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COMMENTARY / World
Nov 11, 2004

'Uniter' needs bipartisan foreign policy

SANTA FE, New Mexico -- The ballot counting goes on in New Mexico, the battleground state closest to Northeast Asia and U.S. Democrats' last stand, but to what avail? With the presidential election already decided, only the political arithmetic remains.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 10, 2004

Big leaguers take 4-0 lead

FUKUOKA -- Moises Alou drove in a pair of runs in the first inning Tuesday to lead his major league teammates to a 7-2 win over the Japanese All-Stars in Game 4 of an eight-game exhibition series.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 10, 2004

Manga animates new millennium

Manga took a giant leap into its future on New Year's Day 1963, when space-age cartoon images from Osamu Tezuka's famed comic book "Tetsuwa Atomu (Astro Boy)" came to life in Japan's first original animated TV series. This was the birth of anime, which has now mushroomed into a multi-billion-dollar global...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 10, 2004

Suffrage for foreigners gains momentum

After nearly a decade on the back burner, the issue of granting suffrage to foreigners in local-level elections has gained renewed interest due to recent moves by lawmakers.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 9, 2004

JT ups warnings on cigarette packs

Japan Tobacco Inc. will start printing larger health warnings on the packages of some of its cigarette brands later this month in preparation for stricter labeling regulations that kick in at the end of June.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 9, 2004

Peru cash crop quest bears fruit

It was more than 20 years ago that Takayuki Suzuki packed his bags and moved to Peru.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Nov 9, 2004

Classes, groups and driving

Japanese classes I am on a month-long holiday travel staying here in Tokyo. I am interested and looking for Japanese beginner level language courses.
JAPAN
Nov 9, 2004

Ordinary North Koreans getting food aid

Japan's food aid to North Korea has been distributed properly and reached ordinary people, a senior Foreign Ministry official said Monday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 9, 2004

Red Sox's Ramirez goes home

World Series MVP Manny Ramirez has pulled out of Major League Baseball's tour of Japan because of a sore left hamstring.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 8, 2004

China leads but don't count India out

GUATEMALA CITY -- During his visit to India in 2002, the local media fawned over Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji. To a considerable degree the deference shown to him was justified on strategic grounds, given that it came during a time of great instability in South Asia. Yet his proclamations concerning economic...
COMMENTARY
Nov 8, 2004

Conservatives sold their souls

WASHINGTON -- After Nov. 2 the Republican Party seems to have it all: continued possession of the U.S. presidency and expanded control of Congress. Ironically, however, President George W. Bush's victory has killed America's conservative movement. The Republican Party and conservative movement have lost...
JAPAN
Nov 8, 2004

Japan Post, China to top the agenda in EU talks

Senior officials from Japan and the European Union will hold a series of talks in Tokyo this week focusing on the privatization of Japan's postal services, China's economy, the progress in Japan's bad-loan problem and the impact of EU expansion on bilateral relations.
CULTURE / Music
Nov 7, 2004

Brooks cuts through a lot of red tape

Andrew Brooks has the confident aplomb of a producer and musician with two highly lauded records. His first album, a house-inflected dance record titled "You, Me & Us," brought him jobs remixing songs of Outkast and Scissor Sisters. His second album, released on Soundslike, the label of influential producer...
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CULTURE / Music
Nov 7, 2004

Mory Kante: "Sabou"

Mory Kante's African groundbreaking 1987 release, "Akwaba Beach," was a crossover blend of European production and African pop that became a staple on European dance floors. Born into a family of griots in Guinea, Kante became a rival singer to Salif Keita in Mali's famed Rail Band, but as the West African...
JAPAN
Nov 7, 2004

Japan still trying for China summit

Taku Yamasaki, special adviser to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, will visit China in mid-November to help bring about a meeting between Koizumi and Chinese President Hu Jintao later in the month, according to political sources.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Nov 7, 2004

Nihon TV's documentary "Super TV" and more

This week, Nihon TV's weekly documentary series "Super TV" (Mon., 9:54 p.m.) explores Aokigahara Jukai, the densely wooded area near Mount Fuji that is famous as a final destination for suicide victims.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Nov 7, 2004

Kodo

Taiko ensemble, Kodo, know how to take the show on the road: according to their newsletter, the troupe has performed over 2,600 concerts in 42 countries since their 1981 debut (do the math). A wellspring of fresh ideas and aspiring young talent help explain why they grow stronger, year after year, but...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Nov 6, 2004

Marsha Rosenberg

For 20 years now, Marsha Rosenberg has worked as a speech and language pathologist in Tokyo's international community. She says that from the beginning, when she was first deciding upon a career, she knew she was going to be a language pathologist. "I knew I wanted something to do with educating children,...
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 6, 2004

MLB players top local talent

Atlanta Braves outfielder Vernon Wells hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the sixth inning and the major league team rallied to crush the Japan All-Star team 7-2 in the first game of an exhibition series on Friday.
BUSINESS
Nov 6, 2004

APEC council urges action at Doha

Business leaders from member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum on Friday urged leaders of the Pacific Rim economies to achieve "concrete results" in global trade liberalization talks under the World Trade Organization.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 6, 2004

U.S. will also lose if it sells out Taiwan

NEW YORK -- U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, during a recent visit to China, provoked a diplomatic uproar when he said that Taiwan is not a sovereign state and that the United States seeks to bring about Taiwan's reunification with China.
COMMENTARY
Nov 6, 2004

French divide over Turkey

PARIS -- On Dec. 17 leaders of the 25 European Union states will consider Turkey's request to join their club. That doesn't mean Turkey is set to be admitted anytime soon. For budgetary reasons, it's not likely to happen before 2015.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 5, 2004

GPS school bags keep tabs on kids

The increasing frequency of crimes against children has caused the birth of yet another high-tech product.
BUSINESS
Nov 5, 2004

BOJ, ECB to join Japan-EU talks

Top government and central bank officials from Japan and the European Union will hold a bilateral financial meeting in Tokyo next week to discuss foreign exchange developments and China's dollar-pegged currency system, EU sources said Thursday.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OLD NIC'S NOTEBOOK
Nov 4, 2004

Captivity conundrum over spared bear

In August 1985, I was in Tokyo awaiting the birth of my youngest daughter. One evening, I got a telephone call from Yoshio Kazama, my friend and next-door neighbor in Kurohime -- the beautiful corner of Nagano Prefecture where I live.
SOCCER / World cup
Nov 4, 2004

Under-fire Zico sticking to his guns

Japan coach Zico returned to Japan on Tuesday and insisted that he has not changed his mind regarding his controversial plan to call up several ex-internationals for this month's World Cup qualifier at home to Singapore, but will consult top Japanese soccer officials before making a final decision.
EDITORIALS
Nov 4, 2004

Ukraine makes a crucial choice

A mid the clamor and confusion of the U.S. elections, it is easy to forget that ballots are being held elsewhere in the world. This week Ukraine held a presidential election, and while the outcome will not shape international politics as much as the U.S. vote, it will be significant nevertheless. The...

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