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JAPAN
Dec 1, 2006

Murakami enters plea of not guilty in NBS case

Yoshiaki Murakami, founder of Japan's best-known investment fund, pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges of insider trading involving shares of Nippon Broadcasting System Inc.
EDITORIALS
Nov 30, 2006

Flush times for banks

The aggregated net profits of the nation's six major banking groups have reached a record 1.73 trillion yen for the April-September half-year period, with four of the groups realizing record profits. A special factor contributed to the soaring profits. Brighter business performances among their borrowers...
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BUSINESS
Nov 29, 2006

Tokyo, Jakarta fix framework of FTA

Tokyo and Jakarta announced Tuesday they have agreed on an overall framework for liberalizing bilateral trade, including Japanese autos and Indonesian natural gas and human resources.
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JAPAN
Nov 28, 2006

John Toler, 75, unlikely Zen abbot bridging East, West, dies at temple

John Toler, abbot of Seisen-An Temple in Ouda, Nara Prefecture, died of heart failure on Nov. 14 at the temple. He was 75 years old and a key link in the history of foreigners living in postwar Japan.
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JAPAN
Nov 28, 2006

Timid he's not, CNN's Quest calls them out as he sees them

There was no question it was the right floor at Tokyo's Intercontinental Hotel. The voice booming through the walls could only belong to one man.
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COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Nov 28, 2006

The rules of the road

Obtaining a driver's license can be an expensive and frustrating experience, and doing so in Japan is no different in that regard. But for many foreign residents in Japan, transferring their home license into a Japanese one can be a fairly simple and inexpensive procedure, while for others it's an advisable...
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Nov 25, 2006

Tough defense key to success of Albirex

The Niigata Albirex reached the inaugural bj-league title game last season and lost the historic contest to the Osaka Evessa.
BUSINESS
Nov 25, 2006

Sanyo to lose 50 billion yen, cut 2,200 jobs by April

Struggling appliance maker Sanyo Electric Co. said Friday it expects to post a net loss of 50 billion yen for the 2006 business year instead of a 20 billion yen profit, and it will cut 2,200 more jobs by the end of March.
JAPAN
Nov 24, 2006

Everyone neglecting problem: experts

Unlike some Western countries that have long been taking action to curb bullying in schools, education experts say Japan has not been able to deal with the problem because people are failing to make a concerted effort.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 24, 2006

EU's turn to pull weight in Afghanistan

LOS ANGELES -- Time is running out for success in Afghanistan. The Nov. 28-29 NATO summit in Riga, Latvia, may be the last chance to pull that country back from the brink. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization assumed responsibility for providing security for all of Afghanistan in October. While about...
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CULTURE / Music
Nov 24, 2006

Watch this MySpace

W ith sites already running in Europe and Australia, U.S. social networking site MySpace finally landed in Japan last week, squaring up against the all-conquering homegrown service Mixi.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 21, 2006

Pa League releases 2007 schedule

The Pacific League said Monday its 2007 regular season will begin one week earlier than the Central League, with the first- to third-placed teams of the 2005 season hosting the Opening Day games on March 24.
BUSINESS
Nov 21, 2006

Nissan launches new Skyline in bid to boost flagging sales

Nissan Motor Co. on Monday launched its first fully redesigned Skyline sports sedan in five years in a bid to halt declining domestic sales.
BUSINESS
Nov 17, 2006

Hitachi touts three-year plan to revamp TV, power, disk-drive businesses

Hitachi Ltd. announced a plan Thursday designed to turn around its three core businesses -- power plants, flat-panel TVs and hard-disk drives -- by the end of March 2010.
BUSINESS
Nov 17, 2006

Fukui still tight-lipped on rate hike

Bank of Japan Gov. Toshihiko Fukui fueled speculation Thursday that the central bank will raise the interest rate before the end of the year.

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