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BUSINESS
Jan 21, 2004

G7 wants currency stability: Tanigaki

Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki said Tuesday the Group of Seven major nations agree that foreign-exchange rates should reflect economic fundamentals, and any G7 action will be based on that belief.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jan 21, 2004

Seeing double at kabuki new year shows

Kabuki has made an auspicious start to the Year of the Monkey, with performances at no less than three venues in Tokyo: the Kokaido (Public Hall) in Asakusa, the Kabukiza in Ginza and the National Theater in Hanzomon. Of these, the first two venues offer the special excitement of watching up-and-coming...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jan 21, 2004

Making a spectacle of man's inhumanity to man

"Bent" is one of the outstanding theatrical creations of the 20th century. Ostensibly about the persecution of homosexuals and Jews under Hitler's dictatorship, what the play really addresses is the power -- in even the most disempowered circumstances -- of the individual and of love.
BUSINESS
Jan 21, 2004

Skymark to acquire more planes

Skymark Airlines Co. plans to increase the number of airplanes it owns to 12 from the current five by 2008 and start offering flights between Naha and Fukuoka and Naha and Kobe, the company's next president said Tuesday.
COMMENTARY
Jan 21, 2004

Washington-Seoul: tough times ahead?

HONOLULU -- Is the U.S.-South Korea relationship in for some tough times? The answer is "yes," but not because of the recent forced resignation of "pro-American" Foreign Minister Yoon Young Kwan (whose wise council and steady, mature leadership will be sorely missed).
BUSINESS
Jan 21, 2004

Kiwis offer to ship more beef if tariff is lifted by Japan

SYDNEY (Kyodo) New Zealand can increase beef exports to Japan if the Japanese government reassesses its tariff, New Zealand's beef marketing body said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 21, 2004

GSDF team to build ties with Iraqis

SAMAWAH, Iraq -- An advance Ground Self-Defense Force team vowed to cement ties with the Iraqi people after arriving at a Dutch base near here Monday evening.
JAPAN
Jan 21, 2004

Koizumi hits 1,000-day landmark

Junichiro Koizumi on Tuesday became the sixth postwar prime minister to remain in office at least 1,000 days and has served one of the longest stints in recent years.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 20, 2004

Bandai to launch talking Doraemon

Bandai Co. said it will release in late March a talking toy robot based on the cartoon character Doraemon, a robotic feline from the future.
JAPAN
Jan 20, 2004

Yamaguchi sends out an SOS over avian flu

Chicken farmers in Yamaguchi Prefecture and the prefectural government urged the national poultry association and other prefectures Monday to help stop sales losses caused by the outbreak of avian flu there.
JAPAN
Jan 20, 2004

Rules eased for Brazilian students

The education ministry on Monday eased the rules on Japanese university entrance exams for graduates of 19 Brazilian schools in Japan.
JAPAN
Jan 20, 2004

Pay pension premiums or else, agency warns

The Social Insurance Agency will mail letters Tuesday to some 500 people, demanding they pay their national pension premiums or face measures such as the confiscation of their bank deposits, agency officials said.
EDITORIALS
Jan 20, 2004

A place for 'judicial positivism'

In a representative democracy, the value of one vote is supposed to be more or less equal. In the 2001 Upper House election, however, one vote in rural districts carried much greater weight than it did in urban districts; in an extreme case, one ballot in Tottori Prefecture was worth 5.06 ballots in...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 20, 2004

Protest halts work on homeless shelter

KAWASAKI -- A protest rally by local residents forced the postponement Monday of the start of construction of a publicly run shelter for homeless people.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 20, 2004

Koizumi seeks support for dispatch

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi called on the nation to support his decision to send Self-Defense Forces units to Iraq as he kicked off the 150-day ordinary Diet session Monday.
JAPAN
Jan 20, 2004

Lower House OKs Arai's resignation

The House of Representatives accepted Masanori Arai's resignation as a Diet member Monday, following his indictment on vote-buying charges.
JAPAN
Jan 20, 2004

Pyongyang arms threat, abductions still lead Kawaguchi's list

Japan will continue urging North Korea to abandon its nuclear arms program in a verifiable and irreversible manner, Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi said Monday.
SUMO
Jan 20, 2004

Asashoryu wins ninth straight

Grand champion Asashoryu won his ninth straight bout Monday to maintain the sole undefeated record at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament, while ozeki Tochiazuma fell to maegashira Takamisakari.
JAPAN
Jan 20, 2004

Online symposium to address peace

The Japan Center for Conflict Prevention and The Japan Times will open the Fourth e-Symposium on Conflict Prevention on Thursday.
JAPAN
Jan 20, 2004

Hot-air balloonists plan Pacific crossing

Two Japanese hot-air balloonists are preparing to cross the Pacific Ocean from Japan to Canada or the U.S. West Coast this week.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 20, 2004

Highway privatization panelists face off

Monday's start of the ordinary Diet session renews Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's scrum with vested-interest Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers and bureaucrats as he pushes through a watered-down plan to privatize four heavily indebted expressway firms.
JAPAN
Jan 20, 2004

Crime down -- but serious offenses up

The national crime rate was down for the first time in eight years in 2003, with criminal cases falling 2.2 percent from the record 2,853,739 recorded the year before, the National Police Agency said Monday.
JAPAN
Jan 20, 2004

Med-school scam artist gets 11 years

The Tokyo High Court on Monday upheld a lower court ruling that a former official of a test-coaching school serve 11 years in prison for defrauding parents out of 517 million yen by pretending to offer backdoor admission deals to medical schools.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 20, 2004

Universities seek credit ratings as sign of quality

A small but growing number of universities are obtaining credit ratings from agencies such as Standard & Poor's Corp. as competition intensifies amid a decline in students.
BUSINESS
Jan 20, 2004

Japan, Mexico plan free-trade talks

Japan and Mexico will hold a two-day meeting in Tokyo aimed at getting stalled free-trade negotiations back on track, negotiation sources said Monday.
MORE SPORTS
Jan 20, 2004

Indy Japan 300 set for April

Indy Japan 300, the third race in the Indy Car Series in the 2004 Indy Racing League season, will be held for three days beginning April 15, event organizers said Monday.
JAPAN
Jan 20, 2004

Blackhawks eyed for dispatch

The Defense Agency is considering dispatching UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters of the Ground Self-Defense Force to Iraq, agency sources said Monday.
JAPAN
Jan 20, 2004

Schoolgirls' used panties may be banned from sale

Visitors to Tokyo sex shops may soon find it difficult to buy schoolgirls' used underwear.
BUSINESS
Jan 20, 2004

Farm ministry wary of more BSE cases in U.S.

The Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry issued a report Monday stating there are no assurances that more cases of mad cow disease won't be discovered in the United States.
A prophesied disaster (likely) won’t strike Japan this weekend
A viral manga prediction of a July 5 disaster has gripped Japan with anxiety and triggered an economic impact, but experts warn that while such dates are unreliable, the threat of a massive earthquake remains real. 
Magnitude 5.5 earthquake jars Tokara Islands amid flurry of seismic activity
A strong quake struck off the Tokara Islands on Thursday afternoon, with the island chain having recorded around 1,000 earthquakes since a burst of seismic activity first began on June 21.
Japan to require flight passengers to keep power banks within sight
The transport ministry has announced new regulations requiring flight passengers to keep power banks within sight to mitigate fire risks while on board planes.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Residents of Tokara Islands begin evacuation as seismic swarm continues
Details about evacuations from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecture, is seen written on a whiteboard in the city of Kagoshima on Thursday.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Flag football facing challenges and opportunities ahead
Japan’s women’s flag football team at the 2025 International Bowl in Los Angeles in June. The sport is enjoying continued growth in the country.
From Hokusai’s Great Wave, shinkansen to One Piece: a cultural treasure box for Lego Japan
Michael Ebbesen, general manager of Lego Japan, says Lego bricks based on Japanese culture have a rich global appeal and are sellable around the world.
With farmed fish, RelationFish swims against the tide in fine dining
Chef Hideaki Matsuo (middle) and the staff of Oseto Suisan Fisheries prepare to check on their sustainably farmed fish.
As Southeast Asia heats up, a Japanese cooling giant sees a major opportunity
An employee of Daikin Cambodia explains the use of different tools during an air conditioner installation training session in Phnom Penh. Daikin is one of Japan’s oldest air conditioning companies, but as Japan’s population falls, the firm is keying in on overseas growth.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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