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JAPAN
Jun 11, 2003

5.24 million foreign visitors seen in '02; many had gripes

Foreign visitors to Japan in 2002 increased by 9.8 percent from the previous year to 5.24 million, topping the 5 million mark for the first time, the transport ministry reported Tuesday in presenting a to-do list for achieving the government goal of attracting 10 million annual visitors by 2010.
CULTURE / Stage
Jun 11, 2003

Kumakawa spreads his wings with 'Swan Lake'

When Tetsuya Kumakawa left The Royal Ballet five years ago at the age of 26, most people said it was too early for the Ferrari-driving superstar to leave his position as a principal dancer with the legendary company he joined in 1989. That was probably because most people didn't know what Kumakawa himself...
BUSINESS
Jun 11, 2003

Assets of three public road firms top debts

The assets of the nation's four major highway-related public corporations were greater than their debts by a combined 5.95 trillion yen, with only one of them suffering a negative net worth, according to their balance sheets released Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 11, 2003

Sign language demanded for deaf students

One would think it only natural that sign language be the main means of communicating and teaching at schools for the hearing-impaired, but in Japan the spoken word generally comes first.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jun 10, 2003

Finding acting work, reducing phone bills and ditching old stuff

Freighter travel Judi Sullivan's daughter, who lives in Japan, sent her a Lifelines column with an enquiry from reader Lisa Beretta, who wanted info on cargo ships willing to take a passenger to Europe.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 8, 2003

Rebel boycott will not diminish aid talks: Akashi

Even though Sri Lanka's rebel group may boycott an upcoming international aid conference in Tokyo designed to help the nation's peace process, the meeting is still significant as it will send a strong message of support to the people of the country, according to Yasushi Akashi, Japan's special peace...
JAPAN
Jun 8, 2003

Rebel boycott will not diminish aid talks: Akashi

Even though Sri Lanka's rebel group may boycott an upcoming international aid conference in Tokyo designed to help the nation's peace process, the meeting is still significant as it will send a strong message of support to the people of the country, according to Yasushi Akashi, Japan's special peace...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 8, 2003

Rebel boycott will not diminish aid talks: Akashi

Even though Sri Lanka's rebel group may boycott an upcoming international aid conference in Tokyo designed to help the nation's peace process, the meeting is still significant as it will send a strong message of support to the people of the country, according to Yasushi Akashi, Japan's special peace...
JAPAN
Jun 8, 2003

U.S.-made pacemakers recalled

A Tokyo importer of medical devices said Saturday it will recall 1,806 pacemaker units made in the United States as there is a possibility they may malfunction.
JAPAN
Jun 8, 2003

U.S.-made pacemakers recalled

A Tokyo importer of medical devices said Saturday it will recall 1,806 pacemaker units made in the United States as there is a possibility they may malfunction.
JAPAN
Jun 8, 2003

U.S.-made pacemakers recalled

A Tokyo importer of medical devices said Saturday it will recall 1,806 pacemaker units made in the United States as there is a possibility they may malfunction.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Jun 8, 2003

Empowered by consumerism

THE NEW JAPANESE WOMAN: Modernity, Media, and Women in Interwar Japan, by Barbara Sato. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 2003, 241 pp., $19.95 (paper). Barbara Sato's excellent analysis of changes in gender discourse and women's identity in the 1920s recasts the landscape of 20th-century women's...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / JAZZNICITY
Jun 8, 2003

Synergetic possibilities at the heart

The piano trio is the heart of jazz. This core unit of piano, bass and drums pumps life into the music. All jazz groups, big or small, rely on the piano, bass and drums (called "the rhythm section") for their crucial thrust of energy. Taken out of a larger group, the piano trio contains all the essentials...
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Jun 8, 2003

Taisho Sophisticates

TAISHO CHIC: Japanese Modernity, Nostalgia, and Deco, text by various contributors. Honolulu Academy of Arts, 2002, 176 pp., 7,390 yen (cloth). There are certain historical periods that resonate with a style and sophistication that is inimitable. They last for only a short, intense few years. The Restoration...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Jun 8, 2003

In step with beauty, life and death

Dancer Akiko Motofuji is an institution in her own right. She began studying ballet more than seven decades ago at the age of 3 but -- inspired by the burst of artistic experimentation that swept postwar Japan -- in the 1940s she discarded her points and plunged instead into the world of avant-garde...
JAPAN
Jun 8, 2003

Key points of Koizumi-Roh summit

The following are the key points of a joint statement released Saturday by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun after talks in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Jun 8, 2003

Key points of Koizumi-Roh summit

The following are the key points of a joint statement released Saturday by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun after talks in Tokyo.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 7, 2003

Chino Shoho's quirks pose no threat: cultist

On a quiet hill dotted with summer cottages in the village of Oizumi, Yamanashi Prefecture, with Mount Fuji soaring above the southern Alps, a pair of geodesic domes are going up.
BUSINESS
Jun 7, 2003

Tokyo, Seoul consider new shuttle link

Japan and South Korea will discuss introducing shuttle flights between Tokyo's Haneda airport and Kimpo airport near Seoul to boost air traffic between the two nations, transport minister Chikage Ogi said Friday.
BUSINESS
Jun 6, 2003

Agriculture need not be included in FTA: Thaksin

Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra indicated Thursday that Thailand may conclude a free trade agreement with Japan, but without including the agricultural sector.
BUSINESS
Jun 6, 2003

Sales of imported cars fell in May

Sales of imported automobiles logged a year-on-year slide of 0.2 percent in May, coming in at 20,506 vehicles.
JAPAN
Jun 6, 2003

War bills all but clear Upper House

A special committee of the House of Councilors approved a set of war-contingency bills Thursday, effectively guaranteeing the legislation's enactment at Friday's Upper House plenary session.
JAPAN
Jun 6, 2003

War bills all but clear Upper House

A special committee of the House of Councilors approved a set of war-contingency bills Thursday, effectively guaranteeing the legislation's enactment at Friday's Upper House plenary session.
JAPAN
Jun 6, 2003

War bills all but clear Upper House

A special committee of the House of Councilors approved a set of war-contingency bills Thursday, effectively guaranteeing the legislation's enactment at Friday's Upper House plenary session.
JAPAN
Jun 5, 2003

LDP panel approves sanctions bill

A key panel of the Liberal Democratic Party approved a bill Wednesday that would allow Japan to impose economic sanctions on North Korea without an international agreement.
JAPAN
Jun 5, 2003

LDP panel approves sanctions bill

A key panel of the Liberal Democratic Party approved a bill Wednesday that would allow Japan to impose economic sanctions on North Korea without an international agreement.
EDITORIALS
Jun 5, 2003

Politics prevail at the G8

Once upon a time, the heads of the world's seven leading industrial powers got together to discuss economics and ways to ensure growth. That focus made sense because there were other forums to talk about politics, and economic coordination was much lacking. Sadly, that time is long gone. Instead, the...
JAPAN
Jun 5, 2003

LDP panel approves sanctions bill

A key panel of the Liberal Democratic Party approved a bill Wednesday that would allow Japan to impose economic sanctions on North Korea without an international agreement.
The indelible memory of being a part of Unit 731
Hideo Shimizu, 95, says he cannot forget seeing the prisoners' bloody wills scribbled on the walls of prison cells at Unit 731 in 1945.
Japanese star convicted of indecent assault in Hong Kong
J-pop idol Kenshin Kamimura leaves the West Kowloon Law Courts on bail in Hong Kong on Wednesday, after he was found guilty of indecent assault of a woman who worked as his interpreter at a restaurant in Mong Kok district in March this year.
Tens of thousands left stranded at Osaka Expo by train service interruption
Visitors rest inside the Osaka Expo venue early Thursday morning
Welcoming foreign residents benefits Japan, three quarters of economists say
The streets of Tokyo's Ginza district in April. The number of foreign residents in Japan hit a record high at 3.76 million as of the end of last year, comprising just over 3% of the population.
Hiker missing in Hokkaido after bear attack found dead
The Rausu mountain range at Hokkaido's Shiretoko National Park. A man in his 20s who went missing after being attacked by a bear while hiking on Mount Rausu has been found dead.
The indelible memory of being a part of Unit 731
Hideo Shimizu, 95, says he cannot forget seeing the prisoners' bloody wills scribbled on the walls of prison cells at Unit 731 in 1945.
Will Ishiba's critics be able to garner enough support for a leadership race?
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's political survival likely hinges on whether a leadership race will take place within the Liberal Democratic Party following its decision to have its election committee canvass the opinions of party members and prefectural chapters on the subject.
Hidden rosters and the legacy of Japan’s germ warfare
Katsutoshi Takegami, 77, in his storehouse attic where he discovered his father's Unit 1644 documents
Osaka Expo highlights the challenge of holding events in Japan's scorching summer
People huddle near a large fan blowing icy-cold mist at the Osaka Expo on July 12. Amid Japan's relentless summer heat, organizes have put myriad measures in place in order to keep guests safe.
At Himawari Shokudo 2, Italian food with a Japanese soul
At Himawari Shokudo 2, chef Hozumi Tanaka serves Italian-inspired fare with a focus on Toyama produce, such as this appetizer of lightly blanched "hotaru ika" (firefly squid) served atop mixed wild plants and a crepe prepared from "yamato-imo" yam.

Podcast

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

Longform

Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
The long search for Japan’s lost soldiers
By Tomoko Otake

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