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Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Apr 12, 2005

Do you think national health insurance is worthwhile for foreigners in Japan?

Elly Perkins ALT, 24 It has been for me. It's saved me a lot of hassle because I live in a small town up north where no one speaks English. I just have to give them my name and my card.
JAPAN
Apr 12, 2005

Japan still second on ODA list despite 0.2% decline in 2004

The amount of foreign aid Japan disbursed in 2004 fell 0.2 percent from the previous year to $8.859 billion on a preliminary basis, keeping it in second place among the world's 22 major foreign aid donors, the OECD's Development Assistance Committee said Monday.
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JAPAN
Apr 12, 2005

Strong quake shakes Kanto sleepers awake

A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 rattled the Kanto region Monday morning, the Meteorological Agency and police said.
JAPAN
Apr 12, 2005

Japan to push fast CTBT activation at nuclear talk

Japan will propose that participants at a forthcoming international nuclear conference include a statement urging an early implementation of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty in a final document to be adopted at the end of the meeting, according to government officials.
BUSINESS
Apr 12, 2005

PepsiCo to exit TSE as investors elude

U.S. beverage maker PepsiCo Inc. said Monday it has applied to delist from the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange due to the small number of shareholders in Japan who hold its stock.
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BUSINESS
Apr 12, 2005

Last Tsutsumi-handled, pricey Prince Hotel opens

Tokyo Prince Hotel Park Tower opened Monday -- the last in the Prince chain to be handled by former Kokudo Corp. Chairman Yoshiaki Tsutsumi, who has been charged with making false financial reports and insider trading in violation of the Securities and Exchange Law.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Apr 12, 2005

Credit card fraud, bike attacks and clothes swap

More on accidents Last month, two people in different parts of Tokyo -- teacher Kristin Newton (who had to use a cane for three weeks) and natural healer/nutritionist Daniel Babu (still suffering headaches) -- were hit by bikes ridden by Japanese teenagers who then fled.
JAPAN
Apr 12, 2005

Koizumi mum on if he'll go to Yasukuni, sees no impact

Following recent anti-Japanese demonstrations in China, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Monday declined to say if he will visit Yasukuni Shrine this year.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 11, 2005

Kobayashi keys Marines to fifth straight victory

Hiroyuki Kobayashi tossed a two-hitter over the distance Sunday as the Pacific League-leading Chiba Lotte Marines downed the Nippon Ham Fighters 5-1 for their fifth straight win.
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SOCCER / J. League
Apr 11, 2005

Late winner returns FC Tokyo to the top

FC Tokyo returned to the top of the J. League on Sunday after a late strike from midfielder Ryoichi Kurisawa secured a 1-0 win over visiting Jubilo Iwata.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 11, 2005

Invest to bolster peace in southern Sudan

KHARTOUM -- Cereal trader Said Abubaker has a simple explanation for the fast-rising price of the local staple sorghum in the town market at Warawar in southern Sudan: "Peace has been a stranger in our land for so long that now that it has come, nature does not know how to welcome it."
COMMENTARY
Apr 11, 2005

The danger of keeping Japan in its place

LOS ANGELES -- Reform of the United Nations -- that terribly tarnished crown jewel of post-World War II global order -- is, as everyone agrees, urgently needed. For all its imperfections, it is the best world political organization we have.
BUSINESS / JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES
Apr 11, 2005

You can lead a market to bonds, but you can't make it drink

The government budget for fiscal 2005 has been enacted, but the amount dependent on government bonds, although slightly lower than in fiscal 2004, is still above 40 percent.
JAPAN
Apr 11, 2005

Airlines report 159 cases of falling parts

Japanese airlines reported 159 incidents of parts falling off aircraft during the year to March 31, up from 96 reported the previous year, a transport ministry survey made available Sunday showed.
EDITORIALS
Apr 11, 2005

Intellectual property disputes

Japan's efforts to bolster the legal system for protecting intellectual property (IP) rights reached a major milestone with the recent establishment of the Intellectual Property High Court. The new court, which is housed in the same building as the Tokyo High Court, will handle a broad range of disputes...
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JAPAN
Apr 11, 2005

Machimura demands apology from China

Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura lodged a formal protest with Chinese Ambassador Wang Yi on Sunday and demanded an apology for an anti-Japanese rally in Beijing the previous day that turned violent.
COMMENTARY
Apr 11, 2005

EU Constitution in trouble

LONDON -- It is possible, even probable, that the French people will reject the European Union's proposed new constitution in their referendum on May 31.
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 10, 2005

Kiyohara, Rhodes lead Giants past Dragons

Kazuhiro Kiyohara and Tuffy Rhodes hit back-to-back homers in the first inning Saturday to power the Yomiuri Giants to a 5-3 win over the Chunichi Dragons.
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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