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JAPAN
Oct 20, 2005

GSDF to train at U.S. base in Okinawa

Japan and the United States have agreed in principle to relocate some training of a Ground Self-Defense Force unit to the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Hansen in Okinawa Prefecture in the hope of improving the interoperability of the two militaries and leading to a future reduction in U.S. bases, informed...
JAPAN
Oct 20, 2005

Japan, Canada reach pension deal

Japan and Canada have effectively agreed to end the double payment of pension premiums by their citizens, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Oct 20, 2005

Quake hits Kanto, Tohoku regions

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 rocked the Kanto and Tohoku regions Wednesday evening, the Meteorological Agency said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 20, 2005

Car show highlights environmental technology

CHIBA -- The 39th Tokyo Motor Show opened to the media Wednesday at the Makuhari Messe convention center here, with futuristic concept cars and vehicles sporting the latest technologies -- particularly those that make them more environmentally friendly.
JAPAN
Oct 20, 2005

Lawmakers' pension appears doomed

Governing coalition officials agreed Wednesday to present a bill next year to abolish a pension plan for lawmakers, raising the likelihood the program is doomed given that the opposition Democratic Party of Japan is calling for its immediate elimination.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 20, 2005

Visiting Yasukuni is constitutional right: Koizumi

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Wednesday rebuffed criticism of his recent Yasukuni Shrine trip, saying visiting the shrine is a right guaranteed by the Constitution.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 20, 2005

Fake Chinese incursion report on Net

A fabricated Kyodo News story announcing that Chinese warplanes had violated Japanese airspace over Okinawa was posted on a fake Yahoo News Web site, it was reported Wednesday.
JAPAN
Oct 20, 2005

Empress, turning 71, talks of Princess Nori

Empress Michiko, on the occasion of her 71st birthday Thursday, recounted memories of the time she spent with Princess Nori and told of how she would miss her when she leaves the Imperial household to get married Nov. 15.
BUSINESS
Oct 20, 2005

Rakuten chief rumored to have BayStars buyer

Rakuten Inc. President Hiroshi Mikitani told acquaintances he had a buyer for the Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc. subsidiary Yokohama BayStars before he announced his firm's acquisition of a large stake in TBS, sources said Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 20, 2005

GM vows to retain alliances with Suzuki, Isuzu

CHIBA -- General Motors Corp. remains committed to working closely with Suzuki Motor Corp. and Isuzu Motor Ltd., despite speculation it may sever capital alliances with the automakers to accelerate realignment in the global auto industry, a senior GM official said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Oct 20, 2005

Varig to end Tokyo-via-L.A. flights

Varig Brazilian Airlines has decided to discontinue flights between Narita airport and Rio de Janeiro, routed via Los Angeles, on Jan. 14 as passengers have declined sharply due to tougher U.S. visa requirements, informed sources said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Oct 20, 2005

Takefuji suit only trying to shut up critics: court

The Tokyo High Court on Wednesday upheld a lower court ruling that a lawsuit filed by Takefuji Corp. was aimed at suppressing freedom of expression and ordered the firm to pay 4.8 million yen in damages to a group of lawyers and a publisher.
BUSINESS
Oct 20, 2005

Livedoor sells a hangover tonic named for Horie

Livedoor Co. has begun selling a tonic drink named after its president, Takafumi Horie, via its online shopping site and at AM/PM Japan Co. convenience stores in the Tokyo metropolitan area.
BUSINESS
Oct 20, 2005

Wholesale gas prices forecast to fall

Wholesale prices of gasoline and other petroleum products are expected to drop next month for the first time since June, an oil industry leader said Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 20, 2005

FSA to tighten equity acquisition rules

Financial regulators are expected to complete an outline by year's end amending equity acquisition rules to remove several loopholes in the securities trading system, according to sources.
BUSINESS
Oct 20, 2005

New Daimler chief optimistic on expanding MMC ties

CHIBA -- The incoming head of DaimlerChrysler AG said Wednesday the giant automaker is willing to expand joint projects with Mitsubishi Motors Corp., regardless of what happens to its stake in the ailing Japanese firm.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 20, 2005

Panic over bird flu isn't wholly misplaced

LONDON -- It would be funny if it were not so serious. As migratory birds carry the avian influenza virus west across Europe, Britain is following in the footsteps of Russia, Ukraine, Romania and Turkey and asking hunters to shoot down as many incoming ducks and geese as possible. They have been issued...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 20, 2005

Tagging in Mito galleries

"Street culture" and graffiti came into Japan around the 1990s, primarily as a fashion trend that accompanied the spread of hip-hop music and skateboarding. Traditionally, of course, it has grittier associations with American slums and ghettoes, where it became, at its most politically conscious, an...
BUSINESS
Oct 20, 2005

MHI lands Irish power plant order

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said Wednesday it has received a full-turnkey order from Viridian, an Irish electricity producer, for a 400-megawatt gas turbine combined cycle power plant.
BUSINESS
Oct 20, 2005

Temp firm eyes Chinese IT workers

A Tokyo temp agency has started offering job placement services for Chinese information technology engineers in Japan who want to go home and work for a Japanese firm there, the company said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Oct 20, 2005

Suzuki spars with Foreign Ministry

cases," he said. At the time, Suzuki was said to wield considerable influence over the Foreign Ministry's policymaking process. He was also attacked for allegedly manipulating bids for government-backed construction projects on Kunashiri, on of the Russian-held islands.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 20, 2005

The aesthetics of the Korean noblewoman

Korean aesthetics can be summed up in one word, mot. Used frequently in casual conversation, the term refers to stylishness, elegance and the state of being chic.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 20, 2005

A binational prayer for reconciliation

If any one programming section of the Pusan International Film Festival best represents its dedication to exploring every avenue of filmmaking, it's Wide Angle. This year, the section included more than 80 short subjects, documentaries and animated films. Seven of the feature-length Korean documentaries...

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