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Jun 5, 2006

Hong Kong horse wins Yasuda

Two of Hong Kong's three runners in the Yasuda Kinen on Sunday in Tokyo took first and third place, with Bullish Luck besting the crowd by two-and-a-half lengths for not only the 100 million yen winner's share but a $1 million bonus as well.
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Jun 5, 2006

Shoda, Taoka book China spots

Reigning world champion Ayako Shoda prevailed with a crushing victory over national champion Seiko Yamamoto in the women's 59-kg weight class Sunday to book a spot in the world wrestling championships in China this fall.
EDITORIALS
Jun 5, 2006

Base plan augurs big changes ahead

The central government last week finalized a basic plan for the largest-ever realignment of U.S. forces stationed in Japan -- more than three years after Japan and the United States started consultations on the plan. It includes relocation of the heliport functions of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air...
SOCCER / J. League
Jun 5, 2006

Chiba takes lead in Nabisco Cup

Mario Haas scored a hat-trick to lead holder JEF United Chiba to a 5-2 win away to Cerezo Osaka, while Gamba Osaka held Kashima Antlers to a scoreless draw in their first-leg matches in the J. League Nabisco Cup quarterfinals on Sunday.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 5, 2006

Dousing flames in East Timor

SYDNEY -- The need for closer links between Tokyo and Canberra has never been clearer than in recent days: Bloody fighting in East Timor, humanitarian rescue near the Java volcano site, economic basket cases in the South Pacific . . . The case for regional cooperation grows more urgent daily.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 5, 2006

The revolution will not be memorialized

PRAGUE -- Forty years ago, Mao Zedong launched the Cultural Revolution. The Propaganda Department of China's ruling Communists have now issued an order banning any kind of reviews or commemoration of this disaster as part of the party's bid to make the Chinese forget about that lost decade.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / JAPAN-U.S.-CHINA SYMPOSIUM
Jun 5, 2006

Japan, China need to go back to school

See the main story: "Regional tensions cast long shadow" See related story: "U.S. sets negotiating table on Iran for Tokyo, Beijing"
BUSINESS / JAPAN-U.S.-CHINA SYMPOSIUM
Jun 5, 2006

Regional tensions cast long shadow

See related stories: "U.S. sets negotiating table on Iran for Tokyo, Beijing" "Japan, China need to go back to school "
BUSINESS / JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES
Jun 5, 2006

A sleuth's Marple-lous take on takeover bids

In the novel "A Caribbean Mystery," Miss Marple asks Mr. Rafiel about takeover bids. She sounds like someone who is talking about a word in a foreign language.
JAPAN
Jun 5, 2006

Murakami, three execs face arrest over alleged insider trades

Investment fund mogul Yoshiaki Murakami and three of his executives are expected to be arrested as early as Monday for alleged insider trading, sources said Sunday.
JAPAN
Jun 5, 2006

Gentler ecological lifestyle, products catching on in Japan

A U.S. lifestyle proposal that combines consumerism with a bit of ecological conscience is proving a hit in this shopping-crazy land, where workaholic salarymen are looking for quick fixes for stress and thinking green is becoming fashionable.
BUSINESS / JAPAN-U.S.-CHINA SYMPOSIUM
Jun 5, 2006

U.S. sets negotiating table on Iran for Tokyo, Beijing

See the main story: "Regional tensions cast long shadow" See related story: "Japan, China need to go back to school"
COMMENTARY
Jun 5, 2006

Japan's college gap growing

In the two years since Japanese national universities were reorganized into independent administrative corporations, government grants for their operating expenses (personnel and equipment costs) have been slashed by 1 percent each year.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jun 4, 2006

Everything you need to know about Japan's All-Star Games

Fan balloting is under way for the 2006 Japan Pro Baseball Sanyo All-Star Series to be played next month.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Jun 4, 2006

Knicks giving Brown what he deserves

NEW YORK -- Since I've been unwilling to tear myself away long enough from the mesmeric NBA playoffs to attend Larry Brown's regularly scheduled, roadside rendezvous (putting Franklin Roosevelt's Fireside Chats to shame) with the gang of Knicks' roving reporters, I would like to take this occasion to...
SOCCER / J. League
Jun 4, 2006

Kawakatsu takes over at Fukuoka

Avispa Fukuoka on Saturday announced the appointment of former Japan international Ryoichi Kawakatsu as manager of the J. League first division club.
SOCCER / J. League
Jun 4, 2006

Reds, Marinos take leads in Cup

Urawa Reds and Yokohama F. Marinos took pole position after winning their first-leg matches at home in the quarterfinals of the J. League Nabisco Cup on Saturday.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 4, 2006

France's weak incentive to earn income

LONDON -- France's chronic malaise is marked by periodic explosions of protest. The two most recent episodes -- the rioting and arson in French cities last autumn and the successful student campaign earlier this year against a new law governing young labor-market entrants -- seem to have little in common....
BUSINESS
Jun 4, 2006

Murakami fund reportedly ready to sell Hanshin shares to Hankyu

Hankyu Holdings Inc.'s bid to acquire Hanshin Electric Railway Co. through a public tender offer is expected to be successfully concluded because the Murakami fund, Hanshin's biggest shareholder, now intends to sell its stake, Hankyu sources said Saturday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / NATURE TRAVEL
Jun 4, 2006

Time to kill -- but not mosquitoes

I am only an hour's drive from my destination -- the lodge of Safari Hoek, where, as promised in the last column, I plan to write up an "ethical" hunting safari outfit -- when I inadvertently bag my first trophy.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Jun 4, 2006

Everybody gets to be a detective this week in TBS's "Uranaishi Misuzu" and more

Everybody gets to be a detective this week. In "Uranaishi Misuzu: The Incident Beyond Fate" (TBS, Monday, 9 p.m.), it's one of those street fortune tellers you see parked outside of office buildings at night. Misuzu (Kumiko Okae), however, isn't your run-of-the-mill palm reader. She's one of the most...
Inside Tokyo's 'phantom' stations — and the stories they tell
Mamoru Iwai, stationmaster of Keisei Ueno Station, says that, other than earthquake-proofing, the former Hakubutsukan-Dobutsuen (Museum-Zoo) Station has remained untouched.
Trump trims fentanyl-linked China tariffs after 'amazing' Xi meeting
U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping greet each other as they arrive for talks at the Gimhae Air Base, next to the Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea, on Thursday.
Japanese and South Korean leaders agree to boost ties in first meeting
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi shakes hands with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung ahead of their talks at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Thursday.
Takaichi and Xi reaffirm pledge in first meet to pursue ‘mutually beneficial’ ties
A screenshot from Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's X account shows Takaichi exchanging greetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Friday.　
Japan’s government ramps up bear control efforts amid rise in attacks
A bear roams around a field in the town of Kuzumaki, Iwate Prefecture, on Oct. 12.
Oasis returns to Japan after 16 years — and fans can still sing every word
Liam Gallagher commanded the stage with effortless charisma during Oasis' Tokyo Dome set on Saturday.
At Japan Mobility Show, BYD gears up to conquer Japan's EV market
BYD Auto Japan President Atsuki Tofukuji unveils the Racco at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Oasis returns to Tokyo: Rain, rapture and rock
Fans wait to get into the Oasis show at Tokyo Dome on Saturday. While lining up in the rain, some broke into impromptu versions of the British rock group's hits.
Kyushu banzuke sets the stage to cement 2025’s sumo narratives
Onosato ahead of his bout against Aonishiki at The Grand Sumo Tournament at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Oct. 18
Tokyo Film Festival opens with global stars and a spotlight on Asian storytelling
Director Junji Sakamoto (left) walked the Tokyo International Film Festival red carpet with Sayuri Yoshinaga (center) and Non (right), who both play mountaineer Junko Tabei, the first woman to summit Mount Everest, in the biopic "Climbing for Life."

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Mamoru Iwai, stationmaster of Keisei Ueno Station, says that, other than earthquake-proofing, the former Hakubutsukan-Dobutsuen (Museum-Zoo) Station has remained untouched.
Inside Tokyo's 'phantom' stations — and the stories they tell
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