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EDITORIALS
Apr 20, 2005

Nothing but a money game?

Capping a bruising takeover battle that had continued more than two months, Livedoor Co., an Internet service provider, and Fuji Television Network have reached a compromise agreement. Although the package may contain few surprises, the way in which the two companies fought for control of Nippon Broadcasting...
JAPAN
Apr 20, 2005

Threats of bomb, anthrax, death: Chinese interests in Japan under siege

The National Public Safety Commission said Tuesday there have been 25 acts of vandalism and harassment against Chinese interests in Japan, including diplomatic missions and schools, reported since April 9, when the first wave of unruly anti-Japan protests took place in China.
JAPAN
Apr 20, 2005

SDF to join Cobra Gold antidisaster drill

The Self-Defense Forces will join in the annual Cobra Gold military exercise in Thailand next month, which this year focuses on disaster relief operations, the Defense Agency said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 20, 2005

Narita to extend runway, but which way?

The transport ministry is in a dilemma over whether to extend Narita International Airport's "interim" second runway northward or pursue its original southward plan.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 20, 2005

Put a lid on rising Sino-Japanese tensions

WASHINGTON -- Relations between Japan and China, the two great powers of Northeast Asia, have in recent months sunk to their worst levels at least since Tiananmen Square in 1989. This past weekend's anti-Japanese riots in China were unprecedented in the modern era, but they were only the latest in a...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Apr 20, 2005

Serving up a dish fit for the '50s

"The Kitchen," Arnold Wesker's sizzlingly angry play about youthful discontent in postwar Britain, opened a two-week run in Tokyo's Shibuya last week for only its third major staging in Japan since its London premiere in 1959.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 20, 2005

'S wonderful: Wiling away the time with Caetano Veloso

Caetano is here. Caetano Veloso. The man who has been hailed for decades in his native Brazil as a singer, composer, poet and revolutionary, and commonly celebrated abroad as the 'Bob Dylan of Brazil,' despite his dislike for such labels.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 20, 2005

Nakagawa livid over China's lack of remorse

Shoichi Nakagawa, minister of economy, trade and industry, blasted China on Tuesday for offering no apology or compensation for violence and damage caused by participants in recent anti-Japan protests, saying he doubts whether the country is truly governed by rule of law.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / CERAMIC SCENE
Apr 20, 2005

The Koreans who potted in Kyushu

Japan has long been fascinated with outside influences, and voraciously absorbs them in order to create something totally unique. This can be found in almost all aspects of Japanese industry and culture -- and it is nowhere more apparent than in the pottery born in Kyushu. Of course, ancient kilns dating...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 20, 2005

The painter's art is mud

Regarded as Spain's greatest living artist, Catalan painter Antoni Tapies (born 1923) is the subject of a comprehensive retrospective currently showing at the Hara Museum of Art in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward.
BUSINESS
Apr 20, 2005

Fuji TV plans to send member to Livedoor board

Fuji Television Network Inc. is considering dispatching a member to Livedoor Co.'s board, sources said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Apr 20, 2005

Coincident index revised upward

The Cabinet Office said Tuesday it has revised upward the index of coincident economic indicators, the key gauge of current economic conditions, to 30 percent for February from the preliminary 16.7 percent announced April 6.
BUSINESS
Apr 20, 2005

Toshiba chief Nishimuro to be TSE chairman

Taizo Nishimuro, chairman of Toshiba Corp., will become the Tokyo Stock Exchange's first chairman, pending shareholder approval in June, the bourse announced Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Apr 20, 2005

Market responds to 'clueless' Japanese companies

Tokyo stock prices have tumbled amid fears about the economic fallout from China's intensifying diplomatic and street protests targeting Japan as bilateral relations sour to their worst state in decades.
JAPAN
Apr 20, 2005

Ono scrubs press tour of Samawah, discounts concern

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JAPAN
Apr 20, 2005

LDP to seek new postal-reform deal

After two days of marathon talks, executives of the Liberal Democratic Party abruptly ended a meeting Tuesday night, saying the party had allowed them to negotiate more modifications to the government's postal privatization plan.
JAPAN
Apr 20, 2005

Koizumi rejects Beijing's claim that Yasukuni trips hurt the Chinese people

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Tuesday he doesn't think his contentious annual visits to Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo have hurt the feelings of the Chinese people, even though Beijing has singled it out as one of the root causes of the recent anti-Japan street demonstrations in China.
BUSINESS
Apr 20, 2005

Key economic panel urges use of numerical goals in FTAs

Private-sector members of a key government economic panel proposed Tuesday that Japan introduce numerical goals when promoting free-trade agreements.
BUSINESS
Apr 20, 2005

SMFG President Nishikawa to be replaced by Kitayama

Yoshifumi Nishikawa, president of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc., will step down and be succeeded by 58-year-old Deputy President Teisuke Kitayama, the company said Tuesday.
Rugby
Apr 19, 2005

Loamanu shines in historic debut for Japan

Christian Loamanu rewrote the Japanese rugby history books on Saturday, as Japan took on Uruguay in Montevideo.
MORE SPORTS
Apr 19, 2005

Athens marathon champ Noguchi eyes return

Olympic champion Mizuki Noguchi plans to make her first appearance in a competitive marathon race this fall since winning the women's marathon gold medal in Athens last summer, her coach said Monday.
EDITORIALS
Apr 19, 2005

Move cautiously on Constitution

A Lower House panel on constitutional reform last week ended five years of discussions after presenting a final report to the Speaker. An Upper House panel is due to submit a similar report later this month. It is the first time since the Constitution was promulgated in 1946 that the Diet has conducted...
JAPAN
Apr 19, 2005

Hostile protests, Wall Street slide send Nikkei plunging below 11,000

Tokyo's benchmark stock index plunged more than 3 percent Monday amid investor concerns about anti-Japan protests in China.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 19, 2005

Director hits moves to revise Constitution

If Japan revises the Constitution's war-renouncing Article 9 and officially designates its military as such, other parts of Asia will increase their arms buildups and war will become a possibility, according to American film director John Junkerman.
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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