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SOCCER / J. League
Jul 18, 2004

Verdy routs Marinos to make quarterfinals

Tokyo Verdy, FC Tokyo and Nagoya Grampus Eight booked their places in the quarterfinals of the J. League Nabisco Cup after adding points in their first-round campaigns Saturday night.
EDITORIALS
Jul 18, 2004

A little hit of sunshine

Forget that old squabble about which is smarter, dogs or cats. They're both smart. Look at them, lying there in the only patches of sunshine in the house, lazily hogging the beams as the sun shifts. It's almost as if they were addicted. "Well, of course we are," they would say if they could talk. Lying...
JAPAN
Jul 18, 2004

Airlines offered to fly Soga family for 1 YEN

All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines initially offered to fly repatriated abductee Hitomi Soga and her family to Tokyo from Jakarta on a government-chartered flight for 1 yen, government officials said Saturday.
JAPAN
Jul 18, 2004

Sojitz Holdings may seek 300 billion yen

Sojitz Holdings Corp. is considering seeking about 300 billion yen in financial aid from its main creditor, UFJ Bank, to help bolster its capital base, sources close to the move said Saturday.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jul 18, 2004

If Japan does get Jenkins, will he really want to stay?

Ever on the lookout for sneaky connections, the media had characterized the July 9 reunion of Hitomi Soga and her family in Indonesia as being rushed through by the Liberal Democratic Party in time to help its election chances July 11. Some people even thought North Korea was in on it.
JAPAN
Jul 18, 2004

Mitsubishi Tokyo plans UFJ fund injection

Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc. plans to inject some 300 billion yen in capital into UFJ Holdings Inc. by September to help the UFJ group accelerate disposal of bad loans ahead of their planned merger in the first half of fiscal 2005, according to financial sources.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 18, 2004

Adam Pierce, Doug Scharin

What's in a name? In the case of the postrock instrumental project called Mice Parade, it's an anagram of Adam Pierce, the moniker of a multi-instrumentalist who earned his rep with the lo-fi Boston pop band The Swirlies as well as with the lighter, more experimental Dylan Group under the leadership...
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Jul 18, 2004

Hard-boiled and stuck to Thai ways

"When I finish a book I collapse and say, 'That's it. Never again,' " sighs Bangkok-based author Christopher G. Moore. "About three, four months later the demons pull me back, and the whole mad process starts over."
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Jul 18, 2004

"NHK Special" traces Japanese garbage to China and more

July 19 is a national holiday, "Umi no Hi (Day of the Sea)" to be exact, and Nippon TV will celebrate large bodies of water with a special afternoon travel program (4 p.m.) about the Amazon River, specifically where it meets the ocean.
Japan Times
Features
Jul 18, 2004

Bygone botanists bring the past to life

JAPAN
Jul 18, 2004

Heat stroke often occurs indoors

About 30 percent of heat stroke cases examined occurred when people were resting quietly indoors, according to a survey compiled by doctors in Tokyo.
Features
Jul 18, 2004

Wherever you may be

Japan Times
Features
Jul 18, 2004

Woe betide the accused

Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 18, 2004

The Album Leaf: "In a Safe Place"

Jimmy LaValle's classical training helped define his old outfit, Tristeza, whose intricate post-rock pastorals could have been jarring or cluttered without a subtle, steady hand. As the Album Leaf, his present incarnation, the San Diego guitarist's strings recede into more barren terrain. Lush acoustic...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / JAZZNICITY
Jul 18, 2004

Candela rise above definitions of East and West

Japanese culture is famed for importing artistic forms and converting them to new patterns, but one local group of foreign musicians is trying to reverse that trend. Candela, a group of four American musicians with diverse musical backgrounds, creates jazz-based music with Japanese melodies; folk tunes...
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 18, 2004

Straight out of North Korea

In the strange case of U.S. Army Sgt. Charles Robert Jenkins, four seemingly obscure people have been caught up in diplomatic maneuvering among the United States, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, China and Indonesia.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 18, 2004

Stigma, lack of funds hamper AIDS fight

MADRAS, India -- With still no vaccine or cure two decades after the first cases of the disease were reported/detected, AIDS is undoubtedly a terrible threat facing mankind.
Japan Times
Features
Jul 18, 2004

Rural revelations and a sake to go

Japan Times
Features
Jul 18, 2004

Drop by and tune in to a world of music

Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 18, 2004

Dental donation scandal widens

Tamisuke Watanuki, a former speaker of the House of Representatives, has admitted to accepting a 5 million yen donation from the scandal-tainted Japan Dental Association, his office said Saturday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 18, 2004

Youssou N'Dour: "Egypt"

Since the world-music boom in the 1980s, Youssou N'Dour has been one of the most popular African performers. Crossing the traditional Senegalese music of his home country with the production values of European studios, he created a brilliant blend of sounds that wowed audiences around the world. However,...
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.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Goldman sells Tokyo office area to JR East for over ¥50 billion
GranTokyo South Tower (center). East Japan Railway has bought the 14th to 18th floors of the office building at a price of more than ¥50 billion from Goldman Sachs Group.
Ed Sheeran teams up with Tokyo’s Oedo Line
The “Oh! Ed! Collaboration Campaign,” launched on Tokyo's Keio Line to celebrate the Friday release of Ed Sheeran’s latest album, “Play,” includes a eight-car train dedicated to the pop star's music and trivia related to his career
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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