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COMMENTARY / World
Sep 11, 2003

Challenge of building peace

"At the top of the pyramid which we call civilization there is still the terrible fact of war. We cannot call ourselves a fully civilized people as long as that possibility exists and is, indeed, taken for granted." These are the heartfelt words of John Kenneth Galbraith, a man who witnessed firsthand...
EDITORIALS
Sep 10, 2003

LDP race should enliven policy debate

Campaigning for the Liberal Democratic Party's Sept. 20 presidential election started on Monday with three men challenging Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. The winner will become the prime minister, since the LDP holds a majority in the Lower House. The next president, who has an extended term of three...
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2003

Silk Road TV journey to continue

will coproduce a documentary series depicting the life and culture of people along the Silk Road, the Japanese broadcaster said Tuesday. NHK Deputy Executive Director General Mamoru Morohoshi and CCTV Vice President Wang Gengnian reached an agreement in Tokyo to jointly produce a followup to NHK's popular...
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 10, 2003

Uehara, Sugiuchi win MVP honors

Koji Uehara of the Yomiuri Giants and Toshiya Sugiuchi of the Daiei Hawks, who both won five straight decisions last month, were named the August players of the month in the pitchers' division, baseball officials said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2003

Tokyo moves to seize Chongryun facilities

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has launched procedures to seize facilities owned by the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryun) over unpaid taxes, documents filed with authorities showed Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2003

Ancient Buddhist scripture fragments discovered in Bamiyan valley caves

Japanese experts have found a number of Buddhist scripture fragments dating from the seventh century in caves in Bamiyan, central Afghanistan, according to the National Research Institute for Cultural Properties.
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2003

Kamei lashes out at Aoki for supporting Koizumi

As the four candidates in the Sept. 20 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election delivered policy speeches Tuesday, Shizuka Kamei stepped up his criticism of Mikio Aoki.
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2003

Detention of acquitted prompts legal cross fire

The Tokyo High Court has recently ordered the detention of a 23-year-old Chilean man acquitted of robbing a jewelry shop and stealing a car.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2003

Mount Fuji ascent shows climber Japan's two faces

A man who refuses to see limits in life had one unexpectedly plunked down in front of him last week.
SUMO
Sep 10, 2003

Asashoryu arrests 'Robocop'

Fiery grand champion Asashoryu exacted swift revenge on Takamisakari on Tuesday to maintain his blemish-free record on the third day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Sep 10, 2003

Music of the spheres

Acid Mothers Temple and the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. is arguably one of the most influential Japanese bands in the world at this moment.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Sep 10, 2003

Revenge to truly savor

Yukio Ninagawa's "Electra" has been long-awaited by many people for quite different reasons -- as was clear from the diversity of its opening-night audience last Saturday.
BUSINESS
Sep 10, 2003

Ministries want 5.7% more money

The Finance Ministry on Tuesday told the Cabinet that spending requests from government ministries and agencies for fiscal 2004 have risen 5.7 percent from the initial fiscal 2003 budget, hitting 86.455 trillion yen.
SOCCER / World cup
Sep 10, 2003

Okatani lands deal

Amateur Ryo Okatani, a former striker for Ritsumeikan University, has been handed a professional contract by Argentine first-division side Olimpo, soccer sources said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2003

Man wanted for harboring mobster dies

A 40-year-old man wanted for allegedly assisting the escape of a top-ranking leader of the Yamaguchi-gumi crime syndicate died after collapsing in front of JR Tokyo Station early Tuesday, police said.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / NEW ART SEEN
Sep 10, 2003

Enjoying the view from up on high

Last Wednesday, in the early evening, a tremendous thunderstorm crashed through Tokyo. There were blackouts, the lightning started fires, even the rain-or-shine Yamanote Line was shut down for three hours. Meanwhile, Yumiko Okui was putting up her show at the Kenji Taki Gallery in Shinjuku.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 10, 2003

Tigers lose, but magic number falls to 4

Akinori Iwamura hit a grand slam off Hideki Irabu to spark a seven-run outburst in the fifth inning as the second-place Yakult Swallows came from behind to crush the front-running Hanshin Tigers 10-3 in the Central League on Tuesday night.
BUSINESS
Sep 10, 2003

Mizuho Corporate to lift prime rate

Mizuho Corporate Bank said Tuesday it will set its long-term prime lending rate at 1.85 percent per year, an increase of 0.35 percentage point.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Sep 10, 2003

Cursive

In the summer of 2002, Eastern Youth, the most conscientious punk band in Japan, released "Eight Teeth to Eat You," a split CD with the Omaha emo-core band Cursive. Then they announced they would bring the group to Japan for a short joint tour. Unfortunately, Cursive frontman Tim Kasher suffered a collapsed...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Sep 10, 2003

Scout Niblett

Scout Niblett deserves to be a star just on the strength of her name. Born Emma Niblett, she adopted "Scout" as a performing moniker because of an obsession with the leading character in the Southern saga "To Kill a Mockingbird."
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2003

Centenarians to surpass 20,000 mark this month

The number of centenarians in Japan is expected to reach a record 20,561 by the end of September, topping the 20,000 mark for the first time, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Sep 10, 2003

Sompo Japan expands South Korean tieup

Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. said Tuesday it has agreed to expand its tieup with two South Korean nonlife insurers to cover other Asian countries.
BUSINESS
Sep 10, 2003

Banks and FSA draw closer on loan estimates

The gap between major banks and the Financial Services Agency in their estimates of the banks' risky and bad loans has narrowed, FSA data showed Tuesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Sep 10, 2003

Roscoe Holcomb: "An Untamed Sense of Control"

Among instruments, the banjo is one of the few considered truly an American original. Roscoe Holcomb's voice could be considered another. A just-released collection, "An Untamed Sense of Control," shows just how original he was.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 10, 2003

Foreign execs coached through local game

The American executive blurted out a series of questions he had been unable to ask for a year.
Japan to revise romanization rules for first time in 70 years
The Agency for Cultural Affairs is recommending replacing the government’s long-standing Kunrei system with more widely used Hepburn-style spellings.
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.
At meeting rich in symbolism, Ishiba and South Korea's Lee agree to steadily build ties
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba shake hands at joint press announcement after summit talks in Tokyo on Saturday.
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.
Japan to boost support for joint ride-hailing services
Tatsuaki Igarashi, mayor of Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, exits a ride-sharing vehicle at Tsukuba Station in January.
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.
Fingers sore from too much phone time? You might have ‘sumaho yubi.’
A catch-all term for tendonitis and arthritis caused by excessive smartphone use, 'sumaho yubi' may be difficult to treat for gadget-crazy Japan.
As farm minister, Koizumi is held ‘hostage’ by Ishiba
Farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi (center) attends a Lower House session on Aug. 1. Locking Koizumi into the Cabinet is Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s way of turning a potential rival into a team player, according to one expert.

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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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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
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