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COMMENTARY
Oct 8, 2005

Stellar play fosters globalized mindset

LOS ANGELES -- Some things are just nice to see, and there's not much more to it than that. In America around this time every year, one of the nicest things to see -- especially for the inveterate sports fan -- is the invariably engrossing finale of the long Major League Baseball season.
BUSINESS
Oct 8, 2005

Key economic gauge moves back above threshold

A key gauge of current economic conditions rose above the boom-or-bust threshold of 50 percent in August, following a plunge the previous month, the government said Friday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Oct 8, 2005

Kanazawa to Hayama for workshop and concert

A flute in full blow draws me to a Taisho-period building behind the Catholic church in Hayama. A window is open, and whoever is playing sounds pretty good to this amateur.
BUSINESS
Oct 8, 2005

Yoshinoya vows 'gyudon' return if U.S. beef arrives

Yoshinoya D&C Co. will put its signature "gyudon" beef-on-rice dish back on the menu within six weeks once Japan lifts its ban on U.S. beef imports, restaurant chain President Shuji Abe told a news conference Friday.
BUSINESS
Oct 8, 2005

State pension fund sues Tsutsumi

The Government Pension Investment Fund said Friday it has filed a suit against Seibu Railway Co., its parent, Kokudo Corp., and Yoshiaki Tsutsumi, the former head of Kokudo, for investment losses suffered after the railway was delisted over the falsification of it financial reports.
BUSINESS
Oct 8, 2005

Ships spotted taking pipes toward disputed gas fields

Japan has confirmed that vessels carrying pipes are sailing in the East China Sea toward two gas fields at the center of an energy and border dispute between Japan and China, the trade minister said Friday.
MORE SPORTS
Oct 7, 2005

Puerta shown the door at Ariake

Top-seeded Mariano Puerta of Argentina was upset by unseeded Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus 6-2, 6-7 (11-13), 7-5 Thursday in third round of the Japan Open, a day after denying allegations of doping.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 7, 2005

Marines pumped for long-awaited return to postseason

CHIBA -- The Chiba Lotte Marines are battling more than the Seibu Lions in this weekend's Pacific League first-round playoffs.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 7, 2005

Aoki sets CL hit mark

Norichika Aoki set a Central League record with a leadoff single that ignited a three-run first inning and the Yakult Swallows went on to beat the Chunichi Dragons 5-0 on Thursday.
JAPAN
Oct 7, 2005

Princess Nori to get 153 million yen Imperial nuptial sendoff

The government said Thursday it will pay 152.5 million yen in a one-time allowance to Princess Nori, who will be leaving the Imperial household after her marriage to Tokyo metropolitan employee Yoshiki Kuroda, government officials said.
JAPAN
Oct 7, 2005

Atone and get UNSC support: Uri Party chief

South Korea will support Japan's bid for a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council if Tokyo adopts "sincere" policies reflective of its wartime and colonial-era conduct, Moon Hee Sang, visiting chairman of South Korea's ruling Uri Party, said Thursday.
JAPAN
Oct 7, 2005

22% of state offices coerced to buy wares: NPA

Nearly 22 percent of government offices were targets of some form of outside coercion during the year spanning August 2004 to last July, with at least 8.6 percent pressured into buying merchandise, subscribing to publications or making donations, the National Police Agency said Thursday.
JAPAN
Oct 7, 2005

Osaka elementary schools hold record for violence, survey shows

elementary schools in Osaka, and probably as many or more in Tokyo, you have to wonder if Tokyo isn't underreporting the problem." In their response to parental and media inquiries about the survey results, prefectural education officials also cast blame for the violence on two recent trends.
MORE SPORTS
Oct 7, 2005

Report: Asashoryu a dad again

Mongolian yokozuna Asashoryu's wife Tamir gave birth to a son Thursday at a Tokyo hospital, Sumo Fan Magazine reported on its Web site (www.sumofanmag.com).
JAPAN
Oct 7, 2005

Cop got pals to beat train-spat foe

A chief Metropolitan Police Department inspector who quarreled with a stranger on a train was arrested Wednesday for allegedly having two of his friends rough up the man in question, Tokyo police said.
JAPAN
Oct 7, 2005

Fujimori to seek Peru's presidency

Fugitive former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori formally announced Thursday he will run in the Peruvian presidential election next April.
BUSINESS
Oct 7, 2005

Nissan surpasses global sales expansion target

Nissan Motor Co. said Thursday its global vehicle sales in the year to September surpassed its medium-term target to reach 3,671,000 units, prompting President Carlos Ghosn to declare the firm's revival process completed.
JAPAN
Oct 7, 2005

Lawyers warn state over deaths of sick inmates

The Japan Federation of Bar Associations has warned the Justice Ministry of possible human rights violations in connection with seven sick prison inmates who died after being placed in solitary confinement between August 1999 and April 2003.
BUSINESS
Oct 7, 2005

Bankers set rules on theft redress

The Japanese Bankers Association released detailed guidelines Thursday listing the conditions under which bank depositors may not receive full compensation in the event that they lose money via bank-card thefts and forgeries.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Oct 7, 2005

Ousmane Toure: "Avenue Du Monde" (Together)

When the world music movement exploded out of Africa in the early 1980s, one of the most popular groups packing concert venues was Toure Kunda. Formed by two Senegalese brothers, the band blended traditional African music with Latin, reggae and vibrant pop. Their younger brother, Ousmane Toure, later...

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