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JAPAN
Aug 25, 2004

Suginami sues over snub of partial Juki Net data

Tokyo's Suginami Ward filed a 44.7 million yen damages suit Tuesday against the central and Tokyo Metropolitan governments for not accepting partial data on residents for the national resident registry network, which was launched last August.
JAPAN
Aug 25, 2004

Attacks raise fears for security of troops in Iraq

Ground Self-Defense Force troops deployed to the southern Iraqi city of Samawah have found themselves threatened by mortar and rocket attacks for three straight nights, prompting concerns about the security situation.
JAPAN
Aug 23, 2004

Man says he killed teacher in '78

Police found a body Sunday buried under a house in Adachi Ward, Tokyo, after a man walked into a police station and said he killed a female teacher 26 years ago.
JAPAN
Aug 23, 2004

Man says he killed teacher in '78

Police found a body Sunday buried under a house in Adachi Ward, Tokyo, after a man walked into a police station and said he killed a female teacher 26 years ago.
JAPAN
Aug 22, 2004

Independent entity to investigate medical malpractice

Amid growing mistrust in medical services, the health ministry will set up an independent body to investigate whether suspicious deaths have been caused by malpractice, ministry officials said Saturday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 21, 2004

MMC to declare end to coverup problems next week

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. will declare an end to problems resulting from its vehicle defect coverups when it releases the final results of its in-house investigation Thursday, according to MMC Vice Chairman Koji Furukawa.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Aug 21, 2004

Barbara Kuhn

The Association of Foreign Wives of Japanese has over 600 members in Japan and abroad. The women, who come from more than 50 countries, find that AFWJ offers friendship, support and help in adapting to Japanese society.
COMMENTARY
Aug 21, 2004

Be careful what you wish for

LOS ANGELES -- Be careful what you wish for, goes the saying: In the end, you might just get your wish.
JAPAN
Aug 20, 2004

Get China to stop sending North Korea escapees back: activist

Japan, the United States and South Korea must persuade Beijing to stop sending people who flee North Korea back to the country, a Japanese aid worker who recently served eight months in a Chinese prison for trying to smuggle two such people to safety, urged Thursday.
JAPAN
Aug 20, 2004

Banks sued over fake cash card use

A 64-year-old man sued two banks Thursday for allegedly failing to prevent cash withdrawals from his accounts by someone using fraudulent cash cards.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 19, 2004

Counselors now target Japanese overseas

The growing number of Japanese nationals residing abroad -- expected to surpass 1 million by 2006 -- is being matched by the need for specialist counseling agencies that help with the stress of living in an alien culture.
BUSINESS
Aug 19, 2004

Mobile-phone shipments decline

Domestic shipments of mobile phones, excluding personal handy-phone equipment, fell 15.4 percent in June from a year earlier to 4.01 million units, down for the sixth straight month, an industry association said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 18, 2004

Pullout of U.S. forces could skip Japan

Despite the U.S. announcement Monday that it will withdraw up to 70,000 service members from Asia and Europe over the next decade, America's military presence in Japan might not be part of that scenario, according to government officials.
JAPAN
Aug 18, 2004

Pullout of U.S. forces could skip Japan

Despite the U.S. announcement Monday that it will withdraw up to 70,000 service members from Asia and Europe over the next decade, America's military presence in Japan might not be part of that scenario, according to government officials.
COMMENTARY
Aug 18, 2004

Democracy depends on modernization

MANILA -- For all practical purposes, the internal affairs in most countries have ceased to be purely domestic affairs. Whether we like it or not, one of the consequences of globalization has been the erosion of national sovereignty. In economic matters, national boundaries have long ceased to exist....
JAPAN
Aug 16, 2004

Mihama accident latest in long string of nuclear plant woes

OSAKA -- In early 1999, a group of German nuclear scientists and engineers had just returned to Osaka after visiting nuclear power facilities in Fukui Prefecture. Sitting in a bar in the Hotel New Otani, they were deeply disturbed.
JAPAN
Aug 15, 2004

A defiant Suzuki raps Koizumi's reform policies

Junichiro Koizumi's structural reform drive may have the backing of voters in big cities, but people in Hokkaido and other rural regions feel abandoned by the prime minister.
COMMUNITY
Aug 15, 2004

Barbed organ of delights

"Whereas women were created solely for amusement of men it ill becomes them to emancipate themselves," begins an article in an 1873 edition of Japan Punch. "As our slaves they are the most delightful of animals, but when they attempt to assume airs of superiority, then they become hateful."
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 15, 2004

A defiant Suzuki raps Koizumi's reform policies

Junichiro Koizumi's structural reform drive may have the backing of voters in big cities, but people in Hokkaido and other rural regions feel abandoned by the prime minister.
Japan Times
Features
Aug 15, 2004

Barbed organ of delights

"Whereas women were created solely for amusement of men it ill becomes them to emancipate themselves," begins an article in an 1873 edition of Japan Punch. "As our slaves they are the most delightful of animals, but when they attempt to assume airs of superiority, then they become hateful."
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 14, 2004

Top parodist serves anti-Koizumi camp

People not in positions of authority might feel they can do little to change a political situation they disagree with, but for one of the nation's leading parodists, the answer is simple: ape those in positions of power in an unflattering way.
JAPAN
Aug 14, 2004

Abductee kin urge Pyongyang sanctions

Relatives of Japanese believed abducted by North Korea renewed their demand Friday for the government to slap economic sanctions on Pyongyang.
Japan avoids commenting on Cleveland-Cliffs CEO's provocative comment
Cleveland-Cliffs is reportedly in talks with North Carolina-based steelmaker Nucor to acquire U.S. Steel.
Miyazaki quake falls short of triggering Nankai Trough megaquake advisory
A mirror reflects a collapsed house in the city of Suzu, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 10, nearly one year after a major earthquake struck nearby on New Year's Day in 2024.
South Korean investigators question arrested President Yoon in insurrection probe
A screen displays a news report on the arrest of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol in Seoul on Wednesday. Investigators arrested Yoon after launching a pre-dawn operation to bring the impeached leader in for questioning over his short-lived martial law declaration.
BlackRock quits climate group as Wall Street lowers environmental profile
In November, BlackRock and rivals were sued by Texas and 10 other Republican-led states that claimed their activism cut coal production and boosted energy prices.
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.
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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