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Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Feb 5, 2005

Kerel Zebrakovsky

Karel Zebrakovsky, ambassador of the Czech Republic to Japan, came late to the role of diplomat. A man of enthusiasm and wide, cultivated tastes, he finds delight in everything he does, and in the different appointments he has held. He has the right attitude to be representative of his country. "I am...
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 5, 2005

A yen for change in Australia

SYDNEY -- What a great Australia Day we've just celebrated. Pity it reopened that old can of worms -- whether to dump Queen Elizabeth II as Australia's head of state.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Feb 5, 2005

National Children's Centers cater to body, spirit

In July 2000, after 15 years heading the International Section of the Children's Castle, Teri Suzanne left the play and educational center in Aoyama, Tokyo, and became a freelance bilingual specialist. Two years later she was employed as program adviser to the 14 National Children's Centers of Japan's...
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Feb 4, 2005

Gunners misfiring a year after record-setting season

LONDON -- Manchester United's 4-2 win over Arsenal at Highbury on Tuesday was not just a victory, it was further proof that the Premiership champion needs a significant overhaul.
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Feb 4, 2005

Kitajima accepts award from FSAJ

Double Olympic gold medalist Kosuke Kitajima has another addition for his impressive trophy cabinet after accepting the award for 2004 Japanese Sportsman of the Year.
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Feb 4, 2005

Ai-chan, Umemura picked for worlds

Teenager Ai Fukuhara was selected along with Aya Umemura on Thursday to compete in the women's singles competition at the World Table Tennis Championships this spring in Shanghai.
EDITORIALS
Feb 4, 2005

Lifestyle geared to saving energy

The energy-wasting industrialized world had a rude awakening in the 1970s when oil prices zoomed into the stratosphere. Japan was no exception. The oil crisis spread a sense of energy dependence nationwide, setting off a spate of conservation measures. In recent years, though, Japanese consumers seem...
BUSINESS
Feb 4, 2005

Medical firms compete with pain-free devices

Medical manufacturers are competing to develop new devices that will make visits to the doctor's office less painful.
BUSINESS
Feb 4, 2005

U.S. insurance lobbyist calls for 'kampo' fair play

The visiting president of an American life insurer group urged the Japanese government Thursday to ensure a "level playing field" when it proceeds with the privatization of its huge postal life insurance service, scheduled to begin in 2007.
BUSINESS
Feb 4, 2005

Wages seen rising 1.7% after talks

A private think tank forecast Thursday that wages in Japan will increase 1.7 percent on average from year-before levels after the annual spring wage negotiations.
BUSINESS
Feb 4, 2005

IRCJ names three innkeepers as last firms to receive bailout

The state-backed Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan said Thursday it will help rehabilitate three lodging companies and indicated they would be the last bailouts.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / THEN AND NOW
Feb 4, 2005

Ancient Asakusa still central to community

The day in Asakusa begins with the tolling of the Senso-ji bell at 6 a.m. The temple bell, located behind two bronze bodhisattva statues dating back to 1678, is one of the nine official Time Bells of Edo, established in 1692.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Feb 4, 2005

In search of the real flavor of Yokohama's Chukagai

In some quarters it's become almost knee-jerk to denigrate Yokohama's Chinatown. Too clean and tidy, they sneer, it feels like a theme park. It's just for tourists. And, the most serious charge of all, the food just isn't authentic. To which the Food File would retort: Perhaps so; not necessarily; and...
BUSINESS
Feb 4, 2005

Toyota sees 1 trillion yen year as profit rises 3.5%

Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday its group net profit in the October-December period rose 3.5 percent from a year earlier to 296.5 billion yen, clearing the way for its profit for the year to March to exceed 1 trillion yen for a second consecutive year.
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Feb 3, 2005

Takaoka, Wainaina on marathon list

Japanese record-holder Toshinari Takaoka and two-time Olympic medalist Eric Wainaina of Kenya were among the 11 runners invited to this month's Tokyo International Marathon, the Japan Association of Athletics Federations said Wednesday.
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Feb 3, 2005

Sharapova, Kuznetsova on cruise control

Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova proved once again why all that glamour isn't just sugarcoating.
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Feb 3, 2005

Sato decides to hang up gloves

Former WBA super-bantamweight champion Osamu Sato said Wednesday he is ending his 10-year boxing career.
EDITORIALS
Feb 3, 2005

Miyakejima calling

It has been four years and five months since volcanic activity on Miyakejima island, about 200 km south of Tokyo, forced all residents to evacuate. On Wednesday, the first group of 62 people returned to the island. We congratulate them on their homecoming, although life on the island is fraught with...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 3, 2005

Bank card crimes fuel rush to biometric systems

The growing number of bank account thefts involving stolen or forged bank cards is forcing financial institutions to adopt costly biometric technology to verify that only bona fide customers are using automated teller machines.
BUSINESS
Feb 3, 2005

Hitachi to acquire majority stake in PDP tieup with Fujitsu

Hitachi Ltd. said Wednesday it will acquire a majority stake in a 50-50 plasma display panel manufacturing joint venture with Fujitsu Ltd., as it aims to bolster its PDP TV business amid intensifying competition.
BUSINESS
Feb 3, 2005

'Tokyo' blamed for bank's lengthy name

Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc. and UFJ Holdings Inc. plan to name the new commercial bank to be created by their Oct. 1 merger the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, banking sources said Wednesday.
COMMENTARY
Feb 3, 2005

Fear of rips in the EU fabric

LONDON -- The fear here is that the whole of Europe has succumbed to the virus of racism and that new political parties based on some variant of racism will swell in popular support, win elections, run institutions of state -- including the European Union -- and destroy the civilization that has been...
BUSINESS
Feb 3, 2005

Itochu, Turner to fund cartoons

Itochu Corp. said Wednesday it will start a Japanese animation fund with Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific Inc. to produce programs for broadcast in Japan and the United States.
BUSINESS
Feb 3, 2005

Monetary base up 3.9% in January

Japan's monetary base grew 3.9 percent in January from a year earlier for the 48th consecutive monthly increase, the Bank of Japan said Wednesday.
New ‘immigration minister’ post signals Takaichi Cabinet’s priorities
Kimi Onoda, economic security minister and minister for harmonious coexistence with foreign nationals, arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Rare female yakuza walks path to redemption in Japan
Retired yakuza Mako Nishimura sorts fallen leaves during a clean-up activity at the Gifu Gokoku shrine in Gifu Prefecture on Sept. 28.
Takaichi to put defense push in spotlight in bid to satiate Trump demands
Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force personnel march during the joint multinational exercise Garuda Shield 2025 at the Baturaja combat training center in Lampung, Indonesia, last month.
Takaichi focuses on economic and security concerns in first policy speech
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi delivers her first policy speech in the Lower House in Tokyo on Friday.
Driving in Japan isn’t hard. Getting the license is.
The byzantine process for converting a foreign driver’s license into a Japanese one entails mountains of paperwork and significant stamina — unless you're a lucky license holder from a country or region where these requirements are waived.
New ‘immigration minister’ post signals Takaichi Cabinet’s priorities
Kimi Onoda, economic security minister and minister for harmonious coexistence with foreign nationals, arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Tuesday.
The newly formed LDP-JIP coalition may not be as solid as it seems
Ruling Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi and Japan Innovation Party leader Hirofumi Yoshimura sign a policy agreement between the two parties at the Diet in Tokyo on Monday.
AI-optimized cybercrime increasingly targeting Japan
A recent cyberattack on brewer Asahi Group Holdings resulted in the company suspending shipments.
K-pop idol Chanyeol does J-pop his own way on ‘Hibi’
South Korean singer Chanyeol made his Japanese-language solo debut with the EP “Hibi,” which features six tracks inspired by his love of Japanese music.
London exhibition perhaps sumo's most successful trip abroad
With the recent sumo jaunt to London being essentially a goodwill exercise, <i>rikishi</i> were far more outgoing and relaxed than normal.

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

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The byzantine process for converting a foreign driver’s license into a Japanese one entails mountains of paperwork and significant stamina — unless you're a lucky license holder from a country or region where these requirements are waived.
Driving in Japan isn’t hard. Getting the license is.
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