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EDITORIALS
Dec 14, 2006

More trouble in paradise

For the fourth time in 19 years, the legal government of the South Pacific country of Fiji has been overthrown. The military is the culprit this time, with the head of the armed forces, Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama deposing Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase and his Cabinet. The coup has been roundly condemned...
JAPAN
Dec 14, 2006

Explosives detectors installed at airports, railway stations

New bomb detectors have been installed at major airports and railway stations that can detect liquid explosives and check travelers' shoes for explosive devices, officials said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / CONSUMER LOAN CRACKDOWN
Dec 14, 2006

Lending legislation reforms spell industry shakeout

It was early last month at moneylender Aiful Corp.'s midterm earnings news conference, and the mood at the Tokyo venue was grim.
JAPAN
Dec 14, 2006

Explosives detectors installed at airports, railway stations

New bomb detectors have been installed at major airports and railway stations that can detect liquid explosives and check travelers' shoes for explosive devices, officials said.
EDITORIALS
Dec 13, 2006

How to use road taxes?

Under legislation dating from 1954, the government's revenues from "road-related taxes" have been exclusively earmarked for road improvement. These revenues have been a "sanctuary" of sorts for politicians representing the interests of industries engaged in road construction. Last year, then Prime Minister...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 9, 2006

Abe gets watered-down road-tax reform

The government and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party agreed Friday to a watered-down plan on road-related tax revenues that will move only the money not allocated to road construction projects into the general expenditures category.
JAPAN
Dec 7, 2006

Cabinet support rate falls to 48.6%

we have pledged to the public, and attain results."
JAPAN
Dec 7, 2006

Cabinet support rate falls to 48.6%

we have pledged to the public, and attain results."
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 5, 2006

Chaff that sticks to wheat

SYDNEY -- As scandals go in the annals of Australian business, the one over wheat sales to Iraq during the Saddam Hussein regime is huge. And the political fallout, both domestic and international, may prove to be even mightier. It leaves many people here and abroad scratching their heads in amazement....
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Dec 2, 2006

Zidane's spot in last three a joke, no matter who says otherwise

LONDON -- Managers and players know football best because they are involved in it.
JAPAN
Dec 2, 2006

Abe security adviser Koike to visit Libya next week

Yuriko Koike, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's special adviser on national security, will visit Libya next week to strengthen ties with the Islamic country, which has ended its quest for weapons of mass destruction.
JAPAN
Nov 25, 2006

Elderly men less social than women

More than 40 percent of elderly Japanese men living alone say they don't have any close friends, and one in four says he has no contact with neighbors, according to a government survey that paints a grim picture of the nation's aging society.
JAPAN
Nov 25, 2006

South Korean poultry imports halted over bird flu outbreak

to suspend imports of South Korean poultry and to ask that people entering Japan from South Korea sterilize their shoes," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki told reporters. Japan imported 289 metric tons of chicken meat from South Korea in 2005, according to the Japan External Trade Organization....
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.
Ishiba shelves proposal for liaison offices with North Korea amid rising tensions
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks on Saturday in Tokyo at a rally that was held by a group of families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea decades ago to demand the immediate return of all abductees.
How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit
A man walks past a gasoline station in Tokyo on Thursday.
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.
An iconic 32-foot doughnut might give Randy’s an edge in Japan
Randy's Donuts in Inglewood, California. Replicas of the giant doughnut sculpture will be installed, where possible, at shops in Japan.
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.

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