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JAPAN
Apr 19, 2006

Shipping ban in Japan zone mistake: China

side says it's a technical mistake, well, we believe that's what it was." The Chinese Maritime Safety Administration posted a notice on its Web site that Beijing was prohibiting unauthorized ship traffic around the Pinghu gas field in the East China Sea from March 1 to Sept. 30 so that pipelines and...
BUSINESS
Apr 19, 2006

Fukui waxes positive about economy

The economy is recovering steadily and is expected to continue improving on the back of a positive cycle of rising production, income and spending, Bank of Japan Gov. Toshihiko Fukui said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Apr 19, 2006

Get rid of interest rate 'gray zone': FSA panel

A Financial Services Agency panel reached a broad agreement Tuesday to recommend that the "gray zone" that allows for a higher ceiling on consumer loan interest rates be removed to help reduce the rising number of personal bankruptcies, FSA officials said.
SOCCER / World cup
Apr 19, 2006

Formidable defense may not be enough for Croats

Croatia vs. Brazil June 14, Berlin, 4 a.m. kick off Croatia vs. Japan June 18, Nuremburg, 10 p.m. kick off Croatia vs. Australia June 23, Stuttgart, 4 a.m. kick off (kick off Japan time)
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 19, 2006

Time to consider pumping money into infrastructure

BOSTON -- Any good international investment banker knows that the end of April is a bad time to come peddling his services, for that is when the world's finance ministers return home from the International Monetary Fund meetings in Washington, chastened that risks to the global economy could spill over...
BUSINESS
Apr 19, 2006

Rising long-term rates irk government

The government expressed concern Tuesday that long-term interest rates were rising "too fast," and urged the Bank of Japan to dispel market concerns about a further credit-tightening.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / WILD WATCH
Apr 19, 2006

Birds' amazing 'tweezers'

The chances are that you are reading this while holding The Japan Times in one or both hands. Alternatively you may be reading online after having tapped on various keys with your fingers to make images appear before your eyes. Either way, manual dexterity will have enabled you to access your daily read,...
BUSINESS
Apr 19, 2006

Farm lobby reaffirms WTO stance

The Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives reaffirmed Tuesday its opposition to capping import tariffs on farm products, a proposal recently made at global trade talks.
BUSINESS
Apr 19, 2006

Business impact of oil prices rings alarm bells at METI

The government will conduct an urgent survey on the impact of soaring crude oil prices on Japanese companies, bringing forward the regular survey schedule, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Apr 19, 2006

Patent Office hands out IP awards

Academics, corporate leaders and companies were among recipients Tuesday of the Japan Patent Office's 2006 intellectual property rights system awards.
JAPAN
Apr 19, 2006

Nationwide raid on Aum turns up appeal for 'calm'

The Public Security Intelligence Agency raided 11 Aum Shinrikyo facilities across the country Tuesday and said it found an internal document calling for a "calm response" if cult founder Shoko Asahara is put to death.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 18, 2006

Y. Takahashi suffering muscle strain, comeback unknown

Yomiuri Giants outfielder Yoshinobu Takahashi was diagnosed with a slightly strained muscle Monday requiring about three weeks of recovery, officials of the Central League club said Monday.
EDITORIALS
Apr 18, 2006

France refuses to face economic facts

It is hard to find a silver lining in the clouds that hover over France's economic future. Months of sustained political protest by French students forced a humiliating defeat on the Paris government, obliging it to withdraw a package of labor reforms that would have made it easier to fire first-time...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 18, 2006

Kanemura deactivated after waylaying by Zuleta

Nippon Ham Fighters starter Satoru Kanemura was removed from the active roster Monday after suffering injuries in an attack by Softbank Hawks infielder Julio Zuleta in a game the previous day.
JAPAN
Apr 18, 2006

Koike back after outworking men

Environment Minister Yuriko Koike, resuming her official duties Monday after recovering from acute pneumonia, said she had "worked too hard" because women are not recognized in the political community unless they work 10 times as hard as men.
JAPAN
Apr 18, 2006

Repeat robber who killed gets life prison term

The Tokyo District Court sentenced a 65-year-old man to life in prison Monday after convicting him of six crimes, including the 2004 robbery-murder of a restaurateur and attempted murder of a Tokyo subway employee.
JAPAN
Apr 18, 2006

'War dead' vet living in Ukraine

A former Imperial Japanese Army soldier has been found living in Ukraine, officials at the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said Monday.
JAPAN
Apr 18, 2006

Ministry seeks better local-level tests for cancer

The health ministry hopes to improve the quality of cancer exams offered by local governments that now vary greatly by region, ministry officials said.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 18, 2006

No wonder Chavez makes Bush uneasy

NEW YORK -- When the hated despots of nations like Saudi Arabia and Kazakhstan loot their countries' treasuries, transfer their oil wealth to personal Swiss bank accounts and use the rest to finance (in the House of Saud's case) terrorist extremists, American politicians praise them as trusted friends...
JAPAN
Apr 18, 2006

Huser president facing criminal investigation

Police will launch a criminal investigation of Susumu Ojima, president of condominium developer Huser Ltd., and could arrest him as early as next month over a building constructed with quake safety data faked by architect Hidetsugu Aneha, sources said Monday.
BUSINESS
Apr 18, 2006

New moneyed class spends big at luxury retailers

Evidence that the economic recovery is creating a "new wealthy class" while leaving others to struggle is showing up in department stores and other luxury retailers that are outperforming their convenience store cousins.
BUSINESS
Apr 18, 2006

Japan, Indonesia resume talks on free-trade agreement

Japan and Indonesia started their fourth round of official negotiations Monday on a bilateral free-trade agreement, with the goal of reaching a basic accord by midyear by accelerating talks.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 18, 2006

Dark side of structural reform

Most economic pundits still support the idea of free competition in the market as the key principle of the society. As Japanese society becomes increasingly Americanized, however, a number of "fakes" have appeared in the market.
JAPAN
Apr 18, 2006

Top court looks to reject posthumous in vitro paternity

The Supreme Court has recently made a move that suggests it may change a 2004 high court decision acknowledging a woman's dead husband as the father of their son, who was born via in vitro fertilization after the father died, using frozen sperm.
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.
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.
‘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.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Strikes on Qatar and Poland shake U.S. sway among friend and foe
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Museum of the Bible in Washington on Sept. 8. Israeli strikes in Qatar and Russian drone incursions into Poland have challenged the U.S. leaders claims of global respect.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.
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.

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