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JAPAN
Jun 19, 2003

Publishers pitching Japanese books overseas

Compared with the influx of translated foreign books into Japan, the amount of Japanese books translated for overseas readers is a mere trickle, with the ratio standing at 20-to-1.
JAPAN
Jun 19, 2003

Publishers pitching Japanese books overseas

Compared with the influx of translated foreign books into Japan, the amount of Japanese books translated for overseas readers is a mere trickle, with the ratio standing at 20-to-1.
BUSINESS
Jun 18, 2003

Red tape hinders Singapore Airlines campaign

Attempts by the SARS-battered Singapore Airlines to offer travelers bargain deals have been stalled here by domestic regulations, despite high hopes for mutual promotion of tourism under a bilateral free trade agreement signed recently.
COMMENTARY
Jun 16, 2003

Averting a nuclear disaster

The international community is joining forces to prevent North Korea from escalating its nuclear threat. The Group of Eight summit (June 1-3) at Evian, France, adopted a declaration on the nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction, criticizing North Korea and Iran for its development of WMDs.
MORE SPORTS
Jun 15, 2003

'Campo' fires from the hip

As a rugby player, David Campese was the epitome of a free spirit.
COMMENTARY
Jun 15, 2003

Finding shortcuts to conflict

The new Bush-Blair-Howard-Koizumi rules for waging war deserve attention. They say you are free to use whatever justification you like that if you want to attack someone.
EDITORIALS
Jun 12, 2003

Preparing for the worst

Japan's efforts to update its security legislation reached a milestone last week when an overwhelming Diet majority passed three defense bills designed to deal with a military attack from abroad. The vote -- 202 in favor and 32 against -- would have been inconceivable during the Cold War. It is proof...
EDITORIALS
Jun 11, 2003

A new order of peace in East Asia

The state visit to Japan by South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun -- the first since he took office in February -- has produced a positive result: a mutual commitment to develop future-oriented relations. In a joint statement issued Saturday, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and President Roh also agreed...
JAPAN
Jun 10, 2003

Banning ferry visits seen as futile

OSAKA -- Experts on North Korean issues say that simply banning port calls by the North Korean ferry Man Gyong Bong-92 would not stop shipments to the reclusive state of sensitive materials like devices that can be used for missile development.
JAPAN
Jun 10, 2003

Roh seeks relationship free of history's shadows

South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun told the Diet on Monday that Japan and South Korea should be "free of the shadow of historical issues" and should emphasize future-oriented ties.
JAPAN
Jun 10, 2003

Roh seeks relationship free of history's shadows

South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun told the Diet on Monday that Japan and South Korea should be "free of the shadow of historical issues" and should emphasize future-oriented ties.
JAPAN
Jun 10, 2003

Roh seeks relationship free of history's shadows

South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun told the Diet on Monday that Japan and South Korea should be "free of the shadow of historical issues" and should emphasize future-oriented ties.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / ON THE ARCHIPELA-GO
Jun 8, 2003

In the city where history once took centerstage

KITAKYUSHU, Fukuoka Prefecture -- If you stand on the waterfront at Moji Port in Kitakyushu, you can take in the city's finest view: More than 1,000 ships and boats pass through Kanmon Strait each day, against the backdrop of Kanmon Bridge, whose elegant lines connect Honshu with Kyushu.
JAPAN
Jun 7, 2003

Diet enacts legislation for war contingencies

The Diet on Friday enacted a set of laws that defines the rules under which Japan can respond to attacks by a foreign enemy, a development with serious implications for Japan's national security policy and its war-renouncing Constitution.
JAPAN
Jun 7, 2003

Diet enacts legislation for war contingencies

The Diet on Friday enacted a set of laws that defines the rules under which Japan can respond to attacks by a foreign enemy, a development with serious implications for Japan's national security policy and its war-renouncing Constitution.
JAPAN
Jun 7, 2003

Diet enacts legislation for war contingencies

The Diet on Friday enacted a set of laws that defines the rules under which Japan can respond to attacks by a foreign enemy, a development with serious implications for Japan's national security policy and its war-renouncing Constitution.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Jun 7, 2003

Robin Maynard

Next Thursday, June 12, Robin Maynard will celebrate his 59th birthday. In October he will mark 25 continuous years of living and working in Japan. Recently he secured permanent residence here. Next year, he said, after 26 years, "I will be the longest-serving-ever insurance expat Englishman in Japan."...
BUSINESS
Jun 5, 2003

IMF offers a solution to deflation

A top International Monetary Fund official urged Japan on Wednesday to adopt a medium-term inflation target to help the country break out of a crippling deflationary trap.
JAPAN
Jun 4, 2003

U.S. commander coming to speed up talks on missile defense

In a move to accelerate Japan's introduction of a missile defense system, U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz announced Tuesday that Washington will soon send its top missile commander to Tokyo.
JAPAN
Jun 4, 2003

U.S. commander coming to speed up talks on missile defense

In a move to accelerate Japan's introduction of a missile defense system, U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz announced Tuesday that Washington will soon send its top missile commander to Tokyo.
BUSINESS
Jun 4, 2003

Infoseek and Lycos to unite portals

Infoseek Japan K.K. and Lycos Japan Inc. will unite their Web portals into the one now run by Infoseek Japan on Sept. 1 to make it more competitive with Yahoo Japan Corp.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 1, 2003

Tokyo rejects Pyongyang offer to return abductee relatives

Pyongyang has on several occasions offered to allow the families of two Japanese nationals abducted to North Korea to visit Japan in exchange for food aid, but Tokyo has turned down the offers on the grounds that all the abductees' relatives should be allowed to come to Japan, a daily reported Saturday....
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Jun 1, 2003

Shipwrecked Russians lived to tell an epic tale

With the Crimean War brewing in the eastern Mediterranean between Russia and an alliance of Turkey, Britain and France, a small Russian fleet of four ships commanded by Rear-Admiral Efimi Vasilievich Putiatin sailed into Nagasaki just a few weeks after U.S. Commadore Matthew Perry's "Black Ships" left...
COMMENTARY
May 29, 2003

Change hasn't halted decline

LONDON -- I was invited recently to Japan to speak to two Japanese audiences about the Japanese economy as seen from London and what should be done to ensure Japanese economic recovery. I prepared a speech that was pessimistic. This was inevitable as British reporting on the Japanese economy is full...
COMMENTARY
May 27, 2003

Recovery debate overlooks sensible economic policies

Is there something in the Japanese mind that prevents sensible economic debate?
COMMENTARY
May 27, 2003

Is there something in the Japanese mind that prevents sensible economic debate?

Japan's semi-public National Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) recently gave more than three hours of prime time for a round-table discussion on how to save the economy. Predictably, much of the talking revolved around Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's claim that "structural reform" is the key to recovery....
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
May 25, 2003

Getting into hot water for health

In the hot-spring heaven that is Japan, there are a countless number of onsen from Hokkaido to Okinawa, from those of luxurious spas in nondescript concrete buildings to rotenburo set in pristine natural surroundings.

Longform

Mount Fuji is considered one of Japan's most iconic symbols and is a major draw for tourists. It's still a mountain, though, and potential hikers need to properly prepare for any climb.
What it takes to save lives on Mount Fuji