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BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 9, 2004

Red Sox's Ramirez goes home

World Series MVP Manny Ramirez has pulled out of Major League Baseball's tour of Japan because of a sore left hamstring.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Nov 9, 2004

What do you think of Japan's health-care system?

Magdalena Korb Consultant, 31 I have both Japanese health care and private health care. Here, it's like, take this medicine, but they never explain what the medicine is or what it's for. In Europe they give you a list of what could happen to you.
BUSINESS
Nov 9, 2004

MMC posts record first-half loss

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. said Monday its first-half net loss widened to a record 146.2 billion yen.
JAPAN
Nov 9, 2004

Itami noise subsidies, hours to be curtailed

OSAKA -- The transport ministry formally notified local government officials Monday of its plans to cut noise pollution subsidies for residents living around Itami airport and to cut the facility's operating hours.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 9, 2004

Neocon lessons for Democrats

WASHINGTON -- As Democrats comb the 2004 election results for lessons, one should be obvious: we need bolder, newer ideas, particularly in this post-9/11 world in the realm of foreign policy. Just as neocons have provided much of the spark and intellectual energy behind modern-day Republicanism, Democrats...
BUSINESS
Nov 9, 2004

Ito-Yokado and Marubeni apply to sponsor Daiei

Supermarket operator Ito-Yokado Co. and Marubeni Corp. are among the companies that have applied to sponsor retailer Daiei Inc.'s rehabilitation, informed sources said Monday.
EDITORIALS
Nov 8, 2004

Signpost to cooperation

As the world's leader, postelection America faces two challenges: One is to regain its reputation as a nation that is respected abroad; the other is to establish an enduring system of cooperation with the international community.
JAPAN
Nov 8, 2004

Japan seeks to meet doctor who wrote abductee's medical file

The government has asked North Korea to allow Japanese officials to meet the doctor who wrote the medical records of a Japanese abductee whom the North lists as dead, Senior Vice Foreign Minister Ichiro Aisawa said Sunday.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 8, 2004

China leads but don't count India out

GUATEMALA CITY -- During his visit to India in 2002, the local media fawned over Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji. To a considerable degree the deference shown to him was justified on strategic grounds, given that it came during a time of great instability in South Asia. Yet his proclamations concerning economic...
BUSINESS / JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES
Nov 8, 2004

Five economic factors point to future deterioration of dollar

The dollar's exchange rate against the yen, which was fluctuating within the 108-112 yen range until early October, has begun to move downward in recent weeks despite such negative factors as the devastating typhoons and earthquakes that ravaged Japan.
COMMENTARY
Nov 8, 2004

Conservatives sold their souls

WASHINGTON -- After Nov. 2 the Republican Party seems to have it all: continued possession of the U.S. presidency and expanded control of Congress. Ironically, however, President George W. Bush's victory has killed America's conservative movement. The Republican Party and conservative movement have lost...
JAPAN / History
Nov 8, 2004

U.S. mulled using emperor in wartime propaganda

U.S. psychological warfare experts intended to use the emperor as a "symbol of peace" in propaganda warfare in June 1942 -- six months after Japan bombed Hawaii and triggered the war with the United States -- to baffle Japan's military authorities, according to declassified documents obtained by Kyodo...
JAPAN
Nov 8, 2004

Defense Agency says SDF cut would put reactors in danger

An internal Defense Agency document says that cuts in Self-Defense Forces personnel and equipment as proposed by the Finance Ministry could leave nuclear reactors open to attack and hamper disaster relief operations.
JAPAN
Nov 8, 2004

Japan Post, China to top the agenda in EU talks

Senior officials from Japan and the European Union will hold a series of talks in Tokyo this week focusing on the privatization of Japan's postal services, China's economy, the progress in Japan's bad-loan problem and the impact of EU expansion on bilateral relations.
OLYMPICS
Nov 8, 2004

Murata sweeps women's crowns

Yukari Murata, who claimed her fourth straight all-around title a day earlier, won all four disciplines Sunday to complete a sweep of women's individual crowns at the Rhythmic Gymnastics National Championships.
JAPAN
Nov 7, 2004

Obituary: Kenzaburo Hara

Former House of Representatives Speaker Kenzaburo Hara died Saturday at a Tokyo hospital, his family said. He was 97.
JAPAN
Nov 7, 2004

Malaysia to speed up trade talks

Japan and Malaysia agreed to accelerate talks to conclude a free-trade agreement as they ended their sixth round of negotiations Saturday in Tokyo, officials said.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 7, 2004

Rakuten eyes Ichiba

Yasuhiro Ichiba, who accepted money from pro baseball clubs in violation of draft eligibility rules, is set to join the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, baseball sources said Saturday.
CULTURE / Music
Nov 7, 2004

Brooks cuts through a lot of red tape

Andrew Brooks has the confident aplomb of a producer and musician with two highly lauded records. His first album, a house-inflected dance record titled "You, Me & Us," brought him jobs remixing songs of Outkast and Scissor Sisters. His second album, released on Soundslike, the label of influential producer...
MORE SPORTS
Nov 7, 2004

Murata grabs fourth straight title

Yukari Murata, the sole Japanese competitor in Athens Olympic rhythmic gymnastics this summer, won her fourth straight all-around title at the national championships on Saturday.
Inside Tokyo's 'phantom' stations — and the stories they tell
Mamoru Iwai, stationmaster of Keisei Ueno Station, says that, other than earthquake-proofing, the former Hakubutsukan-Dobutsuen (Museum-Zoo) Station has remained untouched.
At first summit with Trump, Takaichi pledges 'new golden age' for alliance
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi raises her fist as U.S. President Donald Trump delivers a speech in front of U.S. Navy personnel on board the U.S. Navy's USS George Washington aircraft carrier at the American naval base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Tuesday.
Abe shooting suspect Yamagami pleads guilty to murder
Members of the media gather outside the Nara District Court in the city of Nara on Tuesday hours before the start of the trial of Tetsuya Yamagami, the man accused of fatally shooting former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in July 2022.
Takaichi buys time and builds trust with ‘near-perfect’ Trump summit
U.S. President Donald Trump walks with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi aboard the USS George Washington aircraft carrier during a visit to the U.S. Navy's Yokosuka base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Tuesday.
JPYC, world’s first yen stablecoin, is issued
Noritaka Okabe, head of Japanese startup JPYC, at a news conference for the first yen stablecoin in Tokyo on Monday
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.
Oasis returns to Tokyo: Rain, rapture and rock
Fans wait to get into the Oasis show at Tokyo Dome on Saturday. While lining up in the rain, some broke into impromptu versions of the British rock group's hits.
Kyushu banzuke sets the stage to cement 2025’s sumo narratives
Onosato ahead of his bout against Aonishiki at The Grand Sumo Tournament at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Oct. 18
Tokyo Film Festival opens with global stars and a spotlight on Asian storytelling
Director Junji Sakamoto (left) walked the Tokyo International Film Festival red carpet with Sayuri Yoshinaga (center) and Non (right), who both play mountaineer Junko Tabei, the first woman to summit Mount Everest, in the biopic "Climbing for Life."
Spanish artist and Japanese writer duos diversify the manga talent pool in Japan
"Menheim” is a dark fantasy manga with a story that centers on a girl’s quest to find a cure for her ill brother.

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Mamoru Iwai, stationmaster of Keisei Ueno Station, says that, other than earthquake-proofing, the former Hakubutsukan-Dobutsuen (Museum-Zoo) Station has remained untouched.
Inside Tokyo's 'phantom' stations — and the stories they tell
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