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BUSINESS
Mar 12, 2004

NTT in U.S. patent suit since 2001

The University of Texas filed a damages suit in the United States in 2001 against NTT Corp. over NTT's patented battery technology, which the school claims was taken from it by a former student who worked as an engineer for the firm, NTT officials said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 12, 2004

Toyota trumpets walking robots

Toyota Motor Corp. unveiled four humanoid robot prototypes Thursday, some of which can walk and play the trumpet.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Mar 12, 2004

Museums bid to widen leisure appeal

Museums want you to drop by, of course, but they also want you to linger, to explore, take your time -- the whole afternoon, if possible. To this end, no respectable museum can be without cafes and shops to enhance the experience.
JAPAN
Mar 12, 2004

Chinese being frozen out of student visa process

Things are looking pretty grim for Chinese students who have their sights set on pursuing their Japanese language studies here.
BUSINESS
Mar 12, 2004

LDP, FSA clash over bank plan

Liberal Democratic Party panels on financial policy and research voiced opposition Thursday toward a Financial Services Agency plan aimed at lifting all restrictions on banks entering the insurance business.
BUSINESS
Mar 12, 2004

Vodafone to offer Global Mail service

Vodafone K.K. said it will launch a new service Thursday that enables its mobile phone users to exchange e-mail with photo and video data with overseas users who have compatible handsets on participating networks.
Japan Times
Events
Mar 12, 2004

Diagnosing what really ails Japan, Germany

BERLIN -- Japan and Germany, once the powerful engines of the global economy together with the United States, have had stagnant years since the 1990s.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 12, 2004

Yoshinoya hopes discount pork dish will draw crowd

Restaurant chain Yoshinoya D&C Co. launched a five-day campaign Thursday to promote sales of pork-on-rice dishes, which it introduced after running out of beef last month due to a ban on imported U.S. beef.
BUSINESS
Mar 12, 2004

Fukui fears sowing seeds of inflation

Bank of Japan Gov. Toshihiko Fukui said Thursday the seeds of inflation may be disseminated by the extremely accommodative monetary policies of many developed countries.
SOCCER / J. League
Mar 11, 2004

Under-23s under the weather

The Japanese Under-23 team is still suffering from a stomach bug that struck many of its players during last week's tour to the United Arab Emirates in the first round of Asian qualifiers for the Athens Olympics.
JAPAN
Mar 11, 2004

Koizumi admits state fault in '50s emigration plan

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Wednesday the government should not have promoted emigration to the Dominican Republic in the 1950s.
JAPAN
Mar 11, 2004

Kobe killer set free

A 21-year-old man who strangled and decapitated a boy and bludgeoned a girl to death when he was 14 in one of Japan's most notorious juvenile crimes was paroled Wednesday, having spent more than six years at a medical reformatory, the Justice Ministry announced.
MORE SPORTS
Mar 11, 2004

Preakness winner dies in Japan

Tabasco Cat, winner of the 1994 Preakness and Belmont Stakes, has died in Japan of a heart attack.
JAPAN
Mar 11, 2004

Panel to probe ANA copilot's illness

A transport ministry panel will look into an incident Sunday in which the copilot of an All Nippon Airways flight from Narita to Singapore came down with an acute stomachache and the captain had to fly the aircraft alone.
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 11, 2004

Nagashima showing improvement

Former Yomiuri Giants manager Shigeo Nagashima has started moving his upper body and is enjoying classical music while he recovers at a Tokyo hospital from a stroke he had last week, members of his family said on Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Mar 11, 2004

Current account surplus up 135.2% in January

Japan's current account surplus soared 135.2 percent in January from a year earlier to 1.054 trillion yen for the seventh straight month of expansion, due to brisk exports and a continued drop in overseas tourism, the Finance Ministry said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Mar 11, 2004

OS devised for nonstandard kanji

The creator of the Tron computer operating system said Wednesday he has developed technology to show nonstandard kanji characters on Western operating systems such as Windows and Macintosh.
JAPAN
Mar 11, 2004

Slain diplomats' car may go on show at ministry

A monument to the dead or merely a gruesome exhibit?
EDITORIALS
Mar 11, 2004

A historic day for Iraq

After a weeklong delay, Iraq's Governing Council has agreed to a new constitution for their country. The signing of the document marks a historic moment for Iraq. It establishes a framework for democratic self-government and safeguards individual rights. The transition from dictatorship to democracy...
BUSINESS
Mar 11, 2004

Sony develops advanced smart card

Sony Corp. and three other firms have developed a new-generation smart card featuring the dual functions of contact and "contactless" integrated circuit card technologies, Sony officials said Wednesday.
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Mar 11, 2004

Liposuction fat turned into stem cells

In "Fight Club," Brad Pitt's character turns human fat into soap and with beautifully sick panache sells it back to the same rich women who'd paid to have it removed by liposuction. Now scientists at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C., have shown greater ingenuity and made something rather...
Japan braces for more quakes as authorities dismiss doomsday hype
Evacuees from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecuture, arrive at Kagoshima Port on Friday.
Hidden AI prompts in academic papers spark concern about research integrity
Waseda University is one of 14 institutions in eight countries found to have used hidden prompts in research papers.
A prophesied disaster (likely) won’t strike Japan this weekend
A viral manga prediction of a July 5 disaster has gripped Japan with anxiety and triggered an economic impact, but experts warn that while such dates are unreliable, the threat of a massive earthquake remains real. 
Residents of Tokara Islands begin evacuation as seismic swarm continues
Details about evacuations from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecture, is seen written on a whiteboard in the city of Kagoshima on Thursday.
U.S. military apologizes over Okinawa sexual assault case
Col. Neil Owens (right), chief of staff for the 3rd Marine Division, bows in apology at the Okinawa Prefectural Government office in Naha on Thursday.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Flag football facing challenges and opportunities ahead
Japan’s women’s flag football team at the 2025 International Bowl in Los Angeles in June. The sport is enjoying continued growth in the country.
From Hokusai’s Great Wave, shinkansen to One Piece: a cultural treasure box for Lego Japan
Michael Ebbesen, general manager of Lego Japan, says Lego bricks based on Japanese culture have a rich global appeal and are sellable around the world.
With farmed fish, RelationFish swims against the tide in fine dining
Chef Hideaki Matsuo (middle) and the staff of Oseto Suisan Fisheries prepare to check on their sustainably farmed fish.
As Southeast Asia heats up, a Japanese cooling giant sees a major opportunity
An employee of Daikin Cambodia explains the use of different tools during an air conditioner installation training session in Phnom Penh. Daikin is one of Japan’s oldest air conditioning companies, but as Japan’s population falls, the firm is keying in on overseas growth.

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