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EDITORIALS
Jan 20, 2007

Come clean on political funds

Suspicions are growing over the use of political funds and the accuracy of mandatory reports on such funds. Specifically, the suspicions have been aroused by media reports that five Cabinet ministers and two Liberal Democratic Party executives had declared a combined 689 million yen as "office expenses"...
JAPAN
Jan 13, 2007

Education minister's 'expenses' in question

A political group headed by education minister Bunmei Ibuki logged a combined 8.75 million yen in "office expenses" in 2004 and 2005, a period the group's political funds report indicates it had little or no activity and had a rent-free office, it was learned Friday.
JAPAN
Apr 7, 2006

Diet to grill air carriers' leaders over safety ills

The House of Representatives transport committee will summon the presidents of Japan Airlines Corp. and Skymark Airlines Co. to a hearing Tuesday to testify on maintenance errors and blunders found recently at the two carriers, panel sources said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 20, 2006

LDP vet Ito denies arranging Huser meeting with ministry

Former state minister Kosuke Ito on Thursday denied claims that he arranged a meeting between the head of a property developer accused of selling earthquake-vulnerable condominiums and senior officials of the Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry on Nov. 15, two days before the ministry revealed...
JAPAN
Jan 17, 2006

Ministry again orders JAL to improve safety

The transport ministry has ordered Japan Airlines to revise measures it came up with last April to prevent operational errors, following a string of mishaps since late last year, ministry sources said Monday.
JAPAN
Jan 8, 2006

Airlines to be required to report minor problems

The transport ministry has worked out a draft framework for revising the Aviation Law to require airline operators to report minor problems such as engine component trouble, according to ministry officials.
Japan Times
Features
Nov 27, 2005

Is it so hard to see the forest for the trees?

By C.W. NICOL
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 17, 2005

Corporate jets attracting more Japanese clients

"Why don't you get into my flying car?"
BUSINESS
Aug 24, 2005

Hitachi boosts Egypt pump service

Hitachi Ltd. said Tuesday it will provide water pumping station operation and maintenance services in Egypt for four years for about 1.8 billion yen.
JAPAN
Jul 20, 2005

MHI to get license to produce PAC-3 interceptor missiles

Japan and the United States agreed earlier this year that ground-based Patriot Advanced Capability 3 interceptor missiles will be produced under license in Japan as part of the missile defense system, Defense Agency chief Yoshinori Ono said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jul 20, 2005

MHI to get license to produce PAC-3 interceptor missiles

Japan and the United States agreed earlier this year that ground-based Patriot Advanced Capability 3 interceptor missiles will be produced under license in Japan as part of the missile defense system, Defense Agency chief Yoshinori Ono said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jun 7, 2005

Private-sector firms to process parking violations next year

Starting next June, police will shift the task of cracking down on parking violations to the private sector as part of efforts to privatize administrative duties related to law enforcement.
EDITORIALS
Mar 9, 2005

Weak link in nuclear safety

The government's nuclear energy report for 2004 is a dismal reminder that public confidence in nuclear safety remains low. The report, prepared by the Atomic Energy Commission, follows the accident last August in which five workers died because of exposure to bursts of superheated steam from a ruptured...
JAPAN
Nov 13, 2004

Jet engine cracks due to excessive brazing: JAL

Japan Airlines Corp. officials said Friday they know what caused the engine parts of 596 Japan Air System Co. flights to crack earlier this year: excessive brazing during maintenance.
EDITORIALS
Oct 2, 2004

Recommitting to nuclear safety

A government panel investigating the Aug. 9 nuclear reactor accident, which killed five workers and injured six others, has published an interim report that reveals a pattern of loose safety management. The central message is that the tragedy -- the worst in the history of Japan's nuclear power industry...
EDITORIALS
Aug 12, 2004

Blind spots of inspection

The nuclear plant accident that occurred Monday in Mihama, Fukui Prefecture, is a shocking reminder that the nation's nuclear safety inspection system is flawed. Four maintenance workers in a building housing steam turbines were killed and seven others were injured, some critically, when high-temperature...
EDITORIALS
May 11, 2004

Arrests deal MMC another blow

In a further setback to the troubled Mitsubishi Motors Corp., police last week arrested seven former MMC executives in connection with a 2002 fatal truck accident allegedly caused by defective wheel hubs. The seven, including Mr. Takashi Usami, former MMC vice president and former chairman of Mitsubishi...
JAPAN
Apr 28, 2004

Lower House OKs four expressway bills

The House of Representatives approved government-sponsored bills Tuesday to privatize four expressway corporations with the backing of the ruling coalition.
EDITORIALS
Apr 15, 2004

Making nuclear energy safer

With the Japanese public remaining skeptical of the safety of nuclear power plants, the government's latest white paper on nuclear safety focuses on an appropriate subject: risk assessment. The message, simply put, is that the safety of nuclear facilities and equipment can be assured more reliably through...
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2004

DPJ expressway counterproposal envisages toll-free highways in 2008

The Democratic Party of Japan on Wednesday introduced to the Diet a counterproposal to a set of government-sponsored bills aimed at privatizing four highway corporations. The DPJ has promised to make most of the nation's expressways toll-free in fiscal 2008.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
Japan to aid introduction of multilingual ride-hailing apps
A Nihon Kotsu Co. taxi departs one of the company's service offices in Tokyo.
Seven & I founding family sounded out KKR and others about buyout: report
A 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?
By Kathryn Wortley

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