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Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / NEW ART SEEN
Jun 25, 2003

Under the spell of Tiki, the Polynesian man-god

I'm in a trendy Berlin eatery. The chef has sat down at my table and is expounding on archeology, and everything he is saying is wrong.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 25, 2003

Hu recasting China's foreign policy

SINGAPORE -- China's new president, Hu Jintao, appears to be remaking his country's foreign policy. Taking over in mid-March after the 16th Communist Party Congress, Hu was immediately plunged into one of China's biggest crises in modern times, the battle against severe acute respiratory syndrome.
BUSINESS
Jun 25, 2003

Department store sales continue to fall

Sales at department stores in Japan fell 3.2 percent on a same-store basis in May from a year earlier to 633.2 billion yen, down for the 14th consecutive month, the Japan Department Stores Association said Tuesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Jun 25, 2003

Fountains of Wayne: "Welcome Interstate Managers"

Lou Reed may be the New York Man, but only a fraction of his New York fans have any direct experience with the Downtown demimonde he writes about. Most are Tri-State suburbanites who as kids went to Manhattan to party and as adults go there to work.
JAPAN
Jun 25, 2003

DPJ president rushes to defense of Diet-wannabe son

Naoto Kan, president of the Democratic Party of Japan, on Tuesday defended the decision by his eldest son to run for a seat in the House of Representatives.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 25, 2003

Ex-NPA officer named new Tokyo security chief

Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara on Tuesday took a step toward cracking down on crime, formally appointing former National Police Agency officer Yutaka Takehana as vice governor in charge of security.
JAPAN
Jun 24, 2003

Decontrols seen leading to tuition hike

Roughly half of 92 national university presidents predict some form of tuition hike after their schools become independent administrative institutions in fiscal 2004 and are allowed to determine how much they will charge students, according to a Kyodo News survey.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 24, 2003

Hijacker's wife denies Pyongyang kidnap role

The wife of one of nine Japanese fugitives wanted in the hijacking of a Japan Airlines jetliner to Pyongyang in 1970 has admitted arranging for a Japanese university student to go to North Korea in 1980 but denies the action constituted an abduction.
JAPAN
Jun 24, 2003

Chinese activists blocked from landing on disputed islands

A boat carrying 13 activists from Hong Kong and mainland China left Japanese territorial waters in the East China Sea on Monday after an attempt to land on the disputed Senkaku Islands was thwarted by Japanese patrol boats, the coast guard said.
JAPAN
Jun 24, 2003

Chinese activists blocked from landing on disputed islands

A boat carrying 13 activists from Hong Kong and mainland China left Japanese territorial waters in the East China Sea on Monday after an attempt to land on the disputed Senkaku Islands was thwarted by Japanese patrol boats, the coast guard said.
BUSINESS
Jun 24, 2003

May saw trade surplus rise for second straight month

Japan's trade surplus jumped 12.5 percent in May from a year earlier, marking a second consecutive monthly increase, according to a preliminary report released Monday by the Finance Ministry.
JAPAN
Jun 24, 2003

Chinese activists blocked from landing on disputed islands

A boat carrying 13 activists from Hong Kong and mainland China left Japanese territorial waters in the East China Sea on Monday after an attempt to land on the disputed Senkaku Islands was thwarted by Japanese patrol boats, the coast guard said.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jun 24, 2003

Motorbikes, foot-care and clothes

Money & Bikes Yukari asks the cheapest way to send money home to the States? Also, he has a U.S. motorcycle license and would like to buy a motorcycle here and wants to know about the process for getting licensed in Japan.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 24, 2003

Hanshin's Imaoka eclipses Ichiro's record for All-Star votes

Hanshin Tigers infielder Makoto Imaoka eclipsed Ichiro Suzuki's 1999 mark and became the player with the highest votes in the history of the summer All-Star series in Japan, collecting more than 1.37 million ballots as of Sunday.
SUMO
Jun 24, 2003

Asashoryu keeps east slot

Asashoryu, who won his first Emperor's Cup as grand champion in May, maintains the prestigious east slot as the Japan Sumo Association released its rankings for the upcoming Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament on Monday.
BUSINESS
Jun 24, 2003

UFJ facing soured Fukusuke loans

UFJ Holdings Inc. said Monday three banks under its wing may be unable to recover or face a delay in recovering a total of 12.333 billion yen in loans as socks maker Fukusuke Corp. applied for court protection from creditors.
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.

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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.
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