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JAPAN
Jun 18, 2005

Japan rejects U.S. plan for U.N. reform

Japan rejected a U.S. proposal on United Nations reform Friday despite receiving support for its quest to become a permanent member of the powerful U.N. Security Council.
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2005

55 more days added to Diet session

The House of Representatives voted Friday to extend the current Diet session by 55 days until Aug. 13 to ensure passage of bills to privatize Japan Post.
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2005

Cambodia school intrusion raises security scrutiny here anew

Thursday's deadly hostage-taking by four intruders at an international school in Cambodia has further driven home the need for schools in Japan to assess whether they have taken adequate security measures.
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2005

Japan's rebirth an example, says Iraqi speaker

Iraq can learn from Japan's postwar reconstruction, Iraq's speaker of the National Assembly told Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi in Tokyo on Friday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Jun 18, 2005

'Testament': Poems that speak of life's dark side

I meet two men in one: Tomonori Saito, who works for a shipping company in Tokyo's Shinagawa district, and Saion, the nom de plume of a young Japanese poet.
BUSINESS
Jun 18, 2005

Mizuho mulls takeover of ailing Ashikaga Bank

Mizuho Financial Group Inc., the nation's biggest banking group by assets, is considering taking over Ashikaga Bank, which is undergoing rehabilitation under state control, sources said Friday.
BUSINESS
Jun 18, 2005

Mitsubishi, Lucite make resin tieup

Mitsubishi Rayon Co. said Friday it has agreed with Lucite International of Britain to build new factories to produce methyl methacrylate monomers, in the United States and Singapore for mutual supply to meet growing demand.
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2005

Koizumi nixes Yasukuni replacement

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Friday rejected a suggestion that the government set up a new war memorial as a substitute for Tokyo's war-related Yasukuni Shrine.
EDITORIALS
Jun 18, 2005

New era of bank card security

Bank deposit safety in Japan is threatened increasingly by people using forged or stolen cards to make illegal withdrawals. Now, members of the Diet are preparing to introduce a bill that would require all financial institutions -- including commercial banks, post offices and credit unions -- to compensate...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jun 18, 2005

From bad to worse -- drifting out to sea with no sail or signal

"She's rolled," said the skipper. "In a few seconds, she'll right herself." With the cabin now under water, it was dark but I could still see the skipper and Paul sitting on the ceiling. Ten seconds passed, and the boat slowly rolled back upright, heaving provisions -- cans of food, heads of cabbage,...
BUSINESS
Jun 18, 2005

Japan offers Thailand FTA carrot

In a bid to make progress on a bilateral free-trade agreement, Japan has drawn up a package of cooperation programs aimed at boosting the industrialization of Thailand, Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Shoichi Nakagawa said Friday.
BUSINESS
Jun 18, 2005

Asia travel uptick boosts H.I.S

Travel agency H.I.S. Co. said Friday its operating profit rose 2 percent to 1.85 billion yen during the six months through April, led by growth in overseas travel.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 18, 2005

Shinsei aims for new online services, CEO-in-waiting says

Shinsei Bank Ltd. plans to offer new online banking services in a few months, the next president and chief executive officer said Friday.
BUSINESS
Jun 18, 2005

Tax Commission to boost exemptions for donations to NPOs

The Tax Commission, an advisory panel to the prime minister, said Friday in a report that it will increase exemptions for donations made to nonprofit organizations.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2005

Muslim-American author takes aim at stereotypes

Concerned about the negative images of Muslims being generated by the actions of terrorist extremists in recent years, Muslim-American author Asma Gull Hasan said average Muslims, including those in Japan, need to speak up so people gain a fair understanding of Islam.
BUSINESS
Jun 18, 2005

McDonald's cuts forecast due to 'value strategy'

McDonald's Holdings Co. Japan on Friday announced a sharp downward revision of its earning forecast for the six months ending in June, dragged down by a steeper-than-expected drop in average sales per customer.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Jun 18, 2005

Setsuko Ishii

"Art exists at the border between the ordinary and the extraordinary," Setsuko Ishii said. "Light is something that essentially cannot be bent, nor shaped, nor even held. Yet in holography light can be molded like clay, or woven like thread. Through holography I want to create a certain set of circumstances...
BUSINESS
Jun 18, 2005

Toyota, Honda fuel-cell cars certified

Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. said Friday their fuel-cell cars have become the first to receive motor-vehicle type certification from the government.
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 17, 2005

Liverpool cancels tour of Japan

European champion Liverpool has pulled out of its planned tour of Japan because of scheduling problems.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jun 17, 2005

Alcohol continues to fuel Best's free fall toward tragic ending

LONDON -- When George Best was having problems with his first wife, Angie, I shared a flight back to England with him from Miami -- he was playing for the Fort Lauderdale Strikers in the North American Soccer League at the time.
EDITORIALS
Jun 17, 2005

Sewing up a textile deal

China and the European Union last weekend worked out a deal that limits Chinese exports of textiles and heads off a dangerous trade confrontation between them. Both sides, as well as Beijing's other trade partners, are hailing the arrangement as a "win-win" solution to trade disputes. Ultimately, however,...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 17, 2005

Ogasawara's three-run blast sees Fighters overpower Carp

Michihiro Ogasawara connected for a three-run homer in the sixth inning Thursday to lead the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters to a 3-0 win over the Hiroshima Carp in interleague play.
COMMENTARY
Jun 17, 2005

Enveloped in a nuclear fog

HONG KONG -- Any day now the mere oscillation of a seismograph needle could precipitate uncertainties and greatly increase tensions: North Korea may become the second East Asian nation to shock the world with an underground nuclear test explosion, just as China did at Lop Nor in 1964.
JAPAN
Jun 17, 2005

Top Aum figure, two others arrested over temp business

Tokyo police arrested Shigeru Sugiura, a top-ranking member of Aum Shinrikyo, and two other cult figures Thursday for allegedly sending group members to temporarily work at companies without a government license.
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.
Heavy rain batters Japan after Typhoon Shanshan makes landfall in Kyushu
Vehicles are stranded on flooded road on Thursday following heavy rains from Typhoon Shanshan in the city of Tamana, Kumamoto Prefecture.
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.
Why Typhoon Shanshan's movements are so difficult to predict
Typhoon Shanshan as it moves closer to the Kyushu region in this satellite photo on Wednesday
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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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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