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Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Oct 24, 2003

Poring over all tea's attractions

Kenji Takano's tea room fills the light and spacious basement of a building in Jinbocho -- an area that's best-known for its shops crammed with old books, prints and posters, and for the number of small publishing companies based there.
JAPAN
Oct 24, 2003

Schools told to return tuition fees to students who didn't enroll

Four universities in Tokyo were handed a court order Thursday to return a total of 4.8 million yen in prepaid tuition fees to people who passed their entrance exams but did not enroll.
COMMENTARY
Oct 24, 2003

Criticism prods Bush to tune diplomacy

So far, the war in Iraq and the issues surrounding North Korea have topped news of international events in 2003.
LIFE / Food & Drink / BEST BAR NONE
Oct 24, 2003

A chill double-bill in the heart of Shibuya

When Matt Nieman and Greg Natali were kids growing up in Philadelphia, neither one of them could have imagined that they would end up living and running nightclubs in Tokyo.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 24, 2003

Fans come out for 'Public Viewing'

NISHINOMIYA, Hyogo Pref. -- One of the new elements in this year's Japan Series is the "Public Viewing." While games are being played in Fukuoka Dome, fans of the Hanshin Tigers gather at Koshien Stadium, all decked out in their oendan (cheering group) garb.
BUSINESS
Oct 24, 2003

Sony second-quarter profit tumbles 25%

Sony Corp. said Thursday its group net profit fell 25.3 percent in the second quarter to 32.92 billion yen due to large research and development costs in its game division.
BUSINESS
Oct 24, 2003

Fukui set to visit China for talks

Bank of Japan Gov. Toshihiko Fukui will conduct a two-day visit to China beginning Friday, the BOJ said Thursday.
JAPAN
Oct 24, 2003

End of two-track system no help to women

As the protracted economic slump prompts companies to shed the time-honored practices of lifetime employment and seniority-based wages, another victim of the cost-cutting ax is the two-track hiring system that has effectively kept women's wages lower than men's.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 23, 2003

'Israelization' of U.S. Middle East policy proceeds apace

BEIRUT -- Few disputed at the time that Israel was a factor that pushed U.S. President George W. Bush to go to war on Iraq. Just how much weight it had among all the other factors was the only controversial question. But what is clear, six months on, is that Israel is now a very important one indeed...
JAPAN
Oct 22, 2003

Two placed in protection at Japan consul

A Japanese man who has fled North Korea and a woman claiming to be his sister were put under protection of the Japanese Consulate General in Shenyang, northeastern China, on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 21, 2003

Recruitment exec says change must be embraced

As Japan's economic slump lingers and its once near-universal lifetime employment system collapses, many of the nation's workers are sharing an increased sense of insecurity. But the top executive of a global recruitment consultancy tells them not to fear change.
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2003

Ex-Duskin chairman out on bail

The Tokyo District Court has allowed former Duskin Co. Chairman Koji Chiba, currently being tried on charges of misappropriating the firm's money, to be released on bail, court officials said.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Oct 21, 2003

Japan still bazaar for the bizarre

It's not news that Japan is a vast emporium for some of the weirdest products ever retailed on the planet. We've all read the stories about high-tech toilet seats, used schoolgirls' underwear, million-yen pet beetles, canned whale blubber, and so on.
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2003

Inmates claim assaults common

More than one-third of Japan's prison population has been assaulted, intimidated or bullied by prison guards, the Justice Ministry's first extensive nationwide survey of inmates showed Monday.
COMMENTARY
Oct 20, 2003

'Swing vote' could usher in two-party system for Japan

A brewing political drama could open the way for a two-party system in Japan. Already the ruling and opposition parties are bracing for the Nov. 9 general election in which a transfer of power between two major parties looms as a real possibility for the first time since the end of World War II.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 20, 2003

Zuleta's bat adds volume to Fukuoka Dome noise

FUKUOKA -- Game 2 of the Japan Series at the Fukuoka Decibel Dome.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2003

Scandal-hit Suzuki pulls out of election

Scandal-tainted lawmaker Muneo Suzuki said Saturday that he will not run in the upcoming general election due to health reasons.
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2003

Ministries at odds over pension age in 2004 reforms

The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry is not planning to raise the age of eligibility for the public to start receiving pensions in its reform of the pension system for 2004, ministry sources said Saturday.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Oct 19, 2003

Unconvincing France struggles by upstart Japan

TOWNSVILLE, Australia -- Japan may have lost its second game in the 2003 Rugby World Cup but the Cherry Blossoms produced a performance against France that surpassed even their heroics of last week when they lost to Scotland, but won over a nation.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Oct 19, 2003

The gangsters that just keep coming back

THE YAKUZA MOVIE BOOK: A Guide to Japanese Gangster Films, by Mark Schilling. Berkeley: Stone Bridge Press, 2003, 336 pp., $19.95 (paper). When Mark Schilling was interviewing veteran filmmaker Seijun Suzuki for this book, the director suddenly asked the author: "Why are you interested in yakuza movies?"...
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Oct 19, 2003

Tigers players hope to win one for the skipper

I knew I was on my way to a special Japan Series Saturday when several people on my jam-packed Japan Airlines flight were wearing Hanshin Tigers jerseys. There was one Hiyama 24, a couple of Imaoka 7s and several Igawa 29s.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 18, 2003

Doi down on two-party system

Rarely a day goes by without a newspaper article focusing on whether the Nov. 9 general election will usher in an era of two dominant political parties.
JAPAN
Oct 17, 2003

Erotic art, cartoon flowers await visitors to Mori museum

A painting of a Chinese baby holding an Oreo cookie and giant figures of a bear talking with a police officer are among the works being shown at a new museum devoted to modern art, which is opening Saturday in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Oct 17, 2003

Cops targeted loan sharks in September crackdown

Authorities across the nation handled 125 cases of loan-sharking in September, the National Police Agency said Thursday.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Oct 17, 2003

English guilty of double standard regarding Turkey's Alpay

LONDON -- The lynch mob arrived with xenophobia in abundance.
JAPAN
Oct 17, 2003

Spacecraft technicians tutored in art of soldering

Japan's space agency is giving special soldering iron training to technicians who manufacture parts for H-IIA rockets to help them improve the quality of their work.
Heatstroke alert issued for 19 prefectures as Japan enters 'once-in-a-decade' heat wave
Japan will experience a heat wave through mid-July on a “level only seen once in a decade,” the Meteorological Agency said on June 30.
Japan braces for more quakes as authorities dismiss doomsday hype
Evacuees from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecuture, arrive at Kagoshima Port on Friday.
Foreign nationals' presence in Japan emerges as key issue in Upper House poll
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a campaign speech next to a Liberal Democratic Party candidate for the Upper House (top center left) in Yokohama on Sunday.
Hidden AI prompts in academic papers spark concern about research integrity
Waseda University is one of 14 institutions in eight countries found to have used hidden prompts in research papers.
China’s housing crisis is worse than it seems
Residential buildings under construction in Shanghai in July 2022. The Chinese government risks long-term decline by repeating Japan’s policy mistakes in handling its real estate and demographic crises.
Ainu land rights in crosshairs as Hokkaido communities debate nuclear waste
A street in Suttsu, Hokkaido, with a sign put up by an anti-nuclear organization. The small community is considering hosting a facility that would hold nuclear waste.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Flag football facing challenges and opportunities ahead
Japan’s women’s flag football team at the 2025 International Bowl in Los Angeles in June. The sport is enjoying continued growth in the country.
From Hokusai’s Great Wave, shinkansen to One Piece: a cultural treasure box for Lego Japan
Michael Ebbesen, general manager of Lego Japan, says Lego bricks based on Japanese culture have a rich global appeal and are sellable around the world.
With farmed fish, RelationFish swims against the tide in fine dining
Chef Hideaki Matsuo (middle) and the staff of Oseto Suisan Fisheries prepare to check on their sustainably farmed fish.

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