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CULTURE / Music
Sep 16, 2001

Gone but no longer forgotten

A psychological opera composed in the shadow of World War I, Erich Wolfgang Korngold's long-neglected "Die Tote Stadt (The Dead City, or Shi no Miyako)" has this year been brought to the stage three times: once in a revival of the New York City Opera's 1975 production and twice in new stagings.
COMMUNITY
Sep 16, 2001

Divination business thriving, for the foreseeable future

Head bowed, eyes closed, silently intoning my birth date and a prayer-like plea for good fortune; I feel a little silly, but I'm doing as I've been told.
BUSINESS
Sep 15, 2001

Mitsubishi revises down profit outlook

Mitsubishi Electric Corp. on Friday revised downward its earnings projections for the first half of fiscal 2001, blaming the plunge in global demand for semiconductors and mobile phones.
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2001

Another Japanese added to missing list in U.S.

A Japanese believed to have been locally employed with Fiduciary Trust International, housed in the World Trade Center, is listed as missing, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Sep 14, 2001

Nissan, Renault make integration effort

Nissan Motor Co. and Renault SA said Thursday they will launch a joint organization later this month to study ways to integrate their information systems as they move toward joint worldwide automotive operations.
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2001

Nikkei falls under vital 10,000 line

The benchmark Nikkei stock average tumbled below 10,000 for the first time in 17 years Wednesday as chaos overcame world financial markets following terrorist attacks in the United States the previous day.
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2001

Japan emergency rescue team on standby

Japan has placed an international emergency rescue team on standby for dispatch to the United States following Tuesday's terrorist attacks, the chairman of the National Public Safety Commission said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Sep 12, 2001

Takenaka, O'Neill to talk economy

The Cabinet Office said Tuesday that Heizo Takenaka, state minister in charge of economic and fiscal policy, and U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill will meet this evening at Takenaka's office.
CULTURE / Music / J-POPSICLE
Sep 12, 2001

You ain't nuthin' but a henjin

What a wacky guy Junichiro Koizumi is. When he's not battling bureaucracy or trying to revive the ailing economy, Japan's unprecedentedly popular prime minister likes nothing better than to chill out and listen to the music of the King: Elvis Presley.
JAPAN
Sep 11, 2001

Memorial erected for downed B-29 crew

INA, Ibaraki Pref. -- Before dawn on March 10, 1945, a U.S. B-29 bomber crashed into the woods outside a rural village some 45 km northeast of Tokyo.
JAPAN
Sep 11, 2001

15-year term sought for '70 JAL hijacking

Prosecutors on Monday sought a 15-year prison sentence for former Red Army Faction member Yoshimi Tanaka, who is on trial at the Tokyo District Court for the 1970 hijacking of a Japan Airlines jet and other charges.
BUSINESS
Sep 11, 2001

Patent confab kicks off in Tokyo

A meeting of patent office chiefs from 12 Asian countries started today in Tokyo, the Patent Office said Monday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Sep 9, 2001

Old before their time

From the mummies of ancient Egypt to the philosophers' search for the legendary Fountain of Youth to modern-day cryogenics, humankind has always longed for eternal life and everlasting youth. But has our fear of aging gone too far?
JAPAN
Sep 9, 2001

Koizumi hails U.S. relations on anniversary of treaty

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi commemorated the 50th anniversary of the signing of the San Francisco Peace Treaty on Saturday by emphasizing the continued importance of solid U.S.-Japan relations.
CULTURE / Books
Sep 9, 2001

This is the season of our national discontent

Last week's edition of Aera (Sept. 3) looked at the current "Age of Discontent," while Bungei Shunju published a special issue in August on ways to find happiness. Both themes currently feature on the shelves of Japanese bookstores as well.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Sep 9, 2001

For your regular viewing pleasure

Those who believe young people don't have proper peer models should check out TBS's "Sekai Ururun Taizai (World Sojourn)," which, every Sunday at 10 p.m., features a young celebrity traveling to a distant corner of the globe and living with a local family while learning a local skill or craft.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Sep 9, 2001

Making space to swing a cat in a rabbit hutch

Blame for the consumer spending slump is usually pinned on widespread anxiety over an uncertain future. But another reason, one that isn't discussed as much, is that most citizens already have everything they want.
MORE SPORTS
Sep 8, 2001

Minamoto to retire after season

Olympic bronze-medalist and 50-meter freestyle national record-holder Sumika Minamoto said Thursday she will retire at the end of the current swimming season.
BUSINESS
Sep 8, 2001

Criticism mounting over planned bond issue limit

Senior Cabinet members broke ranks Friday to criticize Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's plan to limit government bond issues to 30 trillion yen for this fiscal year.
BUSINESS
Sep 8, 2001

Shiokawa leaves for APEC talks

Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa on Friday departed for China to attend a meeting of finance chiefs from the 21 member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, scheduled to be held in Suzhou this weekend, ministry officials said.
JAPAN
Sep 7, 2001

Foreign Ministry official arrested in latest scandal

Police arrested a Foreign Ministry official and two employees of the Hotel New Otani on Thursday on suspicion of defrauding the government of some 400 million yen by padding hotel bills for international meetings.
BUSINESS
Sep 7, 2001

LDP formulates employment measures

The Liberal Democratic Party has drafted a set of employment measures to help those rendered jobless by corporate restructuring, officials said Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 6, 2001

Another official caught with hand in jar

A Foreign Ministry official has admitted padding state-paid hotel bills during Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meetings in Japan in 1995, police sources said Wednesday.
Events
Sep 4, 2001

Plumber places hopes on fresh, natural water

OSAKA -- Drinking water has long been seen as something that comes for free. All you need to do is turn on a tap.

Longform

A sinkhole in Yashio, which emerged in January, was triggered by a ruptured, aging sewer pipe. Authorities worry that similar sections of infrastructure across the country are also at risk of corrosion.
That sinking feeling: Japan’s aging sewers are an infrastructure time bomb