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26/07/05 - Narita fiasco: never again
A tragedy has clouded the history of the New Tokyo International Airport at Narita. The place names Narita and Sanrizuka have been associated with Japan's longest and fiercest political struggle against the government, a struggle that has seen 13 deaths, five of them policemen, and thousands of arrests.
11/04/05 - Aging Japanese Pen Messages to Posterity
Living alone in a tidy little house on the outskirts of Tokyo, 75-year-old Tomohiro Ishizuka spends hours dwelling on things unsaid. There are, he recalls, the stories he never told his two adult children -- such as the horror of finding the charred remains of boyhood friends after the U.S. firebombing of Tokyo in 1945. And then there are stories half-told -- such as the depth of his pain after the sudden death in 2002 of his wife of 45 years.
The Tokyo District Court on Wednesday ordered Kazuhide Uekusa, a well-known economist who was a regularly featured guest on television programs, to pay a fine of 500,000 yen for using a mirror to look up the skirt of a high school student in April.
21/10/04 - A tale of two subways
With help from our sister station, Tokyo MX, NY1 Transit Reporter Bobby Cuza traveled to Japan to see why Tokyo's subway has earned a reputation as one of the world's best. “A Tale of Two Subways” looks at the successes and failures of the Tokyo subway system over the course of five parts.
News
29/08/10 - New dissent in Japan is loudly anti-foreign
The demonstrators appeared one day in December, just as children at an elementary school for ethnic Koreans were cleaning up for lunch. The group of about a dozen Japanese men gathered in front of the school gate, using bullhorns to call the students cockroaches and Korean spies.
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11/04/05 - Machimura demands apology from China
Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura lodged a formal protest with Chinese Ambassador Wang Yi on Sunday and demanded an apology for an anti-Japanese rally in Beijing the previous day that turned violent
The European Union will probably lift its arms embargo against China by the end of June as scheduled, despite opposition from Japan and the United States, visiting French President Jacques Chirac told Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Sunday evening.
23/03/05 - Heavy rain in Kyushu could cause [...]
Officials warned of further damage in quake-hit northern Kyushu on Tuesday as heavy rains threatened to dislodge ground already loosened two days earlier by a powerful magnitude-7.0 temblor that killed one and injured hundreds.
22/03/05 - Aftershocks continue to rock Kyushu
Thousands of people take refuge at shelters as aftershocks continue a day after a powerful earthquake shook Kyushu, leaving one dead and hundreds injured.
21/03/05 - Powerful earthquake slams Kyushu
A powerful earthquake jolts northern Kyushu, leaving at least one person dead and 400 injured.
Culture
22/04/05 - Sipping on Heian history in uji
If there is one place in Japan to arrive absolutely gasping for a cup of tea, that place is Uji in Kyoto Prefecture. Since the 13th century, this town just to the south of Kyoto has been producing green tea, and many consider the green stuff of Uji to be the best in the land. As one might suppose, this opinion is the one that generally holds sway in Uji itself.
22/03/05 - The writes of Spring
Haiku offer the clearest understanding of the undying appeal of the cherry blossoms.
18/04/04 - A quiet Easter in Japan
Living in Tokyo, there's usually only one Easter mystery where's Easter? It's simply not celebrated. Chocolate eggs are hard to find, fluffy bunnies are virtually unheard of. In some ways, it's disconcerting, in others, a huge relief to be rid of the overwhelming merchandising...I still can't quite work out why a Japanese Easter isn't more popular than it is. Other western festivals, such as Halloween, are huge events. Valentines Day is so big there are two of them.
10/02/04 - Funny Valentine
Paramours may have Valentine' Day down to a science at home, but Japan has its own take on this steamy holiday. Inamoratos have no fear. We'll clue you in to "The Rules," as well as great gift ideas, intimate date spots and a chocolate-giving guide.
Media
The Tokyo High Court upheld a lower court decision Wednesday to block Nippon Broadcasting System Inc. from issuing share warrants to Fuji Television Network Inc. as a defense against Internet company Livedoor Co.'s takeover bid.
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