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JAPAN
Jul 24, 2005

Seibu to hang on to Kyoto hotel

Scandal-tainted Seibu Railway Co. said Saturday it will continue to operate the Takaragaike Prince Hotel in Kyoto, the upscale hotel that hosted the 1997 conference which produced the Kyoto Protocol, reversing its original plan to sell the property under a business rehabilitation program.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 24, 2005

Strong quake hits Tokyo

A strong earthquake jolted the Tokyo area Saturday afternoon, paralyzing train and subway services and disrupting road traffic.
COMMENTARY
Jul 24, 2005

Selling evil without a cause

If British Prime Minister Tony Blair wants to prevent more London bombings, he needs to come up with some better arguments to condemn Islamic militancy. His claim that Britain confronts an "evil ideology" was both naive and foolish.
JAPAN
Jul 24, 2005

1980 report called for airborne-asbestos measures

A government study panel warned in 1980 of the health dangers near asbestos-related facilities and called for concrete steps to prevent the material from spreading in the air, according to government sources.
MORE SPORTS
Jul 23, 2005

Japan to play Honduras

Japan will take on Honduras in September in a Kirin Cup friendly match, the Japan Football Association said Friday.
EDITORIALS
Jul 23, 2005

Making ends meet with less

The fiscal 2005 "Annual Report on the Japanese Economy and Public Finances" pays attention to the impact on the economy of two inevitable demographic changes: the expected shrinkage of the population (the first such shrinkage since World War II) and the retirement in large numbers of baby boomers born...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 23, 2005

Defense chief given missile-intercept role

The Diet enacted a revised law Friday that allows the Defense Agency chief to order emergency missile interceptions without waiting for approval from the prime minister and the Cabinet.
JAPAN
Jul 23, 2005

1,182 'retraining sessions' at JR West

West Japan Railway Co. conducted 1,182 employee retraining sessions during a two-year period from April 2003, the longest lasting 51 days, the transport ministry's accident investigation commission said Friday.
JAPAN
Jul 23, 2005

Attack-contingency manuals approved

The Cabinet approved attack-contingency manuals Friday from Fukui and Tottori -- the first prefectures to submit public evacuation and rescue plans, government officials said.
BUSINESS
Jul 23, 2005

Shiseido plans new cosmetics line

Top Japanese cosmetics maker Shiseido Co. will launch its new makeup line Maquillage in August, aiming to chalk up annual sales of 50 billion yen with one of its largest-ever advertising campaigns.
BUSINESS
Jul 23, 2005

FSA reveals 6.78 million unreported data loss cases

Financial institutions have reported about 6.78 million cases of missing client data, the Financial Services Agency announced Friday.
BUSINESS
Jul 23, 2005

Unpegged yuan to impact firms

From electronics makers to fishing companies, China's decision Thursday to abandon the yuan's peg to the dollar will affect a wide range of Japanese businesses over the long term, observers say.
BUSINESS
Jul 23, 2005

NEET figure remains high at 640,000: report

The number of young people not studying, working or looking for work remained at a record-high level of about 640,000 in 2004 -- a trend since 2002 -- according to a government white paper released Friday.
BUSINESS
Jul 23, 2005

Tertiary index down 5% in May

Japan's service industry activity index fell a preliminary 5 percent in May from the previous month due to sluggish business in wholesale and retail sales, advertising, civil engineering and other sectors, the government said Friday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Jul 23, 2005

'Breakthrough Japanese' book sees light of day

It is rare to be interviewed twice for this column. But Hitomi Hitayama, president of the executive Japanese language school Japanese Lunch, deserves the space because she has kept faith with her book project for so long. Also, the result -- "Breakthrough Japanese: 20 Mini Lessons for Better Conversation"...
JAPAN
Jul 23, 2005

Japanese women's life span at new record 85.59 years

The average life span of Japanese women reached 85.59 years in 2004, the 20th straight year as having the world's highest longevity, according to data for 2004 released by the health ministry Friday.
BUSINESS
Jul 23, 2005

METI chief plans late-July trip to strike Thai FTA

Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Shoichi Nakagawa will visit Thailand possibly on July 31 in a bid to strike a basic deal on a bilateral free-trade agreement in time for the end-of-July deadline set by the two countries, government sources said Friday.
JAPAN
Jul 23, 2005

METI uncovers more abuses

Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Shoichi Nakagawa said Friday two more cases of public fund misuse involving its officials have been confirmed and he will thus cut his own salary for another month in August.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 23, 2005

Coming in from the cold

BRUSSELS -- In a vital move toward securing greater stability, North Korea announced last week it would return to the six-party talks in Beijing with the United States, China, South Korea, Japan and Russia to try to resolve the nuclear crisis on the Korean Peninsula. The breakdown in negotiations had...
COMMENTARY
Jul 23, 2005

Meeting China's 'challenge'

WASHINGTON -- In February 1946, George Kennan, then a political officer in the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, sent an 8,000-word telegram to the State Department, warning about Soviet behavior. A little over a year later, a version of that telegram appeared in Foreign Affairs magazine, written by "Mr. X."
JAPAN
Jul 23, 2005

More nuclear plant data leaked via file-swapping program

Data on nuclear power plant safety inspections have been posted on the Internet, apparently leaked through the Winny file-swapping program on a virus-infected personal computer of an employee at the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, the agency said Friday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jul 23, 2005

Cool Biz: Okinawan shirts and bikinis

Prime Minister Koizumi would be proud of me. I am completely embracing the Cool Biz campaign by going to work in a bikini top and shorts. And I think Mr. Koizumi would agree after seeing my workplace, which doesn't even have air conditioning. I would support the campaign even more if in addition to the...
At Ginza’s newest hotel, luxury is a private treasure
At Fufu Tokyo, each guest room comes with its own private "onsen" (hot spring) — a luxury nearly unheard of in the heart of Tokyo's capital.
China warns citizens not to visit Japan as row over Taiwan heats up
Chinese tourists wear kimonos as they visit Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district on Saturday.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Kyoto gets its own teamLab installation, the largest in Japan
Visitors wearing kimonos look at digital artwork at the newly opened teamLab Biovortex in Kyoto.
Ashfall warning issued in southern Japan as volcano erupts
View of Sakurajima from the mainland of Kagoshima Prefecture
Good fortune, wrapped in fried tofu
Golden "age-fukuburo," a culinary take on Japan's new year "lucky bags," can be served on their own.
Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan celebrates 80 years at the forefront of press freedom
Located near the Imperial Palace, the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan prides itself on the accessibility of its events and the support it offers to budding and established journalists. The club is currently headed by Dan Sloan, a former reporter for Reuters.
The challenges awaiting Japan’s new finance minister
Finance minister Satsuki Katayama answers questions from reporters in a group interview on Oct. 24.
At Ginza’s newest hotel, luxury is a private treasure
At Fufu Tokyo, each guest room comes with its own private "onsen" (hot spring) — a luxury nearly unheard of in the heart of Tokyo's capital.
Japan fully enters sports streaming era as fans face new dilemmas
Sports fan Tadashi Yokoyama streams basketball and fencing on three screens.

Podcast

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

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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
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