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JAPAN
Mar 26, 2003

Transsexual begins process to run for ward assembly

A transsexual presented candidacy documents Tuesday to an election administration committee for a preliminary check, a major hurdle in her bid to run for the assembly in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Mar 25, 2003

A reading matter, helping the needy and driving schools

More used books Bill in Yokohama is wondering if there is any individual or organization in Japan to which he might donate used English titles. "The books are not textbooks, but rather works of fiction and nonfiction in good condition."
EDITORIALS
Mar 24, 2003

ICC takes another step forward

The world's first permanent international court of criminal justice opened for business earlier this month when the first 18 judges were sworn in. While the establishment of the International Criminal Court, or ICC, is a milestone, attention on March 11 was focused as much on the parties who were absent...
COMMENTARY
Mar 24, 2003

Smashing the payoff triangle

The history of the Liberal Democratic Party includes a long list of money scandals. The recent arrest of Lower House lawmaker Takanori Sakai, charged with violating the Political Funds Control Law, is the latest reminder.
EDITORIALS
Mar 23, 2003

Invading ancient Mesopotamia

As war again comes to Iraq, the international community is rightly concerned about the human toll, civilian as well as military, long-term as well as immediate. Governments and humanitarian organizations already have relief plans in place to help the expected flood of refugees. Others worry about the...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Mar 23, 2003

Comic culture is serious business

Can anyone be in this country a week and not notice manga -- Japan's unique contribution to comics?
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Mar 23, 2003

Lawyers: they're not all out for themselves

HUMAN RIGHTS IN JAPAN, South Korea and Taiwan, by Ian Neary. London, Routledge, 2002, 297 pp., $95 (cloth) It's not easy being a lawyer these days -- putting up with nasty jokes, scant respect and widespread suspicions that the public interest is way down on the list of priorities. Ian Neary reminds...
COMMENTARY
Mar 22, 2003

Economy top priority for new leadership

HONG KONG -- The two-week session of the National People's Congress in Beijing, which ended Tuesday, finished the political transition begun by the 16th Party Congress in November.
JAPAN
Mar 22, 2003

Bush gives Koizumi big pat on back

U.S. President George W. Bush expressed his gratitude for Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's "courage and friendship" in supporting the war on Iraq during a telephone call Friday.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Mar 22, 2003

The next taste treat is just a little bit fishy

When Julia Child retired in 2001, someone asked what she thought would be the next great taste treat to take the Western world by storm.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Mar 20, 2003

Happiness and how to achieve it

We are all in search of it, and while some have it, many don't. The pursuit of it was even written into the American Declaration of Independence. We're talking about happiness, surely an ancient and universal human desire, a desire that arose in our brains when we arose on the Ethiopian savanna. But...
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 19, 2003

International system teeters on the cusp of tectonic change

As war looms in Iraq, the international system is on the cusp of tectonic change. Both the United Nations and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization are in crisis. So is the U.S. alliance with South Korea. What might all this mean for Japan?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Mar 16, 2003

Staring death in the eye

We sat motionless opposite each other. I was suspicious of the man opposite me, but bowed, as protocol required. And then, with lightning quickness, I loosened my sword from its scabbard and in one swift movement cut down my enemy. The blow delivered, I focused my entire attention on the lifeless form...
COMMENTARY
Mar 15, 2003

What drives the warmongers?

At last count we had been given six different reasons for invading Iraq, some of them false and the rest contradictory. The current favorite -- seeking to change an obnoxious regime -- might carry weight if it was not contrary to international law and if in the past both the United States and Britain...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / VINELAND
Mar 14, 2003

Randall Grahm wants winelovers to get screwed

Press coverage of the Californian wine industry tends to focus on a few groups: the entrenched psuedo-Italian family dynasties (such as Gallo, Mondavi, Sebastani); the gargantuan, multinational "alcoholic beverage product" companies; and the wonderful, but obscure artisan winemakers. But among them all,...
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / MATTER OF COURSE
Mar 13, 2003

Don't wait till bullying hits close to home

This is the column I thought I'd never have to write. It's about how my son was bullied at school.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / NETWISE
Mar 13, 2003

How to get people to look at your site

It's a simple matter these days to build and host a Web site. What's less simple is getting others -- potential customers, readers and other users -- to find your site among the millions of others already out there. In this column I'll discuss Japanese search engines, particularly how best to use Japanese...
MORE SPORTS
Mar 11, 2003

Noguchi tops list for marathon in Paris

Osaka women's marathon champion Mizuki Noguchi and nine others will compete at the Paris World Championships in August, the Japan Association of Athletics Federations (JAAF) said Monday.
JAPAN
Mar 11, 2003

Koizumi eyes 'convincing' abductee strategy

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has told the family of Kaoru Hasuike that he will try to resolve the North Korean abduction issue in a "convincing" way, Hasuike's brother, Toru, said Monday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Mar 11, 2003

Building projects defy huge cash woe

Until a year ago, the tallest structure I could see from my apartment in Hashimoto, Kanagawa Prefecture, was the neon sign for the local Denny's. Not any more.
JAPAN
Mar 9, 2003

Murder case suspect found hanged

A 28-year-old man wanted as a suspect in the murder of an office worker in Tokyo was found hanged early Saturday inside a restaurant lavatory, and police are treating the case as suicide.
JAPAN
Mar 9, 2003

International schools to win equal status

The government plans to treat international schools like private domestic schools starting in April and give preferential tax treatment to donors to such schools, government officials said Saturday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 6, 2003

Can prewashed rice make a clean sweep?

Washing rice before it is cooked has long been a daily ritual in Japan.
BUSINESS
Mar 6, 2003

Group formed to drum up support for deregulation

A government panel established a working group Wednesday to encourage deregulation measures in 12 key areas.
JAPAN
Mar 6, 2003

UNESCO wants water action

UNESCO will seek concrete action from the upcoming World Water Forum in western Japan following years of failure to seriously address global water goals, the director of the body's World Water Assessment Program said Wednesday.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OLD NIC'S NOTEBOOK
Mar 6, 2003

Withstanding the slings and sparrows of luxury cruises

As I try to write this, I'm aboard the cruise ship Asuka, sitting in my spacious starboard cabin on the ninth deck. Through the big square window to my right I can see a calm sea, bluer than any words of mine could describe.
EDITORIALS
Mar 5, 2003

Turkey says no to Washington

Washington's plans to attack Iraq have been dealt a blow by the Turkish Parliament's refusal to allow U.S. soldiers to deploy in Turkey. The vote surprised both Ankara and Washington, and has officials in both capitals scrambling to arrange another vote. The outcome is the result of confusion in Ankara,...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Mar 5, 2003

Steve Turre: "One 4 J"

Consider the "bone," as it's called among the jazz tribe. A vestige of ancient orchestras, fighting for survival amid competition from sultry saxophones, sweet clarinets and red-hot trumpets, the lumbering, awkward "bone" has always quavered near extinction. We're talking, of course, about the trombone,...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Mar 2, 2003

The real deal of high fidelity

Twin sisters Kim and Kelley Deal pass the phone back and forth like siblings accustomed to dividing everything. Today they're sharing an interview, and only the tone of their near-identical voices indicates who is on the line. Kelley's measured, Midwestern accent remains at a clipped, cordial distance,...
Britain responds after Expo 2025 afternoon tea brews outrage
The café space at the Osaka Expo's British pavilion
Why are rice prices still high in Japan?
Amid shortages, the price of a 5-kilogram bag of rice during the week of April 14 was ¥4,220.
Inflation and high hotel prices curtail Golden Week travels
Travelers in front of a flight information panel in a departure hall at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on April 26
Police arrest man after body of ex-girlfriend found under his home
Hideyuki Shirai (center) at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Saturday
Japan ranks 66th in press freedom, lowest among G7
Japan climbed four positions from last year, with Reporters Without Borders noting that "the principles of media freedom and pluralism are generally respected" in the country.
Why are rice prices still high in Japan?
Amid shortages, the price of a 5-kilogram bag of rice during the week of April 14 was ¥4,220.
Kotomi Li: 'I refuse to choose death'
Since 2017, Kotomi Li has won some of Japan’s top literary awards and built a formidable career in the face of persistent online harassment. “Authors are tenacious creatures to begin with,” she says.
Want to see the future at the Osaka Expo? Get in line.
“‘Future of life,’ by Ishiguro,” the World Expo pavilion by roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro, displays humanlike androids.
Despite shifts in Japan's political landscape, constitutional revision still far off
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has been a staunch advocate for constitutional reform.
Kawasaki can hold its head high after spirited Asian Champions League effort
Frontale players grimace during the final of the Asian Champions League on Saturday in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Kawasaki lost 2-0 against heavily favored Al-Ahli.

Podcast

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

Longform

Dangami House is a 180-year-old former samurai residence of the Kato clan, who ruled over Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, until the Meiji Restoration.
A house, a legacy and the quiet work of restoration in rural Japan
By Hanako Lowry

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