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COMMUNITY
Apr 1, 2003

Brave Tama-chan takes fame in his stride

If ever an amphibious mammal was catapulted to the forefront of a nation's consciousness, Tama-chan, the bearded seal who has taken up residence in Yokohama's Katabira River, is that animal.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 1, 2003

Miura case came to define sensationalism

In January 1984, more than two years after his wife was gunned down in a Los Angeles parking lot, a major weekly newsmagazine began a series of articles titled "Bullet of suspicion," suggesting Kazuyoshi Miura arranged his wife's murder for the insurance money.
BUSINESS
Apr 1, 2003

Official refuses to use postal savings to aid market

A key postal ministry official on Monday brushed aside calls by a senior ruling party lawmaker that the government use postal savings and insurance funds to prop up the slumping stock market.
JAPAN
Apr 1, 2003

Prison time sought for player in Teikyo University scandal

The younger brother of Teikyo University's former chief executive officer could face an 18-month prison term and 42 million yen fine in connection with a money-for-admissions scandal.
JAPAN
Apr 1, 2003

'Structural' woes behind prison deaths

The Justice Ministry on Monday said that "organizational and structural problems" at the nation's correctional facilities are behind recent cases of fatal abuse at Nagoya Prison.
MORE SPORTS
Mar 31, 2003

Matsuda rewrites national record

Takeshi Matsuda rewrote the Japanese short course record in the men's 200 meters butterfly final at the JOC Junior Olympic Cup spring meet Sunday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 31, 2003

Dragons edge Giants in 19-run thriller

Ivan Cruz connected for a three-run homer in the first inning Sunday and the Chunichi Dragons held on for a 10-9 victory over the Yomiuri Giants.
COMMENTARY
Mar 31, 2003

U.S. coalition unnerves allies

SAN FRANCISCO -- Although the United States didn't go to the United Nations for explicit authorization of an attack against Iraq, the Bush administration never abandoned attempts to craft a multilateral coalition in support of those efforts. But this government's view of "multilateralism" differs from...
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 31, 2003

Posturing of 'truths' failed to derail U.N.

NEW YORK -- One of the first casualties of any war -- although often overlooked -- is language. Perhaps this has never been more true than in the present war against Iraq. Diplomacy, we are told, "failed." The United Nations, we are told, has become "irrelevant." The attack against Iraq, we are told,...
BUSINESS / JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES
Mar 31, 2003

The economics of friendly fire

Friendly fire is a terrible thing to be a casualty of. But such things happen in the battlefield. As has indeed been happening in the Iraqi war zone.
MORE SPORTS
Mar 31, 2003

Believe winner of top-level sprint

NAGOYA -- The 5-year-old mare Believe made quick work of both the boys and the foreign competition Sunday with a length win of the Takamatsunomiya Memorial turf sprint at Chukyo.
EDITORIALS
Mar 31, 2003

Mr. Fukui makes a good start

With the war in Iraq clouding economic prospects, the immediate task for the new governor of the Bank of Japan, Mr. Toshihiko Fukui, is to shore up sagging confidence in the nation's economy, particularly the financial system. In this respect, he has made a good start. Several days after he took office...
JAPAN
Mar 31, 2003

Elderly may pay more for insurance

People 75 and older should pay 10 percent of the premium under a proposed public health insurance plan, health minister Chikara Sakaguchi said Saturday.
COMMENTARY
Mar 31, 2003

Debt owed to those inclined to be soldiers

WASHINGTON -- Americans have grown used to nearly costless wars. The New York Times headlined one story: "Invading Forces Capture Key Bridge -- More American Deaths." It left readers to ponder which was the more interesting news nugget -- that a bridge was taken, or that U.S. soldiers died taking it....
JAPAN
Mar 31, 2003

Japan can help rebuild Iraq without new law: Kawaguchi

Japan can participate, under the current legal structure, in minesweeping operations to help reconstruct a postwar Iraq, Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi said Sunday.
JAPAN
Mar 31, 2003

Ministry plans new law to stop prison abuse

The Justice Ministry plans to draw up new legislation to prevent correctional officers from abusing prison inmates in the wake of a series of incidents at Nagoya Prison in which two convicts have died since late 2001, according to ministry sources.
JAPAN
Mar 31, 2003

Three more Japanese leave Iraq

The number of Japanese nationals in Iraq fell to 38 as of Sunday morning after three, including a "human shield," left the country for Syria the previous day, the Foreign Ministry said.
BUSINESS
Mar 31, 2003

Stocks to move within narrow band this week

Stocks are expected to trade narrowly this week, largely influenced by the war situation as they were last week.
COMMENTARY
Mar 31, 2003

Folly of liberation by force

The Pentagon calls the U.S. military campaign in Iraq "Operation Iraqi Freedom." This is clearly intended to reflect U.S.-British justification of their attempt to overthrow the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein and "liberate" Iraq without a United Nations resolution.
COMMENTARY
Mar 31, 2003

Win the peace with Muslims after the war

LOS ANGELES -- Location, in politics as well as in real estate, is almost everything. When British Prime Minister Tony Blair came calling on U.S. President George W. Bush, America's foremost ally raised with Washington the tender issue of repairing badly damaged relations with America's "old Europe"...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 31, 2003

Strengthening military is worth discussing: Abe

The prospect of boosting Japan's military capabilities is worth discussing, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe said Sunday.
BUSINESS
Mar 31, 2003

Iraq, intervention fears to temper dollar

The dollar is expected to trade within a narrow bracket this week, as a belief emerges that the war in Iraq could last months rather than weeks but with traders alert for intervention by the Bank of Japan.
COMMENTARY / THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK
Mar 31, 2003

Modesty marked this great man of letters

NEW YORK -- Herbert Passin, whom I had the honor of knowing, died on Feb. 26. Like kabuki expert Faubion Bowers, whom I also knew, Passin was a top graduate of the Military Intelligence Service Language School, which was established in 1941 in preparation for the coming war with Japan. Both did wonderful...
EDITORIALS
Mar 30, 2003

No escape from this war

All war, all the time: It's not healthy. Newspapers, magazines, television and radio are universally consumed with the unfolding drama of advances and skirmishes, threatened aerial bombardments and possible civil uprisings in Iraq. It does have a horrible fascination -- the ultimate reality show in action....
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 30, 2003

Fujimori dismisses Interpol notice

Peru's disgraced former president, Alberto Fujimori, has shrugged off Interpol's notice for his arrest on murder and kidnapping charges, insists he is innocent and promises that he will someday return home to Peru.
SDF spots China’s biggest aircraft carrier for first time
The Fujian aircraft carrier is seen in Shanghai in May 2024 as it leaves for its first sea trial.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Is America ready for Japanese-style 7-Elevens?
Convenience stores are a fixture of Japanese life and 7-Eleven, a chain that began in the U.S. in 1927, opened its first store in Japan in 1974 — and then became wholly Japanese-owned in 2005 through parent company Seven & I Holdings.
Final weeks of World Expo in Osaka likely to see large crowds
With one month left to go, crowds are expected to swell at the World Expo in Osaka during its final weeks.
Japan's elderly population down at around 36.2 million
The estimated number of people age 65 or older in Japan stands at 36.19 million as of Monday, accounting for record 29.4% of the country's total population, according to the internal affairs ministry.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
As of August 2024, the number of confirmed chagusaba farmers had fallen to 302, just over half the 582 reported in 2015, according to the Shizuoka Chagusaba Farming Method Promotion Council.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
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