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JAPAN
Mar 1, 2006

Japan will side with UNSC position on Iran: Aso

Japan will be in sync with the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council should they decide to bring the Iranian nuclear case up for discussions, Foreign Minister Taro Aso suggested Tuesday.
EDITORIALS
Mar 1, 2006

Race against bird flu speeds up

A vian flu appears to be spreading with increasing rapidity. In recent weeks, there have been confirmed reports of the disease in Europe and Africa, demonstrating that the H5N1 strain is hardier than thought and truly a global danger. While health officials call for continuing surveillance and vigilance,...
OLYMPICS
Feb 28, 2006

Yang to follow with donation

TURIN, Italy (AP) Inspired by American speedskater Joey Cheek's example, Chinese short track Olympic medalist Yang Yang said Sunday she'll donate her $10,000 bronze-medal bonus to a charity that helps children in areas ravaged by conflict. The donation helps push the charity, Right to Play, close to...
OLYMPICS
Feb 28, 2006

Rogge 'happy' with Turin Games

TURIN, Italy (AP) Jacques Rogge loved the sports action, the venues, the athletes' performances. Just don't ask him to grade the Turin Games. The International Olympic Committee president gave his definitive verdict in his speech at Sunday night's closing ceremony, but he provided a hint beforehand...
JAPAN
Feb 28, 2006

Cabinet should set aid policy: panel report

A government advisory panel will propose that the prime minister and four other Cabinet members come up with strategies on overseas economic cooperation, according to a draft panel report obtained by Kyodo News.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Feb 28, 2006

Invisible minority

Misrepresented, misunderstood and mysterious, a group of women fight a dual struggle, compelled to speak up for their rights, yet fearing the consequences of a life made visible in an oppressive world.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Feb 26, 2006

Mourinho should take a media lesson from Wenger

LONDON -- When Arsene Wenger left the press conference in Bernabeu Stadium after Arsenal's 1-0 win over Real Madrid in the Champions League on Tuesday night he smiled as the assembled media gave him a round of applause.
JAPAN
Feb 26, 2006

DPJ hopes to settle e-mail issue this week

The main opposition Democratic Party of Japan hopes to settle questions surrounding an e-mail that one of its lawmakers has claimed shows a shady money transfer involving ruling Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe without anyone having to resign, DPJ members said Saturday.
JAPAN
Feb 26, 2006

Income linked to student performance

About half of unionized teachers at elementary and middle schools believe academic performance of their students is mirrored in the growing differences in their parents' incomes, according to a survey by Kyodo News.
EDITORIALS
Feb 26, 2006

Justice for a Holocaust doubter

Of all the people whose misfortunes made news this past week, few inspire less sympathy than David Irving. The British historian who has fashioned a career out of questioning the Nazis' slaughter of millions of European Jews was sentenced to three years in prison on Monday for violating Austria's ban...
Japan Times
Features
Feb 26, 2006

Tales of two cities

The seeds of political tension in Xinjiang are not hard to find.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Feb 26, 2006

It was downhill all the way in Japan's media coverage of Olympics

Were the Turin Winter Olympics really that boring or was it just the Japanese television coverage?
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Feb 26, 2006

Has America's conscience fallen victim to 9/11?

On the 15th of this month, the Australian television station SBS broadcast one of the most awful and horrendous programs I have ever seen. The images aired -- many for the first time anywhere -- were still photographs and raw videos of abuses at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. These were abuses committed...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 25, 2006

Nihon Keizai reels amid investigations into insider trading

Nihon Keizai Shimbun Inc. President Ryoki Sugita said Friday its managing director in charge of advertising, Takashi Kageyama, resigned the same day to take responsibility for alleged insider trading by an employee at the business daily's advertising department.
JAPAN
Feb 25, 2006

ODA bureau to be killed, reborn

The Foreign Ministry will abolish an existing bureau handling official development assistance and create a new entity to take charge of it, Foreign Minister Taro Aso said Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 23, 2006

Toshiba faces major hurdles with Westinghouse

Toshiba's CEO had good reason to sound a trifle defensive about his company's $5.4 billion purchase of U.S.-based nuclear power company Westinghouse.
BUSINESS
Feb 23, 2006

Acquisitive Don Quijote posts 13% profit rise

Discount retailer Don Quijote, currently under the spotlight over its hostile takeover bid for Origin Toshu Co., said Wednesday it posted a net profit of 4.85 billion yen from July to December 2005, up 13.2 percent from the same period the previous year.
JAPAN
Feb 22, 2006

Aso wants oversight of ODA entity

Foreign Minister Taro Aso said Tuesday the Foreign Ministry should have sole oversight of a planned entity that would integrate the three official development assistance operations -- grants, technical cooperation and yen loans.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 22, 2006

Livedoor shareholders to seek damages

Livedoor Co. shareholders plan to sue former President Takafumi Horie and other former top executives around September, their lawyers said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Feb 22, 2006

BOJ's focus on CPI is only natural, Yosano says

Economic and fiscal policy minister Kaoru Yosano said Tuesday he understands the Bank of Japan's position of basing any policy shift on the consumer price index.
JAPAN
Feb 21, 2006

U.S. beef report insufficient: Nakagawa

The U.S. report on its probe into a shipment last month of banned bovine material and measures to prevent a recurrence is "insufficient," farm minister Shoichi Nakagawa said Monday, adding that Japan plans to raise a range of questions with Washington.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 21, 2006

Child killings cast light on isolated foreign moms

The arrest of a Chinese woman in Friday's fatal stabbing of two children she routinely drove to kindergarten in Nagahama, Shiga Prefecture, has cast a light on the problems foreigners face in trying to fit into Japanese society.
JAPAN
Feb 21, 2006

Lower House members not quite as rich

The average value of assets held by 479 House of Representatives lawmakers elected last September is 49.78 million yen excluding equities, according to a Kyodo News survey based on declarations released Monday.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 21, 2006

Empire of debt has its limits

HONG KONG -- Recent news about U.S. current-account deficits with the rest of the world gives grim pause for thought from Beijing and Tokyo to London, and especially in Washington, for it shows the United States approaching the financial equivalent of a nuclear meltdown.
Funeral held for Princess Yuriko at Tokyo cemetery
Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, followed by Princess Aiko and Princess Kako, prepare to attend a funeral service for Princess Yuriko at Toshimagaoka Cemetery in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Bluesky is booming in Japan — mainly for reasons other than U.S. politics
According to Similarweb, average monthly user numbers for Bluesky on Android in Japan quintupled in the 12 months to October.
Suspected arson in Sapporo leaves four injured
Firetrucks outside a building in Sapporo where an explosion left four people injured on Tuesday.
Trump pledges 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico, and more levies on China
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump attends a viewing of the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket, in Brownsville, Texas, on Nov. 19. Trump on Monday threatened to slap China, Mexico and Canada with hefty tariffs upon his return to the White House.
False report on Yasukuni Shrine visit 'extremely regrettable,' top spokesperson says
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi during a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday
Bluesky is booming in Japan — mainly for reasons other than U.S. politics
According to Similarweb, average monthly user numbers for Bluesky on Android in Japan quintupled in the 12 months to October.
How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit
A man walks past a gasoline station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Are you leaving your loved ones digital legacies or headaches?
The National Consumer Affairs Center reports a growing number of consultations regarding "digital legacies" — data and online services left behind when people die.
Rayssa Leal and Chloe Covell on Japan’s teen skaters: We are friends, not rivals
Brazil’s Rayssa Leal celebrates after winning the women's Street League Skateboarding competition on Saturday in Tokyo.
An iconic 32-foot doughnut might give Randy’s an edge in Japan
Randy's Donuts in Inglewood, California. Replicas of the giant doughnut sculpture will be installed, where possible, at shops in Japan.

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