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BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 5, 2004

BlueWave GM presents list of 25 protected players

Orix BlueWave general manager Katsuhiro Nakamura visited the baseball commissioner's office on Thursday to present a list of 25 protected players who will receive preferential signing rights with the new team created by the merger with the Kintetsu Buffaloes.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / NAME OF THE GAME
Nov 4, 2004

Nintendo DS: A wacky winner

Let's discuss the hard facts first.
JAPAN
Nov 3, 2004

Nakao's prison term suspended due to sickness

The Tokyo High Public Prosecutor's Office decided Tuesday to suspend a prison sentence handed down against former construction minister Eiichi Nakao, who was found guilty of bribe taking, because he is ill.
BUSINESS
Nov 3, 2004

Media get sneak preview of latest models

MAKUHARI, Chiba Pref. -- The 38th Tokyo Motor Show opened to the media Tuesday at the Makuhari Messe convention center here, showcasing low-emission commercial vehicles and so-called welfare vehicles.
BUSINESS
Nov 2, 2004

Kanebo announces new president

Kanebo Ltd. announced Monday that a 43-year-old former bureaucrat has replaced Akiyoshi Nakajima as president as part of the company's rehabilitation efforts.
BUSINESS
Nov 2, 2004

Toyota sets record half-year profits, sales

Toyota Motor Corp. on Monday reported record first-half profits and sales due to cost-cutting and higher performance in all regions that more than offset the impact of a stronger yen.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / BY THE NUMBERS
Nov 2, 2004

Free the workers to be better consumers

The government is encouraging companies to ensure their employees take time off because it wants workers to get out and be better consumers.
BUSINESS
Nov 2, 2004

Builders hot on TSE in wake of disasters

Construction-related shares drew active buying Monday from investors betting such firms will see sharply higher demand due to the recent string of natural disasters hitting the nation.
BUSINESS
Nov 2, 2004

Fuji to build LCD sheet film plant

Fuji Photo Film Co. said Monday it plans to invest more than 100 billion yen to build a factory in Kumamoto Prefecture to manufacture parts for liquid crystal display panels.
JAPAN
Oct 31, 2004

Confusion reigns over Iraq hostage

The government was thrown into confusion Saturday over the fate of a Japanese man who had been taken hostage by militants in Iraq threatening to kill him unless Japan withdraws its ground troops from the country.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Oct 31, 2004

M. Ward finds his voice

Almost every pop musician starts out trying to sound like somebody else, and if he's lucky he ends up sounding like nobody but himself. This truism becomes less tenable with the passage of time and the gradual exhaustion of new musical ideas. Even a field as huge as "American folk-rock" is reducible...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 30, 2004

Hands-free cell phone devices hot ahead of new law

Auto accessory shops are reporting a more than 10-fold jump in sales of hands-free devices for cell phones ahead of a ban on phone use while driving that kicks in Monday.
BUSINESS
Oct 30, 2004

Firms to search for oil off Vietnam

Three Japanese oil firms said Friday they have reached an accord with the Vietnamese state oil company to jointly explore for oil and gas in an underwater area about 300 km off the coast of Vietnam.
JAPAN
Oct 29, 2004

Nissan, MMC consider minivehicle tieup

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. and Nissan Motor Co. are negotiating a possible integration of their minivehicle businesses under a joint venture to be set up next spring, industry sources said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Oct 29, 2004

Deadly quakes unlikely to devastate insurers

The deadly earthquakes in Niigata Prefecture caused catastrophic landslides and destroyed buildings, but they will not cause much damage to nonlife insurance firms because their high reserves and the state's financial safety net will protect them, according to insurance specialists.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 29, 2004

Was Koda just silly or was his curiosity justified? Young people have their say

Young people gave a range of opinions Thursday on the decision of a 24-year-old man taken hostage by militants in Iraq to enter the country alone.
BUSINESS
Oct 28, 2004

Honda reports record first-half sales, profits

Honda Motor Co. on Wednesday reported record sales and profits on a consolidated basis for the first half, mainly due to brisk vehicle sales in Japan, Europe and Asia.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 27, 2004

No decision yet from NPB panel on new baseball team

A Nippon Professional Baseball executive committee panel, which is screening the applications of Internet-related companies Rakuten Inc. and Livedoor Co. as they vie to create a new baseball team in Sendai, failed to reach a decision on Tuesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 27, 2004

Artistic encounters of the oriental kind

LONDON -- Three figures sit round a clover-shape table: a bearded and slippered Chinese sage, a periwigged European, and a Japanese aristocrat whose kimono bears his ancient family crest. The sage, arms crossed, gazes impassively into space; the samurai is cuddled up close to the Westerner, casting a...
BUSINESS
Oct 27, 2004

Advantest first-half profit up 12-fold

Advantest Corp. said Tuesday its first-half net profit jumped 12-fold to a record 28.57 billion yen, thanks to robust demand for flat-screen TVs and DVD recorders.
BUSINESS
Oct 27, 2004

Honda, Toyota, Mazda sales up; MMC, Nissan fall

Three of the nation's five top automakers increased domestic sales in the first half of fiscal 2004, but scandal-hit Mitsubishi Motors Corp. suffered a record decline, according to data released by the five companies Tuesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 27, 2004

U.S. has no reason to fear that ICC will abuse rights

NEW YORK -- After the Treaty of Rome was signed in 1998, laying out the foundations for the International Criminal Court, many believed that this organ of justice would never materialize. There were already indications that the United States would not support such a court in all its aspects. Rejection...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Oct 27, 2004

Classic tale gets a fitting finale

What makes for a good play?
BUSINESS
Oct 26, 2004

Citigroup CEO says trust bank to be shut down

The CEO of U.S. banking giant Citigroup Inc. apologized Monday for the bank's misconduct in Japan and said it will terminate its private banking business here for wealthy customers by Sept. 30, 2005.
BUSINESS
Oct 26, 2004

Carmaker's overseas director sees growing demand

Scandal-tainted automaker Mitsubishi Motors Corp. will try to revive itself by promoting overseas sales, which remain stable compared with plunging sales in the domestic market, according to MMC Managing Director Osamu Masuko.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 26, 2004

Thousands airlifted in Niigata

OJIYA, Niigata Pref. -- Thousands of stranded people were airlifted Monday from their mountainous communities in the earthquake-hit Chuetsu region of Niigata Prefecture, as the death toll from Saturday's powerful quakes reached 25.
Taiwan stuns Samurai Japan to capture Premier12 title
Japan starter Shosei Togo reacts after allowing a three-run home run against Taiwan in the fifth inning of the Premier12 final on Sunday.
Japan and U.S. to form missile plan in case of Taiwan emergency
A U.S. Marine Corps M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) and a Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force Type 12 Surface-to-Ship Missile (12SSM) system are put on display at a symposium at a base in Kisarazu, Japan, in June 2022.
Preparations for Osaka Expo well underway amid lack of excitement
The Grand Ring, a symbol of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka
Ishiba shelves proposal for liaison offices with North Korea amid rising tensions
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks on Saturday in Tokyo at a rally that was held by a group of families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea decades ago to demand the immediate return of all abductees.
'Kohaku' still matters for J-pop bragging rights
Emerging Gen Z J-pop group ME:I will perform on this year's "Kohaku Uta Gassen," national broadcaster NHK’s New Year's Eve spectacle.
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.
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.
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.
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

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