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Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 17, 2003

Japan must think outside the box if it hopes to get ahead: creativity guru

Japan needs to set up a "Ministry of Creativity" to think its way out of the economic slump it has endured for a decade, according to the world's leading authority in the field of creative and conceptual thinking.
JAPAN
Jul 16, 2003

2,200 disease carriers may have given blood

About 2,200 people who tested positive for hepatitis and other contagious diseases while donating blood in fiscal 2002 had previous blood donation records, according to the Japanese Red Cross Society.
JAPAN
Jul 13, 2003

Mice bring alien pathogens into ports

Mice carrying alien pathogens have taken up residence in Japanese ports, apparently after arriving inside freight containers from foreign countries, according to a three-year study by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Jul 13, 2003

We can work it out

"Naze hatarakunoka (Why Do We Work?)";
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 12, 2003

Students test corporate waters as interns

Like many college students who gathered at a Tokyo forum earlier this month, Tomoe Yoshida believes becoming an intern at a company will help her find out what career she wants to pursue.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Jul 12, 2003

Marina Gruenhage

Marina Gruenhage quotes Mother Teresa: "Each of us has a mission to fulfill, a mission of love."
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2003

Diet enacts law on hospitalizing impaired lawbreakers

The Diet enacted a controversial law Thursday on procedures for hospitalizing mentally impaired lawbreakers, after an unusually long path of deliberation.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2003

Man who held girl for nine years to serve 14, Supreme Court rules

The Supreme Court on Thursday restored the original 14-year sentence imposed on a man who kidnapped and confined a girl in Niigata Prefecture for nearly a decade.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 10, 2003

Homeless shelters' presence, profits irk neighbors

After learning that about 20 homeless people had moved into a dormlike shelter in their neighborhood, a large group of residents in the Higashi-Nippori district of Tokyo's Arakawa Ward demanded that the local assembly close the facility and relocate its occupants.
JAPAN
Jul 10, 2003

Firms required to have child-care facilities

The Diet, in a bid to encourage working women to have children, enacted legislation Wednesday requiring employers to provide child-care facilities and programs.
JAPAN
Jul 9, 2003

Key panel passes bill on mentally ill lawbreakers

The House of Representatives Judicial Affairs Committee endorsed a controversial bill Tuesday on procedures for hospitalizing mentally impaired lawbreakers, paving the way for its enactment Thursday during the chamber's plenary session.
JAPAN
Jul 9, 2003

Lawyers' group to propose its own prison reforms

The Japan Federation of Bar Associations is ready to call for improved medical services and living conditions at the nation's prisons, it was learned Tuesday.
COMMENTARY
Jul 7, 2003

Little gain but lots of pain

Ever since his administration took power in April 2001, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has been asking the Japanese public to endure the pain associated with structural reform. This request is justified only when all Japanese equally share the pain.
COMMENTARY
Jul 6, 2003

Iraqi case far from hopeless with time, creative thinking

LONDON -- Iraq is not Afghanistan. It is necessary to repeat this obvious point because the impression has been growing that occupied Iraq, like occupied Afghanistan, is a murderous and lawless stew of rival factions and impoverished tribes and factions, where democracy and stable government are impossible...
JAPAN
Jul 6, 2003

SARS travel alert for Taiwan lifted

The Foreign Ministry on Saturday lifted a SARS travel caution for Taiwan, the last remaining entry on its list of areas where travelers should exercise caution due to the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Jul 6, 2003

Labor pains

Story ideas for "trendy dramas" usually incorporate current issues that the target audience will be interested in. A major worry of young people right now, especially those attending university, is job prospects -- and the kind of work environment they'll have to face once they do get a job. Some of...
BUSINESS
Jul 5, 2003

Household spending slips 0.8%

Average household spending fell a real 0.8 percent in May from a year earlier to 288,840 yen, marking the seventh consecutive month of decline, the government said Friday.
COMMENTARY
Jul 4, 2003

Does irrelevancy await Japan?

HONOLULU -- Japan-U.S. relations are at a postwar high, "the best they have ever been," report policymakers on both sides of the Pacific and longtime observers of the relationship. Credit growing realism in Japan about security issues, unprecedented decisions in Tokyo and a remarkable personal relationship...
JAPAN
Jul 2, 2003

New council to address food safety

The Cabinet Office launched a council Tuesday designed to address growing public concerns about food safety, and the agricultural ministry reorganized its structure.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 1, 2003

Hong Kong strives to end SARS stigma

As the principal representative of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Tokyo, I am pleased to share the challenges and achievements of Hong Kong with our friends in Japan on the sixth anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China.
JAPAN
Jun 30, 2003

Most smokers undeterred by tax hike

More than half of the smokers responding to an online survey said a plan to increase the tax on tobacco will have no effect on their intake.
JAPAN
Jun 30, 2003

Most smokers undeterred by tax hike

More than half of the smokers responding to an online survey said a plan to increase the tax on tobacco will have no effect on their intake.
JAPAN
Jun 30, 2003

Most smokers undeterred by tax hike

More than half of the smokers responding to an online survey said a plan to increase the tax on tobacco will have no effect on their intake.
The Toyota buyout is a major test for Japan’s reforms
Akio Toyoda, chairman of Toyota Motor, speaks during a media preview at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Oct. 29. Minority investors are challenging the carmaker's bid to take affiliate Toyota Industries Corp. private.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
New satellite images suggest 'mass graves' in Sudan's El-Fasher
A general view of a berm construction in Kinin Village near El-Fasher.
High-speed rail is expensive and difficult, but seen as a key to growth
Achal Khare, former managing director at India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation, gives a presentation during the IHRA Forum 2025 in Tokyo on Oct. 23.
SoftBank is said to have explored potential takeover of Marvell
SoftBank explored a potential takeover of U.S. chipmaker Marvell Technology earlier this year, in what would have been the semiconductor industry's largest-ever deal.
These are the hottest lower-division rikishi to watch right now
Fukazaki (right) grapples with Enho at the IG Arena in Nagoya on July 13.
Across borders and screens, Tokyo film festival finds humanity in migration
“Mother Bhumi” takes place in a multiethnic rice-farming community where Chinese, Thai and Malay lineages intertwine.
Takaichi’s balancing act: Supporting Taiwan and stabilizing China ties
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi shakes hands with Lin Hsin-i, Taiwan’s presidential adviser, on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Saturday in this image posted to Takaichi's official X account.
From 1973 to 2025: A Japanese American skater’s long ride to recognition
Judi Oyama at Winchester Skatepark in San Jose, California, in January 1979. The Skateboarding Hall of Fame inductee and Guinness World Record holder still skates and hopes to inspire older women.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo

Podcast

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

Longform

Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
The second life of Japan's net cafes
By Alex K.T. Martin

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