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CULTURE / Film
Sep 12, 2001

The untranslatable language of love

Captain Corelli's Mandolin Rating: * * * Japanese title: Koreri Taii no Mandorin Director: John Madden Running time: 129 minutes Language: English Opens Sept. 22 at the Marunouchi Louvre and other theaters
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2001

National health premiums to rise: ministry official

The health ministry in August told officials in charge of national health insurance at local governments that they can count on higher premiums, according to government sources.
SOCCER / J. League
Sep 12, 2001

JFA confirms dates of Emperor's Cup

This year's Emperor's Cup knockout soccer tournament will kick off on Nov. 25, the Japan Football Association announced Monday.
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2001

Government decides seven ambassadorial appointments

The government decided Tuesday on the appointments of seven ambassadors, including Ryozo Kato as ambassador to the United States and Masaki Orita as ambassador to Britain, Foreign Ministry officials said.
BUSINESS / ON THE FRONT LINE
Sep 12, 2001

Is the greenback poised to ravage the yen?

Having fallen below 120 yen in recent weeks, the dollar has bounced back and now appears poised to gain further ground.
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Sep 12, 2001

Rachid Taha

Algeria's indigenous pop music, rai, which gained international attention in the 1980s, was, like many popular music forms, the result of city slickers adapting music from the sticks for their own purposes and enjoyment. Originally ribald, rai became pointedly political after young people in the '60s...
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2001

Koizumi sends message to Bush over terrorist attacks

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi sent a message to U.S. President George W. Bush late Tuesday expressing shock over what appeared to be coordinated terrorist attacks in New York and Washington.
CULTURE / Art / CERAMIC SCENE
Sep 12, 2001

Power and purity both old and new

The colorful ceramic culture of Kyoto meets the darker, subdued world of Karatsu potter Jinenbo Nakagawa this week at the Tachikichi department store in Kyoto.
CULTURE / Film
Sep 12, 2001

How Madden sees things

Director John Madden came late to the "Corelli" project, but that didn't mean he wasn't prepared, as evidenced by the careful, considered comments he made at a Tokyo press conference last week. While Madden may be working with Hollywood's top stars these days -- and few are hotter than Penelope Cruz,...
CULTURE / Art
Sep 12, 2001

Little forget-me-nots

"I Don't Mind, If You Forget Me" is the rather bold title of Yoshitomo Nara's current exhibition at the Yokohama Museum of Art. But Nara can easily feign indifference, knowing full well that his warped yet archetypal children will have the opposite effect on viewers. With their enlarged heads and bean-shaped...
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2001

Experts split on recent Tokai tremors

Seismologists are divided over whether a spate of weak tremors and apparent volcanic activity are warning signs of a much-anticipated major earthquake in the Tokai region.
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2001

Epic journey across ice set to break world record

A 57-year-old adventurer from Tokyo hopes to complete a 22,000-km trek by dog sled across the Arctic from central Siberia to eastern Greenland in July, more than five years after setting out on the journey.
BUSINESS
Sep 12, 2001

January eyed for stock tax reform

Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa said Tuesday he hopes to implement securities tax reforms in January after discussing them during the extraordinary Diet session to be convened this month.
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2001

Reports scarce on safety of Japanese in New York

Some Japanese companies whose employees worked at offices in the World Trade Center in New York, which collapsed Tuesday after being hit by two planes in apparent terrorist attacks, have confirmed their employees are safe, but many have yet to hear from their staff, company officials said late Tuesday....
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Sep 12, 2001

The White Stripes: 'White Blood Cells'

Detroit duo The White Stripes seem a very confused couple. Jack (guitar, vocal) and Meg White (drums) can't seem to decide whether they are brother and sister or husband and wife. Jack insists it's the former -- and that they started the whole rumor that they were married for nothing more than a laugh....
CULTURE / Stage
Sep 12, 2001

Shared cultures take center stage

These days in Japan, it's easy to see Broadway musicals, Russian ballet, foreign rock acts or even Pavarotti waxing operatic.
BUSINESS
Sep 12, 2001

Mad cow scare deals blow to beef issues but lifts fish shares

Japan's first suspected case of mad cow disease shook stock markets Tuesday, prompting investors to dump shares of beef-dish restaurant chains, meat processors and milk makers while snapping up seafood firms.
BUSINESS
Sep 12, 2001

Household savings lower than last year: survey

Households have an average 14.39 million yen in savings and other financial assets, down 90,000 yen from a year ago, according to an annual survey released Tuesday by a semipublic organization.
CULTURE / Music / J-POPSICLE
Sep 12, 2001

You ain't nuthin' but a henjin

What a wacky guy Junichiro Koizumi is. When he's not battling bureaucracy or trying to revive the ailing economy, Japan's unprecedentedly popular prime minister likes nothing better than to chill out and listen to the music of the King: Elvis Presley.
BUSINESS
Sep 12, 2001

MMC tops 1 million green engines

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. said Tuesday that production of its low-emission, fuel-efficient GDI engine has topped 1 million units since its launch in May 1996.
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Sep 12, 2001

Kakraba Lobi

Kakraba Lobi is a virtuoso master of the gyil (pronounced JEEL or JEE-lee), the traditional instrument of the Lobi people of Ghana, Burkina Faso and the Ivory Coast. After stints as a cab driver, farmer and just about every occupation in between, Lobi realized his calling as a gyil player, becoming,...
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Sep 12, 2001

Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown: 'Back to Bogalusa'

Louis Armstrong once said: "All music is folk music. I ain't never heard no horse sing a song." If any disc ever deserved the "folk music" label it would have to be Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown's most recent release, "Back to Bogalusa," with its incredibly rich variety of American styles.
JAPAN
Sep 11, 2001

Memorial erected for downed B-29 crew

INA, Ibaraki Pref. -- Before dawn on March 10, 1945, a U.S. B-29 bomber crashed into the woods outside a rural village some 45 km northeast of Tokyo.
JAPAN
Sep 11, 2001

Tanaka apology seen as a start

Former American POWs and their supporters greeted Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka's apology delivered to them Saturday in San Francisco with mixed reactions, saying it was a good start but still a long way from a solution.
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.
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.
Reading the Japanese clock: Are times a-changin'?
People walk past a time board at Hakata Station in Fukuoka. Luckily for those trying to catch a train, reading a clock is universal.
The indelible memory of being a part of Unit 731
Hideo Shimizu, 95, says he cannot forget seeing the prisoners' bloody wills scribbled on the walls of prison cells at Unit 731 in 1945.
Recent deaths of Japanese boxers underline importance of emergency action plans
The Japan Boxing Commission's safety protocols have been thrust into the spotlight following the deaths of Shigetoshi Kotari and Hiromasa Urakawa, who suffered fatal brain injuries while fighting on the same card on Aug. 2.

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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.
The long search for Japan’s lost soldiers
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