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SOCCER / J. League
Jan 13, 2006

Kaji eyes move to Gamba

Gamba Osaka are in talks to acquire FC Tokyo and national team defender Akira Kaji, an FC Tokyo official said without being named on Thursday.
SUMO
Jan 13, 2006

Kokkai hands Kotooshu second defeat

Giant-killer Kokkai of Georgia claimed another scalp Thursday when he bashed up Kotooshu to condemn the newly promoted ozeki to his second defeat at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament.
MORE SPORTS
Jan 13, 2006

Fukuhara, Sakamoto fall in final

Teenager Ai Fukuhara and partner Ryusuke Sakamoto failed in their bid for a second straight mixed doubles title in an overwhelming defeat to Haruna Fukuoka and Takuya Adachi at the national championships on Thursday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 13, 2006

Miyamoto joins squad

Yakult Swallows infielder Shinya Miyamoto has joined the Japanese squad for the World Baseball Classic to fill the void left by Chicago White Sox infielder Tadahito Iguchi, the baseball commissioner's office said Thursday.
SOCCER / J. League
Jan 13, 2006

No West Ham deal for Ogasawara

Japan and Kashima Antlers midfielder Mitsuo Ogasawara has failed in his attempt to secure a contract with West Ham United following a brief trial period with the English Premier League club, soccer sources said Thursday.
JAPAN
Jan 13, 2006

Police huddle on North abductors

The National Police Agency held a meeting Thursday with officials of 10 prefectural headquarters to discuss strategies to investigate North Korea's abduction of two Japanese couples who have since been repatriated.
JAPAN
Jan 13, 2006

'Smile' the theme of annual palace poem recital

Emperor Akihito's poem for the annual New Year poetry reading Thursday at the Imperial Palace was a reflection on his visit to Norway last year to mark the 100th anniversary of the start of bilateral diplomatic relations with the country.
JAPAN
Jan 13, 2006

Aneha scam making buyers wary, for now

To buy or not to buy a condominium? That is the question people are asking, fearing the slipshod construction borne out in the widening scandal over the falsification of quake-proofing data might be industrywide.
JAPAN
Jan 13, 2006

13 tainted hotels mulling lawsuits

The operators of 13 hotels built or designed based on false quake-resistance data plan to file lawsuits against local governments or state-designated building inspection firms for failing to detect the faulty plans, a Kyodo News survey released Thursday.
JAPAN
Jan 13, 2006

Compromised Kurds file again for safe haven

Six Kurdish asylum-seekers, whose identities were revealed to Turkish authorities in 2004 along with those of eight of their family members, reapplied for refugee status Thursday at the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward.
JAPAN
Jan 13, 2006

Rumsfeld, top U.S. brass regret slaying

U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and U.S. Pacific forces commander Adm. William Fallon have offered their condolences and expressed regret over the murder last week of a Japanese woman, allegedly committed by a U.S. sailor in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Foreign Ministry officials said Thursday....
JAPAN
Jan 13, 2006

Bird flu confab faces global pandemic fear

International talks jointly hosted by Japan and the World Health Organization opened Thursday in Tokyo to discuss how to contain a possible global pandemic sparked by the spread of bird flu among humans.
BUSINESS
Jan 13, 2006

Reduction in bank lending slowed to 0.1% in '05

Lending by Japanese banks fell 0.1 percent in 2005 after adjustment for special factors, marking the smallest drop since the Bank of Japan started tracking the data in 1999, the central bank said Thursday.
EDITORIALS
Jan 13, 2006

Mr. Chen back on the offensive

Hopes that Taiwan's president, Mr. Chen Shui-bian, might alter course and reach out to China were shattered last week. Mr. Chen's New Year address made plain that he remains as combative as ever, despite having lost the upper hand in cross-strait relations with Beijing in 2005. The president's determination...
BUSINESS
Jan 13, 2006

'Mr. Development' gets WB-IMF post

Japan's deputy vice finance minister for international affairs has been appointed executive secretary of the Development Committee, which advises the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, the Finance Ministry said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Jan 13, 2006

Consumer sentiment hits record

Consumer sentiment hit a record-high level in December amid the economic upturn, though pessimists still outnumber optimists, according to a Bank of Japan report released Thursday.
COMMENTARY
Jan 13, 2006

Chen shares independence dream anew

HONG KONG -- To the consternation of his political foes and the delight of his allies, Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian on New Year's Day delivered an address in which he made it clear that he was as determined as ever to press ahead for the de jure independence of Taiwan, a move that Beijing has promised...
JAPAN
Jan 13, 2006

Cram schools to gauge teacher ethics

A group of cram school operators said Thursday it will launch a screening system for teachers to gauge not only their skills but also their ethics.
BUSINESS
Jan 13, 2006

New Bridgestone chief picked for global savvy

Leading tire maker Bridgestone Corp. on Thursday picked the former head of its European operations as its president and chief executive.
BUSINESS
Jan 13, 2006

Marubeni in Taiwan airport rail deal

A Japanese consortium led by Marubeni Corp. signed a contract Thursday in Taiwan to build a railway system linking its capital and Chiang Kai-shek International Airport, the trading house said.
The Toyota buyout is a major test for Japan’s reforms
Akio Toyoda, chairman of Toyota Motor, speaks during a media preview at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Oct. 29. Minority investors are challenging the carmaker's bid to take affiliate Toyota Industries Corp. private.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
New satellite images suggest 'mass graves' in Sudan's El-Fasher
A general view of a berm construction in Kinin Village near El-Fasher.
High-speed rail is expensive and difficult, but seen as a key to growth
Achal Khare, former managing director at India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation, gives a presentation during the IHRA Forum 2025 in Tokyo on Oct. 23.
SoftBank is said to have explored potential takeover of Marvell
SoftBank explored a potential takeover of U.S. chipmaker Marvell Technology earlier this year, in what would have been the semiconductor industry's largest-ever deal.
These are the hottest lower-division rikishi to watch right now
Fukazaki (right) grapples with Enho at the IG Arena in Nagoya on July 13.
Across borders and screens, Tokyo film festival finds humanity in migration
“Mother Bhumi” takes place in a multiethnic rice-farming community where Chinese, Thai and Malay lineages intertwine.
Takaichi’s balancing act: Supporting Taiwan and stabilizing China ties
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi shakes hands with Lin Hsin-i, Taiwan’s presidential adviser, on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Saturday in this image posted to Takaichi's official X account.
From 1973 to 2025: A Japanese American skater’s long ride to recognition
Judi Oyama at Winchester Skatepark in San Jose, California, in January 1979. The Skateboarding Hall of Fame inductee and Guinness World Record holder still skates and hopes to inspire older women.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo

Podcast

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

Longform

Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
The second life of Japan's net cafes
By Alex K.T. Martin

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