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JAPAN
Sep 30, 2006

Abe looks to compel schools to push 'patriotism'

As the extraordinary Diet session began Friday, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe laid out his legislative agenda and left political observers speculating over the government's apparent tilt to the right and its push for "patriotism."
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Sep 30, 2006

Look what they've done to my food, Ma

It is a marriage made in hell's kitchen.
EDITORIALS
Sep 30, 2006

Being a father in Japan

A comparative survey on parenting in Japan, South Korea, Thailand, the United States, France and Sweden by the National Women's Education Center, Japan, underscores problems that Japanese fathers must deal with. The problems range from the few hours they spend with their children, and their dependence...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Sep 30, 2006

Frances Fister-Stoga

The Linguapax Institute, located in Barcelona, Spain, is a nongovernmental organization affiliated with UNESCO. Linguapax Asia, associate of the Linguapax Institute, carries out the objectives of the institute and of UNESCO's Linguapax Project, with a special focus on Asia and the Pacific Rim. The objectives...
BUSINESS
Sep 30, 2006

Young and tech-savvy, India's market remains largely untapped

Japanese companies increasingly look to India for business opportunities, but they have yet to fully tap the potential of one of the world's fastest-growing economies with its vast pool of skilled human resources, said participants in a recent symposium in Tokyo.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / CABINET INTERVIEW
Sep 30, 2006

Single rate cap needs five years, FSA chief says

A transition period of about five years in introducing a lowered, single interest-rate ceiling for consumer loans is necessary to meet potential demands from customers who want to borrow money for a short period, Financial Services Agency chief Yuji Yamamoto reckons.
BUSINESS
Sep 30, 2006

Honda to increase U.K. auto production

LONDON (Kyodo) Honda Motor Co. said Thursday it will create 700 new jobs and step up production at one of its British plants.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Sep 30, 2006

Stayin' alive in health check 'stamprary'

I was recently asked to get a health check by one of my places of employment. On my planet, the United States, one doctor does the health check in 30 minutes. How boring.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 30, 2006

Shinzo Abe's twin challenges

HONOLULU -- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said he wants to make Japan "a country that is trusted and loved" by the entire world. On the face of it, this should not be that difficult a task. After all, in the past 60 years, no nation has been more committed to peace and more generous to its neighbors...
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2006

Give Yasukuni a miss: New Komeito

must step on the accelerator for structural reforms . . . but when the LDP goes too far, we need to (say) wait a minute" and hit the brakes, he said. Although Abe has not clearly stated if he will visit the shrine again, he did go to in April while serving as chief Cabinet secretary, a trip that was...
BUSINESS
Sep 30, 2006

Keidanren, Itochu chiefs on economic policy panel

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has named the head of the nation's most influential business lobby, the chief of a major trading house and two university economists to his key economic policy-setting panel, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki said Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / CABINET INTERVIEW
Sep 30, 2006

Trade chief hopes oil projects work out

Japan hopes to continue talks with Iran on tapping the Azadegan oil field beyond the Saturday deadline set by Tehran for the nation's participation, new Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Akira Amari says.
BUSINESS
Sep 30, 2006

Microsoft won't market Zune player in Japan

NEW YORK (Kyodo) Microsoft does not currently have plans to release its new Zune digital music player in Japan, Darren Huston, president and chief executive officer of Microsoft Co., the Japan unit of Microsoft Corp., told Kyodo News on Thursday.
BUSINESS
Sep 30, 2006

Economy looks strong as Abe takes reins

Japan got a double dose of good economic news Friday with the release of healthy industrial production and consumer price figures that underline continued recovery of second-largest economy in the world.
SOCCER
Sep 29, 2006

Jose's faith in Shev

LONDON (AP) Andriy Shevchenko has scored only one goal since the season began -- a poor return for Chelsea's $56 million outlay.
JAPAN
Sep 29, 2006

Abe, Roh agree on need for early fence-mending summit

New Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun agreed Thursday to hold a summit in November or even earlier, taking a step to mend bilateral relations that have been strained in recent years.
JAPAN
Sep 29, 2006

Imperial Guard, 19, kills self with pistol

A Cambodian security guard committed suicide inside the Japanese Embassy in Phnom Penh, police officials told Kyodo News on Thursday. Ty Bunleng, 48, was found dead at 7 a.m. by his colleagues during a shift change.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CABINET INTERVIEW
Sep 29, 2006

Abe hopes shrine coyness won't miff China: Aso

A Japan-China summit could be in the works, but Tokyo is waiting for Beijing to move forward on negotiations, reappointed Foreign Minister Taro Aso said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Sep 29, 2006

U.S. relocates X-band radar in Aomori to watch North Korea

The U.S. military has activated a high-powered radar outpost in northern Japan capable of tracking ballistic missiles, a key part of a joint missile defense project, amid concerns about North Korea and its nuclear ambitions.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Descendants in Philippines denied Japanese citizenship
China warns of military response if Japan intervenes in Taiwan contingency
Representatives from the Japan Innovation Party hand over a proposal to designate Xue Jian, the Chinese consul-general in Osaka, as persona no grata, to a staff of the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Wednesday.
As attacks surge, who can cull bears in Japan?
Police cars leave the Akita Prefectural Police headquarters to cull bears, in the city of Akita on Thursday.
Japan may triple departure tax to tackle overtourism
A plane takes off from Haneda Airport.
Japan fully enters sports streaming era as fans face new dilemmas
Sports fan Tadashi Yokoyama streams basketball and fencing on three screens.
Stablecoins: Boring goes big, and now in Japan
Noritaka Okabe, CEO of JPYC, acknowledges a number of potential risks related to stablecoins.
Shohei Ohtani collects fourth MVP Award with 2025 NL honor
The Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani was named National League MVP for the second straight season on Thursday.
As Japan’s female leader rises, can she cross sumo’s sacred line?
Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku (front center) delivers a speech on the first day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Sunday. Centuries of belief and tradition still underpin the all-male association's stance of excluding women.
Tatsuya Nakadai: A masterful leading man and postwar icon
Tatsuya Nakadai had the look of a leading man in his youth, but his large and searching eyes suggested the pain and loneliness of an old soul.

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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