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MULTIMEDIA
Oct 30, 2005

Speaking volumes

Kaori Shoji
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Oct 30, 2005

What lies beneath the myth of middle-class consciousness

A friend sent me an email about some new people, all Japanese, she had met at a party. There was a young man who had worked in Africa for Medecins Sans Frontieres. One middle-age man had quit a stable job in broadcasting to study French in Paris. A female graduate student in marine biology was also there....
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 29, 2005

Kuwata pay cut

Yomiuri Giants veteran right-hander Masumi Kuwata took a 30 percent pay cut when he re-signed with the Central League club Friday for an estimated 150 million annual salary.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Oct 29, 2005

Contrast in Liverpool's performance an ongoing mystery

LONDON -- There are many unanswered questions in the world.
JAPAN
Oct 29, 2005

Physician in line for Order of Culture honor

Noted terminal-care physician Shigeaki Hinohara is among the five people who will be awarded the Order of Culture next week, the government said Friday.
EDITORIALS
Oct 29, 2005

Charter gives Iraq a new chance

Iraq has a new constitution. Iraqis approved the national charter by a narrow margin, prompting allegations of fraud by dissenters. While the outcome produced a document that is more democratic and representative than any other in Iraq's history, the referendum results highlighted the country's sharp...
JAPAN
Oct 29, 2005

Nuclear carrier to replace Kitty Hawk

, said if the nuclear-powered carrier collides with other vessels, a possible scenario in Tokyo Bay where a great number of ships come and go, it could cause a great disaster.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 29, 2005

Hot springs no longer limited to rural relaxation

The number of hot spring bathhouses is rising rapidly in Tokyo and Osaka, allowing more people to enjoy the relaxing baths that were once limited to the countryside.
JAPAN
Oct 29, 2005

Kadena F-15 drills to be transferred to five ASDF bases

Japan and the United States have agreed to move some of the F-15 fighter jets' flight exercises held at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa to five Air Self-Defense Force bases outside the prefecture, sources said Friday.
JAPAN
Oct 29, 2005

Nonpartisan panel established to study new war memorial

Senior lawmakers from the ruling coalition and the Democratic Party of Japan on Friday launched a nonpartisan panel to study the feasibility of establishing a new war memorial to bridge the rift between Japan and its neighbors over Yasukuni Shrine.
JAPAN
Oct 29, 2005

Ban urges Koizumi to end visits to Yasukuni

South Korea's foreign affairs and trade minister on Friday urged Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi not to visit contentious Yasukuni Shrine again, according to a Japanese official.
JAPAN
Oct 29, 2005

Japan may warm 3 degrees by 2100

Japan's average temperature is expected to rise 2 to 3 degrees by 2100, while the average global temperature will rise by about 2.5 degrees, the Meteorological Agency said Friday.
JAPAN
Oct 29, 2005

FSA punishes Meiji Yasuda once again for unpaid claims

The Financial Services Agency on Friday ordered Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. to suspend part of its operations following the insurer's repeated failure to pay legitimate insurance claims.
JAPAN
Oct 29, 2005

Koizumi's Cabinet picks shrouded in mystery

to appoint personnel to the three executive posts to the party and the Cabinet on Oct. 31," Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda told a news conference later the same day. The special Diet session opened after the Sept. 11 Lower House election and ends Tuesday.
JAPAN
Oct 29, 2005

Lawmakers, bureaucrats get wage cuts

The Diet on Friday enacted a ruling bloc-proposed 1.7 percent wage cut for lawmakers and a government-proposed 0.1 percent wage reduction for central government employees.
BUSINESS
Oct 29, 2005

Jobless rate slides as recovery widens

Japan's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stood at a preliminary 4.2 percent in September, down 0.1 point from August, as the ongoing economic recovery generated jobs in a wide range of industrial sectors, the government said Friday.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Oct 29, 2005

Dress code not an easy sell for Stern

NEW YORK -- Nothing launches a campaign quite like Tim Duncan -- commonly identified as the league's most wholesome player -- branding David Stern's dress code as "retarded."
BUSINESS
Oct 29, 2005

Tokyo CPI edges down again

The key gauge of consumer prices in Tokyo fell 0.3 percent in October from a year earlier, marking a 73rd consecutive monthly decline, the government said Friday.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Oct 29, 2005

Joji and the flagon: a 'Flactured Fairy Tale'

Man can learn much from myths. For example, one thing I learned from the myth of Sisyphus was never to name my kid Sisyphus.
JAPAN
Oct 29, 2005

Task force to compile bird flu plan

The government set up a task force Friday that will compile an action plan by the end of November to fight possible outbreaks of bird flu variants among humans, according to health minister Hidehisa Otsuji.
BUSINESS
Oct 29, 2005

Panasonic maker sees solid first half

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said Friday it posted a group net profit of 64.41 billion yen for the first half of fiscal 2005, a year-on-year increase of 15 percent.
BUSINESS
Oct 29, 2005

Nissan reports record profit on strong sales, lower costs

Nissan Motor Co. reported Friday that it posted a record group operating profit of 411.5 billion yen for the first half of 2005, up 2 percent from the same period the previous year.
BUSINESS
Oct 29, 2005

Asian nations eye cultural teamwork

A high-level seminar was held in Tokyo on Friday to enhance cooperation among Asian countries on producing animated films, video games and other cultural products.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 29, 2005

Shinjo to stay on

Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters outfielder Tsuyoshi Shinjo is set to play for the Pacific League club for another year, baseball sources said Friday.

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?