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Aug 5, 2001

Japan's Rugby squad to play President XV

Japan will play against a President XV on Sept. 7 (kickoff at 7 p.m.) at Tokyo's National Stadium, the Japan Rugby Football Union announced recently.
LIFE / Food & Drink / BEST BAR NONE
Aug 5, 2001

Passion burning on the dance floor

Lamont Raymond is better known simply as Monty to thousands of Japanese clubbers. After arriving in Tokyo on an English-teaching gig more than a decade ago, he ended up working as the sales manager for Tokyo Classified (the free paper now known as Metropolis). For many years, if you had picked up a copy,...
COMMENTARY
Aug 4, 2001

Donors can make a world of difference

ISLAMABAD -- As Tetsuko Kuroyanagi returns to Japan with promises of using her television appearances to raise awareness over the plight of women and children in Afghanistan, there's no doubt that her six-day trip to the central Asian war-torn country was a brave effort.
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2001

Moody's upgrades Isetan's outlook

Moody's Investors Service Inc. said Friday it has upgraded its senior unsecured rating on Isetan Co., a Tokyo-based department store chain, from Ba2 to Ba1, with the rating outlook being positive.
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2001

Trauma affecting health of Nagasaki atomic bomb survivors

The health ministry has released a report indicating that survivors of the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki who are not currently eligible for the government's subsidized medical care suffer from deteriorating health that is attributed to mental trauma.
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2001

Land prices drop 6.2%, off for ninth straight year

The average price of land fronting main roads dropped for the ninth straight year in the 12 months to Jan. 1, falling 6.2 percent to 137,000 yen per sq. meter, the National Tax Administration said Friday.
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2001

Mitsubishi Motors' Australian plant to stay open

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. killed speculation Friday that it would halt its Australian production by announcing it will upgrade and redesign the Magna/Verada model lineup produced at its plant in Adelaide, South Australia.
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 4, 2001

Kiyohara puts end to Baystars streak

Yomiuri slugger Kazuhiro Kiyohara hit a two-run homer off Yokohama starter Satoru Komiyama (6-5) in the sixth inning as the Giants put an end to the BayStars' winning streak at nine with a 4-3 victory on Friday night at Yokohama Stadium.
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2001

Food firms facing polarized market

The nation's food companies are facing increasingly polarized consumption trends, and any firm that fails to meet the needs of such a market faces future downgrading, Moody's Investors Service Inc. said Friday.
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2001

Sumitomo Rubber reports record profits

Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. said Friday that it recorded unconsolidated pretax profits of 6.72 billion yen for the January-June period.
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2001

Local walkathon raises 4 million yen

NAGOYA -- The American Chamber of Commerce Chubu, announced Friday that their 2001 Walkathon, held in May, raised more than 4 million yen for charity.
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2001

Daikyo, Mori Trust to set up high-quality condo sales unit

Leading condominium builder Daikyo Inc. will establish a joint venture with Mori Trust Co. to sell high-quality condominiums in Tokyo's downtown areas, Daikyo said Friday.
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2001

All Miyake households able to visit

Residents of Miyake Island forced to flee heightened volcanic activity last September will be allowed to pay a temporary visit to their homes early next month, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced Friday.
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2001

Economic panel floats budget limits

The Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy proposed Friday earmarking some 2 trillion yen for seven key areas under Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's reform blueprint when the panel draws up budgetary ceilings for fiscal 2002 next week.
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2001

Palau leader pushes for summit

Palau President Thomas Remengesau Jr. urged Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Friday to host a second summit of Japan and Pacific island nations, a Japanese government official said.
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2001

People of all ages are turning to a variety of volunteer work

Japanese men and women of all ages are increasingly spending their spare time engaging in a variety of volunteer work, ranging from restoring traditional "minka" wooden houses in the countryside to recycling secondhand computers.
EDITORIALS
Aug 4, 2001

Balloting system falls short

Use of the new open-list balloting system in the proportional representation segment of the July 29 Upper House election has exposed a number of defects. The basic flaw is that it favors candidates from major parties, particularly those who count on organized votes.
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2001

Male fish develop eggs in testes

The Environment Ministry announced Friday that nonyl phenol, an organic chemical used in cleaning products, disrupts the endocrine system of "medaka" killifish and causes males to assume female reproductive traits.
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2001

APEC to hold talks in Kumamoto

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum will hold a four-day ministerial conference in Kyushu Prefecture beginning Sept. 27 to discuss how to improve workers' abilities amid rapid advances in information technology, the labor ministry said Friday.
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2001

Takuma attempted suicide, lawyer says

OSAKA -- The man suspected of massacring eight children at an elementary school in Osaka Prefecture on June 8 has tried to commit suicide while in custody, his lawyer said Friday.
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2001

Mycal revised restructuring plan expected next week

OSAKA -- Ailing retailer Mycal Corp. is expected to unveil a revised restructuring plan as early as next week in a bid to accelerate efforts to pare down its massive debts, company sources said Friday.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Aug 4, 2001

Enduring summer's mosquitoes is murderous

It's summer on Shiraishi Island and the mosquitoes are out on their search and annoy missions. There are so many mosquitoes at night, it sounds like Leo Sayer is singing in my bedroom: "You make me feel like dancin' " they sing, "Gonna dance the night awa--" Pssssshhht. In a cloud of insecticide, they...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Aug 4, 2001

Reflections on a most unexpected career abroad

So often you hear of people who come to Japan for a few months and wake one day to find that many years have flown by. How comforting then to find that it also works in reverse.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 4, 2001

Fight the good fight for press freedom

What strange set of circumstances could connect the issue of tax probes of South Korean media outlets with China's bid for the Olympics and the advertising policy of a Hong Kong bank? While it may not seem obvious at first glance, the linkage relates to freedom of expression.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo
The unstoppable rise of konbini tourism
Guests typically follow Ryo Ito’s lead as he weaves through the narrow, colorful aisles of convenience stores.
A narrow Pacific waterway at heart of U.S. plans to choke China’s vast navy
Philippine and Australian troops fire an M777 howitzer during live fire exercises as part of joint military drills in Laur, Nueva Ecija, the Philippines, in August.
The second life of Japan's net cafes
Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
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.
Takaichi’s balancing act: Supporting Taiwan and stabilizing China ties
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi shakes hands with Lin Hsin-i, Taiwan’s presidential adviser, on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Saturday in this image posted to Takaichi's official X account.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo
Young Indonesians in Japan find their political voice
Indonesian students at Hiroshima University hold posters of the 17+8 Demands, demanding transparency and action from their homeland’s government.
The unstoppable rise of konbini tourism
Guests typically follow Ryo Ito’s lead as he weaves through the narrow, colorful aisles of convenience stores.
Kenshi Yonezu, 'Chainsaw Man' and the art of pop ubiquity
Kenshi Yonezu's “Iris Out” was an instant hit when it dropped in September. Its association with smash anime "Chainsaw Man — The Movie: Reze Arc" has spread it to even more people.

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

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Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
The second life of Japan's net cafes
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