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BUSINESS
Feb 17, 2005

Tax offices start accepting '04 returns

Regional tax offices nationwide began accepting 2004 income tax returns Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Feb 17, 2005

Kyoto pact draws mixed views from business chiefs

Japanese business leaders urged the government Wednesday to work hard to make the Kyoto Protocol, which took effect Wednesday, an effective international treaty.
BUSINESS
Feb 17, 2005

Economist to join BOJ policy panel

The government plans to appoint Kiyohiko Nishimura, an economics professor at the University of Tokyo, to the Bank of Japan's policy-setting panel in April, government officials said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Feb 17, 2005

Chubu airport has high air-freight hopes

When Central Japan International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, opens Thursday, it hopes to become the nation's main international air freight hub.
BUSINESS
Feb 17, 2005

Ex-MMC chief to head U.S. unit

Hideyasu Tagaya, who resigned last month as president of ailing Mitsubishi Motors Corp., will become chairman of the automaker's North American unit effective March 1, according to company sources.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 17, 2005

Centrair chief brimming with confidence

Central Japan International Airport, opening today near Nagoya, will serve as a key center for the exchange of people, commodities and information between Japan and the rest of the world, said Yukihisa Hirano, president of the new airport's operating company.
BUSINESS
Feb 17, 2005

Fuji Photo wins camera patent row

Fuji Photo Film Co. said Wednesday the Court of Appeals for the U.S. Federal Circuit has decided in favor of Fuji's claim that a U.S. firm infringed upon its patents for single-use cameras.
Japan Times
Reference / SO WHAT THE HECK IS THAT
Feb 17, 2005

Gold objet on top of Super Dry Hall

Dear Alice,
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / WILD WATCH
Feb 17, 2005

Natural numbers games

As island nations go, I have always maintained that Japan sits on a motherlode of biodiversity; it is rich in so many senses of the word.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Feb 16, 2005

Golden Eagles inspire look back at MLB expansion teams

Much of the excitement building toward the opening of the 2005 Japan pro baseball season centers around the new Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. The Pacific League expansion team will, weather permitting, play its inaugural game Saturday, March 26, against the Chiba Lotte Marines at Chiba Marine Stadium....
EDITORIALS
Feb 16, 2005

Flawed compromise takes effect

The Kyoto Protocol on climate change takes effect Wednesday after more than seven years of difficult and complex negotiations aimed at reducing emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases. Perhaps future generations will remember Feb. 16, 2005, as the day the world launched a determined...
COMMENTARY
Feb 16, 2005

Answering Pyongyang's divisive tack

HONOLULU -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's initial response to Pyongyang's surprise announcement that it felt compelled to suspend its participation in the six-party talks and that it had manufactured nukes was exactly right.
BUSINESS
Feb 16, 2005

Prospective home owners warming to made-to-order condos

Made-to-order condominiums are gaining popularity in Japan as people seek more distinct housing.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Feb 16, 2005

Sisters gonna work it out

There was a time when radio in the United States was full of surprises -- a time when catchy, clever tunes were just a turn of the dial away. Pop music carried less baggage then, before marketing and demographics moved in and warped station programming into socio-economic formulas.
BUSINESS
Feb 16, 2005

Bankruptcies decrease for 25th month

January saw 1,039 corporate bankruptcies filed nationwide, down 13.8 percent from a year earlier for the 25th straight month of decline, a private-sector corporate credit research agency said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Feb 16, 2005

With ANA back in black, next chief eyes new overseas routes

Chicago, Delhi, Bombay and Moscow.
BUSINESS
Feb 16, 2005

Nomura, Rothschild tie on M&A

Nomura Securities Co. and Rothschild said Tuesday they have created an alliance to pursue opportunities in cross-border mergers and acquisitions between Japan and Europe.
BUSINESS
Feb 16, 2005

Livedoor move may spur off-hour trading curbs

The government may impose restrictions on off-hours stock trading in the wake of Livedoor Co.'s surprise acquisition of a large stake in a radio broadcaster last week, Financial Services Minister Tatsuya Ito said Tuesday.
CULTURE / Stage
Feb 16, 2005

Tale of the spy who loved Brandt

"Democracy" is an iconic buzzword of our times. What Webster's dictionary defines as "government in which the people hold the ruling power either directly or through elected representatives" is routinely held out, particularly by the current leader of the world's foremost military-industrial complex,...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / CERAMIC SCENE
Feb 16, 2005

Former prime minister's pride of pots

"On a sunny day I go to the fields, and, when it rains, I read. Simple enough, isn't it?" Sounds like the words of a cute obachan out in the countryside, but these are the words of former Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa who now leads a quiet, secluded life.
MORE SPORTS
Feb 15, 2005

Kitajima entered in three events

Athens Olympic double gold-medalist Kosuke Kitajima will be entered in three breaststroke events at the national short course championships later this month, the Japan Swimming Federation said Monday.
BUSINESS
Feb 15, 2005

DoCoMo data leak swells to 24,600

NTT DoCoMo Inc. said Monday the phone numbers and other personal data of about 24,600 of its clients have been leaked.
EDITORIALS
Feb 15, 2005

Keeping to the PKO principles

With the signing of a peace agreement in Sudan, ravaged by more than 20 years of civil war, the government is weighing plans to have the Self-Defense Forces (SDF) participate in U.N. peacekeeping operations (PKO). Japan has received an informal request for cooperation from U.N. Secretary General Kofi...
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Feb 15, 2005

Compromised NHK needs closer scrutiny

As someone who toiled for several years inside NHK during the early 1990s, it is bemusing to see the simplistic criticism of the quasi-official broadcaster by the Japanese media.
BUSINESS
Feb 15, 2005

Current account surplus hits record high

Japan's current account surplus rose 17.9 percent in 2004 from a year earlier to a record 18.59 trillion yen.
BUSINESS
Feb 15, 2005

Nonresidents buy record 15 trillion yen in stocks, bonds

Nonresident investors remained net buyers of Japanese stocks and bonds in 2004 for the second straight year, with net purchases reaching a record 14.99 trillion yen, the Finance Ministry said Monday.
The unstoppable rise of konbini tourism
Guests typically follow Ryo Ito’s lead as he weaves through the narrow, colorful aisles of convenience stores.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo
A narrow Pacific waterway at heart of U.S. plans to choke China’s vast navy
Philippine and Australian troops fire an M777 howitzer during live fire exercises as part of joint military drills in Laur, Nueva Ecija, the Philippines, in August.
Trump would make U.S. Supreme Court history by attending tariffs case
There is no record in the U.S. Supreme Court’s 235-year history of a sitting president ever attending arguments, according to Clare Cushman, director of publications and resident historian at the Supreme Court Historical Society.
Dodgers clinch back-to-back World Series titles as Blue Jays downed in thriller
Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto and teammates celebrate after winning the World Series against the Blue Jays. Yamamoto was named MVP for the series.
How airlines are refining their in-flight food in Japan's tourism boom
All Nippon Airways' gourmet program, The Connoisseurs, showcases the Japanese concept of "shun" (peak season for ingredients), giving passengers a preview of the refined cuisine that awaits them in Japan.
The unstoppable rise of konbini tourism
Guests typically follow Ryo Ito’s lead as he weaves through the narrow, colorful aisles of convenience stores.
Anime isn’t competing with Hollywood — it’s beating it
After its July release, “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba — Infinity Castle,” an animated feature adapted directly from a TV arc, became the highest-grossing Japanese film ever.
Oasis returns to Japan after 16 years — and fans can still sing every word
Liam Gallagher commanded the stage with effortless charisma during Oasis' Tokyo Dome set on Saturday.
At Japan Mobility Show, BYD gears up to conquer Japan's EV market
BYD Auto Japan President Atsuki Tofukuji unveils the Racco at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Wednesday.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
The second life of Japan's net cafes
By Alex K.T. Martin

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