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SOCCER / World cup
Dec 14, 2002

Japan-S. Korea set

Japan will face South Korea in a friendly in April next year, the JFA said Thursday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Dec 14, 2002

Carol Iwanaga

Carol Iwanaga, an American woman married to a Japanese man, says the Association of Foreign Wives of Japanese is a helpful organization. "I think it is good for any woman engaged or married, or who has been married to a Japanese man, in order to get a better feeling of community while she is living here,"...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Dec 14, 2002

When massage goes far beyond just feeling good

After an exhausting move from one house to another, followed by weather that defies description and not a single greeting card yet written, it is good to find myself in healing hands.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Dec 14, 2002

A nation that's set up for looking down

Only in Japan is it possible to ride a crowded train to work, stop to buy your "o-bento" lunch at the convenience store, and arrive at work -- all without ever having eye contact with anyone. That is because people spend a lot of time looking at the ground in Japan.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Dec 13, 2002

Transfer market reveals evidence of shadowy money trail

LONDON -- During the Nineties the Football Association launched what was to be a four-year inquiry into alleged "bungs" -- dodgy transfer dealings where various middle men, ranging from agents to club managers and chairmen, were alleged to have benefited illegally.
EDITORIALS
Dec 13, 2002

High stakes in reducing poverty

In the 2002 edition of its annual "State of World Population" report, the United Nations Fund for Population Activities, or UNFPA, emphasizes that eliminating poverty and reducing the birthrate by raising the educational level of women will curb the population explosion, shrink the gap between rich and...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / THE WAY OF WASHOKU
Dec 13, 2002

Even classics can be improved

As a mercenary chef — jumping from kitchen to kitchen, to help out for a few days or to just observe — I've picked up new and interesting ways to approach the things I've done so many times before. Even the best dish from the best chef needs an occasional reworking. Last year's plates and presentation...
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 13, 2002

Roots of Nigeria's sectarian strife run deep

The riots that drove the Miss World Pageant from Nigeria this year have focused the world's attention on the religious conflict in that major oil-exporting country and its implications for Nigerian stability.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Dec 13, 2002

Time to say arrivederci to the old-school cucina

Out with the old and in with the new. That's the prevailing state of the game in Tokyo's restless, ever-changing restaurant scene. Sometimes this can be exhilarating, as with the brilliant refurbishment of the top floors of the My City building in Shinjuku. Sometimes, though, the process can feel downright...
MORE SPORTS
Dec 12, 2002

JGTO tournament bites the dust

The deflation-racked Japanese economy has forced organizers of the men's pro golf tour to drop one event off its calendar, making it the smallest since its inauguration in 1973.
BASEBALL / MLB
Dec 12, 2002

Tigers will be patient over Nakamura

OSAKA -- Hanshin Tigers president Katsuyoshi Nozaki said Tuesday he would not pressure free-agent Norihiro Nakamura into deciding whether or not he wants to join the Central League club when they meet for a third round of talks Dec. 17.
MORE SPORTS
Dec 12, 2002

Inoue, Yawara-chan to compete

Olympic judo champions Kosei Inoue and Ryoko Tamura will compete in the weight class national invitational championships in the spring, the All Japan Judo Federation said Wednesday.
COMMENTARY / WASHINGTON UPDATE
Dec 12, 2002

Even Democrats dislike Gore

WASHINGTON -- The most frequently asked question that I have had to field from friends these past weeks is, who will the Democrats run against President George W. Bush in 2004? My answer is an honest one, if not a satisfactory one: "I have no idea, but there will be a Democratic candidate -- and he could...
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Dec 12, 2002

Tomjanovich should add Washington to staff

NEW YORK -- If Sacramento Kings president Geoff Petrie, a two-time NBA Executive-of-the-Year winner, wants to earn permanent Petey Props, he will apply for the NBA's first legal exception.
COMMENTARY
Dec 12, 2002

Which is worse, adultery or promiscuity?

JEJU, South Korea -- Adultery or promiscuity: Which is worse? Oddly enough, that question hung over discussions at the United Nations-ROK conference* that convened last week at this South Korean resort. Those of us debating "changing security dynamics and their implications for disarmament and nonproliferation"...
EDITORIALS
Dec 12, 2002

Uniting a divided party

It is hard not to feel a sense of deja vu about the comeback of Mr. Naoto Kan as president of the Democratic Party of Japan, a post he held in 1998-99. In Tuesday's leadership contest, Mr. Kan defeated Mr. Katsuya Okada, the deputy secretary general, by a wide margin, contrary to forecasts. His victory...
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Dec 12, 2002

A fresh approach

Ten years ago, at the first Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Severn Cullis-Suzuki got the chance to make the speech of her life.
LIFE / Digital / NAME OF THE GAME
Dec 12, 2002

New on DVD: a family-friendly list

Christmas blockbuster movies don't only show up in theaters. Most of America's big box-office hits are timed to be released in the summer and roll into stores on DVD and VHS cassette just in time for the Christmas shopping season.
ENVIRONMENT
Dec 12, 2002

Mobbing comes naturally, too

Some years ago, while doing research on angelfish on the Papuan Barrier Reef, I was lying on a white sandy bottom 30 meters down observing males competing for females during the sunset spawning time.
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Dec 12, 2002

A rotten trick to play on a fly

Off the coasts of the Mediterranean islands of Sardinia, Corsica and the Balearics, there are a number of smaller islands, studding the sea like olives in a vast focaccia. On these sun-kissed islands there grows a plant with a feature entirely appropriate to the almost mythical setting. When this plant...
COMMENTARY
Dec 11, 2002

Pakistan's nuclear promises

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan's new prime minister, Zafarullah Khan Jamali, has begun his tenure with renewed promises that the country's nuclear weapons will remain in safe hands.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 11, 2002

Relax, Australia's not invading anyone

SYDNEY -- To hear some Southeast Asian leaders sound off lately, a casual observer might suspect Australia is about to invade Indonesia or Malaysia or even the Philippines. Such is the folly of listening to "news" as whipped up by audience-boosting television channels fed by headline-grabbing politicians....
BASEBALL / MLB
Dec 11, 2002

BayStars acquire foreign pair

The Yokohama BayStars agreed Monday to terms for the acquisition of Tampa Bay Devil Rays infielder Steve Cox and Tyrone Woods, an infielder from South Korean pro league club Doosan Bears.
SUMO
Dec 11, 2002

JSA announces tour to S. Korea

The Japan Sumo Association is to make a groundbreaking tour to South Korea in June next year, sumo officials said Tuesday.
EDITORIALS
Dec 11, 2002

Moving in the right direction

Never in recent memory has a government advisory group engaged in such a bruising battle of words and ideas. Last week, following a stormy debate that caused its chairman to resign, a commission on privatizing debt-ridden highway corporations adopted a final report calling for a drastic cut in toll-road...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Dec 11, 2002

Solomon Burke: "Don't Give Up On Me"

Solomon Burke's new album, "Don't Give Up On Me," is being touted as not only the return of one of soul music's pioneers, but the return of soul singing itself. And while the sixtysomething Burke is in great voice, the record is somewhat frustrating. Producer Joe Henry hired a dozen big-name artists...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / CERAMIC SCENE
Dec 11, 2002

In search of the real artist-potter Ogata Kenzan

"Sensational art finds are both desired and feared: desired because they become a form of pleasure and capital; feared because they displace something or somebody. Japan has had its share of such moments."

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