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JAPAN
Oct 25, 2005

Woman's body found in trunk of car

A woman's body was found Monday in the trunk of a car in a parking lot in Tama, western Tokyo, the Metropolitan Police Department said.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Oct 25, 2005

How did you end up in Japan?

Paul Tronsgard Teacher, 26 My coming and living here was basically an accident. I was living in Hong Kong and thinking about moving on. I was debating where to go to next and my friends said, "Come to Tokyo" so I did and I've been here almost a year now.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Oct 25, 2005

Japan sees beginning of change

Writer Alex Kerr first came to Japan in 1964, since when he has worked as a translator, art dealer and in real estate during the "bubble" economy.
BUSINESS
Oct 25, 2005

First-half net profit up at Kao

Kao Corp. said Monday its consolidated net profit in the April-September first half of the 2005 business year rose 1.9 percent over the same period the previous year to 38.49 billion yen.
BUSINESS
Oct 25, 2005

Hitachi to merge three subsidiaries in integration plan

Hitachi Ltd. said Monday it will integrate Hitachi Plant Engineering & Construction Co. and two other subsidiaries as well as its social and industrial infrastructure division on April 1.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WORDS TO LIVE BY
Oct 25, 2005

Shoichiro Satake

At 46, Shoichiro Satake, owner of Galerie Sho Contemporary Art, is Japan's biggest dealer of works by Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat. While more than 3,000 Warhols and 100 Basquiats have passed through his hands, their essence has stayed with him.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Oct 25, 2005

Yamaha's electric cycles, Toshiba's 'Wearable Star' series, Naoto Fukasawa's Aroma Pot, AU's Penck, the Boing collection

When it comes to the promotion of design in Japan, there's hardly any honor more significant than the annual Good Design Award. Developed by the Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization (JIDPO), each year the Good Design Award heralds the best of the best. In its 49th year, and with over 30,000...
MORE SPORTS
Oct 24, 2005

Triple bliss for Deep Impact

KYOTO -- Sunday saw the birth of Japan's sixth Triple Crown champion as Deep Impact rocked a record Kikkasho crowd of nearly 137,000 with a race that had hearts in mouths till the very end.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 24, 2005

Marines batter toothless Tigers

CHIBA -- The Chiba Lotte Marines keep losing bodies, but the Hanshin Tigers keep losing games.
JAPAN
Oct 24, 2005

More waste at social security agency

Government auditors have found another potential waste of taxpayers' money in the Social Insurance Agency, which has come under fire over the past few years for budgetary oversights, Board of Audit sources said Sunday.
JAPAN
Oct 24, 2005

Don't appease China: Machimura

Japan should establish a more equal relationship with China rather than always trying to appease its giant rival, Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura said Sunday as he defended Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's latest visit to Yasukuni Shrine.
JAPAN
Oct 24, 2005

U.S. Futenma plan gaining traction

The government is moving toward accepting the U.S. proposal for relocating the heliport operations of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Okinawa Prefecture, according to government sources.
BUSINESS / JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES
Oct 24, 2005

Government's policy yardstick should be based on per capita GDP, not GDP

Finance ministers and central bankers from the G20 advanced and emerging economies expressed strong concern Oct. 16 that high oil prices could decelerate growth and destabilize the global economy as they wrapped up their annual meeting on the outskirts of Beijing.
COMMENTARY
Oct 24, 2005

How clear is Japan's future?

The editors of three leading British journals (The Times, The Financial Times and The Economist) have recently visited Japan and reported positively on Japan's economic prospects. They noted that Japan had largely recovered from "the lost decade." The Economist was bullish, heading its recent supplement...
JAPAN
Oct 24, 2005

Hiking consumption tax 'unavoidable,' Tanigaki says

The next prime minister will have to raise the consumption tax to pay for ballooning social security costs, Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki said Sunday.
COMMENTARY
Oct 24, 2005

Tired of military presence

As expected, U.S. base-relocation plans in Japan -- part of the U.S. strategy of global troop realignment -- are facing difficulties. Americans living near military bases at home may be opposed to cutbacks for fear of losing jobs, but people in Japan, an island country one-twenty-fifth the size of the...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 24, 2005

Germany must be determined on reform: expert

Unless the forthcoming German government of conservative leader Angela Merkel bites the bullet and carries out painful reforms in a determined way, there will be no real domestic demand-led growth in the country, and its leadership in Europe will be limited, a German expert told a recent symposium in...
EDITORIALS
Oct 24, 2005

Child violence raises concern

Japan's primary-school children appear to have become more violent, according to statistics from a recent report by the Education and Science Ministry. To use a contemporary Japanese expression, they have become "kire-yasui." This expression, which literally means their "nerves tend to snap easily,"...
SOCCER / J. League
Oct 23, 2005

Alex free-kick helps Reds over Omiya

SAITAMA -- Japan international Alessandro Santos scored a stunning free-kick and set up another goal as Urawa Reds beat Omiya Ardija 3-1 in a bruising Saitama derby on Saturday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 23, 2005

Marines open fire on hapless Tigers

CHIBA -- Toshiaki Imae wasted no time settling into his new spot in the batting order, and the Chiba Lotte Marines took an easy first step toward ending 31 years of futility.
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."

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Mamoru Iwai, stationmaster of Keisei Ueno Station, says that, other than earthquake-proofing, the former Hakubutsukan-Dobutsuen (Museum-Zoo) Station has remained untouched.
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