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JAPAN
Jan 8, 2005

Sex-offender tracking plan blasted

The city of Nara said Friday it will introduce by the end of March a system to alert parents via e-mail following incidents in which children are approached by suspicious people. The move comes after the abduction and murder of a 7-year-old Nara schoolgirl in November.
JAPAN
Jan 8, 2005

Defense Agency bolsters tsunami-relief task force

Japan on Friday offered Indonesia assistance for long-term reconstruction from the earthquake and tsunami disaster, in addition to other aid it has already pledged for emergency relief, a Japanese official said. In a meeting held in Jakarta, Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura and Indonesian Foreign...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Jan 8, 2005

Lyn Hazzard

Women of Yokohama recognize good, reliable newcomers to their community when they see them. They invite their allegiance to the Yokohama International Women's Club.
JAPAN
Jan 8, 2005

Bogus 10,000 yen bills made by many groups, police say

The National Police Agency said Friday that it suspects several groups were involved in printing the counterfeit 10,000 yen bills discovered in several prefectures during the New Year's period.
CULTURE / Stage
Jan 8, 2005

Kabuki for just a song

The International Theatre Institute is offering half-price tickets to foreigners living in Japan for a Kabuki Night in mid-February in Tokyo. This is the first time half-price tickets have been offered to foreign residents for a night of kabuki.
JAPAN
Jan 8, 2005

New warrants out in NHK scandal

Police served a fresh warrant Friday on a 48-year-old former employee of NHK for allegedly defrauding the public broadcaster of roughly 7.4 million yen between November 2000 and March 2001.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Jan 8, 2005

Pathway to joy offers sips of water, vision of light

Pauline Tsukamoto has been on two psychological paths in her life: trying to make peace with Japan, and trying to make peace with herself. Her body is on yet another journey, one that involves accepting the gift of life itself.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jan 8, 2005

Fine-feathered flock of phrases flavors Year of the Chicken

Which came first, the chicken or the egg? This year, the chicken came first since 2005 is the year of the chicken, not the year of the egg. After the disastrous year of the monkey, I think we're all hoping for a few golden eggs this year. So, out with the monkey bananas and in with the chicken feed....
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 8, 2005

'Stingy' barbs don't stand up to scrutiny

HONOLULU -- After the tsunami ravaged the shores of a dozen nations bordering the Indian Ocean, Americans were accused of being "stingy" in their response -- an allegation that does not stand up in the glare of hard fact.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 7, 2005

Batista set for Hawks

The Fukuoka Softbank Hawks have reached an agreement to sign veteran slugger Tony Batista, baseball sources said on Thursday.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jan 7, 2005

Hysterical reaction to 'Worst Decision Of All Time'

LONDON -- The reaction was as predictable as it was hysterical and misplaced.
JAPAN
Jan 7, 2005

Gubernatorial election campaigning under way

Campaigning began Thursday for the Yamagata and Gifu gubernatorial elections, with three independent candidates, including Yamagata incumbent Kazuo Takahashi, registering for each race.
JAPAN
Jan 7, 2005

LDP will push Yasukuni visits, patriotism in '05

The Liberal Democratic Party's policy goals for 2005 are to revise the Fundamental Law of Education and urge lawmakers to continue visiting Yasukuni Shrine, party sources said Thursday.
EDITORIALS
Jan 7, 2005

Recovery effort on a global scale

The vast numbers of tsunami victims in the stricken countries around the Indian Ocean boggle the mind. More than 10 days after the disaster, exact figures are still unknown. According to the United Nations, the death toll has passed 150,000 and is expected to keep climbing. Thousands of other people,...
JAPAN
Jan 7, 2005

Postal privatization, budget issues await Diet on Jan. 21

The Diet will convene Jan. 21 for this year's ordinary session, which is scheduled to run through June 19, the government said Thursday.
JAPAN
Jan 7, 2005

NHK chief indicates he may quit

The president of scandal-plagued public broadcaster NHK indicated Thursday that he might step down before his current term expires in July 2006.
JAPAN
Jan 7, 2005

Underground economy expected to boom

"No money and you're dead" is essentially what yakuza characters in novels and comic books say, and they mean that literally.
JAPAN
Jan 7, 2005

Yasukuni Shrine Web site crippled in cyber war

The Yasukuni Shrine Web site has been under attack from hackers since September, a shrine official said Thursday.
COMMENTARY
Jan 7, 2005

Musharraf's penchant to stay in charge

ISLAMABAD -- The prospect that Pakistan's president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf -- who seized power in a bloodless coup five years ago -- will remain head of the military looms as a major setback in the political outlook for South Asia's second-largest nuclear-armed country.
JAPAN
Jan 7, 2005

Fans follow suit after 'Yon-sama' tsunami donation

Japanese women are rushing to offer donations for Asian tsunami survivors after their idol, a South Korean movie star, chipped in 300 million won (about 30 million yen).
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Jan 7, 2005

Ebisu Imaiya Saryou: A yakitori pavilion that rules the roost

A brave new Year of the Rooster has dawned -- so what better way to celebrate it than by eating one? On such auspicious occasions as this, naturally, only the finest fowl will do -- and it's hard to find any that taste better than the variety known as Hinai jidori.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / THEN AND NOW
Jan 7, 2005

Old Asakusa lives on

Asakusa is a magnet for those who love old-time Tokyo. Like a theater full of excitement and festivity in praise of old Edo, Asakusa Kannon Temple and the surrounding business district are vibrant year-round, attracting on average 35 million people a year. This two-part article will take an in-depth...
JAPAN
Jan 7, 2005

Nara man held over bogus notes

Nara Prefectural Police said Thursday they have arrested a 45-year-old man on suspicion of using a counterfeit 10,000 yen note at a coffee shop in the city of Nara on Dec. 20.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jan 6, 2005

China national team to tour Japan

Nippon Professional Baseball will invite the Chinese national baseball team to Japan this summer for a monthlong international friendly tour in a bid to strengthen ties with the Olympic host, baseball sources said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jan 6, 2005

Japan firms pledge cash for disaster relief effort

In an outpouring of sympathy for survivors of the Asian tsunami disaster, Japan's top companies are pledging donations by the millions, sending cash, food and flashlights with hopes of raising their image in the region as good corporate citizens.
Typhoon Shanshan batters Kyushu ahead of likely landfall
A satellite image shows Typhoon Shanshan south of Kyushu on Wednesday afternoon
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
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.
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.
Over 100 people fall sick in Kumamoto with river eyed as potential source
The Todoroki Falls in Amakusa, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Saturday. Seven high school students who had played in a river nearby experienced vomiting and diarrhea.
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.
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.”
Masterful and stirring, ‘Pachinko’ returns with more depth
Apple TV+ series “Pachinko” follows four generations of a Korean immigrant family as they move through the 20th century.
How Japan's health care system is gearing up for more heatstroke cases
An ambulance is parked at the entrance of the emergency room of Saitama Hospital in Wako, Saitama Prefecture, on July 24.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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