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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 1, 2005

Riggs launches two homers as Swallows take advantage of hung over Tigers

Adam Riggs homered twice to drive in four runs as the Yakult Swallows beat the Central League-winning Hanshin Tigers 8-4 Friday night at Jingu Stadium.
JAPAN
Oct 1, 2005

Italian, Paraguayan leaders to visit

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and Paraguayan President Nicanor Duarte will both visit Japan in October, the Foreign Ministry said Friday.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Oct 1, 2005

When cultures clash -- 'sizing' up the opposition

In our global village -- or at least in the Japan/U.S. corner of that village -- culture can clash over differences in values, interpretations of history, who makes better cars, how best to play baseball, or even over which national leaders are the more incompetent.
EDITORIALS
Oct 1, 2005

Teach our children well

The nation's boards of education have finished their selection of textbooks to be used at junior high schools from April 2006 for the next four years. The process gained widespread attention because among the candidate textbooks was a controversial revisionist history textbook published by Fusosha Publishing...
BUSINESS
Oct 1, 2005

Japan, China grope for way to share drilling for gas

Japan and China kicked off a two-day working-level meeting Friday on contentious gas projects in the East China Sea with hopes that they can agree to jointly tap the resources.
JAPAN
Oct 1, 2005

Isahaya Bay project stands: top court

indicates the court's strong determination (to support for the project). I hope our members won't be too discouraged by the ruling," an official of the fishermen's association said.
JAPAN
Oct 1, 2005

Imperial succession may ditch gender rule

Imperial succession will be stable if direct descendants of the emperor, including females, are given priority in ascending the throne, a government panel on the issue agreed this week.
JAPAN
Oct 1, 2005

EU study center set up in Kansai

, a nongovernment research center, was officially inaugurated here Friday morning. EUIJ was formed by Kobe University, Kwansei Gakuin University and Osaka University, with financial support from the European Commission, the executive branch of the European Union.
JAPAN
Oct 1, 2005

Sides still stuck on Futenma relocation site

Japan and the U.S. failed to agree on where to move the helicopter operations of the U.S. Marines Corps Futenma Air Station in Okinawa during senior working-level talks between the two nations that just ended in Washington, Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura said Friday.
BUSINESS
Oct 1, 2005

Wal-Mart takes control

Seiyu Ltd. said Friday that Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of the United States will raise its stake in the retailer from 42 percent to over 50 percent by the end of the year, making it a subsidiary of the U.S. retailing giant.
BUSINESS
Oct 1, 2005

IPMobile applies for licensing on 2 gigahertz band

Communications venture IPMobile Inc. applied to the government Friday for a license to enter the third-generation cellular-phone market.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Oct 1, 2005

Unwind and remember who you are at Kamalaya

At age 43, Howie Snyder has put aside hard-nosed business to help direct and promote a new holistic spa on the Thai island of Koh Samui.
JAPAN
Oct 1, 2005

NHK censorship story had 'uncertain' info: Asahi

The Asahi Shimbun admitted Friday that an article it ran in January about an NHK documentary in 2001 contained "uncertain" information but the daily has no plans to correct it.
BUSINESS
Oct 1, 2005

Patent high court sides with Justsystem icon

The Intellectual Property High Court on Friday overturned a lower court ruling and ruled that Justsystem Corp. can continue to produce and sell its Ichitaro word-processing software and Hanako graphics software because they do not infringe on a Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. patent.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Oct 1, 2005

Lena Heslin

ISLES OF SCILLY, England -- The helicopter from Penzance in southwest England takes 20 minutes to fly its scenic route to St. Mary's, the main island of Scilly. Down below the rugged coastline of dramatic cliffs, smugglers' caves and secret coves, a green, open headland tapers to Land's End at the tip...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Oct 1, 2005

Australian home stays -- please be kind

It's October and my students have gone to wrestle crocodiles in Australia for a month. But that's not why I'm worried. Until now, they've wrestled with the English language so much, they should be in good shape to take on any croc. I've warned them about other dangers of Australia, such as kangaroos...
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 30, 2005

No Cabrera for Lions

Seibu Lions infielder Alex Cabrera will undergo surgery for a fractured left wrist, meaning he will be sidelined for the upcoming Pacific League playoffs, team officials said Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2005

Civil servant who passed out JCP paper is indicted

A government official was indicted Thursday without arrest for distributing Japanese Communist Party newspapers at police housing in Tokyo in violation of the National Public Service Law.
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2005

State asbestos inaction blamed on 'red tape'

Bureaucratic red tape hindered Japan from taking a more aggressive stance against asbestos use in the past, the government said Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2005

FTC expects Japan Highway to sue execs for collusion damages

The Fair Trade Commission said Thursday 45 domestic bridge-builders rigged bids for 260 billion yen worth of state and Japan Highway Public Corp. contracts from 2002 to 2004.

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