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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 17, 2005

Narita to pare landing fees but add offsetting charges

Narita International Airport Corp. said Friday it has agreed with the International Air Transport Association to cut its notoriously high landing fees for the first time by an average of 21 percent.
BUSINESS
Sep 17, 2005

TSE, FSA at loggerheads over listing plan

A confrontation with the Financial Services Agency has hindered Tokyo Stock Exchange Inc.'s plans to list its own shares on the TSE by the end of this fiscal year.
COMMENTARY
Sep 17, 2005

Divisive embrace of Hong Kong democrats

HONG KONG -- After 16 years during which it ostracized members of the prodemocracy camp, Beijing is finally adjusting its policy toward Hong Kong.
BUSINESS
Sep 17, 2005

S&P tells banks to beware of housing loan default rise

Standard & Poor's warned Friday that Japanese banks should be cautious about a possible rise in housing loan defaults as they compete for a bigger share of the market before the government corporation handling the loans is terminated.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Sep 17, 2005

Play it again, Sam . . . but with these lyrics

His name is Joe. And Joe says: "If you can't walk, dance. If you can't talk, sing. And you can't hear . . . just make things up."
EDITORIALS
Sep 16, 2005

Germany goes to the polls

While Japanese voters have been focused on the campaign at home, German voters have been engrossed in an election battle every bit as intense and with stakes as great. Since the election was called in May, the outcome looked clear: The opposition Christian Democratic Union (CDU), along with its partner,...
Japan Times
SUMO
Sep 16, 2005

Kotooshu takes lead; Asashoryu one back

Grand champion Asashoryu overwhelmed Kakizoe on Thursday, while Bulgarian Kotooshu claimed the sole lead at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament.
BUSINESS
Sep 16, 2005

An overview of latest insurance sector scandal

Earlier this month, several Japanese nonlife insurance companies owned up to a raft of payment failures relating to automobile and fire insurance claims.
BUSINESS
Sep 16, 2005

Foreign fashion brands making hay

The total declared income of 45 Japanese units of famous overseas fashion brands marked a record high of 125.9 billion yen in fiscal 2004, up 3 percent from the previous year, credit research agency Teikoku Databank said Wednesday.
EDITORIALS
Sep 15, 2005

No victory for the Philippines

Impeachment charges against Philippines President Gloria Arroyo have been dismissed. The move is a relief for the embattled president, but it is no real vote of confidence in her or her administration. The move reflects the balance of power in the legislature, not a consideration of the merits of the...
JAPAN
Sep 15, 2005

CPAs implicated in another Kanebo scam

Four ChuoAoyama PricewaterhouseCoopers accountants arrested this week falsified a report in 1998 on a troubled Kanebo Ltd. trading partner, leading Kanebo to agree to a massive bailout of the firm, sources said Wednesday.
SUMO
Sep 14, 2005

Asashoryu trips up Miyabiyama

Yokozuna Asashoryu won his second straight match with a trademark Mongolian trick in a comeback from an opening-day upset defeat at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2005

Four CPAs arrested over Kanebo scandal

Four certified public accountants at a Japanese unit of the PricewaterhouseCoopers Group were arrested Tuesday for allegedly collaborating with former executives at Kanebo Ltd. to falsify accounting reports.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WORDS TO LIVE BY
Sep 13, 2005

Arihiro and Kimiyo Fujita

Arihiro Fujita and Kimiyo Fujita, owners of the award-winning Takasagoya Pork Shop in Tokyo's Tsukishima, know their pork. These two 65-year-olds also know what makes a relationship work. They've been married and working together for 40 years -- without, they claim, even one argument.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Sep 13, 2005

M's the word in high-pressure popularity stakes

There's a new phrase on working women's lips: "yononaka kara sekuhara ga kieta (sexual harassment is gone from the world)."
Sep 13, 2005

Cash incentives figure in labor contract law plan

A labor ministry study group has finalized a report on creating a labor contract law that would include financial incentives and other avenues to resolve disputes, an area not fully addressed by existing laws, ministry officials said Monday.
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2005

Sound-bite tactics pay huge dividends

Turning his back on the Liberal Democratic Party's traditional campaign strategy and gambling his political career, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi turned the political landscape upside down with a historic landslide victory in Sunday's election.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 12, 2005

Again, a war that affects few Americans

HONOLULU -- In the four years since the terrorist assaults on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, at least two distinct changes in the realm of security have taken place: One seems to have escaped notice; the other is all too evident.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Sep 11, 2005

CL may hold playoffs sooner than you think

The Central League has decided to consider instituting a playoff system beginning in 2007, but we may be seeing postseason play between two CL teams a lot sooner.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Sep 11, 2005

TV Tokyo's "Dawn of Gaia" tackles the 2007 problem and more

Japanese industry is now gearing up for what's being called the 2007 Problem. In that year, the huge mass of humanity known as the baby-boom generation will start to retire, and when they leave their companies they will take with them many of the skills and knowhow that built those companies and, in...
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2005

Prosecutors seek three-year term, fine for Tsutsumi

Prosecutors Friday demanded a three-year prison term and a 5 million yen fine for Yoshiaki Tsutsumi, the former chairman of Kokudo Corp. and Seibu Railway Co. who has pleaded guilty to charges of falsifying financial statements and insider trading.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Sep 10, 2005

Just 14 more mountains to climb for jackpot 100

Some long-term visitors to Japan choose to count the days. Others make the decision to suck every drop of juice out of the opportunity. Take Ginger Vaughn, for example. She falls most definitely into the latter category -- and all power to her facial and calf muscles!
EDITORIALS
Sep 10, 2005

Result of 'dealing with the devil'

The report on the investigation of the United Nations' oil-for-food program -- the international effort to oversee Iraq's oil sales and alleviate suffering in that country following the first Persian Gulf War -- excoriates the entire U.N. system for its failures. No one -- not the the U.N. bureaucracy,...
JAPAN
Sep 9, 2005

Bureaucrats fear not the loss of pull on politics if they join in

The road from bureaucrat to politician is well-paved.
JAPAN
Sep 9, 2005

Claims from Kanto quake would outdo Katrina: S&P

If a huge temblor like the one in 1923 hits the Kanto region, insurance claims will rocket to nearly 7 trillion, yen topping the cost of any past natural disaster to date, U.S. credit rating agency Standard & Poor's said Thursday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / COUNTER CULTURE
Sep 9, 2005

Fashion turf war gains pace in Harajuku

It's a dog-eat-dog world down in Harajuku, where fickle fashion consumers abandon the old for the new as a matter of course and finding a successful formula for retail business success is often a case of trial and error.
BUSINESS
Sep 9, 2005

Airline license soughtt

Starflyer Inc. has filed an application for an air transport business license with a plan to operate 12 daily round-trip flights between Tokyo's Haneda airport and a new airport in Kitakyushu, its president said.
BUSINESS
Sep 9, 2005

China gives Itochu full trading status

Itochu Corp. said Thursday that China has given it approval to operate as a general trading house, which allows it to become the first Japanese trading firm to enter the country.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 8, 2005

Urban support seen as key for Horie

ONOMICHI, Hiroshima Pref. -- A small office in front of JR Onomichi Station attracts hundreds of visitors daily as the Sept. 11 House of Representatives election draws near.
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.
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.
China defense minister being investigated for corruption, report says
Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun attends the opening ceremony of the Xiangshan Forum at the Beijing International Convention Center on Sept. 13. Dong is the third consecutive incumbent or former defense chief to be probed over alleged corruption.

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