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LIFE / Lifestyle / MATTER OF COURSE
Jul 5, 2002

Bringing our schools out into the open

I'm pretty happy with the Japanese elementary school my children attend. But I have to say one thing: I hate the building itself. It's the standard four-story concrete block. Drab, institutional and uninviting. What I dislike most is that it's closed off from the surrounding neighborhood, hidden away...
BUSINESS / ON THE FRONT LINE
Jul 5, 2002

July may be hot for stock if U.S. avoids shock

In June, Japan's stock market suffered direct hits from the three concerns that were depressing stock prices in the United States -- dismal corporate earnings, shady corporate accounting and the specter of terrorism.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 5, 2002

Brace yourself for "The Delta Force"

As hot as the trance music scene may seem right now, the electronica sub-genre itself is about "five years behind" where it should be, according to Marcus C. Maichel.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Jul 5, 2002

Swallowtail

* Japanese name: Kiageha * Scientific name: Papilio machaon * Description: There are several species of swallowtail butterflies in Japan, all of them easily recognizable by their swallowtails -- the tail-like appendages on the edge of the hind wings. Body length is 36-70 mm. Swallowtails have fully...
BUSINESS
Jul 5, 2002

Sanyo to make plasma panel TVs in China

OSAKA -- Sanyo Electric Co. plans to start production of liquid crystal display projectors and plasma display panel television sets in China early next year, a company official said Thursday.
JAPAN
Jul 4, 2002

'Shimoyama Incident' memos uncovered

Detailed records of the investigation into the so-called Shimoyama Incident of 1949, in which the president of the Japanese National Railways mysteriously died, were recently found by the family of a late JNR official.
SOCCER / World cup
Jul 4, 2002

JFA boss praises running of Cup

Japan Football Association president Shunichiro Okano expressed his satisfaction on Wednesday with the running of the recently completed World Cup, which Japan jointly hosted with South Korea with one major exception -- the ticketing problem.
BUSINESS
Jul 4, 2002

Draft curbs extent of postal reforms

A draft definition made public Wednesday by the posts ministry shows private companies will be excluded from handling most forms of direct mail, thereby limiting their scope under planned postal service reform.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 4, 2002

Forum mulls nuts, bolts of Kyoto aims

Global warming poses a formidable challenge to the world.
JAPAN
Jul 4, 2002

Tax evasion regained 30 billion yen level in 2001

Tax authorities found 30.9 billion yen in tax evasion cases in fiscal 2001, the same level as in the early 1980s and a reflection of the sluggish economy, according to a National Tax Agency tally released Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jul 4, 2002

'Spy vessel' had contact with ship off Shanghai

A vessel that may have been the suspected North Korean spy ship that sank after a gunbattle with Japan Coast Guard boats in December had previous contact with another mystery ship off Shanghai, government sources said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Jul 4, 2002

Nissan boosts capacity for making March

Nissan Motor Co. has expanded production capacity of its new March car by about 20 percent to 17,500 units a month to meet demand, a Nissan spokesperson said Wednesday.
EDITORIALS
Jul 4, 2002

Malaysia without Mr. Mahathir

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has announced that he plans to step down. It is difficult to envision that country without Mr. Mahathir at the helm: He provided Malaysia with its energy, its backbone and its vision. His pride and sharp tongue also made him a lightning rod for criticism, but...
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Jul 4, 2002

GM crops' gene flow is a trickle not a flood

In Italy and France, genetically modified foods are the subject of intense public debate -- and the feelings of most of the public are negative. Speaking last month in Tokyo, Italian sociologist of science Massimiano Bucchi attributed public resistance to GM foods in these countries to the central role...
JAPAN
Jul 4, 2002

Tokyo fire prevention guru advocates household use of special safety system

Masanao Hirose, who oversees fire prevention at the Setagaya Fire Station, wants more households to deploy a special safety system set up by the Tokyo Fire Department.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE EXTRA
Jul 4, 2002

Henry, Horan sing praises of Japanese rugby

The Japan rugby team has, particularly in the last 30 years, had a number of false dawns. The 1970s saw it lose narrowly to England (6-3 in 1971 and 21-19 in 1979); the 1980s saw it lose to Wales 29-24 in 1983 and beat a weakened Scotland team 28-24 in 1989, and in 1999 it beat Samoa 37-34 to win the...
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 4, 2002

The Cyprus connection: How Milosevic evaded arms sanctions

NICOSIA, Cyprus -- On Dec. 27, 1998, a Yugoslav named Drakomir Stojkovic flew from Belgrade to Cyprus's Larnaca airport on a private jet carrying bags stuffed with 35 million deutsche marks -- worth roughly $17 million.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / WILD WATCH
Jul 4, 2002

Welcome to the world's most successful societies

Ants have an amazing lineage. They have been around for at least 100 million years, since the middle of the Cretaceous Period, and for at least the last 50 million years they have been among the most abundant of all insects. We think we're successful? Our population has recently topped 6 billion, but...
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jul 4, 2002

Solving the nation's waste problem and raising bilingual kids

Everyone is aware of the problem of garbage. With Tokyo alone throwing away 6,000 tons of food a day, kitchen waste in particular is a practical as well as a moral concern.
LIFE / Digital
Jul 4, 2002

The Simpsons on DVD -- hi-fi Americana

Fox Home Video has just released "The Simpsons Season Two DVD Collection." If you have not heard of the Simpsons, you have a little catching up to do.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OLD NIC'S NOTEBOOK
Jul 4, 2002

A woodland to call not my own

On May 31 this year, our woodland here in Kurohime was finally designated as a Nagano Prefectural Trust, whose aim is to foster the rehabilitation of abused and neglected woodland, and to return it to greater and balanced biodiversity through continuing research and education.
COMMUNITY
Jul 4, 2002

The land of the early rising, and setting, sun

The issue of daylight-saving time is back in the news.
JAPAN
Jul 3, 2002

Japan reaped benefits from World Cup: survey

Many Japanese believe the World Cup improved its ties with South Korea and spread information about the nation's culture, although it might not have produced the economic benefits many were hoping for, according to poll results released Tuesday.
Bank of Japan to start unloading ETFs in surprise move that rattles market
BOJ Gov. Kazuo Ueda said it would take a century for the bank to sell all its ETFs at the pace proposed.
Japan may see its first female PM despite limited progress on gender gap
Hard-line conservative lawmaker Sanae Takaichi has consistently been a public favorite in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s leadership election scheduled for Oct. 4.
Boom in business class travel from Japan fuels airlines profits
A business class suite of an Airbus SE A350-1000 aircraft operated by Japan Airlines is seen during a media preview at the company's hangar at Tokyo's Haneda Airport in January last year.
40 years after Plaza Accord, Japan still at mercy of forex swings
The Plaza Hotel in New York, where finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of Five countries met and struck the Plaza Accord on Sept. 22, 1985.
Anime’s ‘Demon Slayer’ hit is a watershed for Japan
Channing Tatum, one of the English-language voice actors, and others attend the premiere of “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Infinity Castle” at the TCL Chinese 6 Theater in Los Angeles on Sept. 9. Japanese anime has surged from niche fandom to global box-office powerhouse with the latest “Demon Slayer” installment.
Behold the glory of Japan’s fruit boxes
Otherwise common sights in Japan's supermarkets, the country's fruit and veggie boxes can hide surprising symbols of local pride.
YouTuber Gigguk shifts from talking anime to making anime
The process of making “Baan” was personal and enlightening for Maneetapho, who spent years talking about anime on his YouTube channel and podcast before making the jump to becoming an anime creator himself.
How Yuki Joseph Nakajima turned failures into breakout success at Tokyo worlds
Yuki Joseph Nakajima after finishing sixth in the men's 400-meter final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Thursday.
Robot tour guides in Tokyo offer way for those with disabilities to work
Tours are being offered in Tokyo using a shoulder-mounted robot equipped with a camera, speaker and microphone. The robot twitches its wing-like arms, which it can fold together as if in prayer when visiting a temple.
World Athletics stars relish Tokyo atmosphere after COVID-hit Olympics
Organizers of the World Athletics Championships said over 500,000 tickets had been sold and that they are expecting to end the event in front of large crowds this weekend.

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

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"Shake hands with Lima-chan," a statue that shares the name of the Peruvian capital looks in the direction of Peru, where a sister statue, "Sakura-chan," is located. Erected in Yokohama's Rinko Park in 1999, it commemorates Peruvian-Japanese friendship.
The journey of Peru’s Nikkei: Finding identity in Japan
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