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BUSINESS
Jun 3, 2006

Murakami probed over NBS share deals

Prosecutors are investigating the Murakami fund for possible insider trading in connection with its Nippon Broadcasting System share transactions last year, sources said Friday.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
May 19, 2006

Africa fest in Tokyo

With Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's recent visit to Ethiopia and Ghana putting Africa on the front pages in Japan, African Festa 2006, taking place May 20 to 21 at Hibiya Park, Tokyo, could not be more timely.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
May 19, 2006

Beacon: Power dining that shines

The stock market's up and ditto consumer spending. Real estate is rebounding and there's even talk of another bubble. No surprise then that we've been seeing plenty of upmarket restaurants opening in recent months. Better still, some of our favorite restaurateurs are getting into the action.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
May 5, 2006

Shakespeare with a smile

The International Theatre Company London (ITCL) returns to Japan this month with its production of Shakespeare's early comedy "The Taming of the Shrew," a politically incorrect ode to the achievement of hierarchical social harmony as portrayed through men's efforts to control the passions of feisty heroine...
BUSINESS
Apr 25, 2006

Sweden's IKEA back in Japan after 20-year hiatus

Furniture giant IKEA marked its return to Japan with the opening of a store Monday in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, but some domestic rivals question whether the Swedish firm has learned enough about Japanese consumers to please them.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / THE SECOND ROOM
Apr 21, 2006

Psychedelic radar 04.21

Saturday, April 22
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Apr 21, 2006

Photographs by artist taken without a camera

German-born, New York-based artist Marco Breuer will discuss his work, his award-winning book "SMTWTFS" and his most recent New York City exhibition on April 21 at the International House of Japan in Roppongi, Tokyo. The slide lecture, titled "Notes, Queries," is cosponsored by the Tokyo American Center....
JAPAN
Apr 18, 2006

Repeat robber who killed gets life prison term

The Tokyo District Court sentenced a 65-year-old man to life in prison Monday after convicting him of six crimes, including the 2004 robbery-murder of a restaurateur and attempted murder of a Tokyo subway employee.
JAPAN
Apr 16, 2006

Unmanned Tokyo transit line remains shut down

The automated Yurikamome Line connecting waterfront areas along Tokyo Bay remained suspended Saturday after the system was shut down the day before when a train lost a wheel, the operator of the train line said.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Apr 16, 2006

'Conspiracies of silence' feign sympathies largely unfelt

Japanese people are known for their sense of propriety and decorum. Reserve and self-restraint are fine Japanese virtues, and they have afforded the society an enviable harmony and level of personal safety unparalleled in the developed world. Putting a damper on people's self-assertive instincts, and...
JAPAN
Apr 11, 2006

Koizumi ready to take role in base talks

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Monday he is willing to meet Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine, who remains opposed to a plan to relocate a U.S. air station within the prefecture, following a deal struck Friday on the plan with local governments.
EDITORIALS
Apr 3, 2006

Checkered moves of land prices

Land price statistics as of Jan. 1, announced by the Land, Infrastructure and Land Ministry, show that at least three of the nation's major urban areas plus some other areas have emerged from a long tunnel of real-estate price deflation. The trend is supported by increased demand for office space and...
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Mar 26, 2006

Consumer credit companies have your money, and the media, in their pockets

On Jan. 13, the Supreme Court found in favor of an individual who had sued a consumer credit company for charging too much interest. By doing so, the court rejected the controversial "gray zone" that such companies take advantage of in their business.
JAPAN
Mar 23, 2006

Visit Japan, sure, but info centers closing

Ah, the friendly tourist information center -- often the first place travelers visit when trying to acquaint themselves with an unfamiliar city.
JAPAN
Mar 23, 2006

Tokyo, Nago agree talks will continue about base

The Defense Agency and Nago, Okinawa, remained divided Wednesday over the plan to move the U.S. Marine Corps helicopter base now in Futenma, central Okinawa, to the city in the northern part of the island but agreed to continue talking to make a deal by the end of the month, officials said.
JAPAN
Mar 21, 2006

Futenma relocation plan won't be tweaked, Abe says

The government does not plan any changes to the Japan-U.S. plan to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Station within Okinawa, Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe said Monday.
LIFE / Language
Mar 21, 2006

Odd use of foreign loan words a sign of the times

Heed this safety warning: "Caution! Don't lean on the gate. The gate would fall down when lean on it. It occurs you trouble." Having eluded the gate, then follow this health instruction: "The Italian word pomodoro means golden fruit. Tomatoes have vitamin, carotene, potash, pectene, and is good for blood...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 14, 2006

Iwakuni vote won't halt U.S. move: Abe

The central government will go ahead with plans to move 57 U.S. carrier-based warplanes and support personnel to the U.S. Marine Corps Iwakuni Air Station in Yamaguchi Prefecture, despite the overwhelming opposition expressed in a nonbinding local plebiscite, Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe said Monday....
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 9, 2006

John Howard is still the man

SYDNEY -- Instead of the usual rancorous Canberra power-play politics, Prime Minister John Howard has lately been all smiles as guest of honor at a series of dinners across Australia.
BUSINESS
Mar 8, 2006

Trio to build rail cars for Hong Kong

Itochu Corp., Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. and Kinki Sharyo Co. said Tuesday they have received an order to build 34 railway cars for a Hong Kong railway.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Mar 3, 2006

Spice with style on the side

[NOTE: Poivrier has closed.]
JAPAN
Feb 23, 2006

Contractors' agency retiree staff set advance list of project bid-winners

Former senior Defense Facilities Administration Agency officials who worked for midsize contractors after retirement allegedly compiled a list detailing the combination of construction consortiums that would land a project at a U.S. base in Yamaguchi Prefecture, investigation sources said Wednesday....
JAPAN
Feb 17, 2006

Kobe airport opens amid hope

KOBE -- In what its supporters hope is not an ill omen, Kobe's new airport opened in fog early Thursday morning.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / THE SECOND ROOM
Feb 17, 2006

Psychedelic radar 02.17

Friday, Feb. 17
Eight students recovering after hammer attack at university in Tokyo
Police investigate the scene after eight people were injured by a hammer-wielding woman on Hosei University's Tama campus in Tokyo on Friday afternoon.
Stage set for action-packed New Year Basho with yokozuna promotion battle
Kotozakura is in position to fight his way to a promotion to yokozuna going into the New Year Basho.
Race circuit and resort among post-event proposals for Osaka Expo site
A portion of the Grand Ring at the site of the Osaka Expo during a media tour late last month
Japan's health ministry reports record-high flu cases
A busy street in Tokyo on Dec. 30. The number of influenza patients per clinic, on average, in the final week of December was the highest since health ministry records began in 1999.
U.S. falling behind on aircraft shelters in Asia as China’s missile arsenal grows
Airmen from the U.S. Air Force's 104th Fighter Wing complete post-flight checks on four F-15C fighter jets at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture, in October 2023.
Japanese space startup readies for second lunar lander launch
Ispace CEO Takeshi Hakamada with the countdown clock for the launch of the startup's lunar lander, in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on Thursday
Emanuel leaves reform legacy amid historic shifts in U.S.-Japan alliance
Rahm Emanuel professes that the biggest thing he has brought to the U.S.-Japan relationship might be a fresh injection of vitality.
‘Unbound’ breaks NHK period drama tradition with a hero of the common folk
NHK’s latest taiga period drama, “Unbound,” centers on Tsutaya Juzaburo (Ryusei Yokohama), a commoner who becomes a successful bookseller and publisher.
Real wages fall for a fourth month, squeezing Japanese households further
Prices continue to outpace wage increases in Japan.
Hair removal for kids — boosting confidence or preying on insecurities?
Beauty salon Dione, which has over 100 branches nationwide, offers hair removal treatments for children as young as 3 years old. It uses hair removal equipment that emits a special light heated to around 38 degrees Celsius, unlike conventional equipment that involves temperatures of 60 to 80 C.

Podcast

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

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A man offers prayers at Hebikubo Shrine in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward. The shrine is one of several across the country dedicated to the snake.
Shed your skin and reinvent yourself in the Year of the Snake
By Kathryn Wortley

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