search

 
Menu
Search
 
August 28, 2025
 

Today's print edition

Home Delivery
Subscribe for more access
337,447 results
Sort by: Relevance Newest Oldest
After adjusting your search parameters, press Enter on your keyboard or click on the red magnifying glass to run your query again.
COMMENTARY
Jan 20, 2001

A good pick for key Asian-policy post

Nice guys don't always finish last. Soon after Gen. Colin Powell heard from President-elect George W. Bush that he was indeed to be nominated secretary of state, he picked up the telephone and asked someone he has known for years to join his team as the next assistant secretary of state for East Asian...
JAPAN
Jan 20, 2001

Ministers hold average 357 million yen

Takashi Sasagawa, a Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker, tops a list ranking the personal assets of 29 newly appointed ministers and senior vice ministers.
BUSINESS
Jan 20, 2001

State still saying economy is on a mild recovery track

The economy remains on a mild recovery track despite a long-delayed upturn in consumer spending and the slowing of growth in industrial output, the government said Friday.
CULTURE / Art
Jan 20, 2001

Patience finds something from nothing

Tokyo galleries are back in swing after the New Year's holiday, and the surprise toast of the town is an emerging artist, Anne Daems. A look at the 34-year-old Belgian's biography reveals that Daems has had only four solo shows in her short career, and that is exactly the number of local exhibitions...
JAPAN
Jan 20, 2001

Group turns Miyake ash to glass

An institute affiliated with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government is producing glassware using volcanic ash from Miyake Island, officials said Friday.
SOCCER / J. League
Jan 20, 2001

Tuto joins Reds

Brazilian forward Tuto, who played for FC Tokyo on loan from Kawasaki Frontale last season, moved to the Urawa Reds on a full transfer, Frontale announced Friday.
CULTURE / Music / HOGAKU TODAY
Jan 20, 2001

Mixing and matching musical genres

Late January and early February offer three fascinating hogaku concerts, ranging from the traditional to the contemporary and a world premier of a collaboration of Asian musical styles and dance.
CULTURE / Music
Jan 20, 2001

Rock on in Yokohama

Rock 'n' Roll Bazaar 2001, an annual event at which more than 30,000 items relating to rock-music artists are displayed and sold, will be held Jan. 26-30 at BS Hall on the 6th floor of Yokohama World Porters.
EDITORIALS
Jan 19, 2001

No mileage in banana peels

A case came to court in Sunderland, England, earlier this week, that caused, or reflected, quite a stir -- such a stir, in fact, that its ripples have been felt far beyond England. Why is this?
JAPAN
Jan 19, 2001

Million yen prize offered for Todai's first paper

The editorial staff of the University of Tokyo's campus newspaper is offering 1 million yen to anyone who can supply them with a copy of the journal's first issue, published 80 years ago.
JAPAN
Jan 19, 2001

Obituary: Toyomune Minamoto

Toyomune Minamoto, a veteran historian of Japanese art, died of old age Wednesday at a hospital in Kyoto's Sakyo Ward, his family said Thursday. He was 105.
BUSINESS
Jan 19, 2001

M&As rose 41% in 2000 to new high

The number of merger and acquisition deals involving Japanese companies jumped 40.8 percent to a record high of 1,768 in 2000, a research division of Nomura Securities Co. said in a report released Thursday.
BUSINESS
Jan 19, 2001

'Treasury stocks' considered as stimulus step by LDP panel

A Liberal Democratic Party task force said Thursday that it will push forward discussions on so-called treasury stocks to help bolster Japan's stock market, panelists said.
JAPAN
Jan 19, 2001

Brazilian residents' problems addressed

The government appears to be ready to throw everything behind a belated effort to address the increasingly serious problems Japan's approximately 230,000 Brazilian residents face in areas including education, social welfare and working conditions.
JAPAN
Jan 19, 2001

Mori-Putin talks pushed back a month

Russia has asked to postpone until March a summit between Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori and Russian President Vladimir Putin that had been set for late February, Foreign Minister Yohei Kono said Thursday.
JAPAN
Jan 19, 2001

Three-way merger to create second-biggest travel agency

Kinki Nippon Tourist Co. and Nippon Travel Agency, Japan's second- and third-largest travel agencies, announced Thursday that they have agreed to merge in January 2003.
JAPAN
Jan 19, 2001

Bureaucratic reform date set

Basic reform principles for Japan's civil service and special public corporations will be drafted by June, Ryutaro Hashimoto, minister in charge of administrative reforms, said Thursday.
JAPAN
Jan 19, 2001

End of line looms for word processor machines

The supply of specialized Japanese-language word processor machines will likely dry up in the near future, as more and more consumers move over to personal computers.
BUSINESS
Jan 19, 2001

Matsushita to sell BS digital TV with hard disk

OSAKA -- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said Thursday it will put on sale March 20 the industry's first broadcast satellite-capable digital television set having a built-in hard-disk video recorder.
BUSINESS
Jan 19, 2001

Early trends, inaction may favor weak yen

There is a virtual consensus in the marketplace that the yen will soon hit 120 to the dollar and eventually 125 later in the year.
CULTURE / Film
Jan 19, 2001

Pleasure, pain and Arizona

January is an absolutely dire month for films, and this year's lingering holiday blockbuster constipation is even worse than usual. The pickings are slim, but you could try "Phatman: Theory of the Leisure Class," which is a rare film indeed -- an American indie flick that is opening in Japan but not...
JAPAN
Jan 19, 2001

Li Peng to visit Japan as early as April

China's No. 2 man Li Peng may visit Japan in the spring as part of bilateral efforts to secure medium- and long-term stability in the often prickly relations between the two nations, informed sources said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Jan 19, 2001

Skynet seeks Tokyo-Miyazaki flights

MIYAZAKI -- Skynet Asia Airways, a small airline based in Miyazaki, plans to apply to the government by September for approval to open a route between Tokyo and Miyazaki, airline officials said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Jan 19, 2001

Snow Brand to tie up with Itochu, Yayoi

Snow Brand Milk Products Co. said Thursday that it will strengthen its competitive edge in the frozen food business by joining hands with Itochu Corp. and its affiliate, Yayoi Foods Co.
JAPAN
Jan 19, 2001

Firms demand English speakers

Kyodo News Service Keizo Mori is one of many old-style Japanese corporate warriors trying to keep up in an internationalized work environment where mastering English has become key to climbing the promotion ladder.
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’

Longform

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

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

Looking ahead to Yokohama’s Green × Expo 2027
Looking ahead to Yokohama’s Green × Expo 2027

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS note

Read more

SUPPLEMENTS BINDER