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BUSINESS
Feb 8, 2005

Takeda to buy U.S. biotech company

Japan's largest drug maker, Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., said Monday it will acquire Syrrx Inc., a privately held California biotechnology company working on treatments for cancer and diabetes.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Feb 8, 2005

Do you still respect NHK?

Etsuko Stelljes Data entry, 33 NHK tried to change facts about the story of comfort women, so now I can't trust their documentaries. Even though the director quit his job to take responsibility, he was hired again as an adviser. I hate that.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Feb 8, 2005

Wills, holistic dentistry and cash

More on wills "To quote your column from some time ago," writes MJ, " 'Japanese inheritance law states that at the death of one spouse, half the estate goes to the remaining partner and half to the children of the marriage.'
BUSINESS
Feb 8, 2005

Flat TVs seen taking 86% of market in '09

Sales of plasma-display panel and liquid crystal display televisions are likely to grow about 3.5-fold from 2004 to 9.5 million units in Japan, accounting for 86 percent of overall TV sales in 2009, an industry association said Monday.
BUSINESS
Feb 8, 2005

Matsushita, Hitachi join on plasma panels

Electronics giants Matsushita and Hitachi said Monday they have agreed to tie up in the plasma display panel business amid diving prices and intensifying competition.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Feb 8, 2005

Foreign teachers have lucky escape

When news of the tsunami disaster in south Asia began to filter through on Dec. 26, there was good reason for friends and employers of the many English-language teachers in Japan to fear the worst.
Rugby
Feb 7, 2005

Brave Lupus add name to rugby Cup

The second name to be inscribed onto the Microsoft Cup will be Toshiba Brave Lupus following Sunday's final at Tokyo's Chichibunomiya.
MORE SPORTS
Feb 7, 2005

Sharapova takes Pan Pacific Open

Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova claimed the Toray Pan Pacific Open on Sunday by defeating top-ranked Lindsay Davenport in a third-set tiebreaker.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 7, 2005

Forging an alternative to U.S. hegemony

BRUSSELS -- At a series of meetings around the left-leaning World Parliamentary Forum (WPF) held late last month in Porto Alegre, Brazil, there was a strong case made for the necessity of building a new economic and political partnership between the European Union and South America.
COMMENTARY
Feb 7, 2005

Bet on the sustainable option

In the 20th century, science and technology was aimed at contributing to economic development and growth. In the 21st century, though, it must seek to promote sustainable development.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 7, 2005

Beijing's military buildup races ahead

HONOLULU -- China is modernizing its military forces faster than anyone expected only a few years ago, escalating the potential danger to the island of Taiwan, to American forces and bases in Asia, and to the overall balance of power in the region.
EDITORIALS
Feb 7, 2005

Banking on safer cash cards

In recent months, Japan has been hit by a new wave of crime: cash-card forgery. According to banks, cash withdrawals by forged cards have amounted to hundreds of millions of yen. At stake is the security of deposits. Action is urgently needed on two fronts: crime prevention and loss compensation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 7, 2005

Japan must end silence on structural problems to escape stagnation, economist says

Japan's economy is trapped in a vicious circle caused by excessive corporate domestic investment and debt that leaves exports as its only option for avoiding another, more serious, recession, a British economist told a recent seminar in Tokyo.
COMMENTARY / THE VIEW FROM MOSCOW
Feb 7, 2005

Sanctions against Cuba only assist Castro

MOSCOW -- To go or not to go? To trade or not to trade? To invest or not to invest? These are the questions asked nowadays by many Western governments following a recent EU decision to lift sanctions against Havana.
BUSINESS / JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES
Feb 7, 2005

Amendment must be made easier to ensure prosperity for Japan

On Jan. 18, Keidanren released a report on basic national issues including constitutional revision and diplomatic and national security policies. It was the first time this business lobby had put together a set of proposals on these matters.
MORE SPORTS
Feb 6, 2005

Davenport to face Sharapova in final

Davenport to face Sharapova in final
EDITORIALS
Feb 6, 2005

Prohibition in Bhutan

The news out of the Himalayas last week was all about Nepal, where King Gyanendra on Tuesday dissolved the government and proclaimed a state of emergency. (The move was billed as an attempt to end an intractable Maoist insurgency; observers predict it will only feed the flames.) But if you think Nepal...
COMMENTARY
Feb 6, 2005

Boundary that won't stretch

LONDON -- Recent ceremonies at Auschwitz to mark the 60th anniversary of the liberation by Russian forces of Nazi Germany's main death camp have rightly made us think about man's inhumanity to man and ponder how such horrific acts could have taken place. The Nazi attempt to exterminate the Jewish race...
Japan Times
Features
Feb 6, 2005

Calls for change as WHS status threatens one of Japan's gems

The breathtaking mountain landscape of the Kii Peninsula, and its ancient temples, monasteries and shrines have captivated the Japanese people for more than 1,000 years.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Feb 6, 2005

The attractive helplessness of a reluctant foreigner

THE TOWER OF LONDON: Tales of Victorian London, by Natsume Soseki, translated and introduced by Damian Flanagan, calligraphy by Kosaka Misuzu. London: Peter Owen, 2005, 240 pp., 12 illustrations, £14.95 (paper). In 1900 the Japanese government sent three young scholars to London to study and equip themselves...

Longform

Mount Fuji is considered one of Japan's most iconic symbols and is a major draw for tourists. It's still a mountain, though, and potential hikers need to properly prepare for any climb.
What it takes to save lives on Mount Fuji