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JAPAN
Oct 1, 2005

NHK censorship story had 'uncertain' info: Asahi

The Asahi Shimbun admitted Friday that an article it ran in January about an NHK documentary in 2001 contained "uncertain" information but the daily has no plans to correct it.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Sep 27, 2005

Watches, stains and health food

Keep watching Jim in Kansai notes that it is several weeks now since we ran his request for suggestions on repairing his old Seiko watch, but still no response. "I knew it was a long shot, but I'd like to thank you anyway, for trying."
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / THE SECOND ROOM
Sep 19, 2005

The Gathering 2005 preview -- return to Tsumagoi

Ready or not, here comes the spectacular end of another amazing summer season.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 11, 2005

Aussies adjust the moorings

BRISBANE, Australia -- While the historical origins and cultural roots of Australia lie in Europe, its primary strategic alliance is with the United States, its pri- mary security focus is on Southeast Asia, and its major trading partners are in Northeast Asia.
JAPAN
Aug 31, 2005

Asahi fires reporter for fabricating story info

The Asahi Shimbun has fired a 28-year-old reporter at its Nagano bureau and removed a senior editor over false information of a meeting between a former Liberal Democratic Party policy chief and the governor of Nagano.
JAPAN
Aug 26, 2005

Police to get info on users of suicide Web sites

The communications and Internet service industries said Thursday they will provide police with information on people who try to arrange suicides over the Internet.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / THE SECOND ROOM
Aug 26, 2005

Weekend trance party picks 08.26

Saturday, Aug. 27-28
BUSINESS
Aug 13, 2005

FSA orders Nagoya bourse to safeguard confidential info

The Financial Services Agency issued a business improvement order Friday to the Nagoya Stock Exchange due to its failure to protect confidential information in violation of the Securities and Exchange Law.
JAPAN / 60 YEARS AND ONWARD
Aug 11, 2005

Remnants of war still buried in Japan

Residents in the western Tokyo suburb of Nishitokyo recently had a World War II flashback.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Aug 9, 2005

Bad boys, bad boys

Dangerous encounter Two friends and I found ourselves in front of Okayama station last week where a bunch of cars were being driven recklessly. We were on the verge of calling it a night when one friend saw a handbag lying next to a flower pot.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Aug 9, 2005

Staying mobile and Book-Off

Used CDs John Mackin says the Book-Off store near his home in Kawasaki not only buys and sells books, it also buys and sells CDs, DVDs, WalkMans, iPods, TVs, PCs, clothes, women's handbags -- you name it.
JAPAN
Aug 3, 2005

Cops campaign for info on Setagaya slaying

Police began a major campaign Tuesday in front of the Keio Line's Seiseki-Sakuragaoka Station in Tokyo to solicit any information from passersby that could solve the murder of a family of four in Setagaya Ward in late 2000.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Aug 3, 2005

Shimmying Around Town

If you're interested in watching or learning bellydancing, here is a quick list of performers/instructors in Tokyo.
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.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jul 5, 2005

Making sense of kanji

Kanji query Two very interesting responses to the letter of June 7 about pronouncing kanji.
JAPAN
Jul 1, 2005

'Harmful' Net info faces filter campaign

The government said Thursday it will promote the use of filtering software against what it judges to be harmful information over the Internet, in a bid to prevent such incidents as group suicides and production of explosives via Internet use.
BUSINESS
Jun 29, 2005

Microsoft to give NPA computer tech info

U.S. software giant Microsoft Corp. has signed an agreement with the National Police Agency to provide technological information to help it investigate computer-related crimes, including cyber attacks, officials of the two parties said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jun 22, 2005

Credit card info breach reaches 28 million yen

Damage caused by the illegal use of Japanese credit card information linked to a huge case of data theft in the United States has reached nearly 28 million yen, industry officials said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jun 8, 2005

IC 'gaijin' card shares personal info

All foreigners staying in Japan for more than 90 days may have to carry identification cards equipped with integrated circuit chips, members of the Liberal Democratic Party said Tuesday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Jun 7, 2005

Have you heard the one about . . ?

'And then, when he saw the other side of the car, where his date had been sitting not 15 minutes earlier, on the door handle, hung . . . a bloody . . . HOOK!"
JAPAN
Jun 7, 2005

Info exchange on refugees rapped

Japan may explicitly legalize providing personal information on people seeking asylum to authorities in their country of origin, where they fear persecution, lawyers said Monday.
JAPAN
Jun 2, 2005

Police plan database of criminal suspects' DNA info in August

The National Police Agency said Wednesday it will compile a database of DNA information on crime suspects for use in investigations, responding to the rising number of cases in which DNA testing is conducted, but if a suspect who has provided a sample dies, that person's sample will be deleted, NPA officials...
COMMUNITY / LIFELINES
May 17, 2005

More on books, cake and bank bungles

Used books On the subject of used books, and where to get them/leave them, an alert reader writes in to let us know that Caravan Books, long a popular spot to pick up bargains, closed down in March.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
May 7, 2005

Knitting trip around Japan ties up more projects

One Japan-related project attracts attention at "Knit 2 Together: Concepts in Knitting," organized by the U.K.'s Crafts Council and on show in London until May 15, from where it will set out to tour Britain as part of the "Knitting and Stitching Show 2005."
JAPAN / BULLETIN BOARD
Apr 24, 2005

15 Japan Times readers can take 'Little Edo' tour for free

15 Japan Times readers can take 'Little Edo' tour for free A tour bus operator in Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture, will invite 15 readers of The Japan Times as monitors for its "Nostalgic Little Edo Tour" on May 14 free of charge.
JAPAN
Apr 4, 2005

Ex-Defense Agency engineer suspected of leaking sub info

Police have questioned a former senior Defense Agency engineering officer and searched his home on suspicion he gave copies of confidential submarine documents to an acquaintance who may have leaked the information to China, according to informed sources.
JAPAN
Apr 2, 2005

Laws to protect personal info kick in, criticized

Laws to protect personal information took effect Friday, banning the public and private sectors from using information on a person other than for its intended purpose and from providing it to a third party without permission.

Longform

Professional cleaner Hirofumi Sakurai takes a moment to appreciate some photographs in a Gotanda apartment whose occupant died alone.
The last cleanup: Life and death in a lonely Japan