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JAPAN
Apr 18, 2002

Centers eyed to fight medical malpractice

A health ministry panel compiled a report Wednesday recommending that medical safety consultation centers be set up in all prefectures to fight malpractice and mediate between medical institutions and patients.
BUSINESS
Apr 18, 2002

Industrial output figures revised

The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry on Wednesday revised February figures for industrial production, to an increase of 1.2 percent rather than the initial report of 1.3 percent. METI also said that the seasonally adjusted index of output at mines and factories came to 92.1 against the 1995 base...
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Apr 18, 2002

The invasion and colonization of Europe

Cooperation is the key to the evolution of life, even though natural selection favors genetic selfishness. Since all complex life, whether it's a tree or a whale, reproduces through sex, genes have only a 50 percent chance of getting into an egg or a sperm. This means that even genes have to cooperate,...
SOCCER / World cup
Apr 18, 2002

Troussier hints at limited World Cup role for Nakamura

YOKOHAMA -- Japan midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura's hopes of playing a significant role in the World Cup squad have lessened, Japan coach Philippe Troussier hinted Tuesday ahead of the Costa Rica game slated for Wednesday night at International Stadium Yokohama.
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 18, 2002

Yomiuri snaps Carp's streak

Yomiuri outfielder Yoshinobu Takahashi hit a double into the left-field gap in the eighth and drove in the game-winning run as the Giants snapped Hiroshima's three-game winning streak with a 7-3 victory at Hiroshima Stadium.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CLOSE NEIGHBORS
Apr 18, 2002

Grassroots ties aim to bypass diplomatic gridlock

One click on a mouse turns the hankul characters on an Internet chat site into a Japanese message of welcome, delighting elderly Japanese participants in an online exchange with some of their South Korean counterparts.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / WILD WATCH
Apr 18, 2002

Back when the Badlands were lush

Drive west from Calgary and rolling foothills dotted with aspen and white spruce rise steadily toward the mighty ridgeback of the Rockies, which dominate the view in this part of Canada's Alberta Province.
LIFE / Digital / SURFERSPUD
Apr 18, 2002

From hotels to self-pumping soccer balls

www.jtbusa.com/enhome/ If you're looking for hotel deals in Japan, it seems you're better off getting out of the country first. A weekend of frantically trying to locate Tokyo hotels with vacancies turned up a lot of discount sites, few of which were really cheap and most of which were difficult to traverse....
BUSINESS
Apr 18, 2002

Hitachi, IBM to form hard disk drive alliance

Hitachi Ltd. and International Business Machines Corp. said Wednesday they have agreed to form a strategic alliance in the field of storage technologies and will set up a joint venture to integrate their hard disk drive operations.
LIFE / Digital / NAME OF THE GAME
Apr 18, 2002

Konami brings back the classics

Konami, one of the longtime superpowers of the video game world, has just released "Konami Collector's Series: Arcade Advanced," a collection of six classic Konami arcade games from the 1980s.
LIFE / Digital
Apr 18, 2002

Navigating the broadband connection

Last week we discussed the different broadband services available in Japan and how to subscribe to each. This week we'll take a look at the steps necessary to configure your system to connect to the Internet using your new broadband service, and also consider some of the options available to users with...
SOCCER / World cup
Apr 17, 2002

Troussier to test combinations in Costa Rica friendly

YOKOHAMA -- With six weeks remaining before the start of the World Cup, Japan coach Philippe Troussier will be out to fine tune his team in Wednesday night's friendly against Costa Rica at International Stadium Yokohama, by giving a playing opportunity to those who haven't featured in the side much....
COMMENTARY
Apr 17, 2002

Politicization of charity

WASHINGTON -- There seems to be no bill for which U.S. taxpayers are not responsible. Charity as well as welfare has become a government responsibility.
JAPAN
Apr 17, 2002

Foley wins award for security role

Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan Thomas Foley received the top military award for civilians Tuesday from the U.S. Department of Defense for leadership in security affairs while he was the envoy to Tokyo from 1997 to 2001.
JAPAN
Apr 17, 2002

Nagasaki governor gives OK to open Isahaya Bay gates

Nagasaki Gov. Genjiro Kaneko has agreed to allow the floodgates on Isahaya Bay in Kyushu to be opened for a survey to see how a controversial land reclamation project is affecting the local ecosystem.
JAPAN
Apr 17, 2002

Team makes placental-cell breakthrough

Researchers at the University of Tokyo have successfully cultured nerve and bone cells from special placental cells, a breakthrough that could lead to the treatment of incurable diseases such as bone cancer and Parkinson's disease, the daily Yomiuri Shimbun reported Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Apr 17, 2002

BOJ voted 8-1 in favor of liquidity drive

The Bank of Japan Policy Board in February voted 8-1 to boost liquidity in the banking system by increasing the central bank's outright purchases of government bonds, according to minutes released Tuesday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 17, 2002

Hawks edge Fighters

Kenji Jojima sparked a three-run rally in the ninth inning with his second solo homer of the evening Tuesday and the Daiei Hawks held onto first place in the Pacific League with a 5-4 win over the Nippon Ham Fighters.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 17, 2002

Heads begin to roll over Mizuho fiasco

The former presidents of Fuji Bank, Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank and the Industrial Bank of Japan -- the three components that on April 1 merged into two banks under Mizuho Holdings Inc. -- will step down to take responsibility for the sputtering group's ongoing computer snarls.
BUSINESS
Apr 17, 2002

Mazda unleashes remodeled minivan

Mazda Motor Corp. on Tuesday released a new version of its MPV minivan, the first of four new or remodeled products that the automaker plans to launch in Japan this year.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Apr 17, 2002

Blackalicious: 'Blazing Arrow'

'Who said underground is just one mode?" asks the Gift of Gab (Tim Parker) on Blackalicious' new album, "Blazing Arrow." That question became a rhetorical one when the Bay Area hip-hop duo's label, Quannum Projects, was picked up for distribution by MCA/ Universal. But even if they're underground only...
BUSINESS
Apr 17, 2002

JICA mission to look into Havana Bay cleanup project

After nearly three years of preliminary research, Japan will dispatch a mission of aid experts to Cuba as early as this summer to begin full-scale work on the development of a project to clean up heavily polluted Havana Bay, government sources said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Apr 17, 2002

Lawson reports 11% profit drop

Lawson Inc., the nation's second-largest convenience-store chain operator, said Tuesday its group pretax profit fell 10.9 percent to 35.21 billion yen in the year ended Feb. 28.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / NEW ART SEEN
Apr 17, 2002

Into the woods today: mourning nature's demise

Japanese cultural life has long revolved around the changing of the seasons, in particular, and nature, in general. Or has it? The differences between Japanese sensibilities toward nature and those generally held by Westerners have been much discussed. Yet it is interesting to note that, when used to...
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 17, 2002

Working for a safer world

BEIJING -- "Weapons of mass destruction," or WMD, refer to biological, chemical and nuclear weapons. During a recent three-day conference in Beijing, organized jointly by the United Nations Department of Disarmament Affairs and the Chinese government, it became clear that we have to choose from a menu...
JAPAN
Apr 17, 2002

Japan, United States to sign tourism pact

Japan and the United States will sign a tourism promotion pact Friday in an effort to promote travel and revitalize their sagging tourism industries, which are still reeling from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 17, 2002

All we know of heaven and need of hell

There may indeed be "more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of" in human philosophy, as Hamlet told faithful Horatio, but when it comes to hell, the human imagination needs little prompting. From Dante Alighieri's "Divine Comedy" to the Bible itself, hell and its tempting concomitant, sin, have...
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’

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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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