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COMMENTARY / World
Oct 23, 2004

Bush critics also hit at Reagan

CLAREMONT, California -- Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry criticizes President George W. Bush for "going it alone in Iraq," for failing to build the support of the United Nations and for failing to build an international coalition of America's traditional allies.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 23, 2004

First step to a national security strategy

WASHINGTON -- Last week in Tokyo, Japan's Council on Security and Defense Capabilities (better known in the United States as the Araki Commission) issued its final report on the future direction of Japanese national-security policy. The report demands special attention, as it will provide the basis on...
BUSINESS
Oct 23, 2004

Buddhism, Calvinism molds execs

OYAMA, Shizuoka Pref. -- Japanese executives are satisfied with lower pay than their Western counterparts because wealth is not considered proof that a person has been chosen by God, the president of a think tank on business ethics said Friday.
BUSINESS
Oct 23, 2004

Seibu Railway exec quits over Kokudo share deal

Seibu Railway Co. said Friday one of its managing directors has resigned to take responsibility for his involvement in parent Kokudo Corp.'s dubious sales of shares in the railway operator.
JAPAN
Oct 23, 2004

Gotoda to meet leaders in China

Masaharu Gotoda, former deputy prime minister, will make a four-day visit to China next week to meet with top leaders, sources said Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 23, 2004

New Daiei chief rules out retreat into food sector

The newly appointed president of Daiei Inc. said Friday the firm has no intention of reducing itself to a food store chain in its efforts to turn itself around under the Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan.
BUSINESS
Oct 23, 2004

Bank-account sales targeted by bill

The ruling coalition compiled a bill Friday to ban black-market sales of bank accounts, which are often used in fraud crimes, by setting penalties of up to two years in prison or a maximum of 3 million yen in fines, lawmakers said.
EDITORIALS
Oct 22, 2004

The bounds of the security treaty

The United States is reviewing the role of its military bases in Japan in line with its plans for global troop redeployment (or "force transformation" as the U.S. Defense Department calls it). This is raising concerns that some realignment plans involving U.S. forces stationed here might exceed the geographical...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 22, 2004

New school in Tokyo opened amid rise in number of Indian residents

An explosion in the number of Indian workers here has prompted a long-term Indian resident of Tokyo to open a school that offers her compatriots' children an opportunity to learn about their cultural heritage.
SOCCER / World cup
Oct 22, 2004

Zico interpreter red carded for verbal abuse

Japan's Brazilian-born coach Zico will be without the services of his usual interpreter for next month's World Cup qualifier at home against Singapore.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 22, 2004

Cruelest typhoon in 25 years kills 67

Typhoon Tokage left at least 67 people dead, 21 missing and more than 350 injured as it cleared Japan on Thursday morning after wreaking the worst carnage by a typhoon in 25 years.
JAPAN
Oct 22, 2004

Households could be hit with 5,000 yen green tax

Households might have to pay an average 4,950 yen per year if a planned environment tax is introduced in fiscal 2005, according to a government draft released Thursday.
JAPAN
Oct 22, 2004

Ono retracts comments on U.S. command transfer

Defense Agency chief Yoshinori Ono was forced Thursday to retract earlier comments supporting the U.S.-proposed transfer of command functions of the U.S. Army First Corps in Washington state to Camp Zama in Kanagawa Prefecture.
MORE SPORTS
Oct 22, 2004

Kawashima set for title defense

Japanese WBC super flyweight champion Katsushige Kawashima will face top-ranked American Jose Navarro in January in a world title doubleheader, which also involves a shot at the WBA flyweight title by Trash Nakanuma, organizers said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Oct 22, 2004

Import, export trade reaches record highs

Japan's exports and imports hit record highs in value terms in the first half of fiscal 2004, spurred by brisk trade with China and other Asian economies, the Finance Ministry said Thursday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / BEST BAR NONE
Oct 22, 2004

Born to be wild . . . in moderation

I know what bikers look for in a bar. Though I've never been a rider myself, I did spend 10 years tooling around Tokyo on the back of my Japanese boyfriend's 1977-78 FLH custom shovelhead Harley-Davidson. In fact, we met in Bar Aoyama, which he and one of his Harley-riding buddies used to frequent because...
BUSINESS
Oct 22, 2004

Nothing has changed in oil spat between Japan, China: adviser

A TV news report in June about China's oil field development close to the Sino-Japanese demarcation line for their exclusive economic zones in the East China Sea prompted an adviser to Uruma Resources Development Co. to recall a conversation he had with a bureaucrat decades ago.
JAPAN
Oct 22, 2004

50 million yen donation cap considered

The Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner, the New Komeito, agreed Thursday to put an annual cap of 50 million yen on donations by registered political groups other than political parties and their fund management bodies, coalition lawmakers said.
JAPAN
Oct 22, 2004

State might dip into reserve funds to repair typhoon damage

The chief Cabinet secretary said Thursday that the government might use reserve funds in the general-account budget for fiscal 2004, rather than creating a supplementary budget, to deal with the serious damage brought by Typhoon Tokage.
BUSINESS
Oct 22, 2004

Japan, U.S. begin beef trade talks

Japan and the United States began two days of high-level talks in Tokyo on Thursday in which the two countries are expected to confirm their goal of lifting Japan's import ban on American beef by next spring.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Oct 22, 2004

Following the way of the samurai in Akita's Kakunodate

For the Hollywood view of what life was like for the old warriors of Japan, go down to the video shop and take out "The Last Samurai." But for a more accurate glimpse of how the samurai lived and the kind of world they inhabited, take a trip to Kakunodate.
BUSINESS
Oct 22, 2004

Japan Post says Lawson parcel tieup not 'dumping'

Japan Post claimed at a court hearing Thursday that its tieup with convenience store operator Lawson Inc. in the parcel delivery business does not constitute dumping in violation of the Antimonopoly Law.
BUSINESS
Oct 22, 2004

Gas dispute talks scheduled

Japanese and Chinese officials will meet in Beijing next week in an effort to defuse a territorial dispute over natural gas deposits in the East China Sea, officials said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Oct 22, 2004

JAL, ANA consider airfare hike

Japan Airlines Corp. and All Nippon Airways Co. are considering raising airfares on domestic flights, possibly from the beginning of next year, due to soaring crude oil prices, airline officials said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Oct 22, 2004

Wacoal demands Kokudo annul share contract

Wacoal Corp. has asked Kokudo Corp. to annul a contract under which it bought some of Kokudo's shares in Seibu Railway Co. before the railway company announced that its financial statements were incorrect, Wacoal officials said Thursday.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Oct 22, 2004

Typical war of words ahead of Premiership showdown

LONDON -- It is likely to become very nasty and personal with no punches pulled -- and that is just the war of words between Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson and his Arsenal counterpart Arsene Wenger as the build-up to Sunday's Old Trafford showdown reaches boiling point.
JAPAN
Oct 22, 2004

Cultists held over death of member who didn't survive religious 'training'

Four members of a religious sect were arrested Thursday in connection with the death of a fellow cultist in September, according to Tokyo police.
Japanese court orders Cloudflare to pay ¥500 million over manga piracy
Cloudflare has been ordered to pay ¥500 million after four major publishing firms accused the firm of copyright infringement for its role in hosting sites that distribute pirated copies of manga titles.
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.
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.
Takaichi rejects China's demand to retract Taiwan remarks
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has rejected China's demands for her to retract her comments on Taiwan, saying Tokyo's stance on a major regional security crisis remains unchanged.
Japan set to lean on U.S. allies for support if China escalates
U.S. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in Tokyo, on Oct. 28.
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.
Why we can’t get enough of the sham of the rental family
“Rental Family,” directed and co-written by the single-named Hikari, follows out-of-work actor Phillip (Brendan Fraser), who is hired as the “token white guy” at a Tokyo agency called Rental Family.

Podcast

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

Longform

Juzo Itami’s “Tampopo” was released Nov. 23, 1985, and though it wasn’t a hit at the time, it has gained a cult following in the years since.
Eat, slurp, love: 'Tampopo' turns 40
By Weiwen Lin

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We are pleased to announce the winners of the 6th annual Sustainable Japan Award.
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