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LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Sep 6, 2002

Small-life, low-name -- let's not talk about me

There are some aspects of Japanese politeness that baffle even the Japanese. Like the habit of saying: "Kyoshuku desu (I'm terrified and shrinking)" in response to someone doing you a favor. And "Osoreirimasu (Fear has entered me)" instead of a plain "Arigato (Thank you)." Are other people really so...
LIFE / Language
Sep 6, 2002

The cultural compromise tango

Our family is cosmopolitan. My marriage is a union of Britain and Japan; my brother's wife is from Colombia; and my sister-in-law's husband is Italian. When cultures come together, life is never boring. But international marriages also need skillful dancers to master the steps of the "cultural compromise"...
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / FOR KIDS
Sep 6, 2002

The bittersweet business of chocolate

Rich, creamy chocolate . . . Can you resist it? If you can, you're one in a million. Most people's appetite for chocolate seems to know no bounds. Consumers can already choose from thousands of chocolate products, and yet new variants -- such as organic chocolate bars and chocolate-flavored soya milk...
JAPAN
Sep 6, 2002

Pyongyang summit may see normalization talks accord

Japan and North Korea will probably agree to resume normalization talks when Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang on Sept. 17, government sources said Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 6, 2002

'Secret' MSDF manual missing from destroyer

A classified Maritime Self-Defense Force radio communications manual has disappeared from a destroyer based in Hiroshima Prefecture, officials said Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / INDUSTRY TRENDS
Sep 6, 2002

Demographic shift prompts toy makers to reach out to adults

Faced with an ever declining number of children, Japan's toy makers have started courting their parents, alluring them with frothy beer dispensers and matchbox luxury sedans.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Sep 6, 2002

Dung beetle

* Japanese name: Oosenchikogane * Scientific name: Geotrupes auratus * Description: Dung beetles are robust, powerful insects with an excellent sense of smell. They are metallic-green with a red tint and are 17-22 mm long. The antennae of this family of dung beetles end in a dull club-shape. * Where...
EDITORIALS
Sep 5, 2002

Psychiatric abuse in China

The abuse of psychiatry for political purposes has a long and sad history. Defining dissidents as "mentally ill" allows political authorities to evade many of the legal protections built into criminal codes, and oppressive governments have rarely hesitated to use that shortcut when convenient. Such abuses...
BUSINESS
Sep 5, 2002

Tokyo share price slide spells trouble for banks

The tumble in Tokyo share prices to 19-year lows Wednesday is likely to deal a severe blow to the finances of Japanese banks and corporations.
JAPAN
Sep 5, 2002

Court nullifies coerced confession

The Tokyo High Court on Wednesday nullified the confession of a Filipino woman accused of killing her live-in boyfriend in 1997, saying it was obtained through illegal police action, but nevertheless upheld her prison sentence for murder.
BUSINESS
Sep 5, 2002

Supply-side activity climbed 0.2% in April-June quarter

Japan's economic activity rose 0.2 percent in the April-June term from the previous term, when measured from the supply side, and will probably stay positive in the July-September period, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Wednesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 5, 2002

Lofty words with little impact

CAMBRIDGE, England -- As I write, the world's leaders, well most of them -- U.S. President George W. Bush is too busy clearing his desk after a month's holiday -- are lining up to make their speeches at the Johannesburg global conference on sustainable development.
BUSINESS
Sep 5, 2002

FSA to map out measures to promote corporate disclosure

The Financial Services Agency plans to work out a package of measures to promote the disclosure of corporate information in the wake of scandals committed by leading Japanese companies, agency officials said Wednesday.
SOCCER / J. League
Sep 5, 2002

Euller's pair helps Antlers into Nabisco semis

IWATA, Shizuoka Pref. -- The Kashima Antlers avenged last year's Nabisco Cup semifinal loss to Jubilo Iwata by coming back to beat their archrival 2-1 in the quarterfinals of the annual tournament on Wednesday night.
BUSINESS
Sep 5, 2002

Top three airlines probed over fare cuts

The Fair Trade Commission is investigating whether planned airfare discounts on the Haneda-Miyazaki route by Japan's three major airlines are in violation of antimonopoly laws, FTC Secretary General Akio Yamada said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Sep 5, 2002

Computer server shipments decline record 17.7%

Shipments of computer servers in the April-June quarter in Japan registered record-low growth in both volume and value terms amid prolonged repercussions attributable to the collapse of the information technology bubble, a market research agency said Wednesday night.
JAPAN
Sep 5, 2002

Home minister meets group over info security issues

The home affairs minister and representatives of a nationwide association of prefectural governors met Wednesday in Tokyo to exchange views on information security.
BUSINESS
Sep 5, 2002

Experts call for faster intellectual property reforms

A group of patent experts urged the government Wednesday to speed up reforms under the intellectual property strategy recently drawn up as part of an effort to sharpen Japan's industrial competitiveness.
COMMENTARY / WASHINGTON UPDATE
Sep 5, 2002

Unions build political power

WASHINGTON -- U.S. President George W. Bush spent Labor Day just like he did last year. He attended a union picnic in Pennsylvania. The difference is that last year he was courting the steelworkers. This year it was the carpenters. He and his advisers seem intent on improving his showing among union...
BUSINESS
Sep 5, 2002

Sony vows to back mobile joint venture

Sony Corp. will continue supporting its high-profile mobile-phone joint venture with Sweden's Telefon AB L.M. Ericsson, its president said Wednesday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 5, 2002

Ham proves too much for Lions

The Seibu Lions hit a speed bump Wednesday night on their way to their first pennant since 1998.
JAPAN
Sep 5, 2002

Koizumi may invite Kim to visit Japan

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi may invite North Korean leader Kim Jong Il to Japan when he visits Pyongyang on Sept. 17, a top government spokesman said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / LEGACIES OF 9/11
Sep 5, 2002

Post-9/11 aid push highlights Japan ODA conundrum

In the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the United States, the world's major donor economies have increased their aid budgets in an effort to address a perceived link between terrorism and poverty.
MORE SPORTS
Sep 5, 2002

Tokuyama delays title defense

super flyweight champion Masamori Tokuyama has been forced to delay his sixth title defense scheduled for November due to an injury to his left hand, officials of his gym said Wednesday. Tokuyama sustained the injury during his technical knockout victory over 12th-ranked Mexican challenger Eric Lopez...
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OLD NIC'S NOTEBOOK
Sep 5, 2002

On the trail of semi and shochu

I don't drink sake any more. It's just about the only alcoholic drink that gives me hangovers. Horrible ones. However, shochu I love, and where better to drink it than at a yatai in Fukuoka?
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Sep 5, 2002

Divorce issues, cheap traveling and getting ADSL

Divorce issues Dear Lifelines, My wife and I have been separated for three years. I do not see any hope for our marriage and feel we need to get a divorce. I have two children. What should I do? -- Tony in Chiba
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Sep 5, 2002

Soon we could all be Spiderman

Picture the scene: Athens, 350 B.C., and Aristotle is reclining in his chair in Plato's Academy. Leaning back to scratch his unruly beard, Aristotle notices a large pink-spotted gecko on the marble ceiling above him. The gecko scampers away faster than 1 meter per second, leaving Aristotle wondering...
Philippine bid to acquire used Japanese warships gains steam
Tokyo is looking to transfer Abukuma-class vessels to the Philippines as part of broader efforts to boost the defense capabilities of like-minded neighbors amid growing Chinese military assertiveness in the region.
Japan to launch broad review of immigration policies amid rise in foreign nationals
Foreign tourists at Narita Airport in June. A report released Friday stresses that Japan is at a turning point and that current ad-hoc measures on immigration are no longer sufficient.
Top Japan trade negotiator canceled U.S. trip over rice, report says
Ryosei Akazawa
Most Japanese teens struggling with school find end of summer ‘painful’
Some 93.1% of Japanese teenagers who struggle with school life said they felt like they “wanted to disappear from the world" at the end of summer vacation ahead of the start of a new term, according to a recent survey released by Yokohama-based nonprofit Daisan Kazoku.
Most Trump tariffs are not legal, U.S. appeals court rules
Workers hang a large poster of U.S. President Donald Trump on the facade of the Department of Labor headquarters building in Washington on Wednesday.
Japan to launch broad review of immigration policies amid rise in foreign nationals
Foreign tourists at Narita Airport in June. A report released Friday stresses that Japan is at a turning point and that current ad-hoc measures on immigration are no longer sufficient.
YouTube Music Weekend is where Japan’s internet-born performers go global
Headlining the second day of YouTube Music Weekend is Vocaloid artist Kikuo, who, with 1.46 million YouTube subscribers, is one of the most popular artists in the genre.
Japan looks to build drone ‘shield’ in record defense budget request
A group of Ground Self-Defense Force service members discuss drone operations and capabilities at a joint static display during the Orient Shield 24 opening ceremony at the Yausubetsu Training Area in Hokkaido in July last year.
Can anime carry the memories of World War II?
Many schools in Japan show "Grave of the Fireflies" as educational material to tell the emotionally grueling story of a boy who has no means to prevent his sister from starving to death.
Jesse Kirkwood: ‘Languages are entire cultural universes with all sorts of baggage’
Jesse Kirkwood is part of a vibrant field of translators who have nurtured what might be called a “post-Murakami era of Japanese literature and translation,” one book at a time.

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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