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SOCCER / J. League
May 4, 2006

World Cup hopeful Maki helps lift Chiba past Urawa

CHIBA -- Seiichiro Maki is not going to give up on a World Cup place without a fight.
BASKETBALL
May 4, 2006

Tabuse still has eyes on NBA dream

Yuta Tabuse always watches NBA games, even when he's at a dinner table. And the sought-after dream has not changed at all since then.
JAPAN
May 4, 2006

Woman held after kin found dead

A woman was arrested Wednesday in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, for allegedly killing her daughter after five bodies were discovered in an apartment earlier this week.
MORE SPORTS
May 4, 2006

Japan misses place in semis in Thomas, Uber Cup

Japan dropped both of the doubles matches and allowed the Netherlands to come from behind for a 3-2 victory, failing to reach the semifinals of the Uber Cup women's team badminton championship on Wednesday.
EDITORIALS
May 4, 2006

Minamata's legacy after 50 years

Fifty years have passed since the first official recognition of Minamata disease, a major symbol of Japan's postwar industrial pollution. Yet relief for those who suffered massive organic mercury poisoning, dating back to the 1950s and '60s, has not been fully delivered. More than 3,700 people have filed...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 4, 2006

Bridgestone museum celebrates 50th anniversary

During the past 130 years or so following the Meiji Restoration, many industrialists are remembered not only for having made huge fortunes, but also for using part of their riches to amass collections of art.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 4, 2006

Bolshoi Ballet: "La Bayadere" and "La Fille du Pharaon"

Japan Performing Arts Foundation Finishes in 10 days
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 4, 2006

"Jim Lambie -- P.I.L"

Mizuma Art Gallery Closes in 10 days
JAPAN
May 4, 2006

Japanese least willing to have more kids: five-nation survey

Japanese parents are less likely to have more children than parents in other countries because they are expensive to raise and educate, an international survey conducted by the government says.
JAPAN
May 4, 2006

Golden Week peak starts with a rush

Travelers jammed railway stations, airports and highways throughout the nation Wednesday as they headed off to resorts or hometowns as the main part of Golden Week got under way.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 4, 2006

Big in France

There's a good reason that the artists given the moniker the Ecole de Paris were called a "school" -- in the early 20th century they had flocked from all over the World to Paris to learn the styles, techniques, and attitudes that had put the French capital at the cutting edge of art.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 4, 2006

"Chihiro Ito -- A Landscape Wall Painting"

Ai Gallery and SPC Gallery Closes in 16 days
SUMO
May 3, 2006

Expectations rise as Natsu nears

With a popular new ozeki in the shape of Mongolian Hakuho to whet appetites and a couple of faithful old Japanese types who were toughening the soles of their feet while he was still a toddler, we have a rather interesting mix of past and present, Japanese and foreign at the rank for the May 7th to 21st...
SOCCER / World cup
May 3, 2006

Zico backs Yanagisawa to be ready for finals

Japan coach Zico on Tuesday banked on Atsushi Yanagisawa being ready for the World Cup finals but said he is not taking a chance on the injured Kashima Antlers striker in the upcoming Kirin Cup.
SPORTS / E-LIST
May 3, 2006

Konishiki, Kiyohara and a collared shirt

The E-List digs fancy threads, and for a sharp-dressed man, look no further than Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters outfielder Tsuyoshi Shinjo.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 3, 2006

Giants eye Chinese southpaw Wu

The Yomiuri Giants said Tuesday they have reached an agreement to acquire for 21-year-old left-handed prospect Wu Meng from the Beijing Tigers in the Chinese Baseball League.
SOCCER / J. League
May 3, 2006

J. League changes schedules

The J. League on Tuesday announced schedule changes for first-division matches and the Nabisco Cup semifinals.
JAPAN
May 3, 2006

Part-time work OK to achieve dreams: students

Forty percent of university freshmen say they would become "freeters," or part-time workers, to achieve their dreams, while nearly half of their parents don't like the idea, according to a survey released Tuesday.
JAPAN
May 3, 2006

Ministry to ask M.D.s for drug data

The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry will start collecting information on the side effects of new drugs directly from doctors, officials said Tuesday.
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.
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.
Beware of China’s strategic distortion of reality
China holds a military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, in Beijing on Sept. 3. 
China to reimpose ban on Japanese seafood imports amid row over Taiwan, reports say
A sign reading, "Suspend the sales of all fish products imported from Japan" is displayed in an area home to Japanese restaurants in Beijing in August 2023. China will reimpose a ban on imports of Japanese seafood, media reports in Tokyo said Wednesday, as a diplomatic spat between the two countries deepens.
Yen rout brings talk of ¥160 to the dollar and possible intervention
The yen has been weak against the U.S. dollar in recent weeks, with some analysts expecting the retreat to continue.
Onosato stumbles in quest for first perfect championship
Yoshinofuji (left) beats Onosato by <i>oshidashi</i> at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament on Tuesday.
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.
Economic security minister stresses crackdown on rule-breaking foreign nationals
Economic security minister Kimi Onoda speaks during a group interview in Tokyo on Monday.
How Band-Maid brought anime energy into the hard-rock sound of ‘Scooooop’
Members of Band-Maid combine heavy riffs and maid-inspired visuals in their latest project, "Rock Is a Lady’s Modesty."

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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An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.
A century of Deaf sport finds its moment in Tokyo
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