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JAPAN
Nov 16, 2005

Japan boosts U.S. ties at own risk

The United States has been Japan's most important ally since World War II and the U.S. nuclear umbrella of the Cold War came to define their security alliance.
BUSINESS
Nov 16, 2005

TSE releases new computer measures

The Tokyo Stock Exchange released Tuesday a set of measures to prevent future computer system breakdowns like the one that shut down the world's second-largest equity market on Nov. 1.
JAPAN
Nov 15, 2005

Action plan for bird flu includes ban on gatherings

The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry unveiled a plan Monday empowering the government to ban public gatherings and quarantine people to counter the potential outbreak of a new strain of bird flu against which humans have yet to develop an effective defense.
BUSINESS
Nov 15, 2005

Toyota hopes revamped RAV4 revs up its sales

Toyota Motor Corp. unveiled a fully revamped version of the RAV4 sport utility vehicle Monday to stimulate domestic demand following a year-on-year decline in quarterly sales.
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2005

Government denies reaching decision on GSDF pullout

The government on Friday denied a newspaper report that it might pull the Ground Self-Defense Force contingent out of Iraq by September.
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JAPAN
Nov 12, 2005

Girl, 15, found slain at home

A 15-year-old high school girl was found slain apparently from a deep neck wound early Friday in her apartment in the western Tokyo suburb of Machida.
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2005

State seeks quicker U.S. forces realignment

The government approved a policy Friday to speed up measures to complete the U.S. military realignment in Japan, including budgetary matters, Cabinet members said.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Nov 12, 2005

Celebrity bull cownters misperceptions

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JAPAN
Nov 12, 2005

July-September 0.4% rise ups GDP for four quarters

Domestic demand nudged the economy forward in the July to September quarter, tallying 0.4 percent growth in real terms, for an annualized rate of 1.7 percent, the Cabinet Office said Friday.
BUSINESS
Nov 11, 2005

MMC sees signs of life in first half

Struggling Mitsubishi Motors Corp. said Thursday its losses narrowed significantly in the first half of fiscal 2005.
BUSINESS
Nov 11, 2005

Softbank rides broadband to 4.4 billion yen operating profit

Softbank Corp. said Thursday it posted its first first-half operating profit in five years, helped by steady growth in its high-speed Internet service.
JAPAN
Nov 10, 2005

Half-year Iraq duty extension urged

The Ground Self-Defense Force reconstruction assistance mission in Iraq needs to be extended by at least six months past its Dec. 14 expiration, a government source has said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 10, 2005

North Americans to get 'manga' in Sunday comics

Charlie Brown, Garfield and other longtime favorite cartoon stars will soon be sharing space in North American newspapers with doe-eyed women in frilly outfits, effeminate long-haired heroes and cute fuzzy animals.
JAPAN
Nov 8, 2005

JAL profit caught in fuel-cost downdraft; wage cuts planned

announces Monday at the Tokyo Stock Exchange that the carrier fell into the red in the first half of this year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 8, 2005

Canon president to take up top Keidanren post

The Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) on Monday appointed Canon Inc. President Fujio Mitarai to head the country's most powerful business lobby, taking over from Toyota Chairman Hiroshi Okuda in May.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Nov 6, 2005

Hot hibachi league heating up; can Jojima cut it in majors?

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COMMENTARY
Nov 6, 2005

Slow relief adds to the peril

LONDON -- In the past year the world has suffered a series of natural disasters that have caused the deaths of some 200,000 people, serious injuries to many more, and enormous damage to property and infrastructure. Relief efforts by governments have often been too little and too late. Nongovernment organizations...
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Features
Nov 6, 2005

Surveying a state of change

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi led his Liberal Democratic Party to a landslide victory in the Sept. 11 general election he called as a de facto referendum on his drive to privatize postal services.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Nov 5, 2005

Never too early to push panic button

NEW YORK -- Each season around this time extremist fans and militant members of the media corroborate it's never too early to overreact.
BUSINESS
Nov 5, 2005

Japan invited to attend trade liberalization talks

Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Shoichi Nakagawa said Friday he will participate in ministerial talks on global trade liberalization in London.
BUSINESS
Nov 5, 2005

Oil release to be extended again

Japan will extend for a third month the release of oil reserves held by the private sector in a coordinated effort by members of the International Energy Agency to hold down prices, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Friday.
BUSINESS
Nov 5, 2005

Toyota suffers first drop in profit in four years

Toyota Motor Corp. said Friday its group net profit for the first half of fiscal 2005 declined 2.3 percent from the previous year to 570.5 billion yen -- the company's first interim profit drop in four years.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CABINET INTERVIEW
Nov 4, 2005

New justice minister still not sold on death penalty

In private life, new Justice Minister Seiken Sugiura is unequivocal in his condemnation of the death penalty: Under no circumstances should one person be allowed to kill another, he says.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 3, 2005

Valentine honored with Shoriki award

Lotte Marines manager Bobby Valentine was named the recipient of the Matsutaro Shoriki award Wednesday for his contributions to the development of Japanese baseball.

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