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BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Jun 22, 2005

Horry's big shot took heat off Duncan

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- Rasheed Wallace was more than a bit lucky the referees refused to acknowledge his appeal for a non-existent timeout after Tim Duncan's missed tip at the end of regulation in Game 5.
EDITORIALS
Jun 22, 2005

Agreement at a 'minuscule level'

It was extraordinary to see two national leaders having a hard time putting a face on a two-hour-long summit meeting that apparently did not produce any substantive agreement. At an internationally televised press conference following the summit in Seoul on Monday, South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jun 22, 2005

Breathing the life into the dance

"I had a hard time finding the title," Pina Bausch tells me during an interview about her most recent work, "Nefes." The Turkish for "Breath" is the title of the latest in a series of works which the choreographer, who will turn 65 in July this year, has created in collaboration with theaters around...
BUSINESS
Jun 22, 2005

JAL chief resigns as industry head

Japan Airlines President Toshiyuki Shimmachi will resign as head of the Scheduled Airlines Association of Japan before his two-year term expires, sources said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jun 22, 2005

Ex-LTCB execs convicted of hiding loans lose appeal

The Tokyo High Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal by three former top executives of the now-defunct Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan who were convicted of window-dressing the bank's earnings reports.
BUSINESS
Jun 22, 2005

Panel adopts ODA hike, medical cuts

The nation's top economic panel on Tuesday adopted a report calling on the government to set a goal for cutting spiraling social security costs while hiking official development assistance to poor countries by 368.4 percent.
COMMENTARY
Jun 22, 2005

Private aid opportunities

NIAS ISLAND, Indonesia -- The flotsam of disaster was everywhere: trash, bricks, splintered wood, household effects, clothes, debris. Buildings by the ocean were mostly leveled. Across the road several structures survived, barely: Only their side walls, perpendicular to the water, still stood. Plastic...
JAPAN
Jun 22, 2005

Only 16% of younger generation want to emulate parents

Young Japanese are not interested in following in their parents' footsteps, with only about 16 percent of them saying their parents' lives are worth living, according to a government report released Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / A GENERATION CLOCKS OUT
Jun 22, 2005

Manufacturers face mass reduction in skilled ranks

For manufacturers, the mass retirement of baby boomers will mean losing leagues of highly skilled workers still indispensable even in this age of automation and computerization.
BUSINESS
Jun 22, 2005

Banks to adhere to planned law on theft compensation

Banks will amend their current business rules in line with legislation submitted to the Diet designed to offer broader compensation to victims of bank-card crimes, the head of the industry said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Jun 22, 2005

Dependent tax breaks may end, but hike denied

The Tax Commission is recommending that spouse and adult offspring deductions be cut to help get rid of the nation's debt.
BUSINESS
Jun 22, 2005

Gas stations pass on 91% of oil hike

Gas stations in Japan passed an average 91.1 percent of crude oil price hikes onto petroleum products in April, up from 44.3 percent in March, a government survey showed Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Jun 22, 2005

NBS shareholder puts proxy up for bid

A document authorizing its bearer to attend a Nippon Broadcasting System Inc. shareholders' meeting Friday was offered for sale on the Internet auction site of Yahoo Japan Corp., according to Yahoo Japan officials.
BUSINESS
Jun 22, 2005

DoCoMo among firms kicking off annual shareholders' meetings

Annual shareholders' meetings kicked off in earnest this week, with the annual rite expected to peak June 29 as more than 1,000 listed companies face their investors.
JAPAN
Jun 22, 2005

Private universities shine in 2005 civil service exam

A record 406 applicants from private universities passed the top level civil service exam this fiscal year, accounting for a record 24.3 percent of successful candidates, the National Personnel Authority said Tuesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jun 22, 2005

Teaching the world to sing in perfect harmony

When Kazufumi Miyazawa, vocalist of the Japanese rock band The Boom wrote the song titled "Shima-uta" about 15 years ago, no one imagined the path it would take, starting as a huge domestic hit and then gaining a life of its own abroad.
BUSINESS
Jun 22, 2005

Kokudo, Prince show negative worth

Kokudo Corp. and Prince Hotels Inc., members of the Seibu Railway Co. group, each had a negative net worth in fiscal 2004 due to large extraordinary losses, company officials said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jun 22, 2005

10% of bureaucrats quit after subsidized sabbaticals

Out of 576 young career-track bureaucrats who studied abroad at government expense from fiscal 1997 through 2002, 56 quit within five years after returning home, according to a study by the National Personnel Authority.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jun 22, 2005

Shima-uta singer takes listeners on sonic journey

Yasukatsu Oshima, a native of the Yaeyama Islands, southwest of Okinawa's main island, is a stubborn man. Since emerging as a solo artist in the early 1990s, he has recorded and performed only songs known as shima-uta (island folk songs). However, Oshima is not a tradition-bound purist. His latest album,...
BUSINESS
Jun 22, 2005

Japan, U.S. hold first finance talks

Senior officials of the Japanese and U.S. financial regulatory bodies held their first regular meeting in Tokyo on Monday to discuss a range of issues, including strengthening corporate governance of listed companies.
JAPAN
Jun 22, 2005

Credit card info breach reaches 28 million yen

Damage caused by the illegal use of Japanese credit card information linked to a huge case of data theft in the United States has reached nearly 28 million yen, industry officials said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jun 22, 2005

Alternate to Yasukuni won't stop future visits

Building a new national memorial for the nation's war dead would not keep prime ministers from visiting Yasukuni Shrine, the government's top spokesman said Tuesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jun 22, 2005

Sacred sounds of Ainu tonkori resurrected

Keeping traditions alive is not easy; it's even harder when there is no one to teach them. When Ainu musician Oki recently re-created traditional tunes on the tonkori, the stringed instrument of the Ainu people, his only guides were pre-1970s recordings of tonkori music collected by ethnomusicologists...
A prophesied disaster (likely) won’t strike Japan this weekend
A viral manga prediction of a July 5 disaster has gripped Japan with anxiety and triggered an economic impact, but experts warn that while such dates are unreliable, the threat of a massive earthquake remains real. 
Magnitude 5.5 earthquake jars Tokara Islands amid flurry of seismic activity
A strong quake struck off the Tokara Islands on Thursday afternoon, with the island chain having recorded around 1,000 earthquakes since a burst of seismic activity first began on June 21.
Japan to require flight passengers to keep power banks within sight
The transport ministry has announced new regulations requiring flight passengers to keep power banks within sight to mitigate fire risks while on board planes.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Residents of Tokara Islands begin evacuation as seismic swarm continues
Details about evacuations from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecture, is seen written on a whiteboard in the city of Kagoshima on Thursday.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Flag football facing challenges and opportunities ahead
Japan’s women’s flag football team at the 2025 International Bowl in Los Angeles in June. The sport is enjoying continued growth in the country.
From Hokusai’s Great Wave, shinkansen to One Piece: a cultural treasure box for Lego Japan
Michael Ebbesen, general manager of Lego Japan, says Lego bricks based on Japanese culture have a rich global appeal and are sellable around the world.
With farmed fish, RelationFish swims against the tide in fine dining
Chef Hideaki Matsuo (middle) and the staff of Oseto Suisan Fisheries prepare to check on their sustainably farmed fish.
As Southeast Asia heats up, a Japanese cooling giant sees a major opportunity
An employee of Daikin Cambodia explains the use of different tools during an air conditioner installation training session in Phnom Penh. Daikin is one of Japan’s oldest air conditioning companies, but as Japan’s population falls, the firm is keying in on overseas growth.

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

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Mount Fuji is considered one of Japan's most iconic symbols and is a major draw for tourists. It's still a mountain, though, and potential hikers need to properly prepare for any climb.
What it takes to save lives on Mount Fuji
By Alex K.T. Martin

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

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Muji has been sustainable from the beginning

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