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BUSINESS
Jul 2, 2005

Don't put all eggs in China basket: METI

Japanese companies should seek to establish a regionwide network in East Asia to maximize their business efficiency, turning not only to China but also to the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations as their production bases, a government white paper on trade said Friday.
BUSINESS
Jul 2, 2005

MMC recalls Liberos with hazardous tailgate bolts

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. said Friday it is recalling about 209,000 Libero station wagons for free repairs due to defective mounting bolts in the tailgate that caused an injury last year.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jul 2, 2005

Adrift at sea, intrepid columnist prepares to meet her Maker

This is the last part in a four-part series on a trans-Pacific crossing to Australia.
BUSINESS
Jul 2, 2005

Japan Post enters JSDA to sell trusts

Japan Post on Friday became a special member of the Japan Securities Dealers Association to launch sales of investment trusts at 575 post offices in Japan in October.
COMMENTARY
Jul 2, 2005

A clash of European visions

PARIS -- The latest EU crisis could be one of the worst the European Union has known, and nobody can say if, when and how it will be overcome.
BUSINESS
Jul 2, 2005

Japan, Britain to revise tax pact to up investment

Japan and Britain have reached an agreement to revise a bilateral tax treaty to significantly reduce taxes for Japanese companies operating in Britain and vice versa, the Finance Ministry said Friday.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Jul 2, 2005

G.B. Umesh

Mysore, a former princely state in India and the seat of an ancient ruling family, was always known for its fabulous wealth.
BUSINESS
Jul 2, 2005

Tokyo CPI continues slide as prices of veggies, PCs fall

Consumer prices in Tokyo continued falling in June as vegetable prices plunged and deflation continued to dog telecommunications fees and computer prices, according to preliminary government statistics released Friday.
COMMUNITY
Jul 2, 2005

Tokyo's 'ambassador of light' high on old spirits

Channeler Rae Chandran refuses anything to drink but water. He sits on a "zabuton" and takes a deep breath, stiffens, then shudders, his posture and face relaxing into what can only be described as a light trance-like state.
COMMENTARY
Jul 2, 2005

What about the billions given?

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Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 2, 2005

Rain season just mirage in drought-hit west Japan

Western Japan got a brief respite from its record dry spell Friday, but water levels in many reservoirs are way below normal, and the region could face a serious drought if more rainfall fails to arrive, experts have warned.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 1, 2005

Japan approves World Baseball Classic subject to players' vote

Japan professional baseball on Thursday said it has tentatively agreed to take part in the inaugural 16-nation World Baseball Classic subject to the approval of the Japanese baseball players' association.
BASKETBALL
Jul 1, 2005

Ticket giveaway for basketball's Kirin Cup

The Japan men's national team will take on Australia in the Kirin Cup later this month, the Japan Basketball Association has announced.
BUSINESS
Jul 1, 2005

Market value of state pension schemes rose in '03 stock rally

The market values of Japan's two public pension schemes grew in fiscal 2003, which ended in March 2004, thanks to a stock market rally, the government said Thursday.
JAPAN
Jul 1, 2005

Four salesmen arrested over home-improvements scam

Police arrested four former salesmen Thursday on suspicion of deceiving several individuals -- most of them elderly -- into signing contracts for unnecessary home renovations.
JAPAN
Jul 1, 2005

Government eyes two facilities tied to ITER project

The government plans to host a data analysis center and a remote control center for the world's first nuclear fusion reactor, which is to be built in France, government officials said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Jul 1, 2005

AMD sues Intel for damages in Japan

Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s Japan unit said Thursday that it has filed two lawsuits against Intel Corp.'s Japanese unit for $55 million in damages.
JAPAN
Jul 1, 2005

'Harmful' Net info faces filter campaign

The government said Thursday it will promote the use of filtering software against what it judges to be harmful information over the Internet, in a bid to prevent such incidents as group suicides and production of explosives via Internet use.
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.
Japan scraps idea to woo women out of city with cash
Bureaucrats had envisioned payments of up to ¥600,000 for women who got married and settled outside of Tokyo, according to media reports.
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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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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