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Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Sep 14, 2002

Capt. Robert Guy

LONDON -- The Japan Society, founded in 1891, is the oldest organization in Britain concerned with Anglo-Japanese relationships. It grew out of a meeting a decade earlier of the International Congress of Orientalists. In over 90 events each year, and largely through a cluster of groups that focus on...
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2002

Abduction issue 'most important': governor

Niigata Gov. Ikuo Hirayama on Friday urged Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to put the abductions issue at the top of the agenda at next week's summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.
BUSINESS
Sep 14, 2002

Fee change eyed for NTT units

An advisory panel to the telecommunications minister recommended Friday that NTT East Corp. and NTT West Corp. set different interconnection fees to promote competition between them.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Sep 14, 2002

Rip Van Twinkle: awake for 100 years

You all know the story of Rip Van Winkle, who slept for 20 years. But how many of you know the story of Rip Van Twinkle, who stayed awake for 100 years?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Sep 14, 2002

Silver, socks make Afghan refugees independent

Shahnaz Akhtar arrived in Tokyo from Pakistan on Sept. 3, a guest of Global Village's Fair Trade Co. in Jiyugaoka, which distributes and sells leather and silver work and embroidered, woven and knitted goods crafted by Afghan refugees under her guidance. The purpose in being here? "To gather information...
EDITORIALS
Sep 13, 2002

Loophole or slipknot?

I f Mr. Supachai had any idea of easing into his new job, that fantasy was recently put to rest. On Aug. 30, the WTO ruled that tax breaks offered U.S. export companies violate international trade rules. In response, the European Union can impose billions of dollars in sanctions against the United States....
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2002

Health problems afflict 36% of night-shift staff

One in three people who work night shifts complains of bad health, including gastrointestinal disorders, illnesses associated with high blood pressure, or sleeplessness, according to a government survey.
BUSINESS
Sep 13, 2002

Supply of new Tokyo condos jumps 42.1%

The number of new condominiums put on sale in the Tokyo metropolitan area in August jumped 42.1 percent over the previous year to 4,715, a record high for the month, the Real Estate Economic Institute said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Sep 13, 2002

Takenaka urges inflation-targeting debate

Liberal Democratic Party elements appear to be ratcheting up the pressure on the Bank of Japan to start cranking out more yen.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 13, 2002

Business leaders plan investment proposal

A forum set up by business leaders to help attract more foreign investment agreed Thursday in Tokyo at its first meeting to present a proposal to the government in December.
BUSINESS
Sep 13, 2002

Nippon Yusen to buy overseas firms

Shipping company Nippon Yusen K.K. said Thursday the Nippon Yusen group will purchase two overseas container-handling firms by the end of October in an effort to bolster its international port terminal business.
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2002

Political fundraisers collected record high 13.7 billion yen in 2001

Political parties and related organizations, including support groups for individual politicians, collected a record 13.7 billion yen through fundraising events in 2001, according to a government report issued Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2002

Better traffic lights protect pedestrians, NPA finds

The number of traffic accidents involving pedestrians fell to less than one-third what they had been at intersections equipped with a new pedestrian-friendly traffic light system, the National Police Agency said in a study released Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2002

Former Yakult executive sentenced to seven years

The Tokyo District Court on Thursday sentenced a former vice president of Yakult Honsha Co. to seven years in prison and fined him 60 million yen for engaging in illicit transactions of "Princeton bonds" over the past decade.
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2002

Foreign performers both young and old help keep traveling big top alive

KANAZAWA, Ishikawa Pref. A glimpse of the giant tent reveals that a traveling circus is in town.
SUMO
Sep 13, 2002

Taka tumbles again

Takanohana suffered a setback in his comeback from injury as the yokozuna went down to his second defeat against a rank-and-filer at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2002

Farm ministry files complaints

The farm ministry filed criminal complaints Thursday against the former chiefs of three sales offices of a Nippon Meat Packers Inc. subsidiary on suspicion of defrauding the government out of nearly 10 million yen.
BUSINESS
Sep 13, 2002

Hubbard tells Shiokawa about tax-cut benefits

Glenn Hubbard, visiting chairman of U.S. President George W. Bush's Council of Economic Advisers, offered a tip to Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa on Thursday, telling him that lowering the corporate tax rate helped stimulate economic activity in the United States.
BUSINESS
Sep 13, 2002

Current account surplus soars 58.1%

The country's current account surplus in July rose 58.1 percent from a year earlier to 1.14 trillion yen, according to a preliminary report released Thursday by the Finance Ministry.
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2002

Writer slams Iraq attack via petition

OSAKA -- Writer Makoto Oda is waging a petition drive, seeking people who support his opposition to the threatened U.S. attack on Iraq and his call for the Japanese government to act as an intermediary to prevent a war.
BUSINESS
Sep 13, 2002

Corporate governance re-examined: S&P

Growing investor demand and more than a decade of economic stagnation are forcing Japanese companies to re-examine their traditional corporate governance practices, Standard & Poor's Corp. said in reports released Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2002

Tokyo woman arrested after confessing to strangling kids

A woman was arrested Thursday after confessing to strangling her two children.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 13, 2002

Handshakes may not soften U.S. line

WASHINGTON -- Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's trip to North Korea next Tuesday is, in many ways, a double-edged sword. At first glance, the trip appears to be a positive development. In what has become the norm in Asian diplomacy of late, the surprise announcement reflects positively on Japan's...
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 13, 2002

Malaysia's security law loses some of its Draconian bite

KUALA LUMPUR -- The focus of attention surrounding a controversial Malaysian security law has shifted to Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi after the country's highest court allowed an appeal of five opposition detainees in a dramatic decision last Friday. The legislation allows detention of suspects,...
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2002

Two wetlands slated for protection

Two wetlands should be added to the list of wildlife preserves with the aim of registering them under an international convention on wetlands to be held in Spain in November, the Environment Ministry's Central Environment Council decided Thursday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 13, 2002

Manager's gaffe, Petagine's bat pay off for Yakult

Wearing a T-shirt and shorts, Yakult pitcher Yataro Sakamoto was sitting back in front of the TV at the Jingu Stadium clubhouse prior to Thursday's game against the Hanshin Tigers. It was his night off in the rotation.
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.
Junglia, Japan’s newest theme park, opens in northern Okinawa
In Junglia’s Dinosaur Safari attraction during a media preview on Thursday, a casual drive through a habitat for the prehistoric creatures goes haywire when several Tyrannosaurus rexes break out of containment.
Big unanswered questions follow Japan's big, beautiful deal with the U.S.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday in Washington, the day after he agreed to an 11th-hour trade deal with Japan.
Extreme heat grips Japan, even Hokkaido
The city of Obihiro in Hokkaido amid scorching heat on Thursday
‘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.
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.
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.
Japan’s top brands get tied up in the great sunscreen debate
A coral reef in Okinawa in July 2022. Some jurisdictions around the world have moved to ban certain sunscreens in a bid to protect coral reefs, but some say the impact on reefs is far from clear.

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