southeast Asia heats up, a Japanese cooling giant sees a major opportunity
An employee of Daikin Cambodia explains the use of different tools during an air conditioner installation training session in Phnom Penh. Daikin is one of Japan’s oldest air conditioning companies, but as Japan’s population falls, the firm is keying in on overseas growth.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Mount Fuji is considered one of Japan's most iconic symbols and is a major draw for tourists. It's still a mountain, though, and potential hikers need to properly prepare for any climb.
What it takes to save lives on Mount Fuji
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