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BUSINESS
Sep 20, 2003

Kyocera trims earnings forecast

Kyocera Corp. said Friday it has cut its group earnings projections for the fiscal first half amid disappointing sales of mobile phones and personal handy-phone system handsets.
JAPAN
Sep 19, 2003

More support urged for foreign students

The government and universities need to improve the support system and quality of education for the increasing number of foreign students in Japan, an advisory panel of the education ministry said Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 19, 2003

Crime panel advocates giving police more power to probe youngsters

A government panel on juvenile delinquency on Thursday submitted a report to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi proposing that police be given more power to investigate crimes committed by children under 14.
BUSINESS
Sep 19, 2003

Fujitsu lands 172.5 billion yen deal with British government

Fujitsu Ltd. has received an order from the British government for a large-scale system to provide tax services via the Internet, Fujitsu officials said Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 15, 2003

Assessment team heads to Mideast

A government fact-finding mission headed Sunday to the Middle East to study ways to carry out the envisioned dispatch of Self-Defense Forces personnel to help rebuild Iraq.
EDITORIALS
Sep 14, 2003

Tracking lost art of the Holocaust

Last Monday marked the launch of a Web site designed to help people find out whether American galleries and museums hold art that was, or could have been, stolen by the Nazis -- and if so, which institutions hold what. It was an occasion that, like the comparable moment more than three years ago when...
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2003

Hospital malpractice rises four-fold in '02

University hospitals across Japan reported 39 malpractice cases to the government in fiscal 2002, more than four times the number in the previous year, according to documents obtained by Kyodo News.
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2003

Waseda loses case over Jiang lecture

Waseda University acted illegally by sending police a list of people who applied to attend a lecture by former Chinese President Jiang Zemin, saying it violated the applicants' privacy by disclosing personal information without their consent, the Supreme Court has ruled.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Sep 14, 2003

The money hole

Kumiko Morita looked down at her cell phone as it began to ring. With reluctance she picked it up and answered it. After listening to the caller, she began to speak -- not in her usual soft-spoken way, but in a loud, forceful voice.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Sep 14, 2003

Uncovering lost worlds of Japanese film

RECALLING THE TREASURES OF JAPANESE CINEMA: Japanese Film History Studies, edited by Friends of Silent Film Association, supervised by Matsuda Film Productions, preface by Tadao Sato. Tokyo: Urban Connections, 2003, 200 pp., with photos, 1,800 yen (cloth). With movies so ubiquitous it is easy to forget...
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2003

Iraq mission to determine Japanese assistance

Japan will send a fact-finding mission to Iraq as early as next week to determine where Self-Defense Forces can operate and what kind of humanitarian assistance Tokyo can offer, government officials said Friday.
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2003

Yokosuka navy base plays key missile role, think tank says

YOKOSUKA, Kanagawa Pref. -- A disarmament think tank on Friday suggested that Yokosuka is a pivotal U.S. base for Tomahawk cruise missiles, backing its claim with documents showing that a U.S. destroyer received and transferred hundreds of the high-tech missiles here between 1991 and 1997.
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2003

Nonaka sent 5 cm piece of metal

Veteran Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Hiromu Nonaka received a 5.5 cm piece of metal in the mail that might be a bullet at his Tokyo office, police said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Sep 11, 2003

KDDI plans to sell PHS unit, focus on au cellular service

KDDI Corp. plans to sell DDI Pocket Inc., its personal handy-phone system unit, company sources said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2003

Mount Fuji ascent shows climber Japan's two faces

A man who refuses to see limits in life had one unexpectedly plunked down in front of him last week.
BUSINESS
Sep 10, 2003

Banks and FSA draw closer on loan estimates

The gap between major banks and the Financial Services Agency in their estimates of the banks' risky and bad loans has narrowed, FSA data showed Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 10, 2003

Foreign execs coached through local game

The American executive blurted out a series of questions he had been unable to ask for a year.
JAPAN
Sep 9, 2003

Osaka's Ohta announces she will seek second term

OSAKA -- Osaka Gov. Fusae Ohta formally announced Monday that she will seek a second term when her current term expires in February 2004.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / A GAIJIN'S TALE
Sep 9, 2003

No fixed abode

When I first arrived in Japan I was living with a friend who was working "under the table."
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 9, 2003

Using the right words in Kosovo

When it comes to media access, Kosovo's population is spoiled for choices. No apartment block is complete without its symmetrical rows of white satellite dishes scanning the heavens for news and entertainment. One estimate has it that 75 percent of the population has media access. BBC and MTV are just...
JAPAN
Sep 8, 2003

3D digital map of Japan planned to boost accuracy

The Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry is planning to create a digital three-dimensional map of Japan for use in such fields as disaster preparedness and fostering new businesses.
JAPAN
Sep 7, 2003

Japan's space station bill to top 1 trillion yen

Japan will have to shoulder more than 1 trillion yen to help build and operate the International Space Station, a figure much higher than previously cited by the government, internal documents from the science ministry obtained by Kyodo News showed Saturday.
JAPAN
Sep 7, 2003

Envoy on Iraq fact-finding mission

Yukio Okamoto, diplomatic adviser to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, left Saturday for Iraq to look into how Japan can contribute to reconstruction efforts there.
COMMENTARY
Sep 7, 2003

Exams fail to rock the boat

LONDON -- Summer is examination season in Britain with results posted in mid-August. These are important for young people as entry to university, especially a more prestigious one, depends on the results they achieve.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 4, 2003

Over 100 million yen withdrawn with stolen bank card

Police are searching for a man suspected of stealing a company president's bank card and using it to withdraw more than 100 million yen from an Internet banking service, officials said.
JAPAN
Sep 4, 2003

Workers happy to serve as jurors as long as trials are short

Some 72 percent of respondents in a recent survey said they would be willing to act as jurors if a quasi-jury system being contemplated by the government is introduced -- as long as the trial did not run longer than three days.
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.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
As of August 2024, the number of confirmed chagusaba farmers had fallen to 302, just over half the 582 reported in 2015, according to the Shizuoka Chagusaba Farming Method Promotion Council.

Podcast

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

Longform

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight
By Mai Yoshikawa

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