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BUSINESS
Sep 15, 2006

TSE urged to use takeover defenses

A panel set up by Financial Services Minister Kaoru Yosano recommended Wednesday that the Tokyo Stock Exchange Inc. consider installing takeover defenses and adopting a holding company structure before listing its shares on the Tokyo bourse in 2009.
BUSINESS
Sep 15, 2006

Mixi skyrockets in stock market debut

Shares of Mixi Inc., Japan's most popular social networking site, shot up during the company's stock market debut Thursday as buy orders swamped sell orders and more than doubled its initially offered price.
JAPAN
Sep 15, 2006

Abe holds tongue on Japan's war deeds

has sent signals" they want to improve the Japan-China relationship, he said. Abe's strategy has been to keep his opinions to himself about Japan's actions in the 1930s and 1940s.
BUSINESS
Sep 15, 2006

Uptrend in business failures shown tailing off in August

The number of corporate bankruptcies rose 1.4 percent to 1,169 in August from the previous year, but it was the third-lowest figure for any August in the past 10 years, a private credit research agency said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Sep 15, 2006

Rural phone service to get more cash

A phone industry group aims to collect a monthly surcharge of 7 yen each on all phones to pay for maintaining uniform fixed-line services in all parts of Japan, group officials said Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 15, 2006

Fertilized human eggs not damaged by storage: study

The quality of human eggs fertilized in vitro and frozen is not affected by how long they are stored, as long as it is less than nine years, according to the results of a survey released Thursday by a hospital in Hokkaido.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / JAZZNICITY
Sep 15, 2006

Big-band education

On the sidewalk, in the parking lot and on the entrance stairs outside Fuchu Mori Art Theater Hall in western Tokyo last month, throngs of university students were fingering melody lines in the air, scrunching their faces trying to remember chord changes and counting out tempos in whispered voices. ...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Sep 15, 2006

Ristorante Lastricato: Such quality, such flavor. Bellissimo!

Lastricato lies on the main street of Ushigome, a quiet neighborhood not far from Kagurazaka but quite distinct in character. At first glance, it looks typical of the many mid-range little ristoranti that dot the city these days. Compact but not cramped, chic but not self-conscious, it is worth dressing...
SUMO
Sep 14, 2006

Asashoryu makes short work of helpless Dejima

Grand champion Asashoryu of Mongolia dispatched Dejima in quick order Wednesday to stay undefeated at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament.
MORE SPORTS
Sep 14, 2006

Takahashi to compete in Philly

Sydney Olympic marathon gold medalist Naoko Takahashi will run a half-marathon race in Philadelphia on Sunday for the second straight year, her management company said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2006

Firm offering 'manga' online in Asia

Electronic books distributor eBook Initiative Japan Co. said it will distribute Japanese "manga" comic books via an Internet portal site in Singapore starting Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2006

Blood battle is about the past and future

KELLY DUDA
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2006

Court refuses to shut down garbage dumps

substances, such as dioxin, that exceed the allowable environmental limits." Ono said it was possible that sheets laid out under the garbage to prevent the leakage of pollutants were damaged, but said there was no pollution in the ground as the residents had claimed.
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2006

Export control may get tougher

Japan may strengthen its export control laws to try to curb illicit trade in weapons-related technology, but is set to remove Libya from its export blacklist, officials said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2006

Birth of prince doesn't resolve succession crisis: agency chief

The head of the Imperial Household Agency has warned that last week's birth of the first male heir to the Chrysanthemum Throne in four decades did not resolve the Imperial family's succession crisis, an official of the agency said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2006

Ozawa rallies DPJ with calls for change

The leader of a nation must have ambition above all else, and if he doesn't have it he should quit immediately, said Ichiro Ozawa, who started his new term as president of the Democratic Party of Japan on Tuesday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 14, 2006

Shima hot for fans, Hiroshima and torching the opposition

YOKOHAMA -- When it's time to hang up his spikes, he wants to be known as Mr. Hiroshima.
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2006

74% of LDP ranks prefer Abe: survey

More than 70 percent of rank-and-file members of the Liberal Democratic Party want Shinzo Abe to be the next LDP president, according to a recent Kyodo News survey.
Japan's cutting-edge railgun successfully strikes target vessel
The Defense Ministry’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) conducted a ship-board railgun shooting test from June to early July this year with the support of the Maritime Self-Defense Force.
Is America ready for Japanese-style 7-Elevens?
Convenience stores are a fixture of Japanese life and 7-Eleven, a chain that began in the U.S. in 1927, opened its first store in Japan in 1974 — and then became wholly Japanese-owned in 2005 through parent company Seven & I Holdings.
‘Fairytale’ Shirakawago ranked one of the world’s most beautiful villages
Forbes and Unforgettable Travel Company have ranked Shirakawago in Gifu Prefecture as Asia's most beautiful village.
People rush to make furusato nozei donations ahead of tighter rules
A booth from the town of Betsukai in Hokkaido at an Amazon Japan furusato nо̄zei promotion event, on Sept. 5 in Tokyo's Minato Ward.
Aging Japan’s centenarian population nears 100,000
Shigeko Kagawa, Japan's oldest person at 114, in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, on July 30
‘Fairytale’ Shirakawago ranked one of the world’s most beautiful villages
Forbes and Unforgettable Travel Company have ranked Shirakawago in Gifu Prefecture as Asia's most beautiful village.
Aging Japan’s centenarian population nears 100,000
Shigeko Kagawa, Japan's oldest person at 114, in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, on July 30
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
As of August 2024, the number of confirmed chagusaba farmers had fallen to 302, just over half the 582 reported in 2015, according to the Shizuoka Chagusaba Farming Method Promotion Council.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight
By Mai Yoshikawa

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