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EDITORIALS
Aug 30, 2004

An example for the real world

Peace is the central message of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. The Olympic flame -- the symbol of that message -- will be extinguished late Sunday night (early Monday in Japan), about five months after it was lit in Olympia, the site of the ancient Olympics. In a world riven with hatred and violence,...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 30, 2004

Top LDP faction's ex-treasurer arrested

Prosecutors on Sunday arrested a former treasurer of the largest faction in the Liberal Democratic Party over a political donation scandal involving the Japan Dental Association.
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 30, 2004

Shinjo keys Fighters' win over Orix

Tsuyoshi Shinjo drove in three runs with a bases-loaded double Sunday afternoon to lead the Nippon Ham Fighters to an 8-1 victory over the Orix BlueWave.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 30, 2004

'Underground money' termed a necessary evil

Many who make their living in the political epicenter of Nagata-cho have expressed sympathy for a former treasurer of the Liberal Democratic Party's largest faction who was arrested Sunday for allegedly violating the political donation law.
BUSINESS / JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES
Aug 30, 2004

Financial-sector shakedown afoot

Amid close scrutiny both in Japan and abroad, the integration of Japan's major banks is progressing at a rapid pace -- and triggering unprecedented legal battles in the process.
JAPAN
Aug 30, 2004

Big typhoon slams island in Kagoshima

Powerful Typhoon Chaba on Sunday lashed Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture with heavy rain and strong winds, injuring at least three people and cutting off electricity to more than 20,000 households, officials said.
JAPAN
Aug 30, 2004

Defense chief hints SOFA revision may be in cards

Defense Agency chief Shigeru Ishiba suggested Sunday that Japan should consider revising the Japan-U.S. Status of Forces Agreement if bilateral discussions to prevent "arbitrary use" of the accord do not produce a solution in the handling of the recent helicopter crash in Okinawa.
JAPAN
Aug 30, 2004

Jenkins hopes to seek dishonorable discharge

Accused U.S. Army deserter Charles Jenkins hopes to get a dishonorable discharge in a plea bargain with the U.S. military to avoid imprisonment, diplomatic sources said Sunday.
COMMENTARY
Aug 30, 2004

Cooler summer for French intramurals

PARIS -- "Chaotic all over the territory," warned a French weather forecast recently. This was not, however, the remake, feared by so many, of the August 2003 heat wave, which contributed to 15,000 extra deaths that month.
JAPAN
Aug 30, 2004

Top LDP faction's ex-treasurer arrested

Prosecutors on Sunday arrested a former treasurer of the largest faction in the Liberal Democratic Party over a political donation scandal involving the Japan Dental Association.
JAPAN
Aug 30, 2004

Fukuda should be the next foreign minister, Mori says

Former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori expressed hope Sunday that former Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda will be appointed foreign minister in a Cabinet reshuffle expected in late September.
COMMENTARY / THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK
Aug 30, 2004

Fear of cultural decline: the next chapter

NEW YORK -- Every August my wife Nancy and I leave New York to go south to spend two weeks at a friend's summer house at Sunset Beach, North Carolina. Driving leisurely, mainly so we can ride ferries on Delaware Bay and on Pamlico Sound, we stop for two nights on the way, usually lodging in Onley, Virginia,...
COMMENTARY
Aug 30, 2004

They came, they saw, they pillaged Asia

LOS ANGELES -- Financial authorities are aghast over the latest near-death international financial collision. It involved a lightening-fast dumping earlier this month of nearly $14 billion in securities. The perpetrator was Citigroup, operating out of London.
JAPAN
Aug 29, 2004

CH-53D helicopters grounded

The U.S. military in Japan will not fly CH-53D helicopters at the request of the Japanese government until it is "appropriate" to do so, the U.S. government said in a statement released Saturday.
JAPAN
Aug 29, 2004

Support for DPJ tops that for LDP

Support for the Democratic Party of Japan has surpassed that for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party for the first time in six years, according to a Kyodo News poll.
JAPAN
Aug 29, 2004

China steps up criticism on history textbook

China has sharpened its criticism of a decision by the Tokyo board of education to adopt a controversial history textbook for use at a metropolitan-area school, expressing "strong dissatisfaction and indignation," according to media reports Saturday.
JAPAN
Aug 29, 2004

Powerful typhoon on collision course with west Japan

Powerful Typhoon Chaba was expected to move slowly northwest to approach or strike the Amami Islands and western Japan between Sunday and Monday, the Meteorological Agency said.
EDITORIALS
Aug 29, 2004

Rewriting history

The ancient kingdom of Koguryo, traditionally believed to have been founded in 37 B.C., ruled a vast region extending from Manchuria (northern provinces of China) to the Korean Peninsula until 668. Tumulus wall paintings in Nara, which was the capital of Japan in the 8th century, are said to reflect...
Japan Times
Features
Aug 29, 2004

Yada yaba gabba gaza hey

The first Japanese translation of the Bible is believed to be an 1837 version of the Gospel According to John. What makes this remarkable, however, is that its writer was a German missionary living in China, taught Japanese by three crew members of a cargo ship, Otokichi, Iwakichi and Kyukichi, who survived...
JAPAN
Aug 29, 2004

CH-53D helicopters grounded

The U.S. military in Japan will not fly CH-53D helicopters at the request of the Japanese government until it is "appropriate" to do so, the U.S. government said in a statement released Saturday.
JAPAN
Aug 29, 2004

Support for DPJ tops that for LDP

Support for the Democratic Party of Japan has surpassed that for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party for the first time in six years, according to a Kyodo News poll.
JAPAN
Aug 29, 2004

China steps up criticism on history textbook

China has sharpened its criticism of a decision by the Tokyo board of education to adopt a controversial history textbook for use at a metropolitan-area school, expressing "strong dissatisfaction and indignation," according to media reports Saturday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 29, 2004

GSDF stages massive annual live-fire exercise

The Ground Self-Defense Force on Saturday conducted one of its largest live-fire drills ever on Japanese soil at its Higashi-Fuji Training Area in Shizuoka Prefecture.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Aug 29, 2004

Fuji TV's legal variety show "The Judge" and more

Married life is tough enough even without the notion that one's spouse is more of a competitor than a partner. That idea is the subject of this week's installment of the talk show "Kon'ya wa Koibito Kibun: Totte-oki Fufu Monogatari (Tonight Lovers' Feelings: Special Couple's Story)"; (NHK-G, Wednesday,...
Japan says Chinese military violated territorial airspace for first time
A Chinese military Y-9 intelligence-gathering plane that entered Japanese airspace on Monday.
Typhoon Shanshan to hit western Japan on Tuesday
Typhoon Shanshan is expected to become more powerful and hit western Japan on Tuesday, after which it is forecast to make its way north throughout the week.
'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.
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.
Is extreme weather changing the way Japan shops?
A store clerk tries to cool things down in front of their shop by spraying a hose.
New 40-40 club member Shohei Ohtani has real shot at unprecedented 50-50 campaign
The Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani reacts after being doused with water after his walk-off grand slam against the Rays at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Friday.
Ueda promises better communication as he sticks to the script
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda speaks during a Lower House hearing on Friday in Tokyo.
Japan’s dueling ‘katsu’ curry creators are just happy to see the dish thrive
Three Tokyo restaurants claim to be the inventor of Japan's 'katsu karē' (breaded and fried pork served with Japanese curry), but Ginza Swiss' take (pictured) may be the most unique.
Remembering Keiichi Tanaami's surreal grotesqueries
Keiichi Tanaami died on Aug. 9 after a 60-year career as a Pop Art pioneer. He was 88.
In Japan’s flyover country, 72 hours of hidden gems
Okayama and Tottori prefectures are some of the least-visited regions in Japan among foreign tourists — which is why they offer such a welcome break from crowd-clogged cities like Tokyo and Kyoto.

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