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JAPAN
Jun 1, 2002

16 Britons denied entry in lead up to World Cup

Since late April, Japanese immigration authorities have turned away 16 Britons in the lead up to the World Cup soccer finals, which began Friday in Seoul, according to a British police officer.
JAPAN
May 31, 2002

English teachers in public schools face retraining

Japan's 60,000 public junior high and high school English teachers may be retrained in order to boost the English ability of Japanese people, education ministry officials said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
May 30, 2002

Corporate consolidation rises by 4.5%

Corporate consolidation in Japan rose 4.5 percent in fiscal 2001 due mainly to more frequent use of such new tools as equity swaps and transfers, the Fair Trade Commission said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
May 30, 2002

Luxury brand Coach opens Ginza store

Coach Japan Inc. opened a flagship store Wednesday in Tokyo's Ginza district, the largest Coach store in Japan selling products under the brand name of U.S. luxury bag maker Coach Inc.
BUSINESS / ON THE FRONT LINE
May 30, 2002

Global economic prospects remain shaky

The government declared earlier this month that the economy has bottomed out.
JAPAN
May 29, 2002

Chinese cops not told of treaty violation

A Japanese vice consul in Shenyang, China, did not warn local police -- who entered the consulate compound to remove five North Korean asylum seekers earlier this month -- that they were violating an international treaty, the Japanese government said Tuesday.
BUSINESS / ON THE FRONT LINE
May 29, 2002

Stock, GDP surge fuels unwelcome yen rise

There is mounting alarm in the government that a stronger yen might undermine its effort to get the economy back on track.
JAPAN
May 28, 2002

Death penalty seminar commences

A group of Japanese lawmakers and representatives from the Council of Europe opened a joint two-day seminar Monday in Tokyo on the abolition of capital punishment.
JAPAN
May 28, 2002

Service held for unknown soldiers

The government held a memorial service Monday in Tokyo for unidentified Japanese who died overseas during World War II and whose remains were returned to Japan last year.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 28, 2002

Runway now in land holdouts' backyard

NARITA, Chiba Pref. -- Crops rustling in the wind appear to be trembling because of the jetliner taxiing nearby, its fin visible above the walls surrounding the farm.
BUSINESS
May 28, 2002

Phone photo-swap service to kick off

KDDI Corp. of Japan and SK Telecom Co. of South Korea will launch a photo-exchange service for their cell phone customers to coincide with the opening of the World Cup soccer finals on Friday.
JAPAN
May 27, 2002

Archaeological probe dismisses 'findings' of disgraced Fujimura

The Japanese Archaeological Association on Sunday concluded that none of the alleged stone tools that disgraced archaeologist Shinichi Fujimura said date back to the Paleolithic period have any academic value.
COMMENTARY / World
May 26, 2002

South Asia challenges U.N.

India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka are commemorating 50 years of diplomatic relations with Japan. How their respective circumstances have changed in that time! Today Japan is the biggest aid donor to South Asia (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka), several of which are...
CULTURE / Music
May 26, 2002

And with a wave of his wand . . .

As cofounder and artistic director of the Asian Youth Orchestra, Richard Pontzious says one of his greatest delights is providing talented youngsters with an experience that might become the most significant musical memory of their lives.
COMMUNITY
May 26, 2002

Art and life in a bowl

Like a gossamer web, drifting in mist, the threads that link Japan's traditional arts can be hard to grasp. Yet some links become visible as soon as a keen observer points them out.
Japan Times
JAPAN / WEEKEND WISDOM
May 26, 2002

Soccer coach for the intellectually challenged lets 'em play

After being made head coach of the national soccer team last August, Hiroshi Ohashi's first order was for the grown-ups to get off the pitch.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
May 26, 2002

The pick of the crop

IRUMA, Saitama Pref. -- Despite global warming and technological developments in agriculture worldwide, still some things have never changed. Just ask tea farmer Toshiharu Kato.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / BEST BAR NONE
May 26, 2002

Where to get your kicks

As Japan braces itself for the influx of soccer fans, the media is keeping a careful eye on potential hot spots -- including Roppongi, Tokyo's gaijin HQ. Though no World Cup matches will be played inside Tokyo, Roppongi is expected to take the brunt of post-game soccer fans out to celebrate their wins...
JAPAN
May 25, 2002

Tokyo-Seoul panel on history ready to meet for first time

Japan and South Korea will hold the inaugural meeting of their joint history research committee Saturday in Seoul to promote better mutual understanding of history among scholars, Foreign Ministry officials said Friday.
JAPAN
May 25, 2002

Chongryon sues publisher, lawmaker

A high-ranking official of a pro-Pyongyang group in Japan filed a lawsuit Friday against a publisher and lawmaker over claims that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il asked the official to send Japanese public funds to Pyongyang.
BUSINESS
May 24, 2002

April trade surplus climbs on exports to Asia

Japan's customs-cleared trade surplus was 836.7 billion yen in April, up 26.6 percent from a year earlier and marking its second consecutive month of growth, due primarily to brisk exports to other parts of Asia, the Finance Ministry said in a preliminary report released Thursday.
SOCCER / World cup
May 24, 2002

Cup tickets should be here by Saturday

The 150,000 undelivered World Cup tickets will be arriving in Japan by Saturday and the handing-out of tickets to purchasers at the venue on match day will hopefully only be limited to the games on June 1, the Japanese World Cup Organizing Committee said Wednesday in Tokyo.
BUSINESS
May 24, 2002

BOJ chief backs yen-selling intervention

Bank of Japan Gov. Masaru Hayami on Thursday endorsed Japan's yen-selling intervention the day before, which was aimed at moderating market exuberance.
JAPAN
May 23, 2002

Japanese intervention brings yen to 125 level

The yen soared to a new high for the year of 123.50 against the dollar in Tokyo on Wednesday before yen-selling intervention by the Finance Ministry and Bank of Japan brought it back down around the 125 level later in the day.
BUSINESS
May 23, 2002

BOJ upgrades economy for third month

The Bank of Japan on Wednesday upgraded its economic assessment in May for the third consecutive month, saying the rate of decline has eased.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / GARDENS FOR ALL
May 23, 2002

Dallying where daimyo strolled

Next time you find yourself in Okayama Prefecture, down by the beautiful Seto Inland Sea in western Honshu, you could do worse than allow some time to visit Shuraku-en Park, a well-known historical garden in the Sanyo district of Tsuyama.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 22, 2002

The beautiful game becomes art

Soccer commentators, in their hyperbolic struggle to convey the excitement of the sport, sometimes refer to it as an art. This analogy isn't totally offside, as there's no denying the aesthetic element of a sport requiring so much strength, speed and coordination. But what happens when the kinetic art...
JAPAN
May 21, 2002

Titanium dioxide plus sunlight spells clean

The exterior walls of the Toto Research Institute in Chigasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, look like patchwork; some square areas are dark with stains while others are spotless.
40 years after Plaza Accord, Japan still at mercy of forex swings
The Plaza Hotel in New York, where finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of Five countries met and struck the Plaza Accord on Sept. 22, 1985.
As Japan keeps buying gas, Aboriginal Australians pay the price
Paulina “Jedda” Puruntatameri with Antonia Burke and Tiwi fisher Clinton offshore of Melville Island, one of the Tiwi Islands, in Australia's Northern Territory. Together with other Tiwi, Jedda has been campaigning for years to stop Australian company Santos and its backers, including Japanese investors, from drilling for natural gas at the Barossa gas field.
South Korea’s baby bust threatens its demographic future
Marriage is rapidly declining in South Korea as rising education and career aspirations collide with traditional gender norms.
Abuse of 'zombie cigarettes' among Okinawa youths raises alarm
A street in Naha in August. In entertainment districts in southern Okinawa, a drug known as "laughing gas vape" is being abused at nightclubs and bar. Now, some establishments have put up warning notices.
German companies choosing Japan as Asia manufacturing hub: survey
Japan has many positive qualities for German companies, but the market does face some challenges, such as talent acquisition and retention, particularly as demand for skilled workers grows, a survey by the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan showed.
Who’s who in the LDP presidential race?
(Clockwise from top left) Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi; former foreign minister Toshimitsu Motegi; Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Shinjiro Koizumi; former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi; and former minister of state for economic security Sanae Takaichi
Aichi Triennale’s message from the world: Free Palestine
“Between Currents and Bloom,” an eye-popping crocheted seascape by Indonesian artist Mulyana, dazzles with Instagram-ready cuteness while recalling a vibrant ocean now threatened by warming seas.
Twice-a-year injection could make HIV prevention easier, developer argues
Jared Baeten, Gilead Sciences' senior vice president and virology therapeutic area head, hopes regulatory approval elsewhere for lenacapavir as a preexposure prophylaxis — for reducing the risk of contracting HIV — could lead to real discussions toward ending HIV in Japan.
Behold the glory of Japan’s fruit boxes
Otherwise common sights in Japan's supermarkets, the country's fruit and veggie boxes can hide surprising symbols of local pride.
YouTuber Gigguk shifts from talking anime to making anime
The process of making “Baan” was personal and enlightening for Maneetapho, who spent years talking about anime on his YouTube channel and podcast before making the jump to becoming an anime creator himself.

Podcast

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

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"Shake hands with Lima-chan," a statue that shares the name of the Peruvian capital looks in the direction of Peru, where a sister statue, "Sakura-chan," is located. Erected in Yokohama's Rinko Park in 1999, it commemorates Peruvian-Japanese friendship.
The journey of Peru’s Nikkei: Finding identity in Japan
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