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CULTURE / Music
Nov 25, 2005

Teriyaki Boyz: "Beef or Chicken"

Diamond teeth alone cannot bequeath the title "hip-hop mogul," so now A Bathing Ape owner Nigo has become a pop Svengali with the creation of "super group" Teriyaki Boyz. Ignore the silly album title; the Ape General called up a cadre of famous producers such as Daft Punk, DJ Shadow and Adrock to provide...
BUSINESS
Nov 25, 2005

Megabanks show signs of revival

The nation's three giant banking groups posted drastic gains in the first half of fiscal 2005 after unloading many of the bad loans that undermined their strength and threatened the financial system for more than a decade.
JAPAN
Nov 25, 2005

Researchers delay onset of prion diseases

A team of researchers announced that they have succeeded in delaying the onset of prion diseases, which include mad cow disease, by inoculating mice with normal prion proteins taken from other animals.
JAPAN
Nov 25, 2005

Aso skeptical of Europe's Africa aid

Foreign Minister Taro Aso indicated Thursday he is skeptical of the role that Europe's official development assistance plays in Africa, given that development on the continent hasn't grown the way it has in Asia.
BUSINESS
Nov 25, 2005

Tepco founds Bahama tanker unit

Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Thursday it has founded a new firm in the Bahamas to own a tanker for transporting liquefied natural gas to Japan under the Sakhalin-2 oil and gas development project off the Russian island of Sakhalin.
BUSINESS
Nov 25, 2005

TBS to visit Rakuten for details of financial condition

A team from Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc. will visit the headquarters of Internet portal operator Rakuten Inc. on Friday to get information on its financial condition, a senior TBS official said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 25, 2005

Economic challenges and opportunities lie ahead for Japan

The rapid aging of the Japanese population is both a challenge and an opportunity as it will force the nation to confront structural problems with its economy and make tough choices, visiting French journalists said at a recent symposium in Tokyo.
BUSINESS
Nov 25, 2005

Department store sales up in October

Department store sales rose slightly in October for the second consecutive month, while supermarket sales shrank for the 20th month running, industry bodies said Thursday.
CULTURE / Music
Nov 25, 2005

The KO Project

When musicians are unrestricted by conventions, many often fall into the repetitive, self-absorbed patterns of "free jazz" that make would be jazz fans wince. Pianist Masabumi Kikuchi and saxophonist Greg Osby are two rare exceptions.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 25, 2005

Auto lobby battling tax plans -- but why?

Japan's automotive industry Thursday lambasted the government's plans to make tax revenues hitherto earmarked for road construction available for general purposes.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Nov 25, 2005

Izu's Shimoda basks calmly in past glories

Jutting south from Mount Fuji into the Pacific, the Izu Peninsula has something of a holiday air about it. The warm Kuroshio current flowing northward lends the peninsula a mild climate, and its position close to the suture lines of shifting tectonic plates means that rugged Izu has no lack of geothermal...
BUSINESS
Nov 25, 2005

EBC frets corporate law amendment

The European Business Council in Japan issued an annual white paper on the nation's business environment Thursday that recommends changing an article in the revised corporation law it fears could make the structure of some European companies here illegal.
CULTURE / Music
Nov 25, 2005

Adult: "Gimmie Trouble"

As empowering as it is for bedroom music-makers, the inexpensive analog synth/drum machine methodology doesn't offer much in the way of range, and as far as pop music goes it's rarely even made it to the living room. Adult., an electronica duo from Detroit, added a guitarist last year and though Sam...
BUSINESS
Nov 25, 2005

Trade surplus shrinks 28.8% as high oil prices boost imports

Japan's trade surplus shrank 28.8 percent in October from a year earlier to 822.1 billion yen, marking a seventh straight month of decline, the Finance Ministry said Thursday.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Nov 25, 2005

Niigata taiko troupe taps ancient traditions

One of Japan's best-loved taiko (Japanese drumming) groups, Kodo, is performing throughout Japan in December. Based on Sado Island, Kodo started out in 1981 and has since performed all over the world. Each year, Kodo ushers in the end of the year with a bang with their "December Concert" series. The...
BUSINESS
Nov 25, 2005

GameCube fall halves Nintendo profit

Nintendo Co. said Thursday its group operating profit for the six months to Sept. 30 dived 51.0 percent on smaller sales of its GameCube video console and ballooning development costs for its next-generation Revolution console.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / THE SECOND ROOM
Nov 25, 2005

Psychedelic radar 11.25

Saturday, Nov. 26
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 24, 2005

Cabrera to stick with Seibu

Seibu Lions slugger Alex Cabrera will return to the Pacific League club for a sixth season under a new deal expected to run through the 2007 season.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 24, 2005

Swallows' Miyamoto to head players association

Yakult Swallows infielder Shinya Miyamoto is set to take over from Atsuya Furuta as Japanese baseball players association president, baseball sources said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Nov 24, 2005

Bill to bill firms for asbestos ills

The government has compiled a bill calling on companies to pay about 8 billion yen per year and local governments to pay about 1 billion yen per year to fund allowances for people suffering asbestos-linked health problems and for the next of kin of those who died from such maladies.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Nov 24, 2005

Cerezo continues unbeaten tear, now level with Gamba

Cerezo Osaka extended its unbeaten run to 14 league matches and moved level on points with local rival Gamba Osaka at the top of the J. League after a 1-1 draw with Oita Trinita on Wednesday.
EDITORIALS
Nov 24, 2005

A frustrating trip for Mr. Bush

Heads of state travel either to get a respite from domestic problems or to get photo opportunities that make them look like leaders. By those standards, U.S. President George W. Bush must be frustrated by his recently concluded eight-day Asia tour. He neither escaped increasingly contentious and bitter...
JAPAN
Nov 24, 2005

ACCJ seeks fair play for Japan Post competitors

The American Chamber of Commerce in Japan has urged the government to make sure private-sector firms will be able to compete on an equal footing with the four postal entities to be spun off from Japan Post.
Japan braces for more quakes as authorities dismiss doomsday hype
Evacuees from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecuture, arrive at Kagoshima Port on Friday.
Heatstroke alert issued for 19 prefectures as Japan enters 'once-in-a-decade' heat wave
Japan will experience a heat wave through mid-July on a “level only seen once in a decade,” the Meteorological Agency said on June 30.
Hidden AI prompts in academic papers spark concern about research integrity
Waseda University is one of 14 institutions in eight countries found to have used hidden prompts in research papers.
Tokyo and Kyoto feature among top ‘noctourism’ destinations
Tokyo ranked second after New York and ahead of Dubai and Singapore in a ranking of the top global cities for nighttime tourism.
Elon Musk says he has created a new U.S. political party
Elon Musk looks on during a news conference with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on May 30.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Flag football facing challenges and opportunities ahead
Japan’s women’s flag football team at the 2025 International Bowl in Los Angeles in June. The sport is enjoying continued growth in the country.
From Hokusai’s Great Wave, shinkansen to One Piece: a cultural treasure box for Lego Japan
Michael Ebbesen, general manager of Lego Japan, says Lego bricks based on Japanese culture have a rich global appeal and are sellable around the world.
With farmed fish, RelationFish swims against the tide in fine dining
Chef Hideaki Matsuo (middle) and the staff of Oseto Suisan Fisheries prepare to check on their sustainably farmed fish.
As Southeast Asia heats up, a Japanese cooling giant sees a major opportunity
An employee of Daikin Cambodia explains the use of different tools during an air conditioner installation training session in Phnom Penh. Daikin is one of Japan’s oldest air conditioning companies, but as Japan’s population falls, the firm is keying in on overseas growth.

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