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JAPAN
Mar 16, 2006

New traffic plan aims to cut deaths to 5,500 per year

The government said Tuesday it has drawn up a five-year plan for bringing traffic deaths under 5,500 a year by calendar 2010.
CULTURE / Art
Mar 16, 2006

Yoshihiko Ueda "Standing Full Nude Series"

Galerie Sho Contemporary Art Closes in 31 days
JAPAN
Mar 16, 2006

Asahara's right-hand man Niimi loses death penalty appeal

The Tokyo High Court upheld the death penalty Wednesday for Tomomitsu Niimi, Aum Shinrikyo founder Shoko Asahara's right-hand man.
BUSINESS
Mar 16, 2006

Fuji TV eyes Usen offer on Livedoor

The chairman of Fuji Television Network Inc. indicated Wednesday the network would prefer to sell its Livedoor shares to Usen Corp. or another information technology-related firm, instead of selling them to an investment fund.
BUSINESS
Mar 16, 2006

Single-rate consumption tax to stay

Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki on Wednesday told the head of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in Tokyo that he will pursue continuation of the single rate consumption tax instead of the tiered sales levy used by other OECD members.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Mar 16, 2006

Paying respect to a father, and a scholar

In 1962, in order reverse a general decline in kabuki in Osaka, Kataoka Nizaemon XIII mobilized his three sons and a number of friends to independently stage their own performance. Osaka's kabuki world, after thriving during the first few decades of the 20th century, had lost its financial backing in...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 16, 2006

Swept along in the winds of war

The year World War I began, the sculptor Ernst Barlach cast "The Avenger" (1914), a powerful and ambiguous work showing an onrushing figure with a sword raised high. The sculpture's enlivened dynamism conjures the ominous patriotic tensions that seethed in Germany in the months leading to the war. The...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 16, 2006

Masahiro Sanbe "and people"

WALL Gallery, Minami Aoyama Closes in 7 days
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 16, 2006

"Taiji Matsue JP-22"

Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum in Nagaizumi-cho, Shizuoka Closes in 27 days
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 15, 2006

Fallout builds from blown call

Japanese baseball fans were outraged over a controversial call in the World Baseball Classic that helped the United States beat Japan on Sunday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 15, 2006

K. Ishii dominant in Yakult preseason win

Kazuhisa Ishii struck out five in five scoreless innings in his second preseason outing as the Yakult Swallows blanked the Orix Buffaloes 8-0 on Tuesday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 15, 2006

Japan set to protest 'loss' to Team USA

FULLERTON, Calif. -- Team Japan still can't outrun Sunday night.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 15, 2006

S. Korea downs U.S.

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- By now, Lee Seung Yeop is pretty much unstoppable.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 15, 2006

30 A-bomb survivors apply for radiation illness benefits

Thirty Japanese who survived the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 applied at their local governments Tuesday to be recognized as suffering from radiation illness.
JAPAN
Mar 15, 2006

Agency to buy 56,000 PCs to plug leaks

The Defense Agency announced Tuesday it will purchase about 56,000 computers for the Self-Defense Forces and the agency as part of emergency measures to stop more work-related data on privately-owned computers from being leaked.
JAPAN
Mar 15, 2006

Court hits reporter's refusal to reveal source

The Tokyo District Court ruled Tuesday that a Yomiuri Shimbun reporter had no justification to refuse to reveal a news source in connection with a U.S. health food company's lawsuit filed in the United States over the fact that its Japanese subsidiary was fined for tax evasion in 1997.
JAPAN
Mar 15, 2006

Huser chief faces bankruptcy action

The Tokyo District Court said Tuesday it will start court-led bankruptcy procedures on Susumu Ojima, president of Huser Ltd., a condominium developer at the center of a building structure-data fabrication scandal, accepting a request by condo residents to assess his assets and place them under protection...
JAPAN
Mar 15, 2006

Horie, four colleagues dealt new charges

Former Livedoor Co. President Takafumi Horie and four others, as well as the company itself, were charged Tuesday with falsifying the company's financial statements for the business year through September 2004.
COMMENTARY
Mar 15, 2006

Flawed system aided dictator's atrocities

LONDON -- The death of former Serbian dictator Slobodan Milosevic brings back bitter memories. Here was a man shaped in the mold of a 20th century European dictator, obsessed by dreams of racial superiority, unconcerned about the methods his subordinates might use to fulfill his will, oblivious to the...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 15, 2006

Trio's bid-rigging charges grow

Tokyo prosecutors again indicted three men Tuesday over new allegations of bid-rigging for additional public works projects in their past posts at the Defense Facilities Administration Agency, investigative sources said.
BUSINESS
Mar 15, 2006

Aeon completes takeover of Origin 'bento' chain

Major retailer Aeon Co. said Tuesday it has made a successful takeover bid for Origin Toshu Co., the food chain that specializes in ready-to-eat "bento" boxed meals, acquiring 95.67 percent of the company's outstanding shares.
BUSINESS
Mar 15, 2006

Industrial output up in January

Industrial output rose a seasonally adjusted 0.4 percent in January from the previous month, the government said Monday, revising upward its preliminary estimate from 0.3 percent growth, based on new data from electrical component and device makers.
EDITORIALS
Mar 15, 2006

Asbestos aid falls short

The Diet enacted a law in early February to financially help people suffering from asbestos-related health problems not covered by labor accident compensation. Eligible people can start filing requests for the aid under the law on March 20. Enactment of the law was quick -- in about seven months -- after...
BUSINESS
Mar 15, 2006

EAccess airs cell phone strategy

Internet service provider eAccess Ltd. has announced it will start offering mobile phone service in the Kanto, Chubu and Kansai regions in February 2008 and expand into the rest of Japan two to three years later.
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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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
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