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JAPAN
Sep 6, 2006

Princess Kiko's third child will shape succession debate

Princess Kiko, the wife of Prince Akishino, will give birth by Caesarean section to her third child on Wednesday morning.
JAPAN
Sep 3, 2006

Project-bidding scandal spreads in Fukushima

A supporter of Fukushima Gov. Eisaku Sato allegedly played a crucial role in rigging bids for prefectural projects, sources said Saturday.
JAPAN
Sep 3, 2006

Crime victims may get voice in parole decisions

The Justice Ministry plans to launch a system in October 2007 that would allow crime victims to express their opinion on whether the perpetrators should be released on parole, government sources said Saturday.
BASKETBALL
Sep 2, 2006

Challenge sets tone for Greece

SAITAMA -- There was a seminal moment in Greece's victory over the United States in their semifinal game at the FIBA World Championship that would have defied belief in years past.
JAPAN
Sep 2, 2006

Japan to do nothing for now in Iranian nuclear standoff: Aso

Japan will observe for now the current developments in the Iranian nuclear standoff and put off any decision on whether to impose sanctions before a meeting next week between Iranian and European negotiators, Foreign Minister Taro Aso said Friday.
EDITORIALS
Sep 2, 2006

Pyongyang taking it to the brink?

There is a growing concern that North Korea might be preparing to test a nuclear bomb. On July 5, the country test-fired seven missiles into the Sea of Japan, prompting a United Nations Security Council resolution, which condemned the country and banned U.N. member states from transferring missile-related...
BUSINESS
Sep 2, 2006

BOJ likely to hold key rate at 0.25%

The Bank of Japan is expected to maintain its target for its benchmark interest rate at 0.25 percent at a two-day policy meeting next week, as the latest inflation data suggest the central bank may not need to rush to raise rates again.
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2006

Mobster, 'son' sent up for stabbing

The Tokyo District Court sentenced a former gangster to six years in prison Thursday and his adopted son to four years for stabbing the son of writer Atsushi Mizoguchi in January, following the publication of an article about the major underworld syndicate Yamaguchi-gumi.
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2006

Courts refuse to hire lawyers on nationality

Three courts have refused to allow three Korean residents working as lawyers to assume commissioned jobs despite being nominated by their bar associations, because they are not Japanese, attorneys said Thursday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Sep 1, 2006

Blondie

Among that small elite of American bands who enjoyed strings of Top 40 hits during their respective heydays, Blondie stands out. The New York-based group may not have shifted as many units as The Beach Boys, Creedence Clearwater Revival or even Hall and Oates, but they managed to stay on top without...
BUSINESS
Sep 1, 2006

Get with e-ticket program: IATA chief to airlines

The head of the International Air Transport Association on Thursday urged Japan to catch up with industry trends by speeding up implementation of e-ticketing and getting rid of its fuel tax on domestic flights.
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2006

Bangladeshi nets 1.7 million yen in Kyodo slander suit

The Tokyo District Court ordered Kyodo News on Thursday to pay 1.65 million yen in compensation to a 35-year-old Bangladeshi businessman and his Tokyo-based company for running reports in 2004 about their alleged links with the al-Qaida terrorist network.
BASKETBALL
Aug 31, 2006

Greeks gaining respect

SAITAMA -- Even before Wednesday night's game, the Greek basketball team had been turning a lot of heads.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 31, 2006

After the Guns of August?

CAIRO -- The Middle East is a place where the dust hardly ever settles. When it occasionally does, even for a short interval -- as U.N. Resolution 1701 for cessation of hostilities in Lebanon seems to be holding -- it is time to take stock of events in the hopes that a responsible debate may influence...
BASKETBALL
Aug 30, 2006

Argentina rolls into semifinals

SAITAMA -- Turkey's offense was punchless in the final three quarters and Argentina punched its ticket to the FIBA World Championship's final four.
JAPAN
Aug 30, 2006

Rightist exits hospital, held in Kato arson

Police arrested a rightist Tuesday upon his discharge from a Yamagata Prefecture hospital in connection with the arson blaze that gutted the family home of Liberal Democratic Party heavyweight Koichi Kato hours after he criticized Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's Aug. 15 visit to Yasukuni Shrine.
JAPAN
Aug 30, 2006

Some LDP freshmen decide to support Abe

would like to entrust (the post of) party president to Abe, to be the leader of a new LDP, and a new Japan." Abe, who attended the meeting, expressed his appreciation for the support and said he looks forward to the election.
MORE SPORTS
Aug 29, 2006

Takahashi to extend stay in Italy

The NEC Red Rockets said Monday they will have national team member Miyuki Takahashi spend her second season with Italy's Vicenza.
EDITORIALS
Aug 27, 2006

Secret prefectural ledgers

The Gifu Prefectural Government in central Japan has been rocked by a scandal involving, in a sense, all of the prefectural government and its workers. It came to light earlier this month that the prefecture had systematically generated, hid and used a large amount of off-the-book funds over many years....
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Aug 27, 2006

TBS's "Message," TV Tokyo's "Dawn of Gaia" and more

Aug. 28 marks the 53rd anniversary of the very first broadcast of a television commercial in Japan, and as a way of commemorating the event TBS has produced a special two-hour drama, "Message" (Monday, 9 p.m.), about Toshi Sugiyama, who is considered the most innovative TV commercial director in the...
Japan Times
LIFE / DISABILITY IN JAPAN
Aug 27, 2006

Is 'disability' still a dirty word in Japan?

Mainstream society is slowly, but slowly, opening up to the physically ormentally impaired, as officialdom appears happy with a 'steady' approach
BUSINESS
Aug 24, 2006

Marubeni names exec to head Daiei

Toru Nishimi, corporate senior vice president of Marubeni Corp., will succeed Daiei Inc. President Yasuyuki Higuchi as part of the trading house's efforts to rehabilitate the troubled retailer, sources said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2006

Marubeni to dominate Daiei board, helm

Marubeni Corp., the largest shareholder in Daiei Inc., will stake out a majority on the troubled retailer's board to have a more forceful say in its reconstruction efforts, officials at the trading house said Tuesday.

Longform

Construction equipment sits idle in a park near Shiba Toshogu shrine in Tokyo's Minato Ward. While Japan has a history of treating its trees with reverence, green coverage is said to be lacking in most of the major cities.
Do Japan's trees no longer occupy the sacred space they used to?