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Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / THE WAY OF WASHOKU
Sep 8, 2002

Tataki : a tasty starter created in a flash

After the hors d'oeuvre course is served, the first dish presented in a traditional Japanese meal is most often a course of raw fish or other meat. The general term for this course is o-tsukuri. The root of the word, tsukuru, means to make, create or — if you read into the meaning — to arrange. ...
JAPAN
Sep 8, 2002

Marubeni hit for back taxes on income scam

OSAKA -- Tax authorities have ordered major trading house Marubeni Corp. to pay 1.2 billion yen in back taxes, it was learned Saturday.
JAPAN
Sep 8, 2002

NGO, Taliban agreed on Afghan DMZ before Sept. 11

A Japanese nongovernmental organization had agreed with Afghanistan's former Taliban regime to set up a demilitarized zone in the country before the Sept. 11 terror attacks, it was learned Saturday.
COMMENTARY
Sep 8, 2002

Flawed jamboree had value

LONDON -- The vast jamboree at the U.N. World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg involved a huge amount of partying and junketing. The costs of travel and accommodations for delegations of ministers and officials were huge. Was it worthwhile?
CULTURE / Books
Sep 8, 2002

Is life but a walk in the park?

The latest winner of the prestigious Akutagawa Prize for promising new writers of literary fiction, Shu'ichi Yoshida (born 1968), is being lauded for his light touch in portraying the loneliness and isolation of urban life today. At the Akutagawa Prize press conference, Yoshida said that he wanted to...
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Sep 8, 2002

The 21st-century Yujiro Ishihara's brother

Several years ago, the production company that used to be headed by the late heartthrob Yujiro Ishihara staged a contest to find the "Yujiro Ishihara of the 21st Century." Among the aspiring young actors who entered the contest was Kotaro Koizumi, whose politician father was not yet prime minister. Kotaro...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Sep 8, 2002

Toutouan: Three hours of pure bliss

Toutouan lies inside Tokyo -- but only just. You will find it far from the throbbing heart of the city, on the western fringes of the greater metropolis, not so far from where the Tama River flows.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Sep 8, 2002

Across continents by cab

For most people, all it takes to get from Tokyo to London these days is an air ticket and a 12-hour flight. But for taxi drivers Takemasa Irie and his son, Takeshige, the journey was much longer and far more grueling, and jet lag was nowhere on their long list of concerns. They were going to drive all...
Japan Times
JAPAN / MUSEUM MUSINGS
Sep 7, 2002

Inax Gallery enables mundane items to assume new, artistic dimensions

Free your mind and take a look around. Inax Gallery reminds visitors that everything that exists in this world -- even something that would be unlikely to ordinarily attract attention -- has an interesting story to tell.
BUSINESS
Sep 7, 2002

DoCoMo retains No. 1 mobile spot

NTT DoCoMo Inc. retained the top spot in the nation's mobile phone market in terms of net new subscribers in August, the Telecommunications Carriers Association said Friday.
BUSINESS
Sep 7, 2002

MMC asks DaimlerChrysler, others to invest in truck unit

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. has asked its German partner, DaimlerChrysler AG, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi and other Mitsubishi group firms to provide around 120 billion yen in financial aid to a planned truck and bus subsidiary, MMC officials said Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 7, 2002

More hibakusha seek recognition as sufferers of radiation sickness

Survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki asked prefectural governments Friday to recognize them as sufferers of radiation sickness.
JAPAN
Sep 7, 2002

Koizumi still coy on details of latest 'spy ship' incident

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi remained vague Friday on whether a suspected North Korean spy boat had entered Japan's exclusive economic zone in the Sea of Japan before its sighting was made public Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Sep 7, 2002

Postal panel compiles final report

An advisory panel to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Friday compiled a final report featuring three plans for the future privatization of the nation's postal services.
BUSINESS
Sep 7, 2002

Forex reserves break record again

Japan's foreign-exchange reserves hit a new record for the fifth month in a row at the end of August, rising $2.98 billion from a month earlier to $456.07 billion, the Finance Ministry said Friday.
BUSINESS
Sep 7, 2002

Demand slump bludgeons earnings forecast of Nippon Steel

The nation's biggest steelmaker, Nippon Steel Corp., said Friday it has revised downward its group earnings projections for the fiscal first half due to a prolonged slump in domestic demand.
JAPAN
Sep 7, 2002

Summer water accidents at record low

The number of people who died or disappeared in water-related accidents from June to August fell to a record low of 483, down 47 compared with the same period last year, the National Police Agency said Friday.
JAPAN
Sep 7, 2002

Obuchi kin fined over tax evasion

The widow, daughter and two other relatives of late Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi have been fined a total of 15 million yen for failing to declare income of more than 60 million yen, sources close to the case said Friday.
JAPAN
Sep 7, 2002

Kirin, Sapporo settle label dispute

Kirin Brewery Co. and Sapporo Breweries Ltd. have reached an out-of-court settlement to end their six-month dispute over the label design on one of Sapporo's beer products, company officials said Friday.
BUSINESS
Sep 7, 2002

Household spending up 1.3% in July

Average household spending in July rose 1.3 percent in real terms from a year earlier to 316,444 yen, up for the second consecutive month, the government said Friday.
JAPAN
Sep 7, 2002

Japan, France eye social security pact

Japan and France will hold talks in Paris from Sept. 9 to Sept. 13 toward concluding a bilateral social security agreement, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said Friday.
JAPAN
Sep 7, 2002

Officials at Tepco HQ 'not aware' of coverups

After concluding its inspections of facilities operated by Tokyo Electric Power Co., the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency suggested Friday that top Tepco officials were not involved in a systematic coverup of structural problems at the firm's nuclear plants.
MORE SPORTS
Sep 7, 2002

Barnes bowls into Japan Cup lead

Chris Barnes, a three-time PBA champion, averaged 246.62 points Thursday to take the lead in the opening round of the 20-million yen Japan Cup bowling tournament.
JAPAN
Sep 7, 2002

Koyama gets two years for taking KSD bribes

The Tokyo District Court sentenced former lawmaker Takao Koyama to a 22-month prison term Friday for taking bribes from KSD, an organization that provides industrial accident insurance to small businesses.
BUSINESS
Sep 7, 2002

Sky PerfecTV scores Serie A rights

Sky Perfect Communications Inc., operator of digital satellite broadcaster Sky PerfecTV, said Friday it has obtained exclusive rights to broadcast Italian Serie A soccer league games.
Japan to experience blood moon lunar eclipse on Monday
A blood moon is seen during a partial eclipse in the sky over Lake George near Canberra on March 14.
Ishiba to quit as prime minister amid LDP discontent
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announces his decision to step down, at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Sunday.
Japan eyes two types of 'hometown resident' registration
People buy groceries from a mobile supermarket in a rural area of Nagomi, Kumamoto Prefecture. The government is considering a new "hometown resident" registration system to help strengthen regional revitalization measures.
Search is on for loopholes in Japan’s $550 billion investment pledge
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick argues that U.S. President Donald Trump has sole authority to invest Japan's promised $550 billion.
Race to become next LDP president kicks off again
Former Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Toshimitsu Motegi on Monday became the first to enter the race to replace Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.
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.
Search is on for loopholes in Japan’s $550 billion investment pledge
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick argues that U.S. President Donald Trump has sole authority to invest Japan's promised $550 billion.
In rural Hokkaido, the stops and starts of tourism revival on full display
Redevelopment plans for Kawayu Onsen have hit some snags — an example of how bringing tourists back to declining rural communities is far from easy work.
London’s calling and sumo’s top division — along with Hello Kitty — are ready to answer
Yokozuna Hoshoryu and Hello Kitty, an ambassador for sumo's upcoming tour to London, at Tokyo's Kokugikan on Tuesday
Resonac creates 27-member consortium to pursue advanced chip developments
Representatives from member companies of JOINT3, a consortium working together on semiconductor-related developments announced by Resonac, pose for a photo in Tokyo on Wednesday.

Podcast

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

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