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COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Sep 24, 2006

Japan's hordes of hoarders still look to their navel nest eggs

I have spent nearly 40 years writing about Japan, virtually all of the time trying to show how Japanese people are really no different from other nationalities. But, by God, there is one aspect of Japanese life that makes this country unique. I defy any reader to name a society that has a custom like...
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Sep 24, 2006

Monkey business can be serious literature

MONKEY by Wu Cheng-en, translated by Arthur Waley. London: Penguin Books, 2006, 352 pp., £9.99 (paper). After many years out of print, this famous translation, originally published in 1942, is this autumn back in the bookstores. It is a partial rendering of a 16th-century Chinese classic text, otherwise...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Sep 24, 2006

Paternity suits brought by moms symptoms of family registry law

If the celebration over the birth of Prince Hisahito has proved anything, it's that "Who's your daddy?" is one of the most important questions in Japan.
SUMO / Basho reports
Sep 23, 2006

Asashoryu moves two wins ahead with two days to go

Mongolian grand champion Asashoryu dodged a bullet to beat compatriot Ama on Friday and zero in on his 18th Emperor's Cup at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Sep 23, 2006

575 defense workers took unauthorized trips: agency

A total of 575 Defense Agency employees, including Self-Defense Forces personnel, have traveled abroad without informing their superiors, agency officials said Friday.
JAPAN
Sep 23, 2006

Abe saves seats at Aoki's urging

Liberal Democratic Party President Shinzo Abe told his party's Upper House caucus chief Friday that he will allocate two posts when he forms his first Cabinet next week to members of the House of Councilors, keeping the same number as his predecessor, a senior LDP lawmaker said Friday.
JAPAN
Sep 23, 2006

Sato admits his involvement in Fukushima bid-rigging

The arrested chairman of Fukushima-based construction contractor Sato Kogyo Corp. has begun confessing his involvement in bid-rigging for a public sewage system project ordered by the Fukushima Prefectural Government, investigative sources have said.
JAPAN
Sep 23, 2006

City Hall to appeal 'Kimigayo' ruling

Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara said Friday that City Hall will appeal Thursday's 12.03 million yen district court ruling against the "Kimigayo" directive, which obliges Tokyo's teachers to sing the national anthem before the national flag at school ceremonies.
JAPAN
Sep 23, 2006

Gate climber at British Embassy seized

A man climbed over the gate at the British Embassy in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward at around 11:25 a.m. Friday and was seized by security guards, the Metropolitan Police Department said.
JAPAN
Sep 23, 2006

New EC envoy catching up on changes

an ambassador. I wanted to be the ambassador to Japan," said Richardson, European Commission envoy, in a recent interview with The Japan Times. "I'm busy trying to understand Japan again, trying to understand what's changed, and what's the same. Very exciting." The 59-year-old Briton first arrived in...
JAPAN
Sep 23, 2006

Foreigners to need 'skills' to live in Japan

A Justice Ministry panel discussing long-term policies for accepting overseas workers said Friday the government should seek out those with special skills and expertise to cope with the shrinking labor force in Japan.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Sep 23, 2006

Weak 'expose' on bungs proof issue is becoming passe

LONDON -- Panorama promised to "rock the foundations of football" but in the end we were neither shaken nor stirred by a program in which the so-called whistle-blowers proved to be the unscrupulous characters rather than the bung-taking managers they were supposedly "exposing."
JAPAN
Sep 23, 2006

Orix chief quits deregulation panel

Yoshihiko Miyauchi, chairman of Orix Corp., tendered his resignation Thursday as chairman of the government's deregulation panel. The resignation was accepted by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.
BUSINESS
Sep 23, 2006

Sapporo, Fukuoka bourses told to improve standards

The Financial Services Agency on Friday issued business improvement orders to the Sapporo Securities Exchange and the Fukuoka Stock Exchange, saying they don't have proper internal standards to monitor stock transactions.
JAPAN
Sep 23, 2006

More single men expect future wives to work

An increasing number of single men hope their future spouses will continue to work after having children, according to a government survey released Friday.
BUSINESS
Sep 23, 2006

Japan, Chile agree on FTA framework

Japan and Chile have produced a framework free-trade accord that will abolish tariffs on 92 percent of both countries' exports over 10 years, settling negotiations in principle just seven months after they were launched, the government announced Friday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Sep 23, 2006

Sports festivals: menace to health?

It's autumn in Japan, and you know what that means -- sports festivals! Oct. 10 is Sports Day, a national holiday started in 1964 to mark the opening day of the Tokyo Olympics. Since then, autumn has been a time of year for schools and communities to hold annual sports festivals.
EDITORIALS
Sep 23, 2006

Stepping up pressure on Pyongyang

Japan imposed financial sanctions on North Korea earlier this week. The action, which came more than two months after the North's July 5 test-firing of seven missiles, may have been be unavoidable since Pyongyang has not shown any sign that it will return to the six-nation talks on its nuclear-weapons...
BUSINESS
Sep 23, 2006

JAL Hotels discussing plans to go public in fiscal 2008

JAL Hotels Co., a unit of financially distressed Japan Airlines Corp., is planning to list its shares on the Tokyo Stock Exchange's second section in fiscal 2008, according to sources.
BUSINESS
Sep 23, 2006

Hanshin, Hankyu stores agree on business tieup

Hankyu Department Stores Inc. and Hanshin Department Store Ltd. said Friday they have agreed to form a comprehensive business alliance ahead of their parent companies' Oct. 1 merger.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 23, 2006

Sony takes center stage at Tokyo Game Show

CHIBA -- The nation's biggest game exhibition kicked off at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba on Friday as industry officials and media reporters took a peek at the next-generation video-game consoles before they hit the stores later this year.
BUSINESS
Sep 23, 2006

Big firms' business confidence up first time in three quarters

Business confidence among large companies improved in the July-September quarter for the first time in three quarters on the back of rising corporate profits and economic growth, the government said Friday.
JAPAN
Sep 23, 2006

506 teachers in '05 tagged incompetent

More than 500 teachers at public schools across Japan were branded as incompetent in the 2005 academic year, down about 10 percent from a year earlier but still the second-highest number since the teacher assessment system began in 2000, the education ministry said Friday.
Japanese court orders Cloudflare to pay ¥500 million over manga piracy
Cloudflare has been ordered to pay ¥500 million after four major publishing firms accused the firm of copyright infringement for its role in hosting sites that distribute pirated copies of manga titles.
Japan plans higher visa fees for foreign residents
Along with planned higher fees for foreign residents to stay, Japan is looking to raise the ¥3,000 single-entry visa fee for inbound tourists to Western standards in the next fiscal year.
Two men suspected of smuggling 1 ton of gold into Japan from South Korea
U.K. gold bullion bars and coins are displayed at Baird & Co. in Hatton Garden in London.
Takaichi rejects China's demand to retract Taiwan remarks
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has rejected China's demands for her to retract her comments on Taiwan, saying Tokyo's stance on a major regional security crisis remains unchanged.
Japan set to lean on U.S., allies for support if China escalates
U.S. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in Tokyo, on Oct. 28.
Japan plans higher visa fees for foreign residents
Along with planned higher fees for foreign residents to stay, Japan is looking to raise the ¥3,000 single-entry visa fee for inbound tourists to Western standards in the next fiscal year.
First foreign president of Hosei University looks abroad for change
Hosei University President Diana Khor, who herself was an international student, aims to encourage students to look outward and cultivate a global mindset.
Japanese companies advised to change mindset about investment in Africa
Bernard Laurendeau, chief of Enkopa Lab Japan, in Tokyo last month
Munetaka Murakami headlines quartet looking to move to MLB via posting system
The Swallows' Munetaka Murakami has 246 career home runs in eight NPB seasons.
The reality of human trafficking in Japan
A view of Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward at night. Last year in Japan, 66 people were put in protective custody as victims of human trafficking. Among them, 58 — including all 41 minors — were Japanese nationals. International pressure to act on human trafficking led Japan to make efforts to crack down on the crime, such as a tightening of conditions in 2005 for entertainer visas.

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

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Juzo Itami’s “Tampopo” was released Nov. 23, 1985, and though it wasn’t a hit at the time, it has gained a cult following in the years since.
Eat, slurp, love: 'Tampopo' turns 40
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