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JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
May 30, 2002

Finding the neurons that say: 'let's just do it'

Ever wondered why some people are full of "get up and go" and why others drag their heels? Why some kids at school charge enthusiastically around the running track, while others prefer to go for a smoke behind the bike sheds? If work published in Science this week fulfills its promise, there might soon...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
May 30, 2002

Concrete -- modern Japan's blockhead obsession

They invented it, didn't they?
JAPAN
May 30, 2002

Hermes denies Japanese sales block

French luxury brand Hermes on Wednesday denied a recent report by an Austrian weekly magazine that its boutique in Vienna is limiting the number of handbags that can be purchased by Japanese customers to two per person.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / WILD WATCH
May 30, 2002

Puzzling over monkeys' many ways of life

It was a faint and far-off sound, barely audible, like the distant rumbling of thunder. Something about it triggered memories, and I asked skipper Mike to cut our outboard motor. Even with the engine off and my hands cupped behind my ears, head turning like a radar dish, I was still not absolutely sure....
BUSINESS / ON THE FRONT LINE
May 30, 2002

Global economic prospects remain shaky

The government declared earlier this month that the economy has bottomed out.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 30, 2002

Japan urged to push for Chile FTA

Japan should gear up for pushing a bilateral free-trade agreement with Chile to expand business in South America, a Chilean business leader urged.
LIFE / Digital / NAME OF THE GAME
May 30, 2002

Rebuilding over restoration

Art, architecture, and classic cars should be restored, just about everything else deserves rebuilding.
EDITORIALS
May 29, 2002

The odd couple's African tour

U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill and Irish rock singer Bono have just concluded a four-nation tour of Africa. During their visit to Ghana, South Africa, Uganda and Ethiopia, the two men studied ways to help the world's poorest continent. They bring two very different approaches to this pressing problem....
COMMENTARY / World
May 29, 2002

An opportunity for peace in Indo-Pakistani faceoff

Once again, India and Pakistan are drifting toward war. New Delhi and Islamabad could, however, convert the present crisis into an opportunity to work toward a genuine peace.
SOCCER / World cup
May 29, 2002

Ono in the clear

said Monday Japan midfielder Shinji Ono received the all-clear after an examination on his stomach. Ono began to complain of abdominal pains before Saturday's friendly against Sweden, in which the Feyenoord player was substituted midway through the second half, and had tests at a hospital near Japan's...
BASEBALL / MLB
May 29, 2002

Buffs' bash brothers pound Lotte

Kintetsu slugger Norihiro Nakamura homered in back-to-back at-bats, including a go-ahead two-run blast in the eighth, as the Buffaloes came from behind to beat the Lotte Marines 4-3 at the Osaka Dome.
JAPAN
May 29, 2002

Chinese cops not told of treaty violation

A Japanese vice consul in Shenyang, China, did not warn local police -- who entered the consulate compound to remove five North Korean asylum seekers earlier this month -- that they were violating an international treaty, the Japanese government said Tuesday.
JAPAN
May 29, 2002

Few seek free viewings of games on TV

Cities in Japan serving as hosts for World Cup soccer matches will set up large TV screens in gymnasiums to show the games, but few local residents have requested the free tickets being made available.
JAPAN
May 29, 2002

Flights climb at Kansai airport

OSAKA -- Kansai International Airport, hit by a slump in international travel since the terrorist attacks in the United States last fall, is slowly attracting more overseas business, particularly from Asian airlines.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CUP COUNTDOWN
May 29, 2002

Hotels vie for World Cup windfall

As the Friday opening of the 2002 FIFA World Cup approaches, hoteliers in and around Tokyo are making last-minute efforts to get their slice of the hoopla that will carry on through the next month.
BUSINESS
May 29, 2002

FSA optimistic over banks' health

The projected amount of loan-loss charges by major Japanese banks for this business year will probably stay within the size of operating profits, Financial Services Minister Hakuo Yanagisawa said Tuesday.
COMMENTARY
May 29, 2002

Guns alone won't bring victory in America's fight against terrorism

LOS ANGELES -- What do Irish rock group U-2's lead singer Bono and U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill have in common with currency-exploiter and philanthropist George Soros? A major obsession: that, in the long run, poverty, deteriorating global public health and declining economic development can...
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 29, 2002

Top business lobbies tie knot, hope to better sway politics

The Japan Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren) and the Japan Federation of Employers' Associations (Nikkeiren) merged Tuesday to become the Japan Business Federation, hoping the more powerful business lobby can wield greater influence over government policies.
BUSINESS
May 29, 2002

Condo firm Haseko crumbles into the red

Condominium builder Haseko Corp. said Tuesday its group net balance sank into the red in the 2001 business year, due chiefly to latent losses on its real-estate holdings for sale and on other fixed assets.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 29, 2002

G8 billing scam ends in suspended prison terms

A former Foreign Ministry official and his subordinate received suspended prison terms Tuesday for defrauding the government of 21.5 million yen by padding bills for limousine rentals in connection with the Group of Eight summit in Okinawa in 2000.
JAPAN
May 29, 2002

Cadmium study may be released

The government may release information on a study conducted from 1997 to 1998 on cadmium levels in domestic rice products, farm minister Tsutomu Takebe said Tuesday.
JAPAN
May 29, 2002

Special antitheft squad makes first arrests

Police said Tuesday that a special squad set up ahead of the upcoming World Cup soccer finals to prevent an increase in thefts and robberies has made its first arrests: three men are being held on suspicion of trying to steal a wallet in Tokyo.
JAPAN
May 29, 2002

Ozone hole will close: Japanese team

The hole in the ozone layer will be mostly gone by around 2040 due to restrictions placed on chlorofluorocarbons, a Japanese research team said Tuesday.
JAPAN
May 29, 2002

Day-care centers' online cameras keep tots in view

Sakura Kindergarten in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo, is one of a growing number of day-care centers hoping to use the Internet and other information technology to keep parents happy and worry-free.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
May 29, 2002

Wayne Shorter: 'Footprints Live!'

Wayne Shorter first established himself as a central figure in the development of jazz as a member of Miles Davis' seminal mid-'60s quintet. He contributed a major portion of the compositions and a technique honed with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. Shorter also released a series of recordings as leader...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
May 29, 2002

Star's role derails Streetcar classic

Demons inhabit the live-performance stage. Nobody can judge the success of a production until after the curtain has risen and fallen. This is what gives drama -- and musical and dance performances -- their peculiar zest. And when the director of a production is a titan of the international theater world,...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
May 29, 2002

Wilco: 'Yankee Hotel Foxtrot'

On the new Wilco album, "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot," frontman Jeff Tweedy muses that his mind is filled with "radio cures." Looks like his old label didn't think so. Citing a lack of commercially viable tracks on "YHF" and the band's refusal to rework them, Warner/Reprise Music showed Tweedy and company the...
Tokyo releases AI-generated video of Mount Fuji erupting
A screenshot from an AI-generated video showing what could happen to Tokyo if Mount Fuji erupted
Japan aims to tighten rules for business manager visas from October
The number of foreign residents with business management residency status had reached a record 41,615 as of the end of 2024.
Japanese prefectures break with labor ministry on minimum wage
The ministry of labor has suggested a 6% minimum wage increase, but most prefectures reporting so far are opting to go slightly higher.
Japan ranked one of the most peaceful places in Asia as global tensions rise
Visitors look at paper cranes hung at Peace Park in Nagasaki on Aug. 8, a day ahead of the 80th anniversary of the World War II atomic bombing of the city.
JICA to designate four Japanese cities as 'hometowns' for African nations
The Japanese flag (left) with the flag of the African Union
Japanese prefectures break with labor ministry on minimum wage
The ministry of labor has suggested a 6% minimum wage increase, but most prefectures reporting so far are opting to go slightly higher.
Philippines quietly deepening ‘unofficial’ defense ties with Taiwan
Filipino soldiers take part in a flag-raising ceremony on Mavulis Island during a visit by the Philippines' Armed Forces chief of staff, in Batanes, the Philippines, in June 2023. Batanes, a group of idyllic islands at the country’s northernmost tip, sits about 160 kilometers from Taiwan.
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.
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.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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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
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