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BUSINESS
Nov 1, 2006

Toshiba doubles net profit on chip, LCD demand

Toshiba Corp. on Tuesday reported 38.8 billion yen in group net profit for the first half of fiscal 2006, more than double from last year, thanks to robust earnings in semiconductor and liquid crystal display businesses and a one-time gain on sales of fixed assets.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OLD NIC'S NOTEBOOK
Nov 1, 2006

Bear-faced cheek and jumbo bugs

One of the best perks I get from the wild woods is honey. Mr. Matsuki, our forester up here at the Afan Woodland Trust in Nagano Prefecture, is a beekeeper who prefers to encourage wild Japanese bees -- whose honey has a very delicate taste -- rather than raise foreign varieties better-known for their...
BUSINESS
Nov 1, 2006

Sony says electronics unit in U.S. is under antitrust probe

Sony Corp. said Tuesday the U.S. Justice Department is investigating its electronics unit for possible antitrust violations.
BASKETBALL
Oct 31, 2006

Kawachi pleased with bj-league's success, hopes to serve up even better sequel

Bj-league commissioner Toshimitsu Kawachi believes the league's inaugural season was fairly successful. But he knows not to get too cocky, because fans will expect better for the second season.
EDITORIALS
Oct 31, 2006

A mobile, disposable workforce

I ndications of deteriorating working conditions for Japanese workers are coming to light at workplaces across the nation as the result of a practice that has become a social issue: More and more manufacturing companies are bringing in contract workers (ukeoi) to have them work like temporary workers...
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 31, 2006

The antitheocracy of Iran

WASHINGTON -- Iran's theocratic regime appears more confident than ever. Its standoff with the West over its nuclear program, together with its ties to Syria and its growing influence in Lebanon and Iraq, suggest the emergence of a strong regional power. But while Western analysts and Iran's neighbors...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 31, 2006

Trump thanks Hawaii hotel investors

Real estate mogul Donald Trump is wooing well-healed Japanese to invest in Hawaii real estate, given the unprecedented rise in Japan in the number of high net worth investors.
BUSINESS
Oct 31, 2006

Son offers apology for weekend crash; cuts fees

Softbank Mobile Corp. President Masayoshi Son apologized Monday for the system crash this weekend that forced the company to stop taking subscription and cancellation applications for its phone services.
BUSINESS
Oct 31, 2006

MMC stems red ink in first half on cost cuts

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. announced Monday it has cut its losses for the first fiscal half to Sept. 30 compared with the previous year, thanks mainly to a weaker yen and cost-cutting efforts.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Oct 31, 2006

Slow food, an attitude as much as a meal

In the 1960s, Japan's first instant ramen changed people's eating habits significantly by making it possible to get dinner in as little as three minutes. Even putting fast food and microwave dinners aside, eating has become easier and more functional since those days, due either to higher living standards...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Oct 31, 2006

Is the ongoing battle against global warming a losing one?

SOCCER / J. League
Oct 30, 2006

Gamba wins, stays in title hunt

Brazilian duo Sidiclei and Magno Alves helped defending champion Gamba Osaka beat Shimizu S-Pulse 3-0 and close the gap to the front-running Urawa Reds in the J. League on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS
Oct 30, 2006

Major pockets fall Emperor's Cup

The win was in the numbers Sunday at Fuchu as Daiwa Major captured his second grade 1 race of his career with victory in the fall Emperor's Cup. Racing from the No. 14 post over 2,000 meters of turf, as he had done for his first top-level victory in the Satsukisho two years ago, the feisty 5-year-old...
A beloved Tokyo penguin’s end presages Suica’s shift to payments giant
JR East is retiring the beloved Suica penguin as part of a rebrand to transform the contactless payment platform, used for both transit and retail, into a mobile fintech powerhouse.
Japan sends senior official to China to cool boiling tensions
A Chinese tour group in the Ginza shopping district of Tokyo on Sunday. China has advised its citizens to avoid traveling to Japan, following a diplomatic feud sparked by remarks from Tokyo's new prime minister about a hypothetical attack on Taiwan.
More Japanese firms relax rules in tussle for workers
Hinako Mori, 22, arranges products at a Don Quijote outlet in Tokyo in October. The Japanese retailer, which relaxed its rules concerning hair and nail polish three years ago, says nearly a quarter of its employees sport brightly colored hair.
What you need to know about the shift to My Number health insurance cards
With the government's integration of health insurance with My Number cards, conventional health insurance cards will no longer be accepted at clinics and hospitals across Japan from Dec. 2.
Bears attacks and sightings continue in northern Japan
A bear walks in front of a box trap set up at a park in the city of Akita on Nov. 2.
How Band-Maid brought anime energy into the hard-rock sound of ‘Scooooop’
Members of Band-Maid combine heavy riffs and maid-inspired visuals in their latest project, "Rock Is a Lady’s Modesty."
Japan uses series against South Korea to prep for World Baseball Classic title defense
Japan's Ryuhei Sotani pitches against South Korea at Tokyo Dome on Saturday night.
Who is cricket’s Shohei Ohtani?
South African cricket legend Jacques Kallis plays a shot during the final day of a cricket test match against India in Johannesburg in December 2013.
Good fortune, wrapped in fried tofu
Golden "age-fukuburo," a culinary take on Japan's new year "lucky bags," can be served on their own.
Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan celebrates 80 years at the forefront of press freedom
Located near the Imperial Palace, the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan prides itself on the accessibility of its events and the support it offers to budding and established journalists. The club is currently headed by Dan Sloan, a former reporter for Reuters.

Podcast

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

Longform

An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.
A century of Deaf sport finds its moment in Tokyo
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