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SOCCER / J. League
Feb 17, 2004

Okubo dumped again

Cerezo Osaka striker Yoshito Okubo was on Monday left out of the Japan Under-23 squad for the final round of the Asia zone qualifiers for this year's Olympics, just days after being axed from the Japan senior national squad for its 2006 World Cup qualifier against Oman in Saitama on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Feb 17, 2004

Beefed-up spouse protection planned

A revised law against domestic violence is being prepared that would lead to injunctions against former spouses who continue their abuse, Diet sources said Monday.
JAPAN
Feb 17, 2004

Kanebo eyes IRCJ instead of Kao deal

In a sudden turn of events, Kanebo Ltd. said Monday it has scrapped a plan to sell its core cosmetics business to Kao Corp. and instead will seek a government bailout.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 17, 2004

Returnees' families urge pressure on Pyongyang

The families of Japanese abducted to North Korea in the 1970s and 1980s urged the government Monday to step up its pressure on Pyongyang.
BUSINESS
Feb 17, 2004

METI to boost the number of FTA staff to 80 from 35

The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry plans to increase the number of officials working on negotiations for free-trade agreements to about 80 from the current 35, a METI official said Monday.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Feb 17, 2004

Posting food to the U.S. and big clothes

U.S. posting rules Dear Lifelines; Is there some new prohibition against sending Japanese foods to the U.S.?
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / A GAIJIN'S TALE
Feb 17, 2004

Yeah, Yeah, Yeah

I met my (Japanese) wife in Australia, where we decided to get married. I later agreed to come to Japan to meet her parents and seek their permission to tie the knot.
JAPAN
Feb 17, 2004

Aum locations searched in runup to guru's verdict

The Justice Ministry's Public Security Intelligence Agency on Monday raided 11 locations connected with Aum Shinrikyo ahead of next week's court verdict on cult founder Shoko Asahara.
Japan Times
JAPAN / POLITICS IN FOCUS
Feb 17, 2004

Koizumi, Kan warm to unicameral system

Whenever a Diet session convenes, the Emperor gives a short speech at the House of Councilors' opening ceremony -- a tradition that should demonstrate the chamber's status.
JAPAN
Feb 17, 2004

Bureaucrat to be top court justice

The government plans to appoint Osamu Tsuno, former director general of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau, as a Supreme Court justice, replacing Tsugio Kameyama, who is retiring, government officials said Monday.
BUSINESS
Feb 17, 2004

Number of failed companies falls for 13th month

Corporate bankruptcies fell 16.1 percent in January from a year earlier to a total of 1,205, marking the 13th consecutive month of decline, Teikoku Databank Ltd. said Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 17, 2004

Don't forget Afghanistan: ADB official

The international community, including Japan, should demonstrate further commitment toward rebuilding Afghanistan at the donors conference next month in Berlin, according to a senior official of the Asian Development Bank.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Feb 17, 2004

Enduring life in the Japanese company

It's probably just as difficult to find a happily employed Westerner in a Japanese company as it is to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
JAPAN
Feb 17, 2004

Japan CDs made abroad face five-year import ban: agency

The Cultural Affairs Agency is considering a ban on importing Japanese music CDs manufactured overseas until about five years after their release, government sources said Monday.
BUSINESS
Feb 17, 2004

TSE listing reflects Shinsei's return to viability

Demonstrating its successful revival, Shinsei Bank, the successor to the failed Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan, will list its shares Thursday on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
BUSINESS
Feb 17, 2004

Toyota approach lifts NEC's PC production

NEC Corp. has boosted per-worker output of personal computers almost sixfold in the three years since it introduced Toyota Motor Corp.'s production style, company officials have said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 17, 2004

New college dedicated to education on parenting

Need parenting tips? Go to college.
COMMENTARY
Feb 17, 2004

U.S.-British naivete unmasked

With the United States bringing out new rules of international relations regularly, it is important to take stock from time to time. One of them, spawned by the Iraq conflict, is the uncertainty doctrine. This says that whether Iraq had weapons of mass destruction (WMD) or not does not matter. What is...
BUSINESS
Feb 17, 2004

France win of China rail bid denied

The transport ministry on Monday denied that France has beaten Japan and Germany in a bid to provide technology for a planned high-speed rail link between Beijing and Shanghai.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Feb 17, 2004

What is your ideal work environment?

Naoki Daisho Samurai Student, 22
BUSINESS
Feb 17, 2004

Honda, GE to market engine for business jets

Honda Motor Co. and General Electric Co. said Monday they have agreed to jointly commercialize a new turbofan jet engine for small business planes.
BUSINESS
Feb 17, 2004

Retail beef prices set new record, up fifth straight week

Retail prices for domestic and imported beef rose last week for the fifth consecutive weekly increase as the import ban on U.S. beef continued to push up prices to record levels, the farm ministry said Monday.
JAPAN
Feb 16, 2004

Tokyo to seek talks in March with Pyongyang

The government has decided to seek talks with North Korea in March in hopes of achieving a breakthrough on issues surrounding the abduction of Japanese nationals, including bringing the relatives of five former abductees to Japan, government sources said Sunday.
Is America ready for Japanese-style 7-Elevens?
Convenience stores are a fixture of Japanese life and 7-Eleven, a chain that began in the U.S. in 1927, opened its first store in Japan in 1974 — and then became wholly Japanese-owned in 2005 through parent company Seven & I Holdings.
Japan's cutting-edge railgun successfully strikes target vessel
The Defense Ministry’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) conducted a ship-board railgun shooting test from June to early July this year with the support of the Maritime Self-Defense Force.
‘Fairytale’ Shirakawago ranked one of the world’s most beautiful villages
Forbes and Unforgettable Travel Company have ranked Shirakawago in Gifu Prefecture as Asia's most beautiful village.
People rush to make furusato nozei donations ahead of tighter rules
A booth from the town of Betsukai in Hokkaido at an Amazon Japan furusato nо̄zei promotion event, on Sept. 5 in Tokyo's Minato Ward.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
As of August 2024, the number of confirmed chagusaba farmers had fallen to 302, just over half the 582 reported in 2015, according to the Shizuoka Chagusaba Farming Method Promotion Council.

Podcast

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

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
By Mai Yoshikawa

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