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Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jun 15, 2003

A second wind for a giant of brass bands

Alfred Reed is the most frequently performed composer and arranger of music for wind bands and orchestras in the world -- and he's enormously popular here in Japan. The Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra alone has recorded no less than 18 CDs of his compositions.
JAPAN
Jun 15, 2003

Al-Qaeda operative in Japan in '01

A senior member of the al-Qaeda terrorist group may have been in Japan from 2000 to shortly before the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States, according to an investigation by Japanese and U.S. public security authorities.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jun 15, 2003

Prepare to be spanked hard

Thirty minutes into the interview, Wammo has to go on stage. "We're about to start," he says from his cell phone. "But if you want, call me tomorrow night after 10. My parents should be in bed by then."
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jun 15, 2003

The albatross of nuclear power in Japan

According the Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco), the residents of the greater Tokyo metropolitan area are facing the crisis of a power shortage this summer because most of the company's nuclear reactors will remain shut down for inspections and repairs stemming from last year's discovery that the...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / J-POPSICLE
Jun 15, 2003

Sophomores who shine in a new light

Second albums are notoriously difficult, especially if an act's first album has been a success. But on "Modern Lights," Kobe-based pop/jazz duo Orange Pekoe have avoided the "sophomore-album syndrome" by broadening their stylistic template to create a work that demands to be listened to on its own terms,...
COMMUNITY
Jun 15, 2003

Insidious scourges from the sun

You could call it payback time: All of those ultraviolet rays that we soaked up when we were younger finally taking their toll.
JAPAN
Jun 15, 2003

Al-Qaeda operative in Japan in '01

A senior member of the al-Qaeda terrorist group may have been in Japan from 2000 to shortly before the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States, according to an investigation by Japanese and U.S. public security authorities.
JAPAN
Jun 14, 2003

Japan urged to adopt U.S. missile defense

The chief of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency urged Japan on Friday to introduce a U.S.-developed missile defense system at an early date.
JAPAN
Jun 14, 2003

Ishihara joins Inamine in drive to amend SOFA

The governors of Tokyo and Okinawa Prefecture agreed Friday to push for an amendment to the Japan-U.S. Status of Forces Agreement to reduce the burden shouldered by local communities hosting U.S. military bases.
JAPAN
Jun 14, 2003

Japan urged to adopt U.S. missile defense

The chief of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency urged Japan on Friday to introduce a U.S.-developed missile defense system at an early date.
MORE SPORTS
Jun 14, 2003

Japanese body plans to get organized

The All Japan Kyudo Federation is planning to establish a world governing body for Japanese archery, called "kyudo," in 2005 with a view to staging World Championships the following year in Japan, federation sources said Thursday.
JAPAN
Jun 14, 2003

Guard abuse evident in only two of 1,566 deaths: ministry

The Justice Ministry said Friday that a special probe into suspicious prisoner deaths between 1993 and 2002 has found evidence of abuse by guards in just two of the 1,566 cases under scrutiny.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 14, 2003

Giants hunt down Tigers

Tomohiro Nioka swung the big bat for Yomiuri, going 4-for-5 with two home runs, while lefty Hisanori Takahashi tossed seven solid innings as the Giants downed the Central League front-running Hanshin Tigers 6-2 at Koshien Stadium on Friday.
JAPAN
Jun 14, 2003

Execs allegedly knew exporting jet mills was illegal

Executives of a Tokyo-based engineering equipment manufacturer under arrest on suspicion of illegally exporting grinding machines to Iran were fully aware exporting the jet mills was illegal, investigative sources alleged Friday.
JAPAN
Jun 14, 2003

Nobelist slams college incorporation plan

Research into fundamental science that may reap little return in the short term would be left out in the cold if national universities are incorporated under a proposed law, Nobel laureate Masatoshi Koshiba told Kyodo News recently.
JAPAN
Jun 14, 2003

Execs allegedly knew exporting jet mills was illegal

Executives of a Tokyo-based engineering equipment manufacturer under arrest on suspicion of illegally exporting grinding machines to Iran were fully aware exporting the jet mills was illegal, investigative sources alleged Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 14, 2003

Nobelist slams college incorporation plan

Research into fundamental science that may reap little return in the short term would be left out in the cold if national universities are incorporated under a proposed law, Nobel laureate Masatoshi Koshiba told Kyodo News recently.
JAPAN
Jun 14, 2003

Execs allegedly knew exporting jet mills was illegal

Executives of a Tokyo-based engineering equipment manufacturer under arrest on suspicion of illegally exporting grinding machines to Iran were fully aware exporting the jet mills was illegal, investigative sources alleged Friday.
EDITORIALS
Jun 14, 2003

Hope for Germany's recovery

The German economy, long the engine of Europe, has been sputtering of late. The nation's gross domestic product has registered little or no growth, the unemployment rate is climbing and, for the second consecutive year, the government budget deficit will top the 3 percent limit set by the European Union....
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Jun 14, 2003

From a 'potato' in Hokkaido to a poet in Shiga

Shizue Ogawa is so nervous it takes her an hour to stop trembling and another 30 minutes to take off her glasses. Then she can't stop talking, smiling and laughing. As she explains: "I'm from the countryside. I'm not used to the big city and places like this," and she indicates the lobby of the Imperial...
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jun 14, 2003

Champions League to become more defensive with new format

LONDON -- The season has ground to a halt even though David Beckham's traveling circus is still touring the world, but it is time to look back on what we have learned from 2002-2003.
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
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.
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.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

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
By Mai Yoshikawa

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