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COMMENTARY / World
Jun 6, 2005

China showing a knack for taking risks

SINGAPORE -- A China that is willing to take ideological and political risks is emerging not only in affairs involving Hong Kong and Taiwan but also in the increasingly troubled relations with Tokyo and Washington.
JAPAN
Jun 6, 2005

JT Readers' Fund shares 1.19 million yen

The 2004 Japan Times Readers' Fund has distributed 1,194,919 yen to five organizations to help finance projects for Asian people in need.
EDITORIALS
Jun 6, 2005

Unconvincing catchall net

In recent years, two moves concerning the handling of personal information have created clearly different political and public reactions in Japan. A law for strengthening the protection of personal information has been generally accepted by the public and people are learning its "dos" and "don'ts." By...
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 6, 2005

Getting Japan off their back

SYDNEY -- Japanese whalers are coming and there appears no way of stopping them. Worse, their harpoons are about to slaughter more of the ocean mammals than ever.
JAPAN
Jun 6, 2005

Earthquake jolts Niigata Prefecture

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 3.6 rocked the Chuetsu region in Niigata Prefecture on Sunday, the Meteorological Agency said.
JAPAN
Jun 6, 2005

Frenchman to try to row from Chiba to San Francisco

Emmanuel Coindre, the French sailor who has crossed the Atlantic five times in a rowboat, is planning to set out this month on the first-ever solo nonstop rowboat voyage from Japan to the U.S.
BUSINESS / JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES
Jun 6, 2005

Income gap among Japanese expanding, but not by much

Traditionally, the income gap between the rich and the poor has been rather small in Japan, creating what has become known as the "all-Japanese-as-middle class" mentality.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jun 5, 2005

MLB Japan tries to reassure NPB on World Baseball Classic

Disturbed by repeated media reports saying Nippon Professional Baseball is dissatisfied with the organization and conditions of next year's proposed World Baseball Classic, Major League Baseball's Managing Director in Japan Jim Small invited the media to a coffee session in his Tokyo office on May 30...
MORE SPORTS
Jun 5, 2005

Murofushi claims record 11th title

Olympic hammer throw champion Koji Murofushi eased to a record 11th title despite a mediocre performance at the national track and field championships Saturday.
COMMENTARY / THE VIEW FROM MOSCOW
Jun 5, 2005

Denial of existential needs

MOSCOW -- The blackout that hit Moscow late last month wasn't any better or worse than others that have struck big cities recently, say New York in August 2003. It is the same old thing over and over again -- people stuck in subways and elevators, hospitals canceling lifesaving surgeries, crowds grimly...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jun 5, 2005

Adrian Sherwood: "On-U Sound Crash"

The recent On-U Sound reissue program through Japan's Beat Records has been a kind of heaven for longtime followers of the London dub/reggae label. For newcomers bewildered by the stream of titles, a new megamix "On-U Sound Crash," by the label's founder and producer, Adrian Sherwood, could be the perfect...
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Jun 5, 2005

"Charisma housewife" gives her secret on NHK's "Eigo de Shabera-Naito," and more

Since English is the lingua franca of the international business community, it follows that anyone who really wants to make a global impression should be able to communicate in English.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Jun 5, 2005

The crucible of Japanese culture

INSPIRED DESIGN: Japan's Traditional Arts, by Michael Dunn. Milan: Five Continents Editions, 2005, 304 pp., 275 color plates and map, 2003, $85.00 (cloth). One might say that, traditionally, the Japanese are a patterned people. They live in a patterned country, a land where the exemplar still exists,...
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jun 5, 2005

Misfits stand up, look to the stars -- or for some grub

The media and the popular arts thrive on synergy: Broadcasters and publishers play footsy with movie companies, record labels and talent agencies to keep the public drooling over whatever product or personality they're all selling at this particular moment. Synergy takes work, but sometimes it just happens...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jun 5, 2005

Weezer "Make Believe"

Four years ago, Weezer songwriter Rivers Cuomo decided that the meticulously documented angst beloved by his die-hard fans wasn't impressing enough people, so he stocked his next two albums with somewhat catchy yet largely meaningless pop songs instead. On their new effort, "Make Believe," he has returned...
JAPAN
Jun 5, 2005

Two Renoirs fetch 310 million yen

A pair of oil paintings composed in 1895 by impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir sold Saturday for 310 million yen in a Tokyo auction, the second-highest price ever at an art auction in Japan, Shinwa Art Auction Co. said.
JAPAN
Jun 5, 2005

Amnesty challenges Japan to do more on rights

Japan can and should do more to improve its record on human rights as it seeks a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council, according to the secretary general of Amnesty International.

Longform

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