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BUSINESS
Apr 16, 2003

Lawson's profit plunges 45% on outlet closures

Lawson Inc., Japan's No. 2 convenience store chain, said Tuesday its group net profit for the year through February plunged 45 percent to 8.86 billion yen due to closures of unprofitable stores.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 16, 2003

Into psychic free-fall

We're so used to Tokyo's cramped streets that the endless parallel perspectives offered by the spacious grid of roads in central Ginza can make the head spin. And recently, they've become more dizzying still. Hanging from every lamppost along Chuo-dori is an eye-catching image: A young woman, her scarf...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FRONT-RUNNERS
Apr 16, 2003

Sekisui Chemical touts energy-efficient homes

A Tokyo-based chemical firm is building energy-efficient homes that it claims will allow occupants to virtually do away with monthly electricity bills.
JAPAN
Apr 16, 2003

TOEFL preparatory aids hit market

The operator of the Test of English as a Foreign Language said Tuesday it has introduced two new products targeting schools: a software package named LanguEdge Courseware and an online service called Criterion.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 16, 2003

She's got them blues good

When Natsuko Miura puts one hand on her hip, holds the other in the air and belts out, "I got my mo-jo wor-kin'!" you'd have a hard time imagining this young powerhouse ever had any doubts about what she was doing -- the voice, that body language . . . she's lethal. But her first experience onstage,...
JAPAN
Apr 16, 2003

Koizumi promotes Okamoto to top foreign policy aide

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Tuesday appointed Yukio Okamoto, the Cabinet's foreign policy adviser, as his top foreign policy aide.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Apr 16, 2003

Doctors of Madness/Sister Paul

'Walls of white noise and feedback laid over speed-fueled, dumb-ass rhythm. The harmonic equivalent of bare-knuckle fighting. Sonic Porn. We set ourselves in a circle in the studio, turned down the lights and attempted to blow each other off the face of the Earth." So said Richard Strange, singer and...
JAPAN
Apr 16, 2003

Caution shown on staff dispatch to Iraq

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda said Tuesday the government will carefully consider whether to dispatch staff to the U.S.-led administration of occupied Iraq.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 16, 2003

McDonald's pins hopes on healthy new menu

In an attempt to lure customers back to its 3,900 outlets, McDonald's Co. (Japan) Ltd. on Tuesday unveiled menu additions it hopes will project a fresh and healthy image.
JAPAN
Apr 16, 2003

Employment insurance to cost more

The House of Representatives approved revisions Tuesday to the Unemployment Insurance Law, raising the premium to 1.6 percent from 1.4 percent of employee pay and slashing benefits for high-income earners.
JAPAN
Apr 16, 2003

Survey prompts prison grievances

A telephone survey conducted by the Japan Federation of Bar Associations has prompted 125 complaints of human rights violations at correctional facilities across the country.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Apr 16, 2003

Hardcore Moore a tough customer on the mound and at bat

One of the goals of Hanshin Tigers left-handed pitcher Trey Moore is to keep his batting average higher than his earned run average. You have to take out the decimal points, of course, and so far, he's done a great job both on the mound and in the batter's box in getting off to a brilliant start in the...
BUSINESS
Apr 16, 2003

Glitch hits Yahoo's online payments

A glitch caused Yahoo Japan Corp.'s online payment service to be off-line for about 16 hours beginning Sunday evening, a company official said Tuesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Apr 16, 2003

Tibet Freedom Concert

The fall of Baghdad happened so quickly that no one had time to come up with an antiwar song that spoke to our doubts and fears and resentments of the military-industrial complex. No "Masters of War," not even a "Fixin' to Die Rag."
COMMENTARY / THE VIEW FROM MOSCOW
Apr 16, 2003

Surviving victory in Iraq

MOSCOW -- It is, of course, unknown how future Western and Arab writers will treat the fall of Baghdad in April 2003, and whether U.S. troops or the people of Iraq -- or perhaps neither side -- will be proclaimed an eventual winner. In any case, there is every reason to believe that the battle for Baghdad...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 16, 2003

Safe cleaning products win praise

Concerned over the potentially dangerous chemicals present in commercial cleaning products, a growing number of women are turning to a book of DIY recipes based on simple and safe household ingredients.
BUSINESS
Apr 16, 2003

Politicians under fire for plan to fix accounting rules

A group of ruling coalition politicians is coming under fire from investors and accounting specialists for trying to suspend globally recognized corporate accounting rules as stock prices continue to tumble.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Apr 16, 2003

Pharoah Sanders

When John Coltrane expanded his traditional quartet by adding a young, little-known saxophonist from Little Rock, Ark., it wasn't so he could take a break. Coltrane knew Pharoah Sanders was a soul mate ready to accompany him on an exploration of the jazz universe's outer limits. Indeed, Sanders often...
JAPAN
Apr 16, 2003

Ministry steps up campaign on public works bid-rigging

The land ministry is planning to open a new front in the fight against bid-rigging on public works projects.
JAPAN
Apr 16, 2003

Divisions over Iraq offensive dominate Japan-Europe forum

ATHENS -- The rift between the United States and "Old Europe" over the Iraq war was the biggest cause for concern among Japanese participants at a Japan-Europe symposium held here recently.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Apr 16, 2003

Lessons in warfare, lessons in duty

This month the Kabukiza in Ginza offers a jidaimono (history play) on a grand scale -- "Kokusen'ya Kassen (Kokusen'ya's Battle)." The play is adapted from Chikamatsu Monzaemon's bunraku masterpiece, which enjoyed a record 17-month run when it was first presented in Osaka in 1715. The play is being staged...
JAPAN
Apr 16, 2003

Oshima's inquiry 'coaches' given verbal warning

The speaker of the House of Representatives on Tuesday verbally warned two of the chamber's Legislative Bureau officials over their alleged coaching of former farm minister Tadamori Oshima before a Diet inquiry.
EDITORIALS
Apr 16, 2003

Time to pull out the road map

As the war in Iraq reaches its final phases, attention is shifting to other fronts in the Middle East. None is more important than the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. U.S. President George W. Bush promised to push for peace in the region after the Baghdad government fell. While some doubt his determination...
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.
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.
‘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.
Aging Japan’s centenarian population nears 100,000
Shigeko Kagawa, Japan's oldest person at 114, in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, on July 30
‘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.
Aging Japan’s centenarian population nears 100,000
Shigeko Kagawa, Japan's oldest person at 114, in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, on July 30
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.
Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
As of August 2024, the number of confirmed chagusaba farmers had fallen to 302, just over half the 582 reported in 2015, according to the Shizuoka Chagusaba Farming Method Promotion Council.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight
By Mai Yoshikawa

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

We are pleased to announce the winners of the 6th annual Sustainable Japan Award.
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 6th annual Sustainable Japan Award.

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