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COMMUNITY
Apr 29, 2005

Shopping for the little bookworms

It's bedtime and you're keen for the little ones to get off to sleep so you can return to that DVD you left on pause. For their story, you try winging it again with a Japanese picture book, but the version you concoct this time is different to what you told them before. Pointing out that you've got the...
BUSINESS
Apr 29, 2005

BOJ projecting change in easy monetary policy

The Bank of Japan said Thursday that easing anxiety over the country's financial stability has increased the likelihood that its ultra-loose monetary policy will change.
JAPAN
Apr 29, 2005

Cooked books seen at 29 police forces

The National Police Agency has discovered accounting irregularities tied to investigative expenses at 29 prefectural police forces, agency officials said Thursday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 28, 2005

Angry Tuffy lashes out at 'lousy' Giants teammates

Yomiuri Giants outfielder Tuffy Rhodes is tired of losing, and has some harsh words for his teammates.
SOCCER / World cup
Apr 28, 2005

Mixed news from Japan's overseas stars

Hamburg SV striker Naohiro Takahara and Feyenoord midfielder Shinji Ono are expected to join the national squad prior to Japan's Kirin Cup match against the United Arab Emirates, Japan Football Association President Saburo Kawabuchi said Tuesday.
SOCCER / J. League
Apr 28, 2005

Kashiwa bans 11 fans from soccer matches

J. League club Kashiwa Reysol has indefinitely banned 11 soccer fans for their part in a scuffle after Saturday's home game against Nagoya Grampus Eight.
COMMENTARY
Apr 28, 2005

New biotech miracles won't come cheap

WASHINGTON -- The California biotechnology industry recently gathered for its annual CALBIO conference. Participants were excited at the prospect of developing new medical miracles. But the potential of government interference hung over the proceedings like dark clouds on the horizon.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 28, 2005

Has China learned a lesson?

It is naturally welcome that Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi of Japan and President Hu Jintao of China reaffirmed in Jakarta that friendly Japan-China relations are desirable not only for the two countries but also for Asia at large. It is beyond doubt that good Japan-China relations promote peace and...
JAPAN
Apr 28, 2005

61% support making change to Constitution: poll

Sixty-one percent of people responding to a Kyodo News survey said they support the idea of revising the Constitution, according to results released Wednesday.
EDITORIALS
Apr 28, 2005

Mr. Putin's Russia

Hopes that President Vladimir Putin would use this week's state of the union address to clarify where Russia is heading were frustrated. His speech had a little something for everyone, leaving liberals and nationalists alike grasping for their favorite sound bite. It is tempting to look to the case of...
JAPAN
Apr 28, 2005

Earth Simulator masters car crash

A team of engineers and scientists have succeeded in duplicating a car crash scenario down to the very last detail by using the Earth Simulator supercomputer system, one of the fastest in the world.
JAPAN
Apr 28, 2005

Aichi, Tokyo top list of worst prefectures for car pollution

Aichi Prefecture tops the list of prefectures in total carbon dioxide emissions from cars, but Tokyo is even worse when it comes to the amount released from a car per kilometer, the Land, Infrastructure and Transportation Ministry said.
JAPAN
Apr 28, 2005

59% want Koizumi to stay put until 2006

Almost 60 percent of respondents to a recent poll want Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to stay in power until his term as Liberal Democratic Party president expires in September 2006.
LIFE / Lifestyle / ON THE BOOK TRAIL
Apr 28, 2005

"The Mermaid's Manual," "Frozen Billy"

"The Mermaid's Manual," Dawn Applerley, Bloomsbury; 2004; 14 pp. "The Mermaid's Manual" should be a dream come true for many little girls out there. Its vibrant, glittery jacket has a neat press-button on it, which makes this picture-book look like a handy kit for wannabe mermaids.
BUSINESS
Apr 28, 2005

Nippon Oil to raise gas prices 2.4 yen

The nation's largest oil refiner, Nippon Oil Corp., said Wednesday it will increase the average wholesale price for gasoline and other petroleum goods for May by 2.4 yen per liter to pass on higher crude prices.
JAPAN
Apr 28, 2005

Dating firm allegedly hid income

One of Japan's largest phone dating service operators and its five affiliated companies have been charged with hiding 1.2 billion yen in taxable income over a three-year period through March 2003, sources familiar with the case said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Apr 28, 2005

Shiseido posts a net loss of 8.86 billion yen

Shiseido Co. said Wednesday it posted an 8.86 billion yen net loss for the year that ended in March, after booking hefty restructuring costs including an early retirement package.
BUSINESS
Apr 28, 2005

Japanese find life tough in foreign securities firms

Foreign securities companies may be steadily gaining a foothold in Japan, but many of the Japanese now working for them have a tough time compared with when they used to work at domestic commercial banks and securities firms.
BUSINESS
Apr 28, 2005

'Superjumbo' no threat, Boeing says

A senior Boeing Co. official on Wednesday brushed off the threat of European rival Airbus SAS's "superjumbo," saying orders for Boeing's smaller, more fuel-efficient Dreamliner were robust.
BUSINESS
Apr 28, 2005

Nippon Steel profit jumped five-fold in '04

Nippon Steel Corp. said Wednesday its group net profit totaled 220.60 billion yen for fiscal 2004, a 5.3-fold jump from the year before, thanks to brisk steel sales amid strong demand at home and abroad.
BUSINESS
Apr 28, 2005

U.S. team talks up beef to public

A delegation of U.S. agricultural officials and experts met Wednesday with Japanese consumers to explain about American beef and why they want to quickly resume exports to Japan.
JAPAN
Apr 28, 2005

Cabinet OKs postal reform package amid chaos in LDP

The Cabinet of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi finalized a package of postal privatization bills Wednesday night after executives of his Liberal Democratic Party rammed the bills through a series of internal meetings.

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