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Oct 6, 2005

Swede Arvidsson dumps Asagoe out of AIG Japan Open

Seventh-seed Shinobu Asagoe was overwhelmed by Sofia Arvidsson in a battle of stamina Wednesday, failing to advance to the women's singles quarterfinals at the Japan Open in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2005

Bangladeshi sues Kyodo for libel

A Bangladeshi businessman and his company filed an 11 million yen libel suit against Kyodo News on Wednesday, saying the news agency falsely reported last year that he was linked to the al-Qaida terrorist network.
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2005

Kodansha creates Kenzaburo Oe literary award

Publishing house Kodansha Ltd. has created a literary award named after Nobel laureate Kenzaburo Oe to promote Japanese novels worldwide.
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2005

Toyota to buy Fuji shares in GM selloff

Ltd. Fuji Heavy can reduce its research and development and manufacturing costs by working with Toyota, while GM will be able to pull out of an alliance that is no longer benefiting either GM or Fuji Heavy, Matsumoto said.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 6, 2005

Australia gets tough on terror

SYDNEY -- Tough new laws enforcing preventive detention of suspected terrorists will soon drastically change the laid-back response that Australia has so far allowed to the growing world threat of terrorism. But even before new laws start, the wails of protests from civil-liberty groups are deafening....
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2005

Lump-sum asbestos redress elusive goal

The government agreed Sept. 29 on the outline of a special bill to help asbestos victims, but officials admit the legislation provides no lump sum compensation.
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2005

Princess Nori wedding date formally set

Princess Nori, the only daughter of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, underwent one of the traditional rites Wednesday leading up to her wedding, with the Imperial Palace formally setting the date of her marriage to Tokyo Metropolitan Government employee Yoshiki Kuroda.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Oct 6, 2005

You cannot force them to sing it in Japan, or to listen in London

"In this 60th anniversary year of the end of the war . . . I thought it was the right time to ask about Japan's current movement toward constitutional revision -- especially the revision of (war-renouncing) Article 9," said 53-year-old Ai Nagai, founder of Nitosha (Two Rabbits) Theater Company, as she...
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2005

Police to ask ISPs for tips on Net-arranged suicide bids

industry," an NPA official said. The move follows the communications and Internet service industry's decision in August to provide police with such information, including privacy data, by setting its own guidelines. They require providers to disclose information to police as an emergency step when suicide...
BUSINESS
Oct 6, 2005

Goal eyed for government lending cut

The government plans to set a target year for halving the ratio of outstanding loans by eight governmental lenders to the gross domestic product, officials said Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 6, 2005

Rengo to stress part-, full-time gap

The nation's largest labor organization said Wednesday it will give priority to narrowing social disparity in its policies for fiscal 2006 by extending support for part-time and temporary workers and small and midsize companies.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / NEW ART SEEN
Oct 6, 2005

New fairy tales of gloom

I have been an admirer of Miwa Yanagi since encountering her series "My Grandmothers" at the 2001 Yokohama Triennale. In that body of work the artist displayed extraordinary skill in using makeup and staging to transform a number of young women into images of their ideal grandmothers, such as screamingly...
BUSINESS
Oct 6, 2005

Bigger cut in JGBs planned for 2006

The government plans to reduce the amount of bonds it issues by more than 2.2 trillion yen in fiscal 2006 to improve the nation's debt-ridden finances, Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki said Wednesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 6, 2005

Give them what they want

When Paul Baron moved to Tokyo three years ago, he was excited to explore the city's vast art world as he had been an avid follower of art events while studying graphic design in London. There was only one problem: Where to find out what was going on. It should have been easy; it should have all been...
EDITORIALS
Oct 6, 2005

Iran must heed the call

The 35-nation board of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) late last month adopted a resolution that criticized Iran's response over its nuclear development problem and, although postponing referral to the United Nations Security Council, warned that the issue might be referred in the future....
COMMENTARY
Oct 6, 2005

A lesson from Pakistan on proliferation

ISLAMABAD -- The controversy surrounding North Korea's nuclear program is a reminder of past miscues in Pakistan, whose disgraced nuclear scientist, Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan, was accused last year of selling nuclear technology to Iran, Libya and North Korea.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 6, 2005

Dialogues of the heart

"It wasn't my intention to make any grandiose political statements here," Sally Potter said in an interview to promote the release of her new film, "Yes," in Japan. "I just wanted to show that dialogue and a relationship were possible between two people from two completely different cultures. Of course...
BUSINESS
Oct 6, 2005

Japan hopeful beef imports can resume

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi expressed hope Wednesday that North American beef imports will resume as a move in that direction emerged the day before in the government's independent mad cow panel.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2005

International airports debut local bus tours for transit passengers

William White did not expect to have a chance for sake tasting at Narita airport while in transit from Vietnam to the U.S.
BUSINESS
Oct 6, 2005

PC software shipments grow 4.3%

Domestic shipments of packaged personal computer software in fiscal 2004 reached 786.2 billion yen, up 4.3 percent from the previous year, according to the results of a survey released Wednesday by the Japan Personal Computer Software Association.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 5, 2005

Iwamura tells Swallows he wants to play in majors

Yakult Swallows infielder Akinori Iwamura made a new request Tuesday to the Central League club to switch to the major leagues next season via the posting system.
MORE SPORTS
Oct 5, 2005

Sugiyama moves to 2nd round

Fifth-seed Ai Sugiyama advanced to the women's singles second round with a straight sets win over Alina Jidkova on a day of contrasting fortunes for Japanese players at the Japan Open on Tuesday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 5, 2005

Shutoku shut out of fall high school baseball tourney

High school baseball officials have decided to ban Shutoku from this fall's regional tournament after team members from the Tokyo school were discovered shoplifting, familiar sources said Tuesday.
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
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.
Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
As of August 2024, the number of confirmed chagusaba farmers had fallen to 302, just over half the 582 reported in 2015, according to the Shizuoka Chagusaba Farming Method Promotion Council.

Podcast

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

Longform

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight
By Mai Yoshikawa

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