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Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
May 30, 2004

Prayer in the house of music

It is common for Japanese classical musicians to study in Europe, but Hisayoshi Inoue is a rarity. With only a diploma from a public junior high school, Inoue journeyed to Vienna in 1979, at age 16, to pursue his piano studies, and ended up staying there 24 years.
JAPAN
May 29, 2004

Court hands NCB execs suspended terms

The Tokyo District Court on Friday sentenced three former executives of the defunct Nippon Credit Bank to suspended prison terms for window dressing financial statements to conceal 160 billion yen in bad loans.
JAPAN
May 29, 2004

Court hands NCB execs suspended terms

The Tokyo District Court on Friday sentenced three former executives of the defunct Nippon Credit Bank to suspended prison terms for window dressing financial statements to conceal 160 billion yen in bad loans.
JAPAN
May 29, 2004

Locals take crime-prevention into their own hands

At the beginning of May, six security company workers started late-afternoon patrols of the Isezaki-cho district of Yokohama's Naka Ward.
JAPAN
May 29, 2004

Public turns on families of missing abductees

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BUSINESS
May 29, 2004

FTC warns Citibank, Shinsei over unclear ads

The Fair Trade Commission warned Citibank and Shinsei Bank on Friday over misleading newspaper advertisements for time deposits in Australian and New Zealand dollars, FTC officials said.
BUSINESS
May 29, 2004

Public works costs up to 1,000% above estimates

The costs of 167 public works projects completed between fiscal years 1993 and 2002 were between 50 percent and 1,000 percent more than the government had estimated, according to a report released Friday.
JAPAN
May 29, 2004

Locals take crime-prevention into their own hands

At the beginning of May, six security company workers started late-afternoon patrols of the Isezaki-cho district of Yokohama's Naka Ward.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 27, 2004

Cannes victor holds 'first ever' trophy

Fourteen-year-old Yuya Yagira, the surprise winner of the best actor award at the 57th Cannes Film Festival, was able to take possession Wednesday of what he called his "first ever" trophy.
JAPAN
May 27, 2004

Pronto exec held over bogus loans

Police arrested a former vice president of coffee shop chain Pronto Corp. and three others Wednesday on suspicion of taking out loans worth about 100 million yen under false pretenses.
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
May 27, 2004

Picking the brains of teenagers shows how we 'mature'

What an age we live in. Science is progressing in ever greater leaps and bounds. The way things are going, we might one day even understand that most enigmatic and mysterious of natural phenomena, the teenager.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 27, 2004

Soga, Jenkins facing reunion delay

Repatriated abductee Hitomi Soga may have to wait several weeks to be reunited with her husband because the government needs to pick the right location for the couple to discuss their future in a "quiet environment," a top Foreign Ministry official said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 27, 2004

Cannes victor holds 'first ever' trophy

Fourteen-year-old Yuya Yagira, the surprise winner of the best actor award at the 57th Cannes Film Festival, was able to take possession Wednesday of what he called his "first ever" trophy.
JAPAN
May 26, 2004

Ruling bloc, DPJ forge amendment on bill to bar North Korean ships

The ruling coalition and the Democratic Party of Japan agreed Tuesday on an amendment to a bill designed to bar North Korean ships from entering Japanese ports.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 26, 2004

Forum highlights human-trafficking menace in EU

The May 1 expansion of the European Union was hailed as an economic boost for Europe, yet there is a dark side to this story.
JAPAN
May 26, 2004

Ruling bloc, DPJ forge amendment on bill to bar North Korean ships

The ruling coalition and the Democratic Party of Japan agreed Tuesday on an amendment to a bill designed to bar North Korean ships from entering Japanese ports.
JAPAN
May 26, 2004

80% of single mothers have trouble making ends meet

The average household income for families with single mothers is about 40 percent that of households with two parents and eight out of 10 single mothers say they have trouble making ends meet, according to a government report released Tuesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
May 26, 2004

A hard man-woman is good to find

Casting is all in "Hedwig and the Angry Inch," but here all's very well indeed.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 26, 2004

Forum highlights human-trafficking menace in EU

The May 1 expansion of the European Union was hailed as an economic boost for Europe, yet there is a dark side to this story.
JAPAN
May 26, 2004

Lawyers, welfare experts to open private shelter for troubled youths

Lawyers and child welfare experts will open a private temporary shelter for about five teenagers on June 1 in Tokyo -- the first facility of its kind in Japan.
JAPAN
May 26, 2004

80% of single mothers have trouble making ends meet

The average household income for families with single mothers is about 40 percent that of households with two parents and eight out of 10 single mothers say they have trouble making ends meet, according to a government report released Tuesday.
JAPAN
May 26, 2004

U.N. asks Tokyo for Iraq maternal medical care funds

The head of the United Nations Population Fund expressed hope Tuesday that Japan will provide funds for the agency's project to improve maternal medical care in Iraq, where the situation has been deteriorating under the U.S.-led occupation.

Longform

Rock group The Yellow Monkey played K-Arena Yokohama in June as part of a nationwide tour. Concerts are increasingly popular in the age of social media as users value in-person experiences.
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