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COMMENTARY
Oct 18, 2004

Japan will pay if ODA slides

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the start of Japan's official development assistance. Since October 1954, when Japan joined the Colombo Plan and provided technical assistance, ODA has been an important element of Japan's diplomacy. According to the Foreign Ministry's white paper on ODA, Japan...
Japan Times
Features / WEEK 3
Oct 17, 2004

Drawing on love

She is a Japanese manga artist with a piercingly sharp eye for human traits and foibles. He is an American writer and language buff who can chat with equal ease in four languages. Together, they make for a magnetic -- not to say a "mangaetic" -- couple.
JAPAN
Oct 16, 2004

Ministry gets tough on owners of Fuso trucks

The Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry has decided to order users of large trucks made by Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp. to replace cracked clutch housings, transport minister Kazuo Kitagawa said Friday.
JAPAN
Oct 16, 2004

Kin of ex-slave laborers lose unpaid wages suit

The Tokyo District Court on Friday rejected a compensation lawsuit over the state's refusal to give unpaid wages to the relatives of Korean laborers forced to work in Japan during World War II.
JAPAN
Oct 14, 2004

Banks force Daiei into climbdown, arms of IRCJ

Pressure from creditor banks has forced debt-ridden retailer Daiei Inc. into deciding to seek help from the Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan, officials said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 14, 2004

Human chain draws attention to plight of detained foreigners

Hundreds of people formed a human chain in front of the Justice Ministry on Wednesday, seeking to draw attention to the plight of more than 1,000 foreigners held at detention centers across the country in connection with immigration procedures.
BUSINESS
Oct 14, 2004

Kokudo chairman quits all posts in company, Seibu Railway

Kokudo Corp. Chairman Yoshiaki Tsutsumi resigned Wednesday from all the posts he held in the company and Seibu Railway Co.'s group firms to take responsibility for revising Seibu Railway's financial statements.
JAPAN
Oct 13, 2004

Violence in Iraq holding back foreign aid

When Mohammad Ali-Hassan, the governor of Al-Muthanna Province in southern Iraq, visited Tokyo last week, he thanked Japan for the aid it has given to his province, where Ground Self-Defense Force troops have been deployed.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 13, 2004

Aid should be flowing through grassroots groups: NGO

Japan should disperse more of its official development assistance for Iraq through nongovernmental organizations so people can receive aid more quickly, according to a senior member of a Tokyo-based NGO.
JAPAN
Oct 13, 2004

Koizumi opens Diet session with pledge to stick to reforms

A 53-day extraordinary Diet session began Tuesday, with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi reiterating his determination to stick to his administrative reform initiatives, including the privatization of Japan's postal services.
JAPAN
Oct 11, 2004

Missile shield research to enter development stage

Japan has decided to develop components for interceptor missiles with the U.S. amid pressure from Washington to move forward from joint technological research on a missile defense system to the development stage, government sources said Sunday.
EDITORIALS
Oct 11, 2004

Almost all wrong on Iraq

Saddam Hussein had no weapons of mass destruction. While he certainly harbored ambitions to get them, the Iraqi programs to build them had decayed to become mere wisps of what they once were. That is the conclusion of the final report, released last week, of the chief U.S. weapons hunter, Mr. Charles...
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 11, 2004

Taj Mahal survives foibles of humanity

MADRAS, India -- Sadly, India continues to let its heritage and history decay. For example, recently when a scholar from the country's prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi asked India's National Archives, also in the same city, for a document, the request was not entertained. The scholar...
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Oct 10, 2004

Free the mind from the grip of thought

OPENING THE HAND OF THOUGHT: Foundations of Zen Buddhist Practice, by Kosho Uchiyama, translated and edited by Tom Wright, Jisho Warner and Shohaku Okumura. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2003. 204 pp., with drawings, $16.95 (paper). "Ordinarily, we think we are alive because our brains are in control....
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Oct 10, 2004

"Black Jack" comes back to Nihon TV and more

In addition to being Japan's manga/anime god, Osamu Tezuka was a licensed physician, an abandoned calling that he channeled into one of his later comic series, "Black Jack," about a hard-boiled, unlicensed doctor who possessed amazing surgical skills.
BUSINESS
Oct 9, 2004

New Nintendo console analysts' choice

The PlayStation Portable is the talk of the town, after basking in the limelight at a recent game show.
JAPAN
Oct 9, 2004

WMD revelation has Japan scrambling for new excuses

The United States' recent conclusion that there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq has raised the question of whether Japan will now face up to the facts.
JAPAN
Oct 8, 2004

Hosoda defends war in Iraq

The government maintains that it had made the right decision to support the U.S.-led war against Iraq, despite the conclusion of the U.S. chief weapon inspector that there were no stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction there, the chief Cabinet secretary said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Oct 7, 2004

FSA targets UFJ over attempts to block inspections

The Financial Services Agency will file a criminal complaint against UFJ Bank and several former executives for allegedly violating the Banking Law by blocking FSA inspections, sources said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Oct 7, 2004

Carbon tax should target users, not providers: official

Any new carbon tax should be imposed on consumers of fossil fuels, not their importers and processors, a senior Environment Ministry official indicated Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Oct 7, 2004

METI considers hostile-takeover defenses

Fear over a swarm of hostile takeover attempts by foreign firms has prompted the government to examine whether Japanese companies can adopt U.S.-made defensive measures under the nation's legal framework.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2004

Adopted Thai orphan, 13, again issues plea to stay

A 13-year-old Thai orphan who came to Japan to live with her grandparents following the death of her parents urged immigration authorities Tuesday to grant her a more stable status so she can stay in the country.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Oct 6, 2004

Sapporo story: Fighters' first season in Hokkaido a big success

Stage 2 of the Pacific League playoffs begins Wednesday night in Fukuoka, with the regular season first-place finisher Daiei Hawks hosting the second-place Seibu Lions in a best-of-five series.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo
The unstoppable rise of konbini tourism
Guests typically follow Ryo Ito’s lead as he weaves through the narrow, colorful aisles of convenience stores.
A narrow Pacific waterway at heart of U.S. plans to choke China’s vast navy
Philippine and Australian troops fire an M777 howitzer during live fire exercises as part of joint military drills in Laur, Nueva Ecija, the Philippines, in August.
The second life of Japan's net cafes
Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Takaichi’s balancing act: Supporting Taiwan and stabilizing China ties
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi shakes hands with Lin Hsin-i, Taiwan’s presidential adviser, on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Saturday in this image posted to Takaichi's official X account.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo
Young Indonesians in Japan find their political voice
Indonesian students at Hiroshima University hold posters of the 17+8 Demands, demanding transparency and action from their homeland’s government.
The unstoppable rise of konbini tourism
Guests typically follow Ryo Ito’s lead as he weaves through the narrow, colorful aisles of convenience stores.
Kenshi Yonezu, 'Chainsaw Man' and the art of pop ubiquity
Kenshi Yonezu's “Iris Out” was an instant hit when it dropped in September. Its association with smash anime "Chainsaw Man — The Movie: Reze Arc" has spread it to even more people.

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Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
The second life of Japan's net cafes
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