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JAPAN
Oct 31, 2005

Force realignment plan criticized

Top Japanese and U.S. officials boasted that Saturday's interim report on U.S. military realignment in Japan will realize the two principles they set out to achieve -- maintaining a deterrent force in the Asia-Pacific region and reducing the burden of host communities.
JAPAN
Oct 31, 2005

Negishi wins film fest's top prize

Director Kichitaro Negishi won the Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix at the 18th Tokyo International Film Festival for his work "What the Snow Brings" as the event drew to a close Sunday.
MORE SPORTS
Oct 31, 2005

Heavenly Romance pulls off upset win of Emperor's Cup

Heavenly Romance turned the tables on a formidable field of Group 1 winners in Sunday's Emperor's Cup at Tokyo Racecourse, as the longshot mare snatched her first top-level win from race favorite and 2004 winner Zenno Rob Roy.
JAPAN
Oct 31, 2005

DPJ mulls age limit to field younger candidates

Democratic Party of Japan leader Seiji Maehara is considering instituting an age limit of 65 when fielding new candidates to run in single-seat districts for the House of Representatives, sources said Sunday.
COMMENTARY / THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK
Oct 31, 2005

Is the American dream now a mirage?

NEW YORK -- Is the American dream just a mirage now? Earlier this year the Wall Street Journal ran a series called "Challenges to the American Dream," casting into doubt the "staple of America's self-portrait" that "a child born in poverty isn't trapped there." If that was putting the matter delicately,...
JAPAN
Oct 31, 2005

Ishihara plan for Yokota gets nowhere

Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara expressed disappointment Sunday over a bilateral accord on the realignment of U.S. forces as it does not address his proposal on military-civilian use of Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo.
SOCCER / J. League
Oct 31, 2005

Gamba falls again

Gamba Osaka tumbled to their second defeat in as many weeks and had their lead at the top of the J. League table cut to one point after a 2-1 loss at FC Tokyo on Sunday.
COMMENTARY
Oct 31, 2005

Students need analytical skills

One characteristic of Japanese universities is that they provide highly specialized education for undergraduate students. This is partly because high-school students receive a high level of science education. In fact, their knowledge level in math and physics is one of the highest in the world. Thus,...
BUSINESS / JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES
Oct 31, 2005

Why should Japan's Pharaohs fear the locusts of change?

"God said to Moses, 'Extend your hand over Egypt to bring the locusts, and they will emerge on Egypt. They will eat all the foliage in the land . . . " (Exodus 10:12)
MORE SPORTS
Oct 31, 2005

Kapranova wins Aeon Cup all-around title

Newly crowned world champion Olga Kapranova of Russia won the individual all-around title at the Aeon Cup world club rhythmic gymnastics championships Sunday.
EDITORIALS
Oct 31, 2005

Rengo's uphill battle

The process that saw Mr. Tsuyoshi Takagi elected to the presidency of Rengo (the Japanese Trade Union Confederation), Japan's largest labor organization, symbolizes the current situation that Japanese workers and labor unions find themselves in.
COMMENTARY
Oct 31, 2005

EU must win grassroots trust

LONDON, PARIS and ROME-- European leaders have been holding a special meeting at the invitation of British Prime Minister Tony Blair to discuss what he calls "the strategic issues facing Europe in the years ahead."
JAPAN
Oct 31, 2005

Koizumi wants legal basis for military

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi voiced hope Sunday that the Constitution will be revised to clearly stipulate the nation's possession of military forces for self-defense.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Oct 30, 2005

Series wins surprisingly easy for Marines, White Sox

Are you surprised at how easily the Chiba Lotte Marines and Chicago White Sox won, respectively, the Japan Series and World Series?
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Oct 30, 2005

Marinos cruises past Verdy

Yokohama F. Marinos missed a string of chances against relegation-haunted Tokyo Verdy 1969 before Japan international defender Yuji Nakazawa's late header gave the boys in blue a deserved 1-0 win at Tokyo's National Stadium on Saturday.
JAPAN
Oct 30, 2005

Electricity and gas bills will be higher in January-March

The nation's 10 power utilities and four major gas utilities plan to raise monthly energy prices for the January-March quarter by up to 196 yen for an average household of four people.
JAPAN
Oct 30, 2005

Narita activists to pay old debt

poses no legal or social problem, and we could be subject to criticism if we did not seek payments." The former activists turned to the Internet in July to begin raising funds after some of them were told by their employers to quit their jobs, they said.
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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