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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Sep 2, 2006

Michael Gorman

A conventional way of life would never have suited Michael Gorman.
BUSINESS
Sep 2, 2006

Postal privatization details eyed by April

The postal privatization headquarters will ask Japan Post Corp. to provide details by the end of April on how it intends carry out its privatization, officials said Friday.
COMMENTARY
Sep 2, 2006

A bridge to Latin America

The amount of Japanese cultural and educational activities conducted in Latin America has been flat or in decline over the last five years. The Japan Foundation, the largest Japanese nonprofit organization engaged in international cultural exchange, spent around 800 million yen on activities related...
BUSINESS
Sep 2, 2006

ChuoAoyama reopens doors as Misuzu Audit

Scandal-tainted ChuoAoyama PricewaterhouseCoopers, now renamed Misuzu Audit Corp., resumed regular operations Friday, ending a two-month statutory auditing suspension for former employees' involvement in window-dressing at Kanebo Ltd.
BUSINESS
Sep 2, 2006

Asahi Tec to buy U.S. car parts rival Metaldyne

Auto parts maker Asahi Tec announced Friday it will buy U.S. rival Metaldyne Corp. for $1.2 billion.
EDITORIALS
Sep 2, 2006

Pyongyang taking it to the brink?

There is a growing concern that North Korea might be preparing to test a nuclear bomb. On July 5, the country test-fired seven missiles into the Sea of Japan, prompting a United Nations Security Council resolution, which condemned the country and banned U.N. member states from transferring missile-related...
BUSINESS
Sep 2, 2006

BOJ likely to hold key rate at 0.25%

The Bank of Japan is expected to maintain its target for its benchmark interest rate at 0.25 percent at a two-day policy meeting next week, as the latest inflation data suggest the central bank may not need to rush to raise rates again.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Sep 2, 2006

Quiet on the set. Ready . . . Action!

"All I need is the backing," says the man. "Then I've got a surefire hit."
JAPAN
Sep 2, 2006

Government conducts disaster drills nationwide

The government staged earthquake drills Friday involving about 800,000 people across the country in a bid to improve disaster preparedness, and the U.S. frigate USS Gary also took part.
BUSINESS
Sep 2, 2006

Oji Paper moves to upgrade outdated equipment

Oji Paper Co., which effectively has given up its attempt to take over Hokuetsu Paper Mills Ltd., plans to install cutting-edge equipment in Tokushima Prefecture in fiscal 2008, Oji executives said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Sep 2, 2006

Philippine FTA includes nurse quota

Japan and the Philippines have agreed on a quota of Filipino nurses and caregivers that Japan will accept under a bilateral free-trade agreement to be signed by leaders of the two countries on Sept. 9, government sources said Thursday.
BASKETBALL
Sep 1, 2006

Expect a thriller in 2nd semi

SAITAMA -- Friday's Argentina-Spain semifinal matchup should be the most entertaining game of the FIBA World Championship.
BASKETBALL
Sep 1, 2006

Gutsy Greece aims to shock Team USA

SAITAMA -- In the long road to the semifinals, 74 games have been contested at the FIBA World Championship.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 1, 2006

Ramirez slugs grand slam in 9th to defeat Kroon, BayStars

Alex Ramirez knew what was coming.
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2006

Rush-hour temblor rattles capital

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8 shook eastern Japan on Thursday evening, the Meteorological Agency said.
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2006

Mobster, 'son' sent up for stabbing

The Tokyo District Court sentenced a former gangster to six years in prison Thursday and his adopted son to four years for stabbing the son of writer Atsushi Mizoguchi in January, following the publication of an article about the major underworld syndicate Yamaguchi-gumi.
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2006

Abe mulls school-year shift, forced volunteerism

Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe, the front-runner in the prime minister's race, wants to make state universities start classes in September instead of April and demand six months of volunteer work as a prerequisite for enrollment, sources close to him said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2006

Courts refuse to hire lawyers on nationality

Three courts have refused to allow three Korean residents working as lawyers to assume commissioned jobs despite being nominated by their bar associations, because they are not Japanese, attorneys said Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2006

Ito-Yokado must pay 5.5 million yen over import heater ills

The Tokyo High Court ruled Thursday that a 22-year-old man developed chemical sensitivity syndrome from using an electric heater and ordered major retailer Ito-Yokado Co., which sold the appliance, to pay about 5.5 million yen in damages.
EDITORIALS
Sep 1, 2006

Arrest, detention, trial for this?

On the afternoon of Dec. 23, 2004, Mr. Yosei Arakawa, a 58-year-old Buddhist monk, entered a seven-story condominium building in Katsushika Ward, Tokyo, to drop political flyers of the Japan Communist Party into the door mailboxes of residents. He had done this before, but this time an angry resident...
BUSINESS
Sep 1, 2006

Toho Housing buys back Aneha-tainted condos

Toho Housing Co. has bought back all 32 units of a Tokyo condominium complex constructed with data fabricated by disgraced architect Hidetsugu Aneha and started razing the structure with a plan to rebuild it, company sources said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Sep 1, 2006

Nippon Paper to court Hokuetsu

Nippon Paper Group Inc., the country's second-largest pulp and paper company, will propose a tieup with Hokuetsu Paper Mills Ltd. next week, sources said late Wednesday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / WALKING THE WARDS
Sep 1, 2006

Slow train coming downtown

Arakawa Ward snuggles like a puzzle piece in the bends of the Sumida River. The third smallest of Tokyo's 23 wards, it has an intimate, unpretentious atmosphere that matches the attitude of many of its residents. Asked what makes Arakawa special, locals and even city officials tilt their heads in thought,...

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