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SOCCER
Feb 15, 2006

FIFA to allow Japanese team to play in Club World Cup

Soccer's world governing body FIFA will allow a host team to play at this year's Club World Cup in Japan, Japan Football Association chief Saburo Kawabuchi said on Tuesday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Feb 15, 2006

Takatsu signs one-year contract

Former Chicago White Sox and New York Mets closer Shingo Takatsu on Tuesday concluded negotiations with the Yakult Swallows and signed a one-year contract with his old club.
EDITORIALS
Feb 15, 2006

Skirting justice in Yokohama

The Yokohama District Court last week made a disappointing ruling in a case stemming from the state's wartime suppression of freedom of speech. The court could have shed light on the dark side of modern Japanese history by delving into a variety of related issues, including the questionable conduct of...
JAPAN
Feb 15, 2006

Bill in works for arriving foreigners' fingerprints to go on state database

The government has drawn up a bill requiring foreigners aged 16 and older to register their fingerprints in a government database when entering Japan as part of its campaign against terrorism, government sources said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Feb 15, 2006

LDP eyes easing ban on foreign donations

The Liberal Democratic Party is studying issues related to easing a de facto ban on donations to political parties by firms with a high percentage of foreign ownership, LDP lawmakers said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Feb 15, 2006

Official tally: 115 women trafficked here in '05

The Justice Ministry's Immigration Bureau said Tuesday 115 women from six countries were trafficked into Japan in 2005, the first number it has officially tallied.
JAPAN
Feb 15, 2006

'Manga' industry worried cyberspace bootleggers may spread

Comic book artists and industry officials expressed concern Tuesday about the potential for illegal distribution on the Internet, pointing to cheap and simple technologies that could spawn homemade bootleg factories.
JAPAN
Feb 15, 2006

Trio deemed space shuttle-worthy

Three Japanese astronauts have been certified as U.S. space shuttle mission specialists, officials at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said Tuesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 15, 2006

Ignored epidemic: violence against women in Russia

NEW YORK -- It is under-recognized and under-reported. It is also one of the most significant epidemics in the Russian Federation today. It is gender violence, manifested essentially as violence against women. A recent report by Amnesty International, "Russian Federation: Nowhere to Turn to: Violence...
BUSINESS
Feb 15, 2006

Brokers to give up J-Com spoils

Fifty Japanese and foreign brokerages have offered to give up a combined 20.9 billion yen in profits they made by exploiting a trading error involving shares of staffing firm J-Com Co. in December, an industry group said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Feb 15, 2006

Matsushita, Sony unveil new cameras

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. and Sony Corp. unveiled new digital cameras Tuesday that will go on sale next month in a bid to get out in front of the pack amid intensifying competition.
BUSINESS
Feb 15, 2006

Japan, GCC to hold pre-FTA talks

Japan and the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council will hold preliminary talks on a free-trade agreement in late May, government sources said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Feb 15, 2006

Obituary: Fumio Takagi

Former Japanese National Railways President Fumio Takagi, who laid the groundwork for the 1987 privatization of the mammoth JNR, died of heart failure Tuesday, his family said. He was 86.
JAPAN
Feb 15, 2006

Steinmeier plans visit

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier will pay a three-day visit to Japan starting Monday to hold talks with his Japanese counterpart, Taro Aso, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Feb 15, 2006

Most U.S. beef processors safe: LDP team

Most U.S. beef processing facilities looking to export beef to Japan are taking sufficient measures to satisfy the criteria agreed upon between the United States and Japan, an inspection team of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Feb 15, 2006

Mitutoyo unaware exports illegal?

High-tech precision instrument maker Mitutoyo Corp. issued a qualified denial Tuesday of knowingly engaging in the illegal export of machinery that could be converted for use in nuclear weapons production.

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