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JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jun 29, 2003

The party is over for 'Super Free' sex gang

The hormone-fueled stupidity that characterizes the behavior of your average college student is a fact of life, and people who are bothered by the unsafe sex, nonstop boozing and mindless pranks that typify spring break in the United States usually advocate moderation rather than outright prohibition....
JAPAN
Jun 29, 2003

Few know cities' flood threat plans

Many local authorities in Japan have drawn up flood hazard maps as a guide for local residents in times of flooding, but very few people apparently know of their existence.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Jun 29, 2003

A hot-headed female voice

EMBRACING THE FIREBIRD: Yosano Akiko and the Birth of the Female Voice in Modern Poetry, by Janine Beichman. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2002, 352 pp., $23.95 (paper). Vivid, rich, suggestive, imaginative -- with these words, writer Janine Beichman aptly describes the extraordinary early poetry...
JAPAN
Jun 28, 2003

Family of drowned woman seeks payout from JTB unit

The family of a woman who drowned in 2001 while on vacation in Thailand is seeking 142 million yen from JTB World Vacations Inc. for not giving her enough information about the risk of drowning.
JAPAN
Jun 28, 2003

Government stiffs 36,000 out of 30 billion yen in benefits

The government failed to pay about 30 billion yen in pension benefits to the wives of wage earners since 1991 while overpaying some 2.4 billion yen to others since 1999, the Social Insurance Agency said Friday.
JAPAN
Jun 28, 2003

Family of drowned woman seeks payout from JTB unit

The family of a woman who drowned in 2001 while on vacation in Thailand is seeking 142 million yen from JTB World Vacations Inc. for not giving her enough information about the risk of drowning.
JAPAN
Jun 28, 2003

Government stiffs 36,000 out of 30 billion yen in benefits

The government failed to pay about 30 billion yen in pension benefits to the wives of wage earners since 1991 while overpaying some 2.4 billion yen to others since 1999, the Social Insurance Agency said Friday.
JAPAN
Jun 28, 2003

Government stiffs 36,000 out of 30 billion yen in benefits

The government failed to pay about 30 billion yen in pension benefits to the wives of wage earners since 1991 while overpaying some 2.4 billion yen to others since 1999, the Social Insurance Agency said Friday.
EDITORIALS
Jun 28, 2003

Mr. Vajpayee breaks new ground

Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has just concluded a historic weeklong visit to China. A meeting of the minds between these two countries -- home to one-third of the world's population -- is long overdue. Both India and China, their neighbors and their entire region, will benefit from better...
JAPAN
Jun 28, 2003

Make way for IAEA, Japan tells Iran

Japan is calling on Iran to give International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors full access to its nuclear facilities.
JAPAN
Jun 28, 2003

North Korean freighter sets sail

TOYAMA -- A North Korean freighter left a Japanese port on Friday, ending a two-week standoff with local authorities who refused to let it dock on the grounds the vessel failed to meet safety standards.
JAPAN
Jun 28, 2003

Make way for IAEA, Japan tells Iran

Japan is calling on Iran to give International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors full access to its nuclear facilities.
JAPAN
Jun 28, 2003

Child abuse consultations hit record 24,195 last year

The number of consultations concerning child abuse at children's counseling centers across the nation rose to a record high 24,195 in fiscal 2002, up 921 from the year before, according to the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry.
JAPAN
Jun 28, 2003

Japan wary of suspending KEDO

Japan called Friday for caution before a decision is taken to suspend a multinational project to build light-water nuclear reactors in North Korea because it could hinder a peaceful solution to the nuclear crisis, Japanese government officials said.
BUSINESS
Jun 28, 2003

Salaried households' spending down 1.8%

Spending by wage-earning households fell a real 1.8 percent in May from a year earlier for the eighth consecutive month of decline, the government said Friday.
JAPAN
Jun 28, 2003

North Korean freighter sets sail

TOYAMA -- A North Korean freighter left a Japanese port on Friday, ending a two-week standoff with local authorities who refused to let it dock on the grounds the vessel failed to meet safety standards.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Jun 28, 2003

Extinction ahead for odd Japanese beasts

A news item earlier this year cited the upcoming extinction of the banana, giving the slippery fruit a life expectancy of but 10 more years.
JAPAN
Jun 28, 2003

Make way for IAEA, Japan tells Iran

Japan is calling on Iran to give International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors full access to its nuclear facilities.
BUSINESS
Jun 28, 2003

Three firms deemed eligible for public aid

Local corporate turnaround committees have mapped out rehabilitation plans for three small and midsize companies, making them eligible for public support, industry minister Takeo Hiranuma said Friday.
JAPAN
Jun 28, 2003

8.4% more pass tough civil service exam

The number of candidates who passed the tough level-1 civil service exam rose to 1,750 in fiscal 2003, an increase of 135 from a year earlier, the National Personnel Authority said Friday.
BUSINESS
Jun 28, 2003

Japan Telecom chief eyes end of talks

William Morrow, president of Japan Telecom Holdings Co., said Friday that the outcome of talks over the planned sale of fixed-line carrier Japan Telecom Co. to U.S. investment fund Ripplewood Holdings LLC is expected to emerge next month.
BUSINESS
Jun 28, 2003

Government waste study targets school lunches

A Finance Ministry investigation into government spending has concluded that costs can be cut in such areas as school lunches and diplomatic facilities abroad.
JAPAN
Jun 28, 2003

8.4% more pass tough civil service exam

The number of candidates who passed the tough level-1 civil service exam rose to 1,750 in fiscal 2003, an increase of 135 from a year earlier, the National Personnel Authority said Friday.
BUSINESS
Jun 28, 2003

Koizumi tells ministers to follow 2003 economic blueprint

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi instructed his ministers Friday to flesh out concrete reform measures based on an economic blueprint for 2003 endorsed by the Cabinet, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda said.
JAPAN
Jun 28, 2003

Deep-sea germs useful in drugs

Bacteria that are effective in treating atopic dermatitis and other skin conditions have been discovered more than 10,000 meters under the sea.
Is America ready for Japanese-style 7-Elevens?
Convenience stores are a fixture of Japanese life and 7-Eleven, a chain that began in the U.S. in 1927, opened its first store in Japan in 1974 — and then became wholly Japanese-owned in 2005 through parent company Seven & I Holdings.
Japan's cutting-edge railgun successfully strikes target vessel
The Defense Ministry’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) conducted a ship-board railgun shooting test from June to early July this year with the support of the Maritime Self-Defense Force.
‘Fairytale’ Shirakawago ranked one of the world’s most beautiful villages
Forbes and Unforgettable Travel Company have ranked Shirakawago in Gifu Prefecture as Asia's most beautiful village.
People rush to make furusato nozei donations ahead of tighter rules
A booth from the town of Betsukai in Hokkaido at an Amazon Japan furusato nо̄zei promotion event, on Sept. 5 in Tokyo's Minato Ward.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Strikes on Qatar and Poland shake U.S. sway among friend and foe
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Museum of the Bible in Washington on Sept. 8. Israeli strikes in Qatar and Russian drone incursions into Poland have challenged the U.S. leaders claims of global respect.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
Rethinking that second drink: Japan’s Gen Z gets ‘sober curious’
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