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SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Dec 3, 2004

Gunners have gone from invincible to mortal in just over a month

LONDON -- On the face of it two defeats in your last 56 Premiership games hardly seems reason for a crisis.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Dec 3, 2004

Tigers sending wrong message with Tsujimoto signing

"A mind is a terrible thing to waste."
BUSINESS
Dec 3, 2004

Income tax cuts considered to balance negative effect of possible end to breaks

The government and the ruling coalition on Thursday began studying the idea of fresh income tax cuts as an economic stimulus to compensate for the reduction or abolition of personal income tax cuts that have been in place since 1999, government officials said.
JAPAN
Dec 3, 2004

Kitano to teach filmmaking course

Award-winning director Takeshi Kitano will teach filmmaking at a graduate school of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music beginning in April, university sources said Thursday.
JAPAN
Dec 3, 2004

Koizumi says public would accept female on throne

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi reiterated his belief Thursday that the public would support a woman succeeding to the Chrysanthemum throne, amid signs that the government may begin paving the way for this possibility.
JAPAN
Dec 3, 2004

DPJ seeks criminal charges against Hashimoto for nonreporting of funds

The Democratic Party of Japan will file a criminal accusation against former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto for allegedly falsifying his faction's annual political funds reports, a DPJ official said Thursday.
JAPAN
Dec 3, 2004

Suzuki claims he got millions from firm via LDP -- all legit

Convicted former House of Representatives member Muneo Suzuki said Thursday he received millions of yen in the late 1990s from a major company that was diverted through the Liberal Democratic Party.
COMMENTARY
Dec 3, 2004

China's foray south of the U.S. border

HONG KONG -- Chinese President Hu Jintao's two-week foray into Latin America in November shows the extent to which China's economic development over the last quarter century has strengthened its foreign policy outreach.
BUSINESS
Dec 3, 2004

Nippon Life cedes lead to AFLAC

Nippon Life Insurance Co. had lost its No. 1 position in the individual life insurance market by the end of September for the first time in the postwar period, industry officials said Thursday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / THEN AND NOW
Dec 3, 2004

It's a stroll in a park to find the old Yoyogi

The town of Shinjuku dates from the late 17th century, when a post-station was set up there on the Koshu-kaido on the northwestern edge of Edo (present-day Tokyo). To the south, Yoyogi was then mainly sparsely populated hills that rolled on as far as the eye could see.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 3, 2004

Nintendo fires first shot in new console war

Nintendo Co. launched its DS portable video game console Thursday, gearing up for a yearend sales battle with Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., which plans to release its PlayStation Portable later this month.
BUSINESS
Dec 3, 2004

Porte to head Shinsei, Yashiro to chair

Shinsei Bank Vice Chairman Thierry Porte will become its new president, succeeding Masamoto Yashiro, who will give up the presidency but retain his concurrent post of chairman, Shinsei Bank said Thursday.
JAPAN
Dec 3, 2004

Ruling bloc pair's plan to visit Samawah riles ministry

The Foreign Ministry is baffled by the reported plans by New Komeito Secretary General Tetsuzo Fuyushiba -- and possibly his Liberal Democratic Party counterpart, Tsutomu Takebe -- to visit the area in southern Iraq where Ground Self-Defense Force troops are deployed.
JAPAN / BY THE NUMBERS
Dec 3, 2004

1 yen entrepreneurial startup fee sound too easy?

Setting up companies in Japan is getting easier as the government tries to encourage more people to become entrepreneurs.
JAPAN
Dec 3, 2004

Supreme Court to hear Monju appeal

The Supreme Court said Thursday it will hear the government's appeal of a Nagoya High Court ruling that nullified the 1983 approval of the troubled Monju experimental fast-breeder nuclear reactor project in Fukui Prefecture.
JAPAN
Dec 3, 2004

Mexican ambassador says he's happy with Japan relations

Mexican Ambassador Miguel Ruiz-Cabanas said Thursday that he is lucky and because the relationship between Japan and his country has never been better.
SOCCER / J. League
Dec 3, 2004

Okada plays down injuries before final

Yokohama F. Marinos manager Takeshi Okada insists the absence of first-choice strikers Tatsuhiko Kubo and Ahn Jung Hwan has not affected his preparations for this weekend's J. League Championship final.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Dec 3, 2004

Olives Tokyo: For a night to remember

It was one of those evenings that called for -- nay, stridently demanded -- a special celebration. Not a quiet, intimate table a deux; nor some sober parade of rarified gourmet delicacies; but a full-on, self-indulgent feast in a setting to match. It was time for dinner at Olives.
JAPAN
Dec 2, 2004

14-year-old held for counterfeiting money

Tokyo police said Wednesday they have arrested a 14-year-old boy on suspicion of forging 1,000 yen bills using a scanner and personal computer.
MORE SPORTS
Dec 2, 2004

Miyazato to play in Australia

Teenage star Ai Miyazato, who won five tournaments in her first full year on the Japan LPGA Tour, said Tuesday she will play in the ANZ Ladies Masters in Australia in February on a sponsor's exemption.
JAPAN
Dec 2, 2004

Vocational-tech schools face visa-violator action

As part of efforts to crack down on visa violators, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government will issue directives to ensure vocational schools in the capital that accept foreign students do not allow their charges to run astray.
JAPAN
Dec 2, 2004

Crime victims may get key role in trials

The Justice Ministry is considering introducing legislation that would allow victims of crime to play a greater role in the trials of their accused offenders, ministry sources said Wednesday.

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