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Japan Times
JAPAN / 60 YEARS AND ONWARD
Aug 6, 2005

Chinatown feels Japan's tight embrace

YOKOHAMA -- Yokohama's Chinatown has been spruced up, its eateries ornately dolled up, its towering gates given a face-lift and a huge shrine adorned in gold.
BUSINESS
Aug 6, 2005

Ministry counters China swine fears

Japan does not import pork from China's southwestern Sichuan Province, where a fatal swine disease is spreading, officials at the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry stated Friday.
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2005

U.S., Japanese policies make North Korea crisis worse: NGOs

HIROSHIMA -- The failure over the past decade of both the United States and Japan to effectively deal with North Korea has led to the current nuclear crisis, but their present policies have only exacerbated the problem, a group of nongovernmental organizations said at a symposium here Friday.
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2005

UNSC bid crippled as African Union refuses to join 'G4' in resolution

Japan's prospects of gaining a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council have been dealt a savage blow, with the African Union refusing to draft a joint resolution on UNSC expansion with Japan and three other nations.
JAPAN / 60 YEARS AND ONWARD
Aug 6, 2005

Koreans here inclined to assimilate to dodge racism

It was a big leap for Takae Hayama to switch from her Japanese name to her real name when she went to college.
BUSINESS
Aug 6, 2005

KDDI's 3-G subscriber numbers pass 19 million

KDDI Corp. said Friday the number of subscribers to its third-generation mobile phone service topped 19 million late last month, three years and four months after the video-capable service was launched.
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2005

Outlying-isle joint defense drill slated

Japanese and U.S. troops will conduct defenses of Japan's outlying islands for the first time in their biannual joint command post exercise, Kyodo News learned Thursday.
BUSINESS
Aug 6, 2005

Spending slips 0.1%

Monthly household spending in June dropped a real 0.1 percent from a year ago to an average of 283,332, yen marking the third consecutive month of decline, the government said Friday.
BUSINESS
Aug 6, 2005

Sapporo, Asahi lower projections over slow sales

Leading brewers Sapporo Holdings Ltd. and Asahi Breweries Ltd. said Friday they have lowered their earnings projections for the current business year due to slower-than-expected sales of beerlike alcoholic beverages.
BUSINESS
Aug 6, 2005

Forex reserves drop by $3.9 billion

Japan's foreign-exchange reserves stood at $839.66 billion at the end of July, down $3.88 billion from a month earlier, the Finance Ministry said Friday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Aug 6, 2005

Puneet Nanda

"The sari," said Puneet Nanda in Tokyo, "is a most elegant and amazing garment."
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Aug 6, 2005

ESL job: Cows encouraged to apply

An ex-colleague recently contacted me about teaching an after-school English class for high school students going abroad. I doubted I would have the time to teach it, but agreed to talk to the school.
BUSINESS
Aug 6, 2005

JVC to slash prices on rear-projection HDTVs

Victor Co. of Japan plans to cut prices for rear-projection, high-definition televisions with flat screens as large as 70 inches, a JVC spokesman said Friday.
BUSINESS
Aug 6, 2005

Investors train sights on Russia, Eastern Europe

With the investment boom in Chinese and Indian stocks waning, Japanese investors are shifting their focus to Eastern European and Russian shares.
BUSINESS
Aug 6, 2005

Is it payback time for Mizuho?

Mizuho Financial Group Inc. is in talks with financial authorities over the possible repayment of about 800 billion yen in public funds by the end of this month, sources said Friday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Aug 6, 2005

Jambo: 'hello' in Swahili, help for nature at large

David Howenstein does not believe in being jinxed, or in giving up, which is why after two abortive attempts to meet we finally link up. He arrives, suitably attired, by a typical three-speed bike for morning tea in Seibu, which is also rather derring-do.
EDITORIALS
Aug 6, 2005

An excuse for nuclear weapons

Sixty years ago, the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, followed by one on Nagasaki three days later. The killing and injuring of hundreds of thousands of people ushered in an age that threatened nuclear annihilation. Since the East-West confrontation ended 15 years ago, the world has tended...
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2005

Ishihara told to eschew Yasukuni

Relatives of the war dead and citizens representing various groups demanded Friday that Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara refrain from visiting Yasukuni Shrine on the Aug. 15 anniversary of the end of World War II, but to no avail.
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2005

Deadly pair tied to another attack

Two men arrested on suspicion of murdering a homeless man in a Tokyo park last month are also suspected of attacking a 47-year-old company employee in June, investigators said Friday.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 6, 2005

Deciphering China's military intentions

HONOLULU -- Surely the most pressing security question confronting the United States in Asia and the nations of Asia themselves is: "Will China become a serious military threat in the western Pacific?"
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Aug 6, 2005

What not to do in Japan: die

As a veteran resident approaching his 28th year in Japan, I would like to offer some simple advice to tourists, newbies and fellow graybeards as well. Which is:
MORE SPORTS
Aug 5, 2005

Colts lose Stokley to shoulder injury

With the sound of hard hits, blazing speed and dynamic super plays, the NFL is back in Tokyo for the first time in two years.
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

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

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

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