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JAPAN
Mar 30, 2003

80% fear Japan will be involved in war

Looking apprehensive, Masaharu Ito sits on a bench beside an approach road lined with stalls leading to Kogan Temple in Tokyo's Toshima ward. He has just finished paying homage at the shrine.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Mar 30, 2003

East to West: the seductive Madame Sadayakko

MADAME SADAYAKKO: The Geisha Who Seduced the West, by Lesley Downer. London: Review Press/Hodder Headline, 2003, 336 pp., map, photos, £20 (cloth) In 1899, a 27-year-old ex-geisha who called herself Sadayakko embarked on a new career in San Francisco. With her entrepreneur-husband's enthusiastic backing,...
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Mar 30, 2003

The young, the beautiful, the talented

COLLECTION OF BEAUTIES AT THE HEIGHT OF THEIR POPULARITY: A Novel, by Whitney Otto. New York: Random House, 2002, 283 pages, $23.95 (hardcover) When we think of Japonisme, it is primarily in the decorative arts -- a painting of a European woman holding a Japanese fan or wearing a kimono, some oriental...
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Mar 30, 2003

Behind the silver screen

THE FLASH OF CAPITAL: Film and Geopolitics in Japan, by Eric Cazdyn. Durham & London: Duke University Press, 2002, 316 pp., $21.95 (paper) Those who dislike that branch of criticism and cultural studies that has come to be known as "theory" will probably not care for Eric Cazdyn's "The Flash of Capital:...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Mar 30, 2003

Was WWF3 a washout for citizens' rights?

While the outbreak of war in Iraq may have disrupted proceedings at the Third World Water Forum being held in Kansai, it also lent them deeper significance.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Mar 30, 2003

War in Iraq puts Ishihara on the defensive

When Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara finally announced March 7 his intention to run for re-election, some people in the media speculated that it was the end of the colorful politician-novelist's aspirations for national office.
CULTURE / Music / J-POPSICLE
Mar 30, 2003

Space Shower TV bangs a gong in style

I've always had a soft spot in my heart for Space Shower TV, the Japanese homegrown equivalent of MTV. With its unpretentious presenters, high quotient of decidedly unslick, locally made music videos and low-key artist interviews, Space Shower has a strong "street" feel.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Mar 30, 2003

A new 'cutting-edge town' for the world

A sprawling redevelopment complex sporting luxury apartments, movie theaters, art galleries and a museum will soon give Tokyo's seedy Roppongi entertainment district a cleaner, more cultured appearance that the developer hopes will turn it into an "ultimate destination" for travelers worldwide.
EDITORIALS
Mar 29, 2003

One week into the war

It has been nine days since the United States launched its attack against Iraq. The war has not gone as many expected. The difficulties encountered by the U.S.-led coalition have raised questions about Washington's strategy and the assumptions that undergirded the allied assault. Although those doubts...
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 29, 2003

Giants fall in opener

Back to the old drawing board.
JAPAN
Mar 29, 2003

Two asylum seekers arrive in Japan

A Japanese woman and her daughter who fled from North Korea arrived Friday in Japan from China after being under protection for about a month at the Japanese Consulate General in Shenyang.
JAPAN
Mar 29, 2003

Yakuza pestering civil servants

A National Police Agency poll of 2,956 local-government departments that deal directly with the public found that about 30 percent of them have had confrontations with gangsters, and around 70 percent of those faced extortionist demands in the past year alone.
BUSINESS
Mar 29, 2003

Koizumi rules out extra budget idea

Both Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa on Friday threw a wet blanket on expectations that the government will draft a supplementary budget.
BUSINESS
Mar 29, 2003

RCC buys more, pays more for soured loans

The state-run Resolution and Collection Corp. has bought 2.3 trillion yen worth of bad loans from hobbled banks since a revision of the financial-system revival law, the RCC said Friday.
BUSINESS
Mar 29, 2003

China urged to deal with piracy

Japan urged China on Friday to crack down on piracy of video games, CDs and movies.
JAPAN
Mar 29, 2003

Koizumi says Japan ready to support efforts to reconstruct postwar Iraq

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Friday that Japan is ready to take some action to support the postwar reconstruction of Iraq even before a new law is enacted to facilitate a dispatch of Self-Defense Forces troops.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 29, 2003

Japan Post debut invokes wariness, hope

When the Postal Services Agency is reborn Tuesday as Japan Post, the public corporation is expected to increase its operational efficiency and better serve its customers.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Mar 29, 2003

Food displays and questions best unasked

Japan is very creative when it comes to the presentation of food. Indeed, much time and effort goes into making food look so good, you'll pay big bucks for it. Here are just some of the ways food is displayed in Japanese restaurants.
JAPAN
Mar 29, 2003

Hoya ordered to halt misleading ads for eyeglasses

The Fair Trade Commission said Friday it has ordered eyeglass manufacturer Hoya Corp. to stop making misleading claims about its products.
BUSINESS
Mar 29, 2003

Panel approves hike in NTT access fees

A government advisory panel on Friday approved a controversial plan to increase the interconnection fees NTT charges other firms to use its fixed telephone lines for fiscal 2003 and 2004.
BUSINESS
Mar 29, 2003

Jobless rate declines to 5.2% in February

The nation's unemployment rate eased to 5.2 percent in February as more part-time and medical jobs that helped female workers became available and job cuts trailed off in manufacturing.
JAPAN
Mar 29, 2003

Miyagi Prefecture is No. 1 in disclosing information

Miyagi Prefecture is the most open and willing prefecture to disclose information to the public, a position it has held for five consecutive years, according to a recent study by a citizens' ombudsman association.
BUSINESS
Mar 29, 2003

BOJ prepares to launch business fundraising plan

The Bank of Japan is teaming up with the government and financial institutions on a plan that will offer small and midsize companies a new fundraising channel, BOJ Gov. Toshihiko Fukui said Friday.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 29, 2003

U.S.-ROK alliance in crisis

America's alliance with South Korea is in crisis. Strangely, few in Japan seem to have noticed, let alone grasp, what it portends for their country. Japan is now on the spot in a way that was not the case during the Cold War.
JAPAN
Mar 29, 2003

Record 5.77 million visitors in '02

The number of foreigners entering Japan hit a record 5.77 million in 2002, up 9.2 percent from the previous year, the Immigration Bureau said Friday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Mar 29, 2003

What's going on in our community, asks IMHPJ

Next weekend, IMHPJ (International Mental Health Professionals Japan) will stage its 7th Annual General Meeting and seminar in central Tokyo with the theme "What's Going on in Our Community?" On the Saturday, there will be two panel discussions: one on bullying, the other on attention deficit hyperactivity...
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Mar 28, 2003

Racism or just a misunderstanding?

LONDON -- After Newcastle United's Champions League tie against Inter Milan two weeks ago Lomana LuaLua made an official complaint through his club that Christian Vieri had racially abused him.
The indelible memory of being a part of Unit 731
Hideo Shimizu, 95, says he cannot forget seeing the prisoners' bloody wills scribbled on the walls of prison cells at Unit 731 in 1945.
Japanese star convicted of indecent assault in Hong Kong
J-pop idol Kenshin Kamimura leaves the West Kowloon Law Courts on bail in Hong Kong on Wednesday, after he was found guilty of indecent assault of a woman who worked as his interpreter at a restaurant in Mong Kok district in March this year.
Tens of thousands left stranded at Osaka Expo by train service interruption
Visitors rest inside the Osaka Expo venue early Thursday morning
Welcoming foreign residents benefits Japan, three quarters of economists say
The streets of Tokyo's Ginza district in April. The number of foreign residents in Japan hit a record high at 3.76 million as of the end of last year, comprising just over 3% of the population.
Hiker missing in Hokkaido after bear attack found dead
The Rausu mountain range at Hokkaido's Shiretoko National Park. A man in his 20s who went missing after being attacked by a bear while hiking on Mount Rausu has been found dead.
The indelible memory of being a part of Unit 731
Hideo Shimizu, 95, says he cannot forget seeing the prisoners' bloody wills scribbled on the walls of prison cells at Unit 731 in 1945.
Will Ishiba's critics be able to garner enough support for a leadership race?
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's political survival likely hinges on whether a leadership race will take place within the Liberal Democratic Party following its decision to have its election committee canvass the opinions of party members and prefectural chapters on the subject.
Hidden rosters and the legacy of Japan’s germ warfare
Katsutoshi Takegami, 77, in his storehouse attic where he discovered his father's Unit 1644 documents
Osaka Expo highlights the challenge of holding events in Japan's scorching summer
People huddle near a large fan blowing icy-cold mist at the Osaka Expo on July 12. Amid Japan's relentless summer heat, organizes have put myriad measures in place in order to keep guests safe.
At Himawari Shokudo 2, Italian food with a Japanese soul
At Himawari Shokudo 2, chef Hozumi Tanaka serves Italian-inspired fare with a focus on Toyama produce, such as this appetizer of lightly blanched "hotaru ika" (firefly squid) served atop mixed wild plants and a crepe prepared from "yamato-imo" yam.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
The long search for Japan’s lost soldiers
By Tomoko Otake

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