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Sep 5, 2002

Tokuyama delays title defense

super flyweight champion Masamori Tokuyama has been forced to delay his sixth title defense scheduled for November due to an injury to his left hand, officials of his gym said Wednesday. Tokuyama sustained the injury during his technical knockout victory over 12th-ranked Mexican challenger Eric Lopez...
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OLD NIC'S NOTEBOOK
Sep 5, 2002

On the trail of semi and shochu

I don't drink sake any more. It's just about the only alcoholic drink that gives me hangovers. Horrible ones. However, shochu I love, and where better to drink it than at a yatai in Fukuoka?
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Sep 5, 2002

Divorce issues, cheap traveling and getting ADSL

Divorce issues Dear Lifelines, My wife and I have been separated for three years. I do not see any hope for our marriage and feel we need to get a divorce. I have two children. What should I do? -- Tony in Chiba
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Sep 5, 2002

Soon we could all be Spiderman

Picture the scene: Athens, 350 B.C., and Aristotle is reclining in his chair in Plato's Academy. Leaning back to scratch his unruly beard, Aristotle notices a large pink-spotted gecko on the marble ceiling above him. The gecko scampers away faster than 1 meter per second, leaving Aristotle wondering...
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 5, 2002

Say no to global trade in education

The Ministry of Education will consider revising legislation governing the recognition of foreign universities in Japan as a wedge for opening Japan's education market to foreign institutions.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 5, 2002

MLB tour to carry on as planned

Japanese baseball officials said Tuesday that this year's exhibition series between the Japanese All-Stars and major leaguers will be held as scheduled in November.
BUSINESS
Sep 5, 2002

Tokyo stocks continue descent

Share prices on the Tokyo Stock Exchange took another severe beating Wednesday, with the Nikkei Stock Average briefly dipping below the crucial 9,000 mark to hit a fresh 19-year low.
BUSINESS
Sep 5, 2002

Japan Asia invests in Okinawa firm

The holding company of Japan Asia Securities Co. said Wednesday it will acquire 51 percent of the outstanding shares in Okinawa Securities Co., based in Naha, to make the firm a group member.
BUSINESS
Sep 5, 2002

Avex trims earnings projections

Major record company Avex Inc. said Wednesday it has revised down earnings projections for the year to March 31, 2003, due to slack demand for music software, forcing it to slash its dividend.
COMMUNITY
Sep 5, 2002

A day of taking tea and tonkatsu with a spirited local guide

Accustomed as I am to a stoic mug of Brooke Bond in the morning, I admit having been less than overjoyed at the prospect of visiting the Yue He Cha herbal tea house in Kyodo, a bustling little town on the Odakyu Line.
JAPAN
Sep 5, 2002

Five governors blast state expressway panel

Five prefectural governors gathered Wednesday in Tokyo to lambaste a key government panel tasked with discussing the privatization of tollway operators.
BUSINESS
Sep 5, 2002

Eisai seeks OK for dementia drug

Eisai Co. said Wednesday it has submitted an application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in a bid to get approval to use one of its drugs to treat vascular dementia, a brain disorder mostly caused by strokes.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / WILD WATCH
Sep 5, 2002

One bat in the hand is worth flocks in the forest

Science sometimes moves forward by exceedingly small increments, yet to be involved in making one of those tiny steps can nonetheless be extremely exciting, as it was for me early this summer.
BUSINESS
Sep 5, 2002

Mitsui scandals send top brass down the ladder

Trading house Mitsui & Co. said Wednesday its top managers will resign Sept. 30 to take responsibility for successive scandals that have tarnished the firm.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / NAME OF THE GAME
Sep 5, 2002

Blinx gives Xbox style

Nintendo is all about platform games. Since Mario, Luigi, Banjo-Kazooie, and Donkey Kong specialize in platform adventures, GameCube owners have plenty of this ever-popular genre.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Sep 5, 2002

Reaching out to Japanese hit on Sept. 11

Nearly a year ago, on Sept. 11, the Japan Helpline undertook its most difficult aid effort since the Great Hanshin Earthquake struck Kobe back in 1995.
EDITORIALS
Sep 4, 2002

Safeguarding nuclear materials

The successful extraction of nearly one ton of nuclear material from Serbia last month is a prime example of the type of international cooperation that is needed in the post-Cold War world. The U.S.-Russian program responsible for performing the operation is vital to prevent terrorists from procuring...
BUSINESS
Sep 4, 2002

Mitsui unveils new president

Mitsui & Co. decided Tuesday to promote Shoei Utsuda, senior executive managing officer, to company president, company officials said.
BUSINESS
Sep 4, 2002

Firms look to cash in on energy-efficient appliances

OSAKA -- Manufacturers of home appliances such as air conditioners and refrigerators are making them more energy-efficient, and some products save more than 80 percent on power costs compared with 10 years ago, according to industry officials.
BUSINESS
Sep 4, 2002

Takenaka to attend meet in Italy

Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Heizo Takenaka will visit Italy from Wednesday to Sunday to attend an international conference on world political and economic issues, the Cabinet Office said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Sep 4, 2002

Tokyo couple get suspended terms for starving son

The Tokyo District Court on Tuesday found a Tokyo couple guilty of failing to provide their 5-year-old son with adequate food, handing down suspended two-year prison terms.
JAPAN
Sep 4, 2002

Tax hike seen as key to kicking the habit

If a pack of cigarettes were to cost 300 yen, 16 percent of smokers would try to kick the habit, and if the craving was to cost them 1,000 yen a pack, 63 percent would quit, according to a government-sponsored study released Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Sep 4, 2002

Tax Commission looks to cut exemptions

The government's Tax Commission on Tuesday proposed abolishing in fiscal 2003 certain tax exemptions granted to salaried employees with a working spouse.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 4, 2002

Fujita lifts Tigers in first career victory

Taiyo Fujita earned his first career win by pitching a five-hit complete game Tuesday as the Hanshin Tigers crushed the Hiroshima Carp 10-2 at Hiroshima Stadium.
Workers say corporate South Korea was warned about questionable U.S. visas before Hyundai raid
Activists holding signs that reads "No one is illegal!" protest against a huge immigration raid last week in the U.S. state of Georgia, in front of the U.S. Embassy in Seoul on Tuesday.
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.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Goldman sells Tokyo office area to JR East for over ¥50 billion
GranTokyo South Tower (center). East Japan Railway has bought the 14th to 18th floors of the office building at a price of more than ¥50 billion from Goldman Sachs Group.
Ed Sheeran teams up with Tokyo’s Oedo Line
The “Oh! Ed! Collaboration Campaign,” launched on Tokyo's Keio Line to celebrate the Friday release of Ed Sheeran’s latest album, “Play,” includes a eight-car train dedicated to the pop star's music and trivia related to his career
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.
Search is on for loopholes in Japan’s $550 billion investment pledge
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick argues that U.S. President Donald Trump has sole authority to invest Japan's promised $550 billion.
In rural Hokkaido, the stops and starts of tourism revival on full display
Redevelopment plans for Kawayu Onsen have hit some snags — an example of how bringing tourists back to declining rural communities is far from easy work.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight
By Mai Yoshikawa

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