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BUSINESS
Mar 12, 2004

Post offices should offer more services: panel

A governmental economic policy-setting panel said Thursday that services offered at post offices should be diversified when they are privatized, according to economic and fiscal policy minister Heizo Takenaka.
BUSINESS
Mar 12, 2004

Nikkei BP forms China alliance

Nikkei Business Publications Inc. (Nikkei BP) said Thursday it has formed an alliance with International Data Group to integrate their electronics magazines published in China.
JAPAN
Mar 12, 2004

Defense Agency upgrade delay sought

A senior lawmaker of New Komeito said Thursday a bill to upgrade the Defense Agency to a ministry should not go to the Diet during the current ordinary session.
JAPAN
Mar 12, 2004

Jewel-heist plot thickens as suspected perpetrators flee

Men matching the descriptions of two robbers who stole 3.5 billion yen worth of jewelry from a store in Tokyo's Ginza district last week have left Japan from Narita and Kansai airports, police sources said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Mar 12, 2004

No yen redenomination: Koizumi

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi dismissed talk of redenominating the yen Thursday after reportedly floating the idea the night before.
BUSINESS
Mar 12, 2004

With Mexico FTA set, Japan turns toward Asia

Japan and Mexico are poised to give the final go-ahead Friday on a free-trade agreement that trade officials hope will smooth the way for bilateral deals closer to home in Asia.
JAPAN
Mar 12, 2004

Koizumi backpedals, supports certain cases of 'amakudari'

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Thursday backpedaled on his recent pledge to bar retired bureaucrats from heading semigovernmental special companies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 12, 2004

Plants built amid digital gadget boom

With more and more Japanese households using digital appliances that can be monitored and controlled via the Internet and mobile phones, many firms are planning to build more plants in Japan to make components for these smart products.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / VINELAND
Mar 12, 2004

Flowers blossom above the Californian fog

The red wines of Burgundy are often cited as the Holy Grail for New World makers of Pinot Noir, but the results have almost invariably fallen short. So we were surprised to see wine guru Robert Parker recently laud a Pinot from New World upstart Flowers Winery as "evocative of a Domaine de la Romanee...
BUSINESS
Mar 12, 2004

NTT in U.S. patent suit since 2001

The University of Texas filed a damages suit in the United States in 2001 against NTT Corp. over NTT's patented battery technology, which the school claims was taken from it by a former student who worked as an engineer for the firm, NTT officials said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 12, 2004

Toyota trumpets walking robots

Toyota Motor Corp. unveiled four humanoid robot prototypes Thursday, some of which can walk and play the trumpet.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Mar 12, 2004

Museums bid to widen leisure appeal

Museums want you to drop by, of course, but they also want you to linger, to explore, take your time -- the whole afternoon, if possible. To this end, no respectable museum can be without cafes and shops to enhance the experience.
JAPAN
Mar 12, 2004

Chinese being frozen out of student visa process

Things are looking pretty grim for Chinese students who have their sights set on pursuing their Japanese language studies here.
BUSINESS
Mar 12, 2004

LDP, FSA clash over bank plan

Liberal Democratic Party panels on financial policy and research voiced opposition Thursday toward a Financial Services Agency plan aimed at lifting all restrictions on banks entering the insurance business.
BUSINESS
Mar 12, 2004

Vodafone to offer Global Mail service

Vodafone K.K. said it will launch a new service Thursday that enables its mobile phone users to exchange e-mail with photo and video data with overseas users who have compatible handsets on participating networks.
Japan Times
Events
Mar 12, 2004

Diagnosing what really ails Japan, Germany

BERLIN -- Japan and Germany, once the powerful engines of the global economy together with the United States, have had stagnant years since the 1990s.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 12, 2004

Yoshinoya hopes discount pork dish will draw crowd

Restaurant chain Yoshinoya D&C Co. launched a five-day campaign Thursday to promote sales of pork-on-rice dishes, which it introduced after running out of beef last month due to a ban on imported U.S. beef.
BUSINESS
Mar 12, 2004

Fukui fears sowing seeds of inflation

Bank of Japan Gov. Toshihiko Fukui said Thursday the seeds of inflation may be disseminated by the extremely accommodative monetary policies of many developed countries.
SOCCER / J. League
Mar 11, 2004

Under-23s under the weather

The Japanese Under-23 team is still suffering from a stomach bug that struck many of its players during last week's tour to the United Arab Emirates in the first round of Asian qualifiers for the Athens Olympics.
JAPAN
Mar 11, 2004

Koizumi admits state fault in '50s emigration plan

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Wednesday the government should not have promoted emigration to the Dominican Republic in the 1950s.
Japan braces for typhoon landfall early next week
Severe Tropical Storm Shanshan is seen in a satellite image from Friday afternoon
Typhoon Shanshan gains steam as storm projected to hit broad swath of Japan
Typhoon Shanshan is forecast to approach or make landfall on the islands of Honshu or Shikoku by Tuesday afternoon, with rough weather expected from western to eastern Japan through Wednesday before hitting the country’s northeastern areas late Wednesday into Thursday.
High temperatures expected to continue in Japan through October
A construction worker in Akasaka-Mitsuke, Tokyo, on Wednesday. High temperatures are projected to linger on past the summer.
Clinical trial set to begin in Japan for medicine to help grow teeth
Inside the mouth of a mouse whose teeth were missing due to congenital anodontia (left) and the inside of the mouth after teeth were grown after taking medicine.
Why it's hard to find rice at Japan's supermarkets right now
A supermarket worker puts up a sign asking purchasers to buy only one bag per person, in Tokyo on July 25.
Ueda promises better communication as he sticks to the script
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda speaks during a Lower House hearing on Friday in Tokyo.
Remembering Keiichi Tanaami's surreal grotesqueries
Keiichi Tanaami died on Aug. 9 after a 60-year career as a Pop Art pioneer. He was 88.
In Japan’s flyover country, 72 hours of hidden gems
Okayama and Tottori prefectures are some of the least-visited regions in Japan among foreign tourists — which is why they offer such a welcome break from crowd-clogged cities like Tokyo and Kyoto.
Why it's hard to find rice at Japan's supermarkets right now
A supermarket worker puts up a sign asking purchasers to buy only one bag per person, in Tokyo on July 25.
Italy-Japan ties enter ‘new era’ amid deepening alignment, top envoy to Tokyo says
The Italian Navy's aircraft carrier ITS Cavour at the Yokosuka naval base on Thursday. The 244-meter, 27,100-ton Italian flagship arrived at the base in Kanagawa Prefecture Thursday morning for a port call.

Podcast

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

Longform

The volunteer lifesavers of Nishihama Surf Lifesaving Club never know what's in store at the start of their day.
It's no simple day at the beach for Japan's volunteer lifesavers
By Yuko Tamura

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