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CULTURE / Music
Jan 27, 2006

Minus the Bear

Striving to put the "alternative" back into rock, the Seattle five-piece Minus the Bear have fostered a substantial cult with only two albums and a handful of EPs over six years.
SOCCER / J. League
Jan 26, 2006

Xerox Super Cup set for Feb. 25

The Xerox Super Cup, the traditional curtain raiser for a new J. League season, will be played at Tokyo's National Stadium on Feb. 25, the league said Wednesday.
BASKETBALL
Jan 26, 2006

Heat Devils fire coach Oldham

Jawann Oldham, the American coach of the Oita Heat Devils in the bj-league, became the first coach in the history of the new six-team circuit to be fired, when he was dismissed by the club on Jan. 12.
SOCCER / J. League
Jan 26, 2006

Suzuki ready to join Red Star

Japan and Kashima Antlers striker Takayuki Suzuki is set to join former European champion Red Star Belgrade on a two-year contract, soccer sources said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jan 26, 2006

Livedoor stock still falls in curtailed trade

Investors were able to execute transactions of Livedoor Co. shares during a brief window Wednesday for the first time since prosecutors raided the firm last week. The stock ended at 137 yen, down 39 yen, or 22 percent, from Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jan 26, 2006

China toxin spill Hokkaido-bound?

A chemical spill in a river that has already caused an ecological disaster in parts of China and Russia could eventually reach the sea and wash ashore in Japan, researchers warn.
JAPAN
Jan 26, 2006

LDP, DPJ both red-faced for wooing Horie

A war of words erupted between senior officials of the Liberal Democratic Party and the Democratic Party of Japan over both parties' wooing of now-arrested Livedoor Co. founder Takafumi Horie to run in the Sept. 11 general election.
JAPAN
Jan 26, 2006

Japan, U.S. huddle over Pyongyang counterfeiting

Japan and the United States agreed Wednesday to continue to work closely together to deal with North Korea's alleged illegal financial activities, Foreign Ministry officials said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jan 26, 2006

Livedoor allegedly made loss on purpose

Livedoor Co. intentionally carried out loss-making operations for two months after releasing its financial report in the business year ending in September 2004 to wipe out about 2.4 billion yen in fake profits on its books, sources alleged Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jan 26, 2006

Criminal penalties eyed for wayward architects

Hoping to prevent scandals like the recent furor over falsified structural-strength reports, the Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry plans to impose new criminal penalties on architects who fabricate data even before construction begins, ministry sources said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jan 26, 2006

Chanter's 'harem' of 10 in Tokyo investigated

Police said Wednesday they are investigating a 57-year-old man who is apparently living in Tokyo with 10 women in their 20s and 30s and a baby.
JAPAN
Jan 26, 2006

Access to courts no given under freedom of press, judge rules

The Tokyo District Court dismissed a journalist's suit Wednesday over the press club system and government discrimination against freelance reporters, ruling media access to court proceedings does not fall under freedom of the press.
JAPAN
Jan 26, 2006

Imperial Couple to visit Miyake in March

Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko will make a day trip to Miyake Island in March to offer encouragement to the islanders, who are rebuilding their communities destroyed by volcanic eruptions that began in 2000, the Imperial Household Agency said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jan 26, 2006

Koizumi not backing down on Yasukuni

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi again attempted Wednesday to justify his repeated trips to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine by noting that China and South Korea are the only countries that denounce the visits.
SOCCER / World cup
Jan 26, 2006

Japan friendly moved a day ahead

Japan will play Bosnia-Herzegovina in a friendly on Feb. 28, one day earlier than the original plan, Japan Football Association President Saburo Kawabuchi said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jan 26, 2006

Air traffic controllers in '01 near miss face prison time

Prosecutors demanded prison Wednesday for two air traffic controllers charged with professional negligence by nearly causing a midair collision between two Japan Airlines jumbo jets.
JAPAN
Jan 26, 2006

ODA panel wants Foreign Ministry to have top say-so

A government advisory panel reviewing the organizational aspects of Japan's official development assistance suggested Wednesday that a strategic council be set up for the prime minister to take the lead in deciding key aid projects and other basic ODA policies, panel members said.
EDITORIALS
Jan 26, 2006

Preventing a flu pandemic

The chances that the avian flu virus will mutate into a form that can be transmitted from human to human is high enough for the World Health Organization (WHO) to classify the present situation as a "pandemic alert." Should a pandemic break out it would likely do so in Asia. Therefore Japan needs to...
BUSINESS
Jan 26, 2006

Itochu to invest in Seibu Holdings

Itochu Corp. will invest about 2 billion yen for a 0.64 percent stake in a planned holding company for the Seibu Railway group, Itochu officials said Wednesday.

Longform

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