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BUSINESS / JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES
Apr 21, 2003

Evasive accounting will darken already cloudy economic outlook

Now that the war in Iraq has completed a crucial phase, a major source of uncertainty for the world economy appears to have been eliminated. However, the global economic outlook still remains cloudy, as illustrated by the fall in share prices that occurred when Baghdad fell into the hands of the U.S.-led...
COMMENTARY
Apr 21, 2003

Peacemaker for Sri Lanka

Japan plans to play a leading role in rebuilding strife-torn Sri Lanka. Peace talks are under way to end more than 20 years of ethnic conflict between the Sinhalese (Buddhist) majority and the Tamil (Hindu) minority. An international conference on Sri Lankan reconstruction and development is scheduled...
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 21, 2003

EU troubles will also expand

LONDON -- The symbolism could hardly have been better. Against a background of the columns of ancient Athens, the birthplace of democracy, 25 government leaders signed documents that will bring into the European Union countries that spent much of their postwar existence under communist dictatorship....
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 21, 2003

Can markets defeat global uncertainty?

With the Saddam Hussein regime effectively ousted, the world is a lot less jittery than when the U.S.-led war in Iraq began, but that doesn't mean clear skies for the global economy, according to Edwin A. Finn Jr., editor and president of Barron's magazine.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Apr 20, 2003

Football Association hypocritical and arrogant over racism issue

LONDON -- "We are very disappointed that UEFA have felt it necessary to bring the charges against us." -- Paul Barber, director of marketing and communications, the Football Association.
JAPAN
Apr 20, 2003

Japan may aid Pyongyang before normalizing ties

Japan is considering providing economic and food assistance to North Korea even before normalizing bilateral relations, in the event the reclusive country agrees to abandon its suspected nuclear development program, according to government sources.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 20, 2003

68 evacuees from Miyake Island return for four-day visit

Sixty-eight former residents of Miyake Island returned Saturday morning for a four-day visit, their first overnight stay since the entire population of about 3,800 people was evacuated when the island's volcano rumbled into life in September 2000.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Apr 20, 2003

Fragmented 'lovefest' sees standards soar

Japan, the world's most fashion-hungry nation, still goes loopy for European superbrands -- but Tokyo-based creators are bravely fighting back, trying to claim a slice of the fame, glamour and glory through their own homegrown labels.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Apr 20, 2003

Changing narratives of Korean history

COLONIAL MODERNITY IN KOREA, edited by Gi Wook Shin and Michael Robinson. Harvard University Press, 2000, 466 pp., $49.50 (cloth) Until very recently most English-language general histories of Korea treated Japanese colonial rule or "Japanese occupation" as a rupture or distortion of the "natural development"...
COMMENTARY / WASHINGTON UPDATE
Apr 20, 2003

Nice work so far but can U.S. pay up?

WASHINGTON -- By now there is very little doubt that the armed forces of the United States are quite phenomenal. The display of technology, tactics, teamwork, discipline and control in the four-week campaign that has taken control of Iraq has been quite a show, a demonstration of military power that...
JAPAN
Apr 20, 2003

Government to fight war-displaced

The government said Friday it will fight a compensation lawsuit filed by more than 600 war-displaced Japanese left behind in China and urged a court to reject the plaintiffs' claims.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Apr 20, 2003

Mixing models to match clothes

Ten days to go before the catwalk show and designer Sugimoto Chiyuki faces a critical decision. Who will show off the clothes he has spent the last six months creating for these Tokyo Collections?
COMMUNITY
Apr 20, 2003

Simple complexity for the men

One of the newest kids on the block in the highly competitive world of Japanese fashion is a menswear brand called Maji Maji, designed by Rynshu Hashimoto.
EDITORIALS
Apr 20, 2003

Concorde in mothballs

Have you ever flown on a Concorde? Know anyone who has? No, we didn't think so. Not many people have, despite the fact that the elegant, needle-nosed, supersonic aircraft has been plying the skies for 27 years. And there's a good reason for that. It boils down to a single number: $9,300, which is how...
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Apr 20, 2003

Looting the media for the best frontline news

Every Japanese TV network has female anchors, but Nippon TV seems to use more women in their news shows than any other. It was also the only commercial Japanese network to have a female "embed" reporting from Iraq. Since there weren't too many embedded women reporters in the first place, she naturally...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Apr 20, 2003

All roads still lead to Paris

Mother, grandmother, createuse extraordinaire, Hanae Mori is a woman of impeccable taste, the holder of many coveted awards and Japan's -- and Asia's -- only member of the prestigious, Paris-based Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture.
Events
Apr 20, 2003

KANSAI: Who & What

Spring herb festival under way in Kobe: A spring herb festival is being held at Nunobiki Herb Park in Kobe's Chuo Ward until May 25.
JAPAN
Apr 20, 2003

Campaigns commence for 123 mayor elections

Official campaigns for 123 city mayoral elections and 387 municipal assembly elections on April 27 start Sunday in what will be the second half of the 15th quadrennial local elections.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / NATURE TRAVEL
Apr 20, 2003

Look what the tide brought in

Venice Beach, Fla., and the sun is hot and strong. Most tourists are simply lounging on the sand turning various shades of furious red or "Baywatch" bronze. A few are chucking Frisbees or checking out the babes.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Apr 20, 2003

Comics on the telly

The spring lineup of drama series contains more than the usual share of comic-book adaptations, which is good news since comics tend to have more interesting story-lines than do dramas written directly for the screen.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Apr 20, 2003

Dancing detectives

A LOYAL CHARACTER DANCER, by Qiu Xiaolong. New York, SOHO Press, 2002, 351 pp., $25 (cloth) Popular fiction can be a fairly reliable indicator of changing public sentiments. One harbinger that the Cold War was beginning to wind down was the appearance of the now-famous police procedural novel. Such novels...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / BEST BAR NONE
Apr 20, 2003

An aroma of l'amour at Le Faubourg

Le Faubourg is a stylish lounge bar in the fashionable Aoyama district of Tokyo. The area is to Tokyo what Madison Avenue is to New York. This is where you'll find showcase boutiques for famous Japanese designers, like Issey Miyake and Yohji Yamamoto, as well as internationally renowned brands such as...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / J-POPSICLE
Apr 20, 2003

There is no escape from the silliness

It's only April, but the silly season already seems to be upon us.
EDITORIALS
Apr 19, 2003

U.N. resolution in abduction cases

The nuclear standoff with North Korea has tended to overshadow the country's human rights abuses, including the abduction of Japanese nationals. It is fitting, therefore, that the U.N. Human Rights Commission has adopted a resolution condemning Pyongyang's human rights record.
JAPAN
Apr 19, 2003

Rumsfeld barb on Pyongyang aid earns angry rebuke from Fukuda

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda voiced displeasure Friday over a suggestion by U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld that money and goods sent by Japan, South Korea and China are helping to sustain North Korea's dictatorship.
BUSINESS
Apr 19, 2003

Digital broadcasting licenses issued

The government issued provisional licenses Friday to 17 television stations planning to begin terrestrial digital broadcasts in December.
JAPAN
Apr 19, 2003

Team develops 'book' to store DNA gene data

A research team has developed a simplified technique for storing and delivering genes by creating what it describes as "DNA books" using genes extracted from animal cells.
At Ginza’s newest hotel, luxury is a private treasure
At Fufu Tokyo, each guest room comes with its own private "onsen" (hot spring) — a luxury nearly unheard of in the heart of Tokyo's capital.
China warns citizens not to visit Japan as row over Taiwan heats up
Chinese tourists wear kimonos as they visit Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district on Saturday.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Kyoto gets its own teamLab, largest in Japan
Visitors wearing kimonos look at digital artwork at the newly opened teamLab Biovortex in Kyoto.
Ashfall warning in Japan as volcano erupts
View of Sakurajima from the mainland of Kagoshima Prefecture
The challenges awaiting Japan’s new finance minister
Finance minister Satsuki Katayama answers questions from reporters in a group interview on Oct. 24.
At Ginza’s newest hotel, luxury is a private treasure
At Fufu Tokyo, each guest room comes with its own private "onsen" (hot spring) — a luxury nearly unheard of in the heart of Tokyo's capital.
Japan fully enters sports streaming era as fans face new dilemmas
Sports fan Tadashi Yokoyama streams basketball and fencing on three screens.
Stablecoins: Boring goes big, and now in Japan
Noritaka Okabe, CEO of JPYC, acknowledges a number of potential risks related to stablecoins.
Shohei Ohtani collects fourth MVP Award with 2025 NL honor
The Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani was named National League MVP for the second straight season on Thursday.

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