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BUSINESS
Jun 3, 2006

Hankyu's tender stays on course

Hankyu Holdings Inc. President Kazuo Sumi on Friday ruled out the possibility of his firm changing its public tender offer for Hanshin Electric Railway Co. shares and said it would no longer negotiate with Murakami fund, the top Hanshin shareholder, on the issue.
EDITORIALS
Jun 3, 2006

Myanmar thumbs its nose

Myanmar's military government has decided to extend again the house arrest of prodemocracy activist and Nobel laureate Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi. The decision is another sign of the contempt the Yangon government has for the international community. Ms. Suu Kyi should be released immediately and the government...
COMMENTARY
Jun 3, 2006

America's next enemy is . . .

WASHINGTON -- Peace is boring. How else to explain America's seemingly incessant search for a new enemy?
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2006

20% of Japan's population over 65

2005 saw the number of Japanese age 65 and older topped 20 percent of the total population for the first time, according to a government white paper released Friday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Jun 3, 2006

Theodore Skillman and Paul Guilfoile

In May 2004, 26 people representing six international schools in the Kanto area met and formed the first International Alumni Council, Japan.
BUSINESS
Jun 3, 2006

Sompo Japan chief resigns; 6.5 million yen error revealed

The president of Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. resigned Friday to take responsibility for the firm's misconduct that resulted in a business suspension order, while the insurer announced it mistakenly collected 6.5 million yen in premiums due to a clerical error.
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2006

LDP wants to allow military projects in space programs

A panel of the Liberal Democratic Party has drafted a bill that would allow Japan to use space for military purposes within the realm of self-defense, shifting from the current stance that space projects only have civilian roles, party officials said Friday.
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2006

LDP panel split on Imperial succession

A panel of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party looking into Imperial succession issues Friday presented two conflicting proposals in a draft report — allowing females to ascend to the Chrysanthemum Throne and preserving the current male-line succession.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Jun 3, 2006

Just say it ain't so, Joe

At times in my life I have been vain enough to imagine my name up in lights, embossed upon a novel or even typed beneath the head of a newspaper column. A good one, I mean.
BUSINESS
Jun 3, 2006

Narita South Wing open

The refurbished South Wing at Narita International Airport's Terminal 1 opened Friday amid high hopes from the airport's operator and All Nippon Airways Co., the terminal's main tenant, that the improvements will attract more passengers.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jun 3, 2006

Be Japanese -- love the whole firework

The first time I was ever asked to go see a fireworks display with someone I said, "Sure, why not?" I obviously did not exude enough enthusiasm. Fireworks are such a big deal in Japan they warrant festivals where young women don summer kimono and eat from food stalls on the street among thousands of...
BUSINESS
Jun 3, 2006

Tanigaki hints at G8 finance agenda

Group of Eight finance ministers are expected to focus on rising energy prices and ways to address global current account imbalances when they meet next week in St. Petersburg, Russia, Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki said Friday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 2, 2006

Marines get better of Swallows

CHIBA -- Whatever the secret is, the Chiba Lotte Marines have interleague play figured out.
MORE SPORTS
Jun 2, 2006

Italian Rossi stays with Yamaha

Defending world MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi will remain with Yamaha for the 2007 season, the Japanese manufacturer announced Thursday.
EDITORIALS
Jun 2, 2006

Chaos in East Timor

Violence has engulfed East Timor, Asia's youngest and poorest nation. The situation has exposed deep divisions in the country and threatens to unseat the government of Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri. Neighboring countries have sent troops to help restore stability, but any military solution will only be...
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 2, 2006

Serb tragedy needs epilogue

PRAGUE -- Serbia's long tragedy looks like it is coming to an end. The death of Slobodan Milosevic has just been followed by Montenegro's referendum on independence. Independence for Kosovo, too, is inching closer.
BUSINESS
Jun 2, 2006

ShinGinko has 20.9 billion yen loss

ShinGinko Tokyo Ltd., a bank the Tokyo Metropolitan Government founded last year aimed at small companies, said Thursday it posted a net loss of 20.9 billion yen in its first business year to March.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 2, 2006

BTMU buys $180 million Bank of China equity stake

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ on Thursday became the first Japanese bank to take an equity stake in a Chinese bank, purchasing $180 million in Bank of China shares as it listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange the same day.
BUSINESS
Jun 2, 2006

IHI, Marubeni cement Vietnam deal

Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co. and Marubeni Corp. said Thursday they have jointly landed a Vietnamese order to build a cement factory on the premises of an existing plant in Bim Son, Thanh Hoa Province.
BUSINESS
Jun 2, 2006

MOS turns green, stops putting burgers in plastic bags

In a move aimed at conserving energy, MOS Food Services Inc. announced Thursday that it will stop giving customers plastic bags to carry their purchases in by July 1, saving an estimated 352 kiloliters of petroleum annually.
JAPAN
Jun 2, 2006

90,650 people disappeared in 2005

The National Police Agency said Thursday that 90,650 people left their homes and were unaccounted for last year, falling 5.6 percent from the previous year for the third year of decline.
JAPAN
Jun 2, 2006

Workers shed coats, ties for '06 'Cool Biz' season

This year's "Cool Biz" casual attire campaign kicked off Thursday with men across Japan, from politicians to office employees, urged to leave their coats and ties at home during summer to help cut back on power consumption for air conditioning.
JAPAN
Jun 2, 2006

Ethiopia envoy pushes investment

Japanese companies can benefit from investing in Ethiopia because of the country's vast natural resources and agribusiness potential, the ambassador of the sub-Saharan nation said Thursday.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jun 2, 2006

Kids choir sings Bartok

The Cantemus Children's Choir from Hungary make their fifth visit to Japan, performing in Osaka on June 20 and in Tokyo on June 21.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jun 2, 2006

Human dramas revisited

Sky Perfect TV's Japanese movie channel and select cable television stations will celebrate the career of director Shoichiro Sasaki starting on June 16. Sasaki, a former NHK TV drama director, is highly rated not only by TV viewers but also by directors such as Hirokazu Koreeda, Shinya Tsukamoto and...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / WALKING THE WARDS
Jun 2, 2006

The hidden charms of Nerima

Do you have daikon ashi (giant-radish legs)? Let's hope not, as the Japanese metaphor usually applies to fat, lard-white and water-laden gams. If the daikon in question is from Nerima, however, it's no insult, as the northwestern ward's famous daikon is a long, slender and highly prized variety.
CULTURE / Music
Jun 2, 2006

Duduka Da Fonseca Quintet "Samba Jazz in Black & White"

One of Brazil's best musical exports, drummer Duduka Da Fonseca has played on 200-some recording sessions with Tom Jobim and the Brazilian jazz group Trio da Paz. With one foot planted firmly in both jazz and Brazilian music, "Samba Jazz" is Da Fonseca's second album as leader.
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.
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.
War refugee Aonishiki becomes first Ukrainian to win sumo tournament
Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki receives the Prime Minister's Cup from Takahiro Inoue, an adviser to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, on Sunday in Fukuoka after becoming the first from his nation to win a tournament in the traditional Japanese sport.
Americans with four-year degrees now comprise a record 25% of unemployed workers
A job fair in Fletcher, North Carolina. The unemployment rate for bachelor’s degree-holders in the U.S. rose to 2.8% in September, up a half-percentage point from a year earlier.
Top Chinese diplomat weighs in on Takaichi’s ‘shocking’ Taiwan remarks
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi delivers delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of the Lanting Forum in Beijing on Oct. 27.
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.
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.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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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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