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BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 3, 2004

Officials confirm Nagashima's absence

Japanese national baseball team manager Shigeo Nagashima, who is undergoing rehabilitation from a stroke suffered in March, has decided not to travel to Athens to lead the squad at the Olympics later this month, team officials said Monday.
BUSINESS
Aug 3, 2004

Credit Saison ties up with Monex

Credit Saison Co. said Monday it has teamed up with online brokerage Monex Inc. to sell investment trust products to its 16 million credit card holders.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 3, 2004

Convict fights to clear drug-running taint

Masaharu Katsuno says he survived a decade in an Australian prison because he held out hope that he, his two brothers and their two friends -- all convicted heroin smugglers -- would someday be exonerated of their crimes.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 3, 2004

Man missing since 1976 possibly abducted: group

Suspicions have deepened that a man from Saitama Prefecture missing since 1976 was kidnapped to North Korea, an affiliate of the citizens' group NARKN said Monday.
BUSINESS
Aug 3, 2004

MHI to build huge wind turbine

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said Monday it will build the nation's largest wind turbine before the end of this fiscal year.
COMMENTARY
Aug 3, 2004

Nuclear sword of Damocles

NAGASAKI -- The end of the Cold War didn't end the threat of nuclear annihilation. An increasing number of experts worry that the dangers posed by those weapons of mass destruction are increasing as the nuclear nonproliferation regime is increasingly stretched and frayed. The 2005 Review Conference of...
EDITORIALS
Aug 3, 2004

Ensure collusion doesn't pay

Japan's antitrust legislation needs upgrading. The Fair Trade Commission is preparing a revision bill to bring the Antimonopoly Law more into line with international standards by tightening the penalties for business-restricting practices. Nippon Keidanren, the Japan Business Federation, has already...
JAPAN
Aug 3, 2004

DPJ forms policy body amid mood to amend Article 9

Alarmed by ever-louder calls within political circles to revise the Constitution, some 50 Democratic Party of Japan lawmakers set up a study group Monday on foreign and security policy.
BUSINESS
Aug 3, 2004

July vehicle sales fall for sixth month; MMC's down 60%

Domestic vehicle sales in July slipped 2.0 percent from a year before for the sixth consecutive month of decline, with those by scandal-tainted Mitsubishi Motors Corp. plunging 60.1 percent, the Japan Automobile Dealers Association said Monday.
BUSINESS
Aug 3, 2004

Land prices down for 12th year

The average price of land along select major thoroughfares was down this year for the 12th straight year, the National Tax Agency said Monday.
EDITORIALS
Aug 2, 2004

The alternative to Mr. Bush

U.S. Sen. John Kerry, the Democratic nominee for president, is now officially embarked on what promises to be a close race for the White House. He made a good start at the party's national convention in Boston last week by pledging to restore "trust and credibility" to the presidency and rebuild Western...
JAPAN
Aug 2, 2004

Heat takes record toll in Tokyo

A record 628 people suffering heat exhaustion and heatstroke had to be taken to Tokyo hospitals by ambulance in July, the Tokyo Fire Department said Sunday.
JAPAN
Aug 2, 2004

Storm blows through south Japan

A tropical storm that battered southern and western Japan headed toward the Korean Peninsula on Sunday, losing steam as it churned north but threatening continued heavy rains.
OLYMPICS
Aug 2, 2004

Kobayashi smashes Japan record

Two-time national champion Fumikazu Kobayashi broke the Japanese record Saturday in the men's 1,500 meters with a 3 minute, 37.42 second showing at an international athletics competition in Belgium, Japanese athletics officials said Sunday.
SOCCER / J. League
Aug 2, 2004

Barca teaches Antlers a lesson

FC Barcelona had itself something of a deer cull on Sunday night when it defeated Kashima Antlers 5-0 at Tokyo's National Stadium.
JAPAN
Aug 2, 2004

Law to bolster banks with public funds takes effect

A new law intended to strengthen the nation's financial system by allowing the government to inject public funds into financial institutions in a preventive manner took effect Sunday.
JAPAN
Aug 2, 2004

Antinuke group aims at North Korea

A major antinuclear group began a series of campaigns Sunday in Tokyo ahead of the 59th anniversary of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, with its focus on North Korea's nuclear program and denuclearization in Northeast Asia.
JAPAN
Aug 2, 2004

Media scrutinized over coverage of NPA-chief shooting case

Major news media outlets are once again taking heat for depending too much on information from investigative authorities in their reporting, this time over recent incidents surrounding the 1995 shooting of the National Police Agency chief.
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.
Onosato's yokozuna promotion causes rare quirk in new sumo rankings
Newly promoted yokozuna Onosato holds a copy of the latest banzuke ranking in Anjo, Aichi Prefecture, on Monday.
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. 
Over 900 earthquakes strike Tokara islands in space of two weeks
A screenshot shows many quakes occurring in the Tokara islands over the past 30 days, in this image taken from the U.S. Geological Survey website.
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."
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.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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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
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