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JAPAN
Nov 12, 2005

Activists in 1978 Narita protest pay up

Sixteen former airport activists paid 104 million yen Friday to the government and the operator of Narita International Airport to compensate for their 1978 barricading of the control tower, using donations sent in by former comrades and sympathizers.
MORE SPORTS
Nov 12, 2005

Satoya apologizes for incident

Nagano Olympic moguls gold-medalist Tae Satoya apologized to Japanese skiing officials Friday for her role in a nightclub brawl and pledged to focus more on her career as an active athlete. Satoya, who also won bronze at the Salt Lake City Olympics four years later, visited the Ski Association of Japan...
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2005

Ishihara announces Tokyo will take care of own toxic waste

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government will start disposing all of its own toxic waste to reduce the burden on neighboring prefectures, Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara said Friday.
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2005

State seeks quicker U.S. forces realignment

The government approved a policy Friday to speed up measures to complete the U.S. military realignment in Japan, including budgetary matters, Cabinet members said.
BUSINESS
Nov 12, 2005

Bangkok Air gets Japan clearance

The government gave permission Friday to Bangkok Airways to start services between Hiroshima and Bangkok next month, the Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry said.
BUSINESS
Nov 12, 2005

Oil spike lifts wholesale prices 1.9%

Wholesale prices rose for the 20th month in a row in October, climbing 1.9 percent from the same month a year ago due to high oil prices, the Bank of Japan said in a preliminary report Friday.
BUSINESS
Nov 12, 2005

Harrods to sell Sri Lankan green tea

Britain's Harrods Department Store Co. said it will launch Indian and Sri Lankan green tea through its outlets in Japan next Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Nov 12, 2005

Fuji TV planning to divide, absorb NBS assets

Fuji Television Network Inc. is planning to absorb all or part of its subsidiary, Nippon Broadcasting System Inc., sources said Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 12, 2005

First shipments of Beaujolais arrive

The first shipments of Beaujolais Nouveau arrived Friday at Japanese airports, with a record amount of imports expected this year.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Nov 12, 2005

Christine Ishikawa

Within the first month of her arrival in Japan in 1989, Chris Ishikawa joined the Yokohama International Women's Club. She was a foreign bride then, living in a Japanese neighborhood, and feeling lonely. She said: "I read a writeup in a local newspaper about YIWC's outing to an antiques dealer. I went...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Nov 12, 2005

Antique and vintage jewelry link Japan, Sweden

When a blonde woman wearing with great nonchalance a marvelous 200-year-old necklace walks up my drive with a friend, I can hardly believe my eyes. I have heard of but not met Daphne Fukushima for 15 years. Now it turns out that she is renting a tiny house in Koshigoe, near Enoshima, and dividing her...
BUSINESS
Nov 12, 2005

BOJ chief ties end of ultraloose policy to steady CPI rise

The country's core consumer prices are likely to rise steadily as fiscal 2006 draws closer, which will give the Bank of Japan the green light to end its ultraloose monetary policy, BOJ Gov. Toshihiko Fukui said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2005

Ex-SMBC chief tapped to lead key postal firm

The government said Friday it has selected former Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa to run the holding company that will oversee the privatization of the postal system.
COMMENTARY / THE VIEW FROM MOSCOW
Nov 12, 2005

Downsized Russian holiday

MOSCOW -- Wouldn't you feel confused if your government moved Christmas Day to Dec. 21 and named it the Day of Fraternal Oscillation?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Nov 12, 2005

Celebrity bull cownters misperceptions

Celebrity profile
BUSINESS
Nov 12, 2005

IT, R&D tax breaks may be eliminated in March

A Tax Commission subcommittee agreed Friday that some of the government's corporate tax breaks should be abolished as planned next March because the economy seems to be recovering.
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2005

Goldman grabs all of Daimler's MMC stake

disposal, and will continue as previously agreed," including joint development and production of engines, DaimlerChrysler said in a statement. Before the completion of the sale of DaimlerChrysler's stake in MMC to Goldman, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. was the top shareholder, with a 13.9 percent...
EDITORIALS
Nov 12, 2005

For a more efficient criminal trial

A new criminal-trial system started in Japan on Nov. 1 when the revised Criminal Procedure Law went into effect. The key point of revision is the introduction of a "pretrial clarification procedure," whereby prosecutors and attorneys outline their respective evidence and arguments before trial begins....
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2005

July-September 0.4% rise ups GDP for four quarters

Domestic demand nudged the economy forward in the July to September quarter, tallying 0.4 percent growth in real terms, for an annualized rate of 1.7 percent, the Cabinet Office said Friday.
BUSINESS
Nov 12, 2005

Takenaka vows to examine NTT plan

Telecom minister Heizo Takenaka pledged Friday to examine Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp.'s plan to reorganize its structure and eliminate overlapping businesses.
BUSINESS
Nov 12, 2005

Beer, suds wannabe sales rise 2.5%

Shipments of beer and beerlike alcoholic beverages from the five major domestic brewers rose 2.5 percent in October from a year earlier for the third straight year-on-year increase as higher temperatures stimulated demand, industry groups said Friday.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Nov 12, 2005

Sixteen square feet of ignorance, and other trivia

"Tell me something I don't know," said my first son.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 11, 2005

'Bobby Magic' still at work

The defense and pitching weren't perfect, but the Chiba Lotte Marines' offense was just fine after two weeks off.

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?