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Oct 1, 2005

Ando, Suguri set for NHK Cup

Figure skaters Miki Ando, Fumie Suguri and Yukina Ota will appear at the NHK Cup International meet in December, the Japan Skating Federation said Thursday.
JAPAN
Oct 1, 2005

U.S. eight years behind on rent for embassy

The United States hasn't paid the rent for its embassy in Tokyo since 1998, according to a government document released by the Cabinet on Friday.
JAPAN
Oct 1, 2005

Plaintiffs fume over Ishihara's French slur

A French teacher suing Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara over his disparaging remarks about the French language said in court Friday he would like the outspoken politician to explain why he believes French is an intellectually defective language.
JAPAN
Oct 1, 2005

Officials need manual to deal with Muneo

The Foreign Ministry has drawn up an instruction manual detailing how bureaucrats should deal with corrupt Lower House member Muneo Suzuki, notorious for his past meddling in ministry affairs, officials said Friday.
JAPAN
Oct 1, 2005

LDP faction lists mystery outlays over 1.5 billion yen

A major faction of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party once led by former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto has listed 1.56 billion yen in unaccounted-for expenditures in its 2004 political funds report released Friday.
JAPAN
Oct 1, 2005

Execs avoid prison over Roppongi Hills fatality

The Tokyo District Court found three former company executives guilty Friday of professional negligence resulting in the death of a 6-year old boy who was crushed in an automatic door at the Roppongi Hills complex in March 2004.
JAPAN
Oct 1, 2005

Food industry joins 'food education' bandwagon

A law enactd in July aimed at improving children's eating habits has triggered moves in the domestic food industry to enlighten youngsters on what constitutes a healthy diet.
JAPAN
Oct 1, 2005

Yokota base civil flights have merit: researchers

Allowing civilian flights at the U.S. Air Force Yokota Air Base would have positive effects on the local economy, including the creation of 8,000 jobs and an additional 3.4 billion yen in tax revenue for Tokyo municipalities, researchers studying joint use of the base said Friday.
BUSINESS
Oct 1, 2005

Analog TVs to get deadline stickers

The Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry said Friday it will introduce stickers from Oct. 22 that alert buyers of analog television sets that all terrestrial analog transmissions will be terminated in July 2011.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 1, 2005

Riggs launches two homers as Swallows take advantage of hung over Tigers

Adam Riggs homered twice to drive in four runs as the Yakult Swallows beat the Central League-winning Hanshin Tigers 8-4 Friday night at Jingu Stadium.
JAPAN
Oct 1, 2005

Italian, Paraguayan leaders to visit

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and Paraguayan President Nicanor Duarte will both visit Japan in October, the Foreign Ministry said Friday.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Oct 1, 2005

When cultures clash -- 'sizing' up the opposition

In our global village -- or at least in the Japan/U.S. corner of that village -- culture can clash over differences in values, interpretations of history, who makes better cars, how best to play baseball, or even over which national leaders are the more incompetent.
EDITORIALS
Oct 1, 2005

Teach our children well

The nation's boards of education have finished their selection of textbooks to be used at junior high schools from April 2006 for the next four years. The process gained widespread attention because among the candidate textbooks was a controversial revisionist history textbook published by Fusosha Publishing...
BUSINESS
Oct 1, 2005

Japan, China grope for way to share drilling for gas

Japan and China kicked off a two-day working-level meeting Friday on contentious gas projects in the East China Sea with hopes that they can agree to jointly tap the resources.
JAPAN
Oct 1, 2005

Isahaya Bay project stands: top court

indicates the court's strong determination (to support for the project). I hope our members won't be too discouraged by the ruling," an official of the fishermen's association said.
JAPAN
Oct 1, 2005

Imperial succession may ditch gender rule

Imperial succession will be stable if direct descendants of the emperor, including females, are given priority in ascending the throne, a government panel on the issue agreed this week.
JAPAN
Oct 1, 2005

EU study center set up in Kansai

, a nongovernment research center, was officially inaugurated here Friday morning. EUIJ was formed by Kobe University, Kwansei Gakuin University and Osaka University, with financial support from the European Commission, the executive branch of the European Union.
JAPAN
Oct 1, 2005

Sides still stuck on Futenma relocation site

Japan and the U.S. failed to agree on where to move the helicopter operations of the U.S. Marines Corps Futenma Air Station in Okinawa during senior working-level talks between the two nations that just ended in Washington, Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura said Friday.
BUSINESS
Oct 1, 2005

Wal-Mart takes control

Seiyu Ltd. said Friday that Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of the United States will raise its stake in the retailer from 42 percent to over 50 percent by the end of the year, making it a subsidiary of the U.S. retailing giant.
BUSINESS
Oct 1, 2005

IPMobile applies for licensing on 2 gigahertz band

Communications venture IPMobile Inc. applied to the government Friday for a license to enter the third-generation cellular-phone market.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Oct 1, 2005

Unwind and remember who you are at Kamalaya

At age 43, Howie Snyder has put aside hard-nosed business to help direct and promote a new holistic spa on the Thai island of Koh Samui.
JAPAN
Oct 1, 2005

NHK censorship story had 'uncertain' info: Asahi

The Asahi Shimbun admitted Friday that an article it ran in January about an NHK documentary in 2001 contained "uncertain" information but the daily has no plans to correct it.
BUSINESS
Oct 1, 2005

Patent high court sides with Justsystem icon

The Intellectual Property High Court on Friday overturned a lower court ruling and ruled that Justsystem Corp. can continue to produce and sell its Ichitaro word-processing software and Hanako graphics software because they do not infringe on a Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. patent.
Japanese court orders Cloudflare to pay ¥500 million over manga piracy
Cloudflare has been ordered to pay ¥500 million after four major publishing firms accused the firm of copyright infringement for its role in hosting sites that distribute pirated copies of manga titles.
The reality of human trafficking in Japan
A view of Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward at night. Last year in Japan, 66 people were put in protective custody as victims of human trafficking. Among them, 58 — including all 41 minors — were Japanese nationals. International pressure to act on human trafficking led Japan to make efforts to crack down on the crime, such as a tightening of conditions in 2005 for entertainer visas.
¥21.3 trillion stimulus package approved by Cabinet
The Cabinet is expected to submit an extra budget bill to finance the package to parliament, which is in session until Dec. 17.
First foreign president of Hosei University looks abroad for change
Hosei University President Diana Khor, who herself was an international student, aims to encourage students to look outward and cultivate a global mindset.
Japan plans higher visa fees for foreign residents
Along with planned higher fees for foreign residents to stay, Japan is looking to raise the ¥3,000 single-entry visa fee for inbound tourists to Western standards in the next fiscal year.
First foreign president of Hosei University looks abroad for change
Hosei University President Diana Khor, who herself was an international student, aims to encourage students to look outward and cultivate a global mindset.
Japanese companies advised to change mindset about investment in Africa
Bernard Laurendeau, chief of Enkopa Lab Japan, in Tokyo last month
Munetaka Murakami headlines quartet looking to move to MLB via posting system
The Swallows' Munetaka Murakami has 246 career home runs in eight NPB seasons.
The reality of human trafficking in Japan
A view of Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward at night. Last year in Japan, 66 people were put in protective custody as victims of human trafficking. Among them, 58 — including all 41 minors — were Japanese nationals. International pressure to act on human trafficking led Japan to make efforts to crack down on the crime, such as a tightening of conditions in 2005 for entertainer visas.
Why we can’t get enough of the sham of the rental family
“Rental Family,” directed and co-written by the single-named Hikari, follows out-of-work actor Phillip (Brendan Fraser), who is hired as the “token white guy” at a Tokyo agency called Rental Family.

Podcast

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

Longform

An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.
A century of Deaf sport finds its moment in Tokyo
By Kathryn Wortley

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We are pleased to announce the winners of the 6th annual Sustainable Japan Award.
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 6th annual Sustainable Japan Award.

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