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COMMENTARY
Nov 21, 2001

LDP strife must end before it's too late

The entire world has undergone radical change since terrorists attacked New York and Washington on Sept. 11. Having identified Osama bin Laden as the mastermind of the attacks, the United States, with military cooperation from Britain, launched bombing raids against Afghanistan's Taliban regime in October....
JAPAN
Nov 21, 2001

War orphan from China finds Nagano man is her brother

One of 19 war-displaced Japanese from China searching for relatives in Japan was confirmed Tuesday to be the sister of a Nagano Prefecture man after meeting him in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Nov 21, 2001

Ex-con to hang for slaying pair while on parole

OSAKA -- The Osaka District Court sentenced a 53-year-old paroled killer to death Tuesday for fatally stabbing a man and a woman in Osaka Prefecture in 1998.
JAPAN
Nov 21, 2001

'Amakudari' appointments remain steady

More than 30 percent of public corporations had former bureaucrats on their boards of trustees last year, almost the same level as that of the previous year, according to a white paper released Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Nov 21, 2001

Asahi Bank forecasts net loss of 520 billion yen

Asahi Bank on Tuesday said it projects a 520 billion yen unconsolidated net loss for this business year as it sets aside a hefty 400 billion yen in loan loss reserves to rein in its ballooning bad-loan problem.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 21, 2001

Nation struggles with drug abuse

A suspended prison term handed down six years ago was not enough to stop the 34-year-old gas station worker from using amphetamines, which had already badly damaged his life.
JAPAN
Nov 21, 2001

Theft of bank data system leads to Aum arrest

Tokyo police Tuesday arrested a member of Aum Shinrikyo on suspicion of stealing a transaction data management system from a major Japanese bank.
JAPAN
Nov 21, 2001

Japan to join battle against cybercrimes

Japan will sign a treaty aimed at reducing Internet-related crimes at an international conference on cyber crime Friday in Budapest, the government said Tuesday.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Nov 21, 2001

2002 could be busy year in Japanese sports

You read last week where the National Football League is coming back to Japan next year, having scheduled an American Bowl exhibition game between the San Francisco 49ers and Washington Redskins in Osaka on Aug. 3. Let's hope this will be the first of several announcements of major international sports...
JAPAN
Nov 21, 2001

Confab told of renewed interest in Japanese-language study

Studying Japanese is gaining popularity in places as close as South Korea and as far away as Brazil, and the reasons for studying the language in Japan vary just as widely.
BUSINESS / ON THE FRONT LINE
Nov 21, 2001

Dollar poised to gain ground

The dollar has snapped out of a holding pattern and now appears poised to gain ground against other currencies.
BUSINESS
Nov 21, 2001

Second extra budget 'being considered': Koizumi

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Tuesday he is considering compiling a second supplementary budget for this fiscal year, indicating the government has started discussions on its size and contents.
BUSINESS
Nov 21, 2001

Softbank reports interim net loss

Internet investor Softbank Corp. on Tuesday posted consolidated net losses of 54.32 billion yen for the first half of the business year, compared with consolidated net profits of 36.31 billion yen in the same period last year.
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Nov 21, 2001

Electraglide 2001

Electraglide attracts big names, and that's why it has quickly become Japan's most eagerly anticipated annual dance event. Last year's inaugural event boasted Underworld and Orbital. This time around, Fatboy Slim headlines the DJ stage and Aphex Twin the live stage.
BUSINESS
Nov 21, 2001

Katayama seeks postal compromise

Posts minister Toranosuke Katayama said Tuesday he will try to seek a compromise by the end of the year over the controversial issue of whether to liberalize the state-run postal services sector.
CULTURE / Art
Nov 21, 2001

Beauty of body and spirit

It was an extraordinary sight. Guests at the Canadian Embassy Gallery's opening party for artist Claude Descoteaux could not keep their hands off the exhibits. Here, a young woman slid her hand over gleaming bronze hips. There, a man shyly stroked the calf of a leaping, athletic male.
CULTURE / Art / NEW ART SEEN
Nov 21, 2001

It's bewildering and bewitching

Someone should tell Karen Kilimnik that when she changes the date of birth on her resume, she should also tweak the other dates listed there, lest she end up appearing to have graduated from university at age 14. This is the case with the bio provided by Gallery Side 2, where the enigmatic painter and...
JAPAN
Nov 21, 2001

Families of CJD victims urge government to settle

The families of people who died of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease contracted from transplants of dura mater, along with three surviving victims, submitted letters Tuesday to two courts urging the national government to settle damages suits quickly.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Nov 21, 2001

No new faces, just old hands

In November, the Kabukiza Theater in Tokyo offers its annual two-part kaomise performance. Kaomise, meaning "face-showing," was the most important kabuki event of the year during the Edo Period (1603-1867), as it was when theaters selected their actors for the coming year, then introduced them to audiences...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 21, 2001

Unconscious beauty crafted by Korea's unknown artists

The founder of the Japan Folk Crafts Museum (Nihon Mingeikan), Soetsu Yanagi (1889-1961), was a collector and philosopher who had been attracted to Korean crafts since his youth. Recognizing the beauty of folk craft, he strove for its recognition both in Japan and abroad.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 21, 2001

Visual aromatherapy for tired execs

After visiting the current exhibition of corporate art at Shibuya's Bunkamura, I have arrived at a daring new explanation of Japan's economic downturn. But more on this later.
BUSINESS
Nov 21, 2001

Minister favors tobacco 'health tax'

Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Chikara Sakaguchi said Tuesday he is in favor of introducing a "health tax" on tobacco, an idea being considered by the government and the three-party ruling coalition.
BUSINESS
Nov 21, 2001

Thai leader urges more investment, trade

Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra called on Japanese business leaders Tuesday to increase long-term investment and trade in Thailand.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Nov 21, 2001

Dagmar Krause

Dagmar Krause has the thin, consumptive look of a cabaret singer, as if she is about to expire at any moment from want of a man, money or the simple pleasures of a hot meal.
JAPAN
Nov 21, 2001

Victims of alleged financial fraud to ask for bailout

OSAKA -- Victims of an allegedly fraudulent financial scheme by a failed Osaka firm said Tuesday they will ask the government to buy securities that were purchased but later found to be worthless.
Winning warship bid gives Japan confidence boost as Tokyo eyes more exports
Australia’s decision to select Japan's upgraded Mogami-class warship, seen in this computer-generated image, has been “well received across Japanese industry," a Defense Ministry official said.
Two Japanese nationals shot dead in Manila
Commuters cross the street through traffic in Manila.
Osaka fire kills two firefighters and leaves four injured
Firefighters work at the scene of a fire in the Dotonbori district in the city of Osaka on Monday.
Trump’s peace-deal demands leave Ukraine's Zelenskyy with only bad options
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a joint news conference with the European Commission president in Brussels on Sunday.
Japan watches nervously as Trump ramps up pressure on Zelenskyy
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba takes part in an online meeting focused on Ukraine, with leaders from the "coalition of the willing," a group of nations that have pledged support for Kyiv against Russian aggression, late Sunday.
Winning warship bid gives Japan confidence boost as Tokyo eyes more exports
Australia’s decision to select Japan's upgraded Mogami-class warship, seen in this computer-generated image, has been “well received across Japanese industry," a Defense Ministry official said.
In Paris, chefs Chizuko Kimura and Kei Kobayashi make their mark
Chef Kei Kobayashi is France's only Japanese chef with three Michelin stars.
Top MLB prospect Rintaro Sasaki is committed to doing it 'the hard way'
Rintaro Sasaki hits a home run during a game against Duke at Stanford's Sunken Diamond on March 16.
In preserving Japanese hospitality, ‘details are everything’
Beniya Mukayu, a traditional "ryokan" inn located in Ishikawa Prefecture, considers itself at "the heart of onsen towns, local residents, farmers, fishermen, sake brewers and artisans" — all of which need new, sustainable methods of serving visitors to survive into the future.
A seaside hotel built on competitive Japanese cycling
In a region more associated with art, Keirin Hotel 10 takes a decidedly more athletic approach to attracting tourists.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
The long search for Japan’s lost soldiers
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