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EDITORIALS
Aug 13, 2005

Toward a two-party system

Monday's dissolution of the Lower House for a snap election on Sept. 11 has focused attention on the possibility that the coming election will usher in a viable two-party system. Such a possibility cannot be ruled out. A divisive development within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party could help the Democratic...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 13, 2005

Outbound Bon travelers reach peak

The annual midsummer rush for the Bon holidays peaked Friday as airports, railway stations and roads grew crowded with summer holidaymakers.
JAPAN
Aug 13, 2005

Nostalgia wave sees '60s 'anime' hits going DVD

A string of animations aired during Japan's miraculous economic boom of the 1960s is gradually regaining popularity with people in their 40s to 50s.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 13, 2005

JAL chief joins kin in marking '85 crash

UENO, Gunma Pref. -- Kin marked the 20th year Friday since 520 of their loved-ones died when a Japan Airlines jumbo jet crashed on a mountain in Gunma Prefecture -- the worst single-air craft accident in aviation history.
JAPAN
Aug 13, 2005

MTFG-UFJ merger officially put off till Jan. 1

Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc. and UFJ Holdings Inc. formally announced Friday the postponement of the planned integration of their core banking units until Jan. 1, three months after their original schedule.
JAPAN
Aug 13, 2005

Economy grew 0.3% in April-June quarter

The nation's economy grew by a less-than-expected 0.3 percent in the April-June quarter, the government said Friday, but economists said better business and consumer spending, along with strong exports, suggest Japan's recovery this time may last.
JAPAN
Aug 13, 2005

JALways jet blows engine, returns

FUKUOKA (Kyodo ) A JALways jetliner bound for Honolulu returned to Fukuoka airport Friday night about 30 minutes after takeoff after it blew out its port engine, airport authorities said.
JAPAN
Aug 13, 2005

Ono regrets SDF's failure to rescue JAL crash victims

Defense Agency Director General Yoshinori Ono expressed regret Friday that the Self-Defense Forces were not able to conduct a nighttime rescue when a Japan Airlines jumbo jet crashed in Gunma Prefecture in August 1985, but emphasized that the military is now better able to deal with such catastrophes....
JAPAN
Aug 13, 2005

Hashimoto likely to retire from Diet

Former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto is expected to retire from the Diet without running in the Sept. 11 House of Representatives election, members of the Liberal Democratic Party said Friday.
BUSINESS
Aug 13, 2005

Cabinet approves 15% retaliatory levy on U.S. steel

The government said Friday it will slap a 15 percent retaliatory levy on U.S. ball bearing and other steel products from Sept. 1 to counter a U.S. antidumping law that violates global trade rules.
JAPAN
Aug 13, 2005

LDP rebels mulling new party

Liberal Democratic Party rebels who voted against the government's postal privatization bills in the House of Representatives are still considering forming a new party ahead of the Sept. 11 election, a key dissenter said Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 13, 2005

Seibu eyes equity issue for holding firm

The Seibu Railway Co. group is considering raising 160 billion yen in capital for a holding company that could be created in February to own Seibu Railway and a hotel and resort company, sources said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / 60 YEARS,AND ONWARD
Aug 13, 2005

Carmakers owe success to warplanes

The Japanese automobile industry has become a symbol of the nation's stellar postwar growth, but few may be aware that its rise owes much to the engineers who helped develop military aircraft during the war.
BUSINESS
Aug 13, 2005

Bankruptcies post drop of 9% in July

The number of corporate bankruptcies in Japan totaled 1,024 in July, down 8.8 percent from the previous year for the first fall below 1,100 in the month in 14 years, credit research agency Tokyo Shoko Research said Friday.
BUSINESS
Aug 13, 2005

FSA orders Nagoya bourse to safeguard confidential info

The Financial Services Agency issued a business improvement order Friday to the Nagoya Stock Exchange due to its failure to protect confidential information in violation of the Securities and Exchange Law.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Aug 13, 2005

Cheap old beaches become modern playgrounds for the rich

I hate to admit it, but our small island in the Seto Inland Sea is becoming a playground for the rich. Not long ago, the only people who came to Shiraishi Island were families looking for a cheap day out at the beach. And I mean cheap. They bring their own everything: food, drinks, beach chairs, parasols,...
JAPAN
Aug 13, 2005

Will the LDP land on its feet Sept. 11?

A showdown has begun for the Sept. 11 House of Representatives election, a poll that may witness a drastic change in the political landscape.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Aug 13, 2005

Wanted: 'crazy creepy mixologists' for 42 Below

With the chance to promote New Zealand's prizewinning 42 Below vodka at a beach bar on the Shonan coast last Saturday, Tom Huskinson was there at 5 p.m. to find a long line for beer but no one queuing for the long sensuous mixers he calls cocktails.
JAPAN
Aug 13, 2005

550,000-name sex slave petition for Koizumi

Former sex slaves and their supporters gave a petition of 550,000 signatures to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi Friday demanding compensation from the Japanese government and a formal apology for the hardships the women suffered from during World War II.
BUSINESS
Aug 13, 2005

June industrial output moves up

Japan's industrial output rose a seasonally adjusted 1.6 percent in June from the previous month, revised upward slightly from a preliminary 1.5 percent gain, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Friday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Aug 13, 2005

Koka Fukushima

"One day I came across a solitary white dandelion growing on a high stone wall. That was my first encounter with plants, and amongst my earliest childhood recollections," said Koka Fukushima.
JAPAN
Aug 13, 2005

Suginami adopts contentious history text

The Suginami Ward board of education adopted a history textbook Friday that critics say distorts history and gives light treatment of Japan's wartime atrocities.
JAPAN
Aug 13, 2005

METI chides nine in wage abuse scam

The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry on Friday reprimanded nine officials and returned about 2 million yen collected from those involved in a fund mismanagement scam regarding wages for part-time workers, METI head Shoichi Nakagawa said.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Aug 12, 2005

Chelsea leads three-horse race in quest for Premiership title

LONDON -- According to Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon the 2005-06 Premiership title will be won by "a small bunch of one" with manager Jose Mourinho predicting the Blues will confirm their second successive English crown in the last fixture on May 7 at Newcastle. So that's this season then. Roll...
Two men suspected of smuggling 1 ton of gold into Japan from South Korea
U.K. gold bullion bars and coins are displayed at Baird & Co. in Hatton Garden in London.
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.
War refugee Aonishiki becomes first Ukrainian to win sumo tournament
Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki receives the Prime Minister's Cup from Takahiro Inoue, an adviser to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, on Sunday in Fukuoka after becoming the first from his nation to win a tournament in the traditional Japanese sport.
Americans with four-year degrees now comprise a record 25% of unemployed workers
A job fair in Fletcher, North Carolina. The unemployment rate for bachelor’s degree-holders in the U.S. rose to 2.8% in September, up a half-percentage point from a year earlier.
Top Chinese diplomat weighs in on Takaichi’s ‘shocking’ Taiwan remarks
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi delivers delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of the Lanting Forum in Beijing on Oct. 27.
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.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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