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BUSINESS
Feb 2, 2006

Softbank plans video shows for mobile phones

Softbank Corp. plans to start a nationwide video broadcasting service for mobile phones by the end of 2012, Softbank officials said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Feb 2, 2006

Female on throne could marry foreigner, Hiranuma warns

Dozens of conservative lawmakers and their supporters Wednesday attacked a proposal to let females and their descendents ascend to the Chrysanthemum Throne, warning the move threatens a centuries-old tradition -- and could even allow foreign blood into the Imperial line.
BUSINESS
Feb 2, 2006

Kao takes 86% stake in Kanebo unit

Top household products maker Kao Corp. turned Kanebo Cosmetics Inc., the ailing No. 2 cosmetics maker, into a subsidiary Tuesday in a deal with the government-backed corporate bailout agency, Kao said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 2, 2006

Nissan issues all-new Moco in bid to tap minicar shift

Nissan Motor Co. launched a fully remodeled version of the Moco minivehicle Wednesday that is being supplied by Suzuki Motor Corp. on an original equipment manufacturing basis.
JAPAN
Feb 2, 2006

Police conduct wiretapping in murder case for first time

Police said Wednesday they used wiretapping in a murder case for the first time last year and arrested a suspect in the gangland slaying.
BUSINESS
Feb 2, 2006

Foreign spuds allowed in but just for potato chips

Japan will allow foreign potatoes into the country for the first time, accepting a U.S. proposal to brush or wash off all dirt before shipping, send them in sealed containers and limit their use to processed potato chip snacks, an official said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Feb 2, 2006

Carrier eases timetable to relax pressure

West Japan Railway Co. said Wednesday it will add 21 seconds to its average rush hour journey after tight timetables and speeding were blamed for a derailment that killed 107 people last year.
BUSINESS
Feb 2, 2006

Sharp's third-quarter profit climbs to record 26 billion yen

Sharp Corp. said Wednesday its net profit jumped 26 percent to a quarterly record of 26.26 billion yen for the three months through December, driven by continued strength in its liquid crystal display TV sales.
BASKETBALL
Feb 2, 2006

Art of defense key to the bj-league championship

Defense rules in basketball, a stale cliche that rings as true in the bj-league as it does elsewhere in the hoops world.
BUSINESS
Feb 2, 2006

Tax revenues up 24% in December

National tax revenues increased 23.8 percent in December from a year earlier to 2.939 trillion yen due to growth in stock dividend-related income tax, the Finance Ministry said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Feb 2, 2006

Full-time workers up 0.5% in '05

The number of full-time workers rose 0.5 percent in 2005 from the previous year to 32.18 million for the first increase in eight years, the government said Wednesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 2, 2006

U.S. Navy puts maritime pirates on notice

HONOLULU -- In ordering a U.S. Navy destroyer to capture and board a suspected pirate ship on the high seas in the Indian Ocean, the United States has fired a warning shot across the bow of would-be terrorists who might lash up with pirates in the Asia-Pacific region.
BUSINESS
Feb 2, 2006

Yamato appeals Japan Post ruling

Yamato Transport Co. filed an appeal Wednesday with the Tokyo High Court against a lower court's dismissal of its request that Japan Post stop the parcel delivery service it's offering in a tieup with Lawson Inc.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 2, 2006

Miyake evacuees mark first year back

Residents of Miyake Island pledged Wednesday to rebuild their lives in a ceremony marking the first anniversary since they returned home after volcanic eruptions in September 2000 forced their evacuation.
JAPAN
Feb 2, 2006

Police collar 'quack-upuncturist'?

An self-styled acupuncturist and his assistant were arrested Wednesday for allegedly practicing medicine without a license in Tokyo, police said.
BUSINESS
Feb 2, 2006

696 yen last week, Livedoor plummets under 100 yen a share

Livedoor Co. stock on Wednesday sank below 100 yen for the first time, compared with nearly 700 yen just before the Internet services firm was raided Jan. 16 over an alleged accounting fraud.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 2, 2006

PAULA MODERSOHN-BECKER: A Requiem, not a festival

The exhibition of Paula Modersohn-Becker's paintings, and of artists associated with her, at the Museum of Modern Art, Hayama, Kanagawa Prefecture, is titled, "A Short, Intensive Festival." The overall emotional atmosphere generated by these paintings, however, is closer to a wake or a funeral than a...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 2, 2006

GERMAN PHOTOGRAPHY: Reconfiguring your pasts

It is mostly an unremarkable location, except for the fact that it is in a bit of a shambles. Something has obviously taken place here, but the smooth surfaces and sharp edges of the architectural detail simply do not offer up any artistic intention.
CULTURE / Film
Feb 2, 2006

Bana steps up to the plate

Director Steven Spielberg has avoided the usual press tour for his new film, "Munich," and who can blame him? The film speaks for itself, and anything he said could have pinned him down fatally when this film requires a certain ambiguity to work. And you can imagine the questions he would have gotten:...
BASKETBALL
Feb 1, 2006

Johnson changes roles for Saitama

The Saitama Broncos, struggling through the bj-league season, announced on Tuesday that head coach Charles Johnson will become a player/coach beginning in February. The league office said a player/coach is not authorized to coach while playing.
MORE SPORTS
Feb 1, 2006

Sugiyama tossed out in 1st round at Toray Open

Local favorite Ai Sugiyama was knocked out in the first round of the Toray Pan Pacific Open on Tuesday after a 6-3, 6-0 drubbing to teenager Ana Ivanovic of Serbia and Montenegro.
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 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
Yen calling the shots as BOJ mulls rate increase
Concern about the yen strengthening might limit the Bank of Japan's room for maneuver.
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.
Japan seeks another record-breaking defense budget for fiscal 2025
Members of the Ground Self-Defense Force hold a live-fire exercise at the GSDF's training grounds in the East Fuji Maneuver Area in Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, in May. Japan's Defense Ministry is seeking another record-breaking budget for fiscal 2025.

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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