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LIFE / Lifestyle / ON THE BOOK TRAIL
Dec 6, 2005

"The Fish in Room 11," "In my World"

"The Fish in Room 11," Heather Dyer, Chicken House; 2005;160 pp.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 6, 2005

Veteran lefty Kudo re-signs with Giants

Yomiuri Giants veteran lefty Kimiyasu Kudo re-signed with the Central League club on Monday for an unchanged estimated 290 million yen in annual salary.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 6, 2005

Bush should do the right thing, and quit

NEW YORK -- By August 2003, California Gov. Gray Davis' approval rating had plunged to 22 percent. Two months later, he lost a special recall election.
BUSINESS
Dec 6, 2005

Japan to keep releasing oil from reserves via IEA

Japan will continue to release oil reserves held by the private sector for the fourth straight month starting Tuesday running through Jan. 4 in a concerted action with the International Energy Agency.
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COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Dec 6, 2005

Genki drinks riding high

People the world over are raising a toast to the growing mainstream acceptance of energy and functional drinks.
BUSINESS
Dec 6, 2005

Livedoor to join Nippon Keidanren

Internet venture Livedoor Co. has requested admission into the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren), the nation's most influential business lobby, federation officials said Monday.
BUSINESS
Dec 6, 2005

Abe suggests income tax breaks may stay in place

Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe voiced support Monday for a proposal to delay the cancellation of income tax cuts if it would harm the economy.
JAPAN
Dec 6, 2005

Koizumi plans tour of Middle East

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi will visit Israel, the Palestinian territories and Turkey in early January, the government announced Monday.
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BUSINESS
Dec 6, 2005

Service held for Daiei founder Nakauchi

A memorial service for the late Daiei Inc. founder Isao Nakauchi was held Monday in Tokyo, attended by more than 2,000 people, including many from the retailing industry.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Dec 6, 2005

Pensions, wills and helplines

Pensions I will be leaving Japan soon -- I've been here for two years -- and have been paying into the National Pension System. How do I go about applying for the refund? I have also heard that there are agencies that do the paperwork for a fee.
BUSINESS
Dec 6, 2005

Toshiba gets retrial in Lexar case

Toshiba Corp. said Monday it and its American unit have been granted a new trial in their dispute with former U.S. ally Lexar Media Inc. over jointly developed flash-memory technologies.
BUSINESS
Dec 6, 2005

Capital spending up 9.6% for quarter

Capital spending grew 9.6 percent in the July-September quarter on an all-industry basis to 12.56 trillion yen for the 10th straight quarter of expansion, the Finance Ministry said Monday.
COMMUNITY
Dec 6, 2005

Jumping for soy

Today the humble soybean has emerged as the closest thing there is to a super-food. Health experts (and food companies) have proclaimed soy a miracle bean and promoted it as the key to maximum longevity and disease prevention. It's said to play a positive role in preventing heart disease, cancer and...
MORE SPORTS
Dec 6, 2005

Japan to send 114 athletes to Turin

A total of 114 Japanese athletes will travel to Turin in February to take part in the 2006 Winter Olympics, the Japanese Olympic Committee said Monday.
JAPAN
Dec 6, 2005

Most support ending male-only succession

A survey on Imperial succession showed Monday that 71.9 percent of respondents support allowing the male-line Imperial tradition to be broken, saying the child of a female monarch should be able to become an emperor or reigning empress.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WORDS TO LIVE BY
Dec 6, 2005

Kumiko Mori

Since 1997, mezzo-soprano Kumiko Mori, 46, has played Madame Thenardier more than 2,000 times in the hugely successful Japanese stage production of "Les Miserables." A couple of times a week she can be seen on a variety of shows ranging from travel and food specials to talk shows and comedies. She's...
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COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Dec 6, 2005

How do you ease the hangover pain?

Chisako Ambiru Editor, 23 I drink as much water as possible and take half a day off, if it's during the week. On the weekend I sleep in and have a big breakfast. I take multivitamins everyday, but I definitely need them when I have a hangover.
MORE SPORTS
Dec 5, 2005

Imano hangs on to win

Overnight leader Yasuharu Imano held steady with a final-round 67 to win the season-ending Nippon Series JT Cup on Sunday, capping his best year on the tour with his sixth career victory.
EDITORIALS
Dec 5, 2005

The depths of fabrication

Not a few residents in Tokyo and surrounding areas have reacted with fear and anger after being told that they live in condominiums constructed according to designs that included falsified earthquake-resistance data. Since Japan is a quake-prone country, this crisis should worry the whole nation.
JAPAN
Dec 5, 2005

New Komeito to go along with Defense Ministry

New Komeito, the junior coalition partner of the Liberal Democratic Party, will conditionally accept a proposal by the LDP to upgrade the Defense Agency as a ministry, party sources said Sunday.
JAPAN
Dec 5, 2005

Kyoto U. biophysics professor honored

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JAPAN
Dec 5, 2005

Venues face stricter rules for foreign entertainers

The Justice Ministry will seek tougher screenings of promoters and bar owners hosting foreign singers and dancers who enter Japan with entertainer visas.

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