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CULTURE / Art / NEW ART SEEN
Aug 24, 2006

Contemporary Japanese edition prints

Many local goodies appeal to the expat population of Japan -- kimono, sake and next-generation electronic goods to name a few. The area of fine arts, however, can be daunting, with most paintings and even photographs by established contemporary artists priced from the millions to the many millions of...
BUSINESS
Aug 24, 2006

High oil prices dent July trade surplus

Japan's trade surplus shrank 0.2 percent in July from a year earlier to 860 billion yen for the second straight month of contraction as surging oil prices inflated the value of imports, the Finance Ministry said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Aug 24, 2006

JAXA aims for supersonic passenger jet within six years

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency plans to develop a prototype supersonic jet that is quieter and more fuel efficient than the retired Concorde within the next six years, officials said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Aug 24, 2006

Marubeni names exec to head Daiei

Toru Nishimi, corporate senior vice president of Marubeni Corp., will succeed Daiei Inc. President Yasuyuki Higuchi as part of the trading house's efforts to rehabilitate the troubled retailer, sources said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Aug 24, 2006

Support clubs to make 'old freeters' into full-timers

The government will create support clubs to help "older freeters" secure full-time jobs, labor ministry officials said Wednesday.
EDITORIALS
Aug 24, 2006

Plenty of room for other ideas

Foreign Minister Taro Aso became the second person to announce his candidacy for the Liberal Democratic Party presidential election next month, following Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki. Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe, the front-runner in the race, is expected to throw his hat into the ring Sept....
BASKETBALL
Aug 23, 2006

Reserve Hermann impresses Bobcats

SENDAI -- Michael Jordan may have found his diamond in the rough.
BASKETBALL
Aug 23, 2006

Role player Battier back with Brand, Coach K

SAPPORO -- One big difference between this Team USA compared to American teams in previous FIBA tournaments is that it has players who are devoted to dirty work, the thankless jobs that don't light up the scoreboard.
BASKETBALL
Aug 23, 2006

Worlds are latest stop for Simon

HIROSHIMA -- If evaluating basketball talent is your job, the FIBA World Championship is a good place to be.
SOCCER / World cup
Aug 23, 2006

Osim likely to ignore Euro stars

New Japan coach Ivica Osim looks set to snub Celtic midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura and other European-based players for next month's Asian Cup qualifiers away to Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
MORE SPORTS
Aug 23, 2006

Kameda to fight Landaeta again

Venezuelan Juan Landaeta will get the chance to avenge his controversial split-decision defeat to Japan's newly crowned WBA light flyweight champion Koki Kameda after Kameda's Kyoei Gym announced a rematch on Tuesday.
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JAPAN
Aug 23, 2006

Lawyer flood looms amid litigious trend

In past years, 25-year-old law school graduate Hiroyuki Ichikawa would have been facing an almost impossible task -- a bar exam with a 97 percent failure rate.
JAPAN
Aug 23, 2006

Tokyo groping down overall but picking up on some lines

Groping incidents and other harassment targeting female commuters increased on some Tokyo-area train lines last year, despite an increase in women-only cars, according to police officials.
JAPAN
Aug 23, 2006

Mathematician Ito wins new award

Mathematician Kiyoshi Ito has won the first Carl Friedrich Gauss Prize for Applications of Mathematics, the International Mathematical Union announced Tuesday.
JAPAN
Aug 23, 2006

New encephalitis vaccine delayed by a year

Approval of a new vaccine for Japanese encephalitis, initially expected this year, is likely to be delayed until 2007 or later because the government is seeking additional safety tests on possible side effects, the vaccine developers said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Aug 23, 2006

U.S. to seek January start for Futenma relocation work

The United States plans to ask Japan to start work in January to make space at Camp Schwab in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, for relocating the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station from Ginowan, a source well versed in the bilateral relationship said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2006

Uniqlo outsources designer clothing

Casual clothing retailer Uniqlo Co. said Tuesday it outsourced the design of its autumn and winter clothing lines, which will be launched worldwide Friday.
BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2006

Suntory puts premium on fruity can cocktails

Suntory Ltd. said Tuesday it will debut premium canned cocktails using fresh fruit on Sept. 26, hoping to lure people who want high-end, sweet alcoholic beverages.
BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2006

Liquor group sues over pensions

An association of liquor retailers filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking 16 billion yen in damages from Credit Suisse and several other parties for failing to warn the group of the risk in investing their pension funds in foreign bonds, which resulted in heavy losses.
JAPAN
Aug 23, 2006

Yokota film to debut here in November

The critically acclaimed documentary "Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story," about the girl kidnapped by North Korean agents, will hit Japanese screens in November, a distributor said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2006

Marubeni to dominate Daiei board, helm

Marubeni Corp., the largest shareholder in Daiei Inc., will stake out a majority on the troubled retailer's board to have a more forceful say in its reconstruction efforts, officials at the trading house said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2006

Seiyu cuts first-half loss to 1.36 billion yen

Seiyu Ltd. said Tuesday its first-half group operating loss narrowed to 1.36 billion yen from 2.48 billion yen for the same period last year, thanks to higher sales of household goods.

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