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JAPAN
Oct 27, 2003

Nakasone reportedly ready to bow out

It appeared almost certain Sunday night that former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone will not run in the upcoming general election and will retire from politics, according to sources close to his support group.
JAPAN
Oct 27, 2003

Most MMC tire accidents involved old-model hubs

Most large vehicles made by Mitsubishi Motors Corp. involved in incidents in which their tires became detached had old-model hubs linking the axle and tire, it was learned Sunday.
EDITORIALS
Oct 27, 2003

The reality of pension reform

With a general election around the corner, major political parties in Japan are playing up pension reform as a top campaign promise. That is only to be expected as the average age of the Japanese population rises at an accelerated pace. The question is what should and can be done to build a sustainable...
MORE SPORTS
Oct 27, 2003

Neo Universe fails in triple crown bid

KYOTO -- The 64th running of the Kikkasho turned out to be a major fun spoiler Sunday.
JAPAN
Oct 27, 2003

Convenience-store drug sales facing a tough time

A Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry committee is having a tough time choosing over-the-counter medicines that can be sold in convenience stores in the face of opposition to deregulation.
Japan Times
JAPAN / TALKING SHOP
Oct 27, 2003

English a plus but don't sell job skills, discerning palate short

Nobuhiro Hashiba was aware that it was a thinly veiled test to see whether he would be a worthy boss or a mere business suit recently sent by a Japanese company.
JAPAN
Oct 27, 2003

Typhoon wanes, heads out to sea

Typhoon Ketsana grew slightly weaker Sunday as it moved northeast off northeastern Japan in the Pacific, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 27, 2003

Tigers, Hawks have beer on ice

FUKUOKA -- The Hanshin Tigers had the beer on ice in anticipation of a wild victory celebration, while the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks' "Japan Champions 2003" logo T-shirts were stacked up next to a Fukuoka Dome dumpster in case they had to be thrown away.
MORE SPORTS
Oct 27, 2003

Cherry Blossoms plan to leave Rugby World Cup in style

SYDNEY -- Japan coach Shogo Mukai and a number of his staff will bid the national team farewell on Monday when the Cherry Blossoms take on the U.S. in Gosford in their final game at the Rugby World Cup.
COMMENTARY
Oct 27, 2003

Ignorance is no longer bliss for China

HONG KONG -- U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton was understandably angry that her memoir, "Living History," was censored by the Beijing publisher who put out the Chinese edition. Her comments on the military crackdown in Tiananmen Square in 1989, on her experience at the 1995 United Nations conference...
SOCCER / J. League
Oct 27, 2003

Chul saves Marinos

Veteran South Korean defender Yoo Sang Chul headed home a dramatic late equalizer to salvage a point for 10-man Yokohama F. Marinos in a 2-2 draw at home to bottom club Cerezo Osaka in the J. League on Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 27, 2003

Japan to send civilians to help reconstruct Iraq

Japan plans to send civilians including government personnel and private-sector experts to Iraq, possibly by the end of the year, to help renovate schools and set up clinics and businesses, government sources said Sunday.
COMMENTARY / THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK
Oct 27, 2003

War perspective of poets oceans apart

NEW YORK -- A gentleman named Paul Preusser, describing himself as "a composer and fresh graduate from the New England Conservatory," has recently written to ask if I could help him with poems of Kotaro Takamura (1883-1956). He has been commissioned to compose "a song cycle using poetry which is influenced...
BUSINESS / JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES
Oct 27, 2003

Road to stable exchange rates pocked with self-contradictions

By TERUHIKO MANO
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 27, 2003

Antarctic expedition to reunite in Himalayas

Masayoshi Murayama, who participated in Japan's first expedition to the South Pole in 1956, and his former colleagues will hold a reunion in the Himalayas in December.
COMMENTARY
Oct 27, 2003

Resuscitating Japanese labor

Following a protracted economic slowdown, the labor movement in Japan is in the doldrums. The unionization rate has fallen to about 20 percent due to stepped-up corporate restructuring and widespread worker distrust of unions. The nation's top labor federation, the Japanese Trade Union Confederation,...
COMMENTARY
Oct 27, 2003

EU may bite off more than it can chew in euro-dollar rivalry

LONDON -- How fares Europe's single currency, the euro? Much too well.
EDITORIALS
Oct 26, 2003

Discord over LDP's retirement age

Age seems to matter in politics as well. With the Liberal Democratic Party having set a 73-year age limit for candidates running for Lower House seats under the proportional representation, or PR, system, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Thursday asked two elder politicians -- former Prime Ministers...
JAPAN
Oct 26, 2003

NTV to probe producer who bribed TV monitors

Nippon Television Network Corp. will set up an in-house investigation panel on Monday to look into the scandal involving a producer who bribed TV viewer rating monitors in a bid to manipulate the ratings of his own shows, the company said Saturday.
JAPAN
Oct 26, 2003

Nissan set to cut sales firms to 100

Nissan Motor Co. plans to reduce the number of domestic sales companies from the current 170 to around 100 as part of the rationalization of its sales structure and cut costs, company sources said Saturday.
JAPAN
Oct 26, 2003

Chain pulls sandwiches with GMOs

Subway Japan Inc., the Japanese affiliate of the major U.S. sandwich chain Subway Restaurants, has stopped selling sandwiches after its import dealer learned that the bread dough contains an enzyme derived from unauthorized genetically modified microorganisms.
Tokyo releases AI-generated video of Mount Fuji erupting
A screenshot from an AI-generated video showing what could happen to Tokyo if Mount Fuji erupted
Japan aims to tighten rules for business manager visas from October
The number of foreign residents with business management residency status had reached a record 41,615 as of the end of 2024.
Japanese prefectures break with labor ministry on minimum wage
The ministry of labor has suggested a 6% minimum wage increase, but most prefectures reporting so far are opting to go slightly higher.
Japan ranked one of the most peaceful places in Asia as global tensions rise
Visitors look at paper cranes hung at Peace Park in Nagasaki on Aug. 8, a day ahead of the 80th anniversary of the World War II atomic bombing of the city.
JICA to designate four Japanese cities as 'hometowns' for African nations
The Japanese flag (left) with the flag of the African Union
Japanese prefectures break with labor ministry on minimum wage
The ministry of labor has suggested a 6% minimum wage increase, but most prefectures reporting so far are opting to go slightly higher.
Philippines quietly deepening ‘unofficial’ defense ties with Taiwan
Filipino soldiers take part in a flag-raising ceremony on Mavulis Island during a visit by the Philippines' Armed Forces chief of staff, in Batanes, the Philippines, in June 2023. Batanes, a group of idyllic islands at the country’s northernmost tip, sits about 160 kilometers from Taiwan.
Are 'coolcations' the answer for Japan's heat-weary tourists?
Hikers on a trail in Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture. As extreme heat continues to grip Japan, a tectonic shift may be underway in the nation’s summer tourism scene as more people gravitate toward cooler destinations.
Germany's first sakemaker offers a bold brew of ideas
Reigen, Germany's first sake brewery, makes a diverse, nontraditional range of sake that includes fruit-flavored sips and wine barrel-aged renditions.
Alicia Keys closed Summer Sonic, but J-pop owned it
Summer Sonic’s 2025 lineup demonstrated its strength, showcasing the latest in J-pop, including “new kawaii” act Fruits Zipper.

Podcast

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

Longform

Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past
By Alex K.T. Martin

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