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Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 8, 2006

Another architect fakes design strength

Five Sapporo condominium complexes have been confirmed to have been built with faked earthquake-resistance data, the land ministry said Tuesday, and the city is investigating 28 more buildings the architect who compiled the data has said are not sufficiently quake-proof.
JAPAN
Mar 8, 2006

Hostage beheaded in Iraq 'not tortured'

BAGHDAD (Kyodo) The Iraqi man who has confessed to executing a hostage Japanese backpacker in 2004 said Monday that Shosei Koda was not tortured during his captivity.
EDITORIALS
Mar 7, 2006

A battle that has barely begun

One year since the World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control went into effect, Japan's smoking rate still remains high compared with other developed nations. The government needs to create a strong momentum toward lowering the rate.
JAPAN
Mar 7, 2006

Mob tie probed in street stabbing

A consultant for a real estate company was fatally stabbed Sunday night on a street in Minato Ward, Tokyo, and police are investigating possible underworld links.
EDITORIALS
Mar 6, 2006

Long-term costs of education reform

In the largely classless society of postwar Japan, educational qualifications, particularly at the college level, have been the key determinant of career opportunities. Hence, standardized admission and low tuition fees ensured that anyone with brains had a chance to attend the top national institutions...
BUSINESS / JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES
Mar 6, 2006

Oita's example can give clues on how to close rural gap

Japan's overall economic conditions are steadily improving, but the large gap between urban and rural areas is often cited as a serious problem. While business is brisk in Tokyo and other big cities, rural parts of Japan still lack the vigor.
JAPAN
Mar 6, 2006

ANA to commemorate the dead in new accident facility

All Nippon Airways Co. will set up a commemorative space for air disaster victims in a new facility in Tokyo that will display debris and other material from past accidents, company officials said Sunday.
JAPAN
Mar 5, 2006

20 years in prison eyed for fatal building defects

The government is considering legislation that would allow a 20-year prison term for people who deliberately design or construct illegal buildings whose collapse leads to fatalities, according to government sources.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Mar 5, 2006

A few bows too many for shamed DPJ lawmaker Hisayasu Nagata

One picture, as they say, is worth a thousand words, and the one that graced the front page of the Feb. 24 Asahi Shimbun is worth more than all the kanji expended on the Democratic Party of Japan's e-mail fiasco.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Mar 5, 2006

TBS's 'Kodai Hakka-tsu Mystery' reveals secrets to an ancient civilization and more

On Monday, March 6 at 9 p.m., TBS will present a two-hour documentary program on the recent discovery of an ancient civilization. "Kodai Hakka-tsu Mystery (Prehistoric Excavation Mystery)" follows an international team of archaeologists, including artist and Rikkyo University professor Katsuhiko Hibino,...
SOCCER / J. League
Mar 4, 2006

Autuori set for Kashima title tilt

Paulo Autuori needed a lot of convincing to leave Sao Paulo for the J. League.
JAPAN
Mar 4, 2006

Nukaga's head back on chopping block

Defense Agency Director General Fukushiro Nukaga was grim-faced Feb. 24 as he told an audience of some 600 senior Self-Defense Forces officers and Defense Agency officials to clean up their organizations.
BUSINESS
Mar 4, 2006

FSA penalizes KEB for illegal remittances

The Financial Services Agency took disciplinary action Friday against the Japanese branches of the Seoul-based Korea Exchange Bank for its involvement in illegal remittances.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Mar 4, 2006

What would the village hugger do?

Eons ago in an America light-years away, my wife and I stopped at the only eatery available in a town that hit the bull's-eye in the middle of nowhere. As we ordered coffee and toast, an old man shuffling past suddenly stopped and spoke to my wife. She may have been the first Oriental he had ever seen....
JAPAN
Mar 3, 2006

Be wary of China threat, NPA tells tech exporters

The National Police Agency chief urged Japanese high-tech equipment makers Thursday to be more cautious when exporting to China as their technology could be used to make weapons.
JAPAN
Mar 3, 2006

Bank exec, gangster held over loan

Police said Thursday they arrested seven people, including the chairman of a Tokyo-based "shinkin" savings-and-loan bank and a gang leader, on suspicion they conspired to arrange an illegal loan to a company linked to the mobster, despite knowing it would cause losses for the bank.
COMMENTARY
Mar 3, 2006

The black hole for U.S. aid

NEW DELHI -- Despite making the spread of freedom the rallying cry of his second term, U.S. President George W. Bush has found it difficult to visit the world's largest democracy, India, without also stopping to meet the Pakistani president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf.
JAPAN
Mar 3, 2006

Public OK needed to expand overseas service: NHK chief

A national consensus will be necessary for NHK to use viewer fees to expand its international broadcasts, the public broadcaster's president, Genichi Hashimoto, said Thursday.
CULTURE / Music
Mar 3, 2006

James Brown

Of all the self-promoting labels James Brown has appropriated in his career, "The Hardest Working Man in Show Business" is probably the most apt. People think it refers to the intensity of his live performances -- the hoarse screams, the manic, stuttery dance steps, the buckets of perspiration -- but...
JAPAN
Mar 2, 2006

Blatant, erroneous forced confession slammed

The Japan Federation of Bar Associations warned police and prosecutors Wednesday over a case in which a mentally impaired man in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, was erroneously arrested and charged for robbery.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 2, 2006

"Thank You Art Day"

Nationwide On March 9
JAPAN
Mar 2, 2006

City's collection of health-care premiums is legal: top court

The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by a man demanding reimbursement of his health insurance premiums who claimed the manner in which his city collected the fees was unconstitutional.
JAPAN
Mar 2, 2006

LDP panel OKs expat vote expansion

A ruling Liberal Democratic Party panel endorsed a proposal Wednesday to expand the scope of national elections in which people living overseas can vote, LDP officials said.
OLYMPICS
Mar 1, 2006

Arakawa says winning gold is like dream come true

Olympic champion Shizuka Arakawa said Tuesday it seems as if she is living in a dream after returning home with the gold she won in the women's figure skating at the Turin Games.
From anguish to aggression: Trump goes on offense after midair collision
U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a briefing on Thursday about the midair crash in Washington.
Slope built to reach man trapped in sinkhole in Saitama
A slope (left) is built at the intersection of a sunken road in Yashio City, Saitama Prefecture on Saturday.
Mind the gap — and the shoulder checking: Dealing with pushy people in Japan's crowded spaces
Tokyo’s notoriously crowded trains and train stations can be stressful for many. Unfortunately, the ぶつかり男 (butsukari otoko, bumping man) takes his stress out on others through shoving, elbowing and shoulder checks.
AstraZeneca and Daiichi’s breast cancer drug gets EU backing
AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo’s Datroway breast cancer treatment, which the companies expect will eventually become a blockbuster, was recommended for approval in the European Union.
Japan plans to curb exports of chips and quantum-computing tech
Technicians at work in the clean room of a semiconductor manufacturing facility in Ibaraki Prefecture.
First official survey set to change backcountry Hokkaido skiing
The first official government survey of Hokkaido backcountry skiing could spell changes for trails in the northern prefecture.
Fuji TV’s go-big PR strategy wins grudging praise globally
Fuji TV executives take questions during a news conference on Monday in Tokyo in which some participants became unruly.
Two decades of unparalleled access into the world of Hayao Miyazaki
Documentary director Kaku Arakawa’s filming style — naturalistic, intimate and unobtrusive — proved essential to portraying anime powerhouse Hayao Miyazaki as a man as flawed and human as he is a visionary artist in “Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron.”
For two weeks only, cold-water yellowtail can give you chills
Yellowtail caught during the coldest period of the year is delicious enough — but paired with a classic method of marinade and pan-searing, it's divine.
In meat- and fish-loving Japan, veganism is making a comeback
Though vegan restaurants have been on the upswing since 2017, Japanese vegans still lack a wide variety of options.

Podcast

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

Longform

Ayumi Matsuki, a priestess at Yoshiwara Shrine, shows off some "o-mamori" charms. She says visitors to the shrine have increased since the NHK drama “Unbound” began airing this month.
Tracing Tsutaya Juzaburo, Edo’s media maverick
By Alex K.T. Martin

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