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JAPAN
Nov 25, 2003

Quake shakes southern Hokkaido

An earthquake Monday registering a preliminary magnitude of 4.8 on the Richter scale jolted southern parts of Hokkaido.
JAPAN
Nov 25, 2003

Broker sometimes trips on Japanese but always finds footing

Fourth in a series AKEMI NAKAMURA Staff writer Shortly after she began working at the Hong Kong unit of Nomura Securities Co. in March 1993, Sandra Wu Wen-Hsiu grimaced in pain and said in Japanese to her Japanese boss: "Shamelessness is aching."
EDITORIALS
Nov 24, 2003

Between a rock and a hard place

China continues to grow at a blistering pace. It is emerging as one of the drivers of the global economy, sucking in exports from its neighbors and providing returns for investors. Increasingly, however, there are concerns that China is overheating: Growth is bound to stall as the business cycle asserts...
JAPAN
Nov 24, 2003

Financial Services chief vows to avert bank crisis

Financial Services Minister Heizo Takenaka tried to offer assurances Sunday that the government would do everything it can to avert a financial crisis if some banks are found to have serious problems after releasing their midterm business results.
JAPAN
Nov 24, 2003

SOFA talks' collapse pinpointed

The United States asked Japan during talks in July and August to allow U.S. officials to be present during all interrogations of military personnel suspected of committing crimes in Japan, including those arrested at the crime scene, Japanese and U.S. government sources said Sunday.
BUSINESS / JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES
Nov 24, 2003

Japan's economic momentum reveals private-sector progress

Japan's gross domestic product for the July-September quarter, according to preliminary figures released by the Cabinet Office on Nov. 14, grew 0.6 over the previous quarter for an annualized expansion of 2.5 percent. Some have pointed out that this was slower than in the April-June quarter, when the...
SUMO
Nov 24, 2003

Terrific Tochiazuma lifts Emperor's Cup

Ozeki Tochiazuma accomplished the improbable and defeated yokozuna Asashoryu to capture his second career title at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament on Sunday.
JAPAN
Nov 24, 2003

Former Nihon Keizai unit execs held

Three people, including a former president and a former managing director of a Nihon Keizai Shimbun Inc. affiliate, were arrested Sunday for alleged aggravated breach of trust by issuing checks for nonexistent transactions.
COMMENTARY
Nov 24, 2003

Stub out the smoking habit

The Tokyo District Court has rejected a damage suit filed against Japan Tobacco Inc. and the national government by seven former smokers who said they developed cancer and other health troubles from long years of smoking. The suit, filed by victims of lung cancer, cancer of the larynx and emphysema,...
JAPAN
Nov 24, 2003

High-ranking official sent to Mexico to get FTA on track

The government Sunday dispatched a team to Mexico led by a Cabinet Secretariat official to try to get stalled bilateral talks on a free trade agreement rolling, sources said.
JAPAN
Nov 24, 2003

LDP official suggests ASDF, MSDF should be first in Iraq

Given the deteriorating security situation, Japan should consider first dispatching the air and maritime branches of the Self-Defense Forces to Iraq instead of ground troops, the policy chief of the Liberal Democratic Party indicated Sunday.
MORE SPORTS
Nov 24, 2003

Motomura defends his singles title

Top seed Goichi Motomura came from a set down to defeat third-seeded Takahiro Terachi in the men's singles final on the last day of the tennis national championships in Tokyo on Sunday.
JAPAN
Nov 24, 2003

SDF troops to begin antiterror training for Iraq

In preparation for their planned dispatch to Iraq, Ground Self-Defense Force units will begin training this week to deal with terrorist attacks, it was learned Sunday.
COMMENTARY / THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK
Nov 24, 2003

High price of media-fabricated heroism

NEW YORK -- Good for her. U.S. Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch, finally given a chance on TV to have her say, punctured the notion of heroism concocted by the Hollywood publicist placed in Baghdad and the American mass media, ever the willing partner of their government when it comes to war.
JAPAN
Nov 24, 2003

Third man arrested over writer's death

Tokyo police arrested on Sunday a third man over the death of freelance journalist Satoru Someya, whose body was found in Tokyo Bay in September, according to investigative sources.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 24, 2003

East Asia needs a stable yuan: banker

Despite mounting international pressure for revaluating the yuan, a sharp fluctuation in the currency would only destabilize the Chinese economy, whose rapid expansion has aided not only Asian growth but global growth as well, a Chinese banker told a recent symposium in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Nov 24, 2003

Japan, China to conduct tests on broadband mobile phones

Japan and China are planning a joint experiment on a new generation of Internet-capable mobile phones for high-speed data transmissions between the two countries, telecommunications officials said Sunday.
COMMENTARY / WASHINGTON UPDATE
Nov 24, 2003

End in sight for campaign-finance limits

WASHINGTON -- The experts are calling it the end of the road for the public-finance system that has propped up our presidential nominating system for 30 years. Candidate George W. Bush started the ball rolling by declining the opportunity to take federal money in his race in 2000 -- opting instead for...
COMMENTARY / THE VIEW FROM MOSCOW
Nov 24, 2003

Navigating the deep Internet

MOSCOW -- There could hardly be a tougher opponent for a struggling college professor than the Internet. You ask your students to write an essay about Moscow, and you end up with the papers based on sources like www.moscow-taxi.ripoff.com and www.moscow-hotels.dump.ru. When, fuming with rage, you inform...
EDITORIALS
Nov 23, 2003

Milestone for an iconic mouse

An old mouse turned 75 last week, briefly distracting the world from wars, suicide bombings, elections and other momentous matters. It wasn't just any old mouse, you see; it was the white-gloved, bulbous-eared rodent Mickey Mouse, better known here as Miki Kuchi. This peculiar creature actually goes...
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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Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
Rethinking that second drink: Japan’s Gen Z gets ‘sober curious’
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