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COMMUNITY
Dec 17, 2005

Japanese metal craft rings up to look like wood

Mary Fidler is pondering, wondering whether her logo as a designer, "mfide," rolls with sufficient ease off the tongue. It does, I assure her -- as long you know it sounds out phonetically as m-f-ide, and not m-fide.
JAPAN
Dec 17, 2005

Blizzard, gales in store for weekend

More snow is expected to fall across large parts of Japan through Monday, with the Sea of Japan coast and the mountain areas the hardest hit, the Meteorological Agency said Friday.
BUSINESS
Dec 17, 2005

No decision on future inflation target: Fukui

The Bank of Japan has not decided whether it will introduce a specific inflation target after it ends its ultraeasy monetary stance, BOJ Gov. Toshihiko Fukui said Friday, after the Policy Board announced the policy would continue.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Dec 17, 2005

Lee Colegrove

In 1965, his senior class was studying drama in Lee Colegrove's university English course. The students asked him, "Can we continue to read drama after we graduate?" Pleased, he set up for them a reading group to meet regularly in his Tokyo apartment.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Dec 17, 2005

Nine lives: meditating cats in paradise

Celebrity cat profile
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 17, 2005

New power landscape demands sophisticated approach to China

With China firmly on its path toward becoming a top player in the world economy, it is crucial for Japan to work out a relationship with its giant neighbor or risk hampering the rise of Asia as a whole, a renowned U.S.-based journalist told a recent lecture meeting in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Dec 17, 2005

JH execs Uchida, Kaneko plead not guilty

A former vice president and a former board member of Japan Highway Public Corp. pleaded not guilty Friday to charges they were involved in rigging bids for steel bridge projects undertaken by the now-defunct government highway builder-operator.
EDITORIALS
Dec 17, 2005

The unthinkable at the TSE

The recent chaos at the Tokyo Stock Exchange stemming from an erroneous sell order involving J-Com Co. stock underscored poor crisis management on the part of the bourse, a key component of Japan's capitalist economic activities. The TSE needs to do its utmost to strengthen its computerized stock trading...
MORE SPORTS
Dec 17, 2005

Sydney FC finishes in fifth place

Oceania champion Sydney FC beat African champion Al Ahly 2-1 to avoid the wooden spoon in the fifth-place playoff of the Club World Championship on Friday at Tokyo's National Stadium.
JAPAN
Dec 17, 2005

Koizumi aide Iijima wins libel suit

The Tokyo District Court ordered a publisher and a writer Friday to pay 1.35 million yen in damages to a key aide to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi over a magazine article that claimed he is effectively subordinating Koizumi.
JAPAN
Dec 17, 2005

DPJ kicks off annual convention

The Democratic Party of Japan opened its two-day annual convention Friday in Tokyo, with party President Seiji Maehara expressing hope that the DPJ can gain enough electoral support to become the ruling party.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 16, 2005

Swallows to add 'Tokyo' to name

The Yakult Swallows have applied to the executive committee of Nippon Professional Baseball to add "Tokyo" to their official team name, club president Yoshikazu Tagiku said Thursday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 16, 2005

Giants add Powell to roster

The Yomiuri Giants said Thursday they have signed right-hander Jeremy Powell, who played for the Orix Buffaloes in 2005 and has a 57-47 record in the past five seasons in Japan, to a two-year contract.
MORE SPORTS
Dec 16, 2005

Reds blank Saprissa, 3-0

YOKOHAMA -- European champion Liverpool went through to the Club World Championship final and set a new club record with its 11th-straight clean sheet as it beat Deportivo Saprissa 3-0 at International Stadium Yokohama on Thursday.
JAPAN
Dec 16, 2005

Debtor wins revolving-payment suit

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that lending contracts extended by a consumer loan firm that used so-called revolving repayments were invalid because the lender failed to provide documentation to the borrower on the terms of the loans each time credit was extended.
JAPAN
Dec 16, 2005

Condo, hotel bring toll in Aneha safety scandal to 73

The number of buildings designed on falsified quake-resistance data drawn up by disgraced architect Hidetsugu Aneha has risen to 73 in 17 prefectures, the Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry said Thursday.
EDITORIALS
Dec 16, 2005

Advocate for the elderly

Next year Japan will take another step forward toward strengthening the protection of the weaker members of society. The Diet has passed a law to prevent cruel treatment of the aged and to assist those taking care of them. Preparations are being made for implementing the law in April. Enactment of the...
JAPAN
Dec 16, 2005

Road deaths near 50-year low

The number of traffic accident deaths for the 11 months to November fell by 394 from the same period last year to 6,200, with the annual figure expected to remain below 7,000 for the first time since 1956 if the current pace persists for the rest of the year, the National Police Agency said Thursday....
JAPAN
Dec 16, 2005

Shrine, temple goers to top 91 million

More than 91 million people are expected to visit shrines and temples during the first three days of 2006 if the weather is good during the holiday season, the National Police Agency said Thursday.
JAPAN
Dec 16, 2005

Asahara appeal fate tied to coming exam results

The outcome of psychiatric examinations on Aum Shinrikyo founder Shoko Asahara is expected to come out next February or later, Tokyo High Court sources said Thursday.
JAPAN
Dec 16, 2005

Joint missile development to cost Japan $1.2 billion

Japan will shoulder up to $1.2 billion of the cost to jointly develop a next-generation interceptor missile with the United States, the Defense Agency told the Security Council of Japan on Thursday.
JAPAN
Dec 16, 2005

Tax breaks may soon be pulled; hikes eyed

The ruling coalition Thursday recommended scrapping income, residential and corporate tax breaks and raising liquor and tobacco levies in its reform proposals for fiscal 2006, and agreed to discuss a possible consumption tax increase for fiscal 2007.
JAPAN
Dec 16, 2005

Families spent record 58,000 yen to put kids through cram schools in 2004

The average annual amount spent on cram schools by households whose children attend public elementary schools jumped 14.4 percent to a record 58,000 yen between fiscal 2004 and fiscal 2002, the education ministry said Thursday.

Longform

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