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BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Feb 4, 2006

Nash good bet for second straight MVP

NEW YORK -- Reigning MVP Steve Nash, Tim Duncan and Jason Kidd are three of a kind.
BUSINESS
Feb 4, 2006

Bourse reform proposals due this month: Yosano

Financial Services Minister Kaoru Yosano said Friday that his advisory panel will issue recommendations on stock market reforms by mid-February.
MORE SPORTS
Feb 2, 2006

Kashima undergoes surgery, to skip world c'ships

Japanese gymnast Takehiro Kashima, a member of Japan's gold medal-winning team at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, underwent shoulder surgery last week and is expected to miss this year's world championships, sources close to him said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Feb 2, 2006

Lenders, insurers offer relief to Aneha victims

Most insurance companies and two banks said Wednesday they will help people who bought substandard condominiums developed by Huser Ltd. and other builders.
JAPAN
Feb 2, 2006

Police conduct wiretapping in murder case for first time

Police said Wednesday they used wiretapping in a murder case for the first time last year and arrested a suspect in the gangland slaying.
CULTURE / Film
Feb 2, 2006

Bana steps up to the plate

Director Steven Spielberg has avoided the usual press tour for his new film, "Munich," and who can blame him? The film speaks for itself, and anything he said could have pinned him down fatally when this film requires a certain ambiguity to work. And you can imagine the questions he would have gotten:...
SUMO
Jan 31, 2006

Kitanoumi re-elected as JSA chair

Former yokozuna Kitanoumi will serve a third term as Japan Sumo Association (JSA) chairman after he was re-elected after a unanimous vote by the JSA's executive committee on Monday.
JAPAN
Jan 31, 2006

Campaign waged to pitch Japan as brand

Leading businesses, including Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. and Toyota Motor Corp., along with universities and designers have launched a three-year campaign to heighten Japan's brand image based on its traditional culture.
EDITORIALS
Jan 30, 2006

Settling labor disputes promptly

I n April, Japan will introduce an "industrial tribunal system" to settle individual labor disputes, such as those involving dismissals, working conditions and reassignments. The purpose of this system is to settle disputes expeditiously by limiting the number of trial sessions to no more than three....
COMMENTARY
Jan 30, 2006

Iran highlights EU failings

LONDON -- The battle for Europe's soul continues. Austria now holds the presidency of the European Union until July, and the Austrians see themselves very much as being at the heart of an integrated European state.
JAPAN
Jan 28, 2006

Gangster nabbed for gun-running

Police arrested a member of the Inagawa-kai underworld syndicate and raided 10 locations, including a Yokohama office controlled by the mob Friday, on suspicion the gang was attempting to smuggle guns and explosives into Japan, police sources said.
SOCCER / World cup
Jan 27, 2006

Zico to call up Ono to join Japan squad

Japan coach Zico indicated Thursday he will call up midfielder Shinji Ono, who just returned to J. League first-division club Urawa Reds from Dutch club Feyenoord, for a weeklong training camp in Miyazaki beginning Sunday.
BUSINESS
Jan 27, 2006

NHK hints at cutting fees if paying viewers return

The president of NHK hinted Thursday the broadcaster might reduce its subscription rates if more people paid their fees.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 26, 2006

Why America needs the U.N.

We have to live in and manage a world in which the threat and use of force remain an ever present reality. The material capacity, economic efficiency, political organization and military skills in the use of force determine the international power hierarchy. Great powers rise and fall on the tide of...
JAPAN
Jan 25, 2006

Arrest of 'son' has LDP eating crow

The arrest of Livedoor Co. founder Takafumi Horie has rocked the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, which had unofficially supported the 33-year-old Internet tycoon in the Sept. 11 general election as a standard-bearer in Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's reform drive.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 24, 2006

Ending a barbarity against black bears

BRUSSELS -- Last month the cruel practice of farming Asiatic black bears for their bile was put firmly on the global agenda as 377 members of the European Parliament -- more than half the EP membership -- signed a written declaration calling on China to ban this barbarity. With bear bile already illegal...
JAPAN
Jan 24, 2006

LDP to study boosting defense role in space quest, spy satellite abilities

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party will study whether to relax restrictions on using spinoffs from space development efforts for purposes of defense.
OLYMPICS
Jan 23, 2006

Japanese Olympic team launched

The Japanese delegation of 240 athletes and officials for the upcoming Winter Olympic Games in Turin was officially launched with a ceremony in Tokyo on Sunday.
JAPAN
Jan 23, 2006

Funeral for Livedoor-linked suicide

The funeral was held Sunday for a former brokerage executive linked with takeover deals by Livedoor Co. who committed suicide last week in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture.
JAPAN
Jan 23, 2006

U.S. sailor held over late-night Sasebo robbery

A U.S. sailor was arrested on suspicion of robbing a woman in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, police said Sunday, only weeks after another sailor was arrested on charges of fatally beating and robbing a woman in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jan 22, 2006

Roster of foreign players nearly complete for 2006 season

Spring camps begin for the 12 Japan pro baseball teams in just 10 days, and there has been a flurry of activity in the past week with the Central and Pacific League clubs signing new-and second-hand-foreign players and finalizing rosters for the coming season. Following is a team-by-team update on the...
Tokyo emerges as a top market for global tech talent
Tokyo ranks among the world's top tech talent hubs alongside Beijing, the San Francisco Bay Area, Bengaluru, Paris, New York and Dublin, according to Colliers' newly released global tech markets report.
JSA’s 100th anniversary event is a once-in-a-lifetime chance for sumo fans
Egyptian wrestler Osunaarashi has some fun with children during a special Japan Sumo Association event in 2017.
Tens of millions of yen found at home of Aum Shinrikyo founder's wife
The house of the wife of the late Chizuo Matsumoto, the now-defunct Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult's founder, in Koshigaya, Saitama Prefecture, in July
Japan researchers identify gut bacteria strain that boosts anticancer drugs
Researchers at the National Cancer Center Japan say a new type of gut bacteria named YB328 could help unlock the potential of cancer immunotherapy.
Living conditions index hits lowest level in 15 years in Japan
The share of respondents to a Bank of Japan quarterly survey in June who said they have become worse off came to 61.0%, up 5.1 percentage points from the previous survey.
Idol-pop project redefines kawaii for the TikTok generation
Misa Kimura is the main producer for Kawaii Lab, a project by entertainment agency Asobisystem whose groups have found success by pairing a social media-first strategy with a fresh perspective on traditional idol-pop tropes.
Craig Mod's life in motion in a disappearing Japan
Mod's memoir “Things Become Other Things” chronicles his walking trips across the Kii Peninsula, surveying “a graceful end to a certain life cycle.”
With China and Trump, Japan defense report says world entering ‘new era of crisis’
A senior member of a Self-Defense Forces honor guard inspects a formation before the arrival of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba for a visit to the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on June 30.
Tokyo stocks hit by a perfect storm of tariffs, politics and budget worries
Tokyo stocks are underperforming shares in other large markets globally.
Japan researchers identify gut bacteria strain that boosts anticancer drugs
Researchers at the National Cancer Center Japan say a new type of gut bacteria named YB328 could help unlock the potential of cancer immunotherapy.

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