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JAPAN
Sep 27, 2003

Foreigners blamed for crime woes

Japanese police have blamed deteriorating public security in the country on foreigners, despite figures showing that 96 percent of the nation's crimes are committed by Japanese.
BUSINESS
Sep 27, 2003

Growth forecast revised up to 2.1%

The Cabinet Office said Friday it has revised its economic growth projection for fiscal 2003 upward to 0.1 percent in nominal terms and 2.1 percent in real terms.
BUSINESS
Sep 27, 2003

Aso goes postal over Koizumi's plan

Posts minister Taro Aso on Friday lambasted postal privatization plans submitted last year by an advisory group to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.
BUSINESS
Sep 27, 2003

CPI continues 48-month losing streak

The key gauge of consumer prices in Tokyo fell 0.3 percent in September from a year earlier, marking a record 48th straight month of decline, the government said in a preliminary report Friday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Sep 27, 2003

Martin Cameron

FOLKESTONE, England -- This seaport and resort in Kent on England's southeast coast bears many features of historic interest. Facing the continent across the English Channel at its narrowest expanse, from earliest times Kent has attracted invasion and settlement. It is said that Folkestone was originally...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 27, 2003

Nakagawa's farm trade background brings mixed bag to METI portfolio

The appointment earlier this week of Shoichi Nakagawa as minister of economy, trade and industry is a mixed blessing for the nation's trade policy.
JAPAN
Sep 27, 2003

Tainted Shigeie made ambassador

The government appointed Toshinori Shigeie as ambassador to South Africa on Friday -- despite his alleged involvement in the Foreign Ministry meddling of disgraced lawmaker Muneo Suzuki.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 27, 2003

Kan wants some specifics from Koizumi

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's policy speech to the Diet on Friday was full of wishful goals but lacking specifics, the head of the largest opposition party said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 27, 2003

IRCJ takes salvage target list up to six

The Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan announced Friday that it will bail out Matsuya Denki Co., an Osaka home appliances retailer, and Meisei and Co., a chemical trading company also based in Osaka, under its corporate resuscitation scheme.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 27, 2003

Huge games show launched in Chiba

The biggest electronic games show in Japan opened Friday for a three-day run, with online games figuring prominently, organizers said.
COMMENTARY
Sep 27, 2003

The Saudi Arabia dilemma

LONDON -- Times are very difficult for the government of Saudi Arabia. Assailed on one side by hardline Islamists for being too pro-American, Saudi leaders have also had to endure a hail of brickbats from Washington for not being sufficiently pro-American and supportive of U.S. policy.
EDITORIALS
Sep 27, 2003

DPJ's uphill road to power

The birth of the new Democratic Party of Japan -- the largest opposition party to debut since 1994 -- promises to create more constructive tension in Japanese politics. The DPJ, which has absorbed the smaller Liberal Party, is looking to the coming general election as an opportunity to snatch power from...
JAPAN
Sep 27, 2003

Peruvians divided over Fujimori

OSAKA -- With Japan facing mounting international pressure to extradite disgraced former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, the nation's Peruvian community is divided on the matter.
BUSINESS
Sep 27, 2003

Advantest sees first-half profit jump

Advantest Corp., one of the world's largest makers of semiconductor testers, said Friday its group net profit for the first half of its business year will probably be more than six-fold above its original forecast.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Sep 27, 2003

Public baths: naked amusement parks

Want some culture? Go the "sento," or public bath. Not one of those fancy, remodeled ones, but an old, downtrodden one. The best sentos are found in old neighborhoods. Look at the people going in and out. No one should be under the age of 80. These people have been going to the sento their whole lives...
BUSINESS
Sep 27, 2003

Tokyu to take control of travel unit

Railway operator Tokyu Corp. said Friday it will make Tokyu Tourist Corp. a wholly owned subsidiary on Jan. 1.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 27, 2003

New environment minister seeking to boost PR efforts

The Environment Ministry needs to work on making better presentations to the public if it hopes to create greater awareness of environmental issues, according to newly appointed Environment Minister Yuriko Koike.
BUSINESS
Sep 27, 2003

Postal-privatization plan due by fall 2004

Heizo Takenaka, economy and fiscal policy minister, said Friday he will compile a postal-privatization plan by fall 2004.
JAPAN
Sep 26, 2003

Peace, language, education meet scheduled for weekend

An international conference on peace, language and education will be held in Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo, on Saturday and Sunday.
EDITORIALS
Sep 26, 2003

Problems with Mr. Grasso's pay

In business, as in politics, there is a simple rule for evaluating decisions: How will it look when it is in the headlines? By that standard, the uproar surrounding revelations that Mr. Richard Grasso, the former chairman of the New York Stock Exchange, was awarded compensation of $139.5 million tells...
JAPAN
Sep 26, 2003

Life sentence for sarin attack upheld for Aum member

The Tokyo High Court on Thursday upheld a senior Aum Shinrikyo member's life sentence for his involvement in the deadly 1994 sarin gas attack in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture.
JAPAN
Sep 26, 2003

Diet session, poll each other's hostage?

The Diet will convene an extraordinary session Friday to decide whether to extend the antiterrorism law by two years, but this may not go off without a hitch: Lawmakers appear to have already shifted their attention away from this issue to the House of Representatives election expected for November....
JAPAN
Sep 26, 2003

Theft of farm, marine goods surges

Thefts of farm produce and marine products reported by farmers and fishermen across the nation from January to August shot up 48.1 percent over the previous year, according to a National Police Agency report released Thursday.
Character-crazed Japan has little appetite for Labubu
A pop-up advertisement for the newly opened Chiikawa Park in Tokyo's Ikebukuro neighborhood demonstrates how the country is chockful of cute characters — to the detriment of trends like Labubu.
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.
JICA to designate four Japanese cities as 'hometowns' for African nations
The Japanese flag (left) with the flag of the African Union
Man arrested in Kobe stabbing had been staying at hotel near victim’s home
Masashi Tanimoto arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with the fatal stabbing of a woman in Kobe, is sent to prosecutors on Sunday.
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.
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.
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.
Is the LDP’s catch-all approach to politics still effective?
Former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi visits Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15. Political commentator Toru Hashimoto has suggested that Takaichi ought to lead a group of like-minded hawkish politicians out of the Liberal Democratic Party and form their own party.

Podcast

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

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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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