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JAPAN
Jan 14, 2002

Defense Agency to push for changes to SDF law

The Defense Agency is planning to seek revision of the Self-Defense Forces Law to enable the Maritime Self-Defense Force to send ships to deal with conflicts in Japanese waters without waiting to obtain a request from the Japan Coast Guard, agency sources said Sunday.
BUSINESS
Jan 14, 2002

Nakatani's dad's firm probed

Tax authorities investigated a construction firm run by the father of Defense Agency chief Gen Nakatani in connection with an alleged tax evasion case involving a secretary of former Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Koichi Kato, sources close to the case said Sunday.
BUSINESS
Jan 14, 2002

Contractor held in Nichimen hustle

OSAKA -- Osaka prefectural police Sunday arrested a former civil engineering contractor in Tokyo on suspicion of cheating major trading house Nichimen Corp. out of some 270 million yen.
JAPAN
Jan 14, 2002

Fuchu trots out story of horse racing

Horses, once essential for farming and transport, have all but disappeared from modern Japan -- except to fuel our sense of competition at the track.
COMMENTARY / JAPAN IN THE GLOBAL ERA
Jan 14, 2002

Still hurtling down the nationalist track

LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- In early 1997 I was hosting a reception at a Geneva hotel following a workshop on trade issues when a Japanese official took me aside. Looking at me conspiratorially, he whispered, "Professor Lehmann, I have an important question to ask you: How long do you think it will be before...
EDITORIALS
Jan 13, 2002

Strike that word

Are you guilty of having used the phrase "9-11" to refer to the attacks of Sept. 11? Or have you inflicted the word "synergy" on friends or colleagues? Or read about a "surgical strike" or a "faith-based" initiative without wincing?
JAPAN
Jan 13, 2002

Koizumi's trade plan hailed by Megawati

Compiled from wire reports JAKARTA -- Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri on Saturday embraced Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's vision of cooperation linking Northeast and Southeast Asian countries.
JAPAN
Jan 13, 2002

Kansai Who & What

Guide club to take in temple sake ceremony The Guide Interpreter Volunteer Club is organizing a one-day tour for foreigners to an annual ceremony held at Daianji temple in Nara Prefecture on Jan. 23.
COMMENTARY
Jan 13, 2002

Overzealous security eroding U.S. liberties

WASHINGTON -- Liberty is threatened not so much by massive destruction as by minor erosion. Like when boarding an airplane in the United States. There should be few safer passengers than a Secret Service agent who guards the president. But not in the case of Walied Shater, who was tossed off of an American...
SUMO
Jan 13, 2002

Maru favored to win Hatsu Basho

The Hatsu Basho gets underway this Sunday with only one yokozuna competing -- Musashimaru. Yokozuna Takanohana will be absent for the fourth consecutive tournament.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 13, 2002

The blackest summer in Sydney's history

SYDNEY -- The pall of eucalyptus-scented smoke that has smothered Australia's largest city since Christmas Day is lifting. More than 11,000 evacuees are returning to the burned-out bush where their homes once stood. The cost of Sydney's worst-ever bush-fire season? Who dares count?
JAPAN
Jan 13, 2002

Bureaucrat breaking mold to give public more of a voice

Until six years ago, Nobutaka Murao says, he was just another central government bureaucrat. Then he was posted to the Mie Prefectural Government in July 1995, on loan from the Finance Ministry, and everything changed.
COMMUNITY
Jan 13, 2002

Tsukiji fish market: As fresh as it gets

As you would expect, there are plenty of fish restaurants in Tsukiji, both inside the wholesale market and also in the narrow streets that surround it. The rows of simple, hole-in-the-wall eateries in the very heart of the market cater primarily to the early-rising market workers who are already finishing...
BUSINESS
Jan 13, 2002

Credit union set to fight FSA insolvency ruling

The Financial Services Agency declared Saturday Eitai Credit Union insolvent, legally forcing it to begin insolvency proceedings under the Deposit Insurance Law, FSA sources said.
COMMUNITY
Jan 13, 2002

The real deal in Kansai's kitchen

OSAKA -- Osaka's Kuromon Market has never ceased to fire the Japanese public imagination in its 180 years of existence. Back in the 1940s, it was described in Sakunosuke Oda's novels, including his well-known "Meotozenzai." And these days, Kuromon is on television, in a popular NHK morning serial "Honmamon"...
COMMUNITY
Jan 13, 2002

Time catches up with old men and the sea

HAKODATE, Hokkaido --Kenji Fujita sits among his crabs, the wood fire in a tin bucket at his feet a thin defense against the predawn chill. It's minus 3 degrees at Hakodate's famed morning market, the pitch darkness of 4 a.m. adding layers to the cold.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Jan 13, 2002

No recovery in sight for Japanese book publishing industry

One often sees references in the Japanese media to the "lost decade" that followed the burst of the speculative bubble in the early 1990s, but the publishing world has only suffered a half decade of negative growth. After five consecutive years of falling sales, however, it can no longer ignore systemic...
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Jan 13, 2002

Why North Korea's people starved

THE GREAT NORTH KOREAN FAMINE: Famine, Politics and Foreign Policy, by Andrew S. Natsios. United States Institute of Peace Press, 2002, $19.95 (paper) This is a grim and troubling account of the 20th century's fifth great famine, a calamity that swept through North Korea during the 1990s, claiming an...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Jan 13, 2002

If we could all so depend on the kindness of strangers . . .

The Japanese are renowned for their kindness to foreigners. I tell myself this late at night as I shiver in my pajamas, my wife having once again swiped all the bed covers. And as the chatter of my teeth quickly makes it too noisy to sleep, I remember that many foreigners -- especially those from non-Western...
LIFE / Food & Drink / THE WAY OF WASHOKU
Jan 13, 2002

Daikon breathes life into dead of winter

The current watchwords for trends in Western cooking are fresh and local. The chef's ideal is to use ingredients harvested as close as possible to the site where they will be transformed into a meal. While modern greenhouse-farming techniques have certainly extended the growing season of many vegetables,...
MORE SPORTS
Jan 13, 2002

Kanto defends collegiate rugby title

Kanto Gakuin University defended the National Collegiate Rugby Union Championship after beating Waseda University 21-16 on Saturday at Tokyo's National Stadium.
JAPAN
Jan 13, 2002

Rigging bids allegedly earned Kato secretary millions

Saburo Sato, a 61-year-old secretary to Koichi Kato, former secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party, accepted money from construction firms for approving their bids for public works projects in Yamagata Prefecture, sources close to the case said Saturday.
COMMUNITY
Jan 13, 2002

Seafood central: Tokyo's Tsukiji market

"For Japanese, fish is the very best thing in the world," Sadao Ohashi declares with pride as he pushes his medieval-looking, two-wheeled wooden cart at jogging speed, maneuvering a load of mackerel, squid and sea bream through the moving maze of carts, people and battered one-man trucks that throng...
Japan braces for more quakes as authorities dismiss doomsday hype
Evacuees from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecuture, arrive at Kagoshima Port on Friday.
Hidden AI prompts in academic papers spark concern about research integrity
Waseda University is one of 14 institutions in eight countries found to have used hidden prompts in research papers.
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. 
Residents of Tokara Islands begin evacuation as seismic swarm continues
Details about evacuations from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecture, is seen written on a whiteboard in the city of Kagoshima on Thursday.
U.S. military apologizes over Okinawa sexual assault case
Col. Neil Owens (right), chief of staff for the 3rd Marine Division, bows in apology at the Okinawa Prefectural Government office in Naha on Thursday.
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.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Mount Fuji is considered one of Japan's most iconic symbols and is a major draw for tourists. It's still a mountain, though, and potential hikers need to properly prepare for any climb.
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