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Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / NEW ART SEEN
Dec 1, 2004

Instruments of invention

It has been 91 years since Luigi Russolo published his manifesto "The Art of Noises," in which the Italian Futurist implored, "We must break out of this narrow circle of pure musical sounds and conquer the infinite variety of noise sounds."
BUSINESS
Dec 1, 2004

Citibank Japan chief apologizes in Diet

The new chief executive of Citibank Japan apologized at a Diet committee Tuesday and promised that misled customers would be compensated at its private-banking unit, where regulators have found violations.
BUSINESS
Dec 1, 2004

Japan Post, Sankyu eye Asia delivery service

State-run Japan Post and private delivery company Sankyu Inc. said Tuesday they will begin a joint door-to-door delivery service for small freight in Asia.
BUSINESS
Dec 1, 2004

DoCoMo, mm02 to provide i-mode services in Europe

NTT DoCoMo Inc. and major British mobile carrier mm02 have agreed on a deal to allow mobile telephone users in Britain, Germany and Ireland to surf the Internet on their handsets, DoCoMo said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Nov 30, 2004

Four Hollywood studios back Toshiba's HD DVD

In what could be a major coup in a fierce format war, Toshiba Corp. and its partners said Monday they have won support from four major Hollywood movie studios for their next-generation DVD.
COMMENTARY
Nov 29, 2004

Know what reform can't do

It looks as though Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is determined to push through postal privatization as the ultimate goal of his structural reform efforts.
JAPAN
Nov 28, 2004

MMC, Merrill Lynch eye car-loan business

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. said Saturday it is considering setting up a joint venture with Merrill Lynch & Co. to engage in North American financing operations as part of the struggling automaker's rehabilitation efforts.
JAPAN
Nov 28, 2004

Kokudo employee found dead in suspected suicide

An employee of scandal-hit Kokudo Corp. was found dead Nov. 21 on the seashore in Yamagata Prefecture, and police are looking into the possibility he killed himself, according to sources familiar with the case.
COMMENTARY
Nov 28, 2004

Labour's path to nowhere

LONDON -- Tuesday was one of those quaint ceremonial occasions that cling like barnacles to the slow-moving body of the British ship of state: The queen announced the next year's legislative program.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 27, 2004

Nintendo ups stake in Mariners

Nintendo Co., the Japanese maker of Pokemon and Super Mario video games, raised its stake in baseball's Seattle Mariners to more than 50 percent, a company spokesman said Friday. Nintendo's U.S. subsidiary spent $67 million to acquire the stake held by former Nintendo President Hiroshi Yamauchi, who...
BUSINESS
Nov 27, 2004

NTT buys back 800,000 shares

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. bought back about 800,000 of its shares, mostly held by the government, for 366.47 billion yen in off-market trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Friday, the company said.
BUSINESS
Nov 27, 2004

Once 'poor food,' cereals now healthy choice

Barn grass, millet, foxtail millet and other cereals, regarded as "poor food" at a time when people had little rice to eat, are becoming more popular with health-conscious women.
BUSINESS
Nov 26, 2004

Three carmakers up global production

Three Japanese automakers -- Nissan, Honda and Mazda -- increased global production in October due to brisk demand in overseas markets, the companies said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Nov 25, 2004

MTFG, UFJ post declines in first half

Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc. announced Wednesday its group net profit fell 43.1 percent in the fiscal first half from a year earlier to 171.7 billion yen, while merger partner UFJ Holdings said separately its group net loss was 674.3 billion yen for the six months to September.
BUSINESS
Nov 20, 2004

Converted offices now used as trendy housing

Construction companies are busy these days in cities nationwide converting old office buildings with high vacancy rates into housing complexes.
JAPAN
Nov 19, 2004

Woman's bid for redress over breakup ends in failure

The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a 47-year-old woman's claims for compensation for emotional distress after her former partner suddenly ended their relationship of about 16 years in 2001 and married another woman.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 19, 2004

Derailment mars shinkansen safety myth

Reverberations from the bullet train derailment in Niigata Prefecture on Oct. 23 continue to echo across Japan, as experts debate whether it was luck or skill that saved the day for the passengers roughed up by the series of strong earthquakes.
CULTURE / Books / THE BOOK REPORT
Nov 18, 2004

Hey Mr. Trainman

A new best seller has appeared, bringing an old-fashioned love story into the digital age. "Densha Otoko (Trainman)," whose author writes under the pseudonym Nakano Hitori, is the saga of the romance of a 22-year-old otaku, the "Trainman," with "Miss Hermes," an attractive young woman he saves from the...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 18, 2004

Missile shield project ignites bidding war

Tokyo's decision last year to deploy an expensive U.S.-developed defense system against North Korea's ballistic missiles has triggered a heated race between the defense industries of Japan and the United States to get the most out of the 1 trillion yen project.
JAPAN
Nov 17, 2004

Science meet ends on sour note over exclusive nature

KYOTO -- The inaugural Science and Technology in Society meeting here concluded Tuesday with participants happy to exchange views with distinguished colleagues but divided on how to expand the conference to make it as important as the World Economic Forum.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Nov 17, 2004

Mound relief almost backfired for MLB pitchers

The visiting Major League Baseball All-Stars left Japan Nov. 14 with a 5-3 series victory over their All-Japan opponents but, ironically, a change in the pitching mounds designed to help the big leaguers for the final three games of the tour almost resulted in disaster for the visitors. Let me explain....
CULTURE / Art
Nov 16, 2004

Life on the ocean wave

An exhibition tracing the history of ocean liners -- from paddle steamers that came to Yokohama toward the end of the Edo Period to present-day cruise ships -- is being held at Yokohama Maritime Museum.
BUSINESS
Nov 16, 2004

Kumagai Gumi, Tobishima scrap planned merger

Struggling second-tier construction companies Kumagai Gumi Co. and Tobishima Corp. will scrap their planned April 1 merger, the two companies announced Monday.
Taiwan stuns Samurai Japan to capture Premier12 title
Japan starter Shosei Togo reacts after allowing a three-run home run against Taiwan in the fifth inning of the Premier12 final on Sunday.
Japan and U.S. to form missile plan in case of Taiwan emergency
A U.S. Marine Corps M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) and a Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force Type 12 Surface-to-Ship Missile (12SSM) system are put on display at a symposium at a base in Kisarazu, Japan, in June 2022.
Preparations for Osaka Expo well underway amid lack of excitement
The Grand Ring, a symbol of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka
Ishiba shelves proposal for liaison offices with North Korea amid rising tensions
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks on Saturday in Tokyo at a rally that was held by a group of families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea decades ago to demand the immediate return of all abductees.
'Kohaku' still matters for J-pop bragging rights
Emerging Gen Z J-pop group ME:I will perform on this year's "Kohaku Uta Gassen," national broadcaster NHK’s New Year's Eve spectacle.
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.
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.
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.
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu

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