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JAPAN
Nov 29, 2001

Four war-displaced women to sue state

Four Japanese women left in China by their families during World War II plan to sue the Japanese government on Dec. 7 for 80 million yen for decades of failing to help their repatriation, sources familiar with the case said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Nov 29, 2001

Abused women 32 times more prone to suicide

Japanese women who suffer domestic violence at the hands of their partners are more than 30 times more likely to commit suicide than those who do not, according to a survey released this week.
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Nov 29, 2001

Deafness givin' them good vibrations

The Italians got it right about some of the important things in life, like olive oil and coffee. But they got it right about something else, too, something that brain researchers have only just realized. The Italian for "to hear," sentire, is the same (in its reflexive form) as the verb "to touch," (sentirse)....
LIFE / Digital / NAME OF THE GAME
Nov 29, 2001

The battle is for second

The door to the haunted house creeks open and a terrified man with a mustache and chattering teeth peers in.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Nov 29, 2001

Japanese fans headed for a World Cup headache

The crosstown trip from my office in central Tokyo to National Stadium is a breeze. On Tuesday night it took 35 minutes, and I arrived in time to see the Toyota Cup kick off.
BUSINESS
Nov 28, 2001

JTB to push cheaper package tours

Travel agency JTB Corp. said Tuesday it will boost its selection of low-price overseas package tours in early spring, with a particular emphasis on families, elderly tourists and women in their 20s and 30s.
CULTURE / Film
Nov 28, 2001

Yo, what's with this Dostoevski?

Crime + Punishment in Suburbia Rating: * * * Director: Rob Schmidt Running time: 128 minutes Language: English Now showing
JAPAN
Nov 28, 2001

Seoul-inspired markets publish shopping guide

A market in Tokyo and another one in Yokohama, both based on Seoul's Dongdaemun market, a collection of popular South Korean fashion shops, have published a guidebook for shoppers.
CULTURE / Film
Nov 28, 2001

Some like it chemical

Original Sin Rating: * * * Japanese title: Poison Director: Michael Cristofer Running time: 116 minutes Language: English Now showing
COMMENTARY
Nov 28, 2001

Expanding access to international trade

WASHINGTON -- The United States has forced medieval totalitarianism into retreat in Afghanistan. Still necessary is expanding the access of countries like it to the global economy.
CULTURE / Film
Nov 28, 2001

The empire strikes back

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Rating: * * * * Director: Chris Columbus Running time: 152 minutes Language: English Now showing
JAPAN
Nov 28, 2001

Aum says it wants to pay compensation

The Aum Shinrikyo religious cult, accused of carrying out the fatal sarin gas attacks in Tokyo's subway system in 1995, has opened a software development firm and resumed ties with followers in Russia, members said Tuesday.
CULTURE / Film
Nov 28, 2001

Hunters on the mean streets

Pain Rating: * * * * Director: Masato Ishioka Running time: 114 minutes Language: Japanese Showing until Dec. 7th at Box Higashi Nakano
JAPAN
Nov 28, 2001

KHI selected to build new SDF planes

The Defense Agency has selected Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. to be the main developer of a new Air Self-Defense Force transport plane and a new Maritime Self-Defense Force patrol plane, agency officials said Monday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 28, 2001

Indispensable designs

When you pull a foil bag of potato chips down from the shelf in the supermarket, you're usually thinking only about its contents. But when that same colorful bag is used as a cover for an art catalog, the disposable wrapping has suddenly turned into an ambiguous, sophisticated artifact.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Nov 28, 2001

Reaching out in dramatic style

"Am-dram" may attract devotion and derision in equal measure, but in Japan a strong tradition of amateur English-language theater has been serving the wider community for nearly 150 years.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 28, 2001

Distinctive and delicate art

China painting is a popular hobby in the United States and Europe, and is gradually gaining followers over here as well. A characteristic of porcelain art is the paints used -- made by mixing powdered minerals such as iron, copper, uranium and so on.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / NEW ART SEEN
Nov 28, 2001

A new world order revealed

Start with a simple idea, add a slide projector and a turntable, and you have the pleasantly surprising Nicolas Moulin installation, "Pole."
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / J-POPSICLE
Nov 28, 2001

Catching up with Yoko

Question: Who is the most famous Japanese personality in the world?
BUSINESS
Nov 27, 2001

Major banks brace for loan writeoffs

All but two of the nation's 14 major banks fell into the red during the first six months of this business year, together setting aside a hefty 2.7 trillion yen in loan-loss reserves to cushion the potential impact from nonperforming loans.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 27, 2001

Second budget takes page from Nakasone's book

Only 10 days after the first supplementary budget was enacted, the government performed an almost acrobatic feat to finance a second extra budget for this fiscal year -- tapping the proceeds from government sales of shares in Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp.
JAPAN
Nov 27, 2001

Home of top DPJ official burgled

A burglar stole about 230,000 yen in cash from the suburban Tokyo house of Naoto Kan, secretary general of the Democratic Party of Japan, police said Monday.

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