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BUSINESS
Sep 30, 2005

Retail sales up for sixth month in row

Japanese retail sales climbed 1.5 percent from a year earlier to 10.30 trillion yen for the sixth straight monthly rise, chiefly boosted by rising oil prices, the Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry said Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2005

Four high-decibel rightists held for defaming priest

Police arrested four members of a rightwing group Thursday on suspicion of defaming the chief priest of Meiji Shrine last autumn by claiming in loudspeaker truck protests that he had embezzled money.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Sep 30, 2005

The taste of Tosa in Tokyo

Long before the ballyhooed construction in the 1980s and '90s of the three stupendous bridge systems linking Honshu with Shikoku, the smallest of Japan's main islands was by far the least visited. But despite the completion of those civil-engineering white elephants, Shikoku has pretty much remained...
LIFE / Travel
Sep 30, 2005

Embracing traditions

Held Oct. 7-9 each year, Kunchi is as much a celebration of Nagasaki's cosmopolitan history as it is a traditional Japanese festival.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Sep 30, 2005

Gang of Four: "Return the Gift" (V2/Columbia)

Gang Of Four's decision to mark their first full reunion in 20 years with an album of past triumphs re-done exactly the way they were done originally smacks of a stunt, like Gus Van Sant's shot-for-shot remake of "Psycho." But as the band has said, they never felt the original recorded versions conveyed...
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Sep 30, 2005

Asia Orchestra Week 2005

The Asia Orchestra Week 2005, to be held in Tokyo and Osaka Oct. 2-7, will give classical music fans the chance to catch less familiar orchestras from the Asia-Pacific region. While visiting orchestras from the United States and Europe may be familiar to Japanese audiences, Asia Orchestra Week is now...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Sep 30, 2005

Growl heard loud from New Orleans

Dr. John has been a central icon of New Orleans music for the past four decades. Though famed for his keyboard playing, he started out on guitar in his teens as a studio musician in 1950s New Orleans. He later switched to keyboards and put together his own special flavor of traditional-meets-funk music...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Sep 30, 2005

Cosmopolitan city comes to life

Before Aug. 9, 1945, Nagasaki was best known for its churches, Chinatown and a tasty noodle dish called champon, and but for heavy cloud cover that day over the nearby city of Kokura -- which was slated to be the world's second atom-bombed city -- it would still likely be that way. However, moments after...
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Sep 30, 2005

A diet of sex and bad poetry

For their latest production, Tokyo International Players present "Arcadia." Written by Tom Stoppard ("Shakespeare in Love,") "Arcadia" spans two centuries in a single room at the Coverley family's country estate.
BUSINESS
Sep 30, 2005

Japan, India to cooperate on energy

Japan and India signed a joint document Thursday in Tokyo to promote comprehensive cooperation between the two countries in the energy sector, Japanese officials said.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Sep 30, 2005

The Yokohama Jazz Promenade

The Yokohama Jazz Promenade is the best weekend of the year for jazz lovers, and shows you just what a city arts foundation can do if they put their music-loving minds to it. On Oct. 8 and 9, nearly a hundred groups will perform at 10 halls and 20-some jazz clubs sprinkled around the city -- and that's...
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Sep 30, 2005

Get digital at film fest

The onedotzero digital moving image festival started in London in 1997, and has since grown to tour the four corners of the globe introducing new video talent in 60 cities.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2005

High court cans Yasukuni suit

The Tokyo High Court on Thursday dismissed an appeal by 39 plaintiffs who sought damages from Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and the state for psychological stress they claim his August 2001 visit to Yasukuni Shrine caused.
MORE SPORTS
Sep 29, 2005

Suguri to miss Tokyo JSF event

Figure skater Fumie Suguri will miss the upcoming Japan International Challenge due to inflammation in her right groin, the Japan Skating Federation said Wednesday.
EDITORIALS
Sep 29, 2005

Can a watchdog watch itself?

The Tokyo Stock Exchange's plan to go public in fiscal 2005 (ending next March 31) seems unlikely to go smoothly as the Financial Services Agency opposes the plan. At issue is a debate over whether the bourse can continue to properly execute its public role as a watchdog over the stock market after going...
JAPAN
Sep 29, 2005

Woman's kin sue Unification Church alleging it caused family breakdown

Parents of a Unification Church member filed a 17 million yen lawsuit Wednesday against the organization, alleging it caused their family to fracture.
JAPAN
Sep 29, 2005

Noguchi gets science ministry award

Astronaut Soichi Noguchi was presented with a special award Wednesday by the science ministry for giving the Japanese people "courage, hope and encouragement" by completing his mission on the space shuttle Discovery.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 29, 2005

Postal reforms to create giants: Maehara

Newly elected Democratic Party of Japan chief Seiji Maehara locked horns with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi for the first time in the Diet on Wednesday, with the opposition leader lashing out at the revived postal privatization bills.
JAPAN
Sep 29, 2005

Justices cut own retirement pay

The Supreme Court decided Wednesday to cut retirement allowances for its 15 justices by about two-thirds. It will be the first reduction since 1966.
JAPAN
Sep 29, 2005

Six labor bureaus found to have embezzled funds

Officials at six regional labor bureaus, including those in Tokyo, Aomori, Kyoto and Hokkaido, have embezzled more than 70 million yen in public funds, Board of Audit officials said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Sep 29, 2005

Women's suit against Ishihara fails

The Tokyo High Court rejected on Wednesday a lawsuit accusing Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara of disparaging women.
JAPAN
Sep 29, 2005

Government shaves civil servants' salaries 0.1%

The government decided Wednesday to cut the annual salary of civil servants by an average of 4,000 yen, or 0.1 percent, in the current fiscal year through next March, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda said.
JAPAN
Sep 29, 2005

Tokyo High Court rejects Turkish Kurd's appeal for asylum

The Tokyo High Court on Wednesday dismissed an appeal filed by a Kurdish asylum seeker to revoke a Justice Ministry decision to deny him refugee status.

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