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Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues
Aug 10, 2004

Your golden handshake

What is the Japanese pension system?
JAPAN
Aug 10, 2004

Nation's forestry workers cashing in their chips

A tree falling in a forest may not make a sound in Japan, at least not in the cash register.
BUSINESS
Aug 10, 2004

Electronic dictionaries selling well, at printed versions' expense

Makers of portable electronic dictionaries are diversifying their products to meet growing demand.
JAPAN
Aug 10, 2004

NPA launches retooled antiterror team

The National Police Agency launched on Monday a new team of antiterrorism experts to respond to overseas terrorist attacks against Japanese nationals.
JAPAN
Aug 10, 2004

Woman probably free of West Nile

An Okinawa woman who had been suspected of having contracted the West Nile encephalitis virus is probably not infected, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 10, 2004

Steam leak at Fukui reactor kills four workers

Four workers were killed and seven others were injured Monday when steam leaked from a nuclear reactor in Mihama, Fukui Prefecture, in Japan's worst nuclear plant accident, rescue officials said.
EDITORIALS
Aug 10, 2004

The dream of nuclear disarmament

The world sleeps easier since the end of the superpower competition and its accompanying threat of nuclear annihilation, but fears that a rogue state or terrorist group might acquire nuclear weapons have grown. That concern has been magnified by the increasingly visible failings of the global nonproliferation...
JAPAN
Aug 10, 2004

Adopted Thai orphan seeks residency

A 13-year-old Thai orphan living in Japan with her grandmother applied Monday to immigration authorities to change her short-term resident status to a permanent one, submitting a petition signed by 18,400 people.
BUSINESS
Aug 10, 2004

SMFG bid doesn't alter UFJ-MTFG plan

UFJ Holdings Inc. said Monday there is no change in its plan to integrate its operations with Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc., despite Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc.'s rival merger bid.
JAPAN
Aug 10, 2004

Three ships join terror campaign

Two Japanese destroyers and a supply vessel left Monday for the Indian Ocean, where they will assist the U.S.-led antiterror campaign in Afghanistan.
BUSINESS
Aug 10, 2004

Health concerns, tax hike douse Japan Tobacco's earnings

Japan Tobacco Inc., half owned by the government, reported Monday a double-digit fall in earnings for the April-June period, as heightened health concerns and a tax hike cooled smokers' cravings.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 10, 2004

Nuclear fuel plant not biz as usual

ROKKASHO, Aomori Pref. -- Despite safety concerns and local anger over allegations raised in July that the government hid a report showing that reprocessing spent atomic fuel costs more than burying it, officials at Rokkasho say they hope to begin uranium testing soon in preparation for the opening of...
MORE SPORTS
Aug 10, 2004

Teams plan for pro league in Japan

Men's basketball clubs Albirex Niigata and Saitama Broncos unveiled a plan Monday to establish a professional league in the fall of 2005.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 10, 2004

Asian currency zone beckons

There is no doubt that the stable renminbi (RMB) exchange rate, pegged at about 8.25 yuan to the U.S. dollar, has helped China's economic development. It has brought about enormous production capacity in the export industries. Meanwhile, the sharp increase in exports to the United States has prompted...
BUSINESS
Aug 10, 2004

Daiei creditors reaffirm IRCJ plan

Daiei Inc.'s three main creditor banks reaffirmed their plan Monday to seek help from the Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan to rescue the embattled retailer, bank officials said.
BUSINESS
Aug 10, 2004

Man on the street upbeat over economy last month

The business confidence of workers with jobs sensitive to economic trends improved in July, due partly to brisk retail sales spurred by sweltering summer temperatures and the Athens Olympics, the government said Monday.
BUSINESS
Aug 10, 2004

McDonald's Japan to invite foreign execs

McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan) said Monday it will invite five or six senior officials from McDonald's Corp. of the United States and other overseas firms to assume executive posts at McDonald's Co. (Japan).
JAPAN
Aug 10, 2004

'Cats' due for a return to Tokyo

Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical "Cats," which became a sensation across Japan when performed by the Shiki (Four Seasons) Theater Company, will be restaged in Tokyo in November for the first time in eight years and the fourth time in the capital since its first Japanese performance in 1983.
BUSINESS
Aug 10, 2004

South African poultry imports banned

Japan has banned imports of South African poultry in response to a notice that ostriches in the country have been diagnosed with avian influenza, the agriculture ministry said Monday.
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Aug 10, 2004

Should foreign residents be paying into the national pension plan?

Ammie StobaughNPO worker, 30 On the surface I guess it seems unfair, but if you're going to take advantage of the fruits of a country, then you should perhaps contribute.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / CERAMIC SCENE
Aug 9, 2004

Japan's tea pots made by an American potter

The stereotypical image of a chadogu (Way of Tea) potter is of an elderly gentleman with a wispy beard and sharp piercing eyes, clad in a samue (artist's working clothes). You would assume he had come from a family dating back generations and that his lineage was of supreme pride and importance in Japan's...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 9, 2004

Art's ancient moderns

Rimpa is usually defined as an artistic tradition and style begun by Towaraya Sotatsu (years of birth and death unknown) and Hon'ami Koetsu (1558-1637), who were at work during the Momoyama and early Edo periods from the late 16th century to the early 17th century.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / NEW ART SEEN
Aug 9, 2004

Ozawa show gives no straight answers

When the Mori Art Museum opened its doors almost a year ago, media attention naturally focused on its prime location atop the Roppongi Hills complex (with a dazzling panoramic view of Tokyo), the debut exhibition "Happiness," and the talented and affable British gallery director, David Elliott. Less...
Workers say corporate South Korea was warned about questionable U.S. visas before Hyundai raid
Activists holding signs that reads "No one is illegal!" protest against a huge immigration raid last week in the U.S. state of Georgia, in front of the U.S. Embassy in Seoul on Tuesday.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Thousands without power in Tokyo as heavy rain batters Kanto region
Heavy rain hit Tokyo and surrounding areas Thursday afternoon, causing thousands to lose power, prompting flood warnings, grounding flights and causing transportation issues.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Japan's cutting-edge railgun successfully strikes target vessel
The Defense Ministry’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) conducted a ship-board railgun shooting test from June to early July this year with the support of the Maritime Self-Defense Force.
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
As of August 2024, the number of confirmed chagusaba farmers had fallen to 302, just over half the 582 reported in 2015, according to the Shizuoka Chagusaba Farming Method Promotion Council.
Search is on for loopholes in Japan’s $550 billion investment pledge
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick argues that U.S. President Donald Trump has sole authority to invest Japan's promised $550 billion.
In rural Hokkaido, the stops and starts of tourism revival on full display
Redevelopment plans for Kawayu Onsen have hit some snags — an example of how bringing tourists back to declining rural communities is far from easy work.

Podcast

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

Longform

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight
By Mai Yoshikawa

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