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JAPAN
Nov 28, 2005

Seki returns as mayor of Osaka

OSAKA -- Junichi Seki was returned to office in Sunday's Osaka mayoral election after he resigned amid clashes with the city assembly and bureaucrats over reform.
JAPAN
Nov 28, 2005

TBS ready to talk with Rakuten on program distribution

Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc. has decided to negotiate with major Internet shopping mall operator Rakuten Inc. on a business tieup in the form of online distribution of programs via Rakuten's portal site, sources said Sunday.
COMMENTARY
Nov 28, 2005

A ray of hope for Chinese progressives

HONG KONG -- The recent political rehabilitation of former party chief Hu Yaobang, whose death in April 1989 triggered massive student demonstrations in Tiananmen Square, is encouraging to the progressive wing of the Chinese Communist Party, even though there is little indication that the current leadership...
MORE SPORTS
Nov 28, 2005

Alkaased breaks record in Japan Cup victory

Anxious minutes followed a thrilling homestretch battle and a finish too close to call until at long last Britain's Alkaased was named winner of the Japan Cup on Sunday over local runner Heart's Cry, by a nose and in record time.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 28, 2005

We can pay now or pay later

WASHINGTON -- International terrorists attack businesses far more than any other target, and when they strike, they aim to disrupt the flow of supply and demand and to destroy our way of life.
COMMENTARY / THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK
Nov 28, 2005

Ishihara fails to measure up to his image

NEW YORK -- Earlier this month Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara gave a speech in New York City, and I went to hear him. That's one thing you do in this city: go hear or see some of the more famous visitors from your home country.
COMMENTARY
Nov 28, 2005

Yasukuni impasse cracking

Since Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi took office in 2001, Japan has faced diplomatic spats with China and South Korea over his visits to Yasukuni Shrine. On Oct. 17, Koizumi made his fifth Yasukuni visit as prime minister, as Japan's relations with the two neighbors soured.
BUSINESS / JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES
Nov 28, 2005

Tax reforms must sustain positive economic cycle

The Japanese economy is on the path toward a full-scale recovery driven by the private sector. The next major challenge for the nation is to its rebuildfiscal health, which is now the worst among the key industrialized countries.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Nov 27, 2005

Sikorski's release, expansion and playoff ideas fill mailbag

Thanks to all readers of the "Baseball Bullet-In" for your e-mails and interest in Japanese baseball.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Nov 27, 2005

Despite poor start Hawks have hope

NEW YORK -- While this may be the week to debone and devour one particular noble bird, we would be remiss if we didn't give props to another able avian.
MORE SPORTS
Nov 27, 2005

Kane Hekili thunders to victory

A fierce three-way battle between Seeking the Dia, Star King Man and Kane Hekili saw race favorite Kane Hekili over the line first by a nose for a record win of the Japan Cup Dirt on Saturday at Tokyo.
SOCCER / J. League
Nov 27, 2005

Cerezo on top, but wild finish looming

YOKOHAMA -- The chase for the J. League title will go down to the final day of the season after Cerezo Osaka moved to the top of the table on Saturday with a 1-1 draw against Yokohama F. Marinos as Gamba Osaka dropped to second after going down 2-1 at home to JEF United.
EDITORIALS
Nov 27, 2005

Thanks for a thankless job

Most of the time, let's face it, journalists just do not get good press. The very word "reporter" is often used or interpreted as a smear. Newspaper readers and television viewers alike regularly complain to news organizations about their employees' bias, incompetence and bad grammar. And for all their...
JAPAN
Nov 27, 2005

LDP member arranged meeting between official, firm in safety scandal

Police said Saturday they found the body of a man believed to have links with the ongoing building safety scandal on a beach in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture. They suspect the man, identified as Nobuhide Morita, 55, committed suicide.
JAPAN
Nov 27, 2005

LDP's Takebe draws bead on JBIC

Tsutomu Takebe, secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, said Saturday the Japan Bank for International Cooperation must be abolished under a planned reconfiguration of eight government-backed financial institutions.
JAPAN
Nov 27, 2005

SDF officers to be given more authority

The Defense Agency has decided to boost the authority of Self-Defense Forces personnel within the organization by allowing the top uniformed officer to offer direct assistance to the agency's civilian director general, agency sources said.
JAPAN
Nov 27, 2005

Key N. Korea diplomat transferred

Foreign Minister Taro Aso has decided to transfer the official in charge of North Korean issues to the embassy in the United States in mid-January as a minister, government sources said.
JAPAN
Nov 27, 2005

Meeting flu drug target to take two years

The health ministry's target of stockpiling enough Tamiflu, the antiviral drug considered the first line of defense against the H5N1 avian flu virus, to cover 21 million people can be met in two years at the earliest, sources said Saturday.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Nov 27, 2005

Yoko just can't keep her hands off her John

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the death of John Lennon, who was murdered in front of his apartment building in New York City on Dec. 8, 1980. In Japan, owing to the time difference, the anniversary is Dec. 9, a day after the anniversary of that other day that will live in infamy. Recently,...
COMMENTARY
Nov 27, 2005

Seoul not the ally that Washington deserves

WASHINGTON -- During his Asian trip, U.S. President George W. Bush met with South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun to highlight the two nations' alliance. The next day Roh's government announced that it was withdrawing a third of its soldiers from Iraq. Never mind.
Japan Times
Features
Nov 27, 2005

Too much of a good thing

Humans are wholly dependent on nature's cornucopia for food, clothing, shelter, many medicines, beer and wine -- to name just a few of life's essentials and pleasures.

Longform

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