search

 
Menu
Search
 
November 01, 2025
 

Today's print edition

Home Delivery
Subscribe for more access
340,219 results
Sort by: Relevance Newest Oldest
After adjusting your search parameters, press Enter on your keyboard or click on the red magnifying glass to run your query again.
JAPAN
Nov 3, 2005

Support for Koizumi Cabinet hits two-year high

Support for Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's Cabinet after Monday's reshuffle climbed to 60.1 percent, 5.6 percentage points higher than the previous survey in mid-October.
JAPAN
Nov 3, 2005

Abe backs off sanctions for N. Korea

Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe softened his stance Wednesday on the possibility of imposing economic sanctions on North Korea to apply pressure over the abduction issue.
COMMENTARY
Nov 3, 2005

Curtain falling on Chirac?

PARIS -- For decades it was widely assumed that Europe needed an engine to go forward, and that France and Germany were best qualified to play that role. For the time being, however, this has ceased to be true. If any member aims to lead the European Union, it's Britain, which holds the EU presidency...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 3, 2005

Mazda turns a record profit on robust Japan, China sales

Mazda Motor Corp. on Wednesday reported record sales and profits in the first half of fiscal 2005, mainly due to brisk sales in Japan and China, and reductions in manufacturing costs.
JAPAN
Nov 3, 2005

Appeal by Super Free gang rapist rejected

The Supreme Court has rejected the final appeal of a former Waseda University student sentenced to 14 years in prison for three gang rape convictions, judicial sources said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Nov 3, 2005

METI panel may back use of 'golden shares'

A study panel in the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry is considering allowing listed companies to use special shares to ward off hostile takeovers.
COMMENTARY
Nov 3, 2005

The dark side of the Libby indictment

SANTA BARBARA, California -- Arguing with an icon is a loser's game. In America, Daniel Ellsberg is certainly a political and antiwar icon. But I do have a quarrel with him, and it is so serious that I'll take my chances.
JAPAN
Nov 3, 2005

Aso, Ban agree to mend relations, meet this month

New Foreign Minister Taro Aso and South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Ban Ki Moon agreed Wednesday to work on improving strained bilateral ties and to meet later this month in South Korea, Foreign Ministry officials said.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 3, 2005

A sign of Japan's decline

LONDON -- He didn't clap his hands, he did not wear a frock coat and he did not sign the visitors' book as "prime minister." So what?
JAPAN
Nov 3, 2005

Rookie Katayama named to high-ranking post

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Wednesday named new lawmaker Satsuki Katayama as parliamentary secretary to the trade minister among his appointments of 22 senior vice ministers and 26 parliamentary secretaries.
JAPAN
Nov 3, 2005

Medals of Honor to include JR train-accident rescuers

The government will issue Medals of Honor on Thursday to 827 people and 15 organizations for their contributions to society, including those who saved lives in the deadly train derailment in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, in April, government officials said Wednesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 3, 2005

And the winner, by a nose, is . . .

Speaking at the news conference following the closing ceremony of this year's Tokyo International Film Festival, lead actor Koichi Sato said that while working on "Yuki ni Negau Koto (What the Snow Brings)" he "never imagined that this film would go on to receive the top prize at an international event."...
BUSINESS
Nov 3, 2005

Wal-Mart exec named Seiyu CEO

Struggling supermarket operator Seiyu Ltd. on Wednesday named Ed Kolodzieski, chief operating officer of Wal-Mart International, as its next CEO, underlining greater control of the company by the world's largest retailer.
BUSINESS
Nov 3, 2005

TBS steadfast in seeking out 'stable' shareholders

A top official of Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc. said Wednesday it will continue to try to secure "stable" shareholders to ward off a potential hostile takeover by Internet shopping mall operator Rakuten Inc.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 3, 2005

Pushkin delivers the goods

It's no secret what the mainstream art public really like -- soft, flowery Impressionism and cute, colorful Post-impressionism, with, possibly, a smattering of Picassos and Matisses thrown in to add grit. Hold a show with this kind of art, and you'll have to hang the paintings high so that people can...
JAPAN
Nov 3, 2005

Obituary: Warren G. Shimeall

Warren G. Shimeall, an attorney who worked in Japan for 53 years, died of heart failure at Tokyo Medical University Hospital on Tuesday, his family said. He was 79.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Nov 3, 2005

A chance to dance Cranko's 'Onegin'

The etoile Manuel Legris, one of the top dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet, will fulfill one of the dreams of his career as a guest dancer in the Stuttgart Ballet when it tours Japan: performing the role of "Onegin" in a production of the ballet by the same name.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / CABINET INTERVIEW
Nov 3, 2005

Cutting deficit still top priority: Yosano

Debate over proposed tax hikes will not keep the government from trying to trim the budget deficit, according to Kaoru Yosano, the new economic and fiscal policy minister.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 3, 2005

Making a difference in Japanese cinema

Film critics, like any one else, have their pet causes -- films and careers they want to boost or bury. But unless they wield the clout of a Roger Ebert, they are just one voice in a choir that, with the Internet, is growing by the dozens every day. Singing as sweetly as they want about their favorite...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / NEW ART SEEN
Nov 3, 2005

The Showa 40 select six

The usual reasons for the formation of artists' groups are similarities in media, style or philosophy. But the only link for the six members of the "Showa 40" group, who rank among Japan's best contemporary artists, is the year of their births, 1965. There is nothing else distinctly in common among the...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / CABINET INTERVIEW
Nov 3, 2005

New METI chief to try softer touch with Asian neighbors

Newly appointed Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Toshihiro Nikai said he favors a "patient, but persistent" approach toward improving strained relations with China caused by a protracted bilateral squabble over natural gas fields in the East China Sea.
EDITORIALS
Nov 3, 2005

Big shoes to fill at the Fed

Mr. Ben Bernanke has been selected by U.S. President George W. Bush to head the Federal Reserve Board. Mr. Bernanke will succeed Mr. Alan Greenspan, a man many consider the most successful central banker in U.S. history. Those are big shoes to fill, yet he must succeed: The Fed chairman is perhaps the...
JAPAN
Nov 3, 2005

Yokosuka assembly votes against nuclear carrier

of local citizens and the Japanese people in the only country that suffered atomic bombings . . . we request that the government nullify the deployment agreement, and that the U.S. government continue deploying a conventional aircraft carrier," the municipal assembly said. Kurabayashi said the statement...
Inside Tokyo's 'phantom' stations — and the stories they tell
Mamoru Iwai, stationmaster of Keisei Ueno Station, says that, other than earthquake-proofing, the former Hakubutsukan-Dobutsuen (Museum-Zoo) Station has remained untouched.
Trump trims fentanyl-linked China tariffs after 'amazing' Xi meeting
U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping greet each other as they arrive for talks at the Gimhae Air Base, next to the Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea, on Thursday.
Japanese and South Korean leaders agree to boost ties in first meeting
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi shakes hands with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung ahead of their talks at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Thursday.
Takaichi and Xi reaffirm pledge in first meet to pursue ‘mutually beneficial’ ties
A screenshot from Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's X account shows Takaichi exchanging greetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Friday.　
Japan’s government ramps up bear control efforts amid rise in attacks
A bear roams around a field in the town of Kuzumaki, Iwate Prefecture, on Oct. 12.
Oasis returns to Japan after 16 years — and fans can still sing every word
Liam Gallagher commanded the stage with effortless charisma during Oasis' Tokyo Dome set on Saturday.
At Japan Mobility Show, BYD gears up to conquer Japan's EV market
BYD Auto Japan President Atsuki Tofukuji unveils the Racco at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Oasis returns to Tokyo: Rain, rapture and rock
Fans wait to get into the Oasis show at Tokyo Dome on Saturday. While lining up in the rain, some broke into impromptu versions of the British rock group's hits.
Kyushu banzuke sets the stage to cement 2025’s sumo narratives
Onosato ahead of his bout against Aonishiki at The Grand Sumo Tournament at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Oct. 18
Tokyo Film Festival opens with global stars and a spotlight on Asian storytelling
Director Junji Sakamoto (left) walked the Tokyo International Film Festival red carpet with Sayuri Yoshinaga (center) and Non (right), who both play mountaineer Junko Tabei, the first woman to summit Mount Everest, in the biopic "Climbing for Life."

Podcast

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

Longform

Mamoru Iwai, stationmaster of Keisei Ueno Station, says that, other than earthquake-proofing, the former Hakubutsukan-Dobutsuen (Museum-Zoo) Station has remained untouched.
Inside Tokyo's 'phantom' stations — and the stories they tell
By Alex K.T. Martin

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

Foreign wrestlers have a long history in sumo
Foreign wrestlers have a long history in sumo

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS note

Read more

SUPPLEMENTS BINDER