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Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Mar 10, 2002

Il Pentito: Anyway you slice, it's real Roma

The first thing you see when you walk through the door of Il Pentito is the oven. It's a monolithic, red-brick structure, like a relic from some Industrial Revolution foundry. A massive, dominating presence, it seems to take up half the premises, an impression reinforced by the way the tables are crammed...
CULTURE / Music
Mar 10, 2002

They're simply the bomb

When Ozomatli played on the closing night of Fuji Rock Festival 2000, they emptied out the Red Marquee. The hundreds of safety-pin punks, rag-head ragamuffins, permanent-press mods and glow-stick ravers had disappeared -- last seen following the band. Like a soccer team of drum-toting Pied Pipers, Ozomatli...
EDITORIALS
Mar 9, 2002

The outsider joins the club

Switzerland turned its back on centuries of "splendid isolation" this week and voted to join the United Nations. The decision acknowledges the evolution within the international community since the end of the Cold War and within Switzerland itself. With its historic vote, the country can now play a more...
SUMO
Mar 9, 2002

Takanohana out of Osaka basho

OSAKA -- Yokozuna Takanohana will sit out an unprecedented fifth straight tournament as a grand champion of sumo with the daunting prospect that a prolonged knee injury could signal the end to his illustrious career.
COMMENTARY / WASHINGTON UPDATE
Mar 9, 2002

Democrats challenging Bush on defense

WASHINGTON -- As the month began, Democrats were beginning to question President George W. Bush's handling of the war against terrorism.
SOCCER / World cup
Mar 9, 2002

Manager Eriksson thrives on World Cup pressure

Among the 32 teams competing in the coming World Cup, England will be one of the centers of attention, and manager Sven-Goran Eriksson holds the key to the team's success.
BUSINESS
Mar 9, 2002

Foreigners turn net buyers

Nonresident investors bought 113.87 billion yen more than they sold last week on the Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya stock exchanges, against net sales of 37.93 billion yen the previous week, according to industry figures.
BUSINESS
Mar 9, 2002

Toyo Shutter to ask banks for financial fresh air

OSAKA -- Toyo Shutter Co. said Friday it will ask six of its main banks for 12.6 billion yen in financial assistance as part of its new restructuring plan.
BUSINESS
Mar 9, 2002

S&P sees little impact from U.S. tariffs

Standard & Poor's Corp. said Friday the U.S. government's decision to place tariffs on steel imports will not immediately affect the agency's ratings on Japanese steelmakers.
BUSINESS
Mar 9, 2002

Bank lending falls for 50th consecutive month

Lending by Japanese banks fell 4.6 percent in February from a year earlier, down for the 50th month in a row, the Bank of Japan said Friday.
BUSINESS
Mar 9, 2002

Takebe to meet Seoul counterparts

Tsutomu Takebe, minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries, will visit South Korea today and Sunday for talks with his South Korean counterpart, Kim Tong Tae, and Yu Sam Nam, maritime affairs and fisheries minister, the ministry said Friday.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 9, 2002

Poverty and disease: our deadliest enemies

Consider this: More people died of AIDS on Sept. 11 (and every day since) than died during the terrorist attacks in New York, and over 8,000 people die from diseases every day that are easily preventable by vaccinations.
BUSINESS
Mar 9, 2002

Sato Kogyo asks creditors for assistance

Failed construction firm Sato Kogyo Co. held on Friday the first meeting of its creditors, asking for help with its rehabilitation.
BUSINESS
Mar 9, 2002

Fund to fight AIDS set to debut

In an effort to bring the spread of infectious diseases under control, the multibillion-dollar Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria will make its official debut at a ceremony in New York next month.
BUSINESS
Mar 9, 2002

Japan may give up on towel curbs

Japan may not impose emergency curbs on towel products from China and Vietnam, due to a slowdown in imports, government officials said Friday.
BUSINESS
Mar 9, 2002

Sluggish spending hits service sector

Billing by credit card companies edged up 0.6 percent in January from a year earlier for the second-smallest gain on record, the trade ministry said Friday in a preliminary service industry report.
BUSINESS
Mar 9, 2002

Fisheries' co-ops to adopt stricter rules on capital

Norinchukin Bank and the National Federation of Fisheries Cooperative Associations have agreed to adopt voluntary rules intended to prevent the collapse of fisheries financial institutions by imposing capital-adequacy requirements that are tougher than those applicable to domestic banks, sources close...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Mar 9, 2002

Finding stories behind the headlines for translation

As the founding managing editors of Kotan Publishing, Gavin Allwright and Atsushi Kanamaru are a match made in the heaven and hell of small independent book making. Certainly they could not be more physically different, one so tall, well-meaning and -- dare I say -- well padded; the other small, neat...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Mar 9, 2002

Kasit Piromya

It is still early days for the public to note the Thai Food Festival on May 11 and 12. For organizers Team Thailand, however, time is getting short, especially as this year's festival will be double the size of those of the last two years. The festival aims to strengthen the ties between the peoples...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Mar 9, 2002

Burial, cremation and getting flushed

I have always thought the worst way to die is to get flushed down the toilet. My father used to flush everything: large roaches that might revive themselves even after you had stepped on them, flies buzzing their last break dances on the sink, and goldfish. The first sight of a goldfish listing to one...
BUSINESS
Mar 9, 2002

Can stock market continue its rebound?

Tokyo stocks have rebounded strongly in recent days, reflecting an increase in optimism among investors.
BUSINESS
Mar 9, 2002

Panel urges NTT units to cut access charges

A telecom ministry panel on Friday finalized a report that calls on NTT's regional carriers to cut access charges by more than 10 percent.
BUSINESS
Mar 9, 2002

Business heads call for reforms

Business leaders on Friday called on the government to promptly carry out tax reforms and take other steps to bolster economic activity after the latest key data confirmed that Japan is in a dire recession.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 8, 2002

Propaganda fuels Muslim anti-Semitism

NEW YORK -- It was, by all accounts, a heinous conclusion to a barbaric crime. The Pakistani kidnappers of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl forced him to state that he was a Jew and his mother and father were Jews. Then, having laid out their legal case, the killers slit his throat and beheaded...
COMMENTARY
Mar 8, 2002

Recipe for democratic disaster

LONDON -- In a modern democracy where governments change after elections, it is essential for the sake of efficiency and transparency that the civil service be apolitical, independent and closed to corruption. Only an independent civil service appointed on the basis of merit can guarantee good government....
BUSINESS
Mar 8, 2002

Ministry to help unemployed with mobile phones

The government on Thursday launched a mobile-phone version of its Internet service posting nationwide job offers.
BUSINESS
Mar 8, 2002

Key economic gauge stays below 50%

The nation's coincident index stayed below the boom-or-bust line of 50 percent for the 13th straight month in January, according to a government report released Thursday.
BUSINESS
Mar 8, 2002

S&P places Matsushita Electric ratings on CreditWatch

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.'s A-plus long-term and A-1 plus short-term ratings have been placed on CreditWatch with negative implications, Standard & Poor's Corp. said Thursday.
Tokyo hit by torrential rainfall at rush hour
People line up at Shibuya Station in Tokyo as they try to avoid the heavy rain on Thursday.
Foreign drivers in Japan to face tougher license conversion rules from October
According to the National Police Agency, there were 75,905 people who converted their foreign driver’s license to a Japanese one in 2024, up from 48,885 in 2019.
Nissan clinches $4.5 billion bond deal after orders soar
Nissan Motor has raised $4.5 billion through a junk bond sale in U.S. dollars and euros, part of which carries a record-high coupon rate.
Chinese fighters came within 30 meters of Japanese spy aircraft, Tokyo says
A Chinese JH-7 fighter jet makes an near an Air Self-Defense Force YS-11EB surveillance aircraft over the East China Sea this week in this image released Thursday.
What Japanese politics could look like after Upper House election
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who heads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (center) waves to attendees as he departs after delivering a campaign speech in Yokohama on Sunday.
An emoji used to say it all. Now it might say too much.
Apple’s Craig Federighi shows off a set of emoji at a conference on June 13, 2016. While the small pictures have proved helpful in conveying nuance in our texts, younger people are using them less often.
‘Our ultimate goal is to save every single Japanese video game’
After nearly shuttering earlier this year, the Tokyo-based Game Preservation Society continues its work to save the early history of Japanese gaming.
Rare vintage shots and first-time shows at TOP’s 30th anniversary
The museum's curators selected a wide array of works from the archives for the milestone exhibitions. Among other photos, Nobuyoshi Araki's work from the series "Winter Journey" (1990) was included in the "Continuity and Change" exhibition that concluded in June.
New IG Arena set to dial down temperature at Nagoya Basho, in a good way
With IG Arena getting glowing early reviews as the Nagoya Basho’s replacement venue, it may be a while before fans wax nostalgic about the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium.
Once a niche, anime is now mainstream content for Netflix and other streaming services
Though Netflix remains the dominant choice globally for anime viewers, Amazon Prime Video has also invested heavily in anime, steadily adding titles to their catalogue.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Mount Fuji is considered one of Japan's most iconic symbols and is a major draw for tourists. It's still a mountain, though, and potential hikers need to properly prepare for any climb.
What it takes to save lives on Mount Fuji
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