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CULTURE / Books
Sep 16, 2001

The ideology of Japanese identity

MULTIETHNIC JAPAN, by John Lie. Harvard University Press, Cambridge University Press, 2001, 248 pp. $35 Japan and many of its observers have avoided the confusion and contention associated with diversity by assuming, asserting and elaborating a monolithic, monoethnic Japan that jostles uncomfortably...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Sep 16, 2001

Come together, right now

"East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet," Rudyard Kipling once wrote.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Sep 16, 2001

Pick a fate, any fate: it's all in the tarot

It is often said that all human life is contained within the tarot -- from shady business prospects and secret admirers to unexpected adventures and marriage plans. But can a tarot spread really contain so much meaning, or is it pure chance?
COMMUNITY
Sep 16, 2001

Fortunetelling traditions thrive on indecision

Runes, tea leaves and chicken innards. A strange group, perhaps, but all have a place in fortunetelling tradition as aids to seeking insight and resolving indecision. Now, though, soothsaying aids are growing even more motley, with recent additions including Shinjuku Station, koalas, eggplants and squid...
BUSINESS
Sep 15, 2001

Insurers to launch pension firm

Nippon Life Insurance Co. and Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Co. said Friday they will establish a company on Oct. 1 specializing in administering corporate pension fund assets.
BUSINESS
Sep 15, 2001

Daikin arm to oversee China units

OSAKA -- Industrial air conditioner manufacturer Daikin Industries Ltd. said Friday it has set up a wholly owned unit in Beijing to oversee air conditioner and chemical products operations at the company's Chinese subsidiaries.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Sep 15, 2001

Finding market niches to make really good books

Ivan Vartanian makes books. He is not a publisher, nor a commonplace packager. Rather he identifies a niche in the market, lines up the most suitable backing, and then physically puts the book together himself under the company name Goliga Books. All within the constrains of a tiny apartment in Tokyo's...
JAPAN
Sep 15, 2001

Stricter security measures ground passenger flights bound for the U.S.

Airlines canceled all passenger flights Friday from Japan to U.S. airports in the face of stricter security requirements to prevent hijackings, Japan Airlines said.
BUSINESS
Sep 15, 2001

August department store sales up

Sales at department stores in Tokyo rose 2.1 percent in August to 139.91 billion yen for the third consecutive year-on-year increase, the Japan Department Stores Association said Friday.
JAPAN
Sep 15, 2001

Mycal seeks bankruptcy protection after main creditor pulls the plug

Mycal Corp. filed for protection from creditors with the Tokyo District Court on Friday, after Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank, its biggest creditor, decided to cut off further financial support to the supermarket chain.
BUSINESS
Sep 15, 2001

Mitsubishi revises down profit outlook

Mitsubishi Electric Corp. on Friday revised downward its earnings projections for the first half of fiscal 2001, blaming the plunge in global demand for semiconductors and mobile phones.
BUSINESS
Sep 14, 2001

Minolta to make parts in Shanghai

Camera maker Minolta Co. said Thursday it has established a joint venture with a local company in Shanghai to manufacture and sell optical components such as lenses and viewfinders for compact cameras.
BUSINESS
Sep 14, 2001

State maintains dismal view of economy

The government on Thursday left its dismal view of the Japanese economy unchanged for the second straight month but slashed its outlook for the global economy due to the U.S. slowdown.
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2001

37 lawmakers, including members of Cabinet, tied to illegal donations

Thirty-seven lawmakers received illegal political donations last year before punishments for corporate donations to individual politicians were enacted in April 2000, according to a government report released Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2001

Another Japanese added to missing list in U.S.

A Japanese believed to have been locally employed with Fiduciary Trust International, housed in the World Trade Center, is listed as missing, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Sep 14, 2001

Nissan, Renault make integration effort

Nissan Motor Co. and Renault SA said Thursday they will launch a joint organization later this month to study ways to integrate their information systems as they move toward joint worldwide automotive operations.
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2001

NGO's staffers told to stay out of Afghanistan

A Tokyo-based nongovernmental organization said it has instructed staff members sent to Afghanistan but currently on a business trip to Pakistan to remain there following an explosion in Kabul early Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Sep 13, 2001

Fear, shock push Nikkei below 10,000

Tokyo stocks fell sharply Wednesday, as shock and fear pushed the benchmark Nikkei average of 225 leading stocks below the psychologically sensitive 10,000 mark for the first time in 17 years, closing at 9,610.10.
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Sep 13, 2001

Shaping up the economy: more parks, fewer highways

One of the joys of visiting the United States is having a chance to check out the alternative press. This summer, while in Vermont (which some say is a state, and some a state of mind), I picked up a free copy of "Green Living: A Practical Journal for Friends of the Environment."
CULTURE / Film
Sep 12, 2001

The life and death of the party

Blow Rating: * * * 1/2 Director: Ted Demme Running time: 123 minutes Language: English Now showing
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2001

Officials punished for padding bills

OSAKA -- The Osaka City Government punished 29 officials Tuesday in connection with inflated claims made over airline ticket purchases for inspection trips to Sydney in 2000, city officials said.
BUSINESS
Sep 12, 2001

Mad cow scare deals blow to beef issues but lifts fish shares

Japan's first suspected case of mad cow disease shook stock markets Tuesday, prompting investors to dump shares of beef-dish restaurant chains, meat processors and milk makers while snapping up seafood firms.
BUSINESS
Sep 11, 2001

Nikkei hits 10,195 in lowest close since 1984

The Nikkei stock average plunged to a fresh 17-year low Monday after Friday's tumble on Wall Street and a negative report on domestic machinery orders erased a rally sparked by a Finance Ministry comment out of Shanghai.
BUSINESS
Sep 11, 2001

Minister quells calls to form bad-loan disposal committee

Financial Services Minister Hakuo Yanagisawa on Monday brushed aside growing calls to form a third-party committee to help banks dispose of bad loans and companies to deal with excessive debt.
COMMUNITY
Sep 9, 2001

To hide or not to hide - the balding man's dilemma

For most men, the mere mention of going bald provokes a quickened pulse-rate and the onset of hyperventilation. To say the thought of hair loss scares most males is to dramatically understate the case.
Bluesky is booming in Japan — mainly for reasons other than U.S. politics
According to Similarweb, average monthly user numbers for Bluesky on Android in Japan quintupled in the 12 months to October.
Trump pledges 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico, and more levies on China
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump attends a viewing of the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket, in Brownsville, Texas, on Nov. 19. Trump on Monday threatened to slap China, Mexico and Canada with hefty tariffs upon his return to the White House.
AI boom makes 139-year-old cable maker Japan’s hottest stock
Fujikura's headquarters in Tokyo's Koto Ward. The company's share price has surged by more than 400% this year.
Japan’s sauna movement: Relax, refresh, repeat
Totopa in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward was picked by consultants TTNE as the best sauna of the year.
Funeral held for Princess Yuriko at Tokyo cemetery
Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, followed by Princess Aiko and Princess Kako, prepare to attend a funeral service for Princess Yuriko at Toshimagaoka Cemetery in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Bluesky is booming in Japan — mainly for reasons other than U.S. politics
According to Similarweb, average monthly user numbers for Bluesky on Android in Japan quintupled in the 12 months to October.
How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit
A man walks past a gasoline station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Are you leaving your loved ones digital legacies or headaches?
The National Consumer Affairs Center reports a growing number of consultations regarding "digital legacies" — data and online services left behind when people die.
Rayssa Leal and Chloe Covell on Japan’s teen skaters: We are friends, not rivals
Brazil’s Rayssa Leal celebrates after winning the women's Street League Skateboarding competition on Saturday in Tokyo.
An iconic 32-foot doughnut might give Randy’s an edge in Japan
Randy's Donuts in Inglewood, California. Replicas of the giant doughnut sculpture will be installed, where possible, at shops in Japan.

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