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EDITORIALS
Oct 1, 2000

Life after the Olympics

What do we do now with our evenings and weekends? For two happy, mindless weeks, we have flopped down in front of the TV any spare minute we had, just to get our daily fix of the big show going on in Sydney. Cynicism, the pre-Games attitude du jour, went out the window the second the teams entered the...
JAPAN
Sep 17, 2000

Photos present child's view of life after Turkey quake

KYOTO -- A black-and-white photograph shows a mother preparing breakfast in a tent. Another picture depicts two children playing outside a row of tents.
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Aug 10, 2000

Spicing up life on the Shonan coast

This is hardly the most obvious name for an Indian restaurant. It started life some four years ago as a friendly little Bengal-accented cafe-restaurant in the back streets on the other side of the station, quickly making a name for itself as a reliable spot for authentic Indian cooking. Then three months...
JAPAN
Jul 1, 2000

Life returning to normal for residents of Miyake

Work gets under way to restore island's water supplies, repair roads, check safety of schools Residents of Miyake Island got back into the routine of daily life Friday after the threat of a volcanic eruption receded and local authorities lifted evacuation orders the previous day.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 29, 2000

A Chinese teenager's dream of a better life ends in tragedy in the back of a truck

CHANGLE, Fujian -- Smartly dressed in a Calvin Klein T-shirt, jeans and white trainers, the teenager props up a motorbike in Changle, a city in the southern Chinese province of Fujian. His hair flopping over sunglasses, he flashes a shy grin at the camera. Jin Xicai hardly resembles the stereotype refugee,...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
Mar 15, 2000

Living the easy, or at least convenient, life

"Life ain't easy for a foreigner in Japan."
JAPAN
Mar 8, 2000

Life of North Korean spy laid bare

When Pak Chung Sun met her former boyfriend in Seoul in January, he was no longer the reticent, tender-hearted gentleman with whom she had lived a quarter of a century ago in Tokyo.
ENVIRONMENT
Jan 19, 2000

Visit to Toad Hall: hip-hop as a way of life

I have a friend, an exceptional naturalist, who has traveled this country widely from Iriomote-jima to Hokkaido, yet who swears that he will never visit the Ogasawara Islands.
COMMENTARY
Dec 5, 1999

Right to life, liberty and free ATM use

WASHINGTON -- A few years ago, an ATM machine malfunctioned in the elite Washington, D.C. neighborhood of Georgetown. Americans lined up to collect $20 bills being handed out in place of $5 notes.
JAPAN
Aug 26, 1999

Sendai hosts biotech, life science talks

A five-day international conference to cover a wide range of topics related to biotechnology and life science will be held in Sendai, starting Sunday, with noted scholars and researchers attending from around the world.
CULTURE / Art
Jul 31, 1999

Putting art back into everyday life

The Kanazawa Citizen's Art Center belies the truth of the expression that you cannot put new wine into old skins.
JAPAN
Jun 22, 1999

Mobster gets life for smuggling drugs

A former underworld leader was sentenced to life imprisonment Tuesday for smuggling about 50 kg of stimulant drugs into Japan from China.
JAPAN
Oct 8, 1997

Ishikawa tops quality-of-life survey

Ishikawa Prefecture placed first in a newly calculated quality-of-life satisfaction index of prefectures, followed by Nara, Shizuoka, Kanagawa and Shiga, the Mitsubishi Research Institute said Oct. 8.Compared with similar indexes by the Economic Planning Agency, the new index is based on various statistics...
JAPAN
Oct 6, 1997

Sannai-Maruyama excavation illuminating Jomon life

Staff writerAOMORI -- Men wearing only a shred of coarse fur hunt animals in the mountains while women and children gather shells and forage for nuts.This was the prevalent image of people of the Jomon Period, which lasted from about 12,000 to 2,300 years ago. But when the Aomori Prefectural Government...
JAPAN
Oct 2, 1997

Arsonist-slayer's life term upheld

A woman's appeal of a life sentence for setting fire to the home of her lover and causing his two children to die was rejected Oct. 2 by the Tokyo High Court.The Hachioji branch of the Tokyo District Court ruled in January 1996 that although Yukie Kitamura, 31, was incapable of sound judgment after...
JAPAN
Oct 2, 1997

Robber-killer given life sentence

OSAKA -- A man found guilty in five cases of robbery and murder in three prefectures was given a life sentence Oct. 2.Handing down the ruling, the Osaka District Court described the crimes committed by Keiji Ikuta, 45, as "extremely cunning and vicious."According to prosecutors, Ikuta assaulted and...
JAPAN
Jul 23, 1997

JETs arrive in Tokyo enthusiastic for new life

The newest JET program participants have descended on Tokyo anxious to fan out across the country.
JAPAN
Apr 14, 1997

Campaign for marine life lost as bay closes

NAGASAKI -- The agriculture ministry began working April 14 to close off the inside of Isahaya Bay in Nagasaki Prefecture -- a move that will consign death to mudskippers and other marine creatures on the largest dry beach in Japan.
JAPAN
Apr 11, 1997

Bullying victim, 16, takes own life

NAGANO -- A 16-year-old high school boy from Mochizuki, Nagano Prefecture, was found dead hanging from a tree in a forest near his home and a floppy disk among his possessions suggests the youth took his life because he had been bullied, police said Friday.
Japan Times
GLOBAL MEDIA POST / Serbia report 2023
Jun 9, 2023

A partnership for life

Japanese-Serbian relations started with a simple letter sent in 1882 by the first king of Serbia to Japan’s Emperor Meiji. In the last 141 years, the partnership between these two countries has emerged stronger, having weathered two world wars and lending each other support following civil conflict...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 23, 2023

The Pentagon is helping bring the next generation of nuclear reactors to life

At less than 1% the size of conventional reactors, it can be delivered by shipping container to power remote bases and disaster-relief missions.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Apr 30, 2023

Japan's ume heartland sows new prospects

If you’ve ever eaten ume, chances are it came from Minabe or Tanabe in Wakayama Prefecture.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Mar 31, 2023

Trump indictment breathes life into his grievance-driven campaign

Just when Republicans were beginning to believe that Trump was vulnerable if he ran a campaign about his grievances, an indictment gives him no reason to change his tune.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 14, 2023

Remembering how to smile? Japan training sessions help prepare for life after masks

After three years of life with masks amid the pandemic, some people feel a need to practice their smiles and facial expressions before they take face coverings off in public.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Mar 3, 2023

Pakistani field hockey player Shahida Raza was seeking better life before migrant shipwreck near Italy

Raza was one of two nationals that Pakistan's foreign ministry said died in the shipwreck.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 2, 2023

‘Winny’: True-life tale educates more than it entertains

Masahiro Higashide delivers a transformative performance as the embattled creator of a file-sharing program in Yusaku Matsumoto’s biographical drama.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 1, 2023

Brisk daily walk could prevent 1 in 10 early deaths, study says

Physical activity is known to reduce the risk of heart disease, cancer and other leading causes of death, but exactly how much is needed to have an impact has been unclear.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 24, 2023

Japan lacking dairy farmers as cost of feed rises

The number of dairy farmers has been falling at an annual pace of 4%, agriculture ministry officials said.

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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami