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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 10, 2005

Swallows knock down Hawks to end skid

Noriyuki Shiroishi delivered a "sayonara" hit in the 11th inning Monday as the Yakult Swallows of the Central League defeated the Softbank Hawks of the Pacific League 3-2 in interleague play and ended a five-game losing streak.
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May 10, 2005

Kawashima, Tokuyama to square off

WBC superflyweight champion Katsushige Kawashima will defend his title for the third time when he takes on former champion and challenger Masamori Tokuyama this summer, officials of both gyms said Monday.
SOCCER / J. League
May 10, 2005

Zico taps Inamoto, Takahara

Japan coach Zico has called up West Bromwich Albion midfielder Junichi Inamoto and Hamburg SV striker Naohiro Takahara for the upcoming Kirin Cup friendlies against Peru and the United Arab Emirates.
SUMO
May 10, 2005

Asashoryu plows ahead

Yokozuna Asashoryu dispatched of Tochinonada in convincing fashion for a second straight victory at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on Monday.
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May 10, 2005

Q-chan parts ways with coach Koide

Sydney Olympic gold-medalist Naoko Takahashi said Monday she will part company with longtime coach Yoshio Koide and continue her running career without a trainer.
EDITORIALS
May 10, 2005

The crimes of Mr. Taylor

West Africa appears to be a political tinder box. Real democracy is a distant dream and the life span of governments is determined more frequently by bullets than by ballots. Not only are there civil wars in several countries but the combatants (on both sides) commit atrocities against civilian populations....
COMMENTARY / World
May 10, 2005

Design for sustaining peace

DILI, East Timor -- The United Nations has not been notably successful in moving from initial stabilization, infrastruc- ture reconstruction and re-establishment of local governance institutions to the more demanding goal of leaving behind self-sustaining structures of state that can implement rapid...
BUSINESS
May 10, 2005

U.S. expert to preach the tough love of M&As

Thanks to play-by-play television coverage of Internet firm Livedoor Co.'s aborted attempt to takeover Fuji Television Network Inc., discussion about mergers and acquisitions has spread far beyond Tokyo's Otemachi business district.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
May 10, 2005

What you reading these days?

Lisa Jarvis Student, 21 Harry Potter. The whole series is really great, but I'm a big fan of "Prisoner of Azkaban." I have a lot of friends who like it so it's interesting to sit down and talk about it.
BUSINESS
May 10, 2005

Hot summer hits Disney operator Oriental Land

Oriental Land Co., the operator of Disney theme parks in Japan, said Monday its net profit for fiscal 2004 dropped 7 percent to 17.22 billion yen as an unusually hot summer hit visitor numbers.
BUSINESS
May 10, 2005

Chairman quits but JAL is back in black

Japan Airlines Corp. said Monday that Isao Kaneko will resign as both chairman and board member at the end of this month and become an adviser to the company.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
May 10, 2005

Repairs, free calls, tickets and cheesecake

Auto-repairs Therese comes to Claire's rescue concerning the latter's request for an auto-repair shop in the Shibuya/Yoyogi area (Lifelines; April 26).
BUSINESS
May 10, 2005

Teijin posts 8.3% rise in net profit

Textile maker Teijin Ltd. said Monday it posted a group net profit in fiscal 2004 for the second straight year due mainly to cost cuts and disposal of loss-making businesses.
BUSINESS
May 10, 2005

McDonald's profit rockets 79%

McDonald's Holdings Co. Japan said Monday its operating profit for the first quarter jumped 79 percent to 3.01 billion yen, as it lured back customers by opening many outlets earlier and making operational improvements.
BUSINESS
May 10, 2005

Toyota open to sharing hybrid technology

Toyota Motor Corp. said Monday it is willing to discuss sharing its hybrid vehicle technology with rivals, including U.S. automaker General Motors Corp.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
May 10, 2005

Japan's gender debate

Grave risks Thank you very much for your article "Turning back clock on gender equality."
BUSINESS
May 10, 2005

Keidanren sanction hits JR West

The Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) decided Monday to have West Japan Railway Co. refrain from participating in the business lobby's activities.
SOCCER / J. League
May 9, 2005

Maeda notches 10,000th goal in history of J. League

Substitute Masafumi Maeda scored the 10,000th goal in the J. League first division in Gamba Osaka's 3-1 win over Nagoya Grampus Eight as runaway leaders Kashima Antlers went 10 points clear at the top of the table with a last-gasp 2-1 win over Tokyo Verdy on Sunday.
SOCCER / World cup
May 9, 2005

JFA has no problem with Bangkok

Japan Football Association president Saburo Kawabuchi said Sunday he has no objections to a reported plan to play Japan's upcoming World Cup qualifier against North Korea in Bangkok.
Rugby
May 9, 2005

Japan steamrolls Hong Kong 91-3 in Rugby WC qualifier

Japan opened its qualifying campaign for the 2007 Rugby World Cup in emphatic style on Sunday with a 91-3 drubbing of Hong Kong at Tokyo's Chichibunomiya Rugby Field.
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May 9, 2005

Fillies prosper in NHK G1

The NHK Mile Cup G1 race ended in a surprise one-two victory Sunday at Tokyo Racecourse, as two fillies bested an 18-strong mostly male field of 3-year-olds.
SUMO
May 9, 2005

Asashoryu starts tourney with easy win

Grand champion Asashoryu hauled down komusubi Kotomitsuki on Sunday for a convincing win on the first day of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament.
EDITORIALS
May 9, 2005

Fishing for sustainable profits

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COMMENTARY
May 9, 2005

Relax, war unlikely in Asia through 2008

LOS ANGELES -- We here in the West -- despite our ritualistic (and sometimes loud-mouthed) advocacy of democracy -- do appreciate the decision of the people in charge in Beijing to clamp down on those anti-Japanese protests, clear out the streets, order people to get out of those incendiary anti-Tokyo...
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May 8, 2005

Japan, N. Korea qualifier set to be played in Thailand

Japan, N. Korea qualifier set to be played in Thailand
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
May 8, 2005

Nearly all agree Kuehnert wasn't given fair shot by Eagles

The week of April 25-30 was not a good one for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles or Marty Kuehnert.
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May 8, 2005

Fudo on fire

Yuri Fudo stormed into a share of the lead after shooting a sensational 8-under-par 64 in the third round of the Salonpas World Ladies on Saturday.
COMMENTARY
May 8, 2005

Bush just can't get the hang of diplomacy

YANGPYUNG, South Korea -- "It makes sense to put somebody who's skilled and who is not afraid to speak his mind at the United Nations." So said U.S. President George W. Bush during his spirited defense of his nominee for ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton. With all due respect, Mr. President,...
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.
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.
Shohei Ohtani signs exclusive trading card deal with Topps
Shohei Ohtani walks through the dugout with his dog Decoy before the Dodgers' game against the Orioles at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday.
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.
Hokkaido more plugged in to renewable energy than rest of Japan
A Rapidus factory construction site in Chitose, Hokkaido, on July 24. The plan to ramp up renewable energy usage in the region to 60% by 2030 is part of a larger concept known as “Hokkaido Valley.”

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