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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.
JAPAN
Aug 15, 2005

Police suspect Joyu may try to retake Aum's helm

Fumihiro Joyu, the nominal head of the Aum Shinrikyo cult that launched the deadly sarin attack on the Tokyo subway system in 1995, may be attempting a comeback, police sources said Sunday.
BUSINESS / JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES
Aug 15, 2005

Despite removal of dollar peg, yuan still a currency under control

On July 21, the People's Bank of China announced it had ended the yuan's effective peg to the U.S. dollar and that it would link it to a basket of currencies based on China's main trading partners. The central bank also said that the yuan's exchange rate as of that evening was 8.11 to the dollar.
JAPAN
Aug 15, 2005

Revlon, Morgan Stanley to enter bids for Kanebo

U.S. cosmetics maker Revlon Inc. and U.S. investment bank Morgan Stanley & Co. are expected to enter a tender for Kanebo Ltd. and Kanebo Cosmetics Inc., according to industry sources.
COMMENTARY
Aug 15, 2005

Energy myths and illusions

LONDON/OSLO -- People like to discuss whether the world is running out of oil and gas, and the big oil companies round the world have now joined in with warnings about energy shortages and the need to retool our economies on a more energy-efficient basis. And to emphasize their dire warnings, they are...
JAPAN
Aug 15, 2005

Nakagawa visits Yasukuni Shrine

Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Shoichi Nakagawa visited Yasukuni Shrine on Sunday, the first Cabinet member to go to the shrine near the 60th anniversary Monday of the end of World War II.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 15, 2005

Scholar troubled by Japan's direction

Few intellectuals in Japan today are as deeply committed to peace and democracy as Rokuro Hidaka is. The 88-year-old sociologist is a witness to Japan's aggression in China and, during the war, even went as far as proposing that Japan withdraw its troops from China, return its colonies and lay down foundations...
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Aug 14, 2005

Sasaki's farewell unique in many ways

Retirement games, or "intai shiai," are common in Japanese baseball, but the one that took place in Sendai on Aug. 9 was a most unusual occurrence.
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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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
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