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BUSINESS
Oct 22, 2004

Wacoal demands Kokudo annul share contract

Wacoal Corp. has asked Kokudo Corp. to annul a contract under which it bought some of Kokudo's shares in Seibu Railway Co. before the railway company announced that its financial statements were incorrect, Wacoal officials said Thursday.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Oct 22, 2004

Typical war of words ahead of Premiership showdown

LONDON -- It is likely to become very nasty and personal with no punches pulled -- and that is just the war of words between Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson and his Arsenal counterpart Arsene Wenger as the build-up to Sunday's Old Trafford showdown reaches boiling point.
JAPAN
Oct 22, 2004

Cultists held over death of member who didn't survive religious 'training'

Four members of a religious sect were arrested Thursday in connection with the death of a fellow cultist in September, according to Tokyo police.
COMMENTARY / THE VIEW FROM MOSCOW
Oct 22, 2004

Russian voters prefer Bush

MOSCOW -- According to a recent international poll, Russia is among a handful of nations that largely support U.S. President George W. Bush and want him re-elected. The Democratic Party nominee, Sen. John Kerry, doesn't do well at all among Russians surveyed -- as opposed to the overwhelming approval...
EDITORIALS
Oct 21, 2004

Bracing for an ugly two weeks

The U.S. presidential election is less than two weeks away. With both candidates running neck and neck, the election is still too close to call. Poll watchers worry that the victor will not be known even after the polls close: dysfunctional voting machinery and legal challenges may hold up results for...
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2004

Study to focus on surge in bear attacks

The Environment Ministry plans to conduct an emergency survey to discover what has prompted a surge in bear attacks across the country since the summer.
CULTURE / Books / THE BOOK REPORT
Oct 21, 2004

New life patterns for a new age

The end of the high-growth period and of the go-go bubble years has brought both new opportunities and great uncertainty as the old social system based on lifetime employment crumbles and even the outlines of its successor system remain hazy. Such uncertainty no doubt played a role in propelling novelist...
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2004

Coalition parties look to ban prepaid mobile phone sales

The Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, New Komeito, decided Wednesday to submit legislation to the current Diet session to ban sales of prepaid mobile phones, which are often used in fraud crimes.
BUSINESS
Oct 21, 2004

NTT subscription fees to be halved

The two fixed-line regional telephone units of NTT Corp. plan to cut subscription fees by half in January in the face of increasing competition, sources said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2004

Typhoon kills 21, leaves trail of havoc

At least 21 people were dead Wednesday as massive Typhoon Tokage churned north across the Japanese archipelago after hitting Kochi Prefecture.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / WILD WATCH
Oct 21, 2004

On the woodland trail of sprites and fungal delight

Common sounds in the hill forests of northern Japan these days are the thin "tsiping" calls of Black-faced Buntings elusively flitting through the dwarf bamboo, as enormous numbers of them head south to milder climes.
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2004

Post office worker accused of starving daughter to death

The 47-year-old mother of a 16-year-old girl who died of extreme weakness in 1999 has been arrested on suspicion of starving her to death, according to local police.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2004

Koizumi backs revisions to law on funds control

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi voiced hope Wednesday that the Political Funds Control Law will be revised during the ongoing extraordinary Diet session.
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2004

JAL hijacker's wife appeals ruling

The wife of one of the radicals who hijacked a Japan Airlines plane to North Korea in 1970 appealed Wednesday the suspended sentence she received from the Tokyo District Court for violating the Passport Law.
BUSINESS
Oct 21, 2004

Struggling Daiei expected to appoint managing director as next president

Ailing retail giant Daiei Inc. is likely to name Managing Director Toshio Hasumi as the successor to Kunio Takagi, who will step down as president Friday to take responsibility for the firm's financial problems, informed sources said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2004

Ono OK with U.S. military transfer

Defense Agency chief Yoshinori Ono told a Diet session Wednesday that relocating the headquarters of a U.S. military unit to Japan would not violate the Japan-U.S. security treaty -- even if the range of the unit's activity goes beyond the Far East.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Oct 21, 2004

Cutting back on 3-pointers is not a good idea

NEW YORK -- Can't say I'm the least bit surprised the NBA's deep thinkers are considering banning the 3-point shot until the last five minutes of regulation; and, what, long distance field goals only will count as three points in the last 30 seconds of overtime?
BUSINESS
Oct 21, 2004

Yahoo Japan profit jumps 46% on robust ad revenue

Yahoo Japan Corp. said Wednesday its second-quarter net profit jumped 46 percent to 8.64 billion yen, buoyed by continued growth in advertising revenue.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2004

Osaka eyes putting its homeless to work

OSAKA -- Facing central government cutbacks in financial aid to the homeless, Osaka officials are teaming up with the local business community to create a new program that will put some of Osaka Prefecture's estimated 7,700 homeless to work.
COMMENTARY
Oct 21, 2004

Exacerbating Pakistan's democratic predicament

ISLAMABAD -- A decision by Pakistan's ruling party to push a bill through Parliament that would extend President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's tenure as head of the influential military establishment as well as give him wide-ranging powers marks a new setback for the nuclear-armed South Asian country's troubled...
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / MATTER OF COURSE
Oct 21, 2004

Disabled children at regular schools: inclusion isn't easy

When we moved to Japan and enrolled our sons in local schools, both they and I had a lot to learn. Every day was a challenge, and I was so focused on the basics that I missed a lot of things that should have been obvious. Like the fact that there was a disabled child in my son's kindergarten.
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.
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.
Black myth, Black samurai and gaming nationalism
A cardboard cutout of the Monkey King character, or Sun Wukong, from the Chinese action role-playing game Black Myth: Wukong is displayed on the day of its launch in Beijing on Aug. 20.
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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