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JAPAN
Aug 9, 2006

Low-paying jobs holding down birthrate: report

The steady increase in low-wage, part-time workers and those in temporary jobs is contributing to the low birthrate as people become reluctant to marry because of financial insecurity, according to a government report on the labor market released Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Aug 9, 2006

Report waffles on deflation's demise

The government equivocated Tuesday in its August economic report on whether deflation has ended, although for the second month in a row it did not mention the "D" word.
BUSINESS
Aug 9, 2006

Konaka snubs tender offer by Aoki for its Futata stake

Konaka Co., Japan's fourth-largest menswear chain, said Tuesday it will not sell its stake in Futata Co. to Aoki Holdings Inc., No. 2 in the industry, which is trying to take over the smaller firm.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 8, 2006

Oh returns to hospital in precautionary step

Softbank Hawks manager Sadaharu Oh, who recently had surgery to remove his stomach, returned to the hospital Sunday after getting food caught in his throat the night before.
SOCCER / J. League
Aug 8, 2006

Striker Tamada injures ankle

Japan World Cup striker Keiji Tamada will be sidelined for two to three weeks with a sprained left ankle, Nagoya Grampus Eight said Monday.
JAPAN
Aug 8, 2006

Sole clinical ethicist always has full plate

speaks with hospital staff at his Kissa Rinri (Ethics Cafe) at Miyazakihigashi National Hospital in late June. TOMOKO OTAKE PHOTO
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 8, 2006

Abe, Ban to hold brief talks before Hashimoto's funeral

Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe said he will meet South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki Moon for "brief talks" Wednesday morning in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Aug 8, 2006

LDP team plans bills to return money to victims of fraudsters

A working team of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party will sponsor legislation aimed at releasing fraud victims' money from criminals' bank accounts, sources close to team members said Monday.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 8, 2006

Big, fat American shopper to the rescue

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts -- It is appalling that the world has decided to blame the United States for the crushing end to five years of global trade talks last month (the so-called Doha Round).
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 8, 2006

Japan receives first batch of U.S. beef

The first shipment of U.S. beef since Japan reimposed a ban in January over fears of mad cow disease arrived Monday at Narita airport.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Aug 8, 2006

Style wise

A new Adelaide Until Aug. 1, Adelaide was a small but exclusive boutique tucked away on an Aoyama back street. Now, it's a bigger -- and ever so slightly less exclusive -- boutique just off stellar shopping strip Omotesando.
BUSINESS
Aug 8, 2006

KDDI phones hit by e-mail glitch

Two mobile phone models sold by KDDI Corp. automatically switch off after sending or receiving certain e-mail characters, the major phone carrier said Monday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Aug 8, 2006

Japan media focus blurred on big issues

All the pain of the tragedy that has befallen their family is etched in the crumpled faces of Shigeru and Sakie Yokota.
BUSINESS
Aug 8, 2006

Key index stayed robust in June but future easing seen

The key gauge of the current state of the economy stayed above the boom-or-bust threshold of 50 percent in June for the third straight month, the government said Monday.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 8, 2006

Abe close to sewing up LDP majority

Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe is close to gaining majority support among Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers, putting him in a strong position to succeed Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi as LDP president and prime minister.
JAPAN
Aug 8, 2006

Ex-Kimura exec denies falsifying financial data

Akira Shinozuka, former head of the Tokyo branch of Kimura Construction Co. and a key figure in the building safety scandal centered on disgraced architect Hidetsugu Aneha, pleaded not guilty Monday to falsifying financial documents in 2004 to win public construction contracts.
EDITORIALS
Aug 8, 2006

Fear of the water

Now is vacation time for schoolchildren. But news of a swimming pool accident in the city of Fujimino, Saitama Prefecture, has cast a pall of fear over the holidays for children and parents. An investigation of the July 31 death of a 7-year-old girl in the city's swimming pool has shed light on the habitual...
BUSINESS
Aug 8, 2006

No full production seen in disputed gas field

China has yet to begin full-fledged production in the Chunxiao gas field in the East China Sea, where Japan and China are at odds over resource exploration rights, the Foreign Ministry's top bureaucrat said Monday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Aug 8, 2006

What is the most serious issue facing Japan?

Katy Abud Teacher, 44 Teachers in elementary schools and junior high schools don't teach children life values. They only teach what's outlined in the curriculum and don't know how to answer children who ask "Why is something like this or that?"
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.
¥21.3 trillion stimulus package approved by Cabinet
The Cabinet is expected to submit an extra budget bill to finance the package to parliament, which is in session until Dec. 17.
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.
Why we can’t get enough of the sham of the rental family
“Rental Family,” directed and co-written by the single-named Hikari, follows out-of-work actor Phillip (Brendan Fraser), who is hired as the “token white guy” at a Tokyo agency called Rental Family.

Podcast

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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