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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.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 12, 2001

Japan wins 5th straight game in baseball World Cup

TAIPEI -- Yomiuri Giants catcher Shinnosuke Abe belted a two-run homer and drove in three runs Sunday as Japan posted its fifth straight win in World Cup competition with an 8-0 triumph over Australia.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 9, 2001

Furuta comes up golden again

Japan Series MVP Atsuya Furuta was named Thursday to his ninth Golden Glove team for excellence on defense while leading the Yakult Swallows to the Central League pennant and Japan Series championship this past season.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 7, 2001

Better living through recycling

In the world of haute couture, it is generally the design ideas that get recycled, not the clothes themselves. Barely has one decade ended before its trends resurface as retro chic: new clothes, same old look.
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.
BUSINESS
Nov 6, 2001

Keidanren chief receives Zaikai Prize

Takashi Imai, chairman of the Japan Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren), on Monday received the annual Zaikai Prize, awarded by the publisher of the business magazine Zaikai.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 6, 2001

Oshima homers as East bests West

Orix BlueWave infielder Koichi Oshima belted a three-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning Sunday to lift the East 6-5 over the West in an exhibition baseball game with teams determined by the players' home prefectures.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 4, 2001

Author draws strength from illness to warn of market crisis

A life-threatening illness often focuses a person's mind on the meaning of life. For writer Main Kohda, the fear she may have developed cancer changed her life.
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.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 1, 2001

Swallows manager wins Shoriki award

Yakult Swallows manager Tsutomu Wakamatsu, who led his Central League team to the Japan Series title this past season, was named the recipient of the Matsutaro Shoriki award Wednesday for his contributions to the development of Japanese baseball.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 28, 2001

MVPs have foreign flavor

Kintetsu Buffaloes outfielder Tuffy Rhodes and Yakult Swallows first baseman Roberto Petagine were named Most Valuable Players of the Pacific and Central Leagues, respectively, for the 2001 season on Saturday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 26, 2001

Swallows claim fifth Japan Series

The Yakult Swallows flew off with their fifth championship on Thursday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 25, 2001

Swallows a win away from fifth Series title

The big guns drew blanks for the Yakult Swallows on Wednesday, but a role player picked up the slack.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 24, 2001

Swallows swamp Buffaloes in Game 3

Two nights after bashing their way past the Yakult Swallows to even up the Japan Series at a game apiece, the Kintetsu Buffaloes practically sleepwalked through a 9-2 loss on Tuesday night in Game 3 at Tokyo's Jingu Stadium. Roberto Petagine drove in three runs with a pair of hits, Mitsuru Manaka cracked...
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 19, 2001

Kiyohara plans to re-sign with Giants

Yomiuri Giants infielder Kazuhiro Kiyohara has formally agreed to remain with Japan's most popular baseball team as he negotiates a multi-year contract with the Central League club, front office officials said Thursday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 18, 2001

Osaka mayor gives Rhodes special award

Kintetsu Buffaloes slugger Tuffy Rhodes on Wednesday received a special award from Osaka Mayor Takafumi Isomura for his contributions to the city.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 14, 2001

Swallows finish regular season with win

Alex Ramirez hammered a couple of homers, his 28th and 29th of the season, to highlight Yakult's 18-hit batting fiesta as the Swallows ended their regular season with a 10-8 win over the Hiroshima Carp at Jingu Stadium on Friday night.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 12, 2001

Arai bats Carp by Swallows

Takahiro Arai went 5-for-5 with five RBIs and Eddy Diaz had four hits -- including a solo homer -- as the Hiroshima Carp racked up 21 hits off the new Central League champion Yakult Swallows in a 13-5 victory at Jingu Stadium on Thursday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 10, 2001

Former Lion Del Toro killed in crash

Mexican pitcher Miguel Del Toro, who appeared in 14 games with the Seibu Lions this season, was killed in a car accident last Saturday in Mexico, the Pacific League club announced Tuesday.
CULTURE / Music / FUZZY LOGIC
Oct 7, 2001

Make punk rock, not war

While I was in Britain, the world went mad. A puppet, Bob the Builder, beat French disco kings, The Supermen Lovers, to No. 1 on the U.K. singles chart; across the Atlantic, a puppet, George W. Bush, was not an idiot anymore, but a national hero; and, after 10 years, I'd suddenly become allergic to my...
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 5, 2001

Tigers keep Swallows tied up

Hanshin closer Toshihide Narimoto struck out Noriyuki Shiroishi with two out and one on in the bottom of the 12th inning and Thursday's game against the Tigers and the Yakult Swallows ended a 4-4 tie at Tokyo's Jingu Stadium.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 3, 2001

Tigers win it late to delay Swallows' celebrations

The Yakult Swallows had to wait at least another day to enjoy the pennant-clinching champagne shower as they lost to the Hanshin Tigers 2-1 on Tuesday at Koshien Stadium.
CULTURE / Music
Oct 3, 2001

The rebirth of cool

It's 30 minutes until showtime and the dark, cramped nightclub is already way past the fire chief's recommended maximum capacity. College students elbow their way through the wall of bodies toward the front, while gentlemen with salted beards and sports coats settle near the back with scotch and sodas....
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 1, 2001

Hawks explode in 12-4 bashing of Buffaloes

Koji Akiyama belted a three-run homer in the seventh inning and the Daiei Hawks exploded for eight more runs the next frame to trounce the Kintetsu Buffaloes 12-4 at the Fukuoka Dome on Sunday.
China seizes disputed reef near key Philippine military outpost
China Coast Guard officers unfurl a national flag on Sandy Cay reef, near the Philippine-held Thitu Island, in disputed waters of the South China Sea this month in this screen shot taken from Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami
A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
California says it overtakes Japan to become world’s No. 4 economy
Vehicles travel along the 110 freeway in downtown Los Angeles. California's GDP has overtaken Japan's to become the world's fourth largest economy, according to the U.S. state.
Arunima Mazumdar: ‘Japanese literature has a niche but deeply engaged readership in India’
Arunima Mazumdar, a New Delhi-based communications professional, began sharing her love of Japanese literature online in 2022. The platform has grown into a robust community known as Dokusha Book Club.
Counting the reasons why there are so few American cars in Japan
Tesla's store in Tokyo's Shibuya district. While sales of American cars in Japan appear to be shrinking, Tesla's presence in the country is growing.
U.S. secretary of the navy weighs ‘dual-use’ shipbuilding with Japan
John Phelan at a Senate confirmation hearing for U.S. secretary of the navy in Washington in February
Expo '25 gives the world a masterclass in mascots
2025 Osaka Expo mascot Myaku-Myaku dances on the stage during the event's official opening ceremony on April 12.
Japan struggles with gray zone of AI deepfakes exploiting children
AI-generated content — including those made using pictures of real people, which are known as “deepfakes” — is not explicitly covered under Japan's current legal framework, nor are human-drawn illustrations that depict child abuse.
‘Wildcat Dome’ challenges Japan's historical narratives
On the surface, "Wildcat Dome" tells a personal story of damaged children — now adults — bound together by tragedy. Underneath, there’s a constant undercurrent of political consequence, invisible and pervasive like radioactive particles.
Reclaiming Sanya, one meal at a time
Magokoro Yoshihira (center) is the managing director of Yui Associates, which operates the neighborhood fixtures of Sanya Cafe and Juyoh Hotel. Yusuke Takahashi (left) met Yoshihira during a difficult period in his life and now works as the cafe’s chef. Nancy Anne (right) has worked for over 10 years at Juyoh Hotel and enjoys the multicultural environment.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami
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