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JAPAN
Dec 2, 2005

Top court rejects professor's 12-year appeal of textbook-screening revisions

13 years, and the ruling is as unacceptable as it is superficial," Takashima said. Kazushige Yamashita, director of the division in charge of screenings, said the ruling is reasonable because it confirmed the legitimacy and need for the screenings.
CULTURE / Music
Dec 2, 2005

Quruli: "Nikki"

Quruli? An indie band? It's just not true. While at their creative peak they made mind-blowing J-pop (2002's "The World Is Mine"), at their worst, they are MOR J-popsters with bad hair.
BUSINESS
Dec 2, 2005

IRCJ holds final round of bidding for Kanebo

Three candidates placed their bids Thursday in the final round to select a buyer for struggling and scandal-plagued Kanebo Ltd. and Kanebo Cosmetics Inc., now managed by the government-backed Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / THE SECOND ROOM
Dec 2, 2005

Psychedelic radar 12.02

Saturday, Dec. 3
JAPAN
Dec 1, 2005

Former Kanebo execs plead guilty

A former president and vice president of Kanebo Ltd. both pleaded guilty Wednesday at the Tokyo District Court to falsifying financial statements.
JAPAN
Dec 1, 2005

3.25 billion yen awarded in Yokota base noise suit

The Tokyo High Court ordered the government Wednesday to pay a record 3.25 billion yen in noise pollution damages to an estimated 6,000 residents living near the U.S. Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo.
JAPAN
Nov 30, 2005

Tainted-blood victims speak in court

Two women infected with the hepatitis C virus through tainted blood products told the Tokyo District Court on Tuesday how they suffer with the life-threatening disease.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 28, 2005

Giants sign Toyoda to two-year deal

The Yomiuri Giants signed free agent right-hander Kiyoshi Toyoda to a two-year contract Sunday in an attempt to bolster their bullpen.
COMMENTARY
Nov 28, 2005

Yasukuni impasse cracking

Since Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi took office in 2001, Japan has faced diplomatic spats with China and South Korea over his visits to Yasukuni Shrine. On Oct. 17, Koizumi made his fifth Yasukuni visit as prime minister, as Japan's relations with the two neighbors soured.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Nov 27, 2005

Sikorski's release, expansion and playoff ideas fill mailbag

Thanks to all readers of the "Baseball Bullet-In" for your e-mails and interest in Japanese baseball.
SOCCER / J. League
Nov 27, 2005

Cerezo on top, but wild finish looming

YOKOHAMA -- The chase for the J. League title will go down to the final day of the season after Cerezo Osaka moved to the top of the table on Saturday with a 1-1 draw against Yokohama F. Marinos as Gamba Osaka dropped to second after going down 2-1 at home to JEF United.
Japan Times
Features
Nov 27, 2005

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

By C.W. NICOL
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 26, 2005

Lions grant Mori's majors request

The Seibu Lions have given the green light for right-hander Shinji Mori to make a switch to the major leagues via the posting system, the Pacific League club said Friday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 24, 2005

Cabrera to stick with Seibu

Seibu Lions slugger Alex Cabrera will return to the Pacific League club for a sixth season under a new deal expected to run through the 2007 season.
EDITORIALS
Nov 23, 2005

Tackling juvenile crime

In 2004, adults committed 3.42 million criminal offenses, a decline for the second year in a row from the postwar record set in 2002. Still, the number of criminal incidents remains disturbingly high. The situation is similar for juvenile delinquency, as shown by the National Police Agency's white paper...
BUSINESS
Nov 23, 2005

SMFG posts record net in first half

The Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group said Tuesday it posted a 392.3 billion yen net profit in the first half of the 2005 business year -- more than seven times the 53.4 billion yen profit it recorded a year earlier.
BUSINESS
Nov 23, 2005

Ex-IBJ chief Nakayama dies at 99

Sohei Nakayama, a former president of the Industrial Bank of Japan, a predecessor of Mizuho Corporate Bank, died at a hospital in Tokyo on Saturday, the bank said Tuesday. He was 99.
LIFE / Language
Nov 22, 2005

TV shows confront decline of Japanese language

Beginning this fall, four of the major commercial television networks began broadcasting variety programs aimed at rehabilitating Japanese television viewers' inability to correctly utilize their native language. Why the sudden flood of kokugo (national language) programs?
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Nov 20, 2005

Inaugural Konami Cup a great way to end the 2005 season

The first Konami Cup Asia Series, held Nov. 10-13 at Tokyo Dome, gets high marks from this chair for its organization, execution and quality of play.
Japan Times
Features / WEEK 3
Nov 20, 2005

DU vet: 'My days are numbered'

Gerard Matthew has broad shoulders and beefy hands. He's built like a bear. Yet as sturdy as this 31-year-old may look, he is a very sick man.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 20, 2005

Chaff rains on Aussie trade

SYDNEY -- An international scandal revealing Australia's role in the Iraq food-for-oil coverup is costing good will in Washington and could affect agricultural exports to the key Japanese market.
JAPAN
Nov 18, 2005

Poor patient's bid to resell insurance policy rejected

The Tokyo District Court on Thursday rejected a request by an impoverished 51-year-old liver cancer patient to let him resell his life insurance policy to raise money for living.

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