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COMMENTARY / World
Dec 2, 2002

China has robbed Keio University, Japan's Foreign Ministry of their independence

NEW YORK -- Japan has been in an uproar since five of its citizens who were abducted by North Korean agents more than 20 years ago were allowed to return home Oct. 15. But an even more ominous event for the country, though not prominently reported by the mass media, occurred last month: the "kidnapping"...
SOCCER / J. League
Dec 1, 2002

Sanfrecce gets kicked out

KOBE -- Vissel Kobe and Kashiwa Reysol managed to escape relegation, but Sanfrecce Hiroshima joined Consadole Sapporo on the trip to Division Two on Saturday, the final day of J. League Division One second-stage and regular-season action.
COMMENTARY
Dec 1, 2002

Strange public works allergy

Sunday saw the opening of the long-delayed Morioka-Hachinohe extension of the Tohoku Shinkansen (Northeast Japan bullet-train line). Local people will be happy. But don't expect great outbursts of joy elsewhere. Japan is into one of its periodic antipublic works moods.
BASEBALL / MLB
Dec 1, 2002

Kudo becomes highest-paid pitcher

Veteran pitcher Kimiyasu Kudo was handed a 60 million yen pay rise on Saturday when he re-signed with the Yomiuri Giants on a one-year deal that makes him the highest-paid active pitcher in Japan.
MORE SPORTS
Dec 1, 2002

Suntory bags East Japan rugby title

A rugged workmanlike performance saw defending company and national champion Suntory secure the East Japan Company Championship following a 33-20 win over a determined NEC side at Tokyo's Chichibunomiya Stadium on Saturday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / CLOSE-UP
Dec 1, 2002

Writer on the borderline

Haruki Murakami is Japan's most important and internationally acclaimed living writer. "Norwegian Wood," his fourth novel, has sold more than 2 million copies since it was published in 1987. His latest, "Kafka on the Shore," has sold more than 200,000 copies since its publication in September, and has...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / FUZZY LOGIC
Dec 1, 2002

Drop-dead cool bands percolating in Tokyo's underground

The things I first heard about Marble Sheep really sounded baaad, and I don't mean BAD in an irreverently cool Iggy Pop or Keith Richards kind of way.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Dec 1, 2002

'Mongrel' seeker after new self-understandings

"One day, people will realize they are a mongrel people with a mongrel history."
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Dec 1, 2002

A look at the trials of the uprooted

Though so-called international marriages continue to become more commonplace in Japan, the authorities still treat them as glaring exceptions that call for special treatment. If you're not a Japanese national and you want to make sure you can stay in Japan in the event you divorce your Japanese spouse,...
COMMUNITY
Dec 1, 2002

Essential dangling modifiers

Yuko, 38, an office worker, has keitai straps appropriate for each season -- furry ones for winter and beaded ones for summer. When the temperature changes, she adds another to her collection.
COMMENTARY
Dec 1, 2002

Accusations put Pakistan on defensive

ISLAMABAD -- Weeks of adverse publicity surrounding the alleged exchange of Pakistan's nuclear knowhow for North Korea's missile technology has a familiar ring for South Asia's second-largest country. Many of the latest allegations have emerged from American newspaper sources. Although U.S. Secretary...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Dec 1, 2002

New ways to kei-mmunicate

"The day is coming when telegraph wires will be laid on to houses just like water or gas -- and friends will converse with each other without leaving home."
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Dec 1, 2002

A trip down Japan's garden path

THEMES IN THE HISTORY OF JAPANESE GARDEN ART, by Wybe Kuitert. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2002, 284 pp., including 25 pp. of color plates and 72 pp. black-and-white photos, drawings and plans, $50 (cloth) LANDSCAPE GARDENING IN JAPAN, by Josiah Conder, with a foreword by Azby Brown and an...
EDITORIALS
Dec 1, 2002

Out of the garret

Here's what the late English poet Philip Larkin had to say 30-odd years ago on the subject of money: Clearly money has something to do with life/ -- In fact, they've a lot in common, if you enquire. . . .
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Dec 1, 2002

Tapping into the future of wireless communication

In late 2001, domestic heavyweight NTT DoCoMo, flying high on the popularity of its i-mode mobile Web service, launched the world's first ultrahigh-speed, "third-generation" wireless network.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Dec 1, 2002

South Korea helps Japan to get more trendy

As we draw to the end of the so-called Year of Korea and Japan, which was sort of forced on the two neighbors by FIFA, we should take a moment to reflect on just how much closer the countries across the Sea of Japan have grown in the past 10 months.
JAPAN / KANSAI BEAT
Nov 30, 2002

Literature museum goes into cyberspace

KOBE -- The opening earlier this month of a new museum of literature in Hyogo Prefecture was marked by the usual ceremonial pomp.
JAPAN
Nov 30, 2002

Funds raised by political bodies fall 3.2%

The amount of funds raised by political bodies in 2001 fell 3.2 percent from the previous year to 322.6 billion yen, according to Kyodo News calculations based on reports by the organizations, including political parties.
BUSINESS
Nov 30, 2002

Industrial production fell 0.3% in October

Japan's industrial production fell a seasonally adjusted 0.3 percent in October from September for the second straight monthly decline, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Friday in a preliminary report.
JAPAN
Nov 30, 2002

Ruling parties to pull out of JNR accord

The three ruling parties said Friday they will withdraw from an agreement with the Social Democratic Party aimed at resolving a 16-year dispute between former workers of the defunct Japanese National Railways and Japan Railway group firms, coalition officials said.
BUSINESS
Nov 30, 2002

BOJ starts buying commercial banks' shareholdings

The Bank of Japan began buying shares held by banks Friday, taking on increased risk in a bid to help banks unwind cross-held shareholdings with borrowers.
JAPAN
Nov 30, 2002

Funeral of prince held at Tokyo cemetery

A funeral service for Prince Takamado, who died on Nov. 21, was held Friday at Toshimagaoka Cemetery in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward with members of the Imperial family and the political world, including Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, in attendance.
JAPAN
Nov 30, 2002

Hatoyama considering resignation

DPJ leader Yukio Hatoyama said Friday he will make a decision on whether to resign from his post by the end of the current extraordinary Diet session.
JAPAN
Nov 30, 2002

Court orders Hitachi to pay over worker's patent rights

The Tokyo District Court on Friday ordered electronics maker Hitachi Ltd. to pay 34.89 million yen to a former employee as a reward for giving the firm patent rights to technology for reading information from optical discs such as DVDs.
JAPAN
Nov 30, 2002

Unemployment at 5.5%

Japan's seasonally adjusted jobless rate rose to 5.5 percent in October after remaining at 5.4 percent for five straight months, matching the record high posted last December, the government said Friday in a preliminary report.
JAPAN
Nov 30, 2002

Law education bills enacted by Diet

The Diet on Friday enacted into law two bills aimed at improving the system for educating legal professionals.
JAPAN
Nov 30, 2002

Japan must play greater role: ASEAN poll

Japan is not contributing enough to the international community relative to its economic power, according to a Foreign Ministry public opinion survey carried out in Southeast Asia.
Magnitude 5.5 earthquake jars Tokara Islands amid flurry of seismic activity
A strong quake struck off the Tokara Islands on Thursday afternoon, with the island chain having recorded around 1,000 earthquakes since a burst of seismic activity first began on June 21.
Onosato's yokozuna promotion causes rare quirk in new sumo rankings
Newly promoted yokozuna Onosato holds a copy of the latest banzuke ranking in Anjo, Aichi Prefecture, on Monday.
A prophesied disaster (likely) won’t strike Japan this weekend
A viral manga prediction of a July 5 disaster has gripped Japan with anxiety and triggered an economic impact, but experts warn that while such dates are unreliable, the threat of a massive earthquake remains real. 
Over 900 earthquakes strike Tokara islands in space of two weeks
A screenshot shows many quakes occurring in the Tokara islands over the past 30 days, in this image taken from the U.S. Geological Survey website.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Flag football facing challenges and opportunities ahead
Japan’s women’s flag football team at the 2025 International Bowl in Los Angeles in June. The sport is enjoying continued growth in the country.
From Hokusai’s Great Wave, shinkansen to One Piece: a cultural treasure box for Lego Japan
Michael Ebbesen, general manager of Lego Japan, says Lego bricks based on Japanese culture have a rich global appeal and are sellable around the world.
With farmed fish, RelationFish swims against the tide in fine dining
Chef Hideaki Matsuo (middle) and the staff of Oseto Suisan Fisheries prepare to check on their sustainably farmed fish.
As Southeast Asia heats up, a Japanese cooling giant sees a major opportunity
An employee of Daikin Cambodia explains the use of different tools during an air conditioner installation training session in Phnom Penh. Daikin is one of Japan’s oldest air conditioning companies, but as Japan’s population falls, the firm is keying in on overseas growth.

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