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JAPAN
Apr 27, 2005

Reporter sues over Okinawa story

A former reporter for the Mainichi Shimbun sued the government Monday for 33 million yen, saying his career has stalled after he was "unreasonably" indicted for a report about a secret Japan-U.S. agreement on the reversion of Okinawa.
BUSINESS
Apr 26, 2005

Index, KDDI move to boost mobile content

Index Corp., the leading distributor of content for mobile phones, said Monday it has formed a capital alliance with and will become the largest shareholder of toy maker Takara Co.
BUSINESS
Apr 26, 2005

Credit card fraud -- how they do it and how to protect yourself

People walking around with their wallets sticking up out of their back pockets is a sight pickpockets in Japan are only too used to being grateful for.
Japan Times
Features
Apr 24, 2005

Menswear to the rescue

The Fall 2005 season saw the Tokyo Collections in a sorry state.
JAPAN
Apr 23, 2005

Agency inspects 39 Aum facilities

The Public Security Investigation Agency inspected 39 Aum Shinrikyo-related facilities in 2004, later sharing pertinent data with 49 municipal governments, according to a government report released Friday.
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Apr 22, 2005

Colts, Falcons to battle in Japan

Following a one-year absence, NFL action will return to Tokyo this summer.
JAPAN
Apr 22, 2005

Inagaki faces prison for investor product sales

Prosecutors demanded a two-year prison sentence Thursday for former Cabinet member Jitsuo Inagaki, who is charged with illegally selling 24 million yen worth of investment products.
JAPAN
Apr 22, 2005

Factories contain 1.7 million toxic time bombs

About 1.7 million electric devices containing toxic polychlorinated biphenyl are being kept at factories nationwide, according to officials of the environment and industry ministries.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 21, 2005

Japan tour firms catering to disabled foreigners

English-language tours may be increasingly commonplace in Japan, but programs for disabled foreign tourists are still few and far between.
JAPAN
Apr 21, 2005

Upper panel can't agree on need for new Article 9

A House of Councilors panel on the Constitution endorsed a final report Wednesday that cites the need to revise the supreme law to ensure new human rights concepts and agrees a female should be allowed to ascend the Imperial throne, but fails to declare a consensus on amending the war-renouncing Article...
JAPAN
Apr 20, 2005

SDF to join Cobra Gold antidisaster drill

The Self-Defense Forces will join in the annual Cobra Gold military exercise in Thailand next month, which this year focuses on disaster relief operations, the Defense Agency said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Apr 20, 2005

Toshiba chief Nishimuro to be TSE chairman

Taizo Nishimuro, chairman of Toshiba Corp., will become the Tokyo Stock Exchange's first chairman, pending shareholder approval in June, the bourse announced Tuesday.
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Apr 19, 2005

Athens marathon champ Noguchi eyes return

Olympic champion Mizuki Noguchi plans to make her first appearance in a competitive marathon race this fall since winning the women's marathon gold medal in Athens last summer, her coach said Monday.
JAPAN
Apr 16, 2005

Change Constitution: Lower House report

A Lower House panel submitted a final report Friday to Speaker Yohei Kono, stressing the need to amend the Constitution's war-renouncing Article 9 and to allow a female to ascend the Chrysanthemum Throne.
BUSINESS
Apr 14, 2005

Wholesale prices post first rise in seven years

Wholesale prices for fiscal 2004 rose 1.5 percent from a year earlier for the first increase since fiscal 1997.
BUSINESS
Apr 13, 2005

Livedoor shares drop to record low price

Market confidence in Internet company Livedoor Co. appeared to ebb Tuesday as its share price temporarily dropped to a record low of 292 yen on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
JAPAN
Apr 12, 2005

Japan still second on ODA list despite 0.2% decline in 2004

The amount of foreign aid Japan disbursed in 2004 fell 0.2 percent from the previous year to $8.859 billion on a preliminary basis, keeping it in second place among the world's 22 major foreign aid donors, the OECD's Development Assistance Committee said Monday.
JAPAN
Apr 12, 2005

Japan to push fast CTBT activation at nuclear talk

Japan will propose that participants at a forthcoming international nuclear conference include a statement urging an early implementation of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty in a final document to be adopted at the end of the meeting, according to government officials.
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Apr 9, 2005

Ex-Yankee Irabu hangs up his glove

Former New York Yankees and Hanshin Tigers pitcher Hideki Irabu has decided to retire, Hanshin officials said Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 9, 2005

Ministry experts discuss OIE beef proposal

Government-appointed experts met Friday to discuss a proposal from the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) to ease mad cow disease-related restrictions on beef trade.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 9, 2005

Lamb increasingly popular despite 'stinky' repute

With mad cow disease and the bird flu still making some people anxious about the safety of beef and poultry, an increasing number of Tokyo residents are turning to mutton and lamb.
JAPAN
Apr 9, 2005

Thrice court-recognized refugee wants ministry nod

Afghan asylum-seeker Abdul Aziz says he is tired of fighting.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Apr 8, 2005

Brawl with Dyer just the latest transgression by Bowyer

LONDON -- Sticking up for Lee Bowyer is like putting in a good word for Jack The Ripper.
JAPAN
Apr 8, 2005

Yasukuni war criminals have paid for crimes: Su

Su Chin-chiang, a Taiwanese member of a proindependence party who visited Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine earlier this week, said the Class-A war criminals enshrined there have paid for their crimes with their deaths.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 8, 2005

Aum killer's death sentence finalized

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the death sentence for a former senior Aum Shinrikyo figure for his role in the 1989 murders of a Yokohama lawyer, the attorney's wife and infant son, and a cultist trying to defect.

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