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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Mar 29, 2003

Food displays and questions best unasked

Japan is very creative when it comes to the presentation of food. Indeed, much time and effort goes into making food look so good, you'll pay big bucks for it. Here are just some of the ways food is displayed in Japanese restaurants.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Mar 29, 2003

Reiko Tsukamoto

The vineyards of Yamanashi excel as Japan's oldest and most successful wine producing districts. Canopies of grapevines spread across Yamanashi land, where sunshine, rainfall, the seasons and soil get together to bring on the growth of high quality grapes.
BUSINESS
Mar 29, 2003

Jobless rate declines to 5.2% in February

The nation's unemployment rate eased to 5.2 percent in February as more part-time and medical jobs that helped female workers became available and job cuts trailed off in manufacturing.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 28, 2003

Governor wannabes shunning parties

The gubernatorial election campaigns that kicked off Thursday could trigger a major change in the political scene if strong, reform-minded candidates challenging the highly centralized system emerge victorious.
JAPAN
Mar 28, 2003

Interpol puts Fujimori on wanted list

Interpol put disgraced former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori on its most-wanted list Wednesday in Paris, issuing a "Red Notice" calling for the exiled leader's arrest and extradition on murder and kidnapping charges in Peru.
JAPAN
Mar 28, 2003

Hashimoto angry over remarks on postwar Iraq

Former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, head of the largest internal faction of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, indirectly rapped LDP Secretary General Taku Yamasaki on Thursday for discussing Japan's contributions to postwar Iraq, including the dispatch of Self-Defense Forces elements for possible...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 28, 2003

46 vie for governorships; economy, war emerge as key issues

Forty-six candidates applied Thursday to run in 11 gubernatorial elections April 13 in Tokyo and 10 other prefectures, marking the official start of campaigning that is expected to focus on the economy and support for the U.S.-led war in Iraq.
BUSINESS
Mar 27, 2003

Raising access fees would hurt NTT as well as rivals: telecom expert

A fierce battle is raging within the telecom sector over whether the access fees charged by NTT firms for use of their telephone infrastructure should be raised.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / JET STREAM
Mar 27, 2003

Hitachi's friendly face

A 19th-century merry-go-round has been restored recently in the city of Orleans, 130 km south of Paris, thanks to the efforts of former JET Clarisse Carl. It is something her two children, ages 8 and 5, are proud of. But for Carl, an assistant to the president of Hitachi Europe, it is just one of her...
JAPAN
Mar 26, 2003

Disputed isles are target of new lawmaker group

A nonpartisan group of Diet lawmakers met Tuesday to mark the establishment of a parliamentary league seeking the speedy return of the four Russian-held islands off Hokkaido and more contact with their residents.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 26, 2003

New BOJ team moves to stabilize financial system, quiet politicians

The Bank of Japan decided Tuesday to expand its purchases of banks' stockholdings by 50 percent to 3 trillion yen, a move calculated to help banks weather declines in share prices and to quiet some politicians.
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 25, 2003

Umpires back off threat of Opening Day strike

Japanese baseball umpires, who had threatened a walkout to coincide with the season openers this Friday, have averted a strike, officials of their union said Monday.
BUSINESS
Mar 25, 2003

Business chief advocates splitting war costs

The chairman of the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) said Monday that the private sector should cooperate with the government in the event that Japan shoulders part of the cost of the Iraq war and subsequent reconstruction efforts.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Mar 25, 2003

Family at risk as dad locked up

In a dingy apartment in Kawaguchi, Saitama, Turkish Kurd Meryem Kosan and her children Merve, 4, and Mehmet Serxwebijn, 12 months, wait for their father Erdal to come home.
BUSINESS
Mar 25, 2003

Exports to Asia bump trade surplus up 20%

Japan's trade surplus jumped 20.4 percent in February from a year earlier, marking the first rise in two months, as robust growth of exports to other parts of Asia overwhelmed imports, the Finance Ministry said Monday in a preliminary report.
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."
MORE SPORTS
Mar 24, 2003

Ai-chan to play in World Championships

Teenager Ai Fukuhara was chosen to represent Japan in women's singles at the upcoming World Championships in Paris this spring, the Japan Table Tennis Association said Saturday.
JAPAN
Mar 24, 2003

40 Japanese in Iraq include NGO, activists, journalists

The number of Japanese nationals in Iraq rose to 40 as of Sunday morning, after three Japanese entered the country from Jordan, the Foreign Ministry said.
COMMUNITY
Mar 23, 2003

From ancient to modern

As quintessentially contemporary as manga may seem, the oldest extant manga-style drawings actually date from the eighth-century zare-ga (play pictures), scrawled graffiti-like in the attic of the Horyuji Temple in Nara.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Mar 23, 2003

Practice makes perfect

COPYING THE MASTER AND STEALING HIS SECRETS, edited by Brenda Jordan and Victoria Weston, with an introduction by J. Thomas Rimer. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2003, 248 pp., 14 color plates, 52 monochrome photos, $50 (cloth) As Thomas Rimer writes in his introduction to this interesting collection...
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Mar 23, 2003

Women on top

Shows about and for women will highlight the second week of Japan's pre-spring TV specials. Fuji TV will present the eighth in its occasional series of talk shows, "Ganbare! Onna Bakari no Jinsei Tatenaoshi Hitori Mi, Issho Kenmei Special" (Monday, 7 p.m.), in which a dozen or so single female celebrities...
SOCCER / J. League
Mar 22, 2003

Marinos slam Jubilo in J. League opener

AINO, Shizuoka Pref. -- The Yokohama F. Marinos launched their J. League Division One title campaign in a convincing manner, beating defending champion Jubilo Iwata 4-2 on Friday at Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Mar 22, 2003

Funny money clothed in cute cartoons

Before I came to Japan, I hadn't used money in years. It's not that I didn't have money -- I just never dreamed of taking it out of the bank and using it. That's because on my planet, the United States, money is a thin piece of plastic called a debit card, inside of which are mathematical molecules swirling...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Mar 22, 2003

Painter enhances nature to give ikebana new life

About to spend four days in Tokyo curating her students' work for an exhibition -- "Collaboration with Nature" -- at Sogetsu Kaikan in Akasaka, Liga Pang juggles cooking lunch and packing bags as we talk.
SOCCER / J. League
Mar 21, 2003

JFA may nix U.S. tour

Japan Football Association president Saburo Kawabuchi disclosed Thursday that the soccer's national governing body is considering canceling the national team's upcoming tour to the United States (March 23-31), following the launch of the U.S. military attack on Iraq on Thursday.
JAPAN
Mar 21, 2003

'Daiken' waiver for Western-school grads on hold

The education ministry will freeze its plan to allow graduates of international schools taught in English to take entrance exams at government-funded universities without having to take "daiken" pre-admission tests, according to ministry sources.
JAPAN
Mar 21, 2003

'Amakudari' to end at highway-firm affiliates

The transport ministry will demand the resignation of all board members of companies affiliated with four public expressway corporations who assumed their posts after retiring from the public firms, transport minister Chikage Ogi said Thursday.
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 Wakatakakage bring balance to the banzuke?
Wakatakakage during a ring entering ceremony in February 2020
Taiwanese drama 'Zero Day Attack' on Chinese invasion to stream in Japan
A scene from the Taiwanese television drama "Zero Day Attack," which will stream in Japan from Friday.
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.
Ukraine war has transformed North Korean military: Kyiv’s military intel chief
An explosion of a drone lights up the sky over Kyiv during a Russian drone strike, on July 30. Moscow has dispatched military specialists to train the Korean People’s Army on how to use combat drones and air-defense systems.
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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