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JAPAN
Apr 15, 2005

Human-trafficking at record 79 cases but number more likely in thousands

Police either made arrests in or turned over to prosecutors 79 cases of alleged human-trafficking involving foreign women forced into the sex industry or other forms of exploitation last year.
BUSINESS
Apr 15, 2005

China tells Japan to proceed with caution

China on Thursday warned that Japan would have to take "full responsibility" for any consequences if it proceeds with exploration for oil and gas in a contested area of the East China Sea.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Apr 15, 2005

We are the robots

EXPO 2005 Aichi, now entering the fourth week of its 180-day run, is providing visitors with thousands of thrilling glimpses of the future. With all manner of advanced technology on show -- from humanoid robots to next-generation transportation systems -- the world of tomorrow has never felt so close....
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Apr 15, 2005

Matsuba Chaya: Buddha, soba and the great outdoors

Spring is here, the sap is rising, buds are budding and the Food File's fancy turns to . . . noodles? Out in Chofu, heartland of Tokyo's bed-town suburbia?
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2005

Cost-cutting a safety threat: JAL unions

Unions at Japan Airlines Corp. are taking the opportunity of JAL being reprimanded by the government over recent safety shortcomings to fault the policies of management, especially its drastic cost-reduction efforts.
EDITORIALS
Apr 14, 2005

A victory for human rights

The decision by the United Nations Security Council to send war-crimes suspects from the Darfur region of Sudan to the new International Criminal Court (ICC) is an important victory for human rights. Even the United States, which has been implacable in its opposition to the ICC, agreed to the final resolution....
JAPAN / BULLETIN BOARD
Apr 14, 2005

Monitors sought for summer job program in the U.S.

The Japan office of USA Work & Travel seeks two monitors who want to participate in the group's summer job program in the U.S.
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2005

Remorse oft repeated in past: Hosoda

Tokyo has repeatedly expressed its remorse to Beijing for Japan's wartime actions and recent anti-Japan demonstrations in China will not change its position, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2005

Lavrov visit to pave way for Putin

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will be in Japan on May 30 and 31 to lay the groundwork for a promised visit by President Vladimir Putin later this year, Foreign Ministry officials in Tokyo said Wednesday.
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Apr 14, 2005

Could change be the only constant in the cosmos?

In David Mitchell's compelling novel "Cloud Atlas," two of the characters climb the dormant Mauna Kea volcano in Hawaii, and find giant domes -- observatories -- at the peak of the great mountain. The novel -- published last year -- is comprised of six interweaved strands, starting in the 1800s and moving...
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2005

Tokyo to let Japan firms test-drill in contested seas

Japan said Wednesday it has begun processing applications that would allow domestic companies to test-drill in contested waters in the East China Sea where China plans to launch full-scale drilling for natural gas.
BUSINESS
Apr 14, 2005

Stocks rise as NBS suitors look to deal

Livedoor Co. stock surged 13 percent Wednesday on news that it is negotiating a capital and business tieup with Fuji Television Network Inc.
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2005

Court hits Nationality Law restrictions

It is unconstitutional for the government to refuse Japanese nationality to a 7-year-old boy of Japanese-Philippine parenthood born out of wedlock and later recognized by his Japanese father, the Tokyo District Court ruled Wednesday.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Apr 14, 2005

Azure-winged magpie

* Japanese name: Onaga * Scientific name: Cyanopica cyana * Description: Magpies are in the Corvid family, that is, they are related to crows and jackdaws. But Azure-winged magpies are more elegant, with long, light-blue tails and wings, gray backs, white throats and black caps on the top of their...
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 14, 2005

Righting past humiliations

SINGAPORE -- China, South Korea and Indonesia have seen a rise of nationalism commensurate with their increasing economic confidence. The rise in national- ism can also be traced to historical humiliations suffered by China and South Korea a century or more ago, and to Indonesia's ordeal in the Asian...
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2005

For rent: Mount Fuji weather station; nice view

The Meteorological Agency is looking for tenants to rent a vacant weather monitoring station at the summit of Mount Fuji, according to an agency official.
BUSINESS
Apr 14, 2005

Livedoor, Fuji TV set to bury hatchet?

Internet services firm Livedoor Co. and Fuji Television Network Inc. might reach a deal by the end of the month that would draw the curtain on their highly publicized battle over control of Nippon Broadcasting System Inc., sources said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2005

Kin sue to have woman recognized as abductee

The family of a Chiba Prefecture woman who has been missing for more than 30 years filed a lawsuit against the state Wednesday, demanding that she be officially recognized as having been abducted to North Korea.
BUSINESS
Apr 14, 2005

Wholesale prices post first rise in seven years

Wholesale prices for fiscal 2004 rose 1.5 percent from a year earlier for the first increase since fiscal 1997.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2005

Aging icebreaker back from Antarctic

The icebreaker Shirase returned home Wednesday, about five months after leaving Tokyo to carry Japan's 46th Antarctic expedition team.
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2005

Watanuki draws 100 others in LDP to defy posts reforms

A group of 101 Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers met Wednesday to reiterate their opposition to the government's postal privatization plan and ruled out any compromise on the issue.
BUSINESS
Apr 14, 2005

Lawson, FamilyMart post robust growth in earnings

Lawson Inc. said Wednesday its net profit for the year that ended in February rose 10 percent to a record 20.44 billion yen, buoyed by strong sales and aggressive store-openings.
Japan's cutting-edge railgun successfully strikes target vessel
The Defense Ministry’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) conducted a ship-board railgun shooting test from June to early July this year with the support of the Maritime Self-Defense Force.
Thousands without power in Tokyo as heavy rain batters Kanto region
Heavy rain hit Tokyo and surrounding areas Thursday afternoon, causing thousands to lose power, prompting flood warnings, grounding flights and causing transportation issues.
People rush to make furusato nozei donations ahead of tighter rules
A booth from the town of Betsukai in Hokkaido at an Amazon Japan furusato nо̄zei promotion event, on Sept. 5 in Tokyo's Minato Ward.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
JAL reprimand over drunken pilots adds to airline’s woes
Japan Airlines President Mitsuko Tottori (right) bows in apology Wednesday in Tokyo over the company's pilots causing flight delays due to drinking alcohol.
‘Fairytale’ Shirakawago ranked one of the world’s most beautiful villages
Forbes and Unforgettable Travel Company have ranked Shirakawago in Gifu Prefecture as Asia's most beautiful village.
Aging Japan’s centenarian population nears 100,000
Shigeko Kagawa, Japan's oldest person at 114, in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, on July 30
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
As of August 2024, the number of confirmed chagusaba farmers had fallen to 302, just over half the 582 reported in 2015, according to the Shizuoka Chagusaba Farming Method Promotion Council.

Podcast

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

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Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight
By Mai Yoshikawa

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