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Sep 10, 2005

Murofushi to sit out season

Japanese hammer thrower Koji Murofushi will sit out the remainder of the season, citing health problems, sources close to the athlete said Thursday. Murofushi, the Athens Olympic gold medalist, will skip the Seiko Super meet Sept. 19 in Yokohama and has already expressed his intentions to the Japan Olympic...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 10, 2005

Kashiwada to become Giants scout

Yomiuri Giants veteran pitcher Takashi Kashiwada, who had a one-year major league stint with the New York Mets, will retire and become a scout for the Central League club's international section, Yomiuri officials said Friday. Yomiuri has asked the 34-year-old Kashiwada to join the front office in an...
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2005

National Stadium to get asbestos cleanup next summer

Plans are being made to remove asbestos insulation from the ceilings in the National Stadium complex in Tokyo starting next summer, it was learned Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2005

New Komeito secure in Kansai but maybe not in Nagata-cho

OSAKA -- "We'll always win in Kansai."
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2005

Itoham admits role in pork import scam

Major meat processor Itoham Foods Inc. admitted Friday to being involved in a meat importer's evasion of some 940 million yen in customs duties on pork imported from Europe in 2002 and 2003 as the firm's fraud trial opened before the Tokyo District Court.
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2005

Tokyo Fire Department taps taxis for not-so-emergency calls

The Tokyo Fire Department started using cabs Friday to transport people to the hospital if they are not in critical condition so more ambulances can be used for emergency cases, department officials said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2005

Upper House postal rebel would change stance if LDP wins

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JAPAN
Sep 10, 2005

Prosecutors seek three-year term, fine for Tsutsumi

Prosecutors Friday demanded a three-year prison term and a 5 million yen fine for Yoshiaki Tsutsumi, the former chairman of Kokudo Corp. and Seibu Railway Co. who has pleaded guilty to charges of falsifying financial statements and insider trading.
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2005

Japan to send Afghan poll monitors

Japan to send Afghan poll monitors
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2005

Labor unions ask Canada to stop exporting white asbestos

Three Japanese unions, including one for construction workers, requested in a joint action Friday that Canada, the biggest single supplier of asbestos to Japan, stop exporting the carcinogenic mineral, labor officials said.
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2005

Family-bred politicians fan out

KURASHIKI, Okayama Pref. -- Japanese politics is often a family affair, with the offspring of Diet members winning seats originally held by their fathers, and in some cases, grandfathers.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2005

Chinese warships make show of force at protested gas rig

Five Chinese naval ships, including a guided-missile destroyer, were spotted Friday morning near the Chunxiao gas field in the East China Sea, where Japan and China have a dispute over demarcation, the Maritime Self-Defense Force said.
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2005

U.S. thanks Japan for Katrina aid

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Thomas Schieffer on Friday thanked Japan for its assistance to people affected by Hurricane Katrina, which devastated the U.S. Gulf Coast.
BUSINESS
Sep 10, 2005

MHI begins production of gas turbine parts in China

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said Friday it has started producing core components for gas turbines in China in a joint venture with a major Chinese turbine manufacturer in a bid to meet surging demand.
BUSINESS
Sep 10, 2005

Access to buy PalmSource of U.S.

Access Co., a developer of mobile phone software, said Friday it will acquire U.S. mobile-device software company PalmSource Inc. for 34.4 billion yen.
BUSINESS
Sep 10, 2005

Nissan develops real-time analysis for combustion

Nissan Motor Co. said Friday it has developed jointly with Stanford University and Physical Science Inc. the world's first technology to measure in-cylinder gas temperatures and a way to analyze the combustion in "real time" during engine operation.
COMMENTARY
Sep 10, 2005

From Kyoto to New Orleans

LOS ANGELES -- Beneath the endlessly horrific details surrounding the hurricane that swamped parts of New Orleans and the southeast United States lurks a monster question. Just how angry -- really -- is Mother Nature over the irreverent, careless way we humans and our energy-hungry machines have been...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Sep 10, 2005

Nobuko Somers

LONDON -- In a Dickensian setting near the British Museum is a bookshop. Open the door, and the inviting musty smell of old books strikes you at once. On the ground floor, stacked shelves support books in English that "cover all aspects of the Far East and the Middle East." Rare books have their secure...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 10, 2005

BOJ debuts detector for forged bills

The Bank of Japan began using a new automatic counterfeit-bill detector Friday at its head office in Tokyo to help it weed out forged currency.
BUSINESS
Sep 10, 2005

Resona plans bond issue to repay funds

Resona Holdings Inc. announced Friday it will raise about 250 billion yen by issuing subordinate bonds to U.S., European and Asian institutional investors this month to return part of the 3.1 trillion yen in public funds it owes to the government.
BUSINESS
Sep 10, 2005

'Cool Biz' saved power: Tepco

The government-led "Cool Biz" no-tie, no-jacket campaign aimed at reducing power consumption by cutting back on the use of air conditioning this summer helped save enough power to supply 240,000 households a month, according to Tokyo Electric Power Co.
BUSINESS
Sep 10, 2005

Japanese firms stronger, S&P says

Japanese companies are now in a much better position than in 2001, although some have shown slowing profit growth, Standard & Poor's Ratings Service said Friday.
BUSINESS
Sep 10, 2005

Exxon Mobil to export Japanese oil

Exxon Mobil Corp. said Thursday it will export petroleum products from Japan to the United States and Europe in an effort to allay supply concerns sparked by the recent hurricane disaster in the U.S.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Sep 10, 2005

Escape to the land of country bumpkins

So you've decided to escape to the countryside for the long holiday weekend? Well, fine, but if you're wanting to get back in touch with nature, be prepared. If you come to an island like mine, you will have entered a world cut off not only from city life, but from the mainland as well. Without a major...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Sep 10, 2005

Just 14 more mountains to climb for jackpot 100

Some long-term visitors to Japan choose to count the days. Others make the decision to suck every drop of juice out of the opportunity. Take Ginger Vaughn, for example. She falls most definitely into the latter category -- and all power to her facial and calf muscles!

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