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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
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Nov 8, 2005

Speed trap

It must have taken him by surprise. Kenji Kobayashi, former member of the House of Representatives from the Democratic Party of Japan had just lost his seat a week previous.
JAPAN
Nov 6, 2005

Tepco eyeing 4% cut in spring rates

Tokyo Electric Power Co. is thinking about cutting its rates by an average of 4 percent next spring, company sources said Saturday.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Nov 6, 2005

Nihon TV's documentary series "Antenna 22," variety "Odoru! Sanma Goten!" and more

Nihon TV's long-running documentary series, "Super TV," changes its name this week. The first installment of "Antenna 22" (Monday, 10 p.m.) is about the "crisis" that the host-club business is facing as its most popular stars grow past their prime.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / CABINET INTERVIEW
Nov 5, 2005

Japan Post's private units will need business leaders

When the gigantic Japan Post takes its first steps toward privatization in October 2007, the reins should be held by people who have had experience heading private businesses, Heizo Takenaka, who doubles as minister in charge of postal privatization and minister of internal affairs and communications,...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / CABINET INTERVIEW
Nov 5, 2005

Nakagawa hints at WTO compromise

Newly appointed farm minister Shoichi Nakagawa says Japan needs to make compromises where it can to contribute to progress in market-opening talks under the World Trade Organization.
JAPAN
Nov 5, 2005

Inoguchi wants more money for kids

the low birthrate, so (the government) needs to reinforce measures" to tackle the problem, Kuniko Inoguchi, 53, a former professor of international politics at Sophia University, said in an interview Wednesday. "If the birthrate keeps falling, we will not be able to support our aging society." Japan's...
JAPAN
Nov 4, 2005

Five honored with Order of Culture

President Jinnosuke Ashida, 71, for his contribution to the labor movement. Other recipients of the order are Minoru Makihara, 75, former chairman of Mitsubishi Corp., and former Justice Minister Shozaburo Nakamura, 71.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CABINET INTERVIEW
Nov 3, 2005

Aso planning to run for LDP president

Foreign Minister Taro Aso, a potential successor to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, said he will run for president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party next September if he can get the required 20 party members to nominate him.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 3, 2005

And the winner, by a nose, is . . .

Speaking at the news conference following the closing ceremony of this year's Tokyo International Film Festival, lead actor Koichi Sato said that while working on "Yuki ni Negau Koto (What the Snow Brings)" he "never imagined that this film would go on to receive the top prize at an international event."...
MORE SPORTS
Nov 2, 2005

Super Aguri team applies to join F1

Former Formula One driver Aguri Suzuki, the first Japanese to score a podium finish in a world championship round, said Tuesday a new Honda-backed team has applied to join Formula One from next year.
BUSINESS
Nov 2, 2005

Investors fume during shutdown

The sudden computer system malfunction that paralyzed trading Tuesday morning on the Tokyo Stock Exchange left brokerages and individual investors fuming over the vulnerability of one of the key mechanisms of the economy.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 1, 2005

Takebe reappointed secretary general of LDP; Nakagawa gets policy affairs

Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party President Junichiro Koizumi reappointed Tsutomu Takebe, 64, to the party's No. 2 post of secretary general, while switching LDP Diet affairs chief Hidenao Nakagawa to the post of policy affairs chief.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Oct 30, 2005

Akiyuki Nosaka's "Hotaru no Haka" dramatized in Nihon TV's "Drama Complex" and more

This week, Nihon TV launches a new series called "Drama Complex" with a three-hour adaptation of Akiyuki Kosaka's best-selling novel "Hotaru no Haka (Grave of Fireflies)" (Tuesday, 9 p.m.), which is set during World War II.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Oct 30, 2005

The freedom found in anominity

A MAN WITH NO TALENTS: Memoirs of a Tokyo Day Laborer, by Shiro Oyama, translated by Edward Fowler. Ithica/London: Cornell University Press, 2005, 140 pp., $21.00 (cloth). Toward the end of his account of what life is like at the bottom of Japan's social structure, Shiro Oyama (a pseudonym) observes...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 29, 2005

Hot springs no longer limited to rural relaxation

The number of hot spring bathhouses is rising rapidly in Tokyo and Osaka, allowing more people to enjoy the relaxing baths that were once limited to the countryside.
JAPAN
Oct 29, 2005

FSA punishes Meiji Yasuda once again for unpaid claims

The Financial Services Agency on Friday ordered Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. to suspend part of its operations following the insurer's repeated failure to pay legitimate insurance claims.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Oct 29, 2005

Joji and the flagon: a 'Flactured Fairy Tale'

Man can learn much from myths. For example, one thing I learned from the myth of Sisyphus was never to name my kid Sisyphus.
BUSINESS
Oct 29, 2005

Nissan reports record profit on strong sales, lower costs

Nissan Motor Co. reported Friday that it posted a record group operating profit of 411.5 billion yen for the first half of 2005, up 2 percent from the same period the previous year.
BUSINESS
Oct 29, 2005

Reform of state lenders in works

A Liberal Democratic Party panel studying reforms to eight government-backed financial institutions agreed Friday that Shoko Chukin Bank should be privatized.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Oct 29, 2005

Yuki Akimoto

Yuko Akimoto and her brother began the right way by choosing their parents well. Their father, Minoru Akimoto, has an M.A. from Michigan State University. From a business career at the top, he retired as executive vice president of Itochu Corp. Their poetic, music-loving mother, Taeko, runs her own musical...
CULTURE / Music
Oct 28, 2005

Ryan Adams and The Cardinals: "Jacksonville City Nights"

Ryan Adams has got to be the busiest man in show business -- nearly 12 albums in since his debut with Whiskeytown in 1996, here comes "Jacksonville City Nights," the second of three planned releases for 2005. Earlier this year he released his first album with The Cardinals, the excellent "Cold Roses,"...
JAPAN
Oct 27, 2005

Rakuten increases TBS stake to more than 19%

Rakuten Inc. said Wednesday it has raised its stake in Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc. to 19.09 percent, only a tad short of the TV network's 20 percent threshold for triggering a process that could lead to the activation of takeover defense measures.
BUSINESS
Oct 27, 2005

Toyota to be world's top carmaker in 2006: report

The Toyota Motor Corp. group is expected to boost its automobile production to more than 9.2 million units in 2006, making it almost certain the group will top General Motors Corp. to become the world's No. 1 automaker in terms of output, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported Wednesday.
JAPAN
Oct 27, 2005

Technology opening up new doors for charities and donors

fundraising by mobile phones, but we are determined to keep looking for new methods one after another," Fukui said. The "fundraising by clicking" method is also spreading. Under this system, when a visitor to a company's Web site clicks on the appropriate spot, that business makes a contribution to a...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 27, 2005

An early look at Tokyo Design Week

Fall in Tokyo signals the arrival of festival season, and none has gained as much international praise as the annual gathering of all things contemporary and stylish known as Tokyo Design Week (Nov. 2-6). With four concurrent events -- Tokyo Designer's Week, Swedish Style, and new comers 100% Design...
Japan researchers develop a simple way to spot signs of Alzheimer's disease
In 2022, the number of elderly people with dementia in Japan reached 4.43 million, according to data from the health ministry.
Real estate worth ¥25 trillion puts Japan companies in spotlight
Elliott Investment Management's stake in Tokyo Gas is centered around getting the utility to sell off its real estate holdings, including Shinjuku Park Tower, which houses the Park Hyatt Hotel Tokyo.
Two dead after fire at Upper House lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi’s apartment
A fire broke out on the sixth floor of an apartment building where Upper House lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi resides on Wednesday in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward.
Japan investigating Amazon for allegedly bullying other businesses
Packages move along a conveyor belt at an Amazon warehouse
Tokyo’s take on that viral chocolate from Dubai
Cafe N°_5's take on the Dubai chocolate craze that has been circulating on social media over the past few months is a mix of bitter and sweet.
Hiroshi Kurosaki looks beyond Japan for heart-wrenching drama
Hiroshi Kurosaki’s Netflix series “Beyond Goodbye” centers on a woman (Kasumi Arimura, left) who discovers her dead lover’s heart saved the life of a quiet pianist (Kentaro Sakaguchi).
Japan researchers develop a simple way to spot signs of Alzheimer's disease
In 2022, the number of elderly people with dementia in Japan reached 4.43 million, according to data from the health ministry.
‘What Divides Us’ producer honors grandfather’s Hiroshima reportage
“What Divides Us" producer Cannon Hersey says his grandfather, who wrote about the aftermath of nuclear destruction in Hiroshima, never spoke about what he had seen while working with Japanese minister Kiyoshi Tanimoto to preserve the stories of survivors.
DPP’s Tamaki leverages new position with energy proposal
DPP leader Yuichiro Tamaki 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.

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