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JAPAN / INTERNATIONAL RATIONALE
Jul 9, 2002

Dell turns to consumer market in quest to be No. 3

As the nation's personal computer market shrinks, competition is intensifying, and the Japanese unit of U.S.-based Dell Computer Corp. is becoming a rising force with its low-cost business model.
BUSINESS / ON MANAGEMENT
Jul 9, 2002

Burning your bridges

There was a well-known shogun who at one point was considered one of the most powerful men in the country. He built his empire swiftly and, he would be the first to admit, ruthlessly, and in the process ran over a lot of people and burned a lot of bridges. Like many feudal warlords, he rarely left the...
BUSINESS
Jul 9, 2002

Sluggish summer may yield to scoring drive

Japanese athletes have proved they can compete on a global level, as seen in the monthlong World Cup soccer finals cohosted by Japan and South Korea that ran until the end of June.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 8, 2002

Legacy-building in Beijing

CAMBRIDGE, England -- Chinese President Jiang Zemin has made another speech -- another important speech -- adding gloss to the landmark speech he made July 1 last year at the Communist Party of China's 80th birthday party.
MORE SPORTS
Jul 8, 2002

Japanese fall to France again

Setter Daisuke Usami and ace Ryu Morishige were replaced as starters in the second set but France countered with solid blocks and defeated Japan 25-16, 25-22, 23-25, 25-21 in the Tokyo round of the men's volleyball World League on Sunday.
BUSINESS
Jul 8, 2002

India now ripe for foreign investment, expert says

Conventional wisdom says that doing business in India is a difficult proposition, given its unstable politics and restrictive investment environment.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / FUZZY LOGIC
Jul 7, 2002

And the beat goes on

After locking myself in the garage for ages, banging my head against the wall and screaming the merits of the latest Japanese band that sounds remotely like Stooges brawling with MC5 in a wind tunnel, it seems logical to kind of get away from it all -- open that door, stroll outside for some fresh air,...
EDITORIALS
Jul 7, 2002

Fudging a few little fingers

I t's a good thing Mr. Steve Fossett doesn't play golf. Those other CEOs wouldn't stand a chance. On the other hand, many might do better than they should: In a survey published last week, a staggering 82 percent of top business executives admitted to cheating on the golf course. They shave strokes,...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / CLOSE-UP
Jul 7, 2002

Crusader for life on death row

Sister Helen Prejean, a nun with the Order of Saint Joseph of Medaille since 1957, has been accompanying death-row inmates to their executions since 1982. In her award-winning book "Dead Man Walking," which was made into a film in 1995, she relates the spiritual journey she went through with death-row...
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Jul 7, 2002

Gone, but not forgotten

MEMORIES OF WIND AND WAVES: A Self-Portrait of Lakeside Japan, by Junichi Saga. Translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter. Illustrated by Susumu Saga. Tokyo: Kodansha International, 2002. 260 pp., with 50 photos and line drawings, 2,500 yen (cloth) Junichi Saga is a physician with a general practice in...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Jul 7, 2002

Hisio: The pleasure zone is your oyster

Now that the monthlong soccer carnival has samba'd off stage, it's safe to venture back into the heartland of Roppongi again. This is highly welcome, as there are several places that we've been looking forward to trying out -- and top of the list is Hisio, with its newly opened oyster bar.
COMMENTARY
Jul 6, 2002

Pakistan's pressing diplomatic challenges

ISLAMABAD -- With thousands of Indian and Pakistani troops on high alert facing each other across front lines and global concern over the confrontation between the two nuclear-armed neighbors remaining high, Pakistan faces the challenge of revitalizing its foreign policy.
JAPAN
Jul 6, 2002

Japan, Russia talks on July 24 expected to widen ties

Japan and Russia will hold vice ministerial talks July 24 in Tokyo with a view to promoting bilateral relations in a wide range of fields, the Foreign Ministry said Friday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Jul 6, 2002

Aussie cameraman's show highlights art of nature

Journalist Paul Murray was slightly thrown when his photographic teacher told him to forget using a macro lens. "He said the best photographers technically were Japanese, so I might as well give up before I started."
BUSINESS
Jul 6, 2002

Farm ministry, lobby set policy talks

Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tsutomu Takebe said Friday his ministry will meet next week with Japan's biggest business lobby to exchange views on policies.
JAPAN
Jul 5, 2002

MOX fuel's return just the start for Kepco

TAKAHAMA, Fukui Pref. -- Kansai Electric Power Co. is hoping that Thursday's return of mixed uranium-plutonium (MOX) fuel to Britain will put an end to nearly three years of nationwide controversy over Japan's MOX program.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 5, 2002

Nakata stars in U.N. antidrug commercial

The National Police Agency will air a U.N. antidrug advertisement featuring soccer star Hidetoshi Nakata on big-screen street TVs in major cities, NPA officials said.
BUSINESS
Jul 5, 2002

BTM to lend 1 trillion yen by '05

The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi plans to make 1 trillion yen in new loans to corporate and individual customers by March 2005, bank officials said Thursday.
BUSINESS / ON THE FRONT LINE
Jul 5, 2002

July may be hot for stock if U.S. avoids shock

In June, Japan's stock market suffered direct hits from the three concerns that were depressing stock prices in the United States -- dismal corporate earnings, shady corporate accounting and the specter of terrorism.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 5, 2002

Brace yourself for "The Delta Force"

As hot as the trance music scene may seem right now, the electronica sub-genre itself is about "five years behind" where it should be, according to Marcus C. Maichel.
BUSINESS
Jul 4, 2002

Delay in steel dispute ruling casts doubt over WTO's intentions

The World Trade Organization has yet to come up with a ruling on a steel dispute between the United States and an unprecedented number of economies, betraying initial expectations such a move would come as early as May.
EDITORIALS
Jul 4, 2002

Malaysia without Mr. Mahathir

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has announced that he plans to step down. It is difficult to envision that country without Mr. Mahathir at the helm: He provided Malaysia with its energy, its backbone and its vision. His pride and sharp tongue also made him a lightning rod for criticism, but...
COMMUNITY
Jul 4, 2002

The land of the early rising, and setting, sun

The issue of daylight-saving time is back in the news.
BUSINESS
Jul 3, 2002

Nation must focus on better uses for IT, white paper says

Japan should aim to make more sophisticated use of information technology now that Internet access has become widespread, the government said in an annual white paper released Tuesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 3, 2002

This year's model

Having evolved over the past 25 years from an angry young man to a well-fed totem of artistic integrity, Elvis Costello would seem to have little left to prove. He started wandering outside the perimeters of rock in the early '80s, and several years ago hinted that he was through with rock. Then, in...

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