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JAPAN
May 15, 2006

Asian nations to get help saving energy

The Natural Resources and Energy Agency will formulate a plan to offer Japan's energy saving technologies and methods to rapidly growing Asian economies, agency officials said.
JAPAN
May 15, 2006

Hijacker's kid to leave N. Korea

A daughter of one of nine Japanese men who hijacked a Japan Airlines jet and defected to North Korea in 1970 will move to Japan next month, sources said Sunday.
COMMENTARY
May 15, 2006

The post-Koizumi gauntlet

Japan's political future hinges on the successor to Junichiro Koizumi, whose tenure as president of the governing Liberal Democratic Party and, hence, prime minister will end in four months. Opinion polls show Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe is by far the most popular potential contender for the premiership,...
JAPAN
May 15, 2006

Consumption tax money to go toward social needs

The government has decided to dedicate revenue from the consumption tax toward financing rising pension, medical and other social security costs, according to sources.
SUMO
May 14, 2006

Chiyotaikai keeps Summer slate clean

Ozeki Chiyotaikai sidestepped Kisenosato at the last minute Saturday to remain in sole possession of the lead at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo.
SOCCER / World cup
May 14, 2006

Scotland rains on Zico's party

SAITAMA -- Zico's farewell party fizzled out at a rain-lashed Saitama Stadium on Saturday as Scotland held Japan to a 0-0 draw and clinched the Kirin Cup.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
May 14, 2006

NBA should have disciplined LeBron

NEW YORK -- As I might have previously mentioned in this space, the referees were manifestly derelict in their duty for looking the other way and failing to dispense punishment to fit the crime when Cleveland's LeBron James cavalierly messed with the mind of Washington's Gilbert Arenas between Game 6...
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
May 14, 2006

The interleague season: Japanese baseball's 'wild card'

Japan pro baseball does not have a "wild card" team that gets into postseason playoffs as do the American and National Leagues, but the koryu-sen (interleague) period that got under way May 9 may be considered the Japanese version of a wild card in the sense that anything can happen.
JAPAN
May 14, 2006

Two slain men to be autopsied

Police investigators will be sent to Bangkok to bring the bodies of two slain Japanese back by the end of this month for autopsies, according to investigation sources.
JAPAN
May 14, 2006

Fisheries Agency to try new method to restore ailing coral at southern isle

The Fisheries Agency will start a project this fiscal year to restore the ailing coral reef around Japan's southernmost island of Okinotori that many experts fear will be in for further damage due to global warming.
MORE SPORTS
May 14, 2006

Arakawa urges JSF to be transparent

Turin Olympic gold medalist Shizuka Arakawa, who recently decided to turn professional, said Saturday she hopes the Japan Skating Federation will build a more transparent organization for the sake of its skaters.
EDITORIALS
May 14, 2006

Golden lesson in priorities

Australia's opposition leader, Kim Beazley, made a thought-provoking remark last week after two miners were rescued in spectacular fashion from a partially collapsed gold mine in the southern Australian state of Tasmania. "No amount of gold is worth an Australian life," Mr. Beazley was reported as saying....
CULTURE / Books
May 14, 2006

Asia needs to fill its brand deficit

ASIAN BRAND STRATEGY by Martin Roll, Palgrave Macmillan, 2005, 272 pp., $42.50 (cloth). Shizuka Arakawa's graceful spins and spirals enthralled a nation as she won Japan the gold medal in women's figure skating at the Winter Olympics. But few would have cheered more loudly than Tokyo rice producer Toyorice...
BUSINESS
May 14, 2006

Softbank, Apple to join cell phones with iPods

Softbank Corp. and Apple Computer Inc. are planning to develop mobile phones equipped with Apple's popular iPod music players, sources said Saturday.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
May 14, 2006

Letting history speak for itself

TRADITIONAL JAPANESE ARTS AND CULTURE: An Illustrated Sourcebook, edited by Stephen Addiss, Gerald Groemer and J. Thomas Rimer. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2006, 254 pp., 64 color plates, $29 (paper). For nearly half a century, an important text for learning about Japanese culture in general...
Japan Times
LIFE / WEEK 3
May 14, 2006

Home and away

AUSTRALIA Respect brings harmony without being workaholic
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
May 14, 2006

Fuji TV's "Attention Please," Nihon TV's "Kin no A-sama X Gin no B-sama" and more

In the 1960s the most coveted job for women in Japan was that of a Japan Airlines flight attendant, which was considered both prestigious and a sure way of meeting rich and famous marriage prospects. Though more and more prestigious occupations have opened up for Japanese women since then, a certain...
Japan Times
LIFE
May 14, 2006

Home and away

Young Japanese lead the way in a cultural exchange set to erode their homeland's hidebound mentality
CULTURE / Books
May 14, 2006

A force yet to be reckoned with

CHINA'S NEW NATIONALISM: Pride, Politics, and Diplomacy, by Peter Hays Gries. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005, 224 pp., $19.95 (paper). In East Asia, nationalism never acquired quite as bad a name as it did in Europe, and it is not uncommon to hear politicians go on record with nationalistic...
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
May 14, 2006

Beware the muted enemy within remilitarizing Japan

On April 30, the Asahi Shimbun reported on the results of a Cabinet Office survey of public opinion regarding the Self-Defense Forces (SDF). The telephone survey was conducted between Feb. 16 and 26, with 1,657 of the 3,000 people contacted replying. Overall, 84.9 percent of respondents indicated they...
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
May 14, 2006

Bewitching tales of when a foreign woman takes a Japanese man

Though it boasts one of the highest living standards in the world and a crime rate that is low compared to other developed countries, many of its citizens believe that Japan is a very difficult place to live for non-Japanese. The most commonly held reason for this belief is that the language and social...
SOCCER / World cup
May 13, 2006

Zico's boys need big win

SAITAMA -- One goal won't cut the mustard for Japan against Scotland in their Kirin Cup decider. Two ain't that helpful, either.
SUMO
May 13, 2006

Chiyotaikai retains Summer Basho lead

Mongolia's Hakuho returned to form Friday, overpowering Kotoshogiku to stay one win back of leader Chiyotaikai at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo.
Wealthy foreign nationals picking up ultimate souvenir — a condo in Tokyo
A high-end property in the fashionable Daikanyama district in Tokyo
Japan dispatches five language education 'partners' to India
Five members of the Japan Foundation's Nihongo Partners program (front) gather at the Japanese Embassy in New Delhi on Monday.
Struggling train firm in Chiba Prefecture turns to self-deprecating humor
"Laughter is important when you're in a difficult situation," said Katsunori Takemoto, president of Choshi Electric Railway, on Aug. 5 in Choshi, Chiba Prefecture.
Japan's elderly population down at around 36.2 million
The estimated number of people age 65 or older in Japan stands at 36.19 million as of Monday, accounting for record 29.4% of the country's total population, according to the internal affairs ministry.
China says Philippine ship ‘deliberately rammed’ coast guard vessel in South China Sea
A China Coast Guard ship navigates near the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea in August.
Japanese athletes inspired by raucous home fans at World Athletics Championships
Fans cheer on the home favorites during the women's marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sunday.
Pole vault rivals in awe after Duplantis has another historic night in Tokyo
Sweden's Armand Duplantis competes in the men's pole fault final during the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Monday.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
Tara Davis-Woodhall leaps to gold and finds redemption at world championships
Tara Davis-Woodhall celebrates after winning the women's long jump final at the World Athletics Championships at Tokyo's National Stadium on Sunday night.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
Rethinking that second drink: Japan’s Gen Z gets ‘sober curious’
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