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BUSINESS / JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES
Jun 23, 2003

Fallout from Iraq war loosening dollar's global stranglehold

Until recently, the euro has been moving consistently higher against the other major currencies, at one point hitting highs of $1.20 and 140 yen. But its rise appears to have slowed now, with the new unified currency now stuck in the $1.17-$1.18 range.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 23, 2003

Megawati arrives in Japan

Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri arrived Sunday in Tokyo for a four-day visit as a state guest, Japanese officials said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 23, 2003

Megawati arrives in Japan

Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri arrived Sunday in Tokyo for a four-day visit as a state guest, Japanese officials said.
COMMENTARY
Jun 23, 2003

Asia-watcher likes what he sees

LOS ANGELES -- Like the American stock market, the Asian political scene suffers ups and downs. Today, Asia might seem more like a hibernating bear in a China shop than anything else. SARS-hit Hong Kong is experiencing its highest jobless rate in years, China is toying with the idea of a currency devaluation,...
JAPAN
Jun 23, 2003

Megawati arrives in Japan

Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri arrived Sunday in Tokyo for a four-day visit as a state guest, Japanese officials said.
COMMENTARY
Jun 23, 2003

Diet group takes uneasy steps toward abolishing death penalty

Among major industrial countries, only Japan and the United States retain capital punishment. In Japan, however, there is a growing abolition movement. The Diet Members' League for Abolition of the Death Penalty, a suprapartisan group headed by Shizuka Kamei of the governing Liberal Democratic Party,...
JAPAN
Jun 23, 2003

City Hall raided after mayor's arrest for bribery

Police searched City Hall in Nihommatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, and several other locations Sunday in connection with a bribery probe involving allegations that the mayor gave favors to a crematory construction company in exchange for money.
JAPAN
Jun 22, 2003

832 to run in Lower House election

More than 830 candidates are preparing to run in the next House of Representatives election, although both the both ruling and opposition camps are still trying to sort out arrangements for electoral alliances, according to a Kyodo News survey released Sunday.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 22, 2003

Let Sri Lankan premier deal with Tigers

MADRAS, India -- The Sri Lankan peace process is under serious threat. Fifteen months after the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's government began negotiations, differences between the two have snowballed into an ugly confrontation.
JAPAN
Jun 22, 2003

Defector willing to testify about Pyongyang's plans for Japan

A top-ranking North Korean official who defected to South Korea in 1997 has expressed his willingness to testify in Japan about the situation in the reclusive communist state, opposition lawmaker Shu Watanabe told Kyodo News on Saturday.
MORE SPORTS
Jun 22, 2003

Field set for Sapporo Half-Marathon

Former women's marathon record holder Catherine Ndereba of Kenya and Sydney Olympics marathon silver medalist Lidia Simon of Romania will enter next month's Sapporo International Half-Marathon, the Japan Association of Athletics Federations said Friday.
JAPAN
Jun 22, 2003

Defector willing to testify about Pyongyang's plans for Japan

A top-ranking North Korean official who defected to South Korea in 1997 has expressed his willingness to testify in Japan about the situation in the reclusive communist state, opposition lawmaker Shu Watanabe told Kyodo News on Saturday.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Jun 22, 2003

We cannot forget Taiwan

TAIWAN: A Political History, by Denny Roy. Cornell University Press, 2003, 255 pp., $18.95 (paper). With international attention focused on Iraq and North Korea, the Taiwan problem has vanished from the headlines. It won't go away, however; geography and politics guarantee that. Put this break to productive...
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 22, 2003

Tsuboi helps lift Fighters

Former Hanshin Tiger Tomochika Tsuboi nailed an RBI single to spark a four-run rally in the fifth inning as the Nippon Ham Fighters came from behind to defeat the Kintetsu Buffaloes 4-2 at Osaka Dome on Saturday.
Events
Jun 22, 2003

KANSAI: Who & What

Foreign residents to get free advice on problems: A free information and counseling service for foreign residents will be provided between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on June 29 at International House Osaka, in the city's Tennoji Ward.
JAPAN
Jun 22, 2003

Defector willing to testify about Pyongyang's plans for Japan

A top-ranking North Korean official who defected to South Korea in 1997 has expressed his willingness to testify in Japan about the situation in the reclusive communist state, opposition lawmaker Shu Watanabe told Kyodo News on Saturday.
Events
Jun 22, 2003

KANSAI: Who & What

Foreign residents to get free advice on problems: A free information and counseling service for foreign residents will be provided between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on June 29 at International House Osaka, in the city's Tennoji Ward.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Jun 22, 2003

Mapping out Japan

MAPPING EARLY MODERN JAPAN: Space, Place, and Culture in the Tokugawa Period (1603-1868), by Marcia Yonemoto. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2003, 234 pp., 86 illustrations, $49.95, (cloth). It was at the beginning of the 17th century that Japanese scholars first began to articulate the notion...
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 22, 2003

A lifelong need for university reforms

CHIANG MAI, Thailand -- The chorus of university critics in general keeps increasing, both in numbers and intensity. In a way, the debate is natural -- as every institution seems to need adjustment in this cataclysmic era of globalization -- as well as beneficial for correcting eventual shortcomings...
Winning warship bid gives Japan confidence boost as Tokyo eyes more exports
Australia’s decision to select Japan's upgraded Mogami-class warship, seen in this computer-generated image, has been “well received across Japanese industry," a Defense Ministry official said.
European leaders to join Zelenskyy for key meeting with Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump greets Russian leader Vladimir Putin on the tarmac after they arrived for a meeting on Ukraine at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday.
Hiker missing in Hokkaido after bear attack found dead
The Rausu mountain range at Hokkaido's Shiretoko National Park. A man in his 20s who went missing after being attacked by a bear while hiking on Mount Rausu has been found dead.
The long search for Japan’s lost soldiers
Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
Trump shifts stance on road to Ukraine peace after meeting Putin in Alaska
U.S. President Donald Trump looks on next to Russian leader Vladimir Putin during a news conference following their meeting to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday.
Winning warship bid gives Japan confidence boost as Tokyo eyes more exports
Australia’s decision to select Japan's upgraded Mogami-class warship, seen in this computer-generated image, has been “well received across Japanese industry," a Defense Ministry official said.
In Paris, chefs Chizuko Kimura and Kei Kobayashi make their mark
Chef Kei Kobayashi is France's only Japanese chef with three Michelin stars.
Top MLB prospect Rintaro Sasaki is committed to doing it 'the hard way'
Rintaro Sasaki hits a home run during a game against Duke at Stanford's Sunken Diamond on March 16.
In preserving Japanese hospitality, ‘details are everything’
Beniya Mukayu, a traditional "ryokan" inn located in Ishikawa Prefecture, considers itself at "the heart of onsen towns, local residents, farmers, fishermen, sake brewers and artisans" — all of which need new, sustainable methods of serving visitors to survive into the future.
A seaside hotel built on competitive Japanese cycling
In a region more associated with art, Keirin Hotel 10 takes a decidedly more athletic approach to attracting tourists.

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Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
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