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BUSINESS
Aug 28, 2004

Toyota still playing catchup in China with 'well-digging' VW

Last of five parts on problems Toyota Motor Corp. faces in China
BUSINESS
Aug 28, 2004

Daiei revival plan fails to win support from creditor banks

Ailing retail giant Daiei Inc. sought support from its three main creditor banks Friday for its plan to turn around its business without help from the state-backed Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan -- but the bank executives wanted no part of it, company officials said.
JAPAN
Aug 28, 2004

Ministry to file objection to Isahaya Bay court order

The agriculture ministry said Friday it will file an objection to a court order earlier this week to suspend construction work on a land reclamation project in Isahaya Bay in Kyushu.
JAPAN
Aug 28, 2004

Bureaucrat admits taking JDA bribes

A former member of the Central Social Insurance Medical Council pleaded guilty Friday to accepting bribes from Japan Dental Association executives between 2001 and 2003 in return for providing them favors.
JAPAN
Aug 27, 2004

Ex-Rengo exec admits accepting bribes

A former vice president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) pleaded guilty Thursday to taking bribes while serving on a government advisory panel.
BUSINESS
Aug 27, 2004

Record firms raided over ring-tone blocks

Fair Trade Commission investigators on Thursday searched the Tokyo offices of several major record companies suspected of blocking mobile phone service providers from selling pop tunes for ring tones.
JAPAN
Aug 25, 2004

GSDF's Massaki wins promotion

The Cabinet said Tuesday it will promote Gen. Hajime Massaki, chief of staff of the Ground Self-Defense Force, to the post of chairman of the Joint Staff Council of the Self-Defense Forces, as of Monday.
JAPAN
Aug 24, 2004

Bomber drops appeal; 20-year prison term stands

A 20-year prison sentence for a former militant over a series of bombings in the 1970s became effective earlier this month after the woman dropped her appeal with the Supreme Court, one of her lawyers said Monday.
COMMENTARY
Aug 24, 2004

Dressing Japan for success

To play a positive role in the international community of the 21st century, Japan should lift its self-imposed ban on the exercise of the right to collective self-defense, reinvent itself as a political power and win a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council, according to Yukio Satoh, president...
JAPAN
Aug 23, 2004

Man says he killed teacher in '78

Police found a body Sunday buried under a house in Adachi Ward, Tokyo, after a man walked into a police station and said he killed a female teacher 26 years ago.
JAPAN
Aug 23, 2004

Man says he killed teacher in '78

Police found a body Sunday buried under a house in Adachi Ward, Tokyo, after a man walked into a police station and said he killed a female teacher 26 years ago.
JAPAN
Aug 22, 2004

Jenkins to pursue plea bargain

Alleged U.S. Army deserter Charles Jenkins is willing to appear voluntarily before the U.S. military in Japan for a plea bargain, according to informed sources.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 21, 2004

Japanese won over by tiny, no-fuss 'pets'

The plastic conversation piece filled with aquamarine-tinted gel is missing a vital ingredient: ants.
JAPAN
Aug 21, 2004

Japanese won over by tiny, no-fuss 'pets'

The plastic conversation piece filled with aquamarine-tinted gel is missing a vital ingredient: ants.
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.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
Japan beats Taiwan ahead of rematch in Premier12 final
Keita Sano celebrates with his teammates after scoring on Kotaro Kiyomiya's two-run triple against Taiwan during their Premier12 game at Tokyo Dome on Saturday.
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.
'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.
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.”

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

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Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
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