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Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 19, 2004

Housing corporations in deflation funk

An increasing number of local public housing corporations are on the brink of insolvency due to declining land prices, threatening to deal a serious blow to already fragile regional economies.
EDITORIALS
Feb 19, 2004

Upper House in need of reform

Should Japan keep its bicameral parliamentary system? Put another way, is the House of Councilors, or Upper House, really necessary? The question is not new. Many Japanese have long regarded it as the "rubber stamp" of the more influential House of Representatives. Now the issue is coming under scrutiny...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 19, 2004

Leftist group raided after projectile attack

Police raided locations linked to an ultra-leftist group in 10 prefectures Wednesday in connection with attacks against the Defense Agency and U.S. military bases, government sources said.
JAPAN
Feb 19, 2004

Abductee investigation will be sought

Tokyo will demand that Pyongyang investigate additional cases of missing Japanese nationals if Tokyo formally recognizes them as abductees, a senior Foreign Ministry official told a Lower House subcommittee Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 19, 2004

Special night classes bridging language gap

Since April, 35-year-old Rika Osada of Malaysia has been studying nightly side by side with four Japanese much older than her at Shinsei Junior High School in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo.
JAPAN
Feb 19, 2004

LDP-New Komeito ties criticized

Democratic Party of Japan leader Naoto Kan on Wednesday criticized the Liberal Democratic Party for depending heavily on New Komeito to stay in power.
BUSINESS
Feb 19, 2004

DoCoMo may sell off 16% stake in AT&T

NTT DoCoMo Inc. said Wednesday that it might sell its 16 percent stake in AT&T Wireless following an agreement by Cingular Wireless LLC to purchase the No. 3 mobile carrier in the United States.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 19, 2004

E-money becomes smart way to pay

An increasing number of people are using e-money systems when paying for train tickets, shopping at stores and making other payments.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / WILD WATCH
Feb 19, 2004

Distance lends enchantment

Take a look at a map of the west side of the Pacific and you'll find a fractured scatter of islands from the Kuriles south of Kamchatka, through Japan, the Philippines, Indonesia, New Guinea and New Caledonia all the way to New Zealand and its sub-Antarctic Islands straddling the Roaring 40s and the...
JAPAN
Feb 19, 2004

GDP logs 1.7% quarterly rise

Japan's economy expanded a real 1.7 percent in the October-December period, the best showing in 13 1/2 years, backed by strong corporate capital investment, exports and consumer spending, the Cabinet Office said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Feb 19, 2004

Japan, U.S. to get tough on WMD

Senior officials of Japan and the United States agreed Wednesday to step up efforts to prevent the spread of weapons of mass destruction.
BUSINESS
Feb 19, 2004

Japan Airlines System says Shinmachi will be new chief

Japan Airlines System Corp. said Wednesday it will promote its executive vice president, Toshiyuki Shinmachi, to president.
SOCCER / World cup
Feb 19, 2004

Japan squeezes by Oman

SAITAMA -- Oman! Or should that be: "Oh boy?"
LIFE / Lifestyle / MATTER OF COURSE
Feb 19, 2004

Schools step in to teach kids table manners

Why is it so difficult to teach children table manners? My kids are quick learners. My oldest only needs to hear a Weird Al song once and he's got the lyrics memorized. His little brother can recite the specs for every fighter plane ever built. So why can't they master the trick of getting their napkins...
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 19, 2004

No sugar, but FTA still sweet

SYDNEY -- The cheering has died. Hardheaded businessmen are taking a second look. Suddenly the newly agreed Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement is looking distinctly one-sided -- and not in Australia's favor.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 19, 2004

Head of DaimlerChrysler Smart unit reportedly to be named MMC chief

Andreas Renschler, president of DaimlerChrysler AG subsidiary Smart GmbH, will take the helm of struggling automaker Mitsubishi Motors Corp. as early as April, industry sources said Wednesday.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Feb 19, 2004

Bad-boy Wallace unlikely to stay with Hawks long

LOS ANGELES -- The biggest surprise regarding All-Star Weekend is Magic Johnson didn't win MVP.
BUSINESS
Feb 19, 2004

Japan to request cut in tariffs due to EU expansion

The government will ask the European Union to cut tariffs on imports from Japan to offset increases that will be implemented by 10 European countries when they join the group in May.
SUMO
Feb 19, 2004

Osaka governor barred from ring

Osaka Gov. Fusae Ota was banned for a fourth straight year Wednesday from entering the raised ring because she is a woman in what has now become an annual ritual of the Japan Sumo Association (JSA).
BUSINESS
Feb 19, 2004

IRCJ may spend up to 490 billion yen reviving Kanebo

The Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan might spend up to 490 billion yen to bail out struggling cosmetics maker Kanebo Ltd., sources said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Feb 19, 2004

Only two auto-worker unions demand pay-scale raise

Labor unions at major automakers presented their demands to management Wednesday for this year's wage negotiations, with only two of them calling for pay-scale increases.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Feb 18, 2004

Going with the wind in Manchuria

Akai Tsuki Rating: * * * (out of 5) Director: Yasuo Furuhata Running time: 111 minutes Language: Japanese Currently showing [See Japan Times movie listings] Yasuo Furuhata is the most established of mainstream directors, consistently working with the Japanese film industry's biggest...
JAPAN
Feb 18, 2004

LDP eyes child abuse law update

A Liberal Democratic Party committee on Tuesday issued proposed revisions to the law against child abuse that would allow police to forcibly enter homes where abuse is suspected and parents have refused on-site inspections by a child consultation center.
JAPAN
Feb 18, 2004

LDP panels endorse bill on North Korea ship ban

Three Liberal Democratic Party panels jointly approved Tuesday an outline of a bill to enable the government to ban North Korean ships from entering Japanese ports.
EDITORIALS
Feb 18, 2004

Perils of internecine war in Iraq

What is most disturbing about Iraq is that the security situation there continues to deteriorate, even as the country prepares to take over the reins of government from the U.S.-led coalition at the end of June. In particular, terrorist and guerrilla attacks over the past two weeks reveal an ominous...
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.
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.
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.
Summer Sonic: The heat doesn’t matter when the lineup works
British hard rock outfit Bring Me the Horizon delivered a dramatic set that featured a surprise appearance from local metal-meets-idol group Babymetal.
Shinjiro Koizumi's criticism of LDP factions could return to haunt him
Former Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, 43, is the son of Junichiro Koizumi, who was prime minister between 2001 and 2006.

Podcast

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