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COMMUNITY
Sep 11, 2004

Magic of Western traditions is unveiled in East

Stand by for magical moments and happenings in Tokyo's Ogikubo next Sunday. All manner of wizards, occultists and sages -- barring Harry Potter, who is otherwise engaged -- are coming to town for Japan's first International Symposium of Western Inner Traditions. According to the Tokyo-based organizer,...
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 11, 2004

U.S. troop shift rightly raises concern

SEOUL -- It was inevitable that Korea, at some point, would rear its complicated head as a campaign issue. In a speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry said the withdrawal of 12,000 of the 37,000 U.S. troops stationed in South Korea would destabilize...
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 11, 2004

Slow progress for Pyongyang

BRUSSELS -- In July 2002, North Korea instituted wage and price reforms that officially introduced the market into the economy. Such change had been on the horizon since the famine of the late 1990s, driven by a certain inevitability as the distribution system started to creak and stutter. Informal --...
BUSINESS
Sep 11, 2004

FTC to order Usen, agent to halt price-cutting

The Fair Trade Commission plans to issue an administrative order against Usen Corp. and its agent, Nippon Network Vision Corp., probably next week to halt their alleged unfair price-cutting practice, sources said Friday.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Sep 11, 2004

Rewriting the record books, one roach at a time

Once again, the season scrambles into its final weeks and with each passing day the tension builds.
COMMENTARY / THE VIEW FROM MOSCOW
Sep 11, 2004

Russia's underbelly exposed

MOSCOW -- Date: Sept. 1-3, 2004.
BUSINESS
Sep 11, 2004

Beer, 'happoshu' shipments cool

Combined domestic shipments of beer and "happoshu" low-malt beer by Japan's five major brewers dropped 5.9 percent in August from a year earlier, according to shipment figures released Friday.
MORE SPORTS
Sep 10, 2004

Pats looking Super with Dillon

The NFL is set to kick off the 2004 season with a rematch of last season's AFC Championship Game -- the Indianapolis Colts at the New England Patriots -- on Thursday night. The defending Super Bowl champion Patriots, who are shooting for their third NFL title in four years, are the team to beat. The...
BUSINESS
Sep 10, 2004

Major steelmakers forecast record earnings for fiscal '04

The nation's major steelmakers on Thursday forecast record earnings for the current fiscal year.
BUSINESS
Sep 10, 2004

Fukui promises economy is OK

Bank of Japan Gov. Toshihiko Fukui said Thursday the Japanese economy remains on a recovery track, despite recent bearish economic indexes.
EDITORIALS
Sep 10, 2004

Nepal's nightmare

Maoist guerrillas in Nepal have been flexing their muscles. In one recent demonstration of their strength late last month, they imposed a blockade on the capital of Kathmandu, which portends an escalation in the violence that has wracked the country. Unable to beat the rebels, the government has had...
MORE SPORTS
Sep 10, 2004

Eagles counting on Owens to put them over top

NFC East Joe Gibbs and Bill Parcells have five Super Bowl wins between them. Tom Coughlin took an expansion franchise in Jacksonville and had it in the AFC championship game in its second year.
BUSINESS
Sep 10, 2004

KDDI to offer cheap fixed-line phone service

KDDI Corp. will start offering by March 31 a discount fixed-line phone service featuring a basic monthly charge that is some 250 yen cheaper than the charges levied by NTT East Corp. and NTT West Corp., company officials said Thursday.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / VINELAND
Sep 10, 2004

Imbibing without the pain

Last month's column on sulfite myths generated quite a bit of feedback. Most ran along the lines of "I'll grant you the point on sulfites not being the cause, but any idea then of why I can drink white wines without any problem, but end up with a headache from just a glass of red?" A few more prodigious...
BUSINESS
Sep 10, 2004

Core machinery orders slipped 11.3% in July

Japan's core private-sector machinery orders logged a worse-than-expected fall of 11.3 percent in July from the previous month, government data showed Thursday.
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LIFE / Travel
Sep 10, 2004

Dodging tourist traps in Kyoto

Ebisugawa has a vast array of small shops that sell dozens of varieties of high-quality green tea and traditional Kyoto sweets, as well as bric-a-brac stores that are a bargain-hunter's dream.
BUSINESS
Sep 10, 2004

State to keep pushing parties to back postal privatization

The government will continue trying to get support from the reluctant ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition ally, New Komeito, to adopt its privatization plan for the state-run Japan Post at Friday's Cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Thursday.
CULTURE / Art
Sep 10, 2004

OPENING: Kanto

TOKYO Picasso: "La metamorphose de la forme" is a display of 120 oils, sculptures, watercolors and sketches from the Jacqueline Collection, most of which will be showing in Japan for the first time; Sept. 4-Oct. 24.
CULTURE / Art
Sep 10, 2004

OPENING: Kansai

OSAKA "Emile Galle: A Retrospective" marks a century since the death of this French master of Art Nouveau glass by tracing his career with works made around the time of the Paris Expositions in 1878, 1889 and 1900, when he es tablished an international reputation; Sept. 11-Nov. 7.
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BUSINESS
Sep 10, 2004

Fear of losing out to China prompts FTA stampede

Panicking suddenly over the specter of being left behind by its Asian neighbors, Japan is rushing to conclude bilateral free-trade agreements, with ministers striving to get stalled talks restarted.
BUSINESS
Sep 10, 2004

Recovery 'solid' but output data worrying

The government maintained an upbeat assessment of Japan's economy in a monthly report released Thursday, though it pointed out that slowing growth in industrial production and exports, along with high crude oil prices, are clouding the economic outlook.
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LIFE / Style & Design / COUNTER CULTURE
Sep 10, 2004

Traditions mingle underfoot

The fashion world's recent craze for Japonisme -- manifested in a veritable tsunami of kimono-inspired looks on the catwalks of Paris and Milan -- may have come and gone, but designs based on traditional Japanese arts seem to be finding steady footing in the worldwide marketplace.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 10, 2004

Dragons extend CL lead

Omar Linares hit a pinch-hit, three-run homer to turn the game around Thursday as the Chunichi Dragons came from two runs down to beat the Yomiuri Giants 8-3 in the Central League.
BASKETBALL
Sep 9, 2004

Tabuse aiming high with the Suns

Japanese guard Yuta Tabuse said Tuesday that he hopes to become the first Japanese-born player to make the NBA with the Phoenix Suns.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 9, 2004

Uehara's four-hitter leads Giants over Dragons

Koji Uehara pitched a four-hitter over nine innings Wednesday as the Yomiuri Giants edged the Central League-leading Chunichi Dragons 2-1.
EDITORIALS
Sep 9, 2004

Mr. Anwar returns

I n a surprise move, Malaysia's Supreme Court has reversed a conviction of former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and set him free. The decision is yet another indication of the differences between Prime Minister Abdullah Bedawi and his predecessor, Mr. Mahathir Mohamad. It is too early to say whether...

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