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CULTURE / Music
Apr 9, 2003

Taking it all back

Developing a "voice" of one's own is perhaps the ultimate achievement in music. As anyone who's ever touched an instrument or opened their mouth with the intention of expressing a musical idea knows, developing a voice is difficult to the point of being overwhelming. Conservatories, university music...
BUSINESS
Apr 9, 2003

Official in Russia to discuss pipeline

A top energy official left Tuesday for Moscow to hold talks with Russian officials over a planned pipeline to carry crude oil from eastern Siberia.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Apr 9, 2003

The Bad Plus: "Here are the Vistas"

It had to happen eventually. Every other social and musical trend has at some point been swept into jazz's fold. The Bad Plus' debut CD, "These Are the Vistas," is a startling work, taking some of its cues from grunge's earnest, introspective stance. Even while sticking to a piano, bass and drums line-up,...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Apr 9, 2003

Blood Brothers: "Burn Piano Island, Burn"

Though "Burn Piano Island, Burn," the third album by Seattle's Blood Brothers, has been hailed by headbangers as the first hard rock record in a while that will actually scare parents to death, its real value is in the way it reconfigures hardcore for fans who've become bored with hardcore's predictability....
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Apr 9, 2003

Compilation: "Spirit of the Blues"

The title "Spirit of the Blues" is not misleading, but it may be perceived as such. The key word here is "spirit" and so if you're a blues purist who insists on 12-bar progressions and what not, then forget it. This 17-track compilation album of Japanese artists is a chaotic mess and all the better for...
JAPAN
Apr 9, 2003

ODA to be focused on postwar peace-building

With fiscal constraints putting pressure on official development assistance, the nation will focus more on peace-building and postconflict reconstruction, according to an annual ODA white paper endorsed by the Cabinet on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 9, 2003

BOJ decides on a risky financing course

The Bank of Japan took another step into the unknown at its Policy Board meeting Tuesday, effectively committing itself to purchasing risk assets in a bid to transform how small and medium-size companies secure funding.
BUSINESS
Apr 9, 2003

DaimlerChrysler recalls 3,268 Jeeps

DaimlerChrysler Japan Co. said Tuesday it is recalling 3,268 units of the Jeep Wrangler and the Jeep Cherokee for free replacement of defective parts.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Apr 9, 2003

Roll up, the lion tamer's in town

Hurry, hurry, step right up, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls. Right this way. The circus has come to town!
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / NEW ART SEEN
Apr 9, 2003

Complex reasons to paaaarty!

Judging from the scene in Roppongi Friday night, no one would suspect that U.S. and British warplanes are blasting Iraq, French auction houses are facing a boycott, and the world's art market has landed in the toilet. It was happy time here on the Tokyo contemporary art scene. With smiles on their faces,...
BUSINESS
Apr 9, 2003

NEC expects to book loss for second straight year

NEC Corp. has lowered its group earnings forecast to an expected group net loss of 25 billion yen for the 2002 business year, which ended March 31, the firm said Tuesday.
EDITORIALS
Apr 8, 2003

Hope at last for the DRC

For four years, the Democratic Republic of Congo has suffered a bloody conflict that has been practically invisible to most of the world. Rival factions and greedy neighbors have fought over the country's spoils, leaving death and destruction in their wake. As a result, one of Africa's richest countries...
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 8, 2003

May, Marines blast Buffaloes

Derrick May went 3-for-4 with a solo home run and three RBIs as the Chiba Lotte Marines pounded the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes 11-3 Monday night at Chiba Marine Stadium.
BUSINESS
Apr 8, 2003

Economic gauge showed expansion again in February

The government's key gauge for the current state of the domestic economy stayed above the boom-or-bust line of 50 percent in February for the second month in a row.
BUSINESS
Apr 8, 2003

Post offices to aid in recycling PCs

Personal computer makers and the public postal corporation will join hands to recycle PCs starting Oct. 1, an industry group said Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 8, 2003

Shipbuilder plans to lead way to new energy source

A major shipbuilding company in Tokyo has been working to commercialize natural gas hydrate, a chemically stable combination of water and natural gas in powdery form, hoping to make it more economical to transport and store.
BUSINESS
Apr 8, 2003

Sanyo goes back to school for guidance on personnel

Sanyo Electric Co. will tap academic expertise to improve its personnel management system through joint projects with Cambridge University, Hong Kong University and France's INSEAD business school, company officials said Monday.
MORE SPORTS
Apr 8, 2003

Kato still in critical condition after crash at Suzuka circuit

Japanese rider Daijiro Kato was still in a critical condition on Monday, a day after sustaining serious head, neck and chest injuries in a high-speed crash at the Japanese Grand Prix.
BUSINESS / ON MANAGEMENT
Apr 8, 2003

Who's minding the store? Keeping an eye on partnered projects

The multimillionaire developer had a long track record with a number of large resort properties. He figured that when he hired a Fortune 500 hotel chain to manage his latest development he would be freeing himself up to do what he did best -- building and creating -- while they did what they did best:...
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JAPAN
Apr 8, 2003

Astro 'birthday' Boy is staging a comeback

Astro Boy, the futuristic robot who was the focus of a television cartoon boom in the 1960s and who just had his "birthday," is making a comeback on film and television screens and in new and reproduced comic books.
MORE SPORTS
Apr 8, 2003

Xia wins 1st Yonex Open title

Xia Xuanze defeated Lin Dan 15-12, 15-10 in an all-China men's singles final to improve on his second-place finish last year and earn his first victory at the Yonex Open Badminton Championships on Sunday.
BUSINESS
Apr 8, 2003

Nintendo lowers earnings estimates

Game console and software maker Nintendo Co. said Monday it has revised its earnings estimates downward for fiscal 2002 due to lower-than-expected sales of game consoles.
COMMENTARY
Apr 8, 2003

Past guides U.S. postwar policy

LONDON -- The United Nations will only play a marginal role in postwar Iraq. The "transitional" administration will remain firmly in American hands, with some British, Australian and other coalition-member support, until there is an Iraqi government ready to take over the new Iraq. A hopeful estimate...

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