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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Jan 19, 2002

Paul Lucas

His potted biography as it appeared last year in a theater program reads: "Paul Lucas has been eight years in Tokyo, doing all this 'drama stuff.' A Seattle native, and consequently a Starbuck's addict, Paul has been 'doing' Tokyo's Starbuck's a lot lately to learn his lines. Once in a while his portable...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jan 19, 2002

Who am I?

Traveler A: For my winter vacation, I tried to join the "Around the World in 60 Minutes" campaign tour but lost the lottery. So I booked a different package tour: five days and three nights in Thailand and Cambodia. The package included airfare, hotel and some meals.
JAPAN
Jan 18, 2002

Ozaki tied to rigged hospital bid

Construction company Kajima Corp. and two political secretaries named in recent scandals competed for work on the same hospital building project in Yamagata Prefecture in the late 1990s, industry sources said Thursday.
JAPAN
Jan 18, 2002

Japan's Afghan pledge awaited: Ogata

The international community has high expectations for Japanese assistance to rebuild Afghanistan, and Japan needs to make an "appropriate" pledge at next week's conference in Tokyo to this end, Sadako Ogata said Thursday.
JAPAN / PROTOCOL PURSUIT
Jan 18, 2002

Emissions-trading plan put on back burner

Staff writer Until recently, trading in carbon dioxide emissions seemed destined for early introduction in Japan. The launch of such a system, however, is being put off as the government postpones key policy decisions to curb global-warming emissions.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jan 18, 2002

Ishii ready to go

Left-hander Kazuhisa Ishii, returning to Tokyo on Wednesday from a short training trip to Hawaii, said he is eager to seal a deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers hopefully before Feb. 2.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / JET STREAM
Jan 18, 2002

Flexing bodies, opening minds

When 24-year-old Elena Davidenko, former gymnast of the Russian national team, returned to Moscow last summer after serving a 2 1/2-year stint as a sports exchange adviser in Akita City, she left a legacy of new ideas for her Japanese students.
JAPAN
Jan 18, 2002

Produce growers learning to cope with competition

Unlike traditional family farms, 52-year-old Tetsuichi Umezu runs his like a corporation.
JAPAN
Jan 18, 2002

Nomura files revised income report

TV personality Sachiyo Nomura, indicted in December for alleged tax evasion, has filed a revised income report with the Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau, sources said Thursday.
JAPAN
Jan 18, 2002

Kobe marks quake anniversary

KOBE -- The people of the Kobe area on Thursday marked the seventh anniversary of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, which resulted in the loss of more than 6,400 lives and left tens of thousands homeless.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / LEARNING BY HEART
Jan 18, 2002

Fostering family togetherness on the rink

As my daughter stepped out onto the ice, I held my breath. Her steps were small. She moved slowly, with focus and balance and seeming assuredness. One -- two -- one -- two.
COMMENTARY
Jan 18, 2002

War taking U.S. policy hostage

HONOLULU -- The fall of the Taliban government in Afghanistan has been greeted with quiet satisfaction. In fact, despite the sudden collapse of the Kabul regime, the tone in Washington has been sober. Washington has reminded us that the U.S.-led "war" against terrorism has three objectives -- the removal...
BUSINESS
Jan 18, 2002

Tokyo set to cut the umbilical cord

An aging, even failing, parent still carrying a grown-up child piggyback is about to stave off collapse by finally letting the child walk by itself -- at least for a short distance.
BUSINESS / ON THE FRONT LINE
Jan 18, 2002

Exhausted dollar consolidating its range

Market participants are now divided over the future of the yen-dollar rate, with some expecting the yen to continue its fall while others believe the opposite.
BUSINESS
Jan 18, 2002

Koizumi promises tax reforms

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi expressed his resolve Thursday to make dramatic changes to the nation's tax system in a bid to help promote structural reform.
BUSINESS
Jan 18, 2002

BMW looking to boost local sales

Automaker BMW said Thursday it expects to sell between 38,000 to 40,000 BMW vehicles in Japan during 2002 by expanding its product lineup and opening new dealerships. The company sold 36,266 units in 2001.
EDITORIALS
Jan 17, 2002

Mr. Bush's nuclear sleight of hand

Last year, U.S. President George W. Bush proposed deep cuts in the U.S. nuclear weapons arsenal, a decision that was promptly echoed by Russian President Vladimir Putin. While the move was roundly applauded, there were concerns over the U.S. president's reluctance to codify the decision in a treaty....
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Jan 17, 2002

Go west AND east, young men

In the good old days, Japanese baseball players used to dream about going to the major leagues. Now they just dream about playing on the West Coast.
BUSINESS
Jan 17, 2002

MHI may close machine tool plant

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. is considering closing its large-scale machine tool manufacturing plant in Hiroshima as early as 2003 due to slack demand, company officials said Wednesday.
COMMENTARY
Jan 17, 2002

Next step for Pakistan: credible politics

ISLAMABAD -- In signaling a turnaround in Pakistan's policy toward Islamic militant groups, President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, the country's military ruler, is keen on setting a new course -- almost two decades after former military ruler Gen. Mohammad Zia-ul-Haq actively began promoting the concept of...
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 17, 2002

Dream on, Gordon Brown

CAMBRIDGE, England -- Just before Christmas, British Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown came out with the surprise announcement that he was proposing that member countries of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development address the question of poverty in the world by setting up a new...
JAPAN / PROTOCOL PURSUIT
Jan 17, 2002

Carbon tax stuck in detour to Kyoto

This is the first in a three-part series on Japan's struggles to curb global warming gas emissions. Staff writer The dust is finally settling.
JAPAN
Jan 17, 2002

Man held for threatening to bomb official residence

A 25-year-old unemployed man has been arrested on suspicion of threatening to blow up the Prime Minister's Official Residence, the Metropolitan Police Department said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jan 17, 2002

Jichiro executives to exit over tax scandal

Seven senior officials of the nation's largest labor union announced Wednesday that they would step down to take responsibility for a tax-evasion scandal involving a former union chairman.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / WILD WATCH
Jan 17, 2002

Adapting to living when the mercury falls

While you were tucking into roast feathered dinosaur (turkey) with all the trimmings this Christmas past, I hope you spared a thought for how other avians make it through the winter. While we humans celebrate in various ways to dispel the gloom of midwinter from the encapsulated warmth of our homes,...
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Jan 17, 2002

What webs we weave

Spiderman might still be the stuff of comic books, but spidermammals exist, and they are this week the stuff of science journals.
LIFE / Digital / SURFERSPUD
Jan 17, 2002

Chives or chocolate on that, spuds?

www.chocovader.com/ I love how candy aisles in Japanese convenience stores have become shrines to the branded characters of pop culture, shrines where no one pays their respects to the chocolate, which has become a wrap-around commodity to get collectibles placed at kid's eye level. The altars have been...
BUSINESS
Jan 17, 2002

Daiei creditors to wrap up bailout plan

Debt-saddled supermarket chain Daiei Inc. and its three major creditor banks are putting the final touches on a 400 billion yen bailout package that involves swapping some 300 billion yen in loans for Daiei shares, a source at one of the creditor banks said Wednesday.
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.
Nippon Ishin urges cap on foreign residents in Japan
While not specifying what percentage of foreign residents should make up the total population, “we conveyed the message that the ratio should be kept as low as possible and that the current rapid pace of increase must be properly curbed,” said Nippon Ishin no Kai co-leader Fumitake Fujita.
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.
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.
Osaka Expo visitors top 20 million as crowds surge
Visitors at the Osaka Expo on Thursday.
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.
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.
Japan’s front-line researchers see bright path ahead for dementia treatment
A scientist looks at scans of grains at the Memory Centre at the Department of Readaptation and Geriatrics of the University Hospital (HUG) in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 6, 2023.

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