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BUSINESS
Dec 5, 2003

Ministry nears approval of nighttime drug sales

The health ministry is leaning toward approving nighttime drug sales on condition that instructions on medication are given to retailers by pharmacists by videophone, ministry officials said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Dec 5, 2003

LDP panel looks to hit working wives for local tax

The Liberal Democratic Party's tax panel wants to increase the number of residents paying one form of local income tax, as well as raise the basic rate, a senior panel member said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Dec 5, 2003

Capital spending rising at slower pace

Capital spending in the July-September period rose on a year-on-year basis for the second quarter in a row, although the pace of expansion slowed to 0.4 percent, according to a Finance Ministry survey released Thursday.
BUSINESS
Dec 5, 2003

Regionals lag behind big banks on bad loans

The recent interim earnings results for 15 regional banks that received public fund injections show their bad-loan disposal efforts lag behind those at major banking groups by a wide margin.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Dec 5, 2003

Akihabara -- not just a treat for the tourists

Growing up means putting away your toys. At least that's the accepted view. But in truth, adults don't forsake toys -- we just buy more expensive and interesting ones.
BUSINESS
Dec 5, 2003

Drastic improvement seen in business sentiment

The key gauge for business sentiment among major companies swung into the plus column in the October-December period for the first time in 11 quarters, thanks to improvement in the domestic economy, the Finance Ministry said Thursday.
JAPAN
Dec 5, 2003

Farmers lose 33-year fight over land at Narita

The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected an appeal by farmers seeking nullification of the government's expropriation of land for Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture.
BUSINESS
Dec 5, 2003

Fiscal 2002 GDP data downgraded

The Cabinet Office said Thursday it has revised downward the nation's gross domestic product data for fiscal 2002, with real growth lowered to 1.2 percent from the 1.6 percent estimated in November.
JAPAN
Dec 5, 2003

Half of Tokyoites turned off by tap water

Half of Tokyo residents are dissatisfied with the quality of their tap water and more than half do not directly drink it, according to a recent survey conducted by the metropolitan government.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / THEN AND NOW
Dec 5, 2003

Plying the watery margins of old Edo

The accompanying 1830s woodblock print by Hasegawa Settan, titled "The Rokugo Ferry," shows a ferry that has just embarked on a crossing of the Tama River, taking about a dozen passengers and a horse to Kawasaki on the far shore. The two men dashing in vain to get on the boat will not be disappointed...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 5, 2003

Ministry shows photos of envoys' car

The Foreign Ministry released three photographs Thursday of the four-wheel-drive vehicle in which two Japanese diplomats and their Iraqi driver were shot dead in northern Iraq.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Dec 5, 2003

Barcelona vs. Real Madrid match stirs passions like no other

LONDON -- Sir Bobby Robson called it "a powder keg." It is not so much football rivalry but a chance for political revenge and when the teams last met, among the objects thrown on to the pitch was a pig's head.
MORE SPORTS
Dec 5, 2003

Izawa, Katayama battle it out at Yomiuri links

Toshimitsu Izawa, who currently leads the overall money rankings, and Shingo Katayama, who is 5.71 million yen behind in third, both got off to flying starts in the opening round of the season-ending Nippon Series JT Cup on Thursday.
JAPAN
Dec 5, 2003

Time to send people to the frontline in Iraq, Kawaguchi says

Despite the recent fatal ambush of two Japanese diplomats in Iraq, Japan should send Self-Defense Forces troops to the country to help speed up its reconstruction, Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi said Thursday.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 5, 2003

China dreads contagion of unrest

SINGAPORE -- The heavy losses suffered by proadministration and pro-Beijing parties in Hong Kong's Nov. 23 municipal elections clearly bore out a prodemocracy message.
JAPAN
Dec 4, 2003

Few warm to greater-Tokyo assembly idea

Kanagawa Gov. Shigefumi Matsuzawa advocates creation of an unprecedented regional administrative system that would deal with issues affecting the multiple prefectures and municipalities that constitute greater Tokyo.
MORE SPORTS
Dec 4, 2003

Williams, Sugiyama to join Toray Open

Venus Williams and Ai Sugiyama will be among the top seeds competing at next year's Toray Pan Pacific Open, the sponsor said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 4, 2003

Terminator, Godzilla adorn battledores

Caricatures of California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui are some of the faces that adorn decorative "hagoita" battledores at an annual exhibition of the traditional paddles that began Wednesday in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Dec 4, 2003

Ishiba briefs Koizumi on fact-finding mission, slips away

Defense Agency chief Shigeru Ishiba on Wednesday reported the results of a fact-minding mission to Iraq to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.
JAPAN
Dec 4, 2003

Takei issued wiretap orders, former Takefuji exec tells cops

A former Takefuji Corp. executive has told police that Yasuo Takei, founder and chairman of the consumer loan company, ordered him to bug the phones of seven senior Takefuji officials, investigative sources said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 4, 2003

Auto repair exam questions leaked to candidates

Nearly 80 percent of questions in a highly competitive government-sponsored exam for auto mechanic licenses held earlier this week were leaked to examinees through Toyota Motor Corp. dealerships, the nation's top automaker said Wednesday.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Dec 4, 2003

Rivers made the final call on dumping Armstrong

NEW YORK -- Four defeats A.D. (After Doc), hints and allegations continue to dribble-drive-and-dish throughout the league; the misinformed majority would like you to believe Magic GM John Gabriel undermined his undeviatingly adored coach by refusing to re-sign force field Darrell Armstrong. Not.
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
Strikes on Qatar and Poland shake U.S. sway among friend and foe
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Museum of the Bible in Washington on Sept. 8. Israeli strikes in Qatar and Russian drone incursions into Poland have challenged the U.S. leaders claims of global respect.
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.

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