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CULTURE / Music / J-POPSICLE
Jan 16, 2002

If at first you don't succeed

Teen idol Ami Suzuki is apparently on the verge of making a comeback after disappearing from the J-pop radar more than a year ago.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Jan 13, 2002

Different strokes, different folks

Former Olympic swimmer Yasuko Tajima appears tonight on the exotic travel show, "Sekai Ururun Taizaiki (World Sojourn)" (TBS, 10 p.m.), the program on which she made her showbiz debut last year.
JAPAN
Jan 5, 2002

JET Program doing its job but in need of reform: expert

The Japan Exchange and Teaching Program has improved English education in Japan and has promoted mutual cultural understanding between Japanese and people from other countries since its inception in 1987, according to the chairman of the program's evaluation committee.
JAPAN
Dec 31, 2001

University probed over 'donations' made to secure backdoor admissions

Parents of candidates trying to enter Teikyo University's medical department are believed to have paid more than 2 billion yen a year in a suspected backdoor admission scandal, according to sources familiar with the case.
COMMUNITY
Dec 30, 2001

Starting anew through the ages

The world's most universally observed festival, New Year is also its most diverse, with timing, inspiration and celebration differing among countries, cultures and religions. For some, it is an occasion on which to give thanks for another year of survival; for others it's a vantage point from which to...
BUSINESS
Dec 29, 2001

Japan not head over heals for Cuba

Will Japan ever fall for Cuba?
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Dec 29, 2001

Tetsuya Kobayashi

Early in his career at the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, when he was still on the bottom rung of the ladder, Tetsuya Kobayashi was sent to the Kamikochi Imperial Hotel. Part of his duties there were the cleaning-up operations. "I shall never forget my first experience," he said. "While I was working, I was...
JAPAN
Dec 27, 2001

Japan, South Korea to bury the hatchet for year of World Cup Soccer Finals

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and South Korean President Kim Dae Jung will exchange televised messages on New Year's Day, kicking off a series of Japan-South Korea exchange projects, a Foreign Ministry official said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Dec 23, 2001

Engineer in hospital exposed to massive dose of radiation

A 34-year-old man has been exposed to roughly 1,000 times the annual amount of radiation permissible while installing radiotherapy equipment at a government-run hospital in Tokyo, officials at the science and technology ministry said.
CULTURE / Film
Dec 19, 2001

A familiar face in the mirror

Vanilla SkyRating: * * * Director: Cameron Crowe Running time: 135 minutes Language: English Now showing
JAPAN / Media / CHANNEL SURF
Dec 16, 2001

Living life to the fullest in fields of dreams

This week's "Sunday Big Special" (TV Tokyo; tonight, 7 p.m.) revisits six families it has featured in the past on its occasional "Back to Nature" specials. These programs explore the burgeoning self-sufficiency movement by profiling families that have given up the rat race and moved to isolated rural...
JAPAN
Dec 5, 2001

Nation's teenagers strong in math but weak in intellectual curiosity

Japanese 15-year-olds came out ahead of their international counterparts in terms of applied mathematics, but had the worst record when it came to reading books and finding time to study on their own, a survey showed Tuesday.
COMMUNITY
Dec 2, 2001

What's hot on the slopes

According to Masataka Shiwaku of Victoria Wardrobe, a snow-wear retailer in Tokyo's Kanda Ogawa-cho district, this year "many people seem to be thinking of renewing their skiing or snowboarding wardrobes."
COMMUNITY
Dec 2, 2001

Need a powder fix in Japan? Go boarding out of bounds

Anyone who has skied or boarded on a weekend in Japan knows the story: the well-groomed slopes, blanketed with skiers and boarders making their way up and down as loudspeakers blare pop music and shrill announcements. And then there are the cattle-corral cafeterias, the chaotic souvenir stands, the apres-ski...
JAPAN
Dec 1, 2001

Afghan aid plan includes offering schools, teachers

The government plans to offer educational support to Afghanistan by constructing schools and dispatching teachers as part of efforts to rebuild the war-torn country.
JAPAN
Dec 1, 2001

Motivators instill staff with a new enthusiasm

With the economy in deep freeze, motivational firms that claim they have the power to inject new vim into lifeless workers are attracting the attention of executives yearning to recapture lost corporate brio.
Japan Times
Events
Nov 27, 2001

Visionary sees World Cup as time to boost blind soccer

OSAKA -- Soccer is a sport that relies heavily on coordination between the eye and foot.
SUMO
Nov 26, 2001

Musashimaru loses final bout to Kaio

Yokozuna Musashimaru lost to ozeki Kaio in the final bout of the Kyushu Basho, but it made no difference to the outcome of the tournament, as he had already clinched his ninth championship on the 14th by defeating Tochiazuma. Musashimaru looked clumsy and overly laid-back in his final bout.
JAPAN
Nov 23, 2001

Colleges for teachers face drastic cuts

An education ministry panel recommended Thursday that the number of government-run teachers' universities and education departments at other schools should be cut in half.
JAPAN
Nov 23, 2001

Colleges for teachers face drastic cuts

An education ministry panel recommended Thursday that the number of government-run teachers' universities and education departments at other schools should be cut in half.
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Nov 22, 2001

Singing the praises of glorious mud flats

How's this for a writer with a bee in his shorts?: "Upon ratifying the Ramsar Convention, Japan agreed to 'promote the conservation of wetlands and waterfowl by establishing nature reserves in wetlands . . . and providing adequately for their wardening' [Article 4]. So far, Japan has made no effort to...
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 17, 2001

BayStars taken over by NBS

The heads of Japan's 12 professional baseball clubs on Thursday approved a move that will make Nippon Broadcasting System Inc. the top shareholder of the Yokohama BayStars Baseball Club Inc.
BUSINESS
Nov 15, 2001

Ichiro helps Sky Perfect cut losses

Sky Perfect Communications Inc., operator of the Sky PerfecTV digital broadcasting service, said Wednesday it incurred a consolidated net loss of 4.64 billion yen in the first half of this business year, compared with a loss of 15.89 billion yen a year earlier.
BUSINESS
Nov 15, 2001

Ichiro helps Sky Perfect cut losses

Sky Perfect Communications Inc., operator of the Sky PerfecTV digital broadcasting service, said Wednesday it incurred a consolidated net loss of 4.64 billion yen in the first half of this business year, compared with a loss of 15.89 billion yen a year earlier.
JAPAN
Nov 10, 2001

Doctors prescribe antiaging therapy

A U.S. doctor promoting the new field of antiaging medicine said Friday in Tokyo that the public should do away with stereotypes of the elderly as sickly and unproductive and to think instead of extending life's "usable years."
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Nov 7, 2001

MLB contraction: Say it ain't so, Bud

Just about the time you are reading this, officials of Major League Baseball should be discussing an issue that has never come up before in our lifetime: contraction. You know the story; MLB commissioner Bud Selig has said folding two franchises, rolling back the majors from 30 to 28 teams, may be a...
SOCCER / J. League / ON THE BALL
Nov 6, 2001

Ten years old and counting

Last Thursday, the J. League celebrated its 10th anniversary at a Tokyo hotel, inviting about 500 soccer officials, sponsors and past and present players.
COMMUNITY
Nov 4, 2001

Getting geared up for the open road

Getting a license If you already have a motorbike license from another country, you can be issued with an equivalent Japanese one. If you have a Japanese car license, you can ride a scooter or a motorbike up to 50cc. If you have an international bike license, you can ride a bike of any size.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Nov 4, 2001

Just cloning around

I am sitting in a pub with two other foreign husbands of Japanese women. We are about the same age and build, with the same twitchy faces of men who have lived too long as outsiders in a nation full of insiders.

Longform

Mount Fuji is considered one of Japan's most iconic symbols and is a major draw for tourists. It's still a mountain, though, and potential hikers need to properly prepare for any climb.
What it takes to save lives on Mount Fuji