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CULTURE / Books
Oct 14, 2001

David Mitchell experiments with success

Like his complex and cleverly constructed novels, a conversation with British writer David Mitchell is enjoyably cerebral and full of references to books, music and out-of-the-way places he has visited. Sitting in the famous sunken garden Shukkei-en in Hiroshima, the city he now calls home, Mitchell,...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Oct 14, 2001

The bistro jazzed up to perfection

It's a hard job, as they say -- not that we're complaining. But if there is a down side, it's that the Food File's constant, restless search for new foraging grounds makes it nigh on impossible for us to revisit any of our great new discoveries, let alone keep tabs on all those tried-and-true, all-time...
JAPAN
Oct 14, 2001

Nuclear firms not fearful of terrorism

Japan's electric power companies are continuing to allow the public to visit their nuclear facilities despite security concerns in the wake of last month's terrorist attacks on the United States, company officials said Saturday.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Oct 14, 2001

Time for a quickie and some canoodling

The theme of TV Asahi's new variety show, "Jungle Book" (Tuesday, 7 p.m.) is "making friends with animals all over the world." The producers send "young rangers," who are invariably teenagers, on various "assignments" in foreign countries where they interact on a long-term basis with both domestic and...
JAPAN
Oct 13, 2001

Second mad cow case reported

Initial tests on the brain of a cow that was butchered at Tokyo's central wholesale market indicate it had mad cow disease, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government said Friday. If confirmed, it would be the second case of the disease in Japan.
BUSINESS
Oct 13, 2001

NTT stalling on competition plan

NTT Corp. has yet to submit a plan aimed at promoting competition in the telecom market as it is still reluctant to reduce equity stakes in its group firms, telecom minister Toranosuke Katayama said Friday.
BUSINESS
Oct 13, 2001

BOJ goes against popular wisdom

The Bank of Japan decided Friday to keep its monetary policy unchanged, despite persistent doubts about its effectiveness.
BUSINESS
Oct 13, 2001

Chinese tariffs to cost Japan's car firms 420 billion yen

Carmakers are likely to miss out on 420 billion yen in earnings in 2002 if China retains its retaliatory import tariffs on Japanese vehicles, the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association Inc. said Friday.
JAPAN
Oct 13, 2001

Fast reporting urged of any anthrax cases

The health ministry has notified medical facilities nationwide to immediately report any patient exhibiting symptoms of exposure to anthrax, ministry officials said Friday.
JAPAN
Oct 13, 2001

Diamond sales shine over Internet

The phrase "a diamond is forever" is used in commercials to tout the value and everlasting luster of the precious gems, but diamonds can be obtained inexpensively at auction or from companies doing business on the Internet.
BUSINESS
Oct 13, 2001

Weak yen policy advised

I believe an inflationary policy via a weak yen would be the best prescription for a quick economic recovery.
BUSINESS
Oct 13, 2001

Tokyo Game Show opens doors in Chiba

An electronic-game show featuring around 400 new products from 53 domestic and international game software makers kicked off Friday at Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture.
JAPAN
Oct 13, 2001

Kurosawa museum signs U.S. directors

U.S. film directors Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and Martin Scorsese have agreed to chip in on a project to build a museum in Imari, Saga Prefecture, for the legendary moviemaker Akira Kurosawa.
JAPAN
Oct 13, 2001

JAL to post 50 billion yen pretax losses

Japan Airlines said Friday that it is likely to post pretax losses of 50 billion yen in fiscal 2001 on both a parent-only and group basis due to a decline in passengers in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the United States.
BUSINESS
Oct 13, 2001

Matsushita predicts deficit will deepen to 68 billion yen

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. has revised downward its earnings projections for the first half of fiscal 2001, company officials said Friday.
SOCCER / J. League
Oct 13, 2001

Jubilo's Nanami sidelined

Japan and Jubilo Iwata midfielder Hiroshi Nanami has had surgery on his injured knee and will be sidelined for about three months, officials of the J. League first division side said Friday.
BUSINESS
Oct 13, 2001

Vodafone's takeover bid succeeds

Vodafone Group PLC announced Friday that its wholly owned subsidiary successfully finished a takeover bid for Japan Telecom Co., receiving stock offers representing 35.4 percent of the outstanding ordinary shares of Japan's third-largest telecom carrier.
JAPAN
Oct 13, 2001

Ministry says hijack call a false alarm

A call made Friday to Nagoya airport in which a man claimed that a Northwest Airlines plane traveling from Detroit to Manila via Nagoya was going to be hijacked was a false alarm, according to the transport ministry.
JAPAN
Oct 13, 2001

Opposition ridicules Koizumi's concept of proof

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi was challenged during a House of Representatives committee session Friday over his idea of what constitutes evidence of guilt.
JAPAN
Oct 13, 2001

Japanese abroad told to be on guard following FBI alert

The Foreign Ministry renewed calls Friday to Japanese abroad to ensure their own safety in the wake of an FBI alert on imminent terrorist attacks.
BUSINESS
Oct 13, 2001

Japan to propose use of IT to cut APEC customs costs

Japan plans to propose in a ministerial meeting next week in Shanghai that information technology be used to cut procedural costs for customs clearance in the 21 Pacific Rim economies, Japanese officials said Friday.
JAPAN
Oct 13, 2001

Slovakian envoy bids to boost tourism

The new Slovakian ambassador to Japan expressed hope Friday that tourist visa procedures for prospective Japanese visitors to the Slovak Republic will be relaxed.
JAPAN
Oct 13, 2001

Minamata poisoning continues in southwest Japan

Minamata poisoning continues to spread in southwestern Japan and as many as 2 million people may have contracted it since the early 1950s, a researcher has said, citing new scientific studies.
JAPAN
Oct 13, 2001

Singapore free trade pact seen concluded by yearend

Japan and Singapore effectively concluded negotiations on a comprehensive free-trade arrangement Friday, opening the way for Japan to conclude its first FTA by the end of this year.
BUSINESS
Oct 13, 2001

Legal definition of post firm's role urged

Private-sector representatives urged the government Friday to define the role of a new public corporation scheduled to take over the state-run postal service system in fiscal 2003.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Oct 13, 2001

Healer's rainbow journey brings your spirit home

British psychiatrist and healer Dr. Brenda Davies was 4 when she saw her first angel, a shining being that she regards as her first spiritual experience. From that time, she was able to see light emanating from and around people, commonly known as auras, and within them, vortexes of energy, the chakras....
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 Post to stop accepting some parcels for shipment to the U.S.
Japan Post's UGX will still be available for many rejected packages.
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.
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
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.
Is Kishida plotting a return of the king? Or would he rather stay a kingmaker?
Former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida chairs a plenary session at the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Yokohama on Aug. 21.
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.

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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