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JAPAN
Nov 27, 2004

Revised Child Welfare Law enacted

The Diet enacted a revised children's welfare law Friday that aims to upgrade the child-counseling system and bolster local-level efforts to address the growing problems of child abuse and juvenile delinquency.
MORE SPORTS
Nov 27, 2004

Takaoka plans to run in Tokyo

Japanese men's marathon record holder Toshinari Takaoka is set to run in February's Tokyo International Marathon.
JAPAN
Nov 27, 2004

Yahoo targets Net content dangers

Yahoo Japan Corp., Japan's largest Internet portal site operator, plans to offer a service that lets parents restrict their children's access to Web sites with harmful content by using filtering technology from a company it recently acquired, company sources said Friday.
MORE SPORTS
Nov 27, 2004

'Godzilla' returns home after heartbreak season

Even after living every boy's dream of hitting cleanup for the New York Yankees in the 2004 season, Hideki Matsui isn't happy.
JAPAN
Nov 27, 2004

Prison, fine upheld for bribed defense procurement official

The Tokyo High Court on Friday upheld a lower court-imposed four-year prison term and 8.38 million yen fine for a former senior Defense Agency official convicted of committing breach of trust and bribery in connection with equipment procurement.
JAPAN
Nov 27, 2004

Japan plans to call China, North Korea key threats

Japan will name North Korea and China as threats to its security in a new defense policy to be compiled next month, according to a draft the government presented Friday to the Liberal Democratic Party.
JAPAN
Nov 27, 2004

Government strong-arms Itami airport

OSAKA -- The battle over the future of the Kansai region's airports heated up this month as the central government pressured Osaka's Itami airport to shift domestic flights to Kansai International Airport and threatened to take away Itami's official status as an international airport.
JAPAN
Nov 27, 2004

Most spinal-cord injury patients suffer 'abnormal' pain: poll

Three-quarters of paralyzed spinal-cord injury patients suffer from persistent abnormal pain, according to a study released Friday.
JAPAN
Nov 27, 2004

Dollar temporarily sinks to bottom 102 yen range

The dollar briefly sank to the lower 102 yen level Friday in Tokyo, hitting its lowest rates in four years and 10 months here as players accelerated selling of the currency on a report that China has trimmed its holdings of U.S. bonds.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Nov 27, 2004

England's condemnation of Spain in race row hypocritical

LONDON -- When Laurie Cunningham, the former West Bromwich Albion winger, joined Real Madrid in the 1980s, the Spanish pronounced his surname "Coon-ingham." This was shortened to "Cunny" or "Coony" as they said it, just as Steve McManaman became Macca.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Nov 27, 2004

Yumiko Tanaka

Twenty-five years ago, Yumiko Tanaka opened in Japan her Institute for Bharatanatyam. On Monday she and her students will dance in a silver jubilee evening performance at Musashino Geino Hall, Mitaka. Two of her students will dance in Nakano Geino Hall on Dec. 19. "Bharatanatyam is the great cultural...
BUSINESS
Nov 27, 2004

Government seeking more FTAs, foreign minister says

The government plans to compile a trade policy next month that will advocate the pursuit of more free-trade agreements, Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura said Friday.
BUSINESS
Nov 27, 2004

Major life insurers post declines in new contracts

Japan's major life insurers continued to post declines in individual life insurance and annuity contracts for the six months to Sept. 30, reflecting consumer reluctance to increase spending amid persistent deflation, according to their earnings reports released as of Friday.
BUSINESS
Nov 27, 2004

NTT buys back 800,000 shares

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. bought back about 800,000 of its shares, mostly held by the government, for 366.47 billion yen in off-market trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Friday, the company said.
JAPAN
Nov 27, 2004

34 sectors' CO 2 output up 1%: industry lobby

Carbon dioxide emissions from Japan's 34 major industrial sectors rose 1 percent in fiscal 2003 from the previous year to 502.39 million tons, for a second straight yearly rise, the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) said Friday.
BUSINESS
Nov 27, 2004

Recuperating Kanebo chalks up 358 billion yen net profit in first half

Kanebo Ltd., which is rehabilitating under the state-backed Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan, on Friday reported a group net profit of 358.11 billion yen for the first half of fiscal 2004.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Nov 27, 2004

ARI teaches leadership skills via organic farming

What is the connection between Hoichi Endo, a former member of Japan's Credit Union (CU), based in Tsujido, Kanagawa Prefecture, and the Asian Rural Institute's group of students from developing countries learning leadership skills and organic farming in Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture?
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 27, 2004

Challenges and opportunity

SINGAPORE -- As the first Indonesian president to be elected through direct universal suffrage, and backed by a mandate from a considerable majority of Indonesian voters, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is injecting new energy into the 10-member Association for Southeast Asian Nations. Furthermore,...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Nov 27, 2004

Free poinsettias! Torn between cultures

If the United States is my mother country, Japan must be my father country. And as it often is between kids and parents, I sometimes find myself in the middle, wondering which one is right, which one to listen to.
BUSINESS
Nov 27, 2004

Izuhakone Railway vows to get relisted, curb 'annoyances'

Izuhakone Railway Co. pledged Friday to make efforts to list its shares again on the Tokyo Stock Exchange following the bourse's decision to delist them in December for falsifying financial statements.
JAPAN
Nov 27, 2004

Recent disasters upgraded to serious

The government will designate the Niigata quakes and Typhoon Tokage as serious disasters as of next Wednesday, thus enabling affected municipalities to receive more subsidies for reconstruction work than in ordinary disasters, government officials said Friday.
JAPAN
Nov 27, 2004

Koizumi to meet Myanmar leader

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi plans to meet Myanmar's new prime minister, Lt. Gen. Soe Win, during a summit of the so-called ASEAN-plus-three summit that begins Monday in Laos, government sources said Friday.
BUSINESS
Nov 27, 2004

Once 'poor food,' cereals now healthy choice

Barn grass, millet, foxtail millet and other cereals, regarded as "poor food" at a time when people had little rice to eat, are becoming more popular with health-conscious women.
BUSINESS
Nov 27, 2004

Diet enacts trust asset expansion bill

The Diet passed a bill Friday to expand the types of assets that can be put in a trust and thereby encourage nonfinancial companies to enter the trust business.
EDITORIALS
Nov 26, 2004

Lighten Iraq's debt load

I raq's future depends on the country finding its footing. The most important precondition is peace and stability. Free and fair elections, the foundation of a healthy democracy, are also vital. Ultimately, however, Iraqis must believe that they will have a better life. Without a functioning and growing...
JAPAN
Nov 26, 2004

12 'war orphan' arrivals include first from outside China

Twelve Japanese men and women orphaned in China during World War II, including a woman living in Russia, arrived in Japan on Thursday in search of relatives.
JAPAN
Nov 26, 2004

NHK can skip correction, but not redress

Although it upheld a redress award against NHK for defamation, the Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a 58-year-old woman's claim against the broadcaster, reversing a lower court ruling that had ordered it to air a correction to a 1996 program that referred to her divorce.
Wealthy foreign nationals picking up ultimate souvenir — a condo in Tokyo
A high-end property in the fashionable Daikanyama district in Tokyo
Japan dispatches five language education 'partners' to India
Five members of the Japan Foundation's Nihongo Partners program (front) gather at the Japanese Embassy in New Delhi on Monday.
Struggling train firm in Chiba Prefecture turns to self-deprecating humor
"Laughter is important when you're in a difficult situation," said Katsunori Takemoto, president of Choshi Electric Railway, on Aug. 5 in Choshi, Chiba Prefecture.
Japan's elderly population down at around 36.2 million
The estimated number of people age 65 or older in Japan stands at 36.19 million as of Monday, accounting for record 29.4% of the country's total population, according to the internal affairs ministry.
China says Philippine ship ‘deliberately rammed’ coast guard vessel in South China Sea
A China Coast Guard ship navigates near the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea in August.
Japanese athletes inspired by raucous home fans at World Athletics Championships
Fans cheer on the home favorites during the women's marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sunday.
Pole vault rivals in awe after Duplantis has another historic night in Tokyo
Sweden's Armand Duplantis competes in the men's pole fault final during the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Monday.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
Tara Davis-Woodhall leaps to gold and finds redemption at world championships
Tara Davis-Woodhall celebrates after winning the women's long jump final at the World Athletics Championships at Tokyo's National Stadium on Sunday night.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
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