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CULTURE / Music
Sep 15, 2006

Bossa nova forever young

The music may be ageless, but bossa nova's founding generation are aging. Forthcoming tours to Japan this month and next by Joao Gilberto, who, along with Antonio Carlos Jobim, was credited with creating bossa nova in the late 1950s, and Sergio Mendes, bossa nova's great popularizer, may well be their...
BUSINESS
Sep 15, 2006

Mixi skyrockets in stock market debut

Shares of Mixi Inc., Japan's most popular social networking site, shot up during the company's stock market debut Thursday as buy orders swamped sell orders and more than doubled its initially offered price.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2006

Blood battle is about the past and future

KELLY DUDA
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2006

Ozawa rallies DPJ with calls for change

The leader of a nation must have ambition above all else, and if he doesn't have it he should quit immediately, said Ichiro Ozawa, who started his new term as president of the Democratic Party of Japan on Tuesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 14, 2006

Twins wreak havoc in Poland

LONDON -- "I am afraid that with Jaroslaw Kaczynski as prime minister, Poland will become more extreme, more anti-European and a more xenophobic country," warned Bronislaw Komorowski, a member of the opposition Civic Platform party, when the second Kaczynski twin was made prime minister by his brother,...
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 12, 2006

Donor pledges to Gaza not good enough

NEW YORK -- Although several governments have recently pledged $500 million to help the Palestinian people, the response is late, incomplete and likely to be ineffective unless the aid is accompanied by political measures to alleviate a situation in which Palestinians, particularly in Gaza, have become...
JAPAN
Sep 9, 2006

Three candidates vie for the top job

The following are profiles of the three candidates running in the Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election.
JAPAN
Sep 9, 2006

No more convalescences abroad planned for Crown Princess

The top aide to Crown Prince Naruhito said Friday there are no plans for Crown Prince Naruhito and his wife, Crown Princess Masako, to take more trips abroad to help her recuperate.
JAPAN
Sep 9, 2006

Abe, Aso, Tanigaki file for LDP election

to build Japan into a country which (we) can be proud of. The president of the LDP is chosen by a vote among LDP members -- LDP Diet lawmakers and more than 1 million party members who have a paid party membership for two consecutive years.
JAPAN
Sep 8, 2006

Aomori governor slams MSDF's live-fire volley

Aomori Gov. Shingo Mimura lodged a protest Thursday with Defense Agency Director General Fukushiro Nukaga over Tuesday's accidental firing of live ammunition toward land by a Maritime Self-Defense Force ship docked in the prefecture.
JAPAN
Sep 8, 2006

Royal families send congratulations

Royal families and governments around the world sent congratulations to Japan on Wednesday over the birth of a baby to Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Sep 8, 2006

Hyde Park

When and where: Saitama is really part of Tokyo, except when you get far enough out and places like Inariyama Park in Sayama feel a bit like Woodstock. That's even more the case on Sept. 9 and 10 (noon to 8:30 p.m.), when more than 20 bands perform at the Hyde Park Music Festival.
COMMENTARY
Sep 8, 2006

Recovery from failed policy

LONDON -- Some U.S. and British politicians argue that to tackle terrorism effectively human rights must be subject to increasing limitations. In wartime Britain (1939-45), human rights were curtailed and some innocent people were locked up. The British accepted this at the time as necessary to combat...
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JAPAN
Sep 7, 2006

New prince becomes the third in line to assume Chrysanthemum Throne

The birth of a son on Wednesday morning to Prince Akishino, Emperor Akihito's second son, and Princess Kiko has changed the order of succession in the Imperial family.
EDITORIALS
Sep 7, 2006

Congratulations to the Imperial Family

Princess Kiko, the wife of Prince Akishino, the second son of the Emperor and Empress, has given birth to a baby boy. We congratulate the couple, the Emperor and Empress and the entire Imperial family on the birth of the boy, who is third in line to the Chrysanthemum Throne after the Crown Prince and...
JAPAN
Sep 7, 2006

Newborn prince to get 3 million yen stipend

, is shown sitting down with his mother, Crown Princess Michiko, and his brother, Prince Hiro, now Crown Prince Naruhito, in a garden at Togu Palace in Tokyo in October 1968. KYODO PHOTO
BUSINESS
Sep 7, 2006

Parliamentary secretary quits over bill

Masazumi Gotoda, parliamentary secretary in charge of financial services, said he resigned Wednesday to protest a draft bill to lower the ceiling on consumer loan interest charges because it would allow lenders to continue to charge up to 28 percent for nine years after the bill is passed.
JAPAN
Sep 7, 2006

Fans, patients, shop owners weigh in on Imperial birth

Amid heavy security Wednesday, the media, Imperial enthusiasts and well-wishers swarmed to prestigious Aiiku Hospital in Minato Ward, Tokyo, during the wee hours to wait for Princess Kiko to give birth.
BUSINESS
Sep 7, 2006

Insurers covering more suicide debt

There were 3,649 cases of suicide in fiscal 2005 that resulted in the person's consumer loan debts being paid off by their life insurance companies, the Financial Services Agency said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Sep 6, 2006

Tax panel scraps report that takes Tanigaki's tack

Ignoring the objections of some members, the government's Tax Commission canceled publication of a midterm report on tax issues for the first time since the tax panel was launched in the late 1950s, admitting Tuesday the decision was influenced by political considerations.
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.

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