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CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Nov 11, 2001

In praise of Japan's 'Greatest Generation'

Perhaps as a reaction against the excesses of an age of material prosperity and greed, America in recent years has seen a spate of books and movies extolling the so-called Greatest Generation, the quiet men who went off to fight in World War II. Similarly, Japan now has "Project X," a popular NHK-TV...
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Nov 11, 2001

Trying to sell the news to kids who don't care

We've heard a lot lately about the decline of literacy in the developed world, as more people turn to new technology as their principal source of information. Commentators often illustrate this claim with figures demonstrating how no one reads novels anymore or by citing the decline in advertising revenue....
JAPAN
Nov 10, 2001

Calls for Cabinet shakeup dog Koizumi

Speculation that Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi will reshuffle his Cabinet sometime after the current Diet session ends Dec. 7 has not ebbed, despite his repeated denials.
JAPAN
Nov 10, 2001

School trips to Okinawa to be subsidized

The government plans to provide about 50 million yen in subsidies for school excursion programs to Okinawa, which has seen a sharp fall in tourism since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the United States, government officials said.
JAPAN
Nov 10, 2001

GDP set to contract 0.9% in '01: Cabinet

The Cabinet Office on Friday reversed its economic projection for fiscal 2001 from growth of 1.7 percent to a 0.9 percent contraction in real gross domestic product, marking the bleakest outlook in the postwar period and the first forecasted shrinkage since 1998.
JAPAN
Nov 10, 2001

Calls for Cabinet shakeup dog Koizumi

Speculation that Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi will reshuffle his Cabinet sometime after the current Diet session ends Dec. 7 has not ebbed, despite his repeated denials.
BUSINESS
Nov 10, 2001

Business confidence plummets

Business confidence worsened in the July-September quarter to a three-year low amid increasing worries about the slowdown in the global economy, according to survey results released Friday by the government Friday.
BUSINESS
Nov 9, 2001

Machinery orders post 13.2% drop

Core private-sector machinery orders fell a seasonally adjusted 13.2 percent in September from the month before to 879 billion yen, the Cabinet Office said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Nov 9, 2001

Kyocera another victim of IT downturn

Kyocera Corp. said Thursday its consolidated net profit in the first half of the business year to Sept. 30 fell 64.1 percent from a year earlier to 19.1 billion yen due to sluggish demand for information technology products.
JAPAN
Nov 9, 2001

Group of Chogin executives arrested

Tokyo police on Thursday arrested four former senior executives of the failed Chogin Tokyo credit union on suspicion that they withheld data from government investigators in 1998.
EDITORIALS
Nov 8, 2001

Better, cheaper welfare goods needed

About 18 months have passed since the introduction of long-term care insurance based on the principle of the "socialization of care." From October, elderly people aged 65 and over have been paying the full insurance premium. This is an important period for solidifying the system. The Ministry of Health,...
BUSINESS
Nov 8, 2001

Nikkeiren asks for another extra budget

The chairman of the Japan Federation of Employer's Associations (Nikkeiren) urged the government on Wednesday to draw up a second supplementary budget.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 8, 2001

For many Arab regimes, the 'war on terror' begins at home

BEIRUT -- The United States has long divided Arab regimes into two broad categories: the friendly, pro-Western "moderate" ones and the less friendly, "radical" ones. Since Sept. 11, two key "moderates' -- Egypt and Saudi Arabia -- have undergone a drastic change of status in American eyes. Only arch-villain...
BUSINESS
Nov 8, 2001

Toshiba to idle 12,000 employees

Toshiba Corp. will idle the 12,000 employees in its semiconductor division for two to four days before the end of the year in an intensified cost-cutting effort to deal with the prolonged slump in the global information technology market, company officials have announced.
COMMENTARY / WASHINGTON UPDATE
Nov 8, 2001

Partisan politics heat up

WASHINGTON -- You can feel the change. It is not back to politics as usual -- pre-Sept. 11 variety -- but the partisan blood is flowing again in the body politic. In the spirit of accommodation that has marked the post-attack period, Congress has been passing major measures of great consequence on a...
BUSINESS
Nov 7, 2001

0.9% contraction is expected

The government looks set to revise downward its economic forecast for fiscal 2001 to negative growth of around minus 0.9 percent from its original projection of 1.7 percent growth, government sources said Tuesday.
SOCCER / World cup
Nov 7, 2001

Chung wants Emperor at World Cup

South Korean World Cup Organizing Committee co-chairman Chung Mong Joon stressed the significance of a visit by Japan's Emperor to South Korea for the opening ceremony of next year's World Cup.
JAPAN
Nov 6, 2001

U.S. Embassy warns of delays for visas

The U.S. Embassy in Tokyo said Monday that applicants for visas unrelated to immigration may expect the processing of their applications to be delayed as a result of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the United States.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 6, 2001

Fighting for independence in the shadow of a Goliath

ALMATY, Kazakstan -- The phone calls started last May, after the body of an ethnic Uighur activist was found strangled and dumped in a water reservoir.
JAPAN / JOB JITTERS
Nov 6, 2001

Growing pool of temps faces full-time work, part-time pay

When her part-time contract was up for renewal in September 2000, Michiko's boss made clear the degree of negotiating power she had.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 5, 2001

Preventing financial panic

American consumers have tightened their purse strings since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. In capitalist economies, the downtrend in consumption is disturbing for the future of the world economy.
JAPAN
Nov 5, 2001

Labels eyed to track cows' history

The farm ministry has begun developing a system to numerically label every package of beef to show consumers the birthplace of the cow it is from and the farms where it was raised, ministry sources said Sunday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / VINELAND
Nov 4, 2001

The quiet return of Riesling

Wine and hemlines are both susceptible to the whims of fashion. In recent years, the Riesling grape suffered from a dowdy reputation. During the big red wine boom of the '90s, it was shunned as a pale wallflower.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Nov 4, 2001

Thrift store retail that wags the dog

WASHINGTON -- Jeanie Naumann, manager of Wagging Tails Thrifts and Gift, says she can hardly believe it herself. It seems she just had to open the store, and the donations, volunteers, customers and profits started rolling in.
JAPAN / JOB JITTERS
Nov 3, 2001

Retirement not always time to relax

The red, blue and green flags of labor unions fluttered in front of the towering headquarters of a major bank in Tokyo's Marunouchi business district in early September as about 200 workers shouted, "The bank ought to carry out its social responsibility" and "We don't forgive the bank for dismissing...
BUSINESS
Nov 3, 2001

Economy deteriorating, government confirms

Economic and fiscal policy minister Heizo Takenaka said Friday that the economy is deteriorating further, signaling that the government plans to downgrade its assessment of the state of the economy in a report later this month.
Japan braces for more quakes as authorities dismiss doomsday hype
Evacuees from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecuture, arrive at Kagoshima Port on Friday.
Heatstroke alert issued for 19 prefectures as Japan enters 'once-in-a-decade' heat wave
Japan will experience a heat wave through mid-July on a “level only seen once in a decade,” the Meteorological Agency said on June 30.
Hidden AI prompts in academic papers spark concern about research integrity
Waseda University is one of 14 institutions in eight countries found to have used hidden prompts in research papers.
Tokyo and Kyoto feature among top ‘noctourism’ destinations
Tokyo ranked second after New York and ahead of Dubai and Singapore in a ranking of the top global cities for nighttime tourism.
Elon Musk says he has created a new U.S. political party
Elon Musk looks on during a news conference with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on May 30.
Ainu land rights in crosshairs as Hokkaido communities debate nuclear waste
A street in Suttsu, Hokkaido, with a sign put up by an anti-nuclear organization. The small community is considering hosting a facility that would hold nuclear waste.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Flag football facing challenges and opportunities ahead
Japan’s women’s flag football team at the 2025 International Bowl in Los Angeles in June. The sport is enjoying continued growth in the country.
From Hokusai’s Great Wave, shinkansen to One Piece: a cultural treasure box for Lego Japan
Michael Ebbesen, general manager of Lego Japan, says Lego bricks based on Japanese culture have a rich global appeal and are sellable around the world.
With farmed fish, RelationFish swims against the tide in fine dining
Chef Hideaki Matsuo (middle) and the staff of Oseto Suisan Fisheries prepare to check on their sustainably farmed fish.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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