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COMMENTARY
Oct 15, 2003

Schwarzenegger should learn from Asia's strongmen

LOS ANGELES -- It looks as though California is getting some Southeast Asian strongman-style leadership. But will Arnold Schwarzenegger, California's new governor, prove half as effective as the two dominant personalities that have run Malaysia and Singapore these past decades? Or, in the end, will Schwarzenegger...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 15, 2003

When three women are company, not a crowd

After a one-month break, I got back to my old haunts last weekend and was delighted to encounter -- by pure chance -- two "three-women" plays on Tokyo stages.
BUSINESS
Oct 15, 2003

Lawson sees profits soar despite 4.2% revenue fall

Lawson Inc. said Tuesday its group net profit more than doubled during the first half of the current business year, thanks to the absence of huge restructuring costs booked last year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FRONT-RUNNERS
Oct 15, 2003

Shopping site Rakuten thinks empire

The nation's largest online shopping mall operator appears to be building an empire, or what its president calls a new zaibatsu in the world of Internet retail.
BUSINESS
Oct 15, 2003

FSA official to join Basel Committee

A Financial Services Agency official has been formally appointed secretary general of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, the FSA said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Oct 15, 2003

Seiyu loss for first half -- 8.4 billion yen

Seiyu Ltd.'s group net loss for its business first half through Aug. 31 narrowed to 8.43 billion yen, thanks to the absence of hefty one-time losses booked a year ago, the troubled retail giant announced Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 15, 2003

Returnees frustrated over kin-reunion impasse

Japanese nationals who were abducted by North Korea but returned to their homeland last year voiced frustration Tuesday over the government's lack of progress in effecting a reunion with the children they left behind in Pyongyang.
JAPAN
Oct 13, 2003

Mad cow incident resembles cases in Italy

A cow in Ibaraki Prefecture confirmed as Japan's latest case of mad cow disease has exhibited a similar prion structure to that found in two cases in Italy, a Japanese expert said Sunday, referring to recently announced Italian research.
JAPAN
Oct 13, 2003

Ishihara alleges Fujii tried to blackmail him

Land minister Nobuteru Ishihara charged Sunday that Japan Highway Public Corp. President Haruho Fujii tried to blackmail him by indicating knowledge of shady land deals involving influential politicians.
JAPAN
Oct 13, 2003

Quake shakes eastern Hokkaido

Eastern Hokkaido was jolted Sunday morning by an earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 5.5, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
JAPAN
Oct 13, 2003

Abe says future increase in consumption tax inevitable

Shinzo Abe, secretary general of the governing Liberal Democratic Party, indicated Sunday the government will have to raise the consumption tax in the future to finance the expected increase in social security costs.
EDITORIALS
Oct 13, 2003

To text or not to text

You knew it had to come. When it was reported last week that a British rehabilitation clinic had begun treating patients for an uncontrollable addiction to text messaging, it certainly sounded like a sign of the times. Or something. It was hard to be sure of the precise significance of the announcement...
MORE SPORTS
Oct 13, 2003

Brave Japan goes down to Scotland

TOWNSVILLE, Australia -- The New Zealand and Australian influence on the Japan rugby team seems to have had an added influence off the field as well as on.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 13, 2003

Pacific League season ends

Jose Fernandez drilled a three-run homer and starter Shunsuke Watanabe pitched his fourth complete game for the win as the Lotte Marines beat the Orix BlueWave 5-1 at Chiba Marine Stadium in the final Pacific League game of the season.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 13, 2003

Making the pitch in English: dry mouth and lots of practice

Everything hangs on the first three minutes of a pitch, whether in Tokyo or New York.
JAPAN
Oct 13, 2003

Japan and Mexico upgrade FTA talks to Cabinet level

Japan and Mexico have decided to upgrade their talks on a bilateral free-trade agreement in Tokyo to the Cabinet level on Monday in a bid to seek a political breakthrough.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 13, 2003

Teaching people how to manage change

WASHINGTON -- Ours is a world in transition. The current global debate centers on the state of knowledge that led to the Iraq war. Neglected is the much more important discussion of the knowledge needed to bringing peace and prosperity to the world. The education sector can play a major role in teaching...
JAPAN
Oct 13, 2003

Nasiriya, Samawa cities eyed for troop dispatch

Japan is considering deploying troops to two cities in southern Iraq with relatively stable security as part of its assistance in the reconstruction effort, government sources said Sunday.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 13, 2003

Roh's dangerous game of equivocation

SEOUL -- Roh Moo Hyun is agonizing publicly over a difficult decision he must make over the next several weeks: whether to commit a 5,000-strong South Korean brigade to Iraq.
Events
Oct 12, 2003

KANSAI: WHo & What

Osaka's Oimatsu area to host antiques festival: The 17th Oimatsu Antique Festival is being held Oct. 13 on Oimatsu Dori, a district in Osaka's Kita Ward famous for its numerous antique shops and galleries.
JAPAN
Oct 12, 2003

ANK jet and MSDF plane in near miss

passenger jet and a Maritime Self-Defense Force patrol aircraft nearly collided Tuesday over an island south of Tokyo, ANK officials told the transport ministry on Saturday. In the notice to the Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry, ANK said its Boeing 737 was involved a near miss with the P-3C...
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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