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BUSINESS
Mar 25, 2006

Oji Paper to replace retiring chief

Oji Paper Co. said Friday that Managing Director Kazuhisa Shinoda will replace Shoichiro Suzuki as president in June.
BUSINESS
Mar 25, 2006

Abe rules out repeat 'land bubble'

Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe on Friday ruled out the possibility of another "land bubble," a day after a government report showed a pickup in commercial land prices in Japan's three largest metropolitan areas.
JAPAN
Mar 25, 2006

Unit 731 exhibit to grow into peace, protest park

BEIJING (Kyodo) A germ warfare exhibition in Harbin in northern China that showcases deadly medical experiments carried out by Japanese forces on live prisoners during the war will expand its area by three times and reopen as a peace park, the curator said Friday.
EDITORIALS
Mar 25, 2006

Shifting fortunes of 'shunto'

Since 2002, major Japanese labor unions have refrained from demanding wage increases during their annual spring labor offensive (shunto). Instead, they have concentrated on securing union members' jobs amid a persistently stagnant economy. But after a long "winter," a ray of hope appears to have emerged...
JAPAN
Mar 25, 2006

Hotline near for people who blow the whistle

3581-4989. The legislation, which cleared the Diet in June 2004, specifies that entities violating the law are barred from taking retaliatory action against those who unveil their misdeeds.
JAPAN
Mar 25, 2006

Weather services compete in blossom forecasting

One would think Eishin Murakata has a pleasant, relaxing job. Every spring, he strolls each day to the same cherry tree in central Tokyo and gazes up at its boughs. When he spots a full bud on the verge of blossoming, he carefully snaps a photograph.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Mar 25, 2006

Ken Nimori

Ken Nimori has an unusual personal background. He is a Japanese who, despite having lived almost always in Tokyo, did not beyond kindergarten receive Japanese education. He spent his full 12 years of schooling at the American School in Japan.
JAPAN
Mar 25, 2006

East Timor leader lauds Japan's aid toward peace

" for another year, Alkatiri said. Asked what lessons the international community can learn from the reconstruction of a country emerging from conflict like East Timor, Alkatiri said that encouraging the voluntary initiatives of the people is key to success.
JAPAN
Mar 25, 2006

Suginami Ward can't just put willing residents' info on Juki Net: court

The Tokyo District Court dismissed a demand Friday by Tokyo's Suginami Ward that the Tokyo Metropolitan Government accept partial data on residents for the national resident registry network.
BUSINESS
Mar 25, 2006

Livedoor's new chief hopes Horie reduces stake

Livedoor Co. President Kozo Hiramatsu expressed hope Friday that his predecessor, Takafumi Horie, who has been in detention since his Jan. 23 arrest over alleged accounting fraud, will reduce his equity stake in the firm.
BUSINESS
Mar 25, 2006

Nikko Cordial eyes Tokyo Star Bank

Nikko Cordial Corp. is in the final stages of talks to buy more than one-third of Tokyo Star Bank's shares from the U.S.-based Lone Star Group investment fund, possibly leading to an outright purchase of the bank, sources said Friday.
JAPAN
Mar 25, 2006

Nagata finally IDs magazine exec as e-mail middleman

Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker Hisayasu Nagata finally revealed Friday what various media sources have already divulged -- that Dumont magazine executive Takashi Nishizawa gave him the fake e-mail suggesting a shady financial link between Livedoor Co. founder Takafumi Horie and a son of Liberal Democratic...
MORE SPORTS
Mar 24, 2006

JOC blames self-indulgent athletes for poor Turin results

The Japanese Olympic Committee, reflecting on the nation's disappointing results in Turin, criticized some of the athletes Thursday for what it said was their self-indulgent attitudes.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 24, 2006

WBC members Aoki, Miyamoto lead Yakult to exhibition win

World Baseball Classic Team Japan members Norichika Aoki and Shinya Miyamoto helped the Yakult Swallows beat the Hanshin Tigers 7-5 in a preseason game Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 24, 2006

New envoy says he is not too soft on China

Tokyo's next ambassador to Beijing on Thursday played down concerns he might be too soft on China and said he will continue to put Japan's interests first when he takes up his post April 10.
EDITORIALS
Mar 24, 2006

Glory days for Japanese baseball

I n recent years, circumstances surrounding Japanese baseball suggested that its popularity was in decline and that soccer was drawing away many fans. However, Team Japan's 10-6 victory over Cuba this week to win the inaugural 2006 World Baseball Classic (WBC) is certainly enough to lift the fortunes...
JAPAN
Mar 24, 2006

JAL misses jet check deadline, hit

The transport ministry Thursday ordered Japan Airlines to ground a jetliner that had gone unchecked 10 days past an inspection deadline, after it was discovered JAL had not followed proper procedures when conducting the belated check on the aircraft, ministry officials said.
BUSINESS
Mar 24, 2006

Key commercial land prices up

Land prices in commercial areas in Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya rose for the first time in 15 years, backed by an improving economy and active real estate investment, a government survey showed Thursday.
BUSINESS
Mar 24, 2006

FamilyMart, Ryohin revive ties

Convenience store chain FamilyMart Co. and Ryohin Keikaku Co., which runs stores selling Mujirushi Ryohin brand goods, said Thursday they will take an equity stake in each other, reviving cross-shareholding ties they had until three years ago.
JAPAN
Mar 24, 2006

Ex-exec named New York consul

The Foreign Ministry on Thursday appointed Motoatsu Sakurai, former head of the U.S. unit of trading house Mitsubishi Corp., as the new consul general for New York, effective the same day.
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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