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JAPAN
Oct 8, 2005

U.S.-favored Futenma base relocation plan gets OK

The government is set to yield to a U.S.-preferred plan for relocating the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Station in Okinawa to break the deadlock in talks over the realignment of U.S. forces in Japan, government sources said Friday.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Oct 7, 2005

Surreal Vietnam imaginings

Hovering 200 meters above ground in the Caretta Shiodome skyscraper in Tokyo, Milanese restaurant BiCE has been making a name for itself not just through its veal scaloppini with lemon sauce, but also as a venue for contemporary art, like the recent "Antelope Canyon Painting with Light" exhibition by...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Oct 7, 2005

Kumazawa Brewing Company: Brews worth the trip

Drink locally, eat bountifully: It's a rule of thumb that has served us very well over the years in Japan. Places that specialize in good nihonshu invariably serve food of similar quality. So it would stand to reason that, if a brewer of fine jizake were to open its own restaurant, then the results would...
JAPAN
Oct 5, 2005

Futenma talks in final stage: Ono

Japan-U.S. talks on a relocation site for the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Station in Okinawa have entered the final stage, Defense Agency chief Yoshinori Ono said Tuesday.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OLD NIC'S NOTEBOOK
Oct 5, 2005

Sad drumbeats in the wilderness

I made several visits to the Aichi Expo this year and met a lot of interesting people. But one person above all left an indelible impression. Soft-spoken, modest, and wearing traditional northern buckskin, his name was Michael Cazon -- a Dene drummer, teacher and healer from Fort Simpson in the Northwest...
JAPAN
Oct 1, 2005

Sides still stuck on Futenma relocation site

Japan and the U.S. failed to agree on where to move the helicopter operations of the U.S. Marines Corps Futenma Air Station in Okinawa during senior working-level talks between the two nations that just ended in Washington, Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura said Friday.
BUSINESS
Sep 30, 2005

Goldman to invest 25 billion yen in eAccess' cell phone business

U.S.-based Goldman Sachs Group Inc. will invest some 25 billion yen in eMobile Ltd., the cell phone unit of Japanese broadband services firm eAccess Ltd., the cell phone company said Thursday.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Sep 30, 2005

Classical piano

The 16th Annual Kishiko International Concert, which features contemporary piano music from China, South Korea and Japan, will be held Oct. 7. Over the past 15 years, concerts have taken place in Seoul, Beijing and Los Angeles, but this year the performance returns to Tokyo for the second successive...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Sep 30, 2005

Cosmopolitan city comes to life

Before Aug. 9, 1945, Nagasaki was best known for its churches, Chinatown and a tasty noodle dish called champon, and but for heavy cloud cover that day over the nearby city of Kokura -- which was slated to be the world's second atom-bombed city -- it would still likely be that way. However, moments after...
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Sep 30, 2005

A diet of sex and bad poetry

For their latest production, Tokyo International Players present "Arcadia." Written by Tom Stoppard ("Shakespeare in Love,") "Arcadia" spans two centuries in a single room at the Coverley family's country estate.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Sep 30, 2005

The Yokohama Jazz Promenade

The Yokohama Jazz Promenade is the best weekend of the year for jazz lovers, and shows you just what a city arts foundation can do if they put their music-loving minds to it. On Oct. 8 and 9, nearly a hundred groups will perform at 10 halls and 20-some jazz clubs sprinkled around the city -- and that's...
JAPAN
Sep 29, 2005

Noguchi gets science ministry award

Astronaut Soichi Noguchi was presented with a special award Wednesday by the science ministry for giving the Japanese people "courage, hope and encouragement" by completing his mission on the space shuttle Discovery.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Sep 25, 2005

Help the disabled, but don't deny them

Several years ago, the government discussed state-sponsored care for people with disabilities. The idea was to assist mentally and physically disabled people in leaving publicly-funded facilities and entering society; or, at least, that was how it was presented.
JAPAN
Sep 21, 2005

Tokyo land prices see first rise in 15 years

Land prices in Tokyo have risen for the first time since 1990, the government said Tuesday, bearing out ever-widening views of a pickup in the economy.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / THE SECOND ROOM
Sep 19, 2005

The Gathering 2005 preview -- return to Tsumagoi

Ready or not, here comes the spectacular end of another amazing summer season.
JAPAN
Sep 18, 2005

Hornet sting kills Fukushima man

Ture, was stung by a hornet and died soon after, police said.
Japan Times
Features
Sep 18, 2005

In skeptical quest of a boom

"Why don't you write about the kimono boom?" they said, citing anecdotal evidence suggesting that the traditional gown of Japan was making a comeback. So, with several people at The Japan Times claiming they'd seen "a lot" of people wearing them recently, off I set to investigate.
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2005

Reform mandate may help boost diplomacy, experts say

The sweeping victory by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's Liberal Democratic Party may have given the reformist leader a strong mandate for reform, but political experts are hoping the decisive gains will also give him the power needed to resolve sensitive issues on the diplomatic front.
JAPAN
Sep 9, 2005

Man found guilty in 'koban' scrap

The Tokyo District Court gave a 53-year-old man a suspended seven-month prison term Thursday for obstructing police in Tokyo in February 2004.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / COUNTER CULTURE
Sep 9, 2005

Fashion turf war gains pace in Harajuku

It's a dog-eat-dog world down in Harajuku, where fickle fashion consumers abandon the old for the new as a matter of course and finding a successful formula for retail business success is often a case of trial and error.
JAPAN
Sep 8, 2005

Urban support seen as key for Horie

ONOMICHI, Hiroshima Pref. -- A small office in front of JR Onomichi Station attracts hundreds of visitors daily as the Sept. 11 House of Representatives election draws near.
Nearly half of workers in Japan engage in ‘quiet quitting’
"Quiet quitting" is most common among the younger generation, with 46.7% of respondents to a survey in their 20s identifying with the practice, reflecting a less-motivated workforce more focused on work-life balance.
Israel protests after Kyoto inn seeks war crime declaration from tourist
A street in Kyoto in March 2023. An Israeli tourist was asked to sign a document stating that he had not committed war crimes when he checked in at a Kyoto guesthouse in April, prompting a response from Israel's ambassador.
U.S. and Ukraine sign resources deal after fraught negotiations
The United States and Ukraine signed a minerals deal on Wednesday, offering a measure of assurance to officials in Kyiv.
Puzzling decisions and opaque rankings are all part of sumo's charm
Chiyoshoma (right) battles Churanoumi during the New Year Basho in Tokyo in January. The Mongolian's drop down the sumo rankings ahead of the May tournament was one of the biggest surprises of the latest banzuke.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami
A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
CDP submits bill proposal on separate surnames, but challenges remain
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan lawmakers speak to reporters in parliament on Wednesday after submitting a bill in the Lower House to allow married couples to retain different surnames.
Puzzling decisions and opaque rankings are all part of sumo's charm
Chiyoshoma (right) battles Churanoumi during the New Year Basho in Tokyo in January. The Mongolian's drop down the sumo rankings ahead of the May tournament was one of the biggest surprises of the latest banzuke.
North Korea's Kim sets sights on nuclear-armed navy
An unidentified weapons system is fired from the deck of North Korea's latest destroyer, the Choe Hyon, during two days of tests on Monday and Tuesday in this undated photo released Wednesday.
Single, or not? Japanese dating app launches relationship verification system
Tapple, one of Japan's most popular dating apps, has launched the nation's first feature to verify a user's single status via their My Number card.
Counting the reasons why there are so few American cars in Japan
Tesla's store in Tokyo's Shibuya district. While sales of American cars in Japan appear to be shrinking, Tesla's presence in the country is growing.

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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
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