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BUSINESS
Dec 25, 2004

FSA to promote financial conglomerates

The Financial Services Agency announced a new two-year plan Friday underlining the nation's need for a legal framework that will allow the country's banks, brokerages and insurers to form financial conglomerates capable of competing on a global level.
BUSINESS
Dec 25, 2004

FSA set to inspect report recheck refusers

The Financial Services Agency said Friday it will strongly urge companies to respond to its orders to review financial statements and will conduct on-site inspections on those who refuse.
JAPAN
Dec 24, 2004

Vietnamese woman, daughters face deportation

A Vietnamese woman and her two daughters in Kanagawa Prefecture are on the verge of being deported because her visa expired in January and the immigration office is withholding an extension.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 24, 2004

Tale of Yokota's abduction by North now recounted in comic-book form

Megumi Yokota's status as an abduction victim means that her photos have been staple fare for Japanese newspapers, magazines and television stations for some time.
Dec 24, 2004

Vietnamese woman, daughters face deportation

A Vietnamese woman and her two daughters in Kanagawa Prefecture are on the verge of being deported because her visa expired in January and the immigration office is withholding an extension.
JAPAN
Dec 22, 2004

230 people killed or missing in natural disasters in 2004

At least 230 people were killed or remain missing and presumed dead in typhoons, rainstorms and other natural disasters in 2004, according to a government report released Tuesday.
Dec 22, 2004

230 people killed or missing in natural disasters in 2004

At least 230 people were killed or remain missing and presumed dead in typhoons, rainstorms and other natural disasters in 2004, according to a government report released Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Dec 21, 2004

Cabinet Office downgrades its assessment of economy

The government on Monday lowered its assessment of the economy for the second consecutive month, citing weakening production and exports.
JAPAN
Dec 21, 2004

1 billion yen to increase staff at U.N.

The Finance Ministry earmarked 1.23 billion yen in the draft budget for fiscal 2005 Monday to increase the number of Japanese in the United Nations and related organizations as it doggedly pursues a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 20, 2004

NGO builds bridges between Japan, U.S.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Most Americans still think of Japan as having a "weak" economy. Japan's reputation in the United States from an economic standpoint has not fully recovered from the bursting of the 1980s' "bubble."
JAPAN
Dec 19, 2004

Seibu Rail shirked board meetings

Seibu Railway Co. did not hold a board of directors meeting for about seven years until this spring in violation of the Commercial Code, officials of the railway operator said Saturday.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Dec 19, 2004

Final warning: The horror of horrors medical TV show

The medical industry has become as scary as the diseases it treats. On Dec. 10, the government released a list of 7,000 medical institutions nationwide that handled tainted blood products before 1994, and on the same day a judge ordered the Tokyo Medical University Hospital to preserve evidence related...
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Dec 19, 2004

Stamp of identity for artist of a troubled double heritage

THE LIFE OF ISAMU NOGUCHI: Journey Without Borders, by Masayo Duus, translated by Peter Duus. Princeton University Press, 2004, 340 pp., 36 half-tone photos, $29.95 (cloth). ISAMU NOGUCHI: Master Sculptor, by Valerie J. Fletcher, with contributions by Dana Miller and Bonnie Rychlak. London: Scala Publishers,...
JAPAN
Dec 18, 2004

Koizumi, Roh back six-way talks, in no hurry for sanctions

IBUSUKI, Kagoshima Pref. -- Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun said Friday they will seek an early resumption of six-way talks on North Korea's nuclear threat.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 18, 2004

Japanese school gets more asylum-seekers

Seven asylum-seekers believed to be North Korean entered a Japanese school in Beijing on Friday morning, according to Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Dec 18, 2004

Mourinho's moaning about Henry's goal just a diversion

LONDON -- There should have been no controversy.
Dec 18, 2004

Koizumi, Roh back six-way talks, in no hurry for sanctions

IBUSUKI, Kagoshima Pref. -- Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun said Friday they will seek an early resumption of six-way talks on North Korea's nuclear threat.
Japan Times
Dec 18, 2004

Japanese school gets more asylum-seekers

Seven asylum-seekers believed to be North Korean entered a Japanese school in Beijing on Friday morning, according to Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda.
CULTURE / Books / THE BOOK REPORT
Dec 17, 2004

Book Trade Booms in 2004

2004 was a prosperous year for the Japanese book trade with revenues exceeding the previous year's figures for the first time in seven years. Despite many small bookstores going out of business, innovative marketing from publishers and book retailers produced several million-sellers.
BUSINESS
Dec 17, 2004

State may downgrade economy

The government will probably downgrade the economy in its December report, making it clear things are slowing down, sources at the Cabinet Office said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 17, 2004

Tokyo to grant Lee entry by year's end

Japan said Thursday it will issue an entry visa to former Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui for a private trip by the end of the month, in a move that could further aggravate its already strained relationship with China.
JAPAN
Dec 17, 2004

NPA to launch unsolved-crime DNA database

The National Police Agency will launch a DNA database Friday of evidence found at unsolved crime scenes nationwide.
JAPAN
Dec 16, 2004

'Tankan' sees first slide in 21 months; recovery past peak

Business confidence at Japan's large manufacturers in the October-December quarter worsened for the first time in 21 months, and the outlook for next quarter is even dimmer, according to the Bank of Japan's closely watched "tankan" survey released Wednesday.
JAPAN
Dec 16, 2004

Obituary: Roger Allen

Roger Allen, a longtime resident of Tokyo and vice chairman of the Foreign Community Support Committee of YMCA in Japan, died Tuesday of heart attack at a hospital in Tokyo. He was 59.
BUSINESS
Dec 16, 2004

Kokudo to void Seibu stock transactions

Kokudo Corp. is willing to void stock transaction deals worth 62 billion yen with about 70 firms that bought Seibu Railway Co. shares without knowing that Seibu had underreported shareholder ratio figures, company sources said Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 16, 2004

ASIMO one step closer to acquiring human touch

The latest version of ASIMO, the humanoid robot developed by Honda Motor Co., has taken a step closer to humanity.
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.
Kyoto to raise accommodation tax to a maximum ¥10,000 per night
Tourists visit Fushimi Inari Shrine in the city of Kyoto on Monday.
Bird flu cases surge as new year begins
Agriculture minister Taku Eto speaks during a meeting on measures against bird flu at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japanese space startup launches second bid for historic moon landing
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Ispace's Resilience lunar lander lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Wednesday.
Trump’s immigration crackdown will be swift and ugly. Here’s how.
Migrants wait to be processed on U.S. soil after crossing from Mexico in El Paso, Texas, in May 2023.
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.
Due north: Foreign-born guides introduce Hokkaido’s unique charms
Lantoko, a company operated by Taiwan native Ping-Fang Lan, offers drift ice walking tours and other exhilarating experiences in and around Shiretoko National Park.

Podcast

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

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?
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