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JAPAN
Sep 19, 2002

Crows can see food inside clear trash bags

A research team led by Hiroyoshi Higuchi, a professor of biological conservation at the University of Tokyo, has discovered that crows have the ability to see into transparent garbage bags when they scavenge for food.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Sep 19, 2002

Check-up costs, parking perils, and 'quake advice

Health check-ups I'm not feeling well and feel I need to get a complete checkup or physical. It is my understanding that the national health insurance only covers diagnosed illness but not such preventive care. What can I do? -- Phillip in Tokyo
LIFE / Digital / NAME OF THE GAME
Sep 19, 2002

Shine on you crazy plumber

Mario, Nintendo's world-famous plumber/mascot, may be the oldest active character in video games, but he's certainly not washed up. Neither is "Super Mario Sunshine," Mario's latest adventure.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Sep 19, 2002

When evil guitars desecrated the Budokan

Long before the 'hoorigans' descended on Japan last summer, the arrival of another group of Englishmen was giving Japanese officials sleepless nights.
BUSINESS
Sep 19, 2002

Kim's calculated gamble to open up is born of desperation

PYONGYANG -- Even at the Koryo Hotel, one of the most luxurious accommodations for foreign visitors in Pyongyang, the energy shortage was apparent.
BUSINESS
Sep 19, 2002

Nissan to forge alliance with China's Dong Feng

Nissan Motor Co. will soon forge a business alliance with Chinese auto giant Dong Feng Automobile Co. to produce cars in China beginning next year, sources said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Sep 19, 2002

Key economic gauge revised upward

The government on Wednesday revised upward the July reading of the key gauge on the current state of the economy to 90 percent from 88.9 percent.
EDITORIALS
Sep 18, 2002

Playing at democracy

Palestine Authority President Yasser Arafat is coming under increasing pressure to adopt democratic reforms. In an important development, the traditionally passive Palestinian Parliament appears to have taken up the call for real change. Mr. Arafat has so far responded with his old tricks: talking a...
BUSINESS
Sep 18, 2002

Despite criticism, FSA slaps new restriction on short selling

The Financial Services Agency said Tuesday it has again strengthened curbs on short selling of stocks to prevent investors from artificially bringing down the price of falling shares.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 18, 2002

OPEC ministers laud Iraq decision but remain wary of boosting output

OSAKA -- OPEC leaders and oil industry analysts welcomed Iraq's decision Tuesday to allow weapons inspections by the United Nations, but cautioned it was too early to determine what effect the decision will have on oil prices and production.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 18, 2002

Trying to learn from failure suddenly all the rage

Isatsugu Sugahara, president of leading box-lunch caterer Tamagoya Co., runs his fingers across a stained, worn-out calendar, looking for a little circle he drew years ago. His fingers stop at May 12, 1982, the day his life changed forever.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 18, 2002

Yuki Ogura: The other side of modern

Visitors to the current exhibition at the National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo might be excused for thinking they'd been misled. Instead of encountering a display of works expressing the essence of 20th-century Japanese art, perchance, or the challenge of assimilating Western artistic techniques, this...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Sep 18, 2002

Juan Jose Mosalini and Buenos Aires Tango Quintet

Tango has been variously described as a duel, a surrender, a labyrinth -- and the truest manifestation of the Argentine soul. It is so uninhibited and passionate that it was considered corrupting and sinful, which of course is why it's so wonderful. The image of a couple in skin-tight clothes twirling...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Sep 18, 2002

Winner loses all in the games people play

Two eagerly anticipated German-directed productions of Shakespeare arrived in Tokyo last week, each the product of its director's extensive experience and deep deliberation on the play's contemporary relevance, and each given a polished reinterpretation as a result.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / NEW ART SEEN
Sep 18, 2002

Two dimensions good, three dimensions better

I got some positive feedback on my review last week of the Doug Aitken show at the Tokyo Opera City Gallery. My remark, "I just don't like visiting galleries to sit on the floor and watch videos," struck a chord with a number of readers. Not that I don't like video and new media art, but most galleries...
JAPAN
Sep 17, 2002

Comic book on Hiroshima A-bombing translated into Korean

OSAKA -- A Korean translation of "Hadashi no Gen" ("Barefoot Gen"), a long Japanese comic book about the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, has been completed by a lecturer at Kinki University in Osaka.
BUSINESS
Sep 17, 2002

Teenagers invited to play trading game

Languishing amid market gloom and slumping stocks, Japanese brokerages are targeting teenagers -- through a stock market game -- in their uphill battle to encourage individuals to invest.
JAPAN
Sep 17, 2002

Koizumi to go in fighting

The first item on Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's agenda when he meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il will be his demand for information about 11 Japanese believed abducted to the Stalinist state between 1977 and 1983, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda said Monday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 17, 2002

Hawks' All-Star Pedraza leaves nest, vows to return

If Fukuoka Daiei Hawks slugger Nobuhiko Matsunaka appeared to be in a hurry to get home after Sunday's game against the Chiba Lotte Marines, there was a simple explanation. He had to cook a farewell dinner for his buddy Rodney Pedraza, who was spending his last night in Japan after being told Friday...
COMMENTARY
Sep 17, 2002

When to 'sup with the devil'

LONDON -- Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi will pay an official visit to North Korea this week, where he will meet with dictator Kim Jong Il. He wants to deal with a number of issues between Japan and North Korea, including Pyongyang's abduction of Japanese nationals. No doubt Koizumi would also like...
JAPAN
Sep 17, 2002

Depressive points the way out of the gloom

For 10 years, Rei Ueno, 40, worked hard as a freelance writer. He took on almost every job that came to him. It was not unusual for him to make it home after midnight -- he also played hard.
BUSINESS
Sep 17, 2002

Electric toothbrush sales increase as prices decay

Sales of electric toothbrushes are booming in Japan following a significant decline in product prices.
SOCCER / J. League / ON THE BALL
Sep 17, 2002

Reds fans need to be patient

In a post-match press conference at the Sept. 8 J. League game between the Urawa Reds and Vegalta Sendai at Saitama Stadium 2002, a seemingly irritated local reporter voiced an opinion to Reds manager Hans Ooft.
JAPAN
Sep 17, 2002

Pyongyang visit to last more than 11 hours

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi will spend more than 11 hours in Pyongyang on Tuesday to hold landmark talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, a Foreign Ministry official said Monday.
Toyoko Kids: The lonely street children of Tokyo
Many young people who feel neglected at home flock to the Toyoko area to find a community where they can fit in.
Japan unveils new overtourism countermeasures
The majority of tourists in Japan tend to stay in Tokyo, Osaka or Kyoto, resulting in overcrowding in popular tourist spots and a strain on transportation systems.
South Korea couple beat same-sex barriers to parenthood
South Korean lesbian couple Kim Kyu-jin (left) and her wife, Kim Sae-yeon, pose with a "pregnant woman" badge during an interview in Seoul last month.
Rising sex tourism exposes loopholes in Japan's anti-prostitution law
While financial misfortunes during the COVID-19 pandemic may have driven some women to work the streets, others simply want more money to spend — or want to pay off their debts — at host clubs.
Opportunities await the bold in the Year of the Wood Dragon
2024 marks the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese zodiac, with the year predicted to be a good time for fresh starts.
Photographer Bleg Bayraktar is winning social media with politeness
A video on Bayraktar's Instagram account of the Belgian photographer approaching an elderly worker in Tokyo's Shibuya has gone viral, garnering almost 9 million views.
Australia announces new warships will come from Japan
The Maritime Self-Defense Force's Mogami-class frigate Niyodo sails at an undisclosed location in this image released Tuesday.
Fuji Rock's weekend of surprises was one of its best yet
Radwimps lead singer Yojiro Noda threw himself into the rock band’s Green Stage performance ahead of headliner Vampire Weekend.
How Trump is gaslighting on climate change — with Japan’s help
The Bishu Maru LNG tanker, owned by Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, next to the Freeport LNG terminal in Texas
With a new distillery, Suntory makes a spirited move on gin market
A staff inspects a distillation pot still at Suntory's new Osaka Spirits & Liqueurs Craft Distillery, which will focus on gin production and help Suntory capture a bigger slice of the fast-growing gin market.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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A mushroom cloud from the atomic bombing on Hiroshima taken from a U.S. military aircraft on Aug. 6, 1945. Copying the photo without permission is prohibited.
80 years on, a Japanese American hibakusha recalls the day the bomb dropped
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