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JAPAN
Oct 3, 2001

Bomb damages car of Chiba official

CHIBA -- A bomb blast early Tuesday damaged the car of a Chiba Prefectural Government official connected with a project to expand Narita airport, the police said.
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Oct 3, 2001

Shelter

In a hidden corner of almost every major city there is a grotty club that serves as rock 'n' roll's nerve center, a place where a talented band with a good idea can be catapulted to indie-rock notoriety. In New York, it was CBGB; in L.A., it was the Whiskey, or maybe Spaceland; and in Tokyo, for the...
BUSINESS
Oct 3, 2001

UFJ latest bank to fall into the red

Banking group UFJ Holdings Inc. said Tuesday it will post first-half group net losses of 65 billion yen for the period to Sept. 30, after shouldering hefty costs to cover bad-loan writeoffs and stock market losses.
CULTURE / Music / J-POPSICLE
Oct 3, 2001

No reason to feel ashamed

The savagely sultry summer has mercifully given way to the cooler, mellow vibe of autumn. It's time to savor such seasonal delights as sanma (Pacific saury), shinmai (newly harvested rice) and the latest Miyuki Nakajima album, which comes out like clockwork each year around this time.
JAPAN
Oct 3, 2001

Ministry may ban cow parts from drugs, cosmetics

The health ministry said Tuesday it is debating what body parts to include in a ban on using domestically raised cows and sheep as raw materials in medicines and cosmetics.
CULTURE / Art
Oct 3, 2001

Missing links steal the show

Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but it is also a dubious honor. For some 15 years, until his death in 1610, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio's brooding and beautiful works scandalized Church and patrons alike, and left a generation of followers -- and copycats -- in his wake.
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Oct 3, 2001

Alicia Keys: 'Songs in A Minor'

When it comes to describing pop artists, few adjectival phrases are as off-putting as "classically trained," especially when it's used repeatedly in the course of a five-year PR buildup for a teen prodigy. But classically trained Alicia Keys' long-awaited debut album, "Songs in A Minor," is neither as...
CULTURE / Music
Oct 3, 2001

The rebirth of cool

It's 30 minutes until showtime and the dark, cramped nightclub is already way past the fire chief's recommended maximum capacity. College students elbow their way through the wall of bodies toward the front, while gentlemen with salted beards and sports coats settle near the back with scotch and sodas....
MORE SPORTS
Oct 3, 2001

Sugiyama delights home fans

Third-seed Japanese ace Ai Sugiyama broke back from a two-game deficit in her match against Zsofia Gubacsi, rallying to beat the Hungarian in straight sets as she cleared the first round of the $970,000 Japan Open tennis tournament Tuesday.
JAPAN
Oct 3, 2001

Japan considering aid for Afghan refugees in Iran

Japan may provide humanitarian aid for a tide of Afghan refugees escaping to Iran in fear of military retaliation for the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the United States, Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka said Tuesday.
CULTURE / Film
Oct 3, 2001

Just who's ripping off who, here?

Score Rating: * * Director: Frank Oz Running time: 125 minutes Language: English Now showing
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Oct 3, 2001

Ray Wylie Hubbard: 'Eternal and Lowdown'

The 1970s produced an amazing crop of Texas singer-songwriters, though few have survived without some, shall we say, "life experiences." Transforming the pain and confusion of such experiences into self-revelatory, tight-rocking songs is what the Texas troubadour tradition is all about.
BUSINESS
Oct 3, 2001

IHI slashes this year's earnings forecasts

Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co. said Tuesday it has revised down its full- and half-year group earnings projections for the 2001 business year, citing hefty appraisal losses on its stock portfolios and a troubled subsidiary.
CULTURE / Art
Oct 3, 2001

Can-do creators fill in city 'gaps'

One of the biggest problems with Tokyo's avant-garde art scene is finding it.
CULTURE / Art
Oct 3, 2001

Mexico's 'cosmic' cornucopia

What is "ultrabaroque?"
CULTURE / Art
Oct 3, 2001

An artist who stands out from the crowd

Art does not exist in a bubble. Contemporary events, like the terrorist attack on America, affect the way we look at it.
JAPAN
Oct 2, 2001

SDF arms rules to be eased

The government and ruling bloc have agreed in principle to ease restrictions on the use of weapons by the Self-Defense Forces if they are engaged in logistic support for U.S.-led retaliatory strikes over the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the United States, government sources said Monday.
JAPAN
Oct 2, 2001

Disclosure law struggling to live up to its name

A landmark information disclosure law has failed to live up to its promise of increasing the transparency of the nation's scandal-tinged bureaucracy, citizens' groups claim.
JAPAN
Oct 2, 2001

'Tankan' shows mood darkening across the board

Business sentiment among large manufacturers fell for the third consecutive quarter amid increased fears of a global economic downturn, according to a key economic survey released Monday by the Bank of Japan.
BUSINESS
Oct 2, 2001

Nasdaq transactions hit record low

OSAKA -- The total value of transactions on the Nasdaq Japan stock exchange plunged 55.5 percent in September from the previous month to 12.7 billion yen, its lowest level since the market opened on June 19, 2000, the Osaka Securities Exchange said Monday.
JAPAN
Oct 2, 2001

Kariwa, state burned on cultural project

The central government and the Kariwa Municipal Government paid about 160 million yen more than they should have to build a cultural complex in Kariwa, Niigata Prefecture, the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy said Monday.
MORE SPORTS
Oct 2, 2001

Iwabuchi exits Japan Open early

Tenth-seeded Harel Levy had little trouble in brushing aside local favorite Satoshi Iwabuchi on a rain-soaked Monday as the $970,000 Japan Open tennis tournament got off to a sluggish start.
JAPAN
Oct 2, 2001

All meat-and-bone meal feed banned

The government formally announced Monday that it will impose a comprehensive ban starting Thursday on the distribution of imported and domestically produced meat-and-bone meal, an animal feed suspected of causing mad cow disease.
BUSINESS
Oct 2, 2001

New vehicle sales logged 4.1% fall in September

Sales of new motor vehicles fell 4.1 percent in September from a year earlier to 371,318 units, the first fall in three months, the Japan Automobile Dealers Association said Monday.
Toyoko Kids: The lonely street children of Tokyo
Many young people who feel neglected at home flock to the Toyoko area to find a community where they can fit in.
Japan unveils new overtourism countermeasures
The majority of tourists in Japan tend to stay in Tokyo, Osaka or Kyoto, resulting in overcrowding in popular tourist spots and a strain on transportation systems.
South Korea couple beat same-sex barriers to parenthood
South Korean lesbian couple Kim Kyu-jin (left) and her wife, Kim Sae-yeon, pose with a "pregnant woman" badge during an interview in Seoul last month.
Rising sex tourism exposes loopholes in Japan's anti-prostitution law
While financial misfortunes during the COVID-19 pandemic may have driven some women to work the streets, others simply want more money to spend — or want to pay off their debts — at host clubs.
Opportunities await the bold in the Year of the Wood Dragon
2024 marks the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese zodiac, with the year predicted to be a good time for fresh starts.
Behold the glory of Japan’s fruit boxes
Otherwise common sights in Japan's supermarkets, the country's fruit and veggie boxes can hide surprising symbols of local pride.
YouTuber Gigguk shifts from talking anime to making anime
The process of making “Baan” was personal and enlightening for Maneetapho, who spent years talking about anime on his YouTube channel and podcast before making the jump to becoming an anime creator himself.
How Yuki Joseph Nakajima turned failures into breakout success at Tokyo worlds
Yuki Joseph Nakajima after finishing sixth in the men's 400-meter final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Thursday.
Robot tour guides in Tokyo offer way for those with disabilities to work
Tours are being offered in Tokyo using a shoulder-mounted robot equipped with a camera, speaker and microphone. The robot twitches its wing-like arms, which it can fold together as if in prayer when visiting a temple.
World Athletics stars relish Tokyo atmosphere after COVID-hit Olympics
Organizers of the World Athletics Championships said over 500,000 tickets had been sold and that they are expecting to end the event in front of large crowds this weekend.

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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"Shake hands with Lima-chan," a statue that shares the name of the Peruvian capital looks in the direction of Peru, where a sister statue, "Sakura-chan," is located. Erected in Yokohama's Rinko Park in 1999, it commemorates Peruvian-Japanese friendship.
The journey of Peru’s Nikkei: Finding identity in Japan
By Christoph Sponsel

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