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EDITORIALS
Aug 16, 2005

The other nuclear crisis resumes

Iran appears to be headed -- once again -- toward conflict with the rest of the world over its nuclear programs. Tehran has rejected a European proposal that was designed to end concerns over its determination to develop facilities that would allow Iran to build a nuclear weapon -- an objective the Iranian...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 16, 2005

Vital need for pediatricians converted pair

Ten years ago, when Dr. Yukari Kato's second child was born seven weeks premature, all she could do was pray he would survive. Happily, after time in a hospital intensive-care unit, he did, and this month he turns 11.
JAPAN
Aug 16, 2005

Abe, ministers, Diet members visit shrine

Amid heightened attention on Japan's wartime past, 47 Diet members visited contentious Yasukuni Shrine together Monday, the 60th anniversary of the nation's surrender.
JAPAN
Aug 16, 2005

Honoring the war dead is a hot, heated affair

Tens of thousands of people braved a sweltering Monday in Tokyo to pay their respects to the nation's war dead on the 60th anniversary of Japan's World War II surrender.
JAPAN
Aug 16, 2005

Japan Highway exec indicted over bids

Prosecutors filed charges Monday against Michio Uchida, vice president of the Japan Highway Public Corp., for his involvement in rigging bids for bridge projects, resulting in inflated costs.
BUSINESS
Aug 16, 2005

0.1% salary cut sought for government workers

The National Personnel Authority asked the government Monday to cut the basic annual salary for central government workers by 0.1 percent, or 4,000 yen, for this fiscal year through next March.
JAPAN
Aug 16, 2005

Election to delay U.S. forces talks

Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura recently informed U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that the Sept. 11 general election will probably cause a delay in bilateral talks on realigning U.S. forces in Japan, a top Foreign Ministry official said Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 16, 2005

Tsukuba Express set to begin service on Aug. 24

The long-awaited Tsukuba Express line, which will cross through Saitama and Chiba prefectures to connect Tokyo's Akihabara district with Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, will begin operations Aug. 24 amid high -- and low -- expectations.
JAPAN
Aug 16, 2005

Koizumi repeats apology

Marking the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi expressed regret Monday for Japan's past deeds against its Asian neighbors and vowed to make sure they never happen again.
JAPAN
Aug 16, 2005

Koizumi secretary quits post to run in Sept. 11 election

Jiro Ono, a secretary to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, quit his National Police Agency post Monday to run in the Sept. 11 House of Representatives election in support of Koizumi's structural reforms centering on postal privatization.
BUSINESS
Aug 16, 2005

Raider's bid for OSE appears grim

The Financial Services Agency appears likely to turn down investment fund operator Yoshiaki Murakami's application for approval to acquire a stake of more than 20 percent in Osaka Securities Exchange Co., sources said Monday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Aug 16, 2005

What do you think of the issue of privatizing the post-office system?

Shinichi Onogi Salaryman, 37 I don't really care, because it will happen regardless of what I think. That's how politics work. Even though I vote, I'm still powerless. I don't support Koizumi because he does nothing.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Aug 16, 2005

Moving and bank hassle

Moving expenses We need help negotiating with the new owner of our building. It is going to be demolished, and we have been told to leave.
JAPAN
Aug 16, 2005

For Koizumi, Yasukuni risks far outweigh benefits

As many people both at home and abroad waited with bated breath, the 60th anniversary of Japan's World War II surrender came and went Monday with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi not visiting Yasukuni Shrine.
BUSINESS
Aug 16, 2005

Takenaka, Tanigaki slam DPJ's postal savings, fiscal spending cut plans

Postal privatization minister Heizo Takenaka and Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki on Monday criticized the Democratic Party of Japan's recently aired ideas to change the postal savings system and fiscal reform, saying they would cost more than 100,000 jobs.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Aug 16, 2005

The law and you

Cheeky thieves My wife and I operated a cram school for about five years in a small city in rural Japan.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 15, 2005

Zuleta smacks two homers as Hawks soar

Julio Zuleta hit a pair of two-run homers Sunday and Nagisa Arakaki went six-plus strong innings as the Pacific League-leading Softbank Hawks downed the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 5-1.
EDITORIALS
Aug 15, 2005

Soul-searching for peace in Asia

As the nation marks the 60th anniversary of its surrender to Allied Powers in World War II, the Japanese face the unfinished task of squarely looking at Japan's colonialism and modern war and seriously considering a nonmilitary path that Japan must take to contribute to world peace and stability.

Longform

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The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight