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JAPAN
Nov 17, 2002

Prison guard held over killings

OSAKA -- An Osaka prison guard was arrested Saturday by prefectural police on suspicion of murdering his daughter-in-law and grandson in April, police said.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Nov 17, 2002

Issey on a roll

The most astounding of Issey Miyake's latest fashion statements isn't about ready-to-wear garments; it's about ready-to-wear fabric.
LIFE / Food & Drink / VINELAND
Nov 17, 2002

A guide in wine is a friend indeed

It's a story we've heard dozens of times before, in slightly varying versions. An acquaintance who does much corporate entertaining decided to treat a few office-mates to a late meal in Daikanyama. After an under-10,000 yen bottle of red, the sommelier suggested that they might like an unlisted Shafer...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Nov 16, 2002

East meets West moves over for East meets East

While accepting that cultural exchange is hardly a new concept, Astrid (de los Rios) Nishimaki has her own very individual slant on the subject. "My aim is to bring Latin America, Arab countries and Japan closer together through the lingua franca of artists and creators."
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Nov 16, 2002

Michiko Mitarai

This week has seen ceremonies setting up a new relationship between Goucher College, Baltimore, and Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo. An agreement reached for cultural and educational exchange between the two institutions represents, in fact, a rediscovery of an old, essential connection. For Michiko...
Japan Times
JAPAN / AT THE JUNCTION
Nov 15, 2002

Affiliates are cashing in on cozy ties with Japan Highway

Last spring, an employee at a road maintenance company smelled a rat as his firm prepared to bid for an expressway-related project by the semi-governmental Japan Highway Public Corp.
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Nov 13, 2002

The Archie Shepp Quartet

Archie Shepp was handed the free-jazz mantle directly from John Coltrane. After contributing tenor sax to Coltrane's quintessential "Ascension" recording in 1965, Shepp went on to record his own series of visceral works in a similar revolutionary style. With a group of like-minded players, Shepp continued...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2002

Suzuki enters plea of not guilty in court

House of Representatives member Muneo Suzuki pleaded not guilty Monday to bribery, perjury and falsifying political funds reports.
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2002

Film on Japan-Greece ties reels in prize

A Greek documentary depicting cultural exchanges between Greece and Japan has won the top prize in an annual competition for films and videos on Japan, organizers announced Monday.
BUSINESS
Nov 9, 2002

DPJ drafts emergency economic package

The Democratic Party of Japan drafted an emergency economic package Friday that would let consumers deduct interest payments on mortgages, automobile loans and other loans from their taxable income.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Nov 9, 2002

Hunching to keep from dying of cold poisoning

If I could bring one thing from my home country to Japan, it would be a fireplace. Of course, the hearth wouldn't make it through the security check these days. But still, to have an open fire blazing in the living room would be nice, not to mention warm.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Nov 9, 2002

Shoko Sugitani

A dozen years ago, pianist Shoko Sugitani owned nine pianos, which she kept in different places. She is now down to seven, some of them in Duesseldorf and the rest in Tokyo. She has a favorite piano that she takes with her to important concerts. For the concert scheduled with the Warsaw Philharmonic...
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Nov 8, 2002

F.A. in free fall as Premier League clubs make play for power

LONDON -- It was Ron Saunders, the former Aston Villa manager, who once said: "If you're going to commit suicide, do it yourself."
JAPAN
Nov 8, 2002

Animators, trains and freeing up health care

A deregulation panel is considering measures to help producers of animated films raise funds and ways to ease crowding on rush-hour commuter trains.
JAPAN
Nov 7, 2002

Press clubs stymie free trade in information: EU

When Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi made his historic visit to North Korea on Sept. 17, the only foreign journalists allowed to accompany him were a select few from the United States and South Korea.
JAPAN
Nov 7, 2002

15 firms control Hanshin Expressway bids: police

OSAKA -- Fifteen firms effectively control the repair and maintenance work for Hanshin Expressway Public Corp., even after public bidding was introduced in fiscal 2001 in a bid to end collusion, police sources said Wednesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 6, 2002

A message of tolerance set in stone

History is never short on irony. The Indian subcontinent, now one of the world's most unstable nuclear hotbeds, once cradled a religion founded on nonviolence. And what is today a breeding ground for sectarian fundamentalism was the birthplace of a rich artistic heritage that drew deeply on the tolerant...
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 5, 2002

Need a franchise player? Top scout says take Matsui over Ichiro

A year of speculation was brought to a sudden end on Friday when superstar slugger Hideki Matsui announced he was ending his 10-year career with the Yomiuri Giants and heading to the major leagues in search of a bigger challenge.
COMMENTARY
Nov 5, 2002

Testing Koizumi's commitment to change

Last week was likely the most important in the tenure of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. Three events -- by-elections, the unveiling of his economic plan and the start of normalization talks with North Korea -- tested his commitment to bringing about change in Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 4, 2002

Emperor honors six in culture, science

Emperor Akihito awarded this year's Order of Culture, Japan's most prestigious honor in the field of culture and science, to six recipients in a ceremony at the Imperial Palace on Culture Day Sunday.
JAPAN
Nov 4, 2002

Road entity raided over bid rigging

OSAKA -- Police searched on Sunday the headquarters of Hanshin Expressway Public Corp. for evidence to support allegations that the company illegally favored a particular bidder for road-related work.
COMMENTARY / JAPAN IN THE GLOBAL ERA
Nov 4, 2002

Contributing to the crisis of capitalism

YAOUNDE, Cameroon -- During a conversation at a dinner in Shanghai recently with some Chinese friends, the comment was made that Japanese businessmen in China were now known quite willingly to accept various forms of bribes and kickbacks. The man who was making this comment, who knows Japan quite well...
JAPAN
Nov 4, 2002

LDP's Aso urges Koizumi to give up bond-cap plan

Ruling coalition and opposition policymakers lined up Sunday to urge Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to scrap his pledge to limit the issuance of new government bonds.
Japan Times
JAPAN / WEEKEND WISDOM
Nov 3, 2002

Writer draws on own experiences to overcome adversity

Up to his ears in debt and with absolutely no money, Ichiriki Yamamoto made a bold prediction to his wife.
Japan Times
JAPAN / PREFECTURAL FARE
Nov 2, 2002

Miyagi serves up a healthy bounty in Tokyo -- and it's not just 'natto'

Department store basements and chic organic food shops are not the only places to get natural products: Miyagi Prefecture's pilot shop in Tokyo, for people in the know, is a good health-food shop with reasonable prices.
BUSINESS
Nov 2, 2002

Tax revenue shortfall worse than anticipated: Shiokawa

The shortfall in tax revenue will be worse than expected for the current fiscal year, Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa said Friday, without clarifying whether additional government bonds will be issued to make up the shortfall.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Nov 1, 2002

Japan goes from clunky typewriter to waapuro

I wonder how many readers have ever experienced typing on an old-style Japanese typewriter. I tried my hand at it, just once. It was around 1973, and afterwards I was relieved that my clumsy effort was merely done out of curiosity and not necessity.

Longform

Dangami House is a 180-year-old former samurai residence of the Kato clan, who ruled over Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, until the Meiji Restoration.
A house, a legacy and the quiet work of restoration in rural Japan