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BUSINESS
Sep 10, 2005

Exxon Mobil to export Japanese oil

Exxon Mobil Corp. said Thursday it will export petroleum products from Japan to the United States and Europe in an effort to allay supply concerns sparked by the recent hurricane disaster in the U.S.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Sep 10, 2005

Escape to the land of country bumpkins

So you've decided to escape to the countryside for the long holiday weekend? Well, fine, but if you're wanting to get back in touch with nature, be prepared. If you come to an island like mine, you will have entered a world cut off not only from city life, but from the mainland as well. Without a major...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Sep 10, 2005

Just 14 more mountains to climb for jackpot 100

Some long-term visitors to Japan choose to count the days. Others make the decision to suck every drop of juice out of the opportunity. Take Ginger Vaughn, for example. She falls most definitely into the latter category -- and all power to her facial and calf muscles!
EDITORIALS
Sep 10, 2005

Result of 'dealing with the devil'

The report on the investigation of the United Nations' oil-for-food program -- the international effort to oversee Iraq's oil sales and alleviate suffering in that country following the first Persian Gulf War -- excoriates the entire U.N. system for its failures. No one -- not the the U.N. bureaucracy,...
BUSINESS
Sep 10, 2005

Komura to be Meiji Yasuda president

Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. is finalizing a decision for the company to promote Senior Managing Director Masato Komura to the presidency, succeeding Ryotaro Kaneko, sources said Friday.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Sep 9, 2005

Despite troubles, Gooden blessed

I got a bit choked up the other day.
MORE SPORTS
Sep 9, 2005

Suetsugu doesn't like his chances

Japan's Shingo Suetsugu has admitted he will have his work cut out when he faces Olympic and world champion Justin Gatlin in the men's 100 meters at the Seiko Super meet in Yokohama later this month.
JAPAN
Sep 9, 2005

Bureaucrats fear not the loss of pull on politics if they join in

The road from bureaucrat to politician is well-paved.
JAPAN
Sep 9, 2005

Curbs planned on exposure to cosmic radiation

The government plans to ask Japanese airlines to take steps to protect their cockpit and cabin crews from exposure to cosmic radiation during high-altitude flight, it was learned Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 9, 2005

Position on North Korea unchanged

Tokyo will maintain its stance of demanding complete abolition of North Korea's nuclear arms program during the six-party talks that are to resume next week, but is not yet sure whether the new round will lead to any substantial developments, the top government spokesman said Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 9, 2005

Man found guilty in 'koban' scrap

The Tokyo District Court gave a 53-year-old man a suspended seven-month prison term Thursday for obstructing police in Tokyo in February 2004.
JAPAN
Sep 9, 2005

Key bid-rigging figure makes bail

The Tokyo High Court said Thursday it will release Michio Uchida, a former vice president of Japan Highway Public Corp. suspected of being involved in bid-rigging, on bail of 15 million yen.
JAPAN
Sep 9, 2005

Claims from Kanto quake would outdo Katrina: S&P

If a huge temblor like the one in 1923 hits the Kanto region, insurance claims will rocket to nearly 7 trillion, yen topping the cost of any past natural disaster to date, U.S. credit rating agency Standard & Poor's said Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 9, 2005

Seiko Noda and Yukari Sato in desperate battle in Gifu

GIFU -- A showdown between two female candidates has all eyes fixed on this sleepy conservative city in the Chubu region.
EDITORIALS
Sep 9, 2005

Anatomy of a train disaster

The April 25 tragic train crash on the West Japan Railway Co.'s Fukuchiyama Line in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, was the worst rail accident since Japanese National Railways was privatized in April 1987. It killed 106 passengers plus the driver, Ryujiro Takami, 23, and injured 555 others. Many bereaved...
BUSINESS
Sep 9, 2005

Meiji Yasuda scandal may undo execs

The president of Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. and three other top executives might resign in October to take responsibility for a scandal in which the firm refused to pay insurance claims, sources said Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 9, 2005

Firms trot out humanoid robot for risky tasks

Bridge builder Kawada Industries Inc. and two partners unveiled a humanoid robot Thursday designed to take on work at construction sites and other hazardous sites.
BUSINESS
Sep 9, 2005

BOJ upgrades economy for third consecutive month

The Bank of Japan on Thursday upgraded its assessment of the economy in its September report for the third straight month.
JAPAN
Sep 9, 2005

Honda bikes to get air bags

Honda Motor Co. said Thursday it has developed the world's first motorcycle air bag system for commercial use, to be mounted on a production model to be released in the United States.
BUSINESS
Sep 9, 2005

July core machinery orders off 4.3%

Japan's core private-sector machinery orders declined a seasonally adjusted 4.3 percent in July from the previous month to 1.013 trillion, yen after surging 11.1 percent in June to their highest level in five years, the government said Thursday.
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.
At first summit with Trump, Takaichi pledges 'new golden age' for alliance
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi raises her fist as U.S. President Donald Trump delivers a speech in front of U.S. Navy personnel on board the U.S. Navy's USS George Washington aircraft carrier at the American naval base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Tuesday.
Abe shooting suspect Yamagami pleads guilty to murder
Members of the media gather outside the Nara District Court in the city of Nara on Tuesday hours before the start of the trial of Tetsuya Yamagami, the man accused of fatally shooting former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in July 2022.
Takaichi buys time and builds trust with ‘near-perfect’ Trump summit
U.S. President Donald Trump walks with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi aboard the USS George Washington aircraft carrier during a visit to the U.S. Navy's Yokosuka base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Tuesday.
JPYC, world’s first yen stablecoin, is issued
Noritaka Okabe, head of Japanese startup JPYC, at a news conference for the first yen stablecoin in Tokyo on Monday
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."
Spanish artist and Japanese writer duos diversify the manga talent pool in Japan
"Menheim” is a dark fantasy manga with a story that centers on a girl’s quest to find a cure for her ill brother.

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

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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.
Inside Tokyo's 'phantom' stations — and the stories they tell
By Alex K.T. Martin

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We are pleased to announce the winners of the 6th annual Sustainable Japan Award.
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