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JAPAN
Jun 27, 2003

Takuma's final defense for massacre: insanity

OSAKA -- In an emotional, six-hour closing argument that ended with quotations from the Greek tragedy "Antigone," lawyers for Mamoru Takuma, who has admitted to massacring eight elementary school students in 2001, said he is not guilty by reason of insanity.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 27, 2003

WHO doctor lauded for response to 'mysterious' outbreak in China

The number of victims from the SARS epidemic may have been greater if a Japanese doctor at the World Health Organization had not acted swiftly after receiving word about a new and deadly virus in southern China.
JAPAN
Jun 27, 2003

Takuma's final defense for massacre: insanity

OSAKA -- In an emotional, six-hour closing argument that ended with quotations from the Greek tragedy "Antigone," lawyers for Mamoru Takuma, who has admitted to massacring eight elementary school students in 2001, said he is not guilty by reason of insanity.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 27, 2003

Tamura shines for BayStars

Hitoshi Tamura belted a go-ahead solo homer in the top of the ninth to lift the Yokohama BayStars over the Yomiuri Giants Giants 3-2 at Tokyo Dome on Thursday.
JAPAN
Jun 27, 2003

Envoy seeks meeting with Suu Kyi

Ambassador to Myanmar Yuji Miyamoto is trying to confirm the whereabouts of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi following revelations by a U.N. envoy that she was being held in a Yangon prison earlier this month, Senior Vice Foreign Minister Tetsuro Yano said Thursday.
JAPAN
Jun 27, 2003

Envoy seeks meeting with Suu Kyi

Ambassador to Myanmar Yuji Miyamoto is trying to confirm the whereabouts of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi following revelations by a U.N. envoy that she was being held in a Yangon prison earlier this month, Senior Vice Foreign Minister Tetsuro Yano said Thursday.
JAPAN
Jun 26, 2003

Japan-Europe venture aims to land humanity's first probe on Mercury

Japan and the European Space Agency are planning a joint mission that would be the first to land a probe on Mercury, a government official said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jun 26, 2003

Japan-Europe venture aims to land humanity's first probe on Mercury

Japan and the European Space Agency are planning a joint mission that would be the first to land a probe on Mercury, a government official said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jun 26, 2003

Japan-Europe venture aims to land humanity's first probe on Mercury

Japan and the European Space Agency are planning a joint mission that would be the first to land a probe on Mercury, a government official said Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 25, 2003

Foreign meat producers blast tariff plan

A food service industry group and meat producers from the U.S. and Australia on Tuesday urged the Japanese government not to invoke emergency curbs on imported beef, saying such restrictions would hurt consumers as well as the food industry and exporters.
JAPAN
Jun 25, 2003

DPJ president rushes to defense of Diet-wannabe son

Naoto Kan, president of the Democratic Party of Japan, on Tuesday defended the decision by his eldest son to run for a seat in the House of Representatives.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 25, 2003

Ex-NPA officer named new Tokyo security chief

Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara on Tuesday took a step toward cracking down on crime, formally appointing former National Police Agency officer Yutaka Takehana as vice governor in charge of security.
JAPAN
Jun 24, 2003

Decontrols seen leading to tuition hike

Roughly half of 92 national university presidents predict some form of tuition hike after their schools become independent administrative institutions in fiscal 2004 and are allowed to determine how much they will charge students, according to a Kyodo News survey.
JAPAN
Jun 24, 2003

Chinese activists blocked from landing on disputed islands

A boat carrying 13 activists from Hong Kong and mainland China left Japanese territorial waters in the East China Sea on Monday after an attempt to land on the disputed Senkaku Islands was thwarted by Japanese patrol boats, the coast guard said.
JAPAN
Jun 24, 2003

Chinese activists blocked from landing on disputed islands

A boat carrying 13 activists from Hong Kong and mainland China left Japanese territorial waters in the East China Sea on Monday after an attempt to land on the disputed Senkaku Islands was thwarted by Japanese patrol boats, the coast guard said.
JAPAN
Jun 24, 2003

Chinese activists blocked from landing on disputed islands

A boat carrying 13 activists from Hong Kong and mainland China left Japanese territorial waters in the East China Sea on Monday after an attempt to land on the disputed Senkaku Islands was thwarted by Japanese patrol boats, the coast guard said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FRONT-RUNNERS
Jun 24, 2003

Takara says its ready to go fetch overseas success

Do dogs in the United States, Japan and South Korea have the same emotions?
JAPAN
Jun 22, 2003

832 to run in Lower House election

More than 830 candidates are preparing to run in the next House of Representatives election, although both the both ruling and opposition camps are still trying to sort out arrangements for electoral alliances, according to a Kyodo News survey released Sunday.
JAPAN
Jun 22, 2003

Defector willing to testify about Pyongyang's plans for Japan

A top-ranking North Korean official who defected to South Korea in 1997 has expressed his willingness to testify in Japan about the situation in the reclusive communist state, opposition lawmaker Shu Watanabe told Kyodo News on Saturday.
JAPAN
Jun 22, 2003

Defector willing to testify about Pyongyang's plans for Japan

A top-ranking North Korean official who defected to South Korea in 1997 has expressed his willingness to testify in Japan about the situation in the reclusive communist state, opposition lawmaker Shu Watanabe told Kyodo News on Saturday.
JAPAN
Jun 22, 2003

Defector willing to testify about Pyongyang's plans for Japan

A top-ranking North Korean official who defected to South Korea in 1997 has expressed his willingness to testify in Japan about the situation in the reclusive communist state, opposition lawmaker Shu Watanabe told Kyodo News on Saturday.
EDITORIALS
Jun 22, 2003

What price Tokyo?

It's a funny thing about lists, isn't it? Regardless of the category, it's human nature to want to be at the top of whatever it is being listed. So it was last week when an international cost-of-living survey, published Monday, ranked Tokyo as once again the world's most expensive city, ahead of Moscow,...
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jun 22, 2003

Japan juggles issue of health vs. economy

The health ministry just never gets a break. As the guardian of the nation's physical well-being it is expected to warn the populace about practices and products that may pose a danger to health, but whenever it gets up the wherewithal to actually give advice people cry foul.
JAPAN
Jun 21, 2003

Japan plots talks on export controls to counter WMD

Japan plans to host high-level dialogue on export controls in the Asia-Pacific region in October in a bid to prevent proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, trade chief Takeo Hiranuma said Friday.
Global militaries to study India-Pakistan fighter jet battle
The Indian Air Force's Rafale fighter jets. India and Pakistan aircraft engaged in a dogfight on Wednesday.
Man admitted to 2025 Osaka Expo with 85-year-old ticket
The Osaka Expo, which opened last month, runs through mid-October.
In his first appearance, Pope Leo offers three big clues about his papacy
Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost of the United States, appears on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Thursday.
Pakistan hails role of Chinese jets in repelling India strikes
A J-10C fighter jet
Suspect in Tokyo Metro stabbing chose station to highlight ‘educational abuse’
Yoshitaka Toda is escorted out of a police station in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Friday to be sent to prosecutors.
Who could become Japan's next prime minister?
Clockwise from top left: Former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi, former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi, Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi
With a new Shibuya studio, Apple Music bets big on Japan
Apple Music personalities (from left) Ebro Darden, Kentaro Ochiai, Zane Lowe and Mino came together for a special recording in late April to discuss music and celebrate the newly opened Apple Music studio in Tokyo.
Kazuki Nagasawa's sustainable designs are rooted in tradition
For centuries, artisans have unraveled strands of the fibrous bark of "shuro" trees to create a medley of everyday objects. Designer Kazuki Nagasawa is now transforming the traditional material into ethereal contemporary pieces.
SusHi Tech Tokyo 2025 expands to become one of Asia's largest startup events
SusHi Tech Tokyo 2025 was bustling with participants of various nationalities Thursday, and multiple languages could be heard around the room as many engaged in conversations throughout the day.
Celebrating Japan’s defeat at Shimoda’s Black Ships Festival
Tatsumi Onose (right), who plays the part of Commodore Matthew Perry in Shimoda's Black Ship Festival, says the historical episode the event is based on should be remembered for its positives more than its negatives.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Dangami House is a 180-year-old former samurai residence of the Kato clan, who ruled over Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, until the Meiji Restoration.
A house, a legacy and the quiet work of restoration in rural Japan
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