search

 
 
BASEBALL / MLB
May 7, 2004

Matsui's three hits lift Yankees

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Hideki Matsui produced three hits in a game for the second time this season as the New York Yankees beat Barry Zito and the Oakland Athletics 4-3 Wednesday.
JAPAN
May 7, 2004

Guru's daughter wins school OK

A university in Tokyo announced Thursday it has accepted the enrollment of the third daughter of Aum Shinrikyo founder Shoko Asahara.
MORE SPORTS
May 7, 2004

Fudo grabs lead at Nichirei Ladies

Yuri Fudo shot an 8-under-par 64 Thursday to grab a one-stroke lead at the Nichirei Ladies golf tournament. Fudo, who leads the Japan LPGA money rankings this season, knocked down eight birdies at the par-72, 6,456-yard Yomiuri Country Club in western Tokyo for the opening-day lead.
JAPAN
May 7, 2004

Guru's daughter wins school OK

A university in Tokyo announced Thursday it has accepted the enrollment of the third daughter of Aum Shinrikyo founder Shoko Asahara.
JAPAN
May 7, 2004

Koizumi lauds abductions progress; second Pyongyang visit not ruled out

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Thursday that Japan and North Korea have made progress in talks over the abduction issue, and indicated he might visit Pyongyang again to resolve the deadlock.
BUSINESS
May 7, 2004

Complaints over 'Sasser' mounting up

Antivirus company Network Associates Japan Co. said Thursday it has received about 550 reports from Japanese companies whose computers have been infected either with the "Sasser" worm or its variations.
BUSINESS
May 7, 2004

Teijin posts 8.45 billion yen net profit

Textile maker Teijin Ltd. said Thursday its group net balance in fiscal 2003 returned to the black due to increased operating profit.
BUSINESS
May 7, 2004

Jasdaq chief to resign over unreported Yahoo trading

Jasdaq Market Inc. President Nobuo Kurakazu said Thursday he will resign to take the blame for his unreported trading in shares of Yahoo Japan Corp. in 2002.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / THEN AND NOW
May 7, 2004

Celebrating the spirit of mystical Edo

When Tokugawa Ieyasu decided to make Edo his new political capital in the early years of the 17th century, he had the city laid out according to mystical beliefs about auspicious locations and lucky or unlucky directions.
JAPAN
May 7, 2004

Ruling coalition, DPJ reach pension deal

The ruling coalition and the opposition Democratic Party of Japan agreed Thursday to proceed with Diet deliberation on pension reform legislation "with an eye toward" future integration of the existing programs.
JAPAN
May 7, 2004

NEC workers help quake survivors

Employees of the NEC group have donated 8 million yen for survivors of a massive earthquake in Bam, southeastern Iran, in December, a Japanese government-affiliated aid group said Thursday.
BUSINESS
May 7, 2004

Numerical bad-loan targets sought for regional banks

The government will ask regional banks to set numerical bad-loan reduction targets and to strengthen their financial bases, according to a draft of fresh government guidelines aimed at bolstering the nation's financial system.
JAPAN
May 7, 2004

Koizumi lauds abductions progress; second Pyongyang visit not ruled out

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Thursday that Japan and North Korea have made progress in talks over the abduction issue, and indicated he might visit Pyongyang again to resolve the deadlock.
JAPAN
May 7, 2004

Takarazuka groupies do it by the book

Akiko Okawara, 37, comes to Tokyo Takarazuka Theater almost every day to catch a stage-door glimpse of Sumire Haruno, a top star who plays a male role in the Takarazuka all-female theater troupe, even when she is not taking in the show.
JAPAN
May 7, 2004

Toyota Aristo tops car thieves' shopping lists

Toyota Motor Corp.'s Aristo sedan was the most popular target for car thieves in Japan last year, according to the results of a survey released Thursday.
BUSINESS
May 7, 2004

Arrests darken clouds hovering over MMC

The arrests Thursday of seven former senior officials of Mitsubishi Motors Corp. have dealt a further blow to the already tainted image of the carmaker and other Mitsubishi Group firms, just as MMC was poised to unveil another revival plan under a new management team.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 7, 2004

Ozawa suggests DPJ chief Kan should quit over pension scandal

Ichiro Ozawa, deputy president of the Democratic Party of Japan, suggested Thursday that DPJ chief Naoto Kan should resign because he failed to pay the mandatory premiums for the basic pension system while serving as health minister in 1996.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 7, 2004

Troubled kids find caring for animals good therapy

Problem and abused kids are on the rise and need help from many quarters, not just professional, to turn their lives around, and animals can and do play a therapeutic role to this end, according to an American expert in the field.
JAPAN
May 7, 2004

Guru's daughter wins school OK

A university in Tokyo announced Thursday it has accepted the enrollment of the third daughter of Aum Shinrikyo founder Shoko Asahara.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
May 7, 2004

SE Asian classic makes itself at home

Chicken rice. The entire bird, simmered whole then sliced with a cleaver, arranged on a plate with a mound of steamed rice, garnished with sprigs of coriander and anointed with dabs of thick soy and piquant ginger sauce. And served with a bowl of light, fragrant broth -- chicken bouillon, of course....
BUSINESS
May 7, 2004

Sumitomo Trust worker left client data on train

Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co. said Thursday it has lost some documents featuring personal data on 41 customers at its office in the western Tokyo suburb of Tama.

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