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JAPAN
Sep 27, 2005

Chubu economy's future seen bright with boost from expo

NAGOYA -- As Nagoya's big coming-out party winds down, thoughts turn inevitably to what's next. The issue of how the prefecture can capitalize on the Aichi Expo is on everyone's mind.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Sep 27, 2005

Watches, stains and health food

Keep watching Jim in Kansai notes that it is several weeks now since we ran his request for suggestions on repairing his old Seiko watch, but still no response. "I knew it was a long shot, but I'd like to thank you anyway, for trying."
BUSINESS
Sep 27, 2005

Zama to be Nissan global design hub

Nissan Motor Co. said Monday it will build a 5.1 billion yen facility near Tokyo to consolidate its global production engineering functions at one site.
Sep 27, 2005

Gas price tops 130 yen for first time since 1992

The average retail price of regular gasoline nationwide continued rising in September due to soaring crude oil prices, topping 130 yen per liter for the first time since January 1992, an industry body said Monday.
EDITORIALS
Sep 25, 2005

No face-off, please

Medical controversies have a way of making fence-sitters of even the most opinionated among us. Assisted suicide, life support, late-term abortions: We listen to the practical and ethical pros and cons on such issues and end up incapable of holding a view for longer than 10 minutes.
JAPAN
Sep 23, 2005

Six more Japan Highway execs tied to bid-rigging

Six more officials of Japan Highway Public Corp. are suspected of involvement in rigging official bids in connection with bridge building contracts, President Takeshi Kondo said Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 23, 2005

Japan to use nuke test monitor for tsunami alerts

The Meteorological Agency will use seismographic data collected by an international organization building a nuclear test detection network to give tsunami warnings to other countries.
BUSINESS
Sep 23, 2005

Service industry activity falls 0.8%

Japan's service industry activity index fell 0.8 percent in July from the previous month due to lackluster sales of software and, apparently, weak electricity demand caused by bad weather, the government said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Sep 23, 2005

Assessment of economy unchanged

The government on Thursday kept its upbeat overall assessment of the economy unchanged from the previous month, and even upgraded its view on capital investment and housing construction.
BUSINESS
Sep 22, 2005

Takagi bids for Rengo leadership

Tsuyoshi Takagi, head of UI Zensen Domei, filed his candidacy Wednesday for president of the 6.6 million-strong Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) in a bid to become its fifth leader.
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CULTURE / Art / NEW ART SEEN
Sep 22, 2005

Becoming Japanese to satisfy the American eye

The elegant and enigmatic new exhibition at the Mori Art Museum, "The End of Time," is a retrospective on four decades of work by Hiroshi Sugimoto. One of Japan's most internationally acclaimed artists, Sugimoto uses photography to condense events in celebrated time-exposure series such as "Seascapes"...
Sep 22, 2005

Firms betting on Russia amid political poker

A screen up front read "Welcome to St. Petersburg!" as top officials of Russia's second-largest city gave a presentation in Tokyo to lure Japanese investment.
JAPAN
Sep 22, 2005

FTC to scold Japan Highway

The Fair Trade Commission will order Japan Highway Public Corp. to come up with measures to prevent bid-rigging, sources said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Sep 21, 2005

Optimism lifts TSE to four-year high

Growing optimism over prospects for the Japanese economy along with buying by foreign investors pushed Tokyo shares higher across the board Tuesday, sending the key Nikkei stock index to finish above the 13,000 line for the first time in more than four years.
BUSINESS
Sep 21, 2005

Princeton professor wins IT award

Hisashi Kobayashi, a professor at Princeton University, has been awarded this year's Technology Award of the Eduard Rhein Foundation together with two researchers at the IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, IBM officials said Tuesday.
COMMUNITY / LIFELINES
Sep 20, 2005

T-shirts, leave and a reminder

T-shirt exchange "Get it Pumping!", "I'm a steel driving man," "Almost famous," and "New Kids on the Block world tour." Random English adverts on the train? An English lesson gone wrong?
JAPAN
Sep 20, 2005

Indonesia jungles yield remains of possibly 60 troops

Sixty sets of remains believed to be of Imperial Japanese Army soldiers have been found in Indonesian jungles, Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry officials said Monday.
LIFE / Style & Design
Sep 20, 2005

Fendi furs and furnishings, Humans by Mike Mills, dark Baccarat, Vera Wang perfumes . . .

F is for flamboyant Ostentatious interior offerings at the refitted salon of Fendi Omotesando
EDITORIALS
Sep 19, 2005

Disaster defense that works

Typhoons land on Japan every year, and many people often die or go missing. Indeed, typhoons are more vicious than earthquakes, except for really large-scale quakes like the one that struck Kobe in 1995 and killed some 6,000 people.
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CULTURE / Music / THE SECOND ROOM
Sep 19, 2005

The Gathering 2005 preview -- return to Tsumagoi

Ready or not, here comes the spectacular end of another amazing summer season.
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JAPAN
Sep 17, 2005

Local version of wedding magazine teaches men how to tie the knot

While brides-to-be may complain that their future spouses do nothing to help them prepare for the big day, it's often the case that men just don't have a clue about what to do to help.
JAPAN
Sep 17, 2005

Demand for China gas drilling data reasonable: energy chief

Japan's demand that China hand over concrete data on its ongoing gas drilling projects in a disputed sea zone is not unreasonable because it pertains to sovereignty, according to a senior Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry official.
BUSINESS
Sep 17, 2005

TSE, FSA at loggerheads over listing plan

A confrontation with the Financial Services Agency has hindered Tokyo Stock Exchange Inc.'s plans to list its own shares on the TSE by the end of this fiscal year.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 17, 2005

Taiwan sees wider recognition as key to upholding democrac

Taiwan has been endeavoring to lift the stature of its 23 million people in the eyes of the international community as a foil to China's plans for unification.
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JAPAN
Sep 17, 2005

Corporate jets attracting more Japanese clients

"Why don't you get into my flying car?"
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2005

Koizumi tells acolytes to stay away from factions

Despite the Liberal Democratic Party's overwhelming victory in Sunday's Lower House election, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi appears to want to exert even more control over the LDP.
BUSINESS
Sep 14, 2005

July mobile-phone shipments down

Domestic shipments of mobile phones, including personal handy-phone system devices, fell 11.4 percent in July from a year earlier to 3.66 million units due to a decline in mobile- and car-phone shipments, an industrial body said Tuesday.

Longform

It's back to the classroom for some residents as municipal governments across the country conduct lessons to learn how to use new technologies.
Can aging Japan go digital without leaving anyone behind?