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Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Oct 13, 2002

Sports Day: the spirit of '64

"Have Japanese people already forgotten about soccer?" asks a recent advertisement for a satellite-TV station. The ad continues: "To all the Japanese people who were swept up in the soccer frenzy of the World Cup -- have you forgotten about soccer?"
COMMENTARY / THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK
Oct 13, 2002

Beijing stymies Pyongyang experiment

HONG KONG -- Pyongyang-Beijing ties used to be characterized as being "as close as lips and teeth," but that phrase no longer applies to the relationship. For no sooner does North Korea arouse deep Japanese public outrage with its prevarication over past abductions than the isolated Stalinist state provokes...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Oct 13, 2002

Fresh, raw Ebisu, on the half-shell

Oysters are definitely in season these days -- and not just because the summer is over and there's an "R" in the letters of the month. Overlooked and undervalued for too long here (or perhaps just overshadowed by all the other superb seafood that's available), these humble bivalves are only now being...
MORE SPORTS
Oct 12, 2002

Joppy keeps WBA title

American William Joppy outclassed 14th-ranked challenger Naotaka Hozumi and retained his World Boxing Association middleweight championship with a TKO in the 10th round at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Thursday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 12, 2002

Matsui hits 49th, 50th HRs

For a decade, Hideki Matsui has lived up to his name and fame. In what could have been his last regular-season game at the Tokyo Dome, the Giants' slugger made sure the sea of orange witnessed the very best of him.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 12, 2002

No triple crown for Matsui

One night after blasting two home runs, Hideki Matsui went 0-for-5 and came up short in his bid for a triple crown Friday as the Central League champion Yomiuri Giants triumphed 6-2 over the Hiroshima Carp in their season finale.
COMMENTARY
Oct 12, 2002

Cost cuts could compromise health care

WASHINGTON -- Public-spirited rhetoric usually masks intense interest-group combat in Washington, D.C., like that over pharmaceutical patents. Health insurers, which barely survived the Clinton administration's assault, are targeting drug-research firms.
COMMENTARY
Oct 12, 2002

In pursuit of terrorists and oil

NEW DELHI -- U.S. President George W. Bush is taking a big gamble with his single-minded mission to get rid of a toothless but unsavory dictator, who, far from being a menace to U.S. security, is not a threat even to his neighbors. Bush, who accuses Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein of being "a homicidal...
EDITORIALS
Oct 12, 2002

Military force is not a cure-all

The situation surrounding the Caucasus, a region rife with Islamic militancy, is becoming tense. As the U.S. administration of President George W. Bush prepares for a war with Iraq, cracks are developing in the U.S.-Russia coalition against terrorism. The fighting between Russian troops and Islamic rebels...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Oct 12, 2002

Personal fences and Hello Kitty killer

In the spirit of "benri de ii" (convenient and good) I would like to propose some ideas for making Japan a more convenient country.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 12, 2002

Success of globalization rests on good business reputations

These are not good times for business ethics in the industrialized nations. In spite of a carefully honed reputation for professionalism and honesty, businesses in the United States, Japan and Europe have seen scandals and problems. In the U.S. it has been the overstatement of profits by and exorbitant...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Oct 12, 2002

Joel Stewart

When he is painting, Joel Stewart says that he watches "what is happening right in front of my eyes. I'm making an image, and I reach a fork in the road. Shall I pull back to my original conception, or follow the new direction, which may lead to disaster?" If it is disaster, he is philosophical about...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Oct 12, 2002

When determination, focus overcome all obstacles

Walking around 'Exodus," the heartrending exhibition of photographs of refugees on view until Oct. 20 at Shibuya's Bunkamura in Tokyo, Kim Chi Tran stops in front of pictures of Vietnamese boat people. "See that refugee camp?" she says. "Twenty-one years ago I was there."
MORE SPORTS
Oct 11, 2002

Sato loses WBA belt to Frenchman

Top-ranked challenger Salim Medjkoune of France walked away with the World Boxing Association's super-bantamweight crown Wednesday after giving Japanese champion Osamu Sato a 12-round lesson in boxing.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Oct 11, 2002

Irish media not too Keane on McCarthy

LONDON -- It is difficult to imagine a coach can be under pressure after his team made a positive impression at the World Cup finals, has lost only three of its last 27 games and just seven of 41 competitive matches during his 6 1/2 years in charge.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 11, 2002

Fighters like American manager, but will he really be given chance?

It finally looks as if Japanese baseball is ready for a change.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 11, 2002

A-Cab stuck on 55 as Lions top Orix

Seibu slugger Alex Cabrera's Japanese single-season home-run record challenge has been carried over to his team's last game of the season after the big Venezuelan went homerless in the Lions' 6-2 win over the Orix BlueWave at Green Stadium Kobe on Thursday night.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Oct 11, 2002

Red damselfly

* Japanese name: Beniito tonbo * Scientific name: Ceriagrion nipponicum * Description: The red damselfly is small (body length 34-41 mm). Damselflies can be distinguished from dragonflies (both in the insect order Odonata) by the way they perch. Damselflies rest with their wings folded together over...
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / MATTER OF COURSE
Oct 11, 2002

Chant away to calculation competence

You will never guess what I've been doing the past two weeks. I, an Ivy League graduate, at the ripe age of 44, have been learning my times tables. That's right, multiplication. Now, before you write me off as a failure of American higher education, let me stress that I've been doing this in Japanese....
COMMUNITY
Oct 11, 2002

Fill a pressing need for foreign men

The hunt is on for foreign men to contribute their experiences to a unique, innovative, humorous, and much-needed guide for gaijin guys in Japan.
LIFE / Language / KANJI CLINIC
Oct 11, 2002

Kanji power unlocks the secret room of Japanese literature

Surely many of you, including overseas readers of The Japan Times online, live within 100 km of a Japanese-language bookstore or a university with a collection of Japanese books. Japanese literature is available, but confronting the sheer volume of offerings can be overwhelming.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Oct 11, 2002

What's a working mom to do with her kids in Tokyo?

Childcare An entrepreneur in central Tokyo, is up in arms. One of her Japanese assistants is about to have a baby and wants to continue working afterwards. But so far her assistant has been unable to find public child-care facilities for children under the age of 2.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Oct 11, 2002

Motorists driven round the bend by license laws

In May 2002 the Tokyo District Court rejected a suit by freelance journalist Yu Terasawa in which he claimed 1.2 million yen in compensation for driving license renewal fees.
EDITORIALS
Oct 11, 2002

Japanese science shines again

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, which is responsible for awarding the Nobel prizes in physics and chemistry, probably said it best when it described this year's physics laureates as having "used [the] very smallest components of the universe to increase our understanding of the very largest, the...
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / ON THE BOOK TRAIL
Oct 11, 2002

"Time Stops For No Mouse," "Hairy Bill"

"Time Stops For No Mouse," Michael Hoeye, Puffin Books; 2002; 262 pp. It's a mouse's world.
MORE SPORTS
Oct 10, 2002

Japan golf left without sponsor

Computer equipment manufacturer Iiyama Corp. said Wednesday it will not renew its sponsorship contract with the Japanese men's professional golf tour after it expires at the end of this year.
MORE SPORTS
Oct 10, 2002

Suzuka special for Sato

Expectations are blooming each day for the rookie at the Japan Grand Prix. But don't remind Takuma Sato of Jordan Honda that his Japanese fans expect more than his sub-par performance so far during the 2002 season.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 10, 2002

Cabrera's 56th remains elusive

Seibu slugger Alex Cabrera went 1-for-4 with a walk at the plate on Wednesday as the Lions beat the Orix BlueWave 4-1 at Green Stadium Kobe, leaving the Venezuelan just two more games to break the Japanese single-season home run record.
‘Demon Slayer’ movie slashes its own box office records
“Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle” is the first installment in a trilogy that's set to wrap the anime adaptation of Koyoharu Gotoke's manga about sword-wielding heroes fighting man-eating demons.
Kyoto University researchers find mechanism behind malignant pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic cancer, the third-leading cause of cancer death in Japan, has the lowest five-year survival rate of any cancer at just 8.5%.
Tokyo is the No. 2 choice for international students
The University of Tokyo. International students are increasingly flocking to Asia, with affordability being a particularly important metric.
Ishiba rules out joint document on U.S. tariffs as deal's details trickle out
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a speech at an event in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, on Friday afternoon.
Behind the scenes: Inside Fuji Rock’s strategy for staying on top
In recent years, Fuji Rock has had fewer blockbuster performers and showcased more top-selling Japanese acts and international musicians' first-time performances in Japan.
Tokyo is the No. 2 choice for international students
The University of Tokyo. International students are increasingly flocking to Asia, with affordability being a particularly important metric.
Hall of Fame always held deeper meaning for Ichiro
Ichiro presents then-Hall of Fame President Jeff Idelson with the bat he used to break the single-season hits record in 2004.
Japan leans into homegrown AI amid rising competition
McKinsey’s 2025 Technology Trends Outlook, published Wednesday, says that the use of “sovereign AI” is a trend gaining significant global traction, including in Japan.
JT picks: What not to miss at Fuji Rock 2025
Fuji Rock Festival turns the green slopes of Niigata Prefecture’s Naeba Ski Resort into a summer escape that offers soundtracks for every mood.

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