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SUMO
Aug 30, 2005

Kotooshu promoted after fine showing in Nagoya

Bulgarian bruiser Kotooshu has been rewarded for his giant-killing show in Nagoya with promotion to sekiwake for the upcoming Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament.
JAPAN
Aug 30, 2005

DPJ narrows gap with LDP, tracking poll shows

The Liberal Democratic Party's lead in voter support over the Democratic Party of Japan is diminishing in the runup to the Sept. 11 election, and the approval rate for Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's Cabinet has edged down, according to a Kyodo News tracking poll taken over the weekend.
JAPAN
Aug 30, 2005

Foreign Ministry to seek 11.9% boost for ODA

The Foreign Ministry will request an 11.9 percent year-on-year increase in its budget for official development assistance for fiscal 2006, ministry officials said Monday.
EDITORIALS
Aug 30, 2005

A timely warning to Tokyo

It is tempting to overreact to warnings that al-Qaeda is preparing an attack on a large financial center in Asia. That would be a mistake. If accurate a big if the reports should spur officials to better prepare for that awful possibility. But the news is not really new: Japan has already suffered one...
JAPAN
Aug 30, 2005

Koizumi vows to step down if ruling bloc loses election

Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party President Junichiro Koizumi stressed Monday he will step down immediately if the ruling coalition fails to win a majority in the 480-seat House of Representatives in the Sept. 11 election.
MORE SPORTS
Aug 30, 2005

Injured Tamesue to sit out athletics meet

Japan's Dai Tamesue will not take part in the upcoming IAAF World Athletics Final in Monaco due to an injury he sustained at the world athletics championships earlier this month, his management office said Monday.
JAPAN
Aug 30, 2005

METI vice minister dealt pay cut

Shoichi Nakagawa, minister of economy, trade and industry, announced Monday a 20 percent pay cut for two months for his vice minister, Hideji Sugiyama, over a series of public fund misuse scandals involving officials at METI.
Japan Times
JAPAN / POLL SHOWDOWN
Aug 30, 2005

Okada hopes to shift election focus

Democratic Party of Japan leader Katsuya Okada is calling for voters' support in the Sept. 11 general election to bring about regime change and rebuild Japan in the face of ballooning government deficits and a rapidly aging population.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 30, 2005

Airport runway closed over bomb threat

Sendai airport closed a runway and evacuated a jetliner Monday after an unidentified caller claimed to have planted a bomb on board, authorities said. No bomb was found and the runway was later reopened.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 30, 2005

Postal rebel Yashiro to run against New Komeito pick

Former posts minister Eita Yashiro declared Monday he will run as an independent in the Tokyo No. 12 district in the Sept. 11 general election and tendered his resignation from the Liberal Democratic Party, alleging he was betrayed by LDP executives.
JAPAN
Aug 30, 2005

45% of schools ban smoking on their premises

Hoping to reduce young people's exposure to secondhand smoke, 45 percent of schools across the nation have imposed total bans on smoking on their premises, according to a recent education ministry survey.
BUSINESS
Aug 30, 2005

Keidanren backs LDP once again this election

The Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) will support the Liberal Democratic Party in the Sept. 11 general election, the business lobby's chairman said Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 30, 2005

Dogs driving up niche firms' profits

As pets, especially dogs, increasingly become inseparable from their owners, companies are cashing in on what is becoming a lucrative market ranging from safety restraints in cars, motion sickness medicine and insurance, all for canines.
BUSINESS
Aug 30, 2005

MHI to sell android for home use

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said Monday it will accept orders from Sept. 16 to Oct. 31 for the Wakamaru humanoid robot for home use.
BUSINESS
Aug 30, 2005

Glitch delays start of Jasdaq trade

Trading on the Jasdaq Securities Exchange, Japan's largest market for startup companies, started at 12:30 p.m. Monday after being delayed due to a system failure, the exchange said.
BUSINESS
Aug 30, 2005

Public wireless LANs to combine

Japan Telecom Co. and Softbank BB Corp. said Monday they have agreed to integrate their public wireless local area network, or LAN, systems.
BUSINESS
Aug 30, 2005

Airlines to get 14 new slots at Haneda; JAL snubbed

The government will boost the flight capacity of Haneda airport on Oct. 1 by giving domestic carriers 14 daily departure and arrival slots to meet increasing demand, the transport ministry said Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 30, 2005

Despite secrecy, 'Yon-sama' met by 600 fans

Popular South Korean actor Bae Yong Joon flew to Japan on Monday to promote his new movie "April Snow."
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 30, 2005

Drills put U.S. Navy on notice

HONOLULU -- Soon after Adm. Gary Roughhead took the helm as the new commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, the Chinese and Russian armed forces gave him something to think about.
BUSINESS
Aug 30, 2005

Oil-triggered slump in U.S. is the worry in Japan

Crude oil prices around $60 to $70 a barrel for the next six months will have little direct impact on the Japanese economy, but look out for indirect hits if higher prices hurt consumption in the U.S., economists say.
COMMUNITY / LIFELINES
Aug 30, 2005

MBAs, names and clothes

Business schools On the subject of business schools in Tokyo, Temple University was recommended, writes Scott. He is currently a student at Montreal, Canada's McGill University and they have a good MBA program in Tokyo called MBA Japan taught through English.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Aug 30, 2005

Spoiled pooches live the good life

Whether it's "wan-wan," "bow-wow" or "ruff-ruff," dogs in Japan are all speaking the same language: life here ain't too dog-gone bad.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 29, 2005

LDP heavyweight raises possibility of hiking consumption tax in 2007

A senior Liberal Democratic Party official hinted Sunday the consumption tax will have to go up in fiscal 2007 to help finance future social security costs.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 29, 2005

Fiery Fighters outslug Hawks

Veteran Makoto Kaneko connected for a grand slam in the fifth inning Sunday as the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters downed the Pacific League-leading Softbank Hawks 10-6.
Alerts issued for Tokyo area cities as Shanshan crawls across Japan
A submerged area of Yufu, Oita Prefecture, on Thursday after Typhoon Shanshan dumped torrential rain throughout the Kyushu region.
Typhoon Shanshan batters Kyushu ahead of likely landfall
A satellite image shows Typhoon Shanshan south of Kyushu on Wednesday afternoon
From tropical storm to 'violent': Japan’s typhoon classifications
A satellite image from Wednesday shows Typhoon Shanshan south of Kyushu as the storm was rapidly intensifying.
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.
Will Bangladesh go the way of Pakistan?
Gen. Waker-uz-Zaman, Bangladesh's army chief, arrives at Dhaka International Airport to receive Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus on Aug. 8 to lead the country's interim government.
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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