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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 24, 2005

Cabrera to stick with Seibu

Seibu Lions slugger Alex Cabrera will return to the Pacific League club for a sixth season under a new deal expected to run through the 2007 season.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 24, 2005

Swallows' Miyamoto to head players association

Yakult Swallows infielder Shinya Miyamoto is set to take over from Atsuya Furuta as Japanese baseball players association president, baseball sources said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Nov 24, 2005

Bill to bill firms for asbestos ills

The government has compiled a bill calling on companies to pay about 8 billion yen per year and local governments to pay about 1 billion yen per year to fund allowances for people suffering asbestos-linked health problems and for the next of kin of those who died from such maladies.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Nov 24, 2005

Cerezo continues unbeaten tear, now level with Gamba

Cerezo Osaka extended its unbeaten run to 14 league matches and moved level on points with local rival Gamba Osaka at the top of the J. League after a 1-1 draw with Oita Trinita on Wednesday.
EDITORIALS
Nov 24, 2005

A frustrating trip for Mr. Bush

Heads of state travel either to get a respite from domestic problems or to get photo opportunities that make them look like leaders. By those standards, U.S. President George W. Bush must be frustrated by his recently concluded eight-day Asia tour. He neither escaped increasingly contentious and bitter...
JAPAN
Nov 24, 2005

ACCJ seeks fair play for Japan Post competitors

The American Chamber of Commerce in Japan has urged the government to make sure private-sector firms will be able to compete on an equal footing with the four postal entities to be spun off from Japan Post.
JAPAN
Nov 24, 2005

Hayabusa landed on asteroid but didn't leave probe

The Japanese space probe Hayabusa successfully landed on the asteroid Itokawa, located about 290 million km away from the Earth, during its landing attempt Sunday, but did not drop the equipment for collecting surface samples, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Nov 24, 2005

Kurodas walk in park for reporters

Yoshiki Kuroda and his wife, Sayako Kuroda, former Princess Nori, took a walk in a park Wednesday morning in Tokyo as reporters watched them.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 24, 2005

Artifacts so old they're modern

Civilization seems to have its own enormous bell curve. If you go back a few hundred years, everything looks old, quaint, dated. The aesthetic of those times immediately tells you that people were looking at the world in quite a different way from you. However, if you keep the pedal of your time machine...
JAPAN
Nov 24, 2005

Czech hiker found dead on Fuji

A Czech college student who disappeared after falling on Mount Fuji earlier this week was found dead Wednesday, police said.
COMMENTARY
Nov 24, 2005

Time for U.S. to leave Korea

When U.S. President George W. Bush was in Pusan last weekend for the APEC summit, he and South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun agreed upon a "strategic dialogue" at ministerial level on security issues.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 24, 2005

Stand-outs at TDW

With TDW taking over the city, there were plenty of chances to get lost among the abundant design goodies while exploring some of Tokyo's most noteworthy design addresses. From the massive lineup of concepts and products, here are a few that stood out:
JAPAN
Nov 24, 2005

FSA to slap insurers with improvement orders

The Financial Services Agency will issue business improvement orders to more than 20 nonlife insurers for failing to pay insurance claims, sources said Wednesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 24, 2005

The art of war

Considering Vietnam's modern history, it is hardly surprising that about a third of the exhibits in "50 years of Modern Vietnamese Paintings: 1925-75" at Tokyo Station Gallery depict warfare and soldiers in uniform, or are propaganda images fashioned from the odds and ends of figurative painting. Here,...
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 24, 2005

Desertification on the march

To the average person, "desertification" likely conjures up images of sandstorms sweeping across the Sahara. While this is one manifestation, desertification is a global process that persistently reduces the benefits people get from nature -- collectively termed "ecosystem services." This happens as...
COMMENTARY
Nov 24, 2005

Myanmar ranks high on Bush's radar

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JAPAN
Nov 24, 2005

Iraqi minister in Tokyo for talks

Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari arrived Wednesday in Tokyo for a four-day visit during which he will meet with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and other top officials to discuss Japan's support for Iraq's reconstruction.
JAPAN
Nov 23, 2005

Airport shoe-cleaning targets bird flu

The government began asking travelers from bird flu-affected areas Tuesday to have their shoes disinfected upon arrival at the country's four major international airports, including Narita, an official said.

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