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JAPAN
Jul 22, 2005

Chinese take redress case to top court

Chinese plaintiffs have taken their battle for compensation and an apology over injuries and deaths stemming from germ warfare activities pursued in China by the Japanese military during the war to the Supreme Court, court officials said Thursday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / BEST BAR NONE
Jul 22, 2005

Do you want it soft or natural?

Aoyama is a breeding ground for night culture. It's as if someone dropped an extremely virulent strain of lounge-bar.alt in the area and it went berserk. Almost every time you round a corner, there's yet another stylish light-box sign marking the entrance of another chic new hideaway (some don't even...
JAPAN
Jul 22, 2005

Top court to rule on condemned serial killer in '05

The Supreme Court is expected early next year to rule on the appeal of a 42-year-old man sentenced to hang for murdering four girls in Tokyo and Saitama prefectures in 1988 and 1989.
JAPAN
Jul 22, 2005

Traffic death drop laid to penalties, safety push

The number of deaths in traffic accidents declined 8.8 percent in Japan in the first half of 2005 from a year earlier to 3,124, the National Police Agency said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Jul 22, 2005

Digital TV to get Internet trial run via fiber-optic network

The government announced Thursday plans to test broadcasting terrestrial digital television programs over the Internet with fiber-optic cable networks starting this fall.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 22, 2005

Asbestos deaths just tip of the iceberg

Recent revelations that hundreds of workers at firms across Japan have died from asbestos-linked diseases over the past few decades have raised questions about whether the health risks of the unburnable mineral were duly recognized by the government and businesses.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 22, 2005

Yushchenko backs Japan bid for UNSC

Japan is qualified to secure a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council, in view of the political and economic role it has played within the organization, visiting Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Jul 22, 2005

Crude oil price spike dents trade surplus

Japan's merchandise trade surplus for the first half of 2005 shrank 26.4 percent from the previous year to 4.53 trillion, yen the Finance Ministry said Thursday.
JAPAN
Jul 22, 2005

NPA unveils program for Net security

The National Police Agency on Thursday released its program to improve information security on the Internet.
JAPAN
Jul 22, 2005

Satellite reaches altitude of 570 km

An X-ray astronomy satellite that was launched earlier this month has made its way to an altitude of around 570 km, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said Thursday.
JAPAN
Jul 22, 2005

Dangerous diesel fumes identified

A Japanese research team said Wednesday it has identified several chemical substances emitted from diesel-powered vehicles that can cause low blood pressure and other cardiac irregularities in people who inhale them.
JAPAN
Jul 22, 2005

State follows up on vow to help usury victims

The Justice Ministry put forward a plan Thursday to compensate loan-sharking victims by imposing financial penalties on usurious lenders and seizing their assets through criminal prosecution, and channeling that money into compensation funds.
JAPAN
Jul 22, 2005

State admits inaction on threat it knew since '70s

The government offered vows of action and a denial Thursday after revelations the previous day that officials knew nearly 30 years ago of the serious health hazards of asbestos.
BUSINESS
Jul 22, 2005

FamilyMart opens first U.S. outlet

FamilyMart Co. said Thursday it has opened a convenience store in West Hollywood, Calif., the first step in its plan of setting up 200 stores in the United States by 2009.
LIFE / Travel
Jul 22, 2005

Foreign writer who defined Japan has been carved into stone in Matsue

The name usually means nothing whatsoever to the vast majority of people overseas. But in his adopted country, Lafcadio Hearn is lionized among writers in the English language with the same kind of reverence normally accorded to authors of the ilk of Melville and Shakespeare.
BUSINESS
Jul 22, 2005

Female tips solicited to simplify appliances

Electrical equipment manufacturers, including Sony Corp. and Mitsubishi Electric Corp., are exploiting the female perspective on the design of household electrical appliances by appointing women to relevant workshops.
BUSINESS
Jul 22, 2005

JETRO eyes small firms' rights gripes

The Japan External Trade Organization will investigate intellectual property rights violations overseas on behalf of small businesses in Japan and shoulder two-thirds of the costs, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Thursday.
JAPAN
Jul 22, 2005

NPA unveils program for Net security

The National Police Agency on Thursday released its program to improve information security on the Internet.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / THE SECOND ROOM
Jul 22, 2005

Weekend trance party picks 07.22

Solstice Music Festival - July 22-24
BUSINESS
Jul 22, 2005

Tokyo effectively praises China's yuan revaluation

Japan welcomed China's decision Thursday to revalue the yuan.
JAPAN
Jul 22, 2005

Worker badly hurt at theme park

A female employee at Namjatown, an indoor amusement park in Tokyo, was seriously injured Thursday while inspecting equipment at a haunted hotel attraction, police said.
JAPAN
Jul 22, 2005

Dangerous diesel fumes identified

A Japanese research team said Wednesday it has identified several chemical substances emitted from diesel-powered vehicles that can cause low blood pressure and other cardiac irregularities in people who inhale them.
SOCCER / J. League
Jul 21, 2005

Sakata to take on Parra for title

Japanese boxer Takefumi Sakata will fight Venezuelan champion Lorenzo Parra in September in a rematch of their WBA flyweight title match, Sakata's Kyoei Gym said Wednesday.

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