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Jan 14, 2003

JBA set to sack national coach

The Japan Basketball Association will sack men's national head coach Kenji Yoshida after a string of poor results in international tournaments, basketball sources said Sunday.
JAPAN
Jan 14, 2003

Supermarket safe thieves check out with 25 million yen

OSAKA -- Safes containing a total of 27.5 million yen were stolen early Monday from five supermarkets in Osaka and Hyogo prefectures, police said.
JAPAN
Jan 14, 2003

Campaign cooperation elusive for DPJ, Liberals

The Democratic Party of Japan and the Liberal Party remain at odds over how they might pursue campaign cooperation in the next general election of the Lower House, as speculation continues to grow that it will be held sometime this year.
JAPAN
Jan 14, 2003

Moscow summit a ratings winner for Koizumi

The public approval rating for Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi now stands at 54.6 percent, up 4.6 percentage points from December, according to the results of a Kyodo News survey released Monday.
SUMO
Jan 14, 2003

Takanohana survives Miyabiyama rematch

Yokozuna Takanohana got more than he bargained for against Miyabiyama on Monday but still emerged the victor for his second straight win at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament.
JAPAN
Jan 14, 2003

23% of young want to be office workers

The prolonged recession is apparently motivating young adults to pursue job stability, with the largest group in a recent online poll saying that "office worker" would be their ideal job.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jan 14, 2003

Pension posers, recycling visas, and a re-entry tip-off

New year, new faces Happy New Year from Tokyo. Congratulations to two new leaders in the community; Mr. Lance Lee, the new president of The American Chamber of Commerce in Japan, and Mr. Larry Blagg, the new president of The Tokyo American Club. They don't come any better. We wish them the best. Also,...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 14, 2003

Asia forum precedes summit on information-based society

A three-day Asian forum to prepare for the U.N.-sponsored World Summit on the Information Society later this year started Monday in Tokyo, the organizers said.
BUSINESS / ON MANAGEMENT
Jan 14, 2003

The Bad News Bearer: How to look good even if the tidings aren't glad

The scene was a lavish business function, the type we're seeing less and less of these days. Asked by an earnest professor at a prestigious business school what sort of unorthodox job skills he would wish on today's generation of MBAs, the CEO -- and the party's host -- thought a moment before flashing...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Jan 14, 2003

Japanese activists rally to antiwar cry

For three days last month, Ayako Nishimura and hundreds of students, pacifists, leftists and religious groups took their banners and bullhorns to the port of Yokosuka in Kanagawa Prefecture.
JAPAN
Jan 14, 2003

Public views on sibling egg and sperm donation sought

A panel under the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry discussing fertility treatment has decided to gather opinions from the public on the use of eggs and sperm donated by a patient's sister or brother and on the rights of children born by such treatment to know their genetic parents.
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Jan 13, 2003

NEC moves into semis after draw

Two New Zealand stalwarts of the rugby scene in Japan saw their hopes of finishing on a high disappear on Sunday as Yamaha bowed out to NEC in the quarterfinals of the 55th Company Clubs Rugby Football Championship. To make matters worse their side didn't even lose but failed to reach the last four by...
COMMENTARY
Jan 13, 2003

Dealing with multiple crises

The world faces a double threat posed by Iraqi and North Korean weapons of mass destruction and missiles, a peril no less serious than the terrorist scare following the 9/11 attacks. According to the Chinese zodiac, this is the year of the sheep, a nonviolent animal, but past years of the sheep have...
JAPAN
Jan 13, 2003

Ministry pushing home power-saving unit

The Environment Ministry has decided to provide funding from April for the promotion of an electrical energy-saving mechanism for homes.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 13, 2003

Britain's far right poses a rising threat

BRUSSELS -- The press in England has had a field day over the past 20 years chronicling the rise of the Continent's far right. The first chance came in the early 1980s with the emergence of France's National Front led by Jean-Marie Le Pen, a man who believes the Americans built the gas chambers in the...
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 13, 2003

DDT our best weapon in war on malaria

NEW YORK -- A serious debate is raging over the use of DDT to combat malaria. As one of the world's most serious tropical diseases, malaria kills more than a million people a year -- most of them young children. To a great extent, success in controlling malaria is owed to the use of DDT in spraying houses...
COMMENTARY
Jan 13, 2003

Contain the nuclear genie

HONOLULU -- Some people are scratching their heads over the standoff over North Korea's clandestine nuclear-weapons development program. They point out that by the early 1990s, it was thought that Pyongyang already had one or two nuclear warheads. They note that the fundamental strategic calculus has...
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 13, 2003

Thais create Buddhist studies landmark

CHIANG MAI -- Against a background of terror, conflicts and violence worldwide, during times when consumerism and materialism have been elevated as never before on pedestals surrounded by a divine aura, a small group of modest but dedicated Thai scholars, monks and nuns have worked quietly and efficiently...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 13, 2003

Renowned director Fukasaku, of 'Battle Royale' fame, dies

Renowned Japanese film director Kinji Fukasaku, known for such works as the yakuza movie series "Jingi Naki Tatakai" ("War Without a Code"), died of prostate cancer Sunday at a Tokyo hospital, his family said. He was 72.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 13, 2003

How long will U.S. ignore Pakistan threat?

MADRAS, India -- The world entered the New Year with a greater fear of a nuclear catastrophe. Adding to the alarm over North Korea's disclosure that it possesses atomic weapons was Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's assertion that he was ready to use them during heightened tension with India early...
EDITORIALS
Jan 13, 2003

In the year 20, or maybe 33, A.I.

Maybe you missed it amid the noisy merriment of the New Year, but Jan. 1 marked a birthday worth observing. Twenty years ago on New Year's Day, the Internet as we know it was born, ushering in the era of the World Wide Web -- the closest humanity may ever get to a version of J.R.R. Tolkien's mythic global...

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