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CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Nov 9, 2003

Tradition stays afloat with the tub boats of Sado Island

THE TUB BOATS OF SADO ISLAND: A Japanese Craftsman's Methods, by Douglas Brooks, with a historical essay by Toshio Sato. Sado: Kodo Cultural Foundation, 2003, 176 pp., 2,500 yen (paper). As the tides of time erode history, the centuries-deep culture of traditional Japan slowly seeps away. Without anyone...
JAPAN
Nov 7, 2003

Roads to stay state-owned despite panel's entreaties

The nation's debt-laden expressways will remain government-owned despite recommendations that they be privatized.
MORE SPORTS
Nov 5, 2003

Sugiyama to play Capriati in opener

Japan's Ai Sugiyama will face American world No. 5 Jennifer Capriati in her opening match at the season-ending WTA Championships as organizers on Tuesday released the schedule of play for the opening day on Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Nov 5, 2003

Guarantee deposit must end in March 2005, Fukui says

The economy cannot afford an extension of the government's full guarantee on regular deposits beyond the end of March 2005, Bank of Japan Gov. Toshihiko Fukui said Tuesday.
EDITORIALS
Nov 1, 2003

Last man standing

The arrest of the richest man in any country is always an earthshaking event, and the jailing of Mr. Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the premier among Russia's oligarchs, is no exception. There are a number of explanations for Mr. Khodorkovsky's arrest, but there is no mistaking the chief beneficiary of the move:...
BUSINESS
Oct 31, 2003

Misawa plans 100 billion yen share issue

Misawa Homes Holdings Inc. said Thursday it has asked UFJ Bank and other creditor banks to purchase 100 billion yen worth of new preferred shares it plans to issue by the end of the current fiscal year.
JAPAN / BULLETIN BOARD
Oct 30, 2003

Indian group to mark festival of lights in Tokyo

Indian Community Activities Tokyo will hold a gathering for Diwali, the Indian festival of lights, at St. Mary's International High School in Setagaya Ward on Saturday.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 30, 2003

Style trumps substance in Bangkok

BANGKOK -- The appearance of the 21 leaders of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in their handmade shiny silk shirts said a lot about this year's summit in Bangkok -- style over substance.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / NEW ART SEEN
Oct 29, 2003

250 reasons to be happy, then some

I'm happy! The reason I'm happy is I love art, and this month a total of four -- yes four -- new contemporary art spaces opened in Tokyo.
BUSINESS
Oct 28, 2003

Sony, DoCoMo team up for e-money cell phones

Sony Corp. and NTT DoCoMo Inc. said Monday they will jointly develop integrated circuit chip technology that will allow mobile phone users to pay for groceries and train fares using their handsets.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 26, 2003

1.4 million visitors expected as Tokyo Motor Show opens

The 37th Tokyo Motor Show opened to the public Saturday, with some 600 passenger cars and motorcycles by about 60 automakers from Japan and 13 other countries on display.
JAPAN
Oct 25, 2003

American methods to benefit Japanese law schools

The teaching methods used by U.S. law schools will prove effective for Japanese institutions planning to open law schools in April, American professors said Friday.
JAPAN
Oct 24, 2003

Government to impose overtime limits

The government will impose a limit on overtime work in excess of 45 hours per month for up to six months within one year, according to officials of the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry.
COMMENTARY
Oct 24, 2003

Criticism prods Bush to tune diplomacy

So far, the war in Iraq and the issues surrounding North Korea have topped news of international events in 2003.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 24, 2003

Secrecy robs space feat of its glory

HONG KONG -- For those who have labored long and hard to keep China's space program alive and moving forward, it must have been a wonderful moment when, on Oct. 15, the complicated machinery of initiating space travel performed flawlessly, and China scored a first.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 22, 2003

Trio held for fraud over Imperial wedding scam

Three people who allegedly staged a sham Imperial wedding reception were arrested Tuesday and accused of defrauding their guests, many of them celebrities, out of 13 million yen.
BUSINESS
Oct 22, 2003

Auto firms hope Tokyo Motor Show can kick-start demand

The 37th Tokyo Motor Show opens to the public Saturday in Makuhari, Chiba Prefecture, and the auto industry hopes the 12-day event will help stimulate the Japanese market.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2003

Kin of suspected abductees fight uphill war

OSAKA -- On the morning of July 7, 1973, 18-year-old Noriko Furukawa of Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, left home for a beauty parlor appointment without telling her mother, with whom she had promised to go shopping that afternoon.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 18, 2003

Gifu gives Big Apple taste of local legend

If you mention the name Furuta Oribe, most Japanese will probably give you a blank stare.
JAPAN
Oct 16, 2003

Hospitals opt to halt care for babies terminally ill

Some 85 percent of hospitals well-versed in treating newborns in Japan acknowledge scaling back or stopping treatment of terminally ill babies to allow them to spend their remaining days in peace with their families, according to doctors at an Osaka hospital.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / WILD WATCH
Oct 16, 2003

Tyulenii fur seals are all washed up and in no hurry to go

It felt as if we were an invading force as we set the bows of our black rubber zodiac boat for the shore. Tyulenii Island, a raised tableland of sandstone barely a kilometer long and less than half that wide, was our target. Winds blowing up the Sea of Okhotsk were pushing a rising swell along the unprotected...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 15, 2003

CWAJ print artists and scholars create a good impression

This week sees the College Women's Association of Japan print show approach its half century, as the 48th annual selection of prints goes up at the Tokyo American Club Oct. 17-19. The print show, inaugurated in 1956, began as a fundraiser to send Japanese students abroad; today it's bringing the best...
Events
Oct 12, 2003

KANSAI: WHo & What

Osaka's Oimatsu area to host antiques festival: The 17th Oimatsu Antique Festival is being held Oct. 13 on Oimatsu Dori, a district in Osaka's Kita Ward famous for its numerous antique shops and galleries.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Oct 12, 2003

Australia living up to its 'lucky country' nickname

TOWNSVILLE, Australia -- Talk about living up to your nickname!
COMMENTARY / THE VIEW FROM MOSCOW
Oct 12, 2003

Keeping score on first ladies

MOSCOW -- Throughout the past 60 years or so, the problem-ridden relations between the White House and the Kremlin have been burdened with one more factor: the rivalry of the first ladies.

Longform

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