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BUSINESS
Mar 1, 2006

Seaweed quota set

Japan will expand import quotas for edible seaweed starting in April by 46 percent from the previous year to 585 million sheets, covering 6 percent of domestic consumption, the Fisheries Agency said Tuesday.
EDITORIALS
Mar 1, 2006

Race against bird flu speeds up

A vian flu appears to be spreading with increasing rapidity. In recent weeks, there have been confirmed reports of the disease in Europe and Africa, demonstrating that the H5N1 strain is hardier than thought and truly a global danger. While health officials call for continuing surveillance and vigilance,...
BUSINESS
Mar 1, 2006

Industrial production increased 0.3% in January

Industrial production rose a seasonally adjusted 0.3 percent in January from the previous month for the sixth straight monthly increase, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Tuesday.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OLD NIC'S NOTEBOOK
Mar 1, 2006

Dead wood mars warm winter retreat

Once a year I try to spend time in Okinawa, if possible a month, during which I usually get a block of writing done. Okinawa is one of my favorite places in Japan, and nowadays I would say that it is where I most like to be in winter.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / NAME OF THE GAME
Mar 1, 2006

Nintendo scores with consumers and then almost squanders its edge

Xbox 360 vs. PlayStation 3, Microsoft vs. Sony, DVD vs. Blu-ray -- there's a glimpse into the world of the hardcore game community. Tech talk and brand loyalty create enough static to scare away normal people who just want to play some games in their free time.
OLYMPICS
Feb 28, 2006

Golden frenzy on Swedish turf

STOCKHOLM (AP) Swedes celebrated Sunday in the streets of Stockholm, waving the Swedish flag and chanting "Olympic Gold! Olympic Gold!" after their hockey team edged rival Finland for its first gold medal in 12 years. Dozens of supporters gathered in Sergel Square immediately after Sweden's 3-2 victory,...
OLYMPICS
Feb 28, 2006

Yang to follow with donation

TURIN, Italy (AP) Inspired by American speedskater Joey Cheek's example, Chinese short track Olympic medalist Yang Yang said Sunday she'll donate her $10,000 bronze-medal bonus to a charity that helps children in areas ravaged by conflict. The donation helps push the charity, Right to Play, close to...
OLYMPICS
Feb 28, 2006

Merkel hails German team

TURIN, Italy (AP) Chancellor Angela Merkel congratulated Germany's Olympic team Sunday on a performance that saw it once again top the medals chart. "You have achieved a series of great successes on which I congratulate you heartily," Merkel wrote in a message released by her office in Berlin. "All...
SUMO
Feb 28, 2006

Tochiazuma leads ozeki quartet

Tochiazuma heads a quartet of ozeki in the east spot in the rankings for the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka, where the New Year meet winner will take a shot at promotion to the highest rank of yokozuna.
OLYMPICS
Feb 28, 2006

Rogge 'happy' with Turin Games

TURIN, Italy (AP) Jacques Rogge loved the sports action, the venues, the athletes' performances. Just don't ask him to grade the Turin Games. The International Olympic Committee president gave his definitive verdict in his speech at Sunday night's closing ceremony, but he provided a hint beforehand...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Feb 28, 2006

China finding role in WBC

Chinese baseball is a work in progress, and the World Baseball Classic is the next step for the developing international program.
JAPAN
Feb 28, 2006

U.S. tech to correct nearsightedness finds favor

A U.S. technology that improves nearsightedness by just getting some shut-eye is catching on around the world and has moved into the clinical testing stage in Japan.
JAPAN
Feb 28, 2006

Support drops a bit for female-line succession

The percentage of people who support allowing a child of a female monarch to ascend the Imperial throne fell 7.8 percentage points from December to 64 percent, following news that Princess Kiko, the wife of Emperor Akihito's second son, is pregnant.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 28, 2006

E-mail wasn't from Horie: DPJ

The e-mail that raised a ruckus in the Diet when the Democratic Party of Japan alleged it proved shady financial links between Livedoor founder Takafumi Horie and a top ruling party figure was in fact the work of a freelance journalist, DPJ sources have admitted.
OLYMPICS
Feb 28, 2006

U.S. sliders turn in dreary show

CESANA, Italy (AP) By any measure, this was not what the U.S. sliding contingent wanted entering these Olympics. There was only one medal. One star retired. Two athletes were seriously injured. Shauna Rohbock and Valerie Fleming will head home happy; they won a silver medal in women's bobsled, capping...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 28, 2006

Single seniors find way to meet day of reckoning

A 67-year-old Tokyo woman intends to stipulate in her will that she wants her ashes to be thrown away after she is cremated.
JAPAN
Feb 28, 2006

Ex-South Korean diplomat pens book on Hirobumi Ito

A former South Korean diplomat who spent more than a decade in Japan recently published a book on the roles of Hirobumi Ito, Japan's first prime minister and widely considered the archenemy of the Korean people, in the modernization of Japan.
EDITORIALS
Feb 28, 2006

Fueling trust in rocket science

In the short span of one month, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has successfully launched three rockets, each carrying a satellite. This success has increased trust in JAXA's technological capability, raising Japan's hopes of entering the commercial rocket business.
OLYMPICS
Feb 28, 2006

U.S. skaters set to rebuild

TURIN, Italy (AP) A generation of U.S. speedskaters is stepping aside, leaving a major hole in a sport that has always been a consistent American medal producer at the Winter Olympics. Who will step up to replace them? That's a concern to Chris Witty and Casey FitzRandolph, both heading into probable...
Will Bangladesh go the way of Pakistan?
Gen. Waker-uz-Zaman, Bangladesh's army chief, arrives at Dhaka International Airport to receive Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus on Aug. 8 to lead the country's interim government.
U.S. researchers find probable launch site of Russia's new nuclear-powered missile
A satellite image shows what is believed to be a deployment site for a Russian nuclear-powered cruise missile, including five nuclear warhead storage bunkers (right) and bermed launch positions (lower left), in Vologda, Russia.
First lesson of Japan’s akiya gold rush: No such thing as a free house.
An abandoned house in Urayama, Saitama Prefecture. Buying an <i>akiya</i>, which means empty house in Japanese, can be a rewarding experience that yields a unique space and a livable home, competitively priced. Or it could turn out to be a money pit.
Typhoon Shanshan batters Kyushu ahead of likely landfall
A satellite image shows Typhoon Shanshan south of Kyushu on Wednesday afternoon
Typhoon-chaser's firsthand account of his pursuit of Shanshan
A washed-up boat on the shore of the city of Ibusuki, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Friday
Typhoon-chaser's firsthand account of his pursuit of Shanshan
A washed-up boat on the shore of the city of Ibusuki, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Friday
First lesson of Japan’s akiya gold rush: No such thing as a free house.
An abandoned house in Urayama, Saitama Prefecture. Buying an <i>akiya</i>, which means empty house in Japanese, can be a rewarding experience that yields a unique space and a livable home, competitively priced. Or it could turn out to be a money pit.
The man who opened MLB's door to Japanese players
Masanori Murakami poses with a Willie Mays-themed clock during a news conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Monday.
Yen calling the shots as BOJ mulls rate increase
Concern about the yen strengthening might limit the Bank of Japan's room for maneuver.
Clocking off: Japan’s hotter summers put limit on outdoor work
A construction worker in Tokyo's Akasaka district on Aug. 21. With 886 cases, 54 of them fatal, during the period from 2019 to 2023, the construction industry leads Japan’s tally for occupational heatstroke.

Podcast

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

Longform

A store clerk tries to cool things down in front of their shop by spraying a hose.
Is extreme weather changing the way Japan shops?
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