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BUSINESS
Mar 20, 2004

Nikko Beans, Monex announce plan to merge

Online brokerages Monex Inc. and Nikko Beans Inc. said Friday they will merge their operations in August to secure an edge in individual securities investment.
JAPAN
Mar 19, 2004

Residential fire death toll topped 1,000 in '03

2003 saw 1,070 people killed in residential fires, up 78 from a year earlier and topping 1,000 for the first time since 1986, according to a report by the Fire and Disaster Management Agency.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 19, 2004

Future of Taiwan at stake in elections

NEW YORK -- No less than the future of Taiwan is at stake in the presidential election Saturday. If President Chen Shui-bian is re-elected, Taiwan's move toward becoming an independent state will accelerate and the Taiwan-China impasse will harden. If the Lien Chan/James Soong ticket wins, China will...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 19, 2004

'Fink-on-a-foreigner' Web site hit as xenophobic, faces review

The Justice Ministry will review a controversial Immigration Bureau Web site where people can anonymously report suspicious foreigners who might be illegal aliens.
JAPAN
Mar 18, 2004

Japan detainee meets family in China

A Japanese man detained in China for allegedly engaging in smuggling people by helping them flee from North Korea has met members of his family, the Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Mar 18, 2004

Ex-governor's daughter handed suspended term

The Tokyo District Court handed a suspended prison term Wednesday to the daughter of a former Saitama governor for violating the Political Funds Control Law.
JAPAN
Mar 18, 2004

LDP, Komeito turn up heat on Pyongyang

Officials of the Liberal Democratic Party and its ruling bloc partner, New Komeito, reached a final agreement Wednesday on proposed legislation that would allow Japan to ban port calls by North Korean ships.
BUSINESS
Mar 18, 2004

Poultry imports from Netherlands banned over flu

Japan banned poultry imports from the Netherlands on Wednesday following the European country's discovery of two suspected bird flu cases.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Mar 18, 2004

76ers mismatch turns ugly

NEW YORK -- So, the 76ers' fading franchise player and the NBA's all-time inflexible interim coach are at war again. It's a mismatch the prohibitive favorite can't hope to win.
JAPAN
Mar 17, 2004

Longer prison term for rape urged

Rapes are on the increase, a government panel said Tuesday, proposing that prison terms for the crime be lengthened.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 17, 2004

Emergency steps target bird flu

The government unveiled a package of emergency measures Tuesday aimed at containing the spread of bird flu, including plans to crack down on farmers who fail to disclose evidence their birds are infected.
JAPAN
Mar 17, 2004

70 investors used Nomura affiliate to evade taxes

Tax authorities have determined that a scheme promoted by an affiliate of Nomura Securities Co. for investment in an aircraft-leasing business was used by some 70 wealthy individual investors to evade taxes, sources said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Mar 17, 2004

Europe asks Asia to help fight smuggling

European countries participating in an international conflict prevention conference that ended Tuesday in Tokyo sought cooperation from Asian nations to tackle human and small arms smuggling.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 17, 2004

Top court backs welfare savings

The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Fukuoka authorities acted illegally to cut a family's welfare benefits because it had saved some of the aid for a daughter's education fund.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Mar 17, 2004

Fans should decide if Japan pro ball has interleague play

A couple of interesting articles appeared in The Japan Times during the first week of this month, both mentioning interleague play, and it would appear Japanese baseball may finally be moving toward the scheduling of regular-season games between Central and Pacific League teams.
JAPAN
Mar 16, 2004

Emperor's duties to be scaled down

Emperor Akihito will attend six fewer official functions in which he and Empress Michiko grant an audience at the Imperial Palace to people who have served with distinction in various fields, the Imperial Household Agency said Monday.
JAPAN
Mar 14, 2004

NHK's cancellation of 'Sesame Street' leaves fans in dismay

When word spread late last month that public broadcaster NHK would pull the plug on "Sesame Street" after more than 30 years, loyal fans were shocked.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Mar 14, 2004

Japanese erotica exposed

FORBIDDEN IMAGES: Erotic Art from Japan's Edo Period, by Monta Kayakawa, (Trilingual: Finnish, Swedish, English). Helsinki: City Art Museum, 2003, 112 pp., 82 color plates, 3,800 yen (cloth). Japanese shunga -- erotic paintings and prints, some of the world's most beautiful -- remain indigenously unknown....
JAPAN
Mar 14, 2004

Citizens find Bush guilty of Afghan war crimes

A citizens' tribunal Saturday in Tokyo found U.S. President George W. Bush guilty of war crimes for attacking civilians with indiscriminate weapons and other arms during the U.S.-led antiterrorism operations in Afghanistan in 2001.
EDITORIALS
Mar 14, 2004

Imagining a world without birds

Take a walk in a Tokyo garden -- particularly an undisturbed, crow-haunted one such as the Institute for Nature Study's park in Meguro -- and you might find this hard to believe, but the world's bird population is shrinking. According to a report released to coincide with BirdLife International's quadrennial...
JAPAN
Mar 13, 2004

Plans for U.S. military still source of friction

Japan and the United States remain divided over plans to realign the U.S. military forces in Japan, according to Japanese government sources.
JAPAN
Mar 13, 2004

Hapless hikers earn Iraq police shakedown, Tokyo's wrath

Two young Japanese travelers wandering in southern Iraq earned the wrath of top government officials Friday, after they were temporarily detained and interrogated by local police.
EDITORIALS
Mar 13, 2004

Unrealistic claim of espionage

In 2001, a Japanese researcher was indicted in the United States on charges of industrial spying. Since he had already returned to Japan, the U.S. requested his extradition under a bilateral treaty. However, legal opinion here remains divided over whether he should be tried in a U.S court -- in other...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Mar 13, 2004

Einstein's theory of ski map relativity

Inquiring 'gaijin' want to know the best ski and snowboard spots in Japan. If you're a snowboarder, you're lucky because starting in March, Shigakogen in Nagano Prefecture, Japan's largest 'sooki snow-bo' area, opens all its runs to snowboarders as well as skiers.
Fuji TV president resigns over handling of Masahiro Nakai scandal
Fuji TV President Koichi Minato (left) and Chairman Shuji Kanoh, also chairman of the broadcaster's parent company Fuji Media Holdings, bow during a news conference in Tokyo on Monday. The two have announced their resignations.
KyoAni arson suspect's death penalty finalized after appeal dropped
Shinji Aoba is taken to Kyoto Prefectural Police in May 2020. His death penalty has been finalized after he dropped an appeal.
Rwandan-backed M23 militia enters eastern Congo's largest city
Residents run away after seeing members of the M23 armed group walking through a street of the besieged Congolese city of Goma on Monday.
Trump says Microsoft is in talks to acquire TikTok
U.S. President Donald Trump said last week that he was in talks with multiple people over buying TikTok and would likely have a decision on the popular app's future in 30 days.
Neymar and Al Hilal agree to terminate contract, club says
Al Hilal's Neymar during an Asian Champions League fixture against Al Ain, in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, on Oct. 21
What we learned at Fuji TV's marathon Nakai scandal news conference
Members of the media raise their hands for questions as outgoing Fuji TV President Koichi Minato attends a news conference in Tokyo on Monday.
Kanoa Igarashi dreams big as surfing championship tour gets underway
Kanoa Igarashi surfs in the Hurley Pro Sunset Beach competition in Oahu, Hawaii, on Feb. 18.
How Japan is looking deep underground to solve its carbon problem
A pipe for transporting carbon dioxide to removal equipment at a carbon capture and storage (CCS) test site in Tomakomai, Hokkaido.
Hoshoryu overcomes rank-and-file wrestlers to put yokozuna promotion in sight
Hoshoryu dispatches Oho in a playoff to clinch the Emperor's Cup on the final day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Sunday in Tokyo.
Of sake and spirits: Indulging in Yamanashi’s best
With abundant rains and formidable humidity in summer, Japan does not seem to be an ideal land for wine, but winegrowers in Yamanashi Prefecture have gradually been able to adapt.

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
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