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BUSINESS
Aug 27, 2005

Toyota hopes to steal BMW's thunder via Lexus

The Japan launch of Toyota Motor Corp.'s Lexus luxury brand next week is likely to mark the beginning of a period of intense competition in the premium car sector.
COMMENTARY
Aug 27, 2005

Beware the green terrorists among us

WASHINGTON -- Political terrorism, exemplified by 9/11 and most recently in London, may pose the greatest security threat facing most nations. But other terrorists also lurk among us, mostly in the guise of animal rights and environmental activists.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Aug 27, 2005

Hiroji Koide

When he was barely turned 30, Hiroji Koide became vice chairman of the International Exchange Committee of the Japan Chamber of Commerce. That marked the beginning of his active participation in public affairs, which still continues more than 46 years later. He is a jovial, outward-looking Nagano man,...
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JAPAN
Aug 27, 2005

State to draft law on asbestos redress

The government will draft a law outlining compensation for victims of asbestos-related illnesses, including those who lived near asbestos-linked factories and the families of those who worked with the unburnable material, the Cabinet decided Friday.
JAPAN
Aug 27, 2005

Interns would keep patients, not kin, in dark about cancer

Japanese medical interns, who rarely have chances to reveal terminal-stage cancer diagnosis in their daily work, generally say they would inform patients' families about cancer before patients, a joint survey by Japanese and U.S. groups showed Friday.
MORE SPORTS
Aug 26, 2005

Moromizato eyes U.S. LPGA Tour

Teenage golfer Shinobu Moromizato, who turned professional last month after winning the national amateur title, will pursue a career on the U.S. LPGA Tour through this fall's qualifying tournament, her management office said Thursday.
JAPAN
Aug 26, 2005

Police to get info on users of suicide Web sites

The communications and Internet service industries said Thursday they will provide police with information on people who try to arrange suicides over the Internet.
Japan Times
JAPAN / POLL SHOWDOWN
Aug 26, 2005

SDP stays course, hopes for election luck

The Social Democratic Party's campaign for the Sept. 11 general election will be a continuation of its same platform: Japan must maintain its peace stance, SDP leader Mizuho Fukushima said Thursday.
JAPAN
Aug 26, 2005

Six-way talks may restart Sept. 2

Six-way talks on North Korea's nuclear ambitions may resume on Sept. 2, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei said Thursday.
JAPAN
Aug 26, 2005

Camp Zama buildup feared inevitable

U.S. military brass in Japan reportedly contacted about 20 real estate agencies in Kanagawa Prefecture between late last year and early this year to ask them if they could build about 500 housing units near Camp Zama.
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JAPAN
Aug 26, 2005

Kanagawa eyes base reductions in return for hosting U.S. Army

Kanagawa Gov. Shigefumi Matsuzawa has hinted he may accept a U.S. military realignment plan to transfer the Army's First Corps headquarters to Camp Zama if other U.S. military facilities in the prefecture are returned or reduced.
JAPAN
Aug 26, 2005

2006 named Japan-China tourism year

2006 will be designated as Japan-China Tourism Exchange Year, Japanese government officials said Thursday.
JAPAN
Aug 26, 2005

Single-person households to top stats by '25

Single-person households will percentagewise be the most typical kind in all 47 prefectures by 2025, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research estimates showed Thursday.
EDITORIALS
Aug 26, 2005

When a family court knows best

In separate cases recently, family courts in the nation have handed down decisions concerning juvenile crime that appear to contradict each other. While one court committed an offender to a reformatory, two others decided that the offenders should face criminal charges. These decisions should prompt...
BUSINESS
Aug 26, 2005

Matsushita 65-inch PDP TV under 1 million yen

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said Thursday it will offer the world's first full high-definition 65-inch plasma display panel TVs with a price tag of less than 1 million yen.
BUSINESS
Aug 26, 2005

Oil bonanza spurs imports, trims surplus

Soaring crude oil prices pushed Japanese imports to record highs in July, trimming the nation's customs-cleared trade surplus for a fourth straight month, the Finance Ministry said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Aug 26, 2005

Japan Post outlets to start selling investment trust products

Japan Post has chosen three investment-trust products, offered by Nomura Asset Management Co., Daiwa Asset Management Co. and Goldman Sachs Asset Management Japan Ltd., to sell at post offices in October, sources said Thursday.
JAPAN
Aug 26, 2005

Capital recoups most of late hotelier Yokoi's tax

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has collected nearly three-fourths of the 400 million yen in residency tax owed by the late Hideki Yokoi, the controversial businessman and disgraced owner of Hotel New Japan, through a property sale held by his relatives, it was learned Thursday.
BUSINESS
Aug 26, 2005

FSA going after businesses pushing risky forex trading

The Financial Services Agency is tightening its grip on financial futures businesses over high-risk foreign-exchange trading, with business suspension orders issued to three small firms in the past month.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 26, 2005

Typhoon Mawar bears down on Kanto

A powerful typhoon was expected to make landfall somewhere between the Tokai and Kanto regions by early Friday, the Meteorological Agency said.
JAPAN
Aug 26, 2005

North Korea deports asylum-seeker

North Korea has deported a Gunma Prefecture man who illegally entered the communist country, Pyongyang's state-run news agency, KCNA, reported Thursday.
COMMENTARY / THE VIEW FROM MOSCOW
Aug 26, 2005

Playing war in the Far East

MOSCOW -- Chinese walk into Vladivostok, Russians occupy Qindao. Amphibious armored vehicles negotiate the surf, jet fighters refuel in the air, troops land on barren beaches. A Hollywood World War III movie? An Internet prank? A hallucination from a crazed war veteran? Nope, they are joint military...

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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