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JAPAN
Dec 5, 2005

Government planning first ODA for use against terrorism

Japan is considering providing grant in aid to Indonesia and the Philippines to support their fight against terrorism, government sources said Sunday.
JAPAN
Dec 5, 2005

78% support environment tax: poll

Nearly 80 percent of people who responded to an Internet survey said they support the proposed introduction of an environmental tax which would levy an average of 180 yen per month on each household, the Environment Ministry said Sunday.
JAPAN
Dec 5, 2005

Government to cover all costs for scrapping unsafe buildings

The central government, along with local authorities, plans to shoulder all of the costs of tearing down condominium buildings that were designed with bogus earthquake-resistance data, the infrastructure minister said Sunday.
COMMENTARY
Dec 5, 2005

Japan's education disability

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COMMENTARY / World
Dec 5, 2005

Soft power matters in Asia

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts -- U.S. President George W. Bush recently returned from Asia after attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit, but he should continue to pay attention to another Asian summit to which he was not invited. In December, Malaysia will host an East Asian Summit that...
COMMENTARY
Dec 5, 2005

Koizumi's success hinges on transparency

LOS ANGELES -- The Japanese are trying to sell their Asian neighbors a plan to rearm militarily -- and become more like a "normal" nation and less like a thoroughly defeated World War II aggressor. In their view, this shouldn't make anyone nervous.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 5, 2005

China's environmental health challenges

NEW YORK -- The recent environmental crises in China underscore the need to improve the mechanisms for preventing environmental disasters and responding more effectively to environmental emergencies. For the past few decades, China has maintained significant economic expansion while greatly improving...
BUSINESS / JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES
Dec 5, 2005

Privatization hurdles: Japan Post should compete with banks on level playing field

The government bills drafted to privatize the state-run postal services were finally enacted into laws in mid-October, but there will be two major challenges ahead as privatization is carried out.
MORE SPORTS
Dec 4, 2005

Imano surges into lead

Yasuharu Imano fired a bogey-free 63 Saturday to grab a one-shot lead after three rounds of the Nippon Series JT Cup.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Dec 4, 2005

Fantastic finish

TODOROKI, Kanagawa Pref. -- Gamba Osaka clinched its first-ever J. League championship on a dramatic final day of the season Saturday, beating Kawasaki Frontale 4-2 as Cerezo Osaka conceded a last-gasp equalizer to FC Tokyo that denied it the title.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Dec 4, 2005

Carp skipper Brown can't wait for spring training

New Hiroshima Carp manager Marty Brown is excited about his challenge and can't wait for spring training to begin.
EDITORIALS
Dec 4, 2005

On Iraq, another war of words

Not for the first time, U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has become an object of media derision over a language question. The word-loving secretary is always a tempting target, but this time -- as in the past -- journalists might have done better to hold the jokes. Words are the media's stock in...
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Dec 4, 2005

Between life and death stands culture

FINAL DAYS: Japanese Culture and Choice at the End of Life, by Susan Orpett Long. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2005, 288 pp., $45 (cloth). This book asks how the final days might be different for Japanese patients and for those in the United States. Both Japanese and Americans state that they...
JAPAN
Dec 4, 2005

Defense info pact eyed with U.S.

Japan will study the feasibility of concluding a pact with the United States to prevent defense information from leaking, government sources said Saturday.
JAPAN
Dec 4, 2005

New title will be needed for husband of empress

The government plans to include the official title of a reigning empress's husband in its bill to allow a female on the throne, government officials said Saturday.
BASKETBALL
Dec 4, 2005

X League title game set

Quarterback Manabu Tatsumura completed a 35-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Ken Shimizu in the first quarter and made another to tight end Sumitaka Ando in the second period to power the Obic Seagulls to a 13-7 win over the Asahi Beer Silver Star at Yokohama Stadium in the X League Final 6 semifinals...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / CLOSE-UP
Dec 4, 2005

Shogo Kariyazaki: Flower power at his fingertips

Shogo Kariyazaki is one of Japan's most flamboyant and outspoken authorities on beauty.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Dec 4, 2005

Japan's show-biz hacks fail to raise ante 24 / 7

Last Monday was a pretty busy day for Tokyo's entertainment reporters. At 11 a.m. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, fresh from spending Thanksgiving in Pakistan, held a press conference in Shinjuku to promote their movie "Mr. and Mrs. Smith"; and then at 2 p.m. across town at the Imperial Hotel in Hibiya,...
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.
Slow-moving storm Shanshan downgraded to tropical depression
Elevated water levels on the Tama River in Kawasaki on Friday after Shanshan dumped torrential rain on wide areas of Japan.
Apparent suicide jumper falls onto pedestrian in Yokohama, killing both
Two women died near Yokohama Station on Saturday after one of them apparently fell from a building and landed on the other, who was walking below.
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.
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.
Can Japan handle a heat wave and natural disaster at the same time?
A member of the Self-Defense Forces wipes away sweat as he conducts a search and rescue operation at a landslide site caused by heavy rain in Kumano, Hiroshima Prefecture, on July 11, 2018.
Did you feel that? It may be time to refresh your disaster kits — and vocabulary.
A map of western Japan shows the Nankai Trough and, to its north, the hypocentral region where the energy for an earthquake is thought to be building.
This English schoolboy has big dreams of becoming yokozuna — and more
Nicholas Tarasenko trains at Minato stable in Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture, on Tuesday. Tarasenko’s potential in sumo was made obvious when he won U18 gold in the 90-kg weight class at the 2023 Baruto Cup in Estonia despite being four years under the age limit and having only had a total of one hour of sumo training before the meet.

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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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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