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SOCCER / World cup
May 27, 2004

Japan's U-23s draw

Yasuyuki Konno scored in the final minutes of regulation time Wednesday as Japan's Under-23 Olympic squad played to 1-1 draw with Turkey in an international friendly.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 27, 2004

Cannes victor holds 'first ever' trophy

Fourteen-year-old Yuya Yagira, the surprise winner of the best actor award at the 57th Cannes Film Festival, was able to take possession Wednesday of what he called his "first ever" trophy.
JAPAN
May 27, 2004

Pronto exec held over bogus loans

Police arrested a former vice president of coffee shop chain Pronto Corp. and three others Wednesday on suspicion of taking out loans worth about 100 million yen under false pretenses.
BASEBALL / MLB
May 27, 2004

Abe's clutch single leads Giants past Carp

Shinnosuke Abe drove in a pair of runs with a single in the bottom of the eighth inning Wednesday to lift the Yomiuri Giants to a 5-3 win over the Hiroshima Carp.
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
May 27, 2004

Picking the brains of teenagers shows how we 'mature'

What an age we live in. Science is progressing in ever greater leaps and bounds. The way things are going, we might one day even understand that most enigmatic and mysterious of natural phenomena, the teenager.
MORE SPORTS
May 27, 2004

Tokyo plays host to Super Powers Cup

The Japan Rugby Football Union will host the second playing of the Super Powers Cup in Tokyo on Thursday at National Stadium with the tournament concluding on Sunday at Chichibunomiya.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
May 27, 2004

How many teams will be willing to take a chance on Kobe?

NEW YORK -- Will Kobe Bryant's August trial impact his impending free agency?
JAPAN
May 27, 2004

'Kimigayo' saga rumbles on

The Tokyo metropolitan board of education has reprimanded 57 teachers, assistant principals and principals at eight high schools for failing to inform pupils properly that they must stand and sing "Kimigayo" at enrollment and graduation ceremonies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 27, 2004

Soaring soybean prices hurt tofu makers

A historic rise in soybean prices driven by soaring demand in China is dealing a heavy blow to Japanese makers of traditional staples such as tofu and soy sauce.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 27, 2004

Soga, Jenkins facing reunion delay

Repatriated abductee Hitomi Soga may have to wait several weeks to be reunited with her husband because the government needs to pick the right location for the couple to discuss their future in a "quiet environment," a top Foreign Ministry official said Wednesday.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
May 27, 2004

Wood-boring beetle

* Japanese name: Ubatamamushi * Scientific name: Chalcophora japonica * Description: This beetle belongs to a group called the Buprestids. They are bullet-shaped and are often metallic-colored, though this species has brown and black stripes running the length of the body, which is flecked with gold....
JAPAN
May 27, 2004

Kids held over 'Battle Royale' stunt

Ten youths have been arrested for allegedly disrupting classes in March by occupying the broadcasting room of their junior high school in Tokyo's Ota Ward, playing the soundtrack of a movie in which junior high students kill each other and calling on their classmates to do the same.
JAPAN
May 27, 2004

Group sues over embryo diagnosis ban

Maternity clinic doctors and their clients on Wednesday sued the Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology for curbing the controversial preimplantation diagnosis of embryos to prevent transmission of genetic diseases.
JAPAN
May 27, 2004

Diet enacts law to counter livestock, poultry diseases

The Diet enacted Wednesday a revised law to curb infectious diseases among livestock and poultry, including the introduction of a compensation system for poultry farmers hit by bird flu.
BUSINESS
May 27, 2004

Flexible stance planned for farm negotiations in new round of WTO talks

The government and the ruling coalition parties said Wednesday that Japan will take a flexible position on farm negotiations in the new round of global trade talks under the World Trade Organization.
OLYMPICS
May 27, 2004

Japan's Olympics hopes dented

Japan's Athens Olympics dream for men's volleyball all but ended Wednesday as it suffered a third straight loss after a 3-2 reverse to Iran at the men's final qualifying tournament for this summer's Games.
EDITORIALS
May 27, 2004

Savagery in Sudan

A campaign of ethnic cleansing and genocide has been reported from Sudan. In acts all too reminiscent of the horrors committed in Rwanda a decade ago, the government of Sudan has condoned, if not abetted, crimes against humanity committed against its own citizens. And once again the world is standing...
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / ON THE BOOK TRAIL
May 27, 2004

"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time," "Fergus Crane"

"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time," Mark Haddon, Random House; 2003; 272 pp. You know from the first paragraph that this is no ordinary book.
COMMENTARY
May 27, 2004

What Asians tend to think of America

LOS ANGELES -- Asia -- home to something like 60 percent of the earth's people -- is a vast multitude of ethnicities, nationalities, religions and cultures.
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.
Tokyo ranked world’s richest city by GDP, with Osaka-Kobe also rated highly
Tokyo has a gross domestic product of $2.55 trillion, just ahead of New York’s $2.49 trillion and Greater Los Angeles’ $1.62 trillion, according to CEOWorld’s global wealth index.
Tokyo looks to keep ‘monster parents’ at bay with new protocols
New guidelines are addressing struggles by teachers to deal with the burden of parents who make irrational complaints that go beyond what is considered socially acceptable, often referred to as "monster parents," which is overwhelming their workload.
China delivers warning to U.S. and Japan with third aircraft carrier
The Fujian, China's third aircraft carrier, carries out sea trials at an unknown location in May last year.
Japan lawmakers eye firm response to Chinese envoy's threat to behead PM
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks at a Lower House Budget Committee meeting on Friday.
As Japan’s female leader rises, can she cross sumo’s sacred line?
Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku (front center) delivers a speech on the first day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Sunday. Centuries of belief and tradition still underpin the all-male association's stance of excluding women.
Takaichi doesn’t mince words on Taiwan, but dramatic policy shift unlikely
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in parliament on Tuesday.
Florist Nicolai Bergmann flourishes outside the box
Florist Nicolai Bergmann shops for fresh flowers at the Ota flower market in Tokyo on Friday.
China delivers warning to U.S. and Japan with third aircraft carrier
The Fujian, China's third aircraft carrier, carries out sea trials at an unknown location in May last year.
Jenson Button brings end to an illustrious racing career intertwined with Japan
Jenson Button races for Honda during the Singapore Grand Prix in September 2008.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
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