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Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Nov 27, 2004

ARI teaches leadership skills via organic farming

What is the connection between Hoichi Endo, a former member of Japan's Credit Union (CU), based in Tsujido, Kanagawa Prefecture, and the Asian Rural Institute's group of students from developing countries learning leadership skills and organic farming in Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture?
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 27, 2004

Challenges and opportunity

SINGAPORE -- As the first Indonesian president to be elected through direct universal suffrage, and backed by a mandate from a considerable majority of Indonesian voters, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is injecting new energy into the 10-member Association for Southeast Asian Nations. Furthermore,...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Nov 27, 2004

Free poinsettias! Torn between cultures

If the United States is my mother country, Japan must be my father country. And as it often is between kids and parents, I sometimes find myself in the middle, wondering which one is right, which one to listen to.
BUSINESS
Nov 27, 2004

Izuhakone Railway vows to get relisted, curb 'annoyances'

Izuhakone Railway Co. pledged Friday to make efforts to list its shares again on the Tokyo Stock Exchange following the bourse's decision to delist them in December for falsifying financial statements.
JAPAN
Nov 27, 2004

Recent disasters upgraded to serious

The government will designate the Niigata quakes and Typhoon Tokage as serious disasters as of next Wednesday, thus enabling affected municipalities to receive more subsidies for reconstruction work than in ordinary disasters, government officials said Friday.
JAPAN
Nov 27, 2004

Koizumi to meet Myanmar leader

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi plans to meet Myanmar's new prime minister, Lt. Gen. Soe Win, during a summit of the so-called ASEAN-plus-three summit that begins Monday in Laos, government sources said Friday.
BUSINESS
Nov 27, 2004

Once 'poor food,' cereals now healthy choice

Barn grass, millet, foxtail millet and other cereals, regarded as "poor food" at a time when people had little rice to eat, are becoming more popular with health-conscious women.
BUSINESS
Nov 27, 2004

Diet enacts trust asset expansion bill

The Diet passed a bill Friday to expand the types of assets that can be put in a trust and thereby encourage nonfinancial companies to enter the trust business.
EDITORIALS
Nov 26, 2004

Lighten Iraq's debt load

I raq's future depends on the country finding its footing. The most important precondition is peace and stability. Free and fair elections, the foundation of a healthy democracy, are also vital. Ultimately, however, Iraqis must believe that they will have a better life. Without a functioning and growing...
JAPAN
Nov 26, 2004

12 'war orphan' arrivals include first from outside China

Twelve Japanese men and women orphaned in China during World War II, including a woman living in Russia, arrived in Japan on Thursday in search of relatives.
JAPAN
Nov 26, 2004

NHK can skip correction, but not redress

Although it upheld a redress award against NHK for defamation, the Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a 58-year-old woman's claim against the broadcaster, reversing a lower court ruling that had ordered it to air a correction to a 1996 program that referred to her divorce.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 26, 2004

Photographer captures images of youths on death row in U.S.

The subjects of photographer Toshi Kazama -- all young boys and girls -- stare straight into the lens of his camera, some smiling shyly, others looking serious.
JAPAN
Nov 26, 2004

Koda's passport found, handed over

The passport of Shosei Koda, a Japanese traveler taken hostage and beheaded in Iraq last month, has been found by U.S. troops in Fallujah and handed over to the Japanese Embassy in Baghdad, officials in Tokyo said Thursday.
JAPAN
Nov 26, 2004

Bic Camera searched over unpaid overtime

The Tokyo Labor Bureau on Thursday searched the offices of discount electrical appliance retailer Bic Camera Co., which is suspected of failing to pay employees for overtime.
COMMUNITY
Nov 26, 2004

Box of Christmas delights

A Christmas market hits Tokyo's Ginza until Dec. 25. More than 6,000 items will be for sale in the Wainright Hall on the ninth floor of the Kyo Bun Kwan Building, across from Matsuya department store. On Dec. 3, 4, 8 and 12, woodcraft masters will demonstrate the art of making wooden dolls from 1 p.m.-3...
CULTURE / Art
Nov 26, 2004

Dynastic heritage show

An exhibition showing in Shinjuku, Tokyo, focuses on the culture of Ancient Persia (present-day Iran). Starting with Persia's ancient civilization, from around 6,000 B.C., through the Achaemenian and Sassanian dynasties to the Islamic period.
JAPAN
Nov 26, 2004

Daylight-saving time wins support

About 77 percent of Diet members support the introduction of daylight-saving time, according to results of a survey conducted by a center affiliated with the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
JAPAN
Nov 26, 2004

Kuwaiti minister lauds SDF mission

Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah on Thursday praised Japan for sending the Self-Defense Forces on a humanitarian mission to Iraq.
JAPAN
Nov 26, 2004

Japanese-Latin American internees need redress: trio

Three U.S. activists assisting Japanese-Latin Americans interned during World War II urged Japan and public Thursday to heighten their awareness of the issue and support their quest for more redress from Washington.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Nov 26, 2004

Blaming Detroit fans for riot outrageous

What a disgrace.
JAPAN
Nov 26, 2004

Abductees' kin seek more answers

Relatives of Japanese abductees taken to North Korea in the 1970s and 1980s submitted Thursday 62 questions and points they consider suspicious in Pyongyang's latest explanation of the fates of their kin.
COMMUNITY
Nov 26, 2004

Chichibu lights up

Chichibu Yomatsuri Night Festival, one of Japan's three biggest festivals featuring festival floats, will run Dec. 1-6 in the city of Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture. Each float weighs between 12 and 20 tons and is pulled by several hundred people. The festival highlight is on Dec. 3, when six floats will...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Nov 26, 2004

Into Nagoya and onto Inuyama

As a destination, Nagoya is not the biggest tourist magnet, yet there is reason enough for dawdling here instead of just whisking through on the Shinkansen.
BUSINESS
Nov 26, 2004

Tax panel pushes hikes in 2005

The Tax Commission recommended Thursday that Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi raise both income and residential taxes in fiscal 2005 in what would be the first significant tax increases in six years.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 26, 2004

Furuta, NPB officials on same page

Officials of Nippon Professional Baseball and representatives of the pro baseball players association met Thursday to negotiate possible revisions of the rules regarding trades and player transfers, salary and the amateur draft system.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / BEST BAR NONE
Nov 26, 2004

Where creative juices flow in Tokyo

Time Magazine recently proclaimed SuperDeluxe, a gallery and lounge space near Roppongi, as one of the best 100 spots in Asia. When it comes to Tokyo venues, I'd put it in my top three. But SuperDeluxe is no overnight sensation. It is a rare flower that has been skillfully nurtured since its seeds were...
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.
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.
‘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.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Strikes on Qatar and Poland shake U.S. sway among friend and foe
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Museum of the Bible in Washington on Sept. 8. Israeli strikes in Qatar and Russian drone incursions into Poland have challenged the U.S. leaders claims of global respect.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.
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.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
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