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COMMENTARY / World
Nov 17, 2005

Strategic changes for Japan-U.S. alliance

HONOLULU -- Much of the American and Japanese news coverage of the new security agreement between Washington and Tokyo has focused on its political aspects but overlooked the far-reaching strategic changes it has projected for the revitalized alliance.
JAPAN
Nov 17, 2005

Rightist's murder sentence upheld

The Supreme Court has upheld a rightist group leader's life sentence for the 2002 murder of Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker Koki Ishii, sources said Wednesday.
BASKETBALL
Nov 16, 2005

Saitama Broncos used to challenges

After the win, Saitama Broncos general manager Toshihiko Narita seemed on the verge of tears, his face red with excitement.
MORE SPORTS
Nov 16, 2005

Polish women beat host Japan 3-2

European champion Poland took the final two sets to hold off host Japan 3-2 on the opening day of the women's volleyball World Grand Champions Cup on Tuesday.
SOCCER / J. League
Nov 16, 2005

Ogasawara done for the season

Japan and Kashima Antlers midfielder Mitsuo Ogasawara, who picked up an injury in a J. League match Saturday, is expected to be out of action for the rest of the season.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 16, 2005

Another award for Valentine

Chiba Lotte Marines manager Bobby Valentine was selected Tuesday as the recipient of the Golden Spirit award for his positive contribution to Japanese society.
EDITORIALS
Nov 16, 2005

Royal addition to the common life

Princess Nori, 36, the only daughter of the Emperor and Empress, and Mr. Yoshiki Kuroda, 40, an urban planning official at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, were married in a Shintoist ceremony on Tuesday. For the princess, it marked the start of a new life as an ordinary citizen. She is now Mrs. Sayako...
JAPAN
Nov 16, 2005

Ministry, cops go after ex-cons who skip town

The Justice Ministry and police agreed Tuesday to team up next month to look for more than 1,500 convicts who have disappeared while on parole or probation, officials said.
JAPAN
Nov 16, 2005

Japan boosts U.S. ties at own risk

The United States has been Japan's most important ally since World War II and the U.S. nuclear umbrella of the Cold War came to define their security alliance.
JAPAN
Nov 16, 2005

Quake rattles north, makes waves

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 jolted wide areas on the Pacific side of Hokkaido and the Tohoku and Kanto regions Tuesday morning, with small tsunamis observed in several parts of Tohoku.
JAPAN
Nov 16, 2005

Iraq, beef, bases, bird flu on agenda for Bush-Koizumi meeting

KYOTO -- U.S. President George W. Bush arrived in Japan on Tuesday evening for a two-day visit that will include a summit with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on trade and regional security.
BUSINESS
Nov 16, 2005

Yosano downplays criticism of BOJ

Economic and fiscal policy minister Kaoru Yosano downplayed criticism Tuesday within the government over the Bank of Japan's plan to explore an end to its ultra-loose monetary policy.
JAPAN
Nov 16, 2005

Princess enters the world of cooking and cleaning

Cooking, cleaning, driving, shopping at supermarkets and possibly taking out the trash -- Princess Nori's marriage Tuesday to Tokyo Metropolitan Government employee Yoshiki Kuroda opens the door to a new life as a commoner and homemaker.
JAPAN
Nov 16, 2005

Princess Nori ties knot, now Mrs. Kuroda

After a year of traditional preparations and rites, Princess Nori married Tokyo Metropolitan Government employee Yoshiki Kuroda on Tuesday morning as Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko observed their only daughter's last moment as a member of the royal family.
BUSINESS
Nov 16, 2005

Suzuki Swift named car of the year

Suzuki Motor Corp.'s Swift has won the 2006 RJC Car of the Year award from the Automotive Researchers' & Journalists' Conference, the 87-member group said Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 16, 2005

Ishinomori's work eyed for movie

Major trading house Itochu Corp. said Tuesday it has agreed with several domestic firms and a U.S. movie production company to develop a live-action film based on the work of late cartoonist Shotaro Ishinomori.
BUSINESS
Nov 16, 2005

Bankruptcies return to rising ways

The number of corporate bankruptcies rose 4.1 percent in October from a year earlier to 1,171, eclipsing the year-before level for the first time in two months, credit research agency Tokyo Shoko Research said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Nov 16, 2005

TSE releases new computer measures

The Tokyo Stock Exchange released Tuesday a set of measures to prevent future computer system breakdowns like the one that shut down the world's second-largest equity market on Nov. 1.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / WILD WATCH
Nov 16, 2005

Taking delight in decomposition

The autumn carpet of leaves along woodland and mountain trails deepens as each breath of wind spins more and more foliage from the trees and sends flakes of colors whirling across the landscape. Storms rip whole canopies of leaves away, snapping off branches and sending twigs raining down. Below, the...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 16, 2005

Brokers pitch the 'affluent life' to baby boomers

An increasing number of financial institutions are offering seminars on health care, travel, wine tasting and food, targeting baby boomers now approaching mandatory retirement age with money to spend and invest.
COMMENTARY
Nov 16, 2005

No wonder anti-free traders are angry

If you want to understand why anti-free-trade demonstrators in Argentina were so angry nearly two weeks ago, visit a small metal-working factory in a humdrum Japanese village near where I spend weekends. Outside it looks nondescript. But inside it is a technological wonder -- CAD/CAM-operated machine...
BUSINESS
Nov 16, 2005

Koizumi wants bond issues cut

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi instructed his Cabinet and Liberal Democratic Party leaders Tuesday to keep new issues of government bonds "as near 30 trillion yen" as possible in the fiscal 2006 budget.
BUSINESS
Nov 16, 2005

Murakami Fund cleaned up in sale of TBS shares

An investment fund led by financier Yoshiaki Murakami raked in an estimated profit of more than 10 billion yen by selling a large chunk of its stake in Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc., according to a report presented by the fund to the government Tuesday.
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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