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JAPAN
Nov 19, 2005

IC tags eyed to curb accidents involving kids

NTT Data Corp., Nissan Motor Co. and three other companies have developed a safety system using a wireless integrated circuit tag to help prevent traffic accidents involving children.
BUSINESS
Nov 17, 2005

Gas prices fall first time since June

The average retail price of a liter of regular gasoline in Japan fell to 130 yen, including tax, on Monday, down from the previous week for the first dip in about five months, the Oil Information Center said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Nov 16, 2005

TSE releases new computer measures

The Tokyo Stock Exchange released Tuesday a set of measures to prevent future computer system breakdowns like the one that shut down the world's second-largest equity market on Nov. 1.
JAPAN
Nov 15, 2005

Rokkasho drawing proliferation flak

OSAKA -- As Japan moves forward with plans to conduct further uranium tests in the near future at the Rokkasho nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in Aomori Prefecture in preparation for full operations in 2007, it faces growing pressure from the international community to give up some control of the process....
JAPAN
Nov 15, 2005

Action plan for bird flu includes ban on gatherings

The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry unveiled a plan Monday empowering the government to ban public gatherings and quarantine people to counter the potential outbreak of a new strain of bird flu against which humans have yet to develop an effective defense.
EDITORIALS
Nov 15, 2005

Braking illicit drug use

Police statistics show that the number of people taken into police custody on narcotics-related charges is on the decrease. Still, optimism about drug use in Japan is not warranted, as recent arrests or indictments have involved a former lawmaker and members of the Self-Defense Forces.
JAPAN
Nov 15, 2005

Students hope play will defeat nukes on subcontinent

University students have been performing an antinuclear drama in Tokyo in the Urdu language that they hope will persuade people in India and Pakistan to urge their governments to abandon nuclear arms.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Nov 15, 2005

Counseling, cults and Hotteeze

Cults K (who prefers to remain anonymous) takes me to task: "You recommended Yamagishikai for organic food, but left out half the story - such as why it 'came under pressure from a scandal-driven media' during the murder/brainwashing peak of the Aum period. This was less a 'scandal-driven' problem than...
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 15, 2005

Aussies preparing for worst

SYDNEY -- Tough new antiterrorist laws will soon give troops shoot-to-kill authority when patrolling Australian streets in anticipation of a terrorist attack. But the change will come only after the Australian public has agonized over a claimed loss of civil liberties.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 15, 2005

Consultant eyes bank market

The recent deregulation and stiffer competition in retail banking will boost the demand for marketing services at branches, according to the head of a U.S. marketing and design firm specializing in retail banking.
EDITORIALS
Nov 13, 2005

The pop-word culture

The dictionary frowns on words it snootily labels "informal." Teachers and newspaper copy editors carry a grudge against slang. Nearly everyone recoils from jargon. But according to a new book irresistibly titled "Slam Dunks and No-Brainers: Language in Your Life, the Media, Business, Politics, and,...
BUSINESS
Nov 12, 2005

Fuji TV planning to divide, absorb NBS assets

Fuji Television Network Inc. is planning to absorb all or part of its subsidiary, Nippon Broadcasting System Inc., sources said Friday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Nov 12, 2005

Christine Ishikawa

Within the first month of her arrival in Japan in 1989, Chris Ishikawa joined the Yokohama International Women's Club. She was a foreign bride then, living in a Japanese neighborhood, and feeling lonely. She said: "I read a writeup in a local newspaper about YIWC's outing to an antiques dealer. I went...
BUSINESS
Nov 12, 2005

IT, R&D tax breaks may be eliminated in March

A Tax Commission subcommittee agreed Friday that some of the government's corporate tax breaks should be abolished as planned next March because the economy seems to be recovering.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / VINELAND
Nov 11, 2005

Can Japan sales save Beaujolais Nouveau?

Japan overtook the United States as Beaujolais' top export market in 2004, but a disastrous sales campaign for Beaujolais Nouveau last year raised serious doubts as to whether Asia can save the Beaujolais from the hole that they've dug themselves into.
JAPAN
Nov 10, 2005

Teen admits in court to slaying parents, arson

A 16-year old boy pleaded guilty in court Wednesday to murdering his parents and blowing up their apartment in June with an explosive device.
JAPAN
Nov 8, 2005

Japan Tobacco to challenge planned antismoking measures

In rare move, Japan Tobacco Inc. will challenge on Tuesday a government plan to introduce smoking restrictions.
EDITORIALS
Nov 8, 2005

Ending the zero-rate policy

In March 2001, the Bank of Japan set short-term interest rates at near zero, declaring that the nation's economy had entered a period of deflation. That extra-loose monetary policy, which is said to have had few parallels in the world, is likely to change next spring, because an upturn in consumer prices...
JAPAN
Nov 8, 2005

NPA deputizes Yahoo in hunt for five fugitives

The National Police Agency is placing wanted posters on the Yahoo Japan Web site regarding five suspects.
BUSINESS / JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES
Nov 7, 2005

LDP fiscal policy report laudable in balancing tax hike, spending cuts

An interim report compiled Oct. 24 by the Liberal Democratic Party's study group on fiscal reform has drawn public interest as an indicator of the future direction of fiscal policy b the ruling party and the government.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Nov 6, 2005

Nihon TV's documentary series "Antenna 22," variety "Odoru! Sanma Goten!" and more

Nihon TV's long-running documentary series, "Super TV," changes its name this week. The first installment of "Antenna 22" (Monday, 10 p.m.) is about the "crisis" that the host-club business is facing as its most popular stars grow past their prime.
Japan Times
Features
Nov 6, 2005

Surveying a state of change

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi led his Liberal Democratic Party to a landslide victory in the Sept. 11 general election he called as a de facto referendum on his drive to privatize postal services.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Nov 6, 2005

The media is insuring itself, but is failing to assure the people

Japan has a reputation for being a shoppers paradise, but while Japanese consumers are considered savvy and discriminating, they aren't necessarily safe from those who would want to take advantage of them.
JAPAN
Nov 5, 2005

FSA to make all bourses check systems

Trading on the Nagoya Stock Exchange was suspended Friday morning due to a system malfunction, prompting the Financial Services Agency to say it will order all six of the nation's stock exchanges to submit reports on their computer systems.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Nov 4, 2005

Portrait of modern Germany

Contemporary German photography gets a double outing with two exhibitions held simultaneously at The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. Both "August Sander: Face of Our Time" and "Between Reality and the Image: Contemporary Positions in German Photography" provide an opportunity to view the history...
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Nov 4, 2005

Nagoya Players to present Stoppard

The Nagoya Players will present Tom Stoppard's "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead" on Nov. 12-13 at Aichi Arts Center Mini Theater.
Possibility of Nankai Trough megaquake now 80%, government panel reports
A map of the hypocentral region of an anticipated Nankai Trough earthquake
Hanshin quake sparked changes to Japan's disaster response policies
Self-Defense Forces members search for victims in Kobe's Nagata Ward on Jan. 28, 1995, in the wake of the Great Hanshin Earthquake.
Elon Musk won’t save TikTok
Elon Musk, the world's richest man, has expressed ambitions to build an "everything app," and adding TikTok to X, formerly Twitter, could bring him closer to that vision.
Crashed Jeju jet’s black box failure shows decadeslong gap in power rules
The flight data recorder retrieved from Jeju Air flight 2216, which crashed killing 179 people in December. Black boxes holding the flight data and cockpit voice recorders for the flight stopped recording four minutes before the disaster, South Korea's transport ministry said Saturday.
KKR considers joining Seven & I management buyout after Apollo
KKR is discussing investing several hundred billion yen for an equity stake in the operator of 7-Eleven convenience stores.
Possibility of Nankai Trough megaquake now 80%, government panel reports
A map of the hypocentral region of an anticipated Nankai Trough earthquake
With new regional party, Shinji Ishimaru touts rebirth
Shinji Ishimaru announces details of his new regional party at a news conference in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Nippon Steel’s case against Biden probably unwinnable, attorneys argue
U.S. Steel’s Edgar Thomson Steel Works in Braddock, Pennsylvannia, in 2019. Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel face significant legal challenges in their case against the United States.
Japanese companies rush to up English-language disclosures in 2025
The Tokyo Stock Exchange will soon require some companies to publish their financials in English in addition to Japanese.
Tokyo plans to subsidize epidurals, but are hospitals ready?
Epidurals during childbirth have long been uncommon in Japan, though they have been growing more popular in recent years.

Podcast

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

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Atsuyoshi Koike, the president and CEO of Rapidus, says there is a “sense of urgency” when it comes to Japan’s efforts in manufacturing semiconductors. “We have to make sure we are successful,” he says.
Atsuyoshi Koike’s big game: Fourth down and 2 nanometers to go
By Kazuaki Nagata and Richard Meyer

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