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KANSAI BEAT

JAPAN / KANSAI BEAT
Jul 4, 2003
Shop redefines the sound bite
KYOTO -- Enter the little shop in Kyoto's Higashiyama Ward and the world unfolds through sound -- the sounds collected around the world, such as ice melting off a glacier, snarling Bangkok traffic, beetles mating, a rhinoceros breaking wind and the silence of a Patagonian plain interrupted by a flying insect.
Japan Times
JAPAN / KANSAI BEAT
Jun 26, 2003
Everyone's a tour guide in ward civic pride drive
OSAKA -- On every fourth Sunday, Osaka's Hirano Ward turns out to put its best historical foot forward and demonstrate its community pride.
JAPAN / KANSAI BEAT
Feb 7, 2003
Osaka survey follows ethnic lines
OSAKA -- While Osaka's foreign residents are divided on the need to provide information for medical services in foreign languages, they are in general agreement that schools should teach more about the history, language and culture of other countries.
JAPAN / KANSAI BEAT
Feb 1, 2003
New course track takes aim at language barrier
KYOTO -- The term "internationalization" has come into everyday use in the last decade, but Japanese people still face language barriers when it comes to implementing the concept behind the word.
JAPAN / KANSAI BEAT
Nov 30, 2002
Literature museum goes into cyberspace
KOBE -- The opening earlier this month of a new museum of literature in Hyogo Prefecture was marked by the usual ceremonial pomp.
Japan Times
JAPAN / KANSAI BEAT
Nov 15, 2002
University-business tieup breathing life into crafts
KYOTO -- Kimiko Oike, a professional maker of "mizuhiki," or decorative strings, knows she has a lot to learn from amateurs.
Japan Times
JAPAN / KANSAI BEAT
Nov 2, 2002
Pollution-weary Amagasaki pitches potato patches
AMAGASAKI, Hyogo Pref. -- It's hard to believe that the smoggy, traffic-laden industrial zone stretching from the Hanshin Line's Amagasaki Station to the shores of the Inland Sea was once a thriving sweet-potato belt.
Japan Times
JAPAN / KANSAI BEAT
Sep 6, 2002
Diet library to boost Web access
SEIKA, Kyoto Pref. -- The Internet age is offering libraries a chance to shed the image of musty rooms lined with overflowing shelves and endless reference materials.
Japan Times
JAPAN / KANSAI BEAT
Aug 2, 2002
Sheep replace lawn mowers on river bank
OSAKA -- Sheep graze as children watch or pet them -- a sight reminiscent of a farm or zoo. Such a scene, however, might become more common on riverbanks here as the animals are used as an alternative to lawn mowers.
Japan Times
JAPAN / KANSAI BEAT
Aug 1, 2002
Time for Japan to face up to AIDS threat
KOBE -- For many Japanese, AIDS has long been regarded as someone else's problem.
JAPAN / KANSAI BEAT
Jul 20, 2002
Foreigners find public housing off-limits
OSAKA -- Human rights groups have welcomed Shiga Gov. Yoshitsugu Kunimatsu's promise to review the prefecture's policy of barring foreign residents from living in public housing if they are unable to speak Japanese.
Japan Times
JAPAN / KANSAI BEAT
Jul 12, 2002
Traditional industries adapting to stay afloat
KYOTO -- Tango Orimono Kogyo Kumiai, an association encompassing the traditional textile industry in Kyoto's Tango district, has tasted success with its foray into the skin-care products sector.
Japan Times
JAPAN / KANSAI BEAT
Jun 14, 2002
Shiga town offers city-slickers way to taste farm life, work firsthand
IMAZU, Shiga Pref. — Grabbing a firsthand taste of Japanese country life for a few days is proving to be a popular pursuit here, especially among children from the city.
Japan Times
JAPAN / KANSAI BEAT
May 22, 2002
Hooligan hype threatens to get out of hand
OSAKA -- Does Osaka really want lots of foreign visitors to come for the World Cup?
Japan Times
JAPAN / KANSAI BEAT
May 21, 2002
High-flying Tigers pitch for orphans
NISHINOMIYA, Hyogo Pref. -- With the Hanshin Tigers having their best start in years this season, the pride of the Kansai area has been the center of public and media attention.
Japan Times
JAPAN / KANSAI BEAT
May 17, 2002
Osaka homeless fear evictions
OSAKA -- For Kazutoshi Nishimura, a 61-year-old homeless man who, in his own words, is retired and living on a park bench near Nagai Park, the approach of the World Cup soccer finals in June is a case of deja vu.
JAPAN / KANSAI BEAT
May 3, 2002
Pilot project to use Internet to link doctors, foreign patients, translators
KOBE -- For foreigners who cannot communicate in Japanese, having an interpreter is important when seeing a doctor.
Japan Times
JAPAN / KANSAI BEAT
Apr 25, 2002
Marist Brothers school hits 50 years in Kobe, regains its prequake stride
KOBE -- Marist Brothers International School in Suma Ward here celebrates its 50th anniversary this month.
Japan Times
JAPAN / KANSAI BEAT
Apr 23, 2002
Library helps the blind enjoy graphics
HIGASHI-OSAKA, Osaka Pref. -- While audio read-out software has made it easier for blind people to access text-based information on computers, graphics have remained a hurdle.
JAPAN / KANSAI BEAT
Apr 20, 2002
NGOs target immigration center
OSAKA -- Amid concerns over allegations of human rights abuses at the West Japan Immigration Detention Center in Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture, local nongovernmental organizations will form an immigration watchdog group later this month.
New JAL chief concerned about yen’s ‘excessive’ weakness
Mitsuko Tottori became Japan Airlines’ first female CEO on April 1, having risen through the ranks as a flight attendant and heading the flight attendant and customer experience divisions.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Yen inches closer to intervention point as BOJ meeting starts
The rate of the yen against the U.S. dollar is displayed in the trading room at foreign exchange brokerage Gaitame.com in Tokyo on Thursday.
Princess Aiko makes debut at imperial garden party
Princess Aiko attends an imperial garden party in Tokyo on Tuesday.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Tokyo's Koto Ward by-election a race unlike any other
Natsumi Sakai, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s candidate and one of four female candidates running in the by-election, touts her experience as a cancer survivor and midwife as having prepared her to tackle issues that women currently face.
Kyotographie's strong 12th edition shines light into the margins
Yassine Alaoui Ismaili, who goes by Yoriyas, turned to photography, shooting motion while in motion himself, after an injury forced him to give up his career as a professional breakdancer.
For amateur sumo, a fresh start offers hope against time-wasting and gamesmanship
Wrestlers prepare for the start of a bout at the 2023 Sumo World Championships in Tokyo. Starting this month, placing one hand on the clay first is no longer allowed.
LDP veteran Nikai's youngest son expected to succeed him in Wakayama
Toshihiro Nikai, former secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party, announced in March that he would not run in the next Lower House election to take responsibility for the political funds scandal that rocked his party and his own faction.
New workers name Shohei Ohtani as 'dream boss' for two years running
Shohei Ohtani has been overwhelmingly voted as the “dream boss” for people who started working in April, according to a survey.

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