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JAPAN
Jul 20, 2004

Expressway discount services planned for ETC users

Japan Highway Public Corp. will offer a variety of discount services starting in fiscal 2005 for users of the electronic toll collection system.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Jul 20, 2004

How do you beat the heat in the summertime?

Yuka Tashiro Engineer, 23 I have a special technique that I use to keep cool. I have a special cream, it's like a menthol cream, "Pitari Sweat." You put it on the back of your neck and a few minutes later, you feel great!
JAPAN
Jul 20, 2004

Ministry to broaden spectrum user fees

The telecommunications ministry might slap users of home information appliances and high-bandwidth wireless local area networks with spectrum user fees, ministry sources said Monday.
JAPAN
Jul 20, 2004

More Americans see Japan as reliable

A record 68 percent of Americans see Japan as a reliable partner, up 1 percentage point from 2003, according to a recent Foreign Ministry poll.
JAPAN
Jul 20, 2004

Japan plans major increase in whaling program

The government has decided to increase the number of whales it will hunt for research in the northern Pacific Ocean this year to 380 from 260, sources said Monday.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Jul 20, 2004

Bill of rights

As the government moves to beef up the country's military preparedness, once again the issue of the protection of foreigners' rights has been raised.
COMMENTARY
Jul 20, 2004

Time, terror shadow oil era

LONDON We cannot afford to be complacent about the future energy supplies needed to maintain our current standards of living and economic growth. Nor can we be complacent about the environmental impact of current consumption levels of carbon fuels.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / A GAIJIN'S TALE
Jul 20, 2004

Check, please

Having taken a few basic Japanese courses before coming to Japan, I was embarrassed to realize at the end of a couple of rounds at the bar that, while I could capably ask the waitress where she'd bought her socks and how much they'd cost, I had no idea how to ask her for the bill.
COMMUNITY / LIFELINES
Jul 20, 2004

More credit and readers need help

More free credit Reader "Tokyo Angel" got a no-charge credit card after hunting around for a while. She currently has a Nicos Visa card through the post office (application forms are available from all post offices) that has no annual fee and which includes full travel insurance aswell, even if you don't...
EDITORIALS
Jul 20, 2004

A murder in Moscow

The recent assassination of journalist Paul Klebnikov in Moscow has sent an unmistakable signal about President Vladimir Putin's Russia. Truth and transparency are under assault. The law has been subordinated to brute strength. The slaying of Mr. Klebnikov is the most naked manifestation of how things...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 20, 2004

Former Prime Minister Suzuki dies at Tokyo hospital, aged 93

Former Prime Minister Zenko Suzuki died at a Tokyo hospital Monday, his family said. He was 93.
EDITORIALS
Jul 19, 2004

Opaque dental group donations

Tokyo public prosecutors are probing the alleged embezzlement of political campaign funds from the Japan Dentists Federation, the lobby for the Japan Dental Association. The investigation reached a new stage last week when a former Lower House member of the Liberal Democratic Party, Mr. Yukihiro Yoshida,...
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 19, 2004

Going global with civic virtues

How do we instill civic virtue in the global marketplace to civilize and tame it so that we arrive at the place where the market serves the people instead of where people are served up to the market? Around half of the world's 100 largest economies are private companies. This gives the private sector...
JAPAN
Jul 19, 2004

Soga family arrives in Tokyo

Repatriated abductee Hitomi Soga and her family arrived Sunday in Tokyo in a move expected to lead to their permanent residence in Japan, although uncertainty remains over the fate of her American husband accused by the United States of deserting from the army.
Typhoon Shanshan set to become a 'very powerful' storm later this week
Typhoon Shanshan is the sixth typhoon to form in August, with the Meteorological Agency forecasting strong winds and potentially severe weather for a broad swath of the country from Tuesday as it approaches.
Clinical trial set to begin in Japan for medicine to help grow teeth
Inside the mouth of a mouse whose teeth were missing due to congenital anodontia (left) and the inside of the mouth after teeth were grown after taking medicine.
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.
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.
Japan says Chinese military violated territorial airspace for first time
A Chinese military Y-9 intelligence-gathering plane that entered Japanese airspace on Monday.
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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