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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 19, 2005

Furuta agrees to become player-manager for Yakult

Yakult Swallows catcher Atsuya Furuta came to agreement with his Central League club Tuesday on a two-year deal that will make him the first player-manager in 29 years in Japanese professional baseball.
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2005

LDP work on Article 9 gets Koizumi nod

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has given a nod to a Liberal Democratic Party plan to revise Article 9 of the Constitution to permit the nation to officially have a military for the purpose of self-defense, a member of the LDP drafting committee on constitutional amendments said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2005

Lower House passes bill to extend antiterror law

The House of Representatives passed a bill Tuesday to extend the antiterrorism law another year to allow the Maritime Self-Defense Force to continue refueling U.S.-led coalition vessels in the Indian Ocean.
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2005

50 million yen cap on political donations makes it through

The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a ruling coalition-sponsored bill that puts an annual 50 million yen cap on party donations made by political groups and voted down a bill from the Democratic Party of Japan that set the cap at 30 million yen.
EDITORIALS
Oct 19, 2005

What is Mr. Koizumi thinking?

His landslide victory in the Sept. 11 snap elections and the Diet passage on Oct. 14 of the postal services privatization bills apparently have emboldened Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. He made his fifth visit to the Yasukuni Shrine since he came to power in 2001 on Monday, which marked the start...
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2005

Strong typhoon nearing Izu chain

A strong typhoon in the Pacific was moving northeast Tuesday and was expected is to come close to the southern part of the Izu Island chain early Wednesday, the Meteorological Agency said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2005

Hidden cameras found at several UFJ ATMs

UFJ Bank said Tuesday that hidden cameras have been found at several automated teller machines in the Tokyo metropolitan area, apparently to record people entering their personal identification numbers.
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2005

Japan threatens dues cut over UNSC seat

burden than the four countries and that point should be taken into account," Koizumi said. He was referring to the argument Japanese Ambassador Toshiro Ozawa told the General Assembly's administrative and budgetary arm Monday.
BUSINESS
Oct 19, 2005

Small cargo distribution to get boost

The government plans to strengthen Japan's small cargo distribution system in East Asia by 2009 to make it more globally competitive and environmentally safer, officials said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2005

Cabinet waffles on Yasukuni visit

Cabinet members differed Tuesday in their views on Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's latest visit to Yasukuni Shrine, with some praising it, some expressing concern over its diplomatic effects and many refraining from making a judgment of any kind.
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2005

Envoys overseas get 2.9 million yen for housing; here they get 200,000 yen

Foreign Ministry officials stationed overseas are granted an average of 2.9 million yen in housing benefits a year while ministry officials in Tokyo get only 200,000, yen according to a document endorsed Tuesday by the Cabinet.
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2005

Dominican emigrant tells court of plaintiffs' plight

A Japanese immigrant to the Dominican Republic, at the final trial session of a damages suit against the government, stressed Monday how he and his fellow immigrants have suffered as a result of a government-sponsored emigration program in the late 1950s.
BUSINESS
Oct 19, 2005

Oil costs to hurt for 'some time': Greenspan

The recent sharp increase in oil prices, triggered by the devastating hurricanes that hit the U.S. Gulf Coast in August and September, will adversely affect the global economy over the long term, U.S. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan said Tuesday in Tokyo.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 19, 2005

U.N. University takes on environmental challenges

Few realize that in the three decades of its existence, United Nations University (UNU) has been developing into a global organization comprising UNU enter in To- kyo and 12 Research and Training Centers and Programs (RTC/Ps) around the world, working in cooperation with a large, global network of associated...
BUSINESS
Oct 19, 2005

Automakers pin hopes on motor show

The 39th Tokyo Motor Show opens Saturday, and industry officials are hoping the 16-day extravaganza inspires drivers to loosen their purse strings and buy a new vehicle.
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2005

Seibu picks Cerberus, Nikko for fresh capital

Seibu Railway Co. said Tuesday it has chosen U.S. investment fund Cerberus Group and Nikko Principal Investments Japan Ltd. as the main providers of fresh capital for the group, which is trying to turn itself around after a series of scandals.
BUSINESS
Oct 19, 2005

Seven named to postal reform firm

The government on Tuesday named Japan Post President Masaharu Ikuta and six others as the founding members of a company that will be set up in January to plan the details of the postal system's privatization under laws enacted last week.
COMMUNITY
Oct 19, 2005

Tomorrow's bikes on display today at Makuhari

With 133 motorbikes and scooters on display from Japan's four major manufacturers, and 57 more from eight overseas makers, eye candy abounds at the 2005 Tokyo Motor Show. This year's show features 29 world premiers and 37 Japan premiers. Here are just a few of the many highlights.
BUSINESS
Oct 19, 2005

50 years of showcasing cars: You've come a long way baby

No one could have imagined the remarkable advances of Japanese automakers 50 years ago, when owning a car was only a dream for most people.
COMMENTARY
Oct 19, 2005

Building a 21st-century Commonwealth

LONDON -- On the historic Mediterranean island of Malta there will take place in a few weeks time a meeting of nations with colossal potential significance for world peace and development.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / WILD WATCH
Oct 19, 2005

Autumn sees predators in action

The hunters are abroad! Every day, now, the sparrow hawks, goshawks, honey buzzards, ospreys and falcons that summer in Northeast Asia are migrating out of the region. As cooler weather approaches and prey numbers decline, these predators head south for the winter. Soon, almost on their heels, the larger...
MORE SPORTS
Oct 18, 2005

Togo to replace Ivory Coast for Japan friendly

Japan will play Togo in next month's home friendly instead of Ivory Coast as announced previously, Japan Football Association President Saburo Kawabuchi said Monday.
Tropical Storm Shanshan soaks Japan as flood and landslide risks rise
People walk in front of closed ticket gates for the Tokaido Shinkansen in Tokyo Station as train operations between Tokyo and Nagoya remain suspended due to Tropical Storm Shanshan on Saturday.
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.
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.
Tokyo protests after Chinese Navy ship enters Japanese territorial waters
A Chinese Navy Shupang-class survey ship
Japan’s autumn eggplant: Too delicious for your daughter-in-law
From mid-August through late September, eggplants reach their height of flavor in Japan.
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.
Kitakyushu clashes with academics over Meiji Era remains
Remnants of the first Moji station complex are located near the current Mojiko Station in the city of Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture.

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