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EDITORIALS
Apr 7, 2005

Australia's leader 'discovers' Asia

The hallmark of Australian Prime Minister John Howard's eight years in office has been an unblinking orientation toward the United States. At one point, there was even talk of Australia acting as the U.S. "deputy sheriff" in East Asia. That outlook appears to be changing.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 7, 2005

Goto's grand slam powers Buffaloes

Mitsutaka Goto connected for a grand slam Wednesday as the Orix Buffaloes downed the Pacific League-leading Softbank Hawks 11-2 at Skymark Stadium.
JAPAN
Apr 7, 2005

Ministry debuts child-abuse checklist

The welfare ministry has created guidelines to help child consultants spot child abuse, officials said Wednesday.
COMMUNITY
Apr 7, 2005

Metabolic syndrome comes with clusters of risks

The term "metabolic syndrome" may not be on the tip of the collective tongue, so to speak, but it makes sense to at least be aware of the existence of this cluster of risk factors that increases the chance of heart attack, stroke, diabetes and death.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 7, 2005

Cardinal hopes next pope is like John Paul

Roman Catholic Cardinal Seiichi Shirayanagi, one of two Japanese eligible to vote for a new pope, hopes Pope John Paul II's replacement will offer more of the same.
BUSINESS
Apr 7, 2005

Envoy fears regional Cold War

East Asian economies must cooperate on energy issues as quickly as possible if they want to keep regional peace and protect the environment, the Philippine ambassador to Japan said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Apr 7, 2005

Business collaboration law enacted

The Diet passed a bill into law Wednesday to facilitate collaboration among small and midsize companies by providing subsidies and other incentives when two or more jointly start new businesses or research and development projects.
BUSINESS
Apr 7, 2005

Kirin enters fray for near-beer with new brew

Competition for beerlike beverages heated up Wednesday as Kirin Brewery Co. entered the market with a new beverage.
JAPAN
Apr 7, 2005

Eastwood hears Ishihara's Iwo Jima plea

Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara had one request for Clint Eastwood before the American film director begins his next project, about the World War II battle of Iwojima Island: Respect the fallen soldiers.
JAPAN
Apr 7, 2005

JAXA eyes moon shuttle by 2025

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has compiled a long-term space exploration program that calls for launching a domestically designed manned spacecraft to the moon within the next 20 years, JAXA officials said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Apr 7, 2005

BOJ maintains monetary policy; member objects

The Bank of Japan said Wednesday its policy-setting panel decided to leave its ultraloose monetary policy unchanged.
JAPAN
Apr 7, 2005

Ex-official appeals AIDS death ruling

A lawyer for Akihito Matsumura, a former health ministry official found guilty in connection with an AIDS death, filed an appeal Wednesday with the Supreme Court.
BUSINESS
Apr 7, 2005

Pony Canyon eyes share ploy

Major music label Pony Canyon Inc., a key Nippon Broadcasting System Inc. subsidiary, may allot new shares to an investment fund set up by a group that includes the radio company, sources said Wednesday.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OLD NIC'S NOTEBOOK
Apr 7, 2005

Birds of fine feather -- and taste

The Green or Common pheasant was adopted as the national bird of Japan in 1947, and a pair of these kiji used to decorate the 10,000 yen note. Recently however, the noble pheasant, symbol of masculine might and courage -- and, through its sudden agitated flying and crying, supposedly a prophet of earthquakes...
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / NAME OF THE GAME
Apr 7, 2005

Finding fun in moral dilemmas

Steven Kent is taking some time off to pursue other projects. Stepping into the breach is experienced game reviewer Ryan Payton.
JAPAN
Apr 7, 2005

Fuso flouted screening regulations

Fuso Publishing Inc. repeatedly violated textbook screening regulations by distributing drafts of texts to boards of education and teachers more than eight months before its textbooks were officially approved, the education ministry said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Apr 7, 2005

Import auto sales off 3.8% in '04; first fall in three years

Sales of new imported vehicles in Japan fell 3.8 percent in fiscal 2004 from the previous year to 268,703 units for the first decline in three years.
JAPAN
Apr 7, 2005

Red tape strangling deregulation efforts

Dr. Hirofumi Kawakita's plan to use the government's newly created special structural reform zones to launch a pediatric emergency medical service in Tokyo soon led him into a Kafkaesque nightmare.
BUSINESS
Apr 7, 2005

LCD TVs said on top; Matsushita wary

Liquid-crystal display televisions outdid plasma TVs in Japan's large flat-screen TV market in February for the first time, a market survey agency announced Wednesday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / ON THE BOOK TRAIL
Apr 7, 2005

"Skinny B, Skaz and Me," "Ice Drift"

"Skinny B, Skaz and Me," John Singleton, Puffin Books; 2005; 274 pp.
JAPAN
Apr 7, 2005

Mercury tops 30 in many areas

Japan experienced a hot day Wednesday as temperatures in many areas, mainly the west and northeast, soared to 25 or more, while Tokyo and other cities saw cherry blossoms in bloom, the Meteorological Agency said.
SUMO
Apr 6, 2005

Asashoryu to promote sumo in U.S.

Mongolian grand champion Asashoryu left Japan for the United States on Tuesday to promote a sumo wrestlers' visit to Las Vegas scheduled for October.
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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A store clerk tries to cool things down in front of their shop by spraying a hose.
Is extreme weather changing the way Japan shops?
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