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BUSINESS
Sep 17, 2004

Koizumi to get specially heated water via fuel cell

The government said Thursday it will make the world's first purchase of a polymer electrolyte fuel cell to help supply electricity and heated water to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's new residence.
BUSINESS
Sep 15, 2004

Testing still separates Japan, U.S. on beef battle

The Food Safety Commission's apparent change of heart over the testing regimen for mad cow disease suggests Japan may be closer to resuming beef imports from the United States, though the two sides remain apart.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Sep 12, 2004

From pukka sahibs to Colonel Blimps of a British Asia

FORGOTTEN ARMIES: The Fall of British Asia 1941-45, by Christopher Bayly and Tim Harper. Penguin/Allen Lane: London, 2004, 576 pp., £25 (cloth). This is a sprawling and spellbinding account of Britain's Asian campaigns during World War II. Drawing on a rich trove of diaries, archives and personal accounts,...
BUSINESS
Sep 11, 2004

Consumer sentiment at 13-year high

Consumer sentiment in Japan was at its highest point in more than 13 years in August, the government said Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 10, 2004

Fear of losing out to China prompts FTA stampede

Panicking suddenly over the specter of being left behind by its Asian neighbors, Japan is rushing to conclude bilateral free-trade agreements, with ministers striving to get stalled talks restarted.
BUSINESS / Q&A
Sep 9, 2004

Why is Japan Post going to be privatized?

After months of government debate, the Cabinet on Friday will formally approve a plan to privatize the government-run Japan Post.
BUSINESS
Sep 8, 2004

Koizumi, Bush likely to discuss beef ban

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is expected to discuss the issue of how Japan would lift its import ban on U.S. beef at a meeting later this month with President George W. Bush, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda indicated Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Sep 7, 2004

Capital spending up 10.7% in April-June quarter

Capital spending by companies grew 10.7 percent from a year earlier in the April-June quarter for the fifth straight quarterly increase, the Finance Ministry reported Monday.
EDITORIALS
Sep 7, 2004

No laughing matter in South Korea

Reports that South Korean scientists secretly -- and unbeknown to the government -- conducted experiments to enrich uranium are another blow to the nuclear nonproliferation regime. News of the tests is proof that nuclear standards have to be toughened and that the Additional Protocol needs to become...
BUSINESS
Sep 7, 2004

BSE panel strives to reopen door to U.S. beef

A key advisory panel on mad cow disease called on the government Monday to ease its stance on testing of the disease in a manner that would clear the way for a resumption in imports of U.S. beef.
COMMENTARY
Sep 7, 2004

Scandal deals LDP a blow

The Liberal Democratic Party's largest faction, formerly headed by ex-Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, is embroiled in a major scandal. Hashimoto, who allegedly received a check for 100 million yen from the political arm of the Japan Dental Association (JDA) in 2001, resigned about a month ago. Tokyo...
BUSINESS
Sep 1, 2004

Koizumi under pressure to raise consumption tax

With the government unable to find further effective ways to cut expenditures, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's goal of reconstructing government finances is facing a crucial test.
JAPAN
Aug 31, 2004

Olympic athletes to receive letters, glass ornaments

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi will award Japanese athletes who competed in the Athens Olympics and "impressed many people" with letters of appreciation and glass gifts, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda said Monday.
JAPAN
Aug 29, 2004

Support for DPJ tops that for LDP

Support for the Democratic Party of Japan has surpassed that for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party for the first time in six years, according to a Kyodo News poll.
JAPAN
Aug 29, 2004

Support for DPJ tops that for LDP

Support for the Democratic Party of Japan has surpassed that for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party for the first time in six years, according to a Kyodo News poll.
EDITORIALS
Aug 27, 2004

Flagging sense of partnership

Earlier this month, a U.S. military helicopter crashed and burst into flames on a university campus in Okinawa Prefecture. The accident has highlighted dilemmas faced by the island that hosts two-thirds of the U.S. troops stationed in Japan. At the same time, it has exposed some of the flaws in the Japan-U.S....
JAPAN
Aug 27, 2004

Record-high medal haul prompts award debate

As the nation rejoices over its largest medal haul in an Olympic Games, speculation is rife in Tokyo over whether politicians will try to capitalize on the athletes' popularity by giving them awards.
JAPAN
Aug 27, 2004

Record-high medal haul prompts award debate

As the nation rejoices over its largest medal haul in an Olympic Games, speculation is rife in Tokyo over whether politicians will try to capitalize on the athletes' popularity by giving them awards.
JAPAN
Aug 26, 2004

Ishiba looks to reduce civilian control over SDF

Defense Agency Director General Shigeru Ishiba wants to reduce civilian control over Japan's defense forces by revising relevant legislation, informed sources said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Aug 26, 2004

Koizumi to 'inspect' Russian-held islands

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Wednesday expressed his intention to visit eastern Hokkaido as early as next month to take a look at the Russian-held islands claimed by Japan.
BUSINESS
Aug 26, 2004

'05 budgetary requests likely to surpass 85 trillion yen

The fiscal 2005 budget requests from government ministries and agencies are expected to total 85.52 trillion yen -- 3.40 trillion yen greater than the initial budget for the current fiscal year, Finance Ministry sources said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Aug 26, 2004

Ishiba looks to reduce civilian control over SDF

Defense Agency Director General Shigeru Ishiba wants to reduce civilian control over Japan's defense forces by revising relevant legislation, informed sources said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 25, 2004

Koizumi to press case for Security Council seat despite Article 9

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi indicated Tuesday he will reiterate Japan's aspiration to become a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council without revising the war-renouncing Constitution when he addresses next month's General Assembly meeting.
JAPAN
Aug 25, 2004

GSDF's Massaki wins promotion

The Cabinet said Tuesday it will promote Gen. Hajime Massaki, chief of staff of the Ground Self-Defense Force, to the post of chairman of the Joint Staff Council of the Self-Defense Forces, as of Monday.
BUSINESS
Aug 25, 2004

Land ministry ready to ask for 16% spending increase

The land ministry Tuesday compiled its budget request for fiscal 2005, featuring a 16 percent increase in overall outlays and an expansion in tax revenue allocated to local governments to boost their autonomy, government sources said.
COMMENTARY
Aug 24, 2004

Dressing Japan for success

To play a positive role in the international community of the 21st century, Japan should lift its self-imposed ban on the exercise of the right to collective self-defense, reinvent itself as a political power and win a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council, according to Yukio Satoh, president...
BUSINESS
Aug 21, 2004

Highway body to get 60 billion yen injection despite '01 promise

The government plans to use 60 billion yen in state funds to cover reductions in expressway tolls on money-losing rural highways, officials said Friday.
JAPAN
Aug 21, 2004

Crown Prince to make trip without wife

Crown Princess Masako is still in no condition to travel and will not attend next month's royal wedding in Brunei, the Imperial Household Agency said Friday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
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.
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
Japan to aid introduction of multilingual ride-hailing apps
A Nihon Kotsu Co. taxi departs one of the company's service offices in Tokyo.
Seven & I founding family sounded out KKR and others about buyout: report
A 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo
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.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”

Podcast

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

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Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
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