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SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
May 27, 2006

England's showing in World Cup warmup fails to inspire

LONDON -- When England's "B" international against Belarus on Thursday was arranged earlier this year it was seen as little more than a loosener for players who had not played club football for two or three weeks.
EDITORIALS
May 27, 2006

Meetings fail to thaw chill

Foreign Minister Taro Aso held separate meetings with his South Korean and Chinese counterparts earlier this week -- the first such get-together in five months and one year, respectively. Although he managed to clinch agreements on some bilateral issues, Japan's relations with its closest neighbors remain...
BASKETBALL
May 27, 2006

Igarashi counting on World Championship to show his stuff

The higher the goal you set, the more chances you have to achieve it.
JAPAN
May 27, 2006

Registered foreigners top 2 million

The number of registered foreign residents in Japan at the end of 2005 totaled roughly 2,011,500, surpassing the 2 million mark for the first time ever, the Justice Ministry announced Friday.
JAPAN
May 27, 2006

Ruling coalition, DPJ submit own bills for referendum

The ruling bloc -- the Liberal Democratic Party and New Komeito -- and the Democratic Party of Japan submitted separate bills Friday to the Diet with their separate visions for procedures for holding a national referendum to amend the Constitution.
JAPAN
May 27, 2006

Taxpayers pay Diet partying tab

About 90 million yen in tax money earmarked for House of Representatives members' administrative research was spent on dining and wining by lawmakers and their staff in fiscal 2002 and 2003, the Lower House secretariat said Thursday.
JAPAN
May 27, 2006

Abe's suggestive speech eggs biggest fan on

Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe's suggestive declaration Wednesday that he would run for president of the Liberal Democratic Party has thrilled one of his most ardent supporters.
JAPAN
May 27, 2006

Wolfowitz here for long weekend

Japan for four days from Saturday, the Foreign Ministry said Friday.
JAPAN
May 27, 2006

Panel mulls teacher license renewals

A subpanel of a government advisory body on education agreed Friday to make currently employed teachers subject to license renewals, education ministry officials said.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
May 27, 2006

Harriet Boxall

A young woman in England decided, when she was of university entrance age, that she wanted to do something as far away from her own life as possible. So she did a degree in modern Chinese studies at the University of Leeds.
JAPAN
May 27, 2006

Law enacted to slim bureaucracy avoids 'amakudari,' DPJ charges

The Diet enacted key legislation Friday that lays out a timetable for Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's efforts to reform and slim down the government over the next several years.
BUSINESS
May 27, 2006

Internships popular with companies, universities

The nation's universities and companies have taken a cue from the West and are increasing their participation in internship programs, which are being praised for not only motivating future workers but also for giving them a leg up in real-world job skills.
COMMUNITY
May 27, 2006

With the lightest touch, the most powerful healing

Craniosacral therapist Lionel Gougne lays his hands palm down over my feet with the lightest touch imaginable. He asks me to relax, and so I do, stretch out fully clothed, warm and comfortable on a couch seven floors above Shibuya on a cold damp spring morning.
BUSINESS
May 27, 2006

External assets hit 181 trillion yen at end of 2005

The balance of Japan's net external assets stood at 180.7 trillion yen at the end of 2005, down 2.7 percent from a year earlier, declining for the first time in two years, the Finance Ministry said Friday.
JAPAN
May 27, 2006

Livedoor ex-CFO admits guilt as trial starts, turns on Horie

are for the most part correct," contradicting Horie's assertions that he did not knowingly falsify the company's financial statements. "I deeply regret having committed these crimes, and apologize for having caused so many people trouble, he said.
BUSINESS
May 27, 2006

Corporate culture of deceit wreaks havoc on wealth and markets

Unethical conduct by corporate executives and employees -- ranging from outright fraud to excessive salaries and perks for CEOs -- can inflict much greater financial damage than deadly terrorist acts, visiting American experts warned in a recent symposium in Tokyo.
BUSINESS
May 27, 2006

Land mines, not funds rift, delaying Azadegan: Nikai

Government-linked oil developer Inpex Corp. has not been informed of a possible termination in September of a contract to develop a major oil field in Iran between the firm and its Iranian partners, Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Toshihiro Nikai said Friday.
BUSINESS
May 27, 2006

AIG insurer pair in Japan to merge

U.S. insurer American International Group Inc., will merge next year 2007 in a bid to reinforce their competitive edge, sources said Friday.
JAPAN
May 27, 2006

Relaunch of Mihama reactor OK'd

Friday to restart a nuclear reactor shut down in the wake of a steam pipe explosion in August 2004 that claimed the lives of five workers.
BUSINESS
May 27, 2006

WTO chief Lamy to visit in July

Pascal Lamy, director general of the World Trade Organization, is expected to visit Japan in early July to sound out Tokyo as WTO members struggle to strike a deal by the end of that month, Japanese officials said Friday.
BUSINESS
May 27, 2006

In 2011, the reception problem will be your old TV

About two-thirds of Japanese polled do not know that the current analog TV broadcasts will end in 2011 and be replaced by terrestrial digital services, a communications ministry survey showed Friday.
BUSINESS
May 27, 2006

CPI extends rise on 0.5% gain in April

The consumer price index, a closely watched indicator in connection with the Bank of Japan's monetary policy, rose 0.5 percent in April from a year earlier for the sixth straight monthly increase, the government said Friday, supporting the view that the economy is moving out of deflation.
BUSINESS
May 27, 2006

FSA hits Saikyo failure to report embezzlement

The Financial Services Agency slapped Saikyo Bank with a business-improvement order Friday for failing to report that employees had been embezzling from depositors' accounts, FSA officials said.
The Toyota buyout is a major test for Japan’s reforms
Akio Toyoda, chairman of Toyota Motor, speaks during a media preview at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Oct. 29. Minority investors are challenging the carmaker's bid to take affiliate Toyota Industries Corp. private.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
New satellite images suggest 'mass graves' in Sudan's El-Fasher
A general view of a berm construction in Kinin Village near El-Fasher.
High-speed rail is expensive and difficult, but seen as a key to growth
Achal Khare, former managing director at India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation, gives a presentation during the IHRA Forum 2025 in Tokyo on Oct. 23.
SoftBank is said to have explored potential takeover of Marvell
SoftBank explored a potential takeover of U.S. chipmaker Marvell Technology earlier this year, in what would have been the semiconductor industry's largest-ever deal.
These are the hottest lower-division rikishi to watch right now
Fukazaki (right) grapples with Enho at the IG Arena in Nagoya on July 13.
Across borders and screens, Tokyo film festival finds humanity in migration
“Mother Bhumi” takes place in a multiethnic rice-farming community where Chinese, Thai and Malay lineages intertwine.
Takaichi’s balancing act: Supporting Taiwan and stabilizing China ties
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi shakes hands with Lin Hsin-i, Taiwan’s presidential adviser, on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Saturday in this image posted to Takaichi's official X account.
From 1973 to 2025: A Japanese American skater’s long ride to recognition
Judi Oyama at Winchester Skatepark in San Jose, California, in January 1979. The Skateboarding Hall of Fame inductee and Guinness World Record holder still skates and hopes to inspire older women.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
The second life of Japan's net cafes
By Alex K.T. Martin

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