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JAPAN
Sep 17, 2005

NHK to cut 10% of ranks, go after fee nonpayers

NHK is finalizing plans to chop its workforce by about 1,200 over a three-year period beginning in fiscal 2006, and may take legal action against viewers who fail to pay their fees, sources said Friday.
EDITORIALS
Sep 17, 2005

Falling short of 'San Francisco'

United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan had hoped that the summit of world leaders that has been held this week would yield another "San Francisco moment": a coming together of nations that produced a renewed commitment to international law and the institutions that would help implement it. He is...
BUSINESS
Sep 17, 2005

S&P tells banks to beware of housing loan default rise

Standard & Poor's warned Friday that Japanese banks should be cautious about a possible rise in housing loan defaults as they compete for a bigger share of the market before the government corporation handling the loans is terminated.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Sep 17, 2005

Talking about the modern Japanese woman

Meeting last Monday, Barbara Hamill Sato is not sure how many women won seats in the previous day's general election, but suspects it may be the most ever.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 17, 2005

Corporate jets attracting more Japanese clients

"Why don't you get into my flying car?"
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Sep 17, 2005

Play it again, Sam . . . but with these lyrics

His name is Joe. And Joe says: "If you can't walk, dance. If you can't talk, sing. And you can't hear . . . just make things up."
Japan Times
Sep 17, 2005

Kan to again seek DPJ helm

Former Democratic Party of Japan leader Naoto Kan announced Friday he will run for the DPJ helm, following Seiji Maehara's decision the previous day to also run.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Sep 17, 2005

Kingsley-Rowe Potter

MADELEY, England -- As many retired English people like to do, June Kingsley-Rowe Potter lives in the countryside. She takes her dog on long-distance walks around Madeley. She cares for her garden. She volunteers for charity work, and enjoys traveling. For her research into local history, she reads ancient...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Sep 17, 2005

Shiraishi Little Bo Peep with a scythe

At 6:45 a.m., my neighbor Kazuko appeared in my "genkan." "Let's go!" she said. I abandoned the bread in the toaster and put on my boots. Island cleanup duty is scheduled for 7 a.m., but in the usual island fashion, the day starts 15 minutes earlier here than in the rest of Japan.
BUSINESS
Sep 17, 2005

TSE chides CPAs over Kanebo

Tokyo Stock Exchange Inc. said Friday it has called on the Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants to conduct proper auditing of corporate financial statements.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 16, 2005

Imaoka's grand salami cuts Giants down to size

Makoto Imaoka hit a grand slam Thursday and Shinjiro Hiyama followed with a solo blast as the Central League-leading Hanshin Tigers broke open a big lead in the opening frame en route to a 7-1 win over the Yomiuri Giants at Tokyo Dome.
JAPAN
Sep 16, 2005

'19th-oldest woman' vanished 40 years ago

A woman listed by the welfare ministry as 110 years old and the 19th-oldest person in Japan has been missing for more than 40 years, according to officials in Tokyo's Arakawa Ward, where she is registered as a resident.
EDITORIALS
Sep 16, 2005

Germany goes to the polls

While Japanese voters have been focused on the campaign at home, German voters have been engrossed in an election battle every bit as intense and with stakes as great. Since the election was called in May, the outcome looked clear: The opposition Christian Democratic Union (CDU), along with its partner,...
JAPAN
Sep 16, 2005

Japan nixes North's demand for reactor

Japan will not accept Pyongyang's demand for a light-water nuclear reactor because it would be used to produced atomic weapons, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda said Thursday.
Japan Times
SUMO
Sep 16, 2005

Kotooshu takes lead; Asashoryu one back

Grand champion Asashoryu overwhelmed Kakizoe on Thursday, while Bulgarian Kotooshu claimed the sole lead at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 16, 2005

Ozawa might throw hat into ring for DPJ chief

Democratic Party of Japan heavyweight Ichiro Ozawa suggested Thursday he might run for the party presidency when the vote is taken Saturday, after the resignation of Katsuya Okada over the DPJ's huge setback in Sunday's general election.
JAPAN
Sep 16, 2005

Bill eyed to let Japanese abroad vote for candidates

The government aims to submit a bill during the regular Diet session next year to revise the Public Offices Election Law to allow eligible Japanese voters living overseas to cast ballots for candidates in national elections, a top government official said Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 16, 2005

Downsized, quickly built Nago offshore base eyed

Japan and the United States are considering downsizing a planned military-civilian airport off Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, for relocating the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, sources close to bilateral relations said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Sep 16, 2005

Payout failures not a structural problem: insurance chief

The head of Japan's nonlife insurance industry association denied accusations Thursday that the recent payout failure scandal had stemmed from structural problems within the industry.
JAPAN
Sep 16, 2005

Asahi blames false reports on lack of communication

The daily Asahi Shimbun said in a detailed report in its Thursday morning edition that the publishing of inaccurate articles in August about the general election was caused by a lack of communication between reporters and editors.
BUSINESS
Sep 16, 2005

Xbox 360 to be launched here after U.S. and Europe

Microsoft Corp. said Thursday it will release its next-generation video game console -- the Xbox 360 -- on Dec. 10 in Japan, priced at 37,900 yen.
BUSINESS
Sep 16, 2005

Iceland approaches Japan about FTAs with EFTA

Iceland would like to hold talks with Japan on a free-trade accord in the near future, the Icelandic foreign minister said Wednesday.
COMMENTARY
Sep 16, 2005

Pakistan's Israel diplomacy

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan's opposition parties have chosen to renew their calls for President Pervez Musharraf to step down immediately following the first ever face-to-face meeting between the foreign ministers of Pakistan and Israel.
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.
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
Japanese government considering investment in Rapidus
Tetsuro Higashi, the chairman of Rapidus, at the company's headquarters in Tokyo in February 2023
Hayao Miyazaki wins prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award
Hayao Miyazaki at an award ceremony in Los Angeles in November 2014
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.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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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?
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