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COMMENTARY
Jun 5, 2001

America's diplomatic passage to India

LOS ANGELES -- While there was scarcely any American media coverage of the visit of U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage to India last month, the Bush administration's gesture, as well as the prior one made by Clinton, was intended to be profoundly significant. The Clinton state visit represented...
MORE SPORTS / THE DUKE OF HAZARDS
Jun 5, 2001

Hogan's 'home' course set to host U.S. Open

Summer in Tulsa, Okla., is hot and humid. The golf season's second major of the year, the U.S. Open, will be held at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa from June 14-17. The defending champion, of course, is Tiger Woods.
LIFE / Travel
Jun 5, 2001

Sparks fly in Mexico's city of artists and artisans

SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE, Mexico -- Having grown up in Los Angeles, where only the sanest of fireworks were legally sold, I was taught that colorful sparks shooting up higher than 30 cm would surely make someone pay for their reckless abandon. How happy I was to discover here that it's not necessarily true....
COMMENTARY
Jun 4, 2001

Koizumi fever grips nation

Although more than a month has passed since the birth of the new administration of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, its approval rating still remains amazingly high at nearly 90 percent.
BUSINESS
Jun 4, 2001

U.S. also caught in liquidity trap

On May 15 the United States Federal Reserve Board announced that it would cut short-term interest rates by half a percentage point. It was the fifth rate cut this year and brought the total amount of monetary easing to 2.5 percentage points.
JAPAN
Jun 4, 2001

U.S eyed Okinawa for huge offshore base in mid-1960s

The United States planned in the mid-1960s to build a large offshore base off the east coast of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, a U.S. military document obtained by Kyodo News showed Sunday.
JAPAN
Jun 4, 2001

New Komeito joins call to lift freeze on peacekeeping forces

The leader of New Komeito said he does not object to a view expressed by Taku Yamasaki, secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, that the freeze on Japanese participation in U.N. peacekeeping forces should be lifted.
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2001

Tokyo, Seoul strive to revive relations before World Cup

In the leadup to the 2002 World Cup soccer finals, Japan and South Korea are moving behind the scenes to prevent the sizzling political imbroglio over a right-leaning Japanese history textbook from spilling over into the cultural field.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 3, 2001

Matsunaka powers Hawks

Daiei slugger Nobuhiko Matsunaka went 4-for-4 with five RBIs as the Hawks jumped on Seibu starter Daisuke Matsuzaka to beat the Lions 9-1 at the Fukuoka Dome on Saturday.
COMMENTARY
Jun 3, 2001

Russia's long shadow falls on Ukraine

KIEV -- Russia is working assiduously to tighten its grip on Ukraine. With U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld set to visit Kiev in early June, the Bush administration should begin drawing that nation back toward the West.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 3, 2001

Can Koizumi turn popularity into power?

Looking at Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's popularity and its spillover effect on the Liberal Democratic Party, one has to be impressed. Recent highly popular actions, such as the prime minister's decision not to challenge a court decision awarding compensation to leprosy victims, only add to the...
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2001

Koizumi to push U.S. on UNESCO

In an unusual diplomatic move, Japan may ask the United States during an upcoming bilateral summit to return to UNESCO as soon as possible, government sources said Saturday.
LIFE / Food & Drink / THE WAY OF WASHOKU
Jun 3, 2001

Ume, back in the pink

Get out the salt and pop open the white liqueur — the season for ume is upon us. The diminutive Prunus mume — referred to erroneously as a plum but technically an apricot — has hit the shelves and is available in its preferred unripe form for the next month and a half. Farmers growing these apricots...
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Jun 3, 2001

Kihachi China moves uptown

When Kihachi China moved a few blocks across Ginza last November, it was not just a change of address -- it signified a definite change of status. The old premises, hidden away behind Printemps, were smart but lightweight. The new restaurant is a mere five minutes' stroll away -- just around the corner...
LIFE / Food & Drink / VINELAND
Jun 3, 2001

A tip heard through the grapevine

One of our favorite destinations on the California wine route -- the Anderson Valley AVA (American Viticultural Area) -- is an insider tip. Less familiar and less traveled than Napa or Sonoma, it is situated among the redwood forests and unspoiled ridges of Mendocino County. The area is home to a community...
BUSINESS
Jun 2, 2001

Japan and China prepare to discuss emergency import curbs

Japan and China will hold working-level talks Monday in Beijing over emergency curbs that Japan has imposed on three farm products imported mainly from China, the Agriculture Ministry said Friday.
JAPAN
Jun 2, 2001

Korean wins state medical payout

OSAKA — The Osaka District Court ordered the Osaka Prefectural Government on Friday to pay a Korean survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima medical allowances that it had stopped paying after the man returned home from Japan.
EDITORIALS
Jun 2, 2001

NATO's Budapest love fest

It has been a good week for NATO. There was more common ground than disagreement at meetings between member foreign ministers in Budapest and at the five-day NATO Parliamentary Assembly, which convened in Vilnius, Lithuania. There were even tangible accomplishments on such thorny subjects as Turkey and...
JAPAN
Jun 2, 2001

Tepco puts MOX debut on hold

Tokyo Electric Power Co. will postpone the debut of a contentious plutonium-based fuel at a Niigata Prefecture nuclear plant due to local opposition, Tepco President Nobuya Minami told reporters Friday.
BUSINESS
Jun 2, 2001

2000 taxation expected to top predictions

Tax revenues in fiscal 2000 will probably exceed the projected 49.895 trillion yen due to higher corporate and income tax receipts, Finance Ministry officials said Friday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Jun 2, 2001

Wizard of Oz shares magic printing technique

Next Saturday, Australian print artist Dianne Longley provides the opportunity to hear about and see the demonstration of a new technique: photopolymer printing. The event will be held in Tokyo's Azabu-juban, and everyone is welcome, whether experienced or novice.
JAPAN
Jun 2, 2001

Survey finds kids nod off later now than in the past

The number of children age 5 to 6 who go to bed at 10 p.m. or later has quadrupled over the past 20 years, according to a recent survey by an association on child health.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 1, 2001

Dour and dark outlook pulling Japan farther from neighbors

Japanese hopes to play a leading role in Asia are endangered by a growing split between its views and those in other countries in the region. In its most recent survey on global values, the Dentsu Institute for Human Studies depicts a pessimistic country that is groping toward an uncertain future.*
JAPAN
Jun 1, 2001

Romance, danger lurk in e-mail personals

Upon meeting her 28-year-old date, "Koneko" found him to be as cool as she had imagined from his countless e-mails.
BUSINESS
Jun 1, 2001

S&P assigns BBB rating to $1 billion in Sanwa notes

Standard & Poor's Corp. has assigned a BBB long-term credit rating to the $1 billion subordinated notes due in June 2011 that Sanwa Bank will issue in June.
JAPAN
Jun 1, 2001

Court approves psychiatric exam for hijacker

The Tokyo District Court on Thursday approved lawyers' requests for a psychiatric examination of a 30-year-old man charged with hijacking an All Nippon Airways jumbo jet and stabbing its pilot to death in July 1999.
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 1, 2001

Japan debuts with 3-0 victory

NIIGATA -- Japan got off to a good start in the Confederations Cup, beating Canada 3-0 in a Group B game Thursday night at Big Swan Niigata Stadium.
JAPAN
Jun 1, 2001

Sick building chemical haunts recently built homes

About 37 percent of homes built four to five years ago have a higher concentration of a chemical that apparently causes the so-called sick building syndrome, according to the results of a study conducted by the Infrastructure Ministry.
JAPAN
May 31, 2001

Work of Canada's 'tragic historian' now regaining spotlight in Japan

The life and work of Edgerton Herbert Norman, a Canadian diplomat and researcher of modern Japanese history who committed suicide in the 1950s amid allegations that he was a communist sympathizer, is now being spotlighted.
Wealthy foreign nationals picking up ultimate souvenir — a condo in Tokyo
A high-end property in the fashionable Daikanyama district in Tokyo
Japan dispatches five language education 'partners' to India
Five members of the Japan Foundation's Nihongo Partners program (front) gather at the Japanese Embassy in New Delhi on Monday.
Struggling train firm in Chiba Prefecture turns to self-deprecating humor
"Laughter is important when you're in a difficult situation," said Katsunori Takemoto, president of Choshi Electric Railway, on Aug. 5 in Choshi, Chiba Prefecture.
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.
China says Philippine ship ‘deliberately rammed’ coast guard vessel in South China Sea
A China Coast Guard ship navigates near the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea in August.
Japanese athletes inspired by raucous home fans at World Athletics Championships
Fans cheer on the home favorites during the women's marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sunday.
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.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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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.
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