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BUSINESS
Jun 7, 2005

Panel eyes target for cutting social security spending

An advisory panel to the finance minister recommended Monday that the government take steps to curb swelling social security-related spending by setting targets when compiling the budget for next year.
COMMENTARY
Jun 7, 2005

Kudos here, detention there

LOS ANGELES -- Journalism free from government constraint just isn't for everybody. It certainly wasn't for Richard M. Nixon while he was president. Unrestrained investigative journalism of the Watergate variety ultimately pushed Congress in the direction of potential impeachment and shoved Nixon onto...
BUSINESS
Jun 7, 2005

Yokogawa Bridge chief to resign over bid scandal

Yokogawa Bridge Corp. said Monday that President Yasuo Harada will resign June 20 to take the blame for the company's role in rigging bids for public bridge construction projects.
JAPAN
Jun 7, 2005

Married detainees illegally held: SDP

Nearly a quarter of the 127 foreigners who have been detained at detention centers for more than six months as of April 30 have Japanese spouses, according to government data released Monday by an opposition party.
JAPAN
Jun 7, 2005

Info exchange on refugees rapped

Japan may explicitly legalize providing personal information on people seeking asylum to authorities in their country of origin, where they fear persecution, lawyers said Monday.
BUSINESS
Jun 7, 2005

Sales of imported cars snap five-month decline

Sales of imported automobiles, including overseas models made by Japanese automakers, grew 5.5 percent in May from a year earlier to 20,606 units, snapping a five-month decline, an industry body said Monday.
JAPAN
Jun 7, 2005

Private-sector firms to process parking violations next year

Starting next June, police will shift the task of cracking down on parking violations to the private sector as part of efforts to privatize administrative duties related to law enforcement.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 6, 2005

Swallows edge Eagles 3-2 for win in interleague battle of baseball's birds

Shohei Tateyama tossed a three-hitter over eight strong innings Sunday as the Yakult Swallows edged the Rakuten Golden Eagles 3-2 in interleague play.
MORE SPORTS
Jun 6, 2005

Asakusa Denen gallops to victory

Seventh-pick Asakusa Denen earned the title of No. 1 mile race horse of the spring when he surged to victory in the Yasuda Kinen at Tokyo Racecourse on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS
Jun 6, 2005

Tanno, Sugimori set new records

Asami Tanno and Miho Sugimori claimed their second straight titles with record-breaking runs while high school runner Yuzo Kanemaru won the men's 400 meters at the national track and field championships Sunday.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 6, 2005

Catalyst for global stability

Asia's rapid economic growth, vast population and strategic geographical location are among the factors suggesting that the region should play a more prominent role in the international community. To cite but one example of Asia's influence on global issues, it is predicted that the rapid growth of energy...
JAPAN
Jun 6, 2005

Granddaughter of Tojo still against separate enshrinement

A granddaughter of Hideki Tojo, the prime minister executed as a Class-A war criminal after World War II, reiterated Sunday her opposition to removing her grandfather and other Class-A war criminals from the list of those enshrined at Yasukuni Shrine.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 6, 2005

China showing a knack for taking risks

SINGAPORE -- A China that is willing to take ideological and political risks is emerging not only in affairs involving Hong Kong and Taiwan but also in the increasingly troubled relations with Tokyo and Washington.
JAPAN
Jun 6, 2005

JT Readers' Fund shares 1.19 million yen

The 2004 Japan Times Readers' Fund has distributed 1,194,919 yen to five organizations to help finance projects for Asian people in need.
EDITORIALS
Jun 6, 2005

Unconvincing catchall net

In recent years, two moves concerning the handling of personal information have created clearly different political and public reactions in Japan. A law for strengthening the protection of personal information has been generally accepted by the public and people are learning its "dos" and "don'ts." By...
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 6, 2005

Getting Japan off their back

SYDNEY -- Japanese whalers are coming and there appears no way of stopping them. Worse, their harpoons are about to slaughter more of the ocean mammals than ever.
JAPAN
Jun 6, 2005

Earthquake jolts Niigata Prefecture

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 3.6 rocked the Chuetsu region in Niigata Prefecture on Sunday, the Meteorological Agency said.
JAPAN
Jun 6, 2005

Frenchman to try to row from Chiba to San Francisco

Emmanuel Coindre, the French sailor who has crossed the Atlantic five times in a rowboat, is planning to set out this month on the first-ever solo nonstop rowboat voyage from Japan to the U.S.
BUSINESS / JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES
Jun 6, 2005

Income gap among Japanese expanding, but not by much

Traditionally, the income gap between the rich and the poor has been rather small in Japan, creating what has become known as the "all-Japanese-as-middle class" mentality.

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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