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JAPAN
Mar 9, 2001

MPD officer arrested for bribery

Metropolitan Police Department officer was arrested Thursday on suspicion of accepting bribes from a company president in exchange for influencing police officers investigating a case involving his firm, police sources said.
JAPAN
Mar 8, 2001

Father of train crash victim accepts graduation certificate

The father of a 17-year-old boy killed a year ago in a collision between two subway trains in Tokyo's Meguro Ward received a graduation certificate in his son's name on Wednesday from the high school the boy attended.
LIFE / Food & Drink / NIHONSHU
Mar 8, 2001

Life after sake's zing has gone

Just like wine, sake has a very short life span once the bottle has been opened. In fact, like wine, sake should be consumed soon after opening to ensure that delicate fragrances and flavors remain intact. Although this varies from sake to sake, in most cases the more delicate and refined the flavor...
LIFE / Digital
Mar 7, 2001

Bluetooth hopes to deliver 'new dimension in wireless technology'

Can't get enough of the Internet at your home and office?
JAPAN
Mar 7, 2001

U.S. backs plan to build 2,000-meter runway at new site in Okinawa

The United States has agreed to a plan to build a 2,000-meter runway at a relocation site for the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Okinawa, the government said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Mar 6, 2001

Notes on debts link Obara to Blackman

Notes apparently written by Lucie Blackman, a British woman whose dismembered body was discovered last month, have been seized at a Tokyo condominium owned by the prime suspect in her case, police sources said Monday.
COMMUNITY
Mar 6, 2001

Utsunomiya brings 'gyoza' lovers into fold

UTSUNOMIYA, Tochigi Pref. -- At the bottom of the steps leading out of JR Utsunomiya Station is a statue of Venus quite unlike any other.
LIFE / Food & Drink / KISSA KULTUR
Feb 28, 2001

Copying without an original

In the movie "Mr. Baseball," Tom Selleck's character complains to his Japanese girlfriend that Japan copies everything. She quickly replies, "We may copy it, but we make it better." After a visit to Ashbys of London, located near Akasaka-Mitsuke Station, one would have to agree.
JAPAN
Feb 28, 2001

Effect of Nissan factory closure to linger

Kazuko Shimoda, 62, wasn't surprised when she heard in October 1999 that the Nissan Motor Co. plant across the street from her tobacco store in Musashi-Murayama, western Tokyo, was to close by the end of March.
JAPAN
Feb 28, 2001

Effect of Nissan factory closure to linger

Kazuko Shimoda, 62, wasn't surprised when she heard in October 1999 that the Nissan Motor Co. plant across the street from her tobacco store in Musashi-Murayama, western Tokyo, was to close by the end of March.
JAPAN
Feb 25, 2001

Freeze on beltway complicates lives of residents

Shozaburo Kon did not expect to face the ordeal he eventually had to endure when he took the plan of his new house to a local office of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government 10 years ago.
JAPAN
Feb 25, 2001

Daytime crowds rediscover Tsukiji fish markets

The recent change in food distribution patterns has seen producers and large retailers connect directly, effectively marginalizing the nation's wholesalers. And Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market in Chuo Ward, better known as Tsukiji market, is no exception.
JAPAN
Feb 25, 2001

Kanda's Jinbo-cho is book-lovers' paradise

With about 150 used-book stores in addition to ordinary bookstores and publishing houses, Kanda Jinbo-cho in Chiyoda Ward is a cultural asset that Tokyo and all of Japan can be proud of.
JAPAN
Feb 25, 2001

Kanda's Jinbo-cho is book-lovers' paradise

With about 150 used-book stores in addition to ordinary bookstores and publishing houses, Kanda Jinbo-cho in Chiyoda Ward is a cultural asset that Tokyo and all of Japan can be proud of.
JAPAN
Feb 24, 2001

Kono's Okinawa visit set to focus on base issues

Foreign Minister Yohei Kono will meet Sunday with Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine and other officials in Okinawa to discuss issues relating to the U.S. military presence in the prefecture, Kono said Friday.
SOCCER / J. League
Feb 22, 2001

Fuji TV inks Troussier

Japan coach Philippe Troussier has signed a contract with Fuji Television for "personal appearances" in 10 programs, which will net the Frenchman an estimated 30 million yen, informed sources revealed Wednesday.
JAPAN
Feb 21, 2001

More and more patients turn to Net to consult with doctors

Five years ago, Tokyo Dr. Motofumi Takahashi opened a Web site to respond free of charge to inquiries from patients across the nation, but a surge in such online inquiries has forced him to limit his responses.
LIFE / Digital / CYBERIA
Feb 21, 2001

Who's napping now?

As any music fan knows, the future of Napster, the biggest free lunch of MP3s on the Net, is still very much in legal limbo. Last week a San Francisco appeals court confirmed a decision made this summer: Napster is knowingly infringing the copyrights of recording artists. The court asked U.S District...
JAPAN
Feb 20, 2001

New Komeito bigwig predicts Mori resignation

Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori's resignation now appears inevitable, a senior New Komeito leader indicated Monday.
JAPAN
Feb 19, 2001

70% of female students have been molested on trains, poll shows

Nearly 70 percent of female senior high school students say they have been sexually molested on trains, according to the results of a survey released by a civic group Sunday.
LIFE / Travel
Feb 19, 2001

Coming soon: cheap space travel

If all goes well, American millionaire Dennis Tito will this year become the world's first space tourist, flying on the Soyez rocket to the International Space Station. The ticket price? A cool $20 million. But a new fueling system developed by Andrews Space & Technology of Segundo, Calif., could soon...
COMMENTARY
Feb 17, 2001

Press is partly to blame for Mori's image

On Dec. 10, 1954, Ichiro Hatoyama became prime minister after a long and bitter political struggle with Shigeru Yoshida. In the immediate postwar period, Hatoyama had appeared to be the most promising of the candidates aspiring to head the government. But he was forced to leave the political arena after...
JAPAN
Feb 16, 2001

Departing Foley believes strength of ties will prevail

The following are excerpts from U.S. Ambassador Thomas Foley's interview with The Japan Times: What do you think the U.S. and Japanese governments should do to prevent overall bilateral relations from being damaged by the Feb. 9 accident in which a Japanese ship sank off Hawaii when it was hit by a...
JAPAN
Feb 16, 2001

Departing Foley praises resilient ties, says relations will survive sub accident

The United States is determined to find out the cause of last Friday's accident in which a Japanese fisheries training ship was sunk when it was hit by a surfacing U.S. submarine off Hawaii, U.S. Ambassador Thomas Foley said in an interview with The Japan Times.
JAPAN
Feb 11, 2001

Electric Town has its red lights, too

Shinichi, a 33-year-old photographer, has dated more than 500 women in the past three years.
Inside Tokyo's 'phantom' stations — and the stories they tell
Mamoru Iwai, stationmaster of Keisei Ueno Station, says that, other than earthquake-proofing, the former Hakubutsukan-Dobutsuen (Museum-Zoo) Station has remained untouched.
At first summit with Trump, Takaichi pledges 'new golden age' for alliance
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi raises her fist as U.S. President Donald Trump delivers a speech in front of U.S. Navy personnel on board the U.S. Navy's USS George Washington aircraft carrier at the American naval base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Tuesday.
Abe shooting suspect Yamagami pleads guilty to murder
Members of the media gather outside the Nara District Court in the city of Nara on Tuesday hours before the start of the trial of Tetsuya Yamagami, the man accused of fatally shooting former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in July 2022.
Takaichi buys time and builds trust with ‘near-perfect’ Trump summit
U.S. President Donald Trump walks with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi aboard the USS George Washington aircraft carrier during a visit to the U.S. Navy's Yokosuka base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Tuesday.
JPYC, world’s first yen stablecoin, is issued
Noritaka Okabe, head of Japanese startup JPYC, at a news conference for the first yen stablecoin in Tokyo on Monday
Oasis returns to Tokyo: Rain, rapture and rock
Fans wait to get into the Oasis show at Tokyo Dome on Saturday. While lining up in the rain, some broke into impromptu versions of the British rock group's hits.
Kyushu banzuke sets the stage to cement 2025’s sumo narratives
Onosato ahead of his bout against Aonishiki at The Grand Sumo Tournament at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Oct. 18
Tokyo Film Festival opens with global stars and a spotlight on Asian storytelling
Director Junji Sakamoto (left) walked the Tokyo International Film Festival red carpet with Sayuri Yoshinaga (center) and Non (right), who both play mountaineer Junko Tabei, the first woman to summit Mount Everest, in the biopic "Climbing for Life."
Spanish artist and Japanese writer duos diversify the manga talent pool in Japan
"Menheim” is a dark fantasy manga with a story that centers on a girl’s quest to find a cure for her ill brother.
Japan’s youth are apathetic toward the climate crisis. Could anime change that?
“Future Kid Takara,” a series of anime shorts to be aired on NHK Educational TV in November, attempts to educate children about climate change.

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Mamoru Iwai, stationmaster of Keisei Ueno Station, says that, other than earthquake-proofing, the former Hakubutsukan-Dobutsuen (Museum-Zoo) Station has remained untouched.
Inside Tokyo's 'phantom' stations — and the stories they tell
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