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BUSINESS
Mar 18, 2005

Koizumi denies delay on beef decision

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Thursday denied that Japan is dragging its feet on a decision to lift its import ban on U.S. beef.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Mar 18, 2005

Sosaibo: Zen to warm the soul

Zen is austere and meditative. It is the practice of ascetic self-denial on the path to serenity and satori. It is the cult of monochrome and minimalism. Above all, it is serious -- and so is its food, the vegetarian tradition known as shojin ryori.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 18, 2005

Women take shine to money management

Major banks and brokerages are holding seminars on finance and giving priority to sales of investment trusts aimed at women, who are apparently showing an increasing interest in the world of investing.
MORE SPORTS
Mar 17, 2005

Young Miyazato heads Stateside

Teenage golf sensation Ai Miyazato flew to the United States on Wednesday to test herself for the first time since turning pro at the upcoming Kraft Nabisco Championship.
EDITORIALS
Mar 17, 2005

The piracy threat to Japan

The attack on a Japanese tugboat Monday in the Strait of Malacca has underlined the threats posed by piracy in that waterway. These incidents are increasing, and the possibility that terrorists might use a hijacked vessel for a high-profile attack is real. An effective response requires a coordinated...
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / WILD WATCH
Mar 17, 2005

Ancient birds, Stone Age music

All winter long, the cacophony of sound at Sunayu, on the eastern shore of Lake Kussharo in eastern Hokkaido, is almost entirely comprised if the bugling and whooping of swans.
BUSINESS
Mar 17, 2005

Insurer Meiji Yasuda punishes 69 for fraudulent sales tactics

Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. said Wednesday it has punished 69 executives and employees in connection with illegal sales practices and nonpayment of insurance money.
BUSINESS
Mar 17, 2005

IBM Japan new top server supplier

IBM Japan Ltd. overtook Fujitsu Ltd. as the top server supplier in Japan in 2004 on a value basis, high-tech equipment market research agency Gartner Japan Ltd. said Wednesday.
Japan Times
Reference / SO WHAT THE HECK IS THAT
Mar 17, 2005

Tails of alley cats

Dear Alice,
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 17, 2005

Pyongyang under EU's wing

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- The European Union is increasingly showing a new independent stance on foreign-policy issues as the logic of its industrial and economic integration plays out in the international arena.
BUSINESS
Mar 17, 2005

Kanebo exits textiles after 116-year run

Kanebo Ltd., struggling under a state-backed rehabilitation program, will spin off its textile business and transfer it to a joint company to be established by Kanebo and dyeing and finishing company Seiren Co., the two companies said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Mar 17, 2005

FSA may scrap exemptions on stock sale reporting rules

The Financial Services Agency is mulling another change to the Securities and Exchange Law that would yank exemptions on the reporting of major share transactions, FSA officials said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Mar 17, 2005

IRCJ taps Nippon Steel group over U.S. fund to revive Mitsui Mining

The state-backed Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan said Wednesday it has named a Japanese consortium led by Nippon Steel Corp. to sponsor the reconstruction of ailing Mitsui Mining Co.
COMMENTARY
Mar 17, 2005

Bet your bottom dollar on financial jolt

LOS ANGELES -- Fasten your seat belts -- and get ready for a major test of the core stability of the global financial system. How do we know that a jolt is coming? Just consider that:
BUSINESS
Mar 17, 2005

Campaign to shut off idling vehicles to expand to cars

The government is planning to spread the so-called idling-stop campaign from buses, taxis and other commercial vehicles to the general car-owning population to save fuel and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
MORE SPORTS
Mar 16, 2005

Q-chan set to delay return

Sydney Olympic champion Naoko Takahashi said Tuesday she has been persuaded by her coach to give up plans to return to competitive marathon racing this spring as she has yet to fully recover from an ankle injury.
MORE SPORTS
Mar 16, 2005

Arakawa, Ando, Suguri strive to continue Japan's world reign

MOSCOW -- Heading into the World Figure Skating Championships in Moscow, Japan's women skaters, once so dominant, are now a question mark.
EDITORIALS
Mar 16, 2005

A vacuum in Chechnya

Russia is claiming a major victory in the war against Chechen rebels with the killing of Mr. Aslan Maskhadov, leader of the Chechen separatist movement. Mr. Maskhadov has long been Moscow's nemesis, but he is also thought to have been a genuine moderate among the Chechen militants. His death may intensify...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Mar 16, 2005

A baroque approach

With his keen, adventurous musical intellect and an interpretative idiosyncrasy that breathes new life into the standard repertoire, Dutch cellist Pieter Wispelwey is fast assuming a hallowed place in the cellist pantheon. Influenced by the revolutionary Early Music movement in the Netherlands under...
BUSINESS
Mar 16, 2005

Willcom to offer first flat-rate PHS service

Willcom Inc., Japan's largest personal handy-phone system company, said Tuesday it will introduce a flat rate for voice communication starting May 1, becoming the first domestic wireless carrier to provide such service.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 16, 2005

Fuji TV hikes dividend to 5,000 yen per share

Fuji Television Network Inc. on Tuesday decided on a sharp dividend hike for the current fiscal year in a thinly veiled attempt to defend itself against Livedoor Co.'s hostile takeover bid for Nippon Broadcasting System Inc.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 16, 2005

Hitachi's robot barely out of first grade

Hitachi's robot-on-wheels avoids obstacles, responds to simple voice commands and reads the weather forecast. But don't get too close just yet.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 16, 2005

Candle held up to a rediscovered master

Most great artists are instantly recognizable. As soon as you see one of their works, you know that it can't be by anyone else. If this is truly the mark of a great artist, then Georges de La Tour (1593-1652) must be among the greatest.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Mar 16, 2005

A star is born as an actor gets his name

The Kabukiza in Ginza is presenting special kabuki programs in March, April and May to celebrate the shumei (succession to a stage name) of Nakamura Kanzaburo XVIII. Kanzaburo, 50, has mastered both tachiyaku (male lead) and onnagata (female) roles. He is showing off his prowess by playing the leads...
BUSINESS
Mar 16, 2005

Nireco to be first to use 'poison pill'

Nireco Corp., a maker of high-tech measuring devices and controllers, has said its board has approved a motion to introduce a "poison pill" scheme to fend off hostile takeovers, becoming Japan's first company to do so.
Japan's cutting-edge railgun successfully strikes target vessel
The Defense Ministry’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) conducted a ship-board railgun shooting test from June to early July this year with the support of the Maritime Self-Defense Force.
Is America ready for Japanese-style 7-Elevens?
Convenience stores are a fixture of Japanese life and 7-Eleven, a chain that began in the U.S. in 1927, opened its first store in Japan in 1974 — and then became wholly Japanese-owned in 2005 through parent company Seven & I Holdings.
‘Fairytale’ Shirakawago ranked one of the world’s most beautiful villages
Forbes and Unforgettable Travel Company have ranked Shirakawago in Gifu Prefecture as Asia's most beautiful village.
People rush to make furusato nozei donations ahead of tighter rules
A booth from the town of Betsukai in Hokkaido at an Amazon Japan furusato nо̄zei promotion event, on Sept. 5 in Tokyo's Minato Ward.
Aging Japan’s centenarian population nears 100,000
Shigeko Kagawa, Japan's oldest person at 114, in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, on July 30
‘Fairytale’ Shirakawago ranked one of the world’s most beautiful villages
Forbes and Unforgettable Travel Company have ranked Shirakawago in Gifu Prefecture as Asia's most beautiful village.
Aging Japan’s centenarian population nears 100,000
Shigeko Kagawa, Japan's oldest person at 114, in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, on July 30
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
As of August 2024, the number of confirmed chagusaba farmers had fallen to 302, just over half the 582 reported in 2015, according to the Shizuoka Chagusaba Farming Method Promotion Council.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight
By Mai Yoshikawa

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