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LIFE / Style & Design
Sep 27, 2005

Plusminuszero cordless phone, Nendo's Skiima, Toshi Iwai's Tenori-On, Monacca's Bag-Kaku

In the world of product design, we've finally come to a point where features have seemingly attained a certain level of parity. Gone are the days when detailed specs ruled, and bigger (brighter, louder, faster) was better. The focus has now shifted toward the promotion of an object's outward design --...
JAPAN
Sep 26, 2005

Japan, U.S. plan joint command center

Japan and the United States plan to establish a joint air-defense command center at the U.S. Air Force's Yokota base in western Tokyo by fiscal 2009, Japanese and U.S. government sources said.
EDITORIALS
Sep 20, 2005

Counting the overseas vote

Article 1 of the Constitution makes it clear that sovereign power resides with the people, and Article 15 says, "The people have the inalienable right to choose their public officials and to dismiss them." Thus the right to vote in elections is the most important constitutional right for Japanese citizens....
JAPAN
Sep 16, 2005

Asahi blames false reports on lack of communication

The daily Asahi Shimbun said in a detailed report in its Thursday morning edition that the publishing of inaccurate articles in August about the general election was caused by a lack of communication between reporters and editors.
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LIFE / Travel
Sep 16, 2005

Warm to the mild port city of Numazu

Located just 100 km from Tokyo, the city of Numazu, in Shizuoka Prefecture, is less than an hour's ride away on the Hikari bullet train. Numazu merged with a neighboring city in April and today has a population total of over 211,000 and a land area of 187.1 sq. km.
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BUSINESS
Sep 15, 2005

Consumers reaping benefits of farm deregulation

Fresh tomatoes, sweet oranges and bright green lettuce grown organically and tracked by computer may soon arrive on consumers' tables directly from farms, thanks to agricultural deregulation.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Sep 13, 2005

Counseling, insurance and prints

TELL counseling Tokyo English Life Line (TELL) is accepting applications for the Telephone Counselors Training Program, that begins in September.
BUSINESS
Sep 7, 2005

Longer delay seen for postal privatization

Even if the ruling coalition wins the upcoming general election and the postal privatization bills are reintroduced to the Diet and enacted, the government may delay the launch of the actual reforms by up to a year, sources said Tuesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 4, 2005

Neo-emperor of evil genius

NEW DELHI — History is replete with myths woven by victors. The myths about Mao Zedong, including his military exploits and triumphs over imperialism and capitalism, have helped keep the Chinese communists in power, even as a transformed China now practices capitalism and presents itself as a large...
COMMENTARY
Sep 4, 2005

Neo-emperor of evil genius

NEW DELHI -- History is replete with myths woven by victors. The myths about Mao Zedong, including his military exploits and triumphs over imperialism and capitalism, have helped keep the Chinese communists in power, even as a transformed China now practices capitalism and presents itself as a large...
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 4, 2005

Neo-emperor of evil genius

NEW DELHI — History is replete with myths woven by victors. The myths about Mao Zedong, including his military exploits and triumphs over imperialism and capitalism, have helped keep the Chinese communists in power, even as a transformed China now practices capitalism and presents itself as a large...
JAPAN
Aug 20, 2005

Asylum in Japan eludes Myanmar's close-knit Chin minority

Hundreds of asylum-seekers from Myanmar have come to Japan to escape persecution since the 1980s, including those belonging to ethnic minorities like the Rohingya and Kachin, and dozens have so far been recognized here as refugees.
JAPAN
Aug 20, 2005

Foreign Ministry turns to Net PR to counter Japan-bashing

The Foreign Ministry is seeking to counter anti-Japan sentiment in China and South Korea by bolstering its Internet-based public relations operations.
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CULTURE / Music / THE SECOND ROOM
Aug 19, 2005

Weekend trance party picks 08.19

Full Moon parties on Saturday, Aug. 20:
EDITORIALS
Aug 18, 2005

ATM card theft rescue

A sharp rise in thefts and forgeries of cash cards, or ATM cards, and the resultant loss of cash from deposits has become a serious problem. Last year there were 3,448 ATM card thefts and forgeries, causing losses worth some 2.4 billion, yen according to the National Police Agency.
EDITORIALS
Aug 14, 2005

Mr. Bolton goes to the United Nations

A s expected, U.S. President George W. Bush used a recess appointment to name Mr. John Bolton his ambassador to the United Nations. The move is a result of the bitter, partisan divisions that dog politics in Washington D.C, and a sign of Mr. Bush's determination to send Mr. Bolton to the U.N. While his...
JAPAN
Aug 13, 2005

Suginami adopts contentious history text

The Suginami Ward board of education adopted a history textbook Friday that critics say distorts history and gives light treatment of Japan's wartime atrocities.
BUSINESS
Aug 3, 2005

Yumeshin seeks greater financial disclosure from Japan Engineering

Yumeshin Holdings Co. said Tuesday it will ask Japan Engineering Consultants Co., its target in a hostile takeover bid, to disclose more of its financial statements.
JAPAN
Aug 2, 2005

University of Tokyo starts rare push for recruits

Japan's declining birthrate has finally put the nation's most prestigious university on alert.
JAPAN
Aug 1, 2005

Asbestos death near plant reported in '86

Researchers found out at least 19 years ago that a woman who lived near an asbestos factory died of cancer following exposure to the carcinogenic substance, according to academic papers presented in 1986.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Jul 31, 2005

Book bite

SEEING JAPAN (three-volume boxed set), by Charles Whipple, Juliet W. Carpenter, Kaori Shoji. Tokyo: Kodansha International, 2005, approx. 90 pp. per volume, 11,400 yen (cloth). "Seeing Japan," the boxed set, presents three different visual journeys: Japan as a whole, plus the country's two famous cities...
JAPAN
Jul 31, 2005

Two women die in Canada crash

Two Japanese women were killed and two were seriously injured in a car crash in Ontario, Canada, the Foreign Ministry said Saturday.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jul 26, 2005

Inheritance, swimming and men

Property tax I am building a home here on land jointly owned by my wife (Japanese citizen) at a 50:50 recorded proportion (land only).
BUSINESS
Jul 26, 2005

World plans buyout to ward off takeover

Major fashion apparel manufacturer World Co. said Monday it will proceed with a management buyout plan in a bid to turn itself into a privately owned company.
JAPAN
Jul 24, 2005

Vulnerability is all too apparent

The strong earthquake that struck the Kanto region Saturday reminded Tokyo residents of the city's vulnerability to natural disasters -- and left them wondering what would happen if the capital is hit by the long-anticipated Big One.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Jul 24, 2005

NHK's "Sono Toki — Rekishi ga Ugoita," TV Asahi's " Kikujiro and Saki" and more

On Wednesday, NHK will explain one of the great ironies of the Pacific War on its history series, "Sono Toki -- Rekishi ga Ugoita" (That Time -- History was Changed; NHK-G, 9:15 p.m .). On Apr. 7, 1945, the Yamato, the biggest battleship ever built by the Japanese Imperial Navy, sank in the South Pacific...

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