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BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Oct 29, 2005

Dress code not an easy sell for Stern

NEW YORK -- Nothing launches a campaign quite like Tim Duncan -- commonly identified as the league's most wholesome player -- branding David Stern's dress code as "retarded."
BUSINESS
Oct 29, 2005

Tokyo CPI edges down again

The key gauge of consumer prices in Tokyo fell 0.3 percent in October from a year earlier, marking a 73rd consecutive monthly decline, the government said Friday.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Oct 29, 2005

Joji and the flagon: a 'Flactured Fairy Tale'

Man can learn much from myths. For example, one thing I learned from the myth of Sisyphus was never to name my kid Sisyphus.
JAPAN
Oct 29, 2005

Task force to compile bird flu plan

The government set up a task force Friday that will compile an action plan by the end of November to fight possible outbreaks of bird flu variants among humans, according to health minister Hidehisa Otsuji.
BUSINESS
Oct 29, 2005

Panasonic maker sees solid first half

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said Friday it posted a group net profit of 64.41 billion yen for the first half of fiscal 2005, a year-on-year increase of 15 percent.
BUSINESS
Oct 29, 2005

Nissan reports record profit on strong sales, lower costs

Nissan Motor Co. reported Friday that it posted a record group operating profit of 411.5 billion yen for the first half of 2005, up 2 percent from the same period the previous year.
BUSINESS
Oct 29, 2005

Asian nations eye cultural teamwork

A high-level seminar was held in Tokyo on Friday to enhance cooperation among Asian countries on producing animated films, video games and other cultural products.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 29, 2005

Shinjo to stay on

Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters outfielder Tsuyoshi Shinjo is set to play for the Pacific League club for another year, baseball sources said Friday.
JAPAN
Oct 29, 2005

Soldier's son in search for other veterans' kin

Koichi Ogawa began searching for the relatives of a Japanese soldier who died in the battle of Okinawa after receiving the soldier's identification tag from William Fischer, a former U.S. Navy officer, in June.
BUSINESS
Oct 29, 2005

Foreigners free to invest in broadcasters -- up to a point

Telecommunications minister Taro Aso on Friday welcomed moves by foreign funds to hold equity stakes in Japanese broadcasters -- as long as these stakes are under the legal limit of 20 percent.
JAPAN
Oct 29, 2005

Sex industry law revised to curb human-trafficking

A law regulating the sex industry was revised Friday to help curb human-trafficking and to rein in advertising and other activities used to solicit customers.
BUSINESS
Oct 29, 2005

Reform of state lenders in works

A Liberal Democratic Party panel studying reforms to eight government-backed financial institutions agreed Friday that Shoko Chukin Bank should be privatized.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Oct 29, 2005

Panty snatching: is it a crime?

It's the change of seasons in Japan and the favorite time of year for TV weather forecasters as they make comments and give advice to their viewers. "It is normal for people to feel hot during the daytime but cold at night," observes one weather forecaster. "Tomorrow people should carry a foldup umbrella,"...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Oct 29, 2005

New Asian Collection gallery is dream come true

Robert Tobin makes charismatic progress around the back side of Ebisu Station in central Tokyo.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Oct 29, 2005

Yuki Akimoto

Yuko Akimoto and her brother began the right way by choosing their parents well. Their father, Minoru Akimoto, has an M.A. from Michigan State University. From a business career at the top, he retired as executive vice president of Itochu Corp. Their poetic, music-loving mother, Taeko, runs her own musical...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 29, 2005

LDP expels postal rebel Norota

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Friday expelled former farm minister Hosei Norota and punished 49 other lawmakers for voting against Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's postal privatization bills in July.
BUSINESS
Oct 29, 2005

Output up for second month in row

Industrial production inched up a seasonally adjusted 0.2 percent in September from the previous month, scoring a second straight monthly increase for the first time since the summer of 2004, according to a preliminary government report released Friday.
JAPAN
Oct 29, 2005

LDP revises Article 9 in draft Constitution

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Friday endorsed a new draft Constitution featuring a rewritten version of war-renouncing Article 9 that would officially allow the nation to possess a military for self-defense.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 28, 2005

Seibu shuns Matsuzaka's request

Seibu Lions ace right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka made a fresh request to his team Thursday to let him pursue a career in the major leagues next year, but the answer was "no" again.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Oct 28, 2005

Bryant, Apache look forward to start of bj-league

With a laugh, Joe Bryant says that to be back in the country where the city he named his son for is located is like a spiritual homecoming.
EDITORIALS
Oct 28, 2005

Learning from devastating quakes

On Oct. 23, 2004, a series of powerful earthquakes, including one with a magnitude of 6.8, devastated the Chuetsu region in Niigata Prefecture. Of the 51 deaths, 16 were directly caused by the devastation. Most of the remaining deaths were caused by "economy-class syndrome," in which survivors who tried...
JAPAN
Oct 28, 2005

Defense Agency mulls drug tests

The Defense Agency said Thursday it is considering additional drug testing for Self-Defense Forces troops in the wake of a series of drug scandals.
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.
Ainu land rights in crosshairs as Hokkaido communities debate nuclear waste
A street in Suttsu, Hokkaido, with a sign put up by an anti-nuclear organization. The small community is considering hosting a facility that would hold nuclear waste.
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.

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