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BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 6, 2003

Matsuzaka outduels Terahara as Lions stop Hawks

Seibu hurler Daisuke Matsuzaka fanned 10 over eight innings to outpitch Daiei's Hayato Terahara and pick up his 12th win as the Lions edged the front-running Hawks 3-1 at Fukuoka Dome on Tuesday night.
EDITORIALS
Aug 6, 2003

Detours on the Mideast 'road map'

The Israeli-Palestinian peace process has been inching forward. There has been some progress as Palestinian officials continue to try to crack down on terrorists, and Israel dismantles some Jewish settlements in occupied territories. Predictably, each action generates its own reaction. Palestinian militants...
COMMENTARY
Aug 6, 2003

Too early to toast Kim's cooperation

HONOLULU -- Let's not open up the champagne too quickly! The announcement that North Korea finally has agreed to attend multilateral talks "to resolve the nuclear issue" is good news indeed . . . if they actually show up at the yet to be scheduled meeting. But sitting down at the table, as important...
BUSINESS
Aug 6, 2003

Bandai logs 4 billion yen profit in first quarter

Bandai Co. said Tuesday it posted a group net profit of 4.01 billion yen in the April-June quarter on sales of 58.12 billion yen.
BUSINESS
Aug 6, 2003

FSA sets up project team to study using public funds to bail out banks

The Financial Services Agency has set up an in-house project team to study a proposed system for injections of public funds into banks, Financial Services Minister Heizo Takenaka said Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 6, 2003

Yoyogi Post Office now sells Lawson goods

Postal Lawson, Japan's first convenience store outlet inside a post office, opened Tuesday at the Yoyogi Post Office in Tokyo's Shibuya district.
BUSINESS
Aug 6, 2003

FSA to order OSE to improve its operations

The Financial Services Agency will issue a business-improvement order to the Osaka Securities Exchange for its failure to prevent market manipulation, sources said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Aug 6, 2003

Toyota profit down 9.7% year-on-year for quarter

Toyota Motor Corp. reported a consolidated net profit of 222.59 billion yen in the April-June quarter, down 9.7 percent from the same period last year.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Aug 6, 2003

Koinu Entertainment Showcase Volume One

Japan has produced so many great hip-hop DJs, like Krush and Kensei, that it is easy to overlook the dearth of equally great MCs. No surprise then that most of the intriguing artists at this weekend's underground hip-hop confab, sponsored by hybrid metal rap group Koinu, are turntablists such as DJs...
MORE SPORTS
Aug 6, 2003

Real, Beckham too much for FC Tokyo

David Beckham scored his first goal in the famous white of Real Madrid as his new team eased to a 3-0 victory over FC Tokyo at a damp National Stadium on Tuesday night.
COMMENTARY
Aug 6, 2003

A threat to one is a threat to all in a nation of laws

WASHINGTON -- There is a "very real potential" that al-Qaeda will strike again on U.S. soil, warns Attorney General John Ashcroft. Which makes it even more difficult to criticize the Bush administration's efforts to combat terrorism. But while the U.S. Constitution is not a suicide pact, it also means...
BUSINESS
Aug 6, 2003

Tokyo deletes 'weak' from economic outlook

The government Tuesday raised its assessment of the economy for the first time in five months in the wake of a recent stock rally and new signals from the United States.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Aug 6, 2003

O, what a tangled web we weave

Though nowhere near as all-encompassing as the Renaissance in Europe, the closed, feudal world of shogunal Japan did throw up a few periods of vigorous artistic expression in the more than two and a half control-freak centuries it lasted. One of these was about 200 years ago, from 1804-1830, during what...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 6, 2003

Flash memory card formats vie for prominence

Not quite a VHS vs. Betamax sequel. But again, two consumer electronics giants find themselves in opposing camps in a format battle as they crank up production of removable flash memory cards.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Aug 6, 2003

Doug Wamble's: "Country Libations"

At first listen, Doug Wamble's debut CD, "Country Libations," sounds like a compilation. At different points, Wamble flatpicks country swing, booms out heartfelt gospel, plays slide Delta blues, swings hard on pre-bop jazz and intersperses moments of free jazz. This range and choice of styles is initially...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Aug 6, 2003

Kings of Leon: "Youth and young Manhood"

The story about the Kings of Leon, a Nashville-based rock band touted as the next big thing, is that the four young men, with their tight bell-bottoms and shaggy hair are pure throwbacks. Having grown up shuttling between Memphis and Oklahoma City with their itinerant Pentecostal preacher father, the...
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Aug 6, 2003

Hanshin's magical season brings back memories of 1985

Sometimes history repeats itself. Eighteen years ago, in 1985, the Hanshin Tigers entered the month of August with a healthy lead in the Central League standings. The weather was as scorching as the Tigers who then, as now, played their home games at historic Koshien Stadium.
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2003

Groups flouting highway discount system

Some 760 groups of businesses in different industries receive special heavy-user highway-toll discounts each year worth about 110 billion yen, a member of a panel discussing the privatization of highway-related public entities said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2003

Tanaka set to escape indictment for fraud

Prosecutors are expected to decide against indicting former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka, who stands accused of misusing the salary of her state-funded secretary, investigative sources said Tuesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Aug 6, 2003

Rough Trade Shops: "Post Punk 01"

When punk hit a recession-ridden U.K. in 1975-'76, using a rudimentary version of rock 'n' roll as a platform to scream obscenities and threaten to smash the state, it was enough to ignite outrage across the land. And then, before your grandfather could curse "They should bring back military service,"...
EDITORIALS
Aug 5, 2003

Japan's role in Korea talks

The good news about North Korea is that it is now willing to talk in an expanded forum including Japan, South Korea and Russia. Whether this will lead to substantial progress in the nuclear standoff has yet to be seen, but at least the way is open for six-nation talks attended also by the United States,...
BUSINESS
Aug 5, 2003

Five firms plan PC collection tieup

A Mitsubishi Electric Corp. subsidiary and four other companies will team up to collect and recycle used personal computers beginning in October.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 5, 2003

Tsutaya rental chain charts diversification course

The nation's largest rental video chain hopes to stay ahead of its rivals by diversifying, inaugurating a point-card system in tieups with off-industry partners and offering its customers more convenience and comfort.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Aug 5, 2003

If you can't beat the Japanese, serve them

If you're looking for contentment in Japan, serve the Japanese. At least that's the impression one gets from being around Andy Lunt, Kerry Cox and Johnny Miller.
BUSINESS
Aug 5, 2003

Execs less downbeat over economy after pickup in earnings, share prices

An increasing number of major Japanese businesses are less pessimistic about the economy, as earnings and share prices have started picking up, according to a recent Kyodo News survey of executives at 100 big firms.
SOCCER / J. League
Aug 5, 2003

Suzuki seals deal with Zolder

Japan striker Takayuki Suzuki will join newly promoted Belgian first-division club K Heusden Zolder from Kashima Antlers on loan until the end of next June, the J. League first-division side said Monday.
SOCCER / World cup
Aug 5, 2003

New coach happy with Beckham

Real Madrid's coach said Monday that David Beckham is experiencing some problems communicating with his new teammates as he works hard to fit into the all-star side of the Spanish soccer powerhouse.
COMMENTARY
Aug 5, 2003

How the reforms have failed

"Market fundamentalism" describes the view that it is desirable to leave all economic activity to a free market. This is because a free, competitive market is "efficient" or, more exactly, "cost-efficient," say advocates of this theory.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Aug 5, 2003

NHK fees, will-writing and shipping

The NHK man Dear Lifelines: Recently my wife, who is Japanese, answered the door to an NHK rep. She was warned that not paying the monthly fee of 1,000 yen could wind her up in court. She paid.
Mount Fuji’s new measures bear fruit in tackling dangerous 'bullet climbing'
Climbers converge in front of Mount Fuji's 5th Station, which leads to the popular Yoshida trail, in Narusawa, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Aug. 11.
Seven & I buyout would be a watershed moment for Japan takeovers
Alimentation Couche-Tard’s proposed acquisition of Seven & I Holdings, if successful, would be an extremely rare case of a foreign company's buyout of a major Japanese firm.
Japan's low birthrate sparks talks of university consolidation
Akamon Gate at the University of Tokyo
Nearly 40% of employees knew of Hyogo governor’s alleged power harassment
Hyogo Gov. Motohiko Saito holds a news conference on Aug. 7.
Nintendo to open museum showcasing video game history this fall
A wall mural depicting Nintendo's Super Mario characters in an underground walkway in Kyoto. The company will open the Nintendo Museum in October.
Keiichi Tanaami, pioneering Pop Art visionary, dies at 88
Keiichi Tanaami
Is factional support still key for aspiring LDP presidential candidates?
Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Toshimitsu Motegi holds a news conference Tuesday. The party has decided to hold its leadership election on Sept. 27.
Mount Fuji’s new measures bear fruit in tackling dangerous 'bullet climbing'
Climbers converge in front of Mount Fuji's 5th Station, which leads to the popular Yoshida trail, in Narusawa, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Aug. 11.
How Japan's health care system is gearing up for more heatstroke cases
An ambulance is parked at the entrance of the emergency room of Saitama Hospital in Wako, Saitama Prefecture, on July 24.
LDP presidential hopefuls' first hurdle — securing 20 signatures
Digital minister Taro Kono at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo in September 2023

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