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Yumi Wijers-Hasegawa
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 14, 2003
Firms plug their toys' ability to lick stress
It seems as though everyday life is getting more and more stressful, and toy manufacturers are coming up with new products they say can soothe mind and body of young and old alike.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 14, 2003
Asahara maintains his silence
Aum Shinrikyo founder Shoko Asahara has refused to speak throughout much of his seven-year trial on charges related to the deadly 1995 sarin gas attack on Tokyo's subway system, so it came as little surprise when he remained tight-lipped at Thursday's session at the Tokyo District Court.
JAPAN
Mar 5, 2003
Recruit trials finally come to end
Hiromasa Ezoe was found guilty Tuesday for his role in the Recruit scandal, which shook Japan's political, bureaucratic and business circles in the late 1980s, making him the last of the 12 charged in the case to be sentenced.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 5, 2003
Recruit exec gets suspended term in bribes scandal dating from '80s
The Tokyo District Court, ruling on a 15-year-old bribery scandal that led to the downfall of a prime minister and touched deep into the bureaucracy, gave a suspended sentence Tuesday to Hiromasa Ezoe, founder and former chairman of information conglomerate Recruit Co.
JAPAN
Feb 27, 2003
Artist to bedazzle Yokohama
Starting in April, Hiro Yamagata will bombard onlookers in Yokohama with images of an ever-changing universe.
Japan Times
JAPAN / PREFECTURAL FARE
Feb 22, 2003
Kochi's Tokyo outpost cashing in via discerning clientele; eyes expansion
In the three years since Kai Ishiguro took the helm of the satellite shop Kochi-ya in Kichijoji, western Tokyo, the 29-year-old representative has managed to turn its sluggish business around.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 21, 2003
Gender equality key to fighting AIDS in Third World
Fostering gender equality is one of the most important strategies for fighting HIV and AIDS in the developing world, along with maintaining existing campaigns, including promoting condom use, an expert on woman's health and social issues said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 19, 2003
Overtime pay violations on Rengo's radar
Tomoru Yamaguchi, director of the working conditions division at the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), knew the situation was bad. He just didn't think it was this bad.
Japan Times
JAPAN / PREFECTURAL FARE
Jan 4, 2003
Center pushes Shiga culture, history
You can't talk about Shiga Prefecture without mentioning Lake Biwa, which takes up one-sixth of its area.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 22, 2002
Pressures of infertility exact toll
The women sit in a circle in a silent room.
Japan Times
JAPAN / PREFECTURAL FARE
Nov 16, 2002
Fukushima tourist office gives natives taste of home
Kotaro Takamura's poem about a homesick woman in Tokyo pining for her native Fukushima Prefecture more than 60 years ago could just as easily have been written about many of the displaced locals living in the capital these days.
Japan Times
JAPAN / WEEKEND WISDOM
Nov 3, 2002
Writer draws on own experiences to overcome adversity
Up to his ears in debt and with absolutely no money, Ichiriki Yamamoto made a bold prediction to his wife.
Japan Times
JAPAN / MUSEUM MUSINGS
Sep 28, 2002
Clock museum shows passage of time
For Edo Period Japan, knowing the precise time was more a status symbol than an everyday necessity.
BUSINESS
Sep 19, 2002
Association helps end the health insurance limbo
Pressed by an ever-increasing number of people working as temps, both the government and temp agencies are trying to increase measures to make life more secure for the workers in this category.
Japan Times
JAPAN / BABY BUST
Sep 19, 2002
Birthrate suffers as women face unattractive choices
Mayumi Shinde, 40, has worked for seven years as a system engineer at a Tokyo firm, at one stage attaining a job capability assessment of S -- one special level higher than A, the normal top ranking.
BUSINESS
Sep 19, 2002
Temp firms gear for manufacturing entry
The lift of a statutory ban on dispatching temporary workers to the manufacturing sector has long been a fervent wish for many such businesses and personnel providers.
BUSINESS
Sep 19, 2002
Full time oft tough balancing act
For three young women, working as temps matches both their career plans and their private lives.
BUSINESS
Sep 19, 2002
Temp work seen striking happy medium
According to Shinya Sato, an executive director at Japan Staffing Services Association, the CIETT meeting held in Tokyo in April provided momentum to help spur the Japanese temp industry toward further deregulation.
JAPAN
Aug 13, 2002
Tour leader opens eyes to harsh realities of Vietnam
HO CHI MINH CITY -- Most tourists don't expect to be scolded by tour operators while vacationing abroad. But that's what they're in for when they join a tour led by Hiromi Tanaka of Sinh Cafe Tours in Vietnam.
JAPAN
Jul 4, 2002
Tokyo fire prevention guru advocates household use of special safety system
Masanao Hirose, who oversees fire prevention at the Setagaya Fire Station, wants more households to deploy a special safety system set up by the Tokyo Fire Department.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.

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