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BASEBALL / MLB
Dec 3, 2003

Matsui: Pitching the difference between MLB, Japan pro ball

Ask New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui the difference between major league baseball and Japanese professional baseball and he will tell you.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Dec 3, 2003

In between art and life

"Gokann," the umbrella name given to three exhibitions of contemporary Finnish art now showing in Kyoto, is an accommodating term. The Japanese title was chosen for its multiplicity of meanings, all derived from typing in "g-o-k-a-n-n" on a computer then pressing the kanji-convert key. Those varied meanings...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 3, 2003

Takefuji boss held for wiretapping journalist

Police on Tuesday arrested Takefuji Corp. Chairman Yasuo Takei for allegedly ordering employees to bug the phone of a journalist who had criticized the consumer loan giant.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 2, 2003

Digital broadcasts mark fledgling debut

With signs that say "Digital is coming!" hanging in stores packed with new TV models promising dazzling imagery, Tokyo's bustling electronics shopping district in Akihabara is one place in Japan that's gung-ho about digital television broadcasting that began Monday.
JAPAN
Dec 2, 2003

Churchill invoked amid tributes to slain diplomats

Foreign Ministry officials paid a tearful tribute Monday to two colleagues who were assassinated Saturday in an ambush in northern Iraq.
JAPAN
Dec 2, 2003

Imperial family fetes Aiko turning 2

The Imperial family on Monday celebrated the second birthday of Princess Aiko, the daughter of Crown Prince Naruhito and Princess Masako.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Dec 2, 2003

What has been your worst holiday trip?

Klaus Voss Scientist, 38
EDITORIALS
Dec 1, 2003

Kashmir cools off

India and Pakistan have begun a ceasefire in Kashmir. The two nuclear-armed neighbors have fought three wars, two over the disputed region. While every ceasefire is to be applauded, this one is likely to be more symbolic than substantive. Still, it may permit the leaders of the two countries to meet...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 1, 2003

Diplomats' vehicle riddled with bullets

The four-wheel-drive vehicle used by the two Japanese diplomats killed in Iraq on Saturday had a "great number of bullet holes," reflecting the violence of the attack, according to the Foreign Ministry.
JAPAN
Nov 30, 2003

New flights bring Tokyo, Seoul closer

Four Japanese and South Korean airlines will begin charter flights Sunday between Tokyo's Haneda airport and Seoul's Kimpo airport, taking advantage of the proximity of both airports to the center of each city.
JAPAN
Nov 29, 2003

Imprisoned Falun Gong member returns to Japan

A resident of Japan who had been detained in China for her activities in the Falun Gong spiritual movement thanked those who supported her Friday.
JAPAN
Nov 29, 2003

Probe ties WWII poison gas to 138 sites

Poison gas may have been abandoned at 138 sites in 41 prefectures at the end of World War II, according to the results of a nationwide study released Friday by the Environment Ministry.
BUSINESS
Nov 29, 2003

Growing jobless ranks rain on recovery parade

Japan's jobless rate was 5.2 percent in October, edging up 0.1 percentage point from the previous month.
JAPAN
Nov 29, 2003

Japan consulate in Turkey to move to the Hilton Hotel

The Japanese Consulate General in Istanbul will be temporarily moved to a hotel Monday following recent fatal bomb attacks in Turkey.
JAPAN
Nov 29, 2003

Expressway privatization proposals may defeat the purpose

The land ministry put the ball back in the government's court Friday, delivering three proposals for privatizing four debt-ridden expressway public corporations.
BUSINESS
Nov 28, 2003

Life insurers surviving but see business shrink

Stable stock prices have eased concerns about potential failure at the nation's nine largest life insurance companies, but they continue to struggle against shrinking business volume, according to interim reports announced as of Thursday.
BUSINESS
Nov 28, 2003

De facto tax hikes for rich seniors advocated

The government's tax panel on Thursday advocated de facto tax hikes for wealthy elderly people as part of a fiscal 2004 tax reform package.
BUSINESS
Nov 27, 2003

Radiant male clerks look to tempt female shoppers

Women are facing a cunning new strategy aimed at loosening their purse strings -- attractive young men working as clerks in cosmetics and women's clothing departments.
LIFE / Digital / NAME OF THE GAME
Nov 27, 2003

Hobbit's-eye view of world

You cannot put yourself in Frodo's shoes as Hobbits walk barefoot. You can, however, walk in Frodo's virtual footsteps.
JAPAN
Nov 26, 2003

Drill simulates chemical terror attack on Kawasaki

Amid deepening jitters that Japan may become a target of terrorists, government officials on Tuesday held a drill simulating massive casualties in an urban chemical attack.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Nov 25, 2003

How vital is technology to your life?

Paola VillaniStudent, 24
JAPAN
Nov 25, 2003

Broker sometimes trips on Japanese but always finds footing

Fourth in a series AKEMI NAKAMURA Staff writer Shortly after she began working at the Hong Kong unit of Nomura Securities Co. in March 1993, Sandra Wu Wen-Hsiu grimaced in pain and said in Japanese to her Japanese boss: "Shamelessness is aching."
Haneda Airport security staff arrested over theft
Tokyo police have arrested a 21-year-old security inspector at Haneda Airport after he allegedly stole cash from a passenger during a baggage inspection.
Japan's elderly population down at around 36.2 million
The estimated number of people age 65 or older in Japan stands at 36.19 million as of Monday, accounting for record 29.4% of the country's total population, according to the internal affairs ministry.
SDF spots China’s biggest aircraft carrier for first time
The Fujian aircraft carrier is seen in Shanghai in May 2024 as it leaves for its first sea trial.
White House threatens broad crackdown on liberal groups
FBI Director Kash Patel (right) listens to senior White House adviser Stephen Miller speak in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Monday.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Pole vault rivals in awe after Duplantis has another historic night in Tokyo
Sweden's Armand Duplantis competes in the men's pole fault final during the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Monday.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
Tara Davis-Woodhall leaps to gold and finds redemption at world championships
Tara Davis-Woodhall celebrates after winning the women's long jump final at the World Athletics Championships at Tokyo's National Stadium on Sunday night.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.

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Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
Rethinking that second drink: Japan’s Gen Z gets ‘sober curious’
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