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Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Oct 22, 2005

Professional Design Solutions on a steady incline

There is a small graphic on Jeremy D. Thomson's name card that says a lot about him: two light bulbs inspired by Thomas Edison, who in failing hundreds of times chose to see the experience as having learned hundreds of ways not to make a light bulb.
JAPAN
Oct 22, 2005

Japan asked to continue Iraq airlift

The U.S. government has requested that Japan continue providing reconstruction assistance to Iraq in the form of airlift support from the Air Self-Defense Force -- even if it withdraws its ground troops from the country, sources familiar with the issue said Friday.
JAPAN
Oct 22, 2005

LDP expels nine postal reform rebels

defied the party policy by voting against the postal privatization bills and formed new parties to interfere with LDP candidates. Their act was in violation of party discipline," said Mayumi Moriyama, chairwoman of the 18-member Party Ethics Committee, which made the decision. "They have submitted their...
MORE SPORTS
Oct 21, 2005

Deep Impact a win away from Triple Crown

Deep Impact -- it was a movie; it was a NASA mission; it's a super colt poised to make history this weekend in Kyoto when he makes his bid for the Triple Crown.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 21, 2005

Lotte Marines ready to tackle some unfinished business in Japan Series

CHIBA -- The atmosphere around Chiba Marine Stadium in the hours leading up to Saturday is not one of over- jubilation.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 21, 2005

Eagles hire Nomura

Katsuya Nomura has accepted a request to take over as new manager of the Tohoku Rakuten Eagles next season, team president Toru Shimada said Thursday.
MORE SPORTS
Oct 21, 2005

Ishihara hopes marathon boosts bid

Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara said Thursday he believes the inauguration of a large-scale urban marathon in Tokyo in 2007 will help the Japanese capital's bid to hold the 2016 Olympics.
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2005

7 trillion yen cut in health care spending eyed by '25

The government is seeking to cut health care spending to 49 trillion yen by fiscal 2025, or 7 trillion yen lower than its current goal, mainly by raising elderly people's insurance premiums and their share of the bills, according to a draft plan.
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2005

Infected e-mail raps Koizumi's Yasukuni visits

A virus-tainted e-mail message criticizing Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visits to Yasukuni Shrine has been sent to a number of people by an unidentified person pretending to be a Japanese diplomat, Foreign Ministry officials said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2005

Tokyo's Edogawa Ward halts population decline

One of the biggest challenges for a local government with a declining population and shrinking tax base is to lure young families to move into their communities.
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2005

Chemical weapons tally in China may be cut

Japan is considering lowering its estimate of the number of chemical weapons the Imperial Japanese Army abandoned in China at the end of the war, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda said Thursday.
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2005

DPJ takes hard line on lawmaker pensions

The Democratic Party of Japan on Thursday submitted a bill to the Diet aimed at abolishing the state-run pension plan for lawmakers -- which is said to be more generous than other pension plans available to the public -- by the end of the year.
MORE SPORTS
Oct 21, 2005

Angola is Japan's latest opponent

Japan's scheduled opponent for next month's home friendly has changed for a second time and the Asian champion will now take on Angola, the Japan Football Association said Thursday.
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2005

Man admits installing minicameras at ATMs

Police said Thursday a man who was arrested earlier has admitted to secretly installing and removing minicameras at automated teller machines.
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2005

Japan Post, ANA to create joint air cargo company

Japan Post and All Nippon Airways Co. announced Thursday they will jointly set up an air cargo company in April in a move that will mark the mail monolith's first attempt to break into the international air courier market.
EDITORIALS
Oct 21, 2005

China tackles its growing pains

The title is dry -- the "Communist Party of China Central Committee Proposal Regarding the Formulation of the 11th Five-Year Program for National Economic and Social Development" -- but its contents are very important. The document is an outline of how China can tackle the pressing problems created by...
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2005

Blood curbs eyed in event of West Nile outbreak

The health ministry plans to impose a regional ban on blood donations if the West Nile virus is detected in people, mosquitoes or wild birds, according to a report released Thursday by a ministry research panel.
BUSINESS
Oct 21, 2005

Supermarket bank counters coming soon

In the near future, people may exchange money at travel agencies and open savings accounts in supermarkets.
CULTURE / Music
Oct 21, 2005

Manu Katche "Neighbourhood" (ECM)

For the past two decades, in-demand session drummer Manu Katche has been too busy on recordings for the likes of Sting, Peter Gabriel, Tori Amos, Joni Mitchell, Tracy Chapman and Dire Straits to record his own material.Now, on his second release under his own name, he has produced a work with little...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 21, 2005

All regions except Hokkaido recovering: BOJ managers

All regions except for Hokkaido are showing clear signs that the economy is back on a recovery path, Bank of Japan branch managers said during their quarterly meeting at the central bank Thursday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / THE SECOND ROOM
Oct 21, 2005

Psychedelic radar 10.21

Saturday, Oct. 22
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Oct 21, 2005

Faith Evans

The bold title of Faith Evans' latest album, "The First Lady," may or may not reference the confidence the soul diva enjoys after having shed 13 kg, an accomplishment that places her in the telegenic league of Ashanti and Beyonce. Musically, however, her only rival is former mentor Mary J. Blige, who...
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2005

Blue Planet winners urge more CO2-cutting efforts

and Gordon Hisashi Sato, winners of the 2005 Blue Planet Prize, congratulate each other Wednesday at a news conference in Tokyo.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Oct 21, 2005

The art of sencha

The Seventh Sencha (non-powdered green tea) Ceremony will be held Oct. 22 at the Mukojima Hyakkaen Botanical Garden in Sumida Ward, Tokyo.
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.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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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.
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