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BUSINESS
Aug 13, 2005

Bankruptcies post drop of 9% in July

The number of corporate bankruptcies in Japan totaled 1,024 in July, down 8.8 percent from the previous year for the first fall below 1,100 in the month in 14 years, credit research agency Tokyo Shoko Research said Friday.
BUSINESS
Aug 13, 2005

FSA orders Nagoya bourse to safeguard confidential info

The Financial Services Agency issued a business improvement order Friday to the Nagoya Stock Exchange due to its failure to protect confidential information in violation of the Securities and Exchange Law.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Aug 13, 2005

Cheap old beaches become modern playgrounds for the rich

I hate to admit it, but our small island in the Seto Inland Sea is becoming a playground for the rich. Not long ago, the only people who came to Shiraishi Island were families looking for a cheap day out at the beach. And I mean cheap. They bring their own everything: food, drinks, beach chairs, parasols,...
JAPAN
Aug 13, 2005

Will the LDP land on its feet Sept. 11?

A showdown has begun for the Sept. 11 House of Representatives election, a poll that may witness a drastic change in the political landscape.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Aug 13, 2005

Wanted: 'crazy creepy mixologists' for 42 Below

With the chance to promote New Zealand's prizewinning 42 Below vodka at a beach bar on the Shonan coast last Saturday, Tom Huskinson was there at 5 p.m. to find a long line for beer but no one queuing for the long sensuous mixers he calls cocktails.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 13, 2005

550,000-name sex slave petition for Koizumi

Former sex slaves and their supporters gave a petition of 550,000 signatures to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi Friday demanding compensation from the Japanese government and a formal apology for the hardships the women suffered from during World War II.
BUSINESS
Aug 13, 2005

June industrial output moves up

Japan's industrial output rose a seasonally adjusted 1.6 percent in June from the previous month, revised upward slightly from a preliminary 1.5 percent gain, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Friday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Aug 13, 2005

Koka Fukushima

"One day I came across a solitary white dandelion growing on a high stone wall. That was my first encounter with plants, and amongst my earliest childhood recollections," said Koka Fukushima.
JAPAN
Aug 13, 2005

Suginami adopts contentious history text

The Suginami Ward board of education adopted a history textbook Friday that critics say distorts history and gives light treatment of Japan's wartime atrocities.
JAPAN
Aug 13, 2005

METI chides nine in wage abuse scam

The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry on Friday reprimanded nine officials and returned about 2 million yen collected from those involved in a fund mismanagement scam regarding wages for part-time workers, METI head Shoichi Nakagawa said.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Aug 12, 2005

Chelsea leads three-horse race in quest for Premiership title

LONDON -- According to Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon the 2005-06 Premiership title will be won by "a small bunch of one" with manager Jose Mourinho predicting the Blues will confirm their second successive English crown in the last fixture on May 7 at Newcastle. So that's this season then. Roll...
JAPAN
Aug 12, 2005

Nomonhan Incident remains repatriated

The remains of eight soldiers who died in the 1939 Battle of the River Halka, known as the Nomonhan Incident, were repatriated and placed in a mortuary in the health ministry Thursday.
JAPAN
Aug 12, 2005

Charges urged in bureaucrat embezzling

A civic ombudsman association filed a criminal accusation with prosecutors Thursday against a former trade ministry bureaucrat who allegedly embezzled 24 million yen in public money, association members said.
JAPAN
Aug 12, 2005

Welfare costs lift leeway for '06 budget

The Cabinet on Thursday approved a 47.5 trillion yen cap on core policy-related outlays for fiscal 2006 budget requests.
JAPAN
Aug 12, 2005

Inflated fare fixed on JR West English ticket board

OSAKA -- An English ticket price board at JR Tsuruhashi Station on the Kanjo Loop Line in Osaka has featured an erroneously inflated price for the journey between Tsuruhashi and Matsuiyamate stations for more than four years, according to West Japan Railway Co.
JAPAN
Aug 12, 2005

Contentious texts going to Machida private school

A private junior high school in the Tokyo suburb of Machida has chosen two social studies textbooks that have been denounced for distorting history and glossing over Japan's wartime atrocities.
JAPAN
Aug 12, 2005

12 LDP chapters set to back postal rebels

The internal strife in the Liberal Democratic Party continued Thursday as at least 12 of the party's prefectural chapters said they would back 18 of the 37 postal privatization opponents in the Sept. 11 House of Representatives election.
EDITORIALS
Aug 12, 2005

Brink of starvation in Niger

Life in the West African country of Niger is hard in the best of times. Now the country is facing a food crisis that threatens hundreds of thousands of lives. A combination of factors -- nature, misguided policies, and neglect -- has left Niger teetering on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe, and...
BUSINESS
Aug 12, 2005

Oil spike dents current account surplus

Japan's current account surplus shrank 8.9 percent in the first half from a year earlier to 8.752 trillion yen, marking a first decline in four half-year periods, the Finance Ministry said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Aug 12, 2005

Daiei adds nine stores to closure list

Supermarket chain Daiei Inc. on Thursday named another nine stores that it will close under a restructuring plan to shut 53 outlets nationwide.
BUSINESS
Aug 12, 2005

Itoham Aussie unit sells beef to China

Itoham Foods Inc. said Thursday its Sydney-based subsidiary began selling Australian beef in Beijing in July, in a bid to expand overseas sales.
BUSINESS
Aug 12, 2005

Major brewers lose fizz in first half

Japan's four major brewers suffered during the January-June period, chiefly due to sluggish beer sales during the first three months of the year.
BUSINESS
Aug 12, 2005

Don Quijote buys big 'bento' stake

Discount retailer Don Quijote Co. said Thursday it has acquired a 23.62 percent stake in Origin Toshu Co., which runs a chain of shops selling "bento" boxed meals, for 8.09 billion yen.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 12, 2005

Kanemoto keys Tigers' win over Dragons

Tomoaki Kanemoto hit a pair of solo homers Thursday as the Central League-leading Hanshin Tigers defeated the Chunichi Dragons 8-4.
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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