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JAPAN
Apr 22, 2005

Suicide site users should be reported: panel

Internet service providers should report to police all people who post messages on suicide Web sites, a National Police Agency security panel recommended Thursday.
JAPAN
Apr 22, 2005

Inagaki faces prison for investor product sales

Prosecutors demanded a two-year prison sentence Thursday for former Cabinet member Jitsuo Inagaki, who is charged with illegally selling 24 million yen worth of investment products.
JAPAN
Apr 22, 2005

Over 3,400 scrub China trips amid anti-Japan protests

More than 3,400 Japanese have canceled trips to China since violent anti-Japan protests erupted in that country, according to data from eight major travel agencies released Thursday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / BEST BAR NONE
Apr 22, 2005

Trilogy in a triangle

In general, pre-bubble nightlife in Tokyo was rather dull. In the early 1980s, a Saturday night out in Shinjuku or Roppongi meant jockeying for space in a crowded disco with packs of Japanese intent on line dancing in front of mirrors. There were a few alternative bars scattered in and around Aoyama,...
BUSINESS
Apr 22, 2005

Japan settles for 'low-risk, low-return' FTA goals

Prudish about bilateral free-trade agreements just five years ago, Tokyo is now fielding partnership requests from 25 economies and regional blocs.
BUSINESS
Apr 22, 2005

TSE guides companies on poison pill measures

The Tokyo Stock Exchange has compiled guidelines on defensive measures firms can take against hostile takeover bids, bourse officials said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Apr 22, 2005

Data show China trade is vital

Japan's customs-cleared trade with China exceeded its trade with the United States for the first time in fiscal 2004, underlining the interdependence between the two economies, Finance Ministry statistics showed Thursday.
BUSINESS
Apr 22, 2005

Production recovering, IT inventories subsiding: Fukui

Bank of Japan Gov. Toshihiko Fukui said Thursday he remains confident the economy is on a recovery track, although the information technology sector continues to be bogged down by inventories.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Apr 22, 2005

Sipping on Heian history in Uji

In Uji, it's a tough job to go anywhere without consuming its famous product as green tea is liberally doled out on the streets.
JAPAN
Apr 22, 2005

Contractor held in DoCoMo customer data leak

Police have arrested a 41-year-old man on suspicion of leaking personal information on 24,600 customers of NTT DoCoMo Inc., police officials said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 22, 2005

Sega raided over fatal fall from ride

Police searched the headquarters of game maker Sega Corp. on Thursday in connection with a man's fatal fall from a ride at a Tokyo amusement park, police sources said.
JAPAN
Apr 22, 2005

Scientists, academics urge major nuclear powers to dispose of weapons

A seven-member group of Japanese scientists and academics has urged the world's five major nuclear powers to stick to a global treaty on nuclear nonproliferation and work toward the complete abolition of nuclear arms.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 22, 2005

CCP smacks of hypocrisy

LONDON -- At the end of his visit to India last week, China's Premier Wen Jiabao made a strong political attack on Japan. With respect to Japan's bid for a seat on an expanded U.N. Security Council (UNSC) Wen opined that "Only a country that respects history, takes responsibility for history and wins...
JAPAN
Apr 22, 2005

DVD rivals hope to unify standard by end of month

Corporate groups led by Sony Corp. and Toshiba Corp. are mulling joint development of a unified standard for next-generation DVDs, sources said Thursday.
JAPAN
Apr 22, 2005

Common-law 'widow' wins pension

The Supreme Court on Thursday granted the common-law wife of a deceased teacher at a private college the right to receive a bereaved family pension.
JAPAN
Apr 22, 2005

Tokyo, U.S. Navy pay 35 million yen for two asbestos-exposed workers

The central government and the U.S. military have jointly paid compensation for lung ailments suffered by two Japanese former workers exposed to asbestos at the U.S. Navy's Yokosuka base in Kanagawa Prefecture, a civic group said Thursday.
JAPAN
Apr 22, 2005

Factories contain 1.7 million toxic time bombs

About 1.7 million electric devices containing toxic polychlorinated biphenyl are being kept at factories nationwide, according to officials of the environment and industry ministries.
BASKETBALL
Apr 21, 2005

Ex-Japan center Hamaguchi to join Aisin AW

Former Japan international center Noriko Hamaguchi will come out of retirement and play for Aisin AW of the second-tier women's domestic basketball league next season, the club said Wednesday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 21, 2005

Kiyohara's homers put him one away from 500

Kazuhiro Koyohara hit a pair of homers and Koji Uehara went eight solid innings Wednesday as the Yomiuri Giants downed the Hanshin Tigers 9-0.
SUMO
Apr 21, 2005

Maegashira Kotoryu to call it quits

Veteran sumo wrestler Kotoryu, who has been plagued with a liver ailment in recent tournaments, has decided to retire and will become a sumo elder, his stablemaster Sadogatake said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 21, 2005

Kyushu's latest aftershock a setback

Officials expressed concern Wednesday that a magnitude 5.8 earthquake that hit northern Kyushu that morning could hamper the area's efforts to repair damage caused by a more powerful quake just a month ago.
JAPAN
Apr 21, 2005

JAL safety inspection under way

The Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry started three days of inspections Wednesday of Japan Airlines to verify whether the airline has implemented promised preventive measures following a series of safety blunders.

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