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JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jan 4, 2001

Blips that stayed on the media radar

Media Persons of the Year: Yasuo Tanaka and Shintaro Ishihara
COMMUNITY
Jan 4, 2001

Pamper your mind and body with sensuous Shiseido magic

The festive season is over for another year, and now it's time to face the aftereffects of too much turkey, plum pudding and alcohol. While the only true way to whip a flabby body into shape is regular exercise, a little buffing and pampering will help boost your spirits and get your New Year's self-improvement...
EDITORIALS
Jan 3, 2001

The dangers that lie ahead

One of the biggest holiday gifts last year was the Sony PlayStation2 video game console. Good luck trying to find one. Hundreds of thousands of gamers around the world are still waiting to get their hands on the elusive item. But, according to news reports, one customer managed to collect about 4,000...
BUSINESS
Jan 3, 2001

Net provides alternative for job-seekers

Print media and conventional job-placement agencies are still the main players in connecting jobs to seekers, but the Internet is slowly emerging as an alternative.
JAPAN
Jan 3, 2001

Emperor rings in new century

More than 70,000 well-wishers gathered Tuesday at the Imperial Palace to offer New Year's greetings to the Emperor and other members of the Imperial family.
BUSINESS
Jan 3, 2001

Virtual marketplace moves next door

Stop by a neighborhood liquor shop a few months from now and chances are it will offer TVs, refrigerators and thousands of other items for either home delivery or later on-the-spot pickup.
JAPAN
Jan 3, 2001

State manual outlines food-crisis scenarios

The government has drawn up a manual for a potential food crisis sometime this century on the basis of the new basic agricultural law, which came into force in July 1999, government sources said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jan 3, 2001

Trio who bloodied cab sought in family slaying

Investigators are searching for three men who left bloodstains in a taxi they hailed Saturday night near a house in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward where a family of four was found murdered Sunday morning, police sources said.
BUSINESS
Jan 3, 2001

Mobile carriers limited calls at New Year

Mobile phone carriers, including NTT DoCoMo Inc., limited the number of calls that subscribers were allowed to place from late Sunday to early Monday for fear of being swamped with demand as the 21st century began, company officials said.
JAPAN
Jan 3, 2001

Britain feared a revival of militarism after Mishima's suicide

LONDON -- The dramatic suicide by Japanese writer and nationalist Yukio Mishima after his failed attempt to foment a coup in 1970 triggered British concern about a revival of militarism in Japan, according to 30-year-old declassified British documents released on New Year's Day.
BUSINESS
Jan 3, 2001

Let Aibo tell you about brand image

Ku-Ku the kitten was top cat in the battle of the robo-pets in 2000, but guess which bionic beast got to snuggle up to Janet Jackson?
JAPAN
Jan 3, 2001

Reform fledgling offspring of 'lost decade'

During the bubble economy of the late 1980s, few could have predicted the acute banking crisis and long economic malaise that have typified the past decade.
JAPAN
Jan 3, 2001

Asian women's fund to seek out businesses, labor unions

The cash-strapped Asian Women's Fund, which collects contributions for women forced into sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, has decided to call on businesses and labor unions for financial assistance, informed sources said Tuesday.
SOCCER / J. League
Jan 3, 2001

S-Pulse to play with cup winners

Shimizu S-Pulse will enter next season's Asian Cup Winners' Cup, despite losing to the Kashima Antlers in the Emperor's Cup final Monday, Japanese soccer officials confirmed.
MORE SPORTS
Jan 3, 2001

Hosei, Kanto rumble into college rugby final

Underdog Hosei University stunned Keio University with its powerful defense before rallying past the defending champion 15-13 in the semifinals of the National Collegiate Rugby Union Championship on Tuesday at Tokyo's National Stadium.
JAPAN
Jan 3, 2001

Five-year, muscle-pumping defense plan passed easily

The Cabinet approval last month of the 25-trillion yen medium-term defense buildup program came without heated debate among lawmakers or the public, to the apparent surprise of some Defense Agency officials.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 3, 2001

A landmark event in Buddhist studies

CHIANG MAI, Thailand -- The 72nd birthday anniversary of the king of Thailand continues to inspire a rich variety of spiritual, artistic and cultural contributions to Thai society.
LIFE / Travel
Jan 3, 2001

Tickets here for Asia

By the time the lunch gong sounded in the great hall of the Heng Yang monastery, I had already placed generous votive offerings at a shrine in the Temple of the Goddess of Mercy, watched a flour-doll and knot maker at work, witnessed minor grievances being aired at the Ancient Courthouse and met a talking...
LIFE / Travel
Jan 3, 2001

Japan in miniature: Edo Period stroll gardens were the original amusement parks

The Japanese tourist, unlike the overseas visitor, may be only mildly astonished to find himself transported to the upper part of a castle donjon by means of a newly installed elevator. Convenience, the Western visitor notes with some bemusement, does not seem to detract from the enjoyment, let alone...
LIFE / Travel / NATURE TRAVEL
Jan 3, 2001

Walking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu

Approaching Machu Picchu on foot along Peru's 32-km Inca Trail might sound the stuff of legend. Or, better still, the stuff of Tin Tin. In all honesty, however, it can be more trial than trail.
CULTURE / Art
Jan 3, 2001

The simple pleasures of Karatsu

KARATSU, Saga Pref. -- Best known for its deceptively simple pottery, Karatsu is a peaceful coastal town on a western tip of Kyushu. It's quiet year round except for summer, when holidaymakers crowd the long sandy beaches nearby, and November, when several hundred thousand visitors flock to see giant,...
LIFE / Travel
Jan 3, 2001

Glimpse an older, more harmonious Korea amid the artifice of a 'living museum'

Two centuries of ice, rain, summer heat and a civil war have reduced the ramparts of Suwon, a city just an hour's drive south of Seoul, to heaps of twisted rubble.
Tokyo is the No. 2 choice for international students
The University of Tokyo. International students are increasingly flocking to Asia, with affordability being a particularly important metric.
Junglia, Japan’s newest theme park, opens in northern Okinawa
In Junglia’s Dinosaur Safari attraction during a media preview on Thursday, a casual drive through a habitat for the prehistoric creatures goes haywire when several Tyrannosaurus rexes break out of containment.
Extreme heat grips Japan, including even Hokkaido
The city of Obihiro in Hokkaido amid scorching heat on Thursday
‘Demon Slayer’ movie slashes its own box office records
“Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle” is the first installment in a trilogy that's set to wrap the anime adaptation of Koyoharu Gotoke's manga about sword-wielding heroes fighting man-eating demons.
Ishiba rules out joint document on U.S. tariffs as deal's details trickle out
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a speech at an event in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, on Friday afternoon.
Behind the scenes: Inside Fuji Rock’s strategy for staying on top
In recent years, Fuji Rock has had fewer blockbuster performers and showcased more top-selling Japanese acts and international musicians' first-time performances in Japan.
Hall of Fame always held deeper meaning for Ichiro
Ichiro presents then-Hall of Fame President Jeff Idelson with the bat he used to break the single-season hits record in 2004.
Japan leans into homegrown AI amid rising competition
McKinsey’s 2025 Technology Trends Outlook, published Wednesday, says that the use of “sovereign AI” is a trend gaining significant global traction, including in Japan.
JT picks: What not to miss at Fuji Rock 2025
Fuji Rock Festival turns the green slopes of Niigata Prefecture’s Naeba Ski Resort into a summer escape that offers soundtracks for every mood.
Japan’s top brands get tied up in the great sunscreen debate
A coral reef in Okinawa in July 2022. Some jurisdictions around the world have moved to ban certain sunscreens in a bid to protect coral reefs, but some say the impact on reefs is far from clear.

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