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JAPAN
Apr 14, 2005

Appliance pollutant listings to be mandatory

Home appliance makers will be required to indicate the environmentally harmful substances they use in five products, including air conditioners and television sets.
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2005

Filipino teen faces deportation with parents, rest of Japan-born siblings

The Tokyo High Court on Wednesday overturned a ruling allowing a Japan-born Filipino girl to remain in the country.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 13, 2005

Tigers rout Giants to maintain CL lead

Tomoaki Kanemoto doubled in a pair of runs Tuesday as the Hanshin Tigers scored four runs in the bottom of the fifth inning en route to a 8-1 win over the Yomiuri Giants.
MORE SPORTS
Apr 13, 2005

Morita, 15, becomes Japan's youngest-ever pro tennis player

National junior champion Ayumi Morita became the youngest Japanese professional tennis player of all time at 15 years and one month when tennis officials gave the green light to her application Tuesday.
MORE SPORTS
Apr 13, 2005

Onda moves base to Canada

Japanese figure skater Yoshie Onda will move her training base from the United States to Canada under new Canadian coach Josee Chouinard, sources close to her said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Apr 13, 2005

Woman's long-lost brother confirmed in Russia

A DNA test has confirmed that a Japanese man who had stayed on on Sakhalin after the Soviet Union took control of the island at the end of World War II is the elder brother of a Hokkaido woman, the health ministry said Tuesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 13, 2005

Vision of a 'superflat' future

NEW YORK -- Murakami-mania hit New York last week as the "Little Boy: The Arts of Japan's Exploding Subculture" exhibition at the Japan Society opened to much media fanfare.
COMMENTARY
Apr 13, 2005

China's cultural soul being sacrificed on altar of growth

HONG KONG -- As the Chinese economy continues to power ahead, everyone in the country is pleased with the visible improvement in standards of living, but very few people are counting the cost in terms of the loss of China's historical legacy, the growing sense of alienation and the loss of the cohesiveness...
JAPAN
Apr 13, 2005

Golden Week to average 6.3 days off

Employees of major companies in Japan will get an average of 6.3 days in a row off during the Golden Week holiday season from late April to early May, up 0.7 day from last year, a labor ministry survey showed Tuesday.
JAPAN
Apr 13, 2005

Japan set to pitch for bigger UNSC

Japan is willing to try to persuade countries opposed to expansion of the U.N. Security Council to support the idea, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Apr 13, 2005

Fukuoka, Miyagi by-election campaigns start

Campaigning kicked off in Miyagi and Fukuoka prefectures Tuesday for two House of Representatives by-elections expected to be pivotal in deciding the fate of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's postal privatization drive.
BUSINESS
Apr 13, 2005

Livedoor shares drop to record low price

Market confidence in Internet company Livedoor Co. appeared to ebb Tuesday as its share price temporarily dropped to a record low of 292 yen on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
JAPAN
Apr 13, 2005

Time conflict to keep Sharon from seeing Abbas in Tokyo

Bad timing will prevent Israeli and Palestinian leaders from meeting with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi for a three-way summit next month, but such a gathering may be possible in the future, Israel's vice premier said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Apr 13, 2005

China-Japan tensions won't hurt air travel, official says

Recent anti-Japanese protests in China probably won't greatly hurt air travel from Japan, a senior aviation official said Tuesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 13, 2005

Kent Nagano conducts former collaborator Takemitsu

Kent Nagano is nothing if not a very busy man. The musical director of the Los Angeles Opera, the artistic director and chief conductor of the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester, Berlin, and the guest director of many world-famous orchestras, the California native is in demand as one of the most popular opera...
JAPAN
Apr 13, 2005

Imperial Couple to visit Dublin, Oslo

Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko will visit Ireland and Norway next month, accompanied by an entourage led by former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, the government said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 13, 2005

Kids born, fathered here by Japanese sue state for recognition as citizens

A lawsuit was filed against the government Tuesday on behalf of nine children born in Japan to Japanese fathers and Filipino mothers who are seeking to be recognized as Japanese, according to their lawyer.
JAPAN
Apr 13, 2005

Japan wants permission to kill more whale species

Japan will seek permission to conduct a "broader and more comprehensive" research whaling program in the Antarctic when the International Whaling Commission holds its annual meeting in June, a Fisheries Agency official said Tuesday.
EDITORIALS
Apr 13, 2005

Troubling events in China

The recent wave of anti-Japanese demonstrations in China raises questions about Beijing's will to stabilize the situation. At the beginning of this month, demonstrators went on a rampage in Sichuan and Shenzhen in southern China, smashing windows of a Japanese supermarket and committing other acts of...
BUSINESS
Apr 13, 2005

Bank lending kept falling in '04

The average daily lending balance of Japanese banks in fiscal 2004 fell 3.5 percent from the previous year to 386.05 trillion yen, extending the downtrend to eight consecutive years, the Bank of Japan said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Apr 13, 2005

Ownership of broadcasters may become difficult for foreigners

The Liberal Democratic Party approved a proposal Tuesday to stiffen a law limiting foreign ownership of Japanese TV and radio broadcasters, party officials said.
MORE SPORTS
Apr 12, 2005

Asagoe takes over as Japan's No. 1

Shinobu Asagoe took over as the No. 1 Japanese player and Ai Sugiyama settled for second in the latest rankings by the WTA released Monday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 12, 2005

Hawks blank Eagles

Toshiya Sugiuchi tossed a three-hitter Monday as the Softbank Hawks blanked the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 4-0 at Fullcast Stadium.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 12, 2005

Prime minister's new quarters open after major renovation

The prime minister's newly renovated residential quarters in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, opened Monday.
JAPAN
Apr 12, 2005

Nursing home diapers no hand-washing issue for 38%

Thirty-eight percent of special nursing homes that responded to a survey admitted they failed to instruct their staff to wash and sterilize their hands every time they changed patients' diapers, a government survey showed Monday.
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.

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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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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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