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BUSINESS
Mar 11, 2005

Koizumi remark trips dollar but T-bill selloff not in cards

Japan is not considering unloading dollars to diversify the currencies in its foreign-exchange reserves, the country's top currency bureaucrat said Thursday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / VINELAND
Mar 11, 2005

Wines of Washington State

Every state in America now lays claim to indigenous winemaking attempts -- from Alaskans experimenting with Salmonberry wine to alcoholic beverage conglomerates setting their sights on fallow potato patches in Idaho in a quest for inexpensive, "undiscovered" potential vineyards. The results of these...
BUSINESS
Mar 11, 2005

SMFG to issue shares to up capital

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group said Thursday it will effect a much-needed capital boost worth some 210 billion yen by issuing preferred shares.
BUSINESS
Mar 11, 2005

JR East bullet train test to exceed 400 kph

East Japan Railway Co. will begin testing a bullet train in June that will operate at speeds up to 360 kph.
MORE SPORTS
Mar 10, 2005

Narita wins overall World Cup women's halfpipe title

Japanese halfpipe snowboarder Mero Narita has won the women's overall halfpipe World Cup title for the 2004-05 season, the Ski Association of Japan said Wednesday.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Mar 10, 2005

Will the 'Brave Blossoms' soon be drinking champagne?

It's often said that it is a brave man who owns up to being wrong.
SOCCER / World cup
Mar 10, 2005

Aussies seek switch to Asian confederation

The Australian soccer federation is seeking to join the Asian Football Confederation in a switch from the Oceania Football Confederation, Japan Football Association VP Junji Ogura said Wednesday.
MORE SPORTS
Mar 10, 2005

Jockey Okabe to call it a day

Japan Racing Association jockey Yukio Okabe, who has won a record 2,943 races, is set to announce his retirement, sources close to him said Wednesday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 10, 2005

Marines cancel games in South Korea

The Chiba Lotte Marines on Wednesday canceled a pair of regular-season Pacific League baseball games planned for June in South Korea.
MORE SPORTS
Mar 10, 2005

Fudo, Miyazato in for U.S. Open

Yuri Fudo and Ai Miyazato, the top two players on last year's money list of the Japanese women's tour, have received official notification allowing them to play in the U.S. Women's Open in June, the Japan LPGA said Wednesday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / ON THE BOOK TRAIL
Mar 10, 2005

"The Whispering Road," "The Pig in the Spigot"

"The Whispering Road," Livi Michael, Puffin Books; 2005; 336 pp. If you haven't read Charles Dickens yet, what could be a better introduction than Livi Michael's "The Whispering Road"? Michael's first novel for older children imbibes Dickens' influences, dramatic storytelling and colorful characterization...
BUSINESS
Mar 10, 2005

Livedoor's NBS voting rights at 46%

Livedoor Co. has moved closer to taking a controlling stake in Nippon Broadcasting System Inc., a report submitted by the Internet firm to the Finance Ministry showed Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Mar 10, 2005

Shinmachi named JAL group CEO

Japan Airlines Corp., the holding company of the JAL group, plans to appoint its president, Toshiyuki Shinmachi, as the group's next chief executive officer.
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Mar 10, 2005

Glimpsing the 'big picture' at the heart of gray matter

It is a commonly held belief that we don't tap into the full power of our brains. Self-help gurus make millions by exploiting this belief, separating people from their money by making them think there is a secret to tapping mysterious, unused reserves of brain power.
BUSINESS
Mar 10, 2005

New agriculture policy may signal shift to more competitive farming

A government panel came up with a 10-year plan Wednesday on basic agriculture policy that focuses on paying subsidies to productive farmers and raising the food self-sufficiency rate to 45 percent by fiscal 2015.
EDITORIALS
Mar 10, 2005

Last chance for Daiei's survival

Daiei Inc., Japan's ailing supermarket operator, is ready to make its third -- and final -- attempt at rehabilitation. On Monday, the state-run Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan (IRCJ) formally selected trading house Marubeni Corp. and investment fund Advantage Partners as Daiei's business sponsors....
BUSINESS
Mar 10, 2005

Foreign CEO signifies a more globalized Japan

First it was Mazda, then Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors. Now it's Sony.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Mar 10, 2005

Japan's spartan home remedies short on comfort, ice cream

It's that time of year again, when "kaze (colds)" and " infuruenza (influenza)" merge with the "sugikafunsho (hay fever)" to generate and spread that oh-so-miserable feeling.
BUSINESS
Mar 10, 2005

Sojitz probes commodity trade snafu

Sojitz Holdings Corp. said Wednesday it expects to incur about 16 billion yen in appraisal losses possibly caused by a serious violation of an in-house rule on commodity futures transactions at trading house Sojitz Corp.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Mar 10, 2005

Mandarin duck

* Japanese name: Oshidori * Scientific name: Aix galericulata * Description: The male Mandarin duck is the last word in avian cuteness. With a wingspan of 68-74 cm, and a body that's 41-49 cm long, he has highly elaborate plumage, with long orange feathers on the "cheeks" of his face, swished-back...
COMMENTARY
Mar 10, 2005

Avoiding sham democracy

LONDON -- There is all the difference in the world between democracy and constitutional democracy.
BUSINESS
Mar 10, 2005

Nippon Express, Mitsubishi tie up

Nippon Express Co. and Mitsubishi Corp. plan to integrate their distribution networks in China to better cater to Japanese companies operating in the Chinese market, officials from both companies said Wednesday.
LIFE / Digital / NAME OF THE GAME
Mar 10, 2005

A tip of the hat to a venerable series

The kingdom of Hyrule is in trouble. But then, the kingdom of Hyrule is always in trouble, and so is its legendary princess -- Zelda.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Mar 9, 2005

Can Lions stay focused in midst of scandal?

This could be the final season for the Seibu Lions, at least as we know the ball club by that name.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Mar 9, 2005

Legal action gives new definition to 'The Meaning of Ichiro'

Well, I must say, this one really takes the cake.
BASKETBALL
Mar 9, 2005

Hagiwara to coach Japan women's basketball

Former Japan star Mikiko Hagiwara is expected to take over as manager for the women's basketball national team, making her the first woman ever to coach Japan's national team, basketball sources said 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.
Is America ready for Japanese-style 7-Elevens?
Convenience stores are a fixture of Japanese life and 7-Eleven, a chain that began in the U.S. in 1927, opened its first store in Japan in 1974 — and then became wholly Japanese-owned in 2005 through parent company Seven & I Holdings.
‘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.
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.
Aging Japan’s centenarian population nears 100,000
Shigeko Kagawa, Japan's oldest person at 114, in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, on July 30
‘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’

Longform

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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