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Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Mar 3, 2002

Where to go to get hooked

So now you're kitted out with all your brand-new fly-fishing gear. But don't get too excited just yet. Before taking the plunge for the first time at some idyllic lakeside spot, or by a glittering river you're told is teeming with prime specimens, take time to visit a kanri-tsuriba (a pond or stretch...
Japan Times
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Mar 3, 2002

Hard realities and total fabrications

Ten years ago, Chikako Kaku was the most popular actress in trendy dramas. Though not classically beautiful, she was good at conveying the type of well-bred charm that's considered a paramount virtue in Japanese wives, while at the same time possessing a formidable capacity to exhibit nail-biting fear....
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Mar 3, 2002

Substance with style on the side

Any fashion boutique worth its salt has a cafe attached these days. Offering cappuccinos and cheesecake is, after all, a good way to draw reluctant window-shoppers through the doors. Too often, though, style wins out over substance. The requisite ambience is installed along with the espresso machine,...
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Mar 3, 2002

Together, they made magic

THE EMPEROR AND THE WOLF: The Lives and Films of Akira Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune, by Stuart Galbraith IV. Faber & Faber, 2002, 848 pp. 32 pp. of b/w photos, $40 (cloth) Many directors have favorite actors and many actors have favorite directors. One thinks of John Ford and John Wayne, Ingmar Bergman...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / THE WAY OF WASHOKU
Mar 3, 2002

A simple, elegant mix to celebrate girl power

I first encountered the Hina Matsuri (Girls' Day, or Doll Festival) as a youngster in Washington, D.C., when my father and I attended an event hosted by future Prime Minister Yoshio Mori at the then new Japanese Embassy. As we entered the grand foyer of the modern concrete building, we saw a stadium...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / NIHONSHU
Mar 3, 2002

With foam, brewers call it like they see it

Long before the days of thermometers, hydrometers and barometers, brewers relied entirely on their senses to gauge the progress of a fermenting tank of sake. They might not have known the scientific causes, but experience and intuition told them how to interpret what they saw, tasted and smelled.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Mar 3, 2002

Fish-friendly angling may not be the answer

Since Japan's first catch-and-release area opened on Yamagata Prefecture's Sagae River in July 1997, the number of such areas has grown to more than 30 across the country. In these areas, anglers generally report bigger, more satisfying catches, as by releasing the fish they are being allowed to live...
EDITORIALS
Mar 2, 2002

Launching a human rights board

The Justice Ministry is preparing legislation to create a powerful human rights commission that would recommend corrective measures, assist in lawsuits and take other steps to help victims of discrimination, abuse and other human rights violations. The government, which plans to send a related bill to...
SOCCER / World cup
Mar 2, 2002

Belgian boss praises Japan

Robert Waseige, manager of the Belgian team that will face Japan in the World Cup finals, kept his cards very close to his chest as he met the Japanese media on Monday.
COMMENTARY
Mar 2, 2002

Trans-Atlantic rift widening

PARIS -- U.S. President George W. Bush's recent State of the Union speech referring to an " 'axis of evil' arming to threaten the peace of the world" appears to have polarized the feelings of doubt and reluctance many Europeans now harbor toward the sole superpower.
MORE SPORTS
Mar 2, 2002

Shimizu receives special award

Olympic silver medalist Hiroyasu Shimizu received a special award from his employer, NEC Corp., and announced that he would not undergo surgery for a sore lower back that may have cost him the gold medal at the just-concluded Salt Lake City Winter Olympics.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 2, 2002

Bush puts U.S.-China ties back on track

U.S. President George W. Bush's visit to Beijing on Feb. 21-22 signals clearly that Sino-U.S. relations are back on track toward a constructive, cooperative relationship. Bush met Chinese President Jiang Zemin and his successor, Vice President Hu Jintao. Bush re-assured China on the Taiwan issue. He...
BUSINESS
Mar 2, 2002

Household spending up 0.2%

Spending by wage-earning households increased by an inflation-adjusted 0.2 percent in January from a year earlier, following a 4.4 percent decline in December, the government said Friday.
BUSINESS
Mar 2, 2002

NTT seeks more ADSL circuits

NTT Corp. and its two regional carriers have announced a business plan for fiscal 2002 that calls for an increase in the number of circuits available for B Flet's fiber-optic broadband service to 620,000, up from the current 20,000.
BUSINESS
Mar 2, 2002

Injection can't be forced: Shiokawa

Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa confirmed Friday the government cannot force banks to accept public money to shore up their capital by the end of the fiscal year.
BUSINESS
Mar 2, 2002

Toshiba and Mitsubishi to set up power venture

Toshiba Corp. and Mitsubishi Electric Corp. said Friday that they have agreed to set up a joint venture in April to integrate their electric power transmission and distribution businesses.
BUSINESS
Mar 2, 2002

Tax revenues declined 13% in January

Tax revenues in January fell 13 percent from the previous year to 3.44 trillion yen, the largest monthly decline since the start of fiscal 2001, the Finance Ministry said Friday.
BUSINESS
Mar 2, 2002

Key consumer prices drop for 29th month

Key consumer prices, excluding volatile prices for perishable foods, dropped 0.9 percent in February from a year earlier, down for the 29th month in a row, the government said in a preliminary report released Friday.
BUSINESS
Mar 2, 2002

Misawa hits up UFJ for 70 billion yen

Misawa Homes Co. said Friday it has asked UFJ Bank to forgive 35 billion yen in loans and purchase 35 billion yen of its preferred shares in line with a new restructuring program.
BUSINESS
Mar 2, 2002

Auction site to introduce new fees

Internet portal Yahoo Japan Corp. said Friday it will introduce new fees for its online auction service starting April 15.
BUSINESS
Mar 2, 2002

Komatsu forecasts larger net loss

Komatsu Ltd. said Friday it expects a larger-than-forecast group net loss for fiscal 2001, blaming a a sharp fall in demand for construction machinery that was caused by falling public investment and construction investment.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 2, 2002

Daiwa Bank Holdings swallows up Asahi Bank

Asahi Bank became a wholly owned subsidiary of Daiwa Bank Holdings Inc. on Friday, creating the nation's fifth-largest banking group with more than 50 trillion yen in assets.
BUSINESS
Mar 2, 2002

Mitsui to increase stake in affiliate

Mitsui Fudosan Co. said Friday it will make its affiliate Mitsui Real Estate Sales Co. into a wholly owned subsidiary on Oct. 1 through a share-swap scheme.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 2, 2002

Bush fails to show Korean peace map

SEOUL -- The stage was set for a summit showdown when U.S. President George W. Bush arrived in Seoul last week, and it did not disappoint. At stake was not only the future of Kim Dae Jung's "sunshine policy" of engagement with North Korea -- which is highly dependent on the resumption of talks between...
BUSINESS
Mar 2, 2002

Vehicle sales fell by 5.9% in February

Sales of cars, trucks and buses fell 5.9 percent in February from a year earlier to 349,603 units, marking the sixth consecutive month of decline, the Japan Automobile Dealers Association said Friday.
BUSINESS
Mar 2, 2002

Matsushita and union haggle over bonuses

OSAKA -- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. and its labor union are at an impasse regarding next year's bonuses, with the company hoping to slash payouts below a threshold equal to four months' pay due to a sharp decline in earnings.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Mar 2, 2002

Diplomat-poet shares center stage with Parker 51

If the Indian ambassador to Japan, Aftab Seth, ever loses his pen, the world may come to an end. His world, that is.
BUSINESS / ON THE FRONT LINE
Mar 2, 2002

Dollar may test 140 yen level by end of year

The dollar could snap out of its current range between 132 yen and 135 yen in mid-March and test the 140 yen line toward the close of fiscal 2001.
BUSINESS
Mar 2, 2002

Foreigners turn net sellers

Foreign investors turned net sellers of Japanese stocks last week.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Mar 2, 2002

Leslie deGiere

While she was still a student at San Francisco State University, Leslie deGiere took a break from lectures and went to London. "I had lived in America my entire life, and wanted to go somewhere else," she said. "I was interested in British history and literature, and decided to spend some time in London....
Japan to revise romanization rules for first time in 70 years
The Agency for Cultural Affairs is recommending replacing the government’s long-standing Kunrei system with more widely used Hepburn-style spellings.
Character-crazed Japan has little appetite for Labubu
A pop-up advertisement for the newly opened Chiikawa Park in Tokyo's Ikebukuro neighborhood demonstrates how the country is chockful of cute characters — to the detriment of trends like Labubu.
At meeting rich in symbolism, Ishiba and South Korea's Lee agree to steadily build ties
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba shake hands at joint press announcement after summit talks in Tokyo on Saturday.
Are 'coolcations' the answer for Japan's heat-weary tourists?
Hikers on a trail in Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture. As extreme heat continues to grip Japan, a tectonic shift may be underway in the nation’s summer tourism scene as more people gravitate toward cooler destinations.
Japan to boost support for joint ride-hailing services
Tatsuaki Igarashi, mayor of Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, exits a ride-sharing vehicle at Tsukuba Station in January.
Germany's first sakemaker offers a bold brew of ideas
Reigen, Germany's first sake brewery, makes a diverse, nontraditional range of sake that includes fruit-flavored sips and wine barrel-aged renditions.
Alicia Keys closed Summer Sonic, but J-pop owned it
Summer Sonic’s 2025 lineup demonstrated its strength, showcasing the latest in J-pop, including “new kawaii” act Fruits Zipper.
Is the LDP’s catch-all approach to politics still effective?
Former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi visits Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15. Political commentator Toru Hashimoto has suggested that Takaichi ought to lead a group of like-minded hawkish politicians out of the Liberal Democratic Party and form their own party.
Fingers sore from too much phone time? You might have ‘sumaho yubi.’
A catch-all term for tendonitis and arthritis caused by excessive smartphone use, 'sumaho yubi' may be difficult to treat for gadget-crazy Japan.
As farm minister, Koizumi is held ‘hostage’ by Ishiba
Farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi (center) attends a Lower House session on Aug. 1. Locking Koizumi into the Cabinet is Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s way of turning a potential rival into a team player, according to one expert.

Podcast

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

Longform

Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past
By Alex K.T. Martin

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