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JAPAN
Apr 7, 2002

Man dies after being stabbed in car

OSAKA -- A 36-year-old man died after being stabbed in his car in the city of Moriguchi, Osaka Prefecture, early Saturday, local police said.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Apr 7, 2002

Art in the service of empire

WAR, OCCUPATION, AND CREATIVITY: Japan and East Asia -- 1920-1960, edited by Marlene J. Mayo and J. Thomas Rimer with H. Eleanor Kerkham. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2001. 406 pp., with 66 b/w plates and numerous photos and drawings. $60 (cloth); $29.95 (paper) "No art, however pure, can be...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Apr 7, 2002

The trickle-down effect

It's late in Tokyo's Yurakucho district, and the pachinko parlors clustered here have shut off their garish neon signs. The consoles through which the game's trademark metal balls are sent cascading have gone quiet, and the hard-core players who hang on until closing time are scurrying out onto the pavement...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Apr 7, 2002

Behold that golden glow

It's almost here . . . my favorite week.
LIFE / Food & Drink / VINELAND
Apr 7, 2002

Think wild and feisty, think Sauvignon Blanc

In these budget-conscious times, it pays to be a wine nerd. When you sense a hot trend, run in the other direction. Dare to be contrary. The world's greatest wine bargains come from places and grape varieties that are temporarily out of fashion or simply overlooked.
JAPAN
Apr 7, 2002

Suzuki used hostage case to increase his influence

House of Representatives lawmaker Muneo Suzuki instructed a Foreign Ministry official to secretly make contact with Afghanistan's Taliban regime in 1999, in an effort to secure the release of four Japanese engineers who had been abducted by Islamic rebels in Kyrgyzstan that summer, it was learned Saturday....
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Apr 7, 2002

A profitable day at the races

The year was 1948: Japan was still recovering from the ravages of war. Bombed-out bridges needed rebuilding, cratered roads needed repaving and railroads had to be relaid. It would cost a fortune, but who would foot the bill?
LIFE / Food & Drink / BEST BAR NONE
Apr 7, 2002

One love, one heart, one glow

Shinkukan is a DJ bar and lounge that has slipped quietly into a curious niche in Tokyo's nightscape. Operating like a ninja, with stealth and under the cloak of darkness, it stole into a small basement in a quiet semi-residential area on the Jingumae side of Omotesando. It's not the greatest location...
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Apr 7, 2002

Did NHK balk at covering war tribunal?

It was indicated last week that the International Criminal Court, a permanent judicial body with the power to try individuals and groups accused of war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity, will soon be formally established. So far, 56 nations have ratified the Rome Statute of 1998, which states...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Apr 7, 2002

Harmonie: Harmonizing great food in the key of fine wine

Keen-eyed Nishi Azabu-watchers will have noted the arrival of a whole slew of new restaurants in recent months. The influx has been especially noticeable on the southwest quadrant of the crossing known to old-timers as Kasumicho Crossing and to foreign punsters as Hobson's Choice.
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 6, 2002

Hanshin hurlers keep streak alive

Hanshin hurler Kei Igawa combined with Marc Valdes on a three-hit shutout as the Tigers rolled to their sixth straight victory this season by downing the Japan Series defending champion Yakult Swallows 2-0 at Tokyo's Jingu Stadium on Friday.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 6, 2002

Bush's foreign aid revolution

WASHINGTON -- Just as U.S. President Richard Nixon was able to use his conservative credentials to fend off critics and go to China, President George W. Bush has just announced a policy change that Republicans have opposed for years, but that is long overdue. Over a period of a few years, Bush would...
BUSINESS
Apr 6, 2002

U.S. claim over phone costs inaccurate, Katayama says

Telecommunications minister Toranosuke Katayama on Friday dismissed an assertion by the United States that NTT DoCoMo Inc. is overcharging other carriers for connections.
JAPAN
Apr 6, 2002

Obituaries: Hideo Akimoto, Nobuyuki Kawata

Hideo Akimoto, a veteran newscaster and critic, died Thursday of heart failure at a hospital in Chiba city, his relatives said. He was 75.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 6, 2002

Tectonic shifts closing India-China gap

Indian diplomacy has finally attained a degree of maturity. New Delhi's move to bridge the great Himalayan divide between itself and China deserves praise.
SOCCER / World cup
Apr 6, 2002

World Cup warmup games announced

Uruguay will play a warmup match for the World Cup against Nabisco Cup winner Yokohama F. Marinos in Susono, Shizuoka Prefecture, on May 25, the J. League first division club said Friday.
BUSINESS
Apr 6, 2002

Key gauge of economy stays well below 50%

The key gauge of the state of the economy remained below the boom-or-bust line of 50 percent in February for the 14th straight month, but the index of leading indicators topped the threshold for the second consecutive month, the government said Friday.
BUSINESS
Apr 6, 2002

Upper House approves new BOJ board appointees

The House of Councilors on Friday approved the government's decision to appoint two new members of the Bank of Japan Policy Board: Toshikatsu Fukuma, vice chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, and Hidehiko Haru, executive vice president of Tokyo Electric Power Co.
BUSINESS
Apr 6, 2002

Mitsubishi to sell U.S. cancer test

Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. will begin domestic sales of a U.S.-made screening device for cervical cancer in mid-April, company officials said Friday.
BUSINESS
Apr 6, 2002

Koizumi assures OECD chief of reform

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Friday told the head of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development that Japan is determined to push through structural reforms, government officials said.
JAPAN
Apr 6, 2002

Computer glitches cripple transactions at Mizuho

Mizuho Financial Group, the world's largest banking group, confirmed Friday that it has a backlog of at least 2.5 million incomplete transactions due to computer system glitches.
JAPAN
Apr 6, 2002

House of Councilors rejects censure motion against Takebe

The House of Councilors rejected on Friday a nonbinding censure motion against farm minister Tsutomu Takebe, but New Komeito's decision to abstain from the vote underlined the flagging unity within the Liberal Democratic Party-led ruling coalition.
JAPAN
Apr 6, 2002

Tokyo-Seoul history panel sets date for talks

A Japan-South Korea panel created to lay the groundwork for a planned joint history research committee will hold its first meeting April 15 in Tokyo, Foreign Ministry officials said Friday.
BUSINESS
Apr 6, 2002

Mining firms eye alliance on copper

Nippon Mining & Metals Co. and Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co. said Friday they will soon begin talks to fully integrate their copper operations by expanding their ongoing alliance to cover production.

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