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COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Nov 27, 2005

Democracy's foes are both within and without

When I was traveling around the Soviet Union way back in the summer of 1964, people were talking about a mummy that had been found in a cave in Dagestan, in the northeast of the Caucasus. It wasn't long before scholars were debating how old it was, with two opinions coming to the fore: either it was...
Japan Times
Features
Nov 27, 2005

Is it so hard to see the forest for the trees?

By C.W. NICOL
JAPAN
Nov 27, 2005

Probe collects asteroid sample

The Hayabusa space probe apparently succeeded in landing Saturday on an asteroid and collecting surface samples in an unprecedented mission to bring the extraterrestrial material back to Earth, but afterward showed signs of trouble, the space agency said.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Nov 27, 2005

Animals proved superheroes in TV Tokyo's "Sekai Bikkuri Daihakken" and more

Animals are cute and all, but on TV Tokyo's special documentary program, "Sekai Bikkuri Daihakken: Dobutsutachi no Kiseki no Power (World Surprising Discoveries: The Miracle Power of Animals)" (Monday, 8 p.m.), animals prove they are also superheroes.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Nov 27, 2005

The Jesuit boys' tour of Europe

THE JAPANESE MISSION TO EUROPE, 1582-1590: The Journey of Four Samurai Boys Through Portugal, Spain and Italy, by Michael Cooper. Global Oriental, 2005, 262 pp., xix black and white plates, $85 (cloth). Michael Cooper, a former editor of Monumenta Nipponica, has contributed significantly to our knowledge...
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Nov 27, 2005

The Indianapolis Museum of Art takes some tradition back to Japan

JAPANESE MASTERWORKS: Paintings From the Indianapolis Museum of Art; edited by Heisaku Harada and John Tadao Teramoto; foreword by Anthony Hirschel; introduction by Christine M.E. Guth; and essays by Tae Nishida, Shiji Hashimoto, Takeshi Nagai and Yumiko Kuniga. Seattle: University of Washington Press,...
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Nov 26, 2005

Keane's baggage may scupper his dream move to Celtic

LONDON -- In August, you would probably have been able to name your own odds against both Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson and captain Roy Keane seeking new employment midseason. One half of any such bet has already come up trumps, and unless United beat Benfica in Lisbon on Wednesday week,...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 26, 2005

Lions grant Mori's majors request

The Seibu Lions have given the green light for right-hander Shinji Mori to make a switch to the major leagues via the posting system, the Pacific League club said Friday.
EDITORIALS
Nov 26, 2005

Health ministry's number-juggling act

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's initiative to give local governments more fiscal autonomy -- part of his structural reform agenda -- is meeting stiff resistance from the central bureaucracy. The plan calls for seven ministries to cut a total of 630 billion yen in subsidies provided by the state. The...
JAPAN
Nov 26, 2005

Shoddy Aneha designs may spur mass eviction

The land ministry and local governments agreed Friday to ask residents of condominium complexes with quake-resistance levels found to be less than half the state standard to voluntarily vacate their homes.
JAPAN
Nov 26, 2005

Dogs to add bite to palace security

Police dogs will used to beef up security at the Imperial Palace for the first time, the Imperial Guard Headquarters said Friday.
JAPAN
Nov 26, 2005

Individual investors being hit by suspicious stock schemes

Individual investors looking for places to invest their money are getting dragged into shady schemes that persuade them to buy unlisted stocks with the promise of getting high returns once they get listed.
JAPAN
Nov 26, 2005

Academics slam decision to allow female ascension

would like to answer them during the discussions" in the Diet, he said. If the law is revised on the basis of the panel's proposal, 3-year-old Princess Aiko, the only child of Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako, will be next in line to the throne after her father.
JAPAN
Nov 26, 2005

Yearend Jumbo lotto tickets on sale

Lottery fever gripped the public again Friday as Yearend Jumbo tickets went on sale across the nation.
JAPAN
Nov 26, 2005

Asahara still has pull: agency

The Public Security Intelligence Agency filed a request Friday with the Public Security Examination Commission to keep Aum Shinrikyo under surveillance for another three years.
JAPAN
Nov 26, 2005

Oshima tapped to lead Hariri panel

The U.N. Security Council has picked Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Kenzo Oshima to chair a panel tasked with determining whether to punish those suspected of being involved in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, the Foreign Ministry said Friday.
JAPAN
Nov 26, 2005

Koizumi hopes to visit Sharon, Abbas in January

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is eyeing a visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories in January, government sources said Friday.
BUSINESS
Nov 26, 2005

Fujitsu heads' pay cut for TSE glitch

Fujitsu Ltd. said Friday it will cut the salary of President Hiroaki Kurokawa and six other executives as a penalty for a series of computer system malfunctions at the Tokyo Stock Exchange and other Japanese bourses earlier this month.
BUSINESS
Nov 26, 2005

State severs talks with localities on subsidy cutbacks

The central government broke off talks Friday with local government representatives on ways to decentralize fiscal authority, brushing off local-level opposition to proposed cuts in welfare subsidies.
BUSINESS
Nov 26, 2005

Digital players killing off MDs

Global sales of recordable MiniDiscs are expected to total 144 million units in 2005, down 25 percent from the previous year, due to the widespread use of portable digital music players, an industry association said Friday.
BUSINESS
Nov 26, 2005

FSA issues improvement orders to 26 nonlife insurers

The Financial Services Agency ordered 26 nonlife insurers Friday to make improvements after failing to honor more than 8 billion yen in legitimate insurance claims in a scandal that has deepened worries about the faltering industry.
BUSINESS
Nov 26, 2005

DoCoMo handset for kids boasts crime alarm, locater

NTT DoCoMo Inc. has unveiled a mobile phone that features an alarm and an automatic calling function to keep children safe, as an increasing number of them fall victim to crime.
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.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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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.
Rethinking that second drink: Japan’s Gen Z gets ‘sober curious’
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