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BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 30, 2005

No Cabrera for Lions

Seibu Lions infielder Alex Cabrera will undergo surgery for a fractured left wrist, meaning he will be sidelined for the upcoming Pacific League playoffs, team officials said Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2005

Civil servant who passed out JCP paper is indicted

A government official was indicted Thursday without arrest for distributing Japanese Communist Party newspapers at police housing in Tokyo in violation of the National Public Service Law.
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2005

State asbestos inaction blamed on 'red tape'

Bureaucratic red tape hindered Japan from taking a more aggressive stance against asbestos use in the past, the government said Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2005

FTC expects Japan Highway to sue execs for collusion damages

The Fair Trade Commission said Thursday 45 domestic bridge-builders rigged bids for 260 billion yen worth of state and Japan Highway Public Corp. contracts from 2002 to 2004.
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2005

U.S. state denied trial exemption in suit over firing

The Tokyo District Court on Thursday dismissed a request by the U.S. state of Georgia seeking a trial exemption in connection with a lawsuit filed by a former employee of the Georgia port authority's Tokyo office.
EDITORIALS
Sep 30, 2005

Extending the SDF missions

The government has opted to extend by one year the Maritime Self-Defense Force mission to supply fuel in the Indian Ocean to ships of the U.S. Navy and allied nations engaged in antiterrorist activities related to security in Afghanistan. A law specifying a duration of two years -- enacted after the...
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2005

'Cool Biz' popular enough for another try

The sight of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi in an open-collar shirt was much more familiar this month than in June, when the government kicked off the "Cool Biz" casual-dress campaign for reducing air-conditioner use.
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2005

Fines may double for fatal driving

The Justice Ministry may double the maximum fine for drivers who cause death or injury in an accident to 1 million yen, ministry officials said Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2005

Dead sperm donor's in vitro paternity not recognized

The Tokyo District Court on Thursday refused to recognize a man as the father of a child conceived by in vitro fertilization after he died, calling the reproductive process "unnatural."
BUSINESS
Sep 30, 2005

Goldman to invest 25 billion yen in eAccess' cell phone business

U.S.-based Goldman Sachs Group Inc. will invest some 25 billion yen in eMobile Ltd., the cell phone unit of Japanese broadband services firm eAccess Ltd., the cell phone company said Thursday.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Sep 30, 2005

Classical piano

The 16th Annual Kishiko International Concert, which features contemporary piano music from China, South Korea and Japan, will be held Oct. 7. Over the past 15 years, concerts have taken place in Seoul, Beijing and Los Angeles, but this year the performance returns to Tokyo for the second successive...
BUSINESS
Sep 30, 2005

JEC defends defensive stock split

Japan Engineering Consultants Co. on Thursday defended its stock split against a hostile bid by construction engineering firm Yumeshin Holdings Co. as an appropriate measure during its general shareholders meeting in Tokyo.
BUSINESS
Sep 30, 2005

Retail sales up for sixth month in row

Japanese retail sales climbed 1.5 percent from a year earlier to 10.30 trillion yen for the sixth straight monthly rise, chiefly boosted by rising oil prices, the Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry said Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2005

Four high-decibel rightists held for defaming priest

Police arrested four members of a rightwing group Thursday on suspicion of defaming the chief priest of Meiji Shrine last autumn by claiming in loudspeaker truck protests that he had embezzled money.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Sep 30, 2005

The taste of Tosa in Tokyo

Long before the ballyhooed construction in the 1980s and '90s of the three stupendous bridge systems linking Honshu with Shikoku, the smallest of Japan's main islands was by far the least visited. But despite the completion of those civil-engineering white elephants, Shikoku has pretty much remained...
LIFE / Travel
Sep 30, 2005

Embracing traditions

Held Oct. 7-9 each year, Kunchi is as much a celebration of Nagasaki's cosmopolitan history as it is a traditional Japanese festival.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Sep 30, 2005

Gang of Four: "Return the Gift" (V2/Columbia)

Gang Of Four's decision to mark their first full reunion in 20 years with an album of past triumphs re-done exactly the way they were done originally smacks of a stunt, like Gus Van Sant's shot-for-shot remake of "Psycho." But as the band has said, they never felt the original recorded versions conveyed...
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Sep 30, 2005

Asia Orchestra Week 2005

The Asia Orchestra Week 2005, to be held in Tokyo and Osaka Oct. 2-7, will give classical music fans the chance to catch less familiar orchestras from the Asia-Pacific region. While visiting orchestras from the United States and Europe may be familiar to Japanese audiences, Asia Orchestra Week is now...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Sep 30, 2005

Growl heard loud from New Orleans

Dr. John has been a central icon of New Orleans music for the past four decades. Though famed for his keyboard playing, he started out on guitar in his teens as a studio musician in 1950s New Orleans. He later switched to keyboards and put together his own special flavor of traditional-meets-funk music...

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