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COMMENTARY
Jul 10, 2001

Breaking the Kyoto impasse

At the Japan-U.S. summit held June 30, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi reportedly told President George W. Bush that to curb global warming it was important to respect the spirit of the Kyoto Protocol. Koizumi also said Japan and the United States should continue discussions on the issue.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Jul 8, 2001

Wright the dealer, not the builder

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT AND THE ART OF JAPAN, by Julia Meech. New York: Japan Society/Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2001, 304 pp., 229 illustrations, including 89 color plates. $49.50. Toward the end of his long and successful career as an architect, Frank Lloyd Wright remembered Japan, the scene of so much of...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Jul 8, 2001

Love town where time stands still

OSAKA -- Osaka Mayor Takafumi Isomura repeatedly says he wants to turn the city into an international tourist destination. But camera-toting foreigners snapping pictures of Tobita, one of its oldest and most famous neighborhoods, are probably not what either he or the local business community have in...
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Jul 8, 2001

Corporate warriors suit up for revolution

With the Upper House elections looming and the previously overlooked "urban salaryman" vote attracting special attention, NHK has decided to address the issue with a special 21/2-hour discussion Saturday titled "Japan's Salaryman Revolution" (NHK-G, 7:30 p.m.).
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Jul 7, 2001

John Delp

"Being different" is a key to his success, John Delp believes. When he founded his travel business, he made a significant policy decision "to concentrate on serving the foreign community." A third factor lay in his applying the company motto, "the executive touch," to the comfort and well-being of his...
LIFE / Lifestyle / JET STREAM
Jul 6, 2001

Russian SEA shoots for new mark

When Russian Iouri Rytchkov stepped off the plane from Moscow he spoke barely a word of Japanese, or English for that matter. That did not stop the 48-year-old ice-hockey veteran from taking a group of high school boys from Aomori Prefecture and making winners out of them.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Jul 5, 2001

A vote of confidence for MLB balloting

Kudos to Ichiro Suzuki. The Seattle Mariners right fielder was recently selected by fans to start the 50th All-Star Game in the Emerald City next week. Not only did he lead the majors with 3,373,035 votes, he becomes only the 13th position player in league history to start the mid-season classic as a...
CULTURE / Music / J-POPSICLE
Jul 4, 2001

Ajico gets it all together

The supergroup. What a horribly dated concept that is. It smacks of corporate rock and overinflated, believe-your-own-hype egos, as in, "Hey man, you're the coolest guy in your group, and he's the main man in his band, and without me, my band is nothing, so like, if the three of us get together, man,...
CULTURE / Art
Jul 4, 2001

Korean imports offer glimpse of a subtle aesthetic

It is not often that such a rare and wonderfully varied collection is put on public view as that currently at the Seikado Bunko Art Museum. This special exhibition, from the permanent collection of the museum, is on display for the first time since 1994.
LIFE / Travel
Jul 3, 2001

Sitting for 750 years in Fukui's mountains

Eiheiji, the "Temple of Eternal Peace," is one of the largest and most visited temples in Japan. Located 19 km northeast of Fukui, the elaborate complex of more than 70 buildings nestles on a hilltop amid a forest of towering cedar trees, many more than 750 years old.
COMMENTARY
Jul 1, 2001

Tanaka should think twice before speaking

Calm does not seem to prevail in the words and deeds attributed to Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka. She caused a considerable controversy when she expressed the view that Japan should join hands with European countries to persuade the United States not to go ahead with the missile-defense initiative....
EDITORIALS
Jul 1, 2001

Drivers' rights on the line

Hello, New York! You listening? Welcome to another small corner of the convoluted world of unenforceable legislation.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Jul 1, 2001

The importance of getting the vote out

Reality rarely bites my brain until I have downed my first cup of morning coffee, and sometimes not even several such cups are enough to juice me from dream mode out into open-eyed awareness.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Jul 1, 2001

Men in suits spell air-con office woe

It's summer. Get ready for the big chill.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jul 1, 2001

Innovative strategies that get the message across

The pointlessness of election campaigns in Japan is dramatically exemplified by the sound trucks screaming the names of their respective candidates over and over. The stupidity of election campaigns in Japan is audaciously exemplified by something that happened in my own neighborhood last week prior...
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Jul 1, 2001

Oh, the places they'll go and the people they'll be

Ultraman, Japan's original TV superhero, first appeared 35 years ago, and since then there has been a string of Ultramen who adhere to the same cosmic rules (he can only remain on Earth for three minutes maximum) but who have embodied different values in line with the changing times.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jul 1, 2001

Rhodes bangs two HRs as Buffaloes rout 'Wave

Tuffy Rhodes hit a pair of two-run homers to highlight Kintetsu's 13-hit attack and Hiroki Yamamura picked up his first complete-game win as the Pacific League's front-running Buffaloes beat the Orix BlueWave 8-1 Saturday at Hakodate Stadium.
COMMUNITY
Jul 1, 2001

Take me where the sun don't shine

Another day, another scorcher. What's an overheated person to do?
JAPAN
Jun 30, 2001

More elderly than there are young

The number of people aged 65 or older in Japan has topped those in the youngest age bracket for the first time since the national census was launched in 1920, the government said Friday in a preliminary report.
BUSINESS
Jun 30, 2001

Suzuki, GM hail global alliance

Suzuki Motor Corp. and General Motors Corp. on Friday hailed their global strategic alliance and confirmed that Suzuki will begin manufacturing from the fall a new compact car jointly developed by the two automakers.
BUSINESS
Jun 30, 2001

New governor of aid agency named

The government said Friday it has promoted Kyosuke Shinozawa, deputy governor of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation, to governor, replacing Hiroshi Yasuda.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 30, 2001

Jojima's cracks grand slam as Hawks end losing streak

Kenji Jojima hammered a grand slam with two outs in the bottom of the first inning, helping the Daiei Hawks snap their losing streak at six with a 4-0 win over the Lotte Marines 4-0 at the Fukuoka Dome on Friday night.
BUSINESS
Jun 29, 2001

Beijing agrees to participate in import curbs showdown

Tokyo plans to hold director-level talks with Beijing over a bilateral trade row centering on tit-for-tat import curbs, a top Japanese trade official said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Jun 29, 2001

IBJ disbandment to follow Mizuho bank consolidation

Industrial Bank of Japan, now a unit of the Mizuho Financial Group, will be disbanded when Mizuho consolidates its banking business on April 1, sources close to the group said.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 29, 2001

Nagashima wins 1,000th game

The Yomiuri Giants erupted for four runs in the first inning and Koji Uehara made it stand with a five-hitter as Yomiuri rolled to a 6-0 win over the Chunichi Dragons on Thursday at the Sapporo Dome, giving manager Shigeo Nagashima win No. 1,000 as the Giants skipper.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 28, 2001

'Wave ride Yarnall to 10-2 triumph over downward-spiraling Hawks

Southpaw Ed Yarnall tossed three-hit ball over seven innings as the Orix BlueWave demolished Daiei 10-2 Wednesday at Fukuoka's Kitakyushu Municipal Stadium.
BUSINESS
Jun 28, 2001

Report sees 33 public firms needing trillions

The state will need to inject 11.26 trillion yen into 33 government affiliates over the next 80 years to keep them in operation, an advisory panel to the finance minister estimated Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Jun 27, 2001

More improvements to come: Ghosn

Carlos Ghosn, president of Nissan Motor Co., said Tuesday that while the automaker deserves an "A or A-plus" for its rehabilitation efforts so far, its performance has yet to match all that it is capable of.

Longform

Ichiro Suzuki, one of the most iconic players in NPB and MLB history, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with 99.7% of the vote.
With Hall of Fame induction, Ichiro makes himself heard loud and clear