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JAPAN
Oct 5, 2005

Cabinet OKs bill to tighten controls on the sex industry

The Cabinet approved a bill Tuesday to revise the law covering the sex industry, featuring a measure against human-trafficking that would require operators of such businesses to confirm that foreign women employed for "entertainment services" have work permits.
JAPAN
Oct 5, 2005

Election provides steam for cutting medical costs

The political football of how to curb Japan's snowballing medical expenses was high on the agenda Tuesday as the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy accelerated discussions on the fiscal 2006 budget.
JAPAN
Oct 5, 2005

CDs with cardboard jackets find a groove

Jazz and rock compact disks that come in cardboard jackets mimicking those of the long-playing records of yore are creating a boom among nostalgic buyers in their 30s and 40s as record companies rush to revive great recordings of the past.
JAPAN
Oct 5, 2005

Researchers scam millions in subsidies

Four researchers, including a Keio University medical doctor, had fraudulently received a combined 85 million yen in government subsidies for scientific research as of the end of fiscal 2004, according to officials of the Board of Audit of Japan.
JAPAN
Oct 5, 2005

High courts not on same page on Yasukuni visits

Last week's conflicting high court rulings on Prime Minister's contentious visits to Yasukuni Shrine showed that the judicial system of the world's second-largest economy is sharply divided on the politically sensitive issue.
JAPAN
Oct 5, 2005

Disneyland attendance fell during expo

The Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea amusement parks had a total of 11.66 million visits in the six months through September, down 3.1 percent from a year earlier, amid the just-ended Aichi World Expo, according to operator Oriental Land Co.
JAPAN
Oct 5, 2005

Soil contaminated with uranium shipped to U.S.

The nuclear research and development agency has shipped uranium-contaminated soil to an undisclosed location in the United States for disposal, officials said.
BUSINESS
Oct 5, 2005

Tech show morphs into DVD war zone

CHIBA -- An annual technology exhibition that kicked off here Tuesday shows signs of becoming a battleground of sorts for the two next-generation DVD formats threatening to leave consumers with incompatible machines.
JAPAN
Oct 5, 2005

Futenma talks in final stage: Ono

Japan-U.S. talks on a relocation site for the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Station in Okinawa have entered the final stage, Defense Agency chief Yoshinori Ono said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Oct 5, 2005

Shipping firm chief apologizes for Hokkaido collision

The head of the Israeli shipping company that owns the containership believed involved in last week's fatal collision with a Japanese fishing boat apologized Tuesday for the loss of life it caused.
JAPAN
Oct 5, 2005

32% oppose green tax, topping those in favor

More people oppose an environmental tax to curb global warming than support it, according to a recent government survey.
BUSINESS
Oct 5, 2005

Bureaucratic workforce to face 10% cut over five years

The government said Tuesday it will cut the number of national-level civil servants by 33,230, or at least 10 percent of the total as of the end of fiscal 2004, over the next five years, officials said.
EDITORIALS
Oct 5, 2005

When numbers don't add up

of a Japanese unit of the PricewaterhouseCoopers Group were arrested last month on suspicion of falsifying accounting reports of Kanebo Ltd., a maker of sundries, food products and pharmaceuticals. If these CPAs are found guilty of violating the Securities and Exchange Law, the credibility of the nation's...
BUSINESS
Oct 5, 2005

Retail rise gives Aeon record profit

Aeon Co. reported Tuesday a record operating profit of 69.1 billion yen for the first half of its business year, thanks to a recovery in the performance of its main general merchandise stores.
JAPAN
Oct 5, 2005

Panel to brainstorm over birthrate

The government will set up a panel by the end of the month to craft a strategic plan to counter the rapidly falling birthrate, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda said Tuesday.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OLD NIC'S NOTEBOOK
Oct 5, 2005

Sad drumbeats in the wilderness

I made several visits to the Aichi Expo this year and met a lot of interesting people. But one person above all left an indelible impression. Soft-spoken, modest, and wearing traditional northern buckskin, his name was Michael Cazon -- a Dene drummer, teacher and healer from Fort Simpson in the Northwest...
BUSINESS
Oct 5, 2005

Long-term fire insurance may end

Insurance industry leader Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co. and other nonlife insurers are considering ending sales of fire insurance policies with terms over 10 years in fiscal 2006, industry sources said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Oct 5, 2005

Bill OK'd to extend MSDF's mission

The administration Tuesday endorsed a bill that would extend for one more year the antiterrorism law allowing the Maritime Self-Defense Force to refuel U.S.-led coalition vessels in the Indian Ocean.
BUSINESS
Oct 5, 2005

Ease postal startup rules: Koizumi

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi expressed his intention Tuesday to make it easier for companies to start postal services by letting them operate fewer public mailboxes than stipulated by law.
BUSINESS
Oct 5, 2005

MUFG to pay back some of public funds

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. said Tuesday it will repay on Wednesday 323.6 billion yen of the 1.4 trillion yen in public funds it received from the government to bolster its capital base.
BUSINESS
Oct 5, 2005

Nakagawa rips Keizai Doyukai chief over fuel flap

Industry minister Shoichi Nakagawa lashed out Tuesday at recent remarks by a prominent business leader questioning the government's demand that industries assist trucking firms that find it difficult to pass on high oil costs to customers.
SOCCER / J. League
Oct 4, 2005

J. League rebuffs rematch request

The J. League rejected a request from Vissel Kobe on Monday for a replay of Saturday's first-division match against Kashiwa Reysol, which was marred by a refereeing blunder.
SOCCER / J. League
Oct 4, 2005

Miura transfer near complete

YOKOHAMA J. League second-division club Yokohama FC have reached a broad agreement on a loan transfer of veteran striker Kazuyoshi Miura, Yokohama FC Vice President Hisao Sakamoto said Monday.
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.

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