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JAPAN
Nov 13, 2004

Mob boss ordered to compensate victims' kin

The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the head of the nation's largest crime syndicate to pay damages to the family of a police officer who was gunned down by members of an affiliated gang.
BUSINESS
Nov 13, 2004

China tells Japan to hurry up with free-trade deal

OSAKA -- Chinese participants of the 4th Japan-China Economic Conference urged Japan on Friday to speed up negotiations for a free-trade agreement so that an East Asian FTA can be concluded by 2020.
JAPAN
Nov 13, 2004

Group of debtors sues nationwide for return of usury interest

A group of people with debts filed simultaneous lawsuits Friday in 12 prefectures against consumer loan companies, demanding that the lenders return a combined 700 million yen they collected by charging illegally high interest rates.
MORE SPORTS
Nov 13, 2004

New pro hoop league to take flight in Japan

Plans for a new professional basketball league in Japan will be announced at a news conference on Nov. 24 in Tokyo, organizers said in a news release on Friday.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Nov 13, 2004

Ants go marching one by one, hurrah!

For years entomologists have been trying to figure out why ants work in the ways they do. Through years of my own research, and as an experienced "antomologist," I've discovered the answer: Ants have been copying the Japanese. It's ant "wa." The wa system has been in place by the Japanese since the beginning...
BUSINESS
Nov 13, 2004

Suntory to sell whiskey in China

Officials of whiskey maker Suntory Ltd. said the company plans to start selling the spirits in China as soon as possible.
JAPAN
Nov 13, 2004

Aum monitoring should continue: justice minister

The law allowing surveillance of Aum Shinrikyo, the cult responsible for the deadly 1995 sarin attack on the Tokyo subway system and other heinous crimes, should be extended, Justice Minister Chieko Noono said Friday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Nov 13, 2004

How mum juggles racing, soccer, K1, Portugal

Last Tuesday, Sonia Ito is busy with household chores in Zushi, Kanagawa Prefecture. Early evening she leaves husband Yuta with 2-year old daughter Julia and catches the train for Tokyo. By 7:30 p.m. she's seated on a purple "zabuton" in Fuji TV's headquarters at O-Daiba, recording the soccer program...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 13, 2004

Eagles eye Okinawa

The newly formed Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles will likely hold next year's spring training in Okinawa, team manager Yasushi Tao said on Friday.
EDITORIALS
Nov 12, 2004

Challenges to the just-opened Diet

A n extraordinary Diet session that opened Tuesday looks set for lively debates on a host of contentious issues, including the perennial problem of "politics and money." Adding to that is last month's reshuffle of the Cabinet and of top executive posts in both the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and...
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2004

North 'reluctant' to hold six-party talks before year's end

North Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Kim Gye Gwan has poured cold water on the idea of holding the next round of six-way talks on his country's nuclear threat by year's end, Senior Vice Foreign Minister Shuzen Tanigawa said Thursday.
JAPAN / BY THE NUMBERS
Nov 12, 2004

Credit card firms face one cold foe: hard cash

One credit card offers miles and points for clothes purchases. Another beckons with travel insurance and discounts at movie theaters and fancy restaurants.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / THEN AND NOW
Nov 12, 2004

Shinjuku blossoms in many ways

Modern Shinjuku claims to be the new heart of Tokyo. With futuristic skyscrapers emerging as early as the 1970s, the town has been at the vanguard of Tokyo's urban renewal. City Hall has moved in and new hotels and new office buildings have mushroomed to accommodate the needs of businessmen from all...
BUSINESS
Nov 12, 2004

Doyukai pushes government to clean up nation's finances

The Japan Association of Corporate Executives (Keizai Doyukai) urged the government Thursday to come up with specific plans to sort out the nation's finances, association officials said.
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2004

Opposition bill aims to get SDF out of Iraq

In a bid to have the Ground Self-Defense Force troops withdrawn from Iraq, opposition parties jointly submitted a bill Thursday to the Diet to scrap the special law allowing the deployment in the war-torn country.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2004

Yokota base joint-use plan irks residents

Ryuzo Fukumoto's house shakes and a roar can be heard overhead around 40 times a day on average -- sometimes even at night.
BUSINESS
Nov 12, 2004

Beer, 'happoshu' shipments down

Combined domestic shipments of beer and "happoshu," its low-malt cousin, by Japan's five major brewers fell 9.2 percent in October from a year earlier, posting a third straight monthly drop, according to shipment figures released Thursday.
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2004

Japan continues tracking mystery sub

Japan on Thursday continued tracking an unidentified submarine that entered its territorial waters off Okinawa the previous day.
BUSINESS
Nov 12, 2004

Machinery orders fall 1.9%; slower capital spending seen

Core private-sector machinery orders fell a seasonally adjusted 1.9 percent in September from the previous month to 929.1 billion yen, prompting the government Thursday to revise downward its monthly assessment of the nation's capital spending for the first time in three years.
MORE SPORTS
Nov 12, 2004

Top coach Bollettieri backhands rule changes

The last time I spent $1,500 in one hour, the scenario involved chips, cards, a green velvet table and blurred vision. $1,500 is also the fee for a one-hour, private lesson with unquestionably the world's most renowned tennis coach, Nick Bollettieri. Returns on investments of this nature can be significant...
BUSINESS
Nov 12, 2004

Daiei may ask founding family to offer up assets

Daiei Inc. might ask its founding family to bear some responsibility for the company's financial troubles by providing some of its personal assets to help with the retailer's rehabilitation, company sources said Thursday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 12, 2004

Eagles will pay big for foreign star

Hiroshi Mikitani, president of Internet shopping mall operator Rakuten Inc., said Wednesday he is willing to use some of his own money to help the company put up as much as 1 billion yen to acquire a top-class foreign player for its newly formed baseball team.
BUSINESS
Nov 12, 2004

Schwarzenegger pitches state to Cho

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger met with Toyota Motor Corp. President Fujio Cho in Tokyo on Thursday in an apparent bid to persuade the Japanese carmaker to produce hybrid cars in his state.
A prophesied disaster (likely) won’t strike Japan this weekend
A viral manga prediction of a July 5 disaster has gripped Japan with anxiety and triggered an economic impact, but experts warn that while such dates are unreliable, the threat of a massive earthquake remains real. 
Magnitude 5.5 earthquake jars Tokara Islands amid flurry of seismic activity
A strong quake struck off the Tokara Islands on Thursday afternoon, with the island chain having recorded around 1,000 earthquakes since a burst of seismic activity first began on June 21.
Japan to require flight passengers to keep power banks within sight
The transport ministry has announced new regulations requiring flight passengers to keep power banks within sight to mitigate fire risks while on board planes.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Residents of Tokara Islands begin evacuation as seismic swarm continues
Details about evacuations from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecture, is seen written on a whiteboard in the city of Kagoshima on Thursday.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Flag football facing challenges and opportunities ahead
Japan’s women’s flag football team at the 2025 International Bowl in Los Angeles in June. The sport is enjoying continued growth in the country.
From Hokusai’s Great Wave, shinkansen to One Piece: a cultural treasure box for Lego Japan
Michael Ebbesen, general manager of Lego Japan, says Lego bricks based on Japanese culture have a rich global appeal and are sellable around the world.
With farmed fish, RelationFish swims against the tide in fine dining
Chef Hideaki Matsuo (middle) and the staff of Oseto Suisan Fisheries prepare to check on their sustainably farmed fish.
As Southeast Asia heats up, a Japanese cooling giant sees a major opportunity
An employee of Daikin Cambodia explains the use of different tools during an air conditioner installation training session in Phnom Penh. Daikin is one of Japan’s oldest air conditioning companies, but as Japan’s population falls, the firm is keying in on overseas growth.

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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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Mount Fuji is considered one of Japan's most iconic symbols and is a major draw for tourists. It's still a mountain, though, and potential hikers need to properly prepare for any climb.
What it takes to save lives on Mount Fuji
By Alex K.T. Martin

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