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JAPAN
Sep 16, 2006

Decision on further North Korea sanctions may come Tuesday

Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe suggested Friday the Cabinet may decide to impose financial sanctions against North Korea next Tuesday under a U.N. Security Council resolution condemning Pyongyang's July missile launches.
JAPAN
Sep 15, 2006

Abe, LDP sued over history text approval

A group of people Thursday filed a lawsuit against Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe and the Liberal Democratic Party with the Tokyo District Court, claiming they broke the law by intervening in the approval process for a revisionist history text.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 15, 2006

Mixi skyrockets in stock market debut

Shares of Mixi Inc., Japan's most popular social networking site, shot up during the company's stock market debut Thursday as buy orders swamped sell orders and more than doubled its initially offered price.
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2006

74% of LDP ranks prefer Abe: survey

More than 70 percent of rank-and-file members of the Liberal Democratic Party want Shinzo Abe to be the next LDP president, according to a recent Kyodo News survey.
BUSINESS
Sep 14, 2006

Mitsubishi Motors launches new eK minivehicles

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. launched fully remodeled eK Wagon and eK Sport minivehicles Wednesday in hopes of meeting its domestic sales target of 302,000 units for this business year.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2006

Birth of a male has raised profile of 'second princess'

Princess Kiko can do no wrong these days.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2006

Ozawa remains DPJ leader

Ichiro Ozawa was in effect named Tuesday to a second term as the Democratic Party of Japan president after no other candidates came forward to challenge him for the post.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Sep 13, 2006

Own goal clouds progress

Tomorrow sees the start of a three-day meeting in the Eternal City that concerns one of the most promising and controversial scientific research areas of our time: stem cells. Embryonic stem cells have the ability to transform into any cell and tissue type in the body, and thus have the potential to...
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2006

Ozawa seeks re-election as DPJ chief

Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa announced Monday he will run for re-election as the party's president.
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2006

Trouble looms as foreign labor floods in

OSAKA -- It's 2030, and Japan is facing an unprecedented social problem. For the past quarter-century, ever since the population began declining, the government has encouraged the hiring of foreign laborers. But measures to control immigration have failed, and in some towns and villages foreigners now...
BASKETBALL
Sep 12, 2006

Ex-Lions hurler Higashio named Tokyo Apache president

To make teams better and attract fans' attention, bj-league clubs would ask anyone for help -- even if it is a former baseball player.
COMMENTARY
Sep 12, 2006

Reform book needs review

Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe, the overwhelming favorite to replace Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi as prime minister later this month, lists education reform as one of his policy priorities.
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2006

Tokyo, Seoul agree on joint ocean survey

Tokyo and Seoul have agreed to conduct a joint radiation survey at six locations in the Sea of Japan, including three spots near the disputed islets, by the end of October, a senior Foreign Ministry official said Monday.
BUSINESS
Sep 12, 2006

Japan to accept 1,000 Filipino nurses, caregivers under FTA

Japan will accept 400 nurses and 600 caregivers from the Philippines under the bilateral free-trade agreement signed over the weekend, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said Monday.
JAPAN
Sep 9, 2006

No more convalescences abroad planned for Crown Princess

The top aide to Crown Prince Naruhito said Friday there are no plans for Crown Prince Naruhito and his wife, Crown Princess Masako, to take more trips abroad to help her recuperate.
BUSINESS
Sep 9, 2006

TSE nixes 40 billion yen claim over trade error

The Tokyo Stock Exchange on Friday rejected a demand from Mizuho Securities Co. to pay 40.4 billion yen in compensation for failing to cancel a massive erroneous order placed by the brokerage, the TSE said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 8, 2006

Royal families send congratulations

Royal families and governments around the world sent congratulations to Japan on Wednesday over the birth of a baby to Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 8, 2006

A beautiful bird burns bright

For those of you under the impression that actress Famke Janssen is some sort of megasexbomb ultravixen, I have news for you: You're right. Towering at over 180 cm in heels and still bearing the physique of a Bond girl 10 years after she appeared in "Goldeneye," the actress is intimidatingly gorgeous....
BUSINESS
Sep 8, 2006

Mitarai briefs Abe on China's cooperation hope

Fujio Mitarai, chairman of the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) on Thursday told Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe that China wants to cooperate with Japan on environmental protection and energy conservation, and that the Japanese business community also hopes to work together in these areas,...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 7, 2006

Abe will try to set up summits with Seoul, Beijing if elected

Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe, the leading candidate to succeed Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, said Wednesday he will try to hold bilateral summit meetings with China and South Korea if he becomes prime minister.
EDITORIALS
Sep 7, 2006

Congratulations to the Imperial Family

Princess Kiko, the wife of Prince Akishino, the second son of the Emperor and Empress, has given birth to a baby boy. We congratulate the couple, the Emperor and Empress and the entire Imperial family on the birth of the boy, who is third in line to the Chrysanthemum Throne after the Crown Prince and...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 7, 2006

Parliamentary secretary quits over bill

Masazumi Gotoda, parliamentary secretary in charge of financial services, said he resigned Wednesday to protest a draft bill to lower the ceiling on consumer loan interest charges because it would allow lenders to continue to charge up to 28 percent for nine years after the bill is passed.

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