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COMMUNITY
Oct 19, 2003

Labor pains

On a recent Saturday, some 80 delegates from the National Union of General Workers, Tokyo South, trudged through cold rain to gather at a conference hall near Mount Fuji for their annual meeting. Greetings were kept brief and to the point. After all, with the sour economy putting such pressure on unions,...
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 / MLB
Oct 19, 2003

Zuleta plays the hero

Designated hitter Julio Zuleta drove in the winning run Saturday to lift the Pacific League champion Fukuoka Daiei Hawks to a dramatic 5-4 victory over the Central League champion Hanshin Tigers in Game 1 of the Japan Series. Daiei hawks catcher Kenji Jojima blasts a solo home run off Hanshin Tigers...
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

Gifu gives Big Apple taste of local legend

If you mention the name Furuta Oribe, most Japanese will probably give you a blank stare.
JAPAN
Oct 18, 2003

Koizumi's Iraq pledge wins thanks from Bush

U.S. President George W. Bush on Friday thanked Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi for Japan's $1.5 billion pledge to help reconstruct Iraq.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Oct 17, 2003

English guilty of double standard regarding Turkey's Alpay

LONDON -- The lynch mob arrived with xenophobia in abundance.
BUSINESS
Oct 16, 2003

FamilyMart sees slight jump in profits

Staff report FamilyMart Co., the nation's third-largest convenience chain, said Wednesday its group net profit for the first half of fiscal 2003 edged up 0.7 percent to 7.93 billion yen.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FRONT-RUNNERS
Oct 15, 2003

Shopping site Rakuten thinks empire

The nation's largest online shopping mall operator appears to be building an empire, or what its president calls a new zaibatsu in the world of Internet retail.
MORE SPORTS
Oct 13, 2003

Brave Japan goes down to Scotland

TOWNSVILLE, Australia -- The New Zealand and Australian influence on the Japan rugby team seems to have had an added influence off the field as well as on.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Oct 12, 2003

Australia living up to its 'lucky country' nickname

TOWNSVILLE, Australia -- Talk about living up to your nickname!
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Oct 12, 2003

Telling 'The Tale of Genji' through its forgotten poetry

A STRING OF FLOWERS, UNTIED: Love Poems from The Tale of Genji, by Murasaki Shikibu, translated by Jane Reichhold and Hatsue Kawamura. Berkeley: Stone Bridge Press, 2003, 238 pp., $18.95 (paper). Threaded throughout the 1000-page length of the "Genji Monogatari" (The Tale of Genji) are some 800 poems....
JAPAN
Oct 11, 2003

Resona to post 1.76 trillion yen loss on writeoffs

Resona Holdings Inc. said Friday it will post a first-half net loss of 1.76 trillion yen, a stark reversal from originally projected net profits of 22 billion yen.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 10, 2003

Thunderbird forum offers keys to business success

Japanese and American business executives agreed on Thursday on the need to improve the education and training of employees to nurture next-generation leaders who can cope with fast-changing global markets.
BUSINESS
Oct 10, 2003

Japan Tobacco buys back shares

The government sold part of its stake in Japan Tobacco Inc. to the tobacco manufacturer Thursday in response to the entity's offer to repurchase its shares, the Finance Ministry said.
BUSINESS
Oct 9, 2003

Hino to launch eco-friendly truck

Hino Motors Ltd. said Wednesday it will debut an environmentally friendly heavy-duty truck on the domestic market on Nov. 4.
COMMENTARY / WASHINGTON UPDATE
Oct 9, 2003

Primaries and polls

WASHINGTON -- Here we are less than four months away from the actual start of the 2004 presidential race. Delegates will begin to be selected in late January. The preliminary season is in its final stage. The third quarter of 2003 proved to be reasonably decisive for the Democrats.
COMMENTARY
Oct 8, 2003

Blair style reassures nonunion masses

LONDON -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair strides onto the platform, shirt and skin softly gleaming, his gait erect, his manner proud, determined, with a measure of sorrow and a tinge of repentance; his appearance is heart-winningly boyish with his large blue eyes and easy smile, but now there is an...
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 8, 2003

Early round would test North Korea's credibility

In all probability, freezing North Korea's nuclear development activities will be the key to finding a diplomatic solution because time is running out for preventing the actual production of nuclear weapons. Pyongyang's most recent claim that it had finished reprocessing spent fuel rods into plutonium...
MORE SPORTS
Oct 8, 2003

Experts tip All Blacks or England for World Cup

Former All Black legend Colin Meads recently caused a stir when he said that he thought England would beat New Zealand in the final of the 2003 Rugby World Cup. For a New Zealander to admit such a thing was considered by some in the land of the silver fern to be treasonous!
CULTURE / Art / NEW ART SEEN
Oct 8, 2003

The future's so pink ...

In preparation for the arrival of Junichiro Koizumi, George Bush, Vladamir Putin and 18 other world leaders for the Oct. 20-21 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Bangkok, Thai authorities have swooped down on the city. They have rounded up and shipped out hundreds of Cambodian beggars, thousands...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 8, 2003

Sony shows game machine-DVD recorder

CHIBA -- Sony Corp. announced Tuesday it will introduce its "crossover" game console and home entertainment unit on the domestic market for the yearend shopping season.
COMMENTARY
Oct 6, 2003

Japan's priority: offsetting pull toward jobless recovery

U.S. President George W. Bush's military unilateralism has destabilized the world order to such an extent that, facing a dearth of low-risk, high-return investments, Western investors have descended on the Japanese stock market.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Oct 5, 2003

Reviewing reviews of Richie

JAPANESE LITERATURE REVIEWED, by Donald Richie. ICG Muse Inc, 2003, 490 pp., 2,800 yen (cloth). Like photographers, writers who stick at their trade long enough may find themselves in possession, without having realized it, of a substantial body of work, one that has accumulated silently like a snowdrift....
EDITORIALS
Oct 4, 2003

A checkered economic recovery

During an economic recovery, it often happens that disparities in business performance between companies that are doing better and those that are not become more apparent. That is the case with Japanese companies today, as shown clearly by the Bank of Japan's latest survey of business sentiment. While...
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 1, 2003

Hawks finally secure PL flag

Like their famous manager, the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks let their bats do the talking.
BUSINESS
Oct 1, 2003

Nissan Diesel restructuring plan calls for bailout worth 106 billion yen

Struggling truck maker Nissan Diesel Motor Co. announced Tuesday a new restructuring plan that calls on Nissan Motor Co. and its three main banks to provide a 106 billion yen bailout.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 1, 2003

The fine arts of craftsmanship, then and now

Among the various styles of art born in the former capital of Kyoto is the highly cultured style known as Rimpa that flowered early in the 17th century. The pioneers of the style were Hon'ami Koetsu (1558-1637) and Tawaraya Sotatsu (?-1643?), and the art form didn't become known as Rimpa until it was...
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.
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.
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.
Tokyo and Kyoto feature among top ‘noctourism’ destinations
Tokyo ranked second after New York and ahead of Dubai and Singapore in a ranking of the top global cities for nighttime tourism.
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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