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JAPAN
Mar 20, 2003

Iraq reconstruction bills could be in Diet by May

The government will submit a package of bills to help in the postwar reconstruction of Iraq to the Diet probably by early May, Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Taku Yamasaki said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Mar 20, 2003

Overall sales off 14.2% from '99

The combined sales of retailers and wholesalers in 2002 were off 14.2 percent from 1999, coming in at 548.58 trillion yen, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said in a preliminary report released Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Mar 20, 2003

JNOC unit files for court protection

Japan National Oil Corp. said Wednesday it has authorized a plan by subsidiary Japan Oil Development Co. to rehabilitate itself under court protection from creditors.
JAPAN
Mar 20, 2003

Major Tokai quake could cost 10,000 lives

A large earthquake in the Tokai region of central Japan could claim up to 10,000 lives and cause economic losses of 37 trillion yen, according to a government disaster prevention panel.
JAPAN
Mar 20, 2003

Newcomers fan a breeze of change

With his goatee and buttoned-up, collarless shirt and jacket, Satoru Aiko blended in seamlessly with other young Japanese hanging out near JR Kamakura Station on Sunday evening. Except that Aiko stood perfectly still, ceremoniously erect.
SOCCER / J. League
Mar 20, 2003

JFA may change its mind on friendlies

Japan Football Association chairman Saburo Kawabuchi hinted Wednesday that Japan could make an about face and cancel two friendlies in the United States at the end of this month if a U.S.-led war against Iraq begins.
JAPAN
Mar 20, 2003

Iraq envoy urges Japan to steer U.S. to peace

The charge d'affaires at the Iraqi Embassy in Tokyo on Wednesday nudged Japan to lean on the U.S. to avert a war in his country.
BUSINESS
Mar 20, 2003

Firms to raise price of wine, 'happoshu'

Three major beverage companies plan to raise the prices of their wines and low-malt beer known as "happoshu" to offset increased costs from planned increases in the liquor tax, officials of the firms have said.
JAPAN
Mar 20, 2003

Medical care for elderly to be reformed

The health ministry and the ruling coalition parties have agreed to consider dealing with the expected rise in the nation's medical insurance burdens by examining a proposal to create an independent scheme for people over 75 years old.
BUSINESS
Mar 20, 2003

Firms asked to secure communications lines

The telecom ministry on Wednesday asked communications and broadcasting companies to ensure the stability of international communications lines with Iraq and neighboring countries ahead of a looming U.S.-led war.
LIFE / Language / KANJI CLINIC
Mar 20, 2003

Katakana-happy Japan must again look to China

During times of friendly relations with Western nations, the Japanese have laid out a linguistic welcome mat to foreign vocabulary items, particularly English.
BUSINESS
Mar 20, 2003

Boost sought for loan-firm checks

The Financial Services Agency has asked prefectural governments to screen applications from prospective loan business operators more stringently to stave off illegal lending.
JAPAN
Mar 20, 2003

Relatives demand probe into death of Iranian detainee

Relatives of an Iranian man who died in an immigration detention facility in 1997 are demanding an investigation into why public prosecutors chose not to charge eight bureau officials with assault resulting in death.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Mar 20, 2003

Stunt by Davis ranks among lowest in NBA history

NEW YORK -- In Sunday's pre-game prattle, master motivator Byron Scott referred to the home hoedown with the surging Sixers as the biggest game of the season.
JAPAN
Mar 20, 2003

Panel tells real estate agents to treat foreigners better

A governmental panel has called on Japanese real estate authorities to work harder at assisting foreign nationals seeking rental accommodations.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / ON THE BOOK TRAIL
Mar 20, 2003

"Coraline," "Frankenstella and the Video Shop Monster"

"Coraline," Neil Gaiman, Bloomsbury; 2002; 171 pp.     "We are small, we are many     We are many, we are small     We were here before you rose,     We will be here when you fall."
ENVIRONMENT
Mar 20, 2003

Campaigners contest water selloff Catch-22

As the Third World Water Forum enters its fifth day, debate over who should control the world's fresh water has become sharply polarized.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Mar 20, 2003

Happiness and how to achieve it

We are all in search of it, and while some have it, many don't. The pursuit of it was even written into the American Declaration of Independence. We're talking about happiness, surely an ancient and universal human desire, a desire that arose in our brains when we arose on the Ethiopian savanna. But...
ENVIRONMENT / WILD WATCH
Mar 20, 2003

If you go down to the woods . . .

As I enter the wood, I cast a glance to the arching canopy above, my ears ever alert for the sounds of the season. I have observed this wood through the turning of the years, and as I step inside between the towering trees once more, I recall seasons past.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / NAME OF THE GAME
Mar 20, 2003

That's pride messing with you

I once attended a Mike Tyson fight. If you think his fights are vicious on television, you shouldn't see them in person. Tyson hit the other guy so hard that we could feel it in the bleachers.
BUSINESS
Mar 20, 2003

Mitsubishi, Hyundai sign car deal

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. has signed an agreement with Hyundai Motor Co. and its auto parts affiliate, Hyundai Mobis, to cooperate in developing, manufacturing and marketing cars and automotive components.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / THEN AND NOW
Mar 20, 2003

Walking on waters that were

Tsukiji, now famous as home to the world's biggest fish market, was reclaimed from the sea in the 17th century. Its transformation from seabed to seashore came after the magnificent first city of Edo, designed by Shogun Ieyasu in 1603 and completed around 1650, was destroyed by a fire in 1657. Then,...
JAPAN
Mar 20, 2003

Tokyo may kill Pyongyang deal

Japan may abandon a bilateral declaration signed in September with North Korea if Pyongyang continues its provocative missile tests and nuclear program, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Mar 20, 2003

Toys 'R' Us-Japan logs 1.2% decline in profit

Toys "R" Us-Japan Ltd. said Wednesday its net profit for the year through Jan. 31 dropped 1.2 percent to 4.09 billion yen on weak same-store sales.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 20, 2003

Bangladesh flood-control aid projects should heed locals' advice: NGO chief

KYOTO -- In Bengali, the word "flood" has a positive meaning, as floods bring fertility to the land.
EDITORIALS
Mar 19, 2003

Mr. Koizumi's course is clear

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has faced the wrenching task of spelling out his foreign policy on Iraq. Until Monday he remained noncommittal on how Japan would respond if the United States goes to war without explicit U.N. backing. Now, with the U.S. having issued an ultimatum to Iraq and an invasion...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 19, 2003

Former Diet aide gets 30 months

A former secretary to a Diet member was sentenced Tuesday to 30 months in prison for bribing the governor of Tokushima and two mayors in Ibaraki Prefecture.
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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