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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / A GAIJIN'S TALE
Nov 23, 2004

The delivery guy

Enjoying my favorite samurai costume drama early one morning, I heard the doorbell ring. I quickly threw on some underwear and opened the door to find a young delivery guy with a package from Amazon that I presumed my girlfriend had ordered.
COMMUNITY / LIFELINES
Nov 23, 2004

Cop capers, sailing and tattoos

More police capers Ian writes in to share some unpleasant experiences he has had with the police here, and wonders if any readers have had similar problems.
BUSINESS
Nov 23, 2004

Mizuho, SMFG loan ills abating

Mizuho Financial Group Inc., the nation's biggest bank by assets, said Monday its first-half net profit fell 8.4 percent from a year earlier but its bad loans shrank due to improved earnings at borrower firms.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 23, 2004

More effort urged to curb youth drug use

The man was 17 when he took speed for the first time, experimenting with a high school friend by inhaling the amphetamine in smoke form.
JAPAN
Nov 23, 2004

Dollar tests 102 yen range after G20 ignores it

The dollar briefly fell to the 102 yen level Monday in Tokyo for the first time in more than four years after finance officials from the Group of 20 ended their meeting in Berlin without concrete initiatives to halt the dollar's recent plunge.
BUSINESS
Nov 23, 2004

Canon to robotize 25% of output

Canon Inc. will overhaul its domestic production system by introducing unmanned manufacturing lines, officials of the electrical machinery maker said Monday.
BUSINESS
Nov 23, 2004

Yamaha Motor changes leadership

Yamaha Motor Co. said Monday that Managing Director Takashi Kajikawa will replace Toru Hasegawa as president, effective Jan. 1.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Nov 23, 2004

Class action

What would you do if you were sacked for "clicking your pen too much in class," or for "talking to yourself during your break" . . . or how about for "only eating the topping on your rice during lunch?"
COMMENTARY
Nov 23, 2004

Irony lost on conservatives

The Japan Times editorial of Oct. 11, titled "Almost all wrong on Iraq," strongly criticized the foreign policies of the conservative U.S. administration. But on the same day and on the same page the conservative U.S. commentator George Will was quoting heavily from a book written by two London Economist...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Nov 23, 2004

Do Japanese unions have much power?

Colette McGarry Teacher, 40 I think it's important that they're there to voice the opinions of the teachers who have difficulty in their jobs, but I wish they had more influence.
EDITORIALS
Nov 23, 2004

Keep principles of peace at the fore

On Saturday, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and U.S. President George W. Bush renewed their friendship on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit conference in Santiago, Chile. At what was their first meeting since Mr. Bush's re-election, the two leaders reaffirmed the...
BUSINESS
Nov 23, 2004

New Kokudo chief vows to clean up Seibu group

The new president of Kokudo Corp. vowed Monday to break with the ironhanded ways of the company's former patriarch and clean up scandal-ridden subsidiary Seibu Railway.
EDITORIALS
Nov 22, 2004

Rebuilding a safe society

This year's white paper on crime opens, on the first page, with the proclaimed aim of restoring Japan as "the safest country in the world" and closes, on the final page, with the expressed determination to achieve this goal. The report seems to convey the Ministry of Justice's concern and sense of tension...
MORE SPORTS
Nov 22, 2004

Genovese takes Tokyo Marathon

Italy's Bruna Genovese produced a late surge to come from behind and win the Tokyo Women's International Marathon on Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 22, 2004

DNA tests may not work in abductee case

Experts are still examining the purported remains of abductee Megumi Yokota, but DNA tests may not work because of their poor condition, according to government sources.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 22, 2004

Blaze hits Kadokawa-Daiei movie studio

A fire broke out Sunday in the Kadokawa-Daiei movie studio in Chofu, western Tokyo, destroying a soundstage.
COMMENTARY
Nov 22, 2004

Limits of education control

The proposed trilogy of tax and fiscal reforms, aimed at giving more fiscal independence to local governments, is troubled by disputes over whether the state should continue paying for compulsory education. At issue is whether the education ministry or the local autonomies should be responsible.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 22, 2004

Wanted: a more realistic Myanmar policy

CHIANG MAI, Thailand -- It is now more than obvious that developments in Myanmar have taken a sad turn. The harden- ing of the junta's position does not augur well for future United Nations involvement. The generals in Yangon will not roll out the red carpet for a U.N. envoy whose efforts they had neutralized...
Typhoon Shanshan batters Kyushu ahead of likely landfall
A satellite image shows Typhoon Shanshan south of Kyushu on Wednesday afternoon
'Very strong' Typhoon Shanshan could see Kyushu landfall on Thursday
The Meteorological Agency forecasts that warm, moist air surrounding the typhoon will create unstable atmospheric conditions, leading to thunderstorms.
Around 1 in 4 married couples in Japan under 40 used dating apps, survey finds
Sensoji Temple in the Asakusa district of Tokyo. The lack of opportunities to meet people was the biggest hurdle for marriage for both married and unmarried respondents, which may explain the rise in popularity of dating apps.
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.
Japan calls Chinese military aircraft incursion 'unacceptable' threat to safety
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi speaks at a news conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Tuesday.
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.
Japan calls Chinese military aircraft incursion 'unacceptable' threat to safety
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi speaks at a news conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Tuesday.

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