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BUSINESS
Aug 2, 2003

SARS, Iraq war hit JAL earnings in first quarter

Japan Airlines System Corp. said Friday it lost 77.28 billion yen during the first quarter of fiscal 2003, blaming the Iraq war and the SARS epidemic for the plunge in its international flight passenger volume.
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 2, 2003

Hawks hit BlueWave for 29, set PL record for runs scored

Julio Zuleta smashed three home runs and Tadahito Iguchi also hit a pair of homers as the Pacific League-leading Daiei Hawks racked up 31 hits to trounce the Orix BlueWave 29-1 at Yahoo BB Stadium on Friday.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Aug 2, 2003

Patti McAdam

The Make a Wish organization, which helps make the dreams of terminally ill children come true, began in America with the story of Chris. This 7-year-old boy wanted to be a policeman, but Chris wouldn't be growing up. To grant him his wish, his local police force swore him in ceremoniously as an honorary...
BUSINESS
Aug 2, 2003

Main street land values fall again

The average price of land on main streets in Japan stood at 121,000 yen per sq. meter as of Jan. 1, down 6.2 percent, or 8,000 yen, from 12 months earlier, the National Tax Agency said Friday.
BUSINESS
Aug 2, 2003

Takenaka disowns reshuffle remarks

Financial Services Minister Heizo Takenaka said Friday he was considering lodging a protest the same day with the Financial Times newspaper for printing comments attributed to him that he claims he never made.
BUSINESS
Aug 2, 2003

Japan economic assessment to be upgraded

The Cabinet Office will upgrade its overall assessment of Japan's economy in its monthly report for August, due out Tuesday, government sources said Friday.
BUSINESS
Aug 2, 2003

Economy, deficit least served by budget caps

Although the government faces two important goals -- shoring up the fragile economy and cutting its enormous budget deficit -- the cap on core fiscal 2004 budget outlays the Cabinet endorsed Friday only increases concern that neither can be achieved anytime soon.
JAPAN
Aug 2, 2003

EBook market hit 1 billion yen in '02

The Japanese market for eBooks soared to 1 billion yen in 2002, according to a recent market survey conducted by publishing house Impress Corp.
MORE SPORTS
Aug 2, 2003

North Korea will compete in Osaka

OSAKA -- North Korea will compete in the World Judo Championships to be held in Osaka in September and plans to send a contingent of four men and four women athletes, judo sources told Kyodo News on Thursday. It will be North Korea's fourth straight World Championships appearance since the 1997 Paris...
BUSINESS
Aug 2, 2003

FSA kicking banks out of bed, demands results

In a move suggesting further deterioration in the cozy relations between banks and regulators, the Financial Services Agency slapped banks with a business improvement order Friday for failing to meet pledged targets in fiscal 2002.
MORE SPORTS
Aug 1, 2003

Buccaneers, Jets ready to rumble in American Bowl

Defensive tackle Warren Sapp of the Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers has only been in Japan for a day but already likes what he sees.
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 1, 2003

BayStars propel past Hanshin

Hitoshi Tamura and Tatsuhiko Kinjo belted two-run homers apiece and two other BayStars homered as Yokohama downed the Hanshin Tigers 9-6 at Koshien Stadium on Thursday.
MORE SPORTS
Aug 1, 2003

Triumphant Kitajima returns home

Japanese swimming sensation Kosuke Kitajima, who returned to Japan earlier Thursday, vowed gold meals in next year's Athens Olympics when he met education minister Atsuko Toyama. Reporting to Toyama at her office on his dazzling performance at the recent World Championships in Barcelona, the 20-year-old...
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 1, 2003

Terrorists find new haven in a quiet corner of Asia

SINGAPORE -- The failed mutiny by 300 Philippine Army soldiers, which gripped Manila's financial district for 21 hours on Sunday, highlighted the intricate problem of security and terrorism in Southeast Asia.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Aug 1, 2003

Armstrong's indelible spirit amazing

Like the changing of the seasons, another Tour de France has come and gone and Lance Armstrong has ridden off victorious again.
EDITORIALS
Aug 1, 2003

More trouble in Manila

As more information emerges about last weekend's failed mutiny in the Philippines, old fears about the stability of the country have resurfaced. The peaceful conclusion of the episode is to be applauded, but charges that the rebellion was a cover for a coup d'etat raised again the specter of instability....
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Aug 1, 2003

Hibiya Park fetes 100th anniversary

The 2003 Hibiya Festa will be held Aug. 6-8 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Tokyo's Hibiya Park. The park will be decorated with artwork for the event, and there will be food stalls from 10 popular eateries.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Aug 1, 2003

Yokohama ready to jam at jazz fest

The 23rd Yokohama Honmoku Jazz Festival will be held Aug. 31 at Honmoku Shimin Park in Yokohama.
COMMENTARY
Aug 1, 2003

Political roadblock spurs military detour

MANILA -- Military interventions in Philippine politics are not a novel phenomenon. The politicization of the armed forces occurred during the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos, when the influence and power of officers were determined not by merit or performance but by political allegiance to factions...
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Aug 1, 2003

New Korean films to debut in Japan

Several new Korean films will be shown Aug. 30-31 at Cinema Korea 2003 at Sogetsu Hall in Tokyo, with three of them being screened for the first time in Japan.
BUSINESS
Aug 1, 2003

Fiscal 2001 saw profits at foreign firms slide 0.2%

Foreign companies operating in Japan saw their combined pretax profits for fiscal 2001 slip 0.2 percent from the previous year to 1.22 trillion yen, marking the first decline in four years, according to a government survey released Thursday.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 1, 2003

Too rich, too complex to be run by slaves

HONG KONG -- China's new premier, Wen Jiabao, on his first visit to Hong Kong in his new job gave a resounding speech, declaring that local people were in charge of their own destiny. The question now is whether he meant it and whether the leaders in Beijing are prepared to trust the maturity of Hong...
BUSINESS
Aug 1, 2003

ANA now anticipating bigger SARS hit

All Nippon Airways Co. said Thursday that it now expects annual group revenue from international passenger flights to fall 42 billion yen below the amount forecast in its original fiscal 2003 business plan.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 1, 2003

The transmutable Mr. Blair

LONDON -- Prime Minister Tony Blair is back in London after his whirlwind tour of Northeast Asia. For many of us the high point of his tour were the delightful moments at Tsinghua University in Beijing when, following a range of predictable questions that he answered with the usual bromides, he was asked...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / THE SECOND ROOM
Aug 1, 2003

901 just wants to play; Games in the mist

She has, for nearly all her life, wanted one thing most of all -- to play. Whether it be in the sanctuary of fantasy anime worlds or along a deep spiritual vibe for healing the soul, just let this woman play.
BUSINESS
Aug 1, 2003

RCCJ enlists six banks for revival bids

Resolution and Collection Corp. of Japan has concluded contracts with six banks to farm out corporate rehabilitation efforts under a trust system, the president of the government-backed loan collection body said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 1, 2003

Ex-governor escapes indictment

Former Saitama Gov. Yoshihiko Tsuchiya escaped indictment Thursday over his suspected role in the misuse of political funds by his eldest daughter, prosecution officials said.
BUSINESS
Aug 1, 2003

Bank execs face FSA ultimatum to lift earnings

The Financial Services Agency on Friday will order the management of five domestic banking groups to either improve their earnings by the end of the year or step down, FSA sources said Thursday.
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.
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.
‘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.
Aging Japan’s centenarian population nears 100,000
Shigeko Kagawa, Japan's oldest person at 114, in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, on July 30
‘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.
Aging Japan’s centenarian population nears 100,000
Shigeko Kagawa, Japan's oldest person at 114, in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, on July 30
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.
Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
As of August 2024, the number of confirmed chagusaba farmers had fallen to 302, just over half the 582 reported in 2015, according to the Shizuoka Chagusaba Farming Method Promotion Council.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight
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