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JAPAN
Jun 3, 2003

Aso says sorry for claiming Koreans wanted Japanese names during war

Taro Aso, policy chief of the Liberal Democratic Party, apologized Monday for infuriating Koreans during the weekend by claiming they voluntarily adopted Japanese names during World War II.
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2003

Vote set on Labor Standards Law

The ruling coalition and the Democratic Party of Japan, the largest opposition force, agreed Monday on changes to a bill to revise the Labor Standards Law, including removal of a clause that stipulates employers' rights to fire workers, lawmakers said.
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2003

Drivers fear revenue shift may spur local crackdowns

Nearly eight out of 10 drivers object to the idea of allowing local authorities to keep traffic penalties they collect as local revenue, fearing the system would encourage crackdowns on traffic violations, the National Police Agency said Thursday.
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2003

Aso says sorry for claiming Koreans wanted Japanese names during war

Taro Aso, policy chief of the Liberal Democratic Party, apologized Monday for infuriating Koreans during the weekend by claiming they voluntarily adopted Japanese names during World War II.
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2003

Trilateral talks slated for Hawaii

Japan, South Korea and the United States will hold a sub-Cabinet level meeting regarding the North Korean nuclear standoff on Jun. 12 and 13 in Honolulu, the Foreign Ministry said Monday.
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2003

Vote set on Labor Standards Law

The ruling coalition and the Democratic Party of Japan, the largest opposition force, agreed Monday on changes to a bill to revise the Labor Standards Law, including removal of a clause that stipulates employers' rights to fire workers, lawmakers said.
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2003

Trilateral talks slated for Hawaii

Japan, South Korea and the United States will hold a sub-Cabinet level meeting regarding the North Korean nuclear standoff on Jun. 12 and 13 in Honolulu, the Foreign Ministry said Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FRONT-RUNNERS
Jun 3, 2003

Sanyo charging ahead in cell phone battery sector

Chances are if you use a mobile phone equipped with a camera, it's powered by a Sanyo battery.
BUSINESS
Jun 3, 2003

Trucks, large autos lead rise in domestic car sales

Domestic sales of new cars, trucks and buses in May rose 2.3 percent from the same month last year to 291,363 units, logging the first increase in two months, the Japan Automobile Dealers Association said Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 3, 2003

Sony suffers telling fall in Vaio computer sales

Sales of Sony Corp.'s Vaio personal computer, which was a hit when introduced in fiscal 1997, have fallen off, with shipments in fiscal 2002 plunging below the previous year's levels for the first time.
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2003

Trilateral talks slated for Hawaii

Japan, South Korea and the United States will hold a sub-Cabinet level meeting regarding the North Korean nuclear standoff on Jun. 12 and 13 in Honolulu, the Foreign Ministry said Monday.
BUSINESS
Jun 3, 2003

Honda wins scooter lawsuit in China

Honda Motor Co. has won a lawsuit in Beijing against the Chinese government to restore the Japanese automaker's motor scooter design patent, a company spokeswoman said Monday.
BUSINESS
Jun 3, 2003

BOJ vet joins Accenture Japan

Former senior Bank of Japan official Michiaki Morita joined Accenture Japan Ltd. as a senior adviser Monday, the Japan unit of the U.S. consulting firm Accenture Ltd. said.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Jun 3, 2003

Improv comics bring hit TV show to Tokyo

Any English teacher in Japan can doubtless relate sweat-soaked tales of turning up for work and being given a near-impossible task to perform.
BUSINESS
Jun 3, 2003

Kobe Steel eyes 20-fold profit growth by 2005

Kobe Steel Ltd. said Monday it aims to expand its group net profit by more than 20 times by fiscal 2005 to 36 billion yen from 1.7 billion yen in fiscal 2002, which ended March 31.
SUMO
Jun 3, 2003

Musashimaru back in training

Yokozuna Musashimaru resumed practice Monday in a bid to make his comeback at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament in July after missing the last four basho with a nagging wrist injury.
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2003

From language to food, things Korean seen finding favor in World Cup wake

A year after the historic cohosting by Japan and South Korea of the 2002 World Cup finals, Japan's embracing of things Korean appears to have gone beyond being simply a one-time fad.
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2003

74 colleges plan to open law schools

Seventy-four public and private universities plan to open law schools next April as part of Japan's judicial system reform, with many private schools considering charging annual tuition of 1.5 million yen to 2 million yen, according to a recent Kyodo News survey.
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2003

Takanohana's 'gangster like' hubbub

The Japan Sumo Association has reportedly informed the sports ministry of the circumstances under which former yokozuna Takanohana visited the office of a former patron with a "gangster-like man."
BUSINESS
Jun 3, 2003

Tokyo Star Bank eyes board committees

Tokyo Star Bank said Monday that, subject to approval at a shareholders' meeting scheduled for June 27, it will establish board committees aimed at boosting corporate governance.
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2003

Takanohana's 'gangster like' hubbub

The Japan Sumo Association has reportedly informed the sports ministry of the circumstances under which former yokozuna Takanohana visited the office of a former patron with a "gangster-like man."
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2003

From language to food, things Korean seen finding favor in World Cup wake

A year after the historic cohosting by Japan and South Korea of the 2002 World Cup finals, Japan's embracing of things Korean appears to have gone beyond being simply a one-time fad.
BUSINESS
Jun 3, 2003

Average wage down 0.4% in April

The average monthly wage at Japanese companies, including overtime, stood at 280,001 yen in April, down 0.4 percent from a year earlier, marking the first decline in three months, the labor ministry said Monday.
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2003

Takanohana's 'gangster like' hubbub

The Japan Sumo Association has reportedly informed the sports ministry of the circumstances under which former yokozuna Takanohana visited the office of a former patron with a "gangster-like man."
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.
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.
‘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.
Aging Japan’s centenarian population nears 100,000
Shigeko Kagawa, Japan's oldest person at 114, in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, on July 30
‘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.
Aging Japan’s centenarian population nears 100,000
Shigeko Kagawa, Japan's oldest person at 114, in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, on July 30
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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We are pleased to announce the winners of the 6th annual Sustainable Japan Award.
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