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COMMENTARY
Apr 21, 2005

Australia's problem with ASEAN amity

During Australian Prime Minister John Howard's visit to Japan this week, Japan will be pressing him to sign the Association of Southeast Asian Nations' 1976 Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC), which is often referred to as a "nonaggression pact."
JAPAN
Apr 21, 2005

LDP accuses party leadership of faking postal plan consensus

A group of Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers accused its top executives Wednesday of falsely claiming a consensus on postal privatization matters the previous day in order to conduct further negotiations with the government.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 21, 2005

Japan, Australia to mull FTA

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and his Australian counterpart, John Howard, agreed Wednesday that their two nations should study the pros and cons of a bilateral free-trade agreement for about two years.
Japan Times
Reference / SO WHAT THE HECK IS THAT
Apr 21, 2005

A pack of dog statues

Dear Alice,
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 21, 2005

Feuding risks for East Asia

SINGAPORE -- Southeast Asian countries view the recent Sino-Japanese and South Korean-Japanese feuds with interest and deep concern for possible impli- cations in four areas:
BUSINESS
Apr 21, 2005

Open-tender rules may cover off-hours minor-stake buys

Open-tender regulations should cover stock acquisitions in off-hours trading involving less than one-third of outstanding shares in a company if the buyer intends to eventually obtain more than one-third, Financial Services Minister Tatsuya Ito indicated Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Apr 21, 2005

Yahoo Japan profit soars to record high

Yahoo Japan Corp. said Wednesday that group operating revenue and net profit rose to all-time highs in fiscal 2004 due to growth in advertising and the popularity of its Net auction business.
JAPAN
Apr 21, 2005

Settling isle row at Hague no option: Seoul

South Korea will not agree on taking a territorial dispute with Japan concerning a group of South Korea-controlled islets in the Sea of Japan to the International Court of Justice in The Hague, South Korean Ambassador to Japan Ra Jong Yil said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Apr 21, 2005

Toyota affiliate sets up China venture

Toyota Boshoku Corp., a textile maker affiliated with Toyota Motor Corp., will set up a joint venture this month in China's Guangdong Province to make car oil filters, the company said Wednesday.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Apr 21, 2005

For a life less ordinary, try marrying an otaku

Wedding bells rang for my friend Yoshika six months ago and last night a bunch of us got together over drinks to hear all about it -- her new life as a wife to a genuine, full-fledged ota-yome (wife of an otaku or "nerd").
JAPAN
Apr 21, 2005

Pneumonia kills famed writer Niwa at age 100

Veteran novelist Fumio Niwa, whose works depicted modern life and historic Buddhist monks, died of pneumonia early Wednesday morning at his home in Musashino, western Tokyo, his family said. He was 100.
BUSINESS
Apr 21, 2005

Mizuho to tie up with Wachovia and Wells Fargo

Mizuho Financial Group Inc. plans to tie up with major U.S. banks Wachovia Corp. and Wells Fargo & Co. to develop investment trusts and other financial products for retail banking, sources close to the deal said Wednesday.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Apr 21, 2005

Matters of survival in a 'shattered world'

One of the best things about writing a newspaper column is that I get a chance to meet people whose paths I might otherwise never cross. Last weekend, at the Odaiba waterfront launch of Earth Day Tokyo 2005, I had the rare pleasure of meeting and interviewing two environmentalists I have long admired,...
BUSINESS
Apr 21, 2005

Japanese firms' answer to undersea energy rivalry: share

Tense relations between Japan and China risk being further inflamed by their competing claims to undersea natural gas and oil deposits.
BUSINESS
Apr 21, 2005

Diet beefs up Antimonopoly Law

The Diet passed a measure Wednesday to toughen the Antimonopoly Law, increasing penalties for companies that rig bids, form cartels or engage in other illegal trade practices.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 21, 2005

Japan tour firms catering to disabled foreigners

English-language tours may be increasingly commonplace in Japan, but programs for disabled foreign tourists are still few and far between.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / NAME OF THE GAME
Apr 21, 2005

Fast, furious -- and frustrating

In "Meteos," a new puzzle game for the Nintendo DS handheld, the denizens of the universe greet you with a plea (in earnest, broken English): "We want you, save our planet!"
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Apr 21, 2005

Time to honor the planet, every day

'If the environment is a fad, then it's going to be our last fad," warned Denis Hayes at the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970, having given up his own graduate studies at Harvard only months before to organize this historic event.
EDITORIALS
Apr 21, 2005

Security for Afghanistan

Afghanistan's president, Mr. Hamid Karzai, has announced that he wants a formal long-term strategic relationship with the United States. That seems only natural: The U.S. led the invasion of Afghanistan that put Mr. Karzai in power. Others worry that such a relationship could result in a permanent U.S....
JAPAN
Apr 21, 2005

Upper panel can't agree on need for new Article 9

A House of Councilors panel on the Constitution endorsed a final report Wednesday that cites the need to revise the supreme law to ensure new human rights concepts and agrees a female should be allowed to ascend the Imperial throne, but fails to declare a consensus on amending the war-renouncing Article...
MORE SPORTS
Apr 20, 2005

Japan to host 2007 American Football World Cup

Japan has been named the host of the 2007 American Football World Cup, the Japan American Football Association said Tuesday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 20, 2005

Yano leads Tigers to win over Giants

Akihiro Yano hit a three-run homer Tuesday to power the Central League-leading Hanshin Tigers to an 8-5 win over the Yomiuri Giants.
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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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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