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SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jun 20, 2003

Ferguson had enough of Beckham circus

LONDON -- So where did it all go wrong for David Beckham and Sir Alex Ferguson?
JAPAN
Jun 19, 2003

Publishers pitching Japanese books overseas

Compared with the influx of translated foreign books into Japan, the amount of Japanese books translated for overseas readers is a mere trickle, with the ratio standing at 20-to-1.
JAPAN
Jun 19, 2003

Publishers pitching Japanese books overseas

Compared with the influx of translated foreign books into Japan, the amount of Japanese books translated for overseas readers is a mere trickle, with the ratio standing at 20-to-1.
JAPAN
Jun 19, 2003

Publishers pitching Japanese books overseas

Compared with the influx of translated foreign books into Japan, the amount of Japanese books translated for overseas readers is a mere trickle, with the ratio standing at 20-to-1.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / NAME OF THE GAME
Jun 19, 2003

Choose your weapons

"Soul Calibur 2," Namco's new fighting game for GameCube, Xbox and PlayStation2, has little new to recommend it. Thank goodness for that.
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2003

For new hires, recession means all work, no play

Almost 80 percent of new hires put work before romance, reflecting the grim situation young people are facing amid the tough job market, according to a survey by the Japan Productivity Center for Socio-Economic Development released Tuesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jun 18, 2003

The Go-Betweens, take two

In pop music, what usually works the best is the thing that sounds as if it took the least effort. Twenty-five years after Grant McLennan and Robert Forster joined forces in Brisbane, Australia, and called themselves The Go-Betweens, and three years into a reunion gambit that follows a decade working...
JAPAN
Jun 17, 2003

9-11 suspect visited Japan on training mission in '87

A key figure behind the terrorist attacks in the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, came to Japan around 1987 as a company trainee, Japanese security sources said Monday.
JAPAN
Jun 17, 2003

9-11 suspect visited Japan on training mission in '87

A key figure behind the terrorist attacks in the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, came to Japan around 1987 as a company trainee, Japanese security sources said Monday.
JAPAN
Jun 17, 2003

9-11 suspect visited Japan on training mission in '87

A key figure behind the terrorist attacks in the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, came to Japan around 1987 as a company trainee, Japanese security sources said Monday.
BUSINESS
Jun 17, 2003

Toyota network to assess cars' environmental impact

In response to mounting pressure on industries to cope with environmental problems, Toyota Motor Corp. said Monday it will introduce an environment-assessment system in 2004 to produce cleaner vehicles.
COMMENTARY / THE VIEW FROM MOSCOW
Jun 16, 2003

St. Petersburg may rule again

MOSCOW -- St. Petersburg, the former capital of Russia, has turned 300. Founded in a Baltic swamp at a frightening cost by the only outstanding Romanov reformer, Czar Peter the Great, it remains the architectural wonder of the nation. The "Venice of the North," as St. Petersburg was labeled in the 18th...
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Jun 15, 2003

Hard balls from the dugout

Professional athletes are a tight-lipped bunch, and even those who are relatively voluble rarely step outside the usual collection of bromides about "doing my best" and "taking one day at a time."
MORE SPORTS
Jun 15, 2003

Takahashi set to join new team

Olympic marathon champion Naoko Takahashi, who left the Sekisui Chemical athletics team in February, is to join the SkyNet Asia Airways team, marathon sources said Saturday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jun 15, 2003

A second wind for a giant of brass bands

Alfred Reed is the most frequently performed composer and arranger of music for wind bands and orchestras in the world -- and he's enormously popular here in Japan. The Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra alone has recorded no less than 18 CDs of his compositions.
BUSINESS
Jun 14, 2003

Corporate bankruptcies down for fifth month

There were 1,482 corporate bankruptcies in May, down 12.6 percent from a year earlier for the fifth consecutive month of year-on-year decline, Teikoku Databank Ltd. said Friday.
BUSINESS
Jun 14, 2003

Aeon to take 15% stake in Kasumi

Retailer Aeon Co. said Friday it will acquire a 15 percent stake in Kasumi Co. within a month, becoming the largest shareholder in the midsize supermarket chain operator.
BUSINESS
Jun 13, 2003

Resona hints profit vow is unattainable

Resona Holdings Inc. may be unable to make it into the black this year as promised, the company's president admitted Thursday.
BUSINESS
Jun 12, 2003

Japan, U.S. to bring tax treaty up to date

Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa announced Wednesday that Japan and the United States have agreed to revise the bilateral tax treaty for the first time in 30 years in a bid to encourage trans-Pacific investment and exchange of human resources.
BUSINESS
Jun 11, 2003

McDonald's plots burger price hike

Ltd. has said it will raise the price of hamburgers back to 80 yen, effective July 1. Hamburgers have cost 59 yen since last August, a maneuver that has symbolized McDonald's discount strategy.
JAPAN
Jun 11, 2003

Case of teen hacking suspect sent to Tokyo prosecutors

Tokyo police on Tuesday turned over to prosecutors their case against a 15-year-old high school student suspected of hacking into some 140 Web sites in 23 countries and regions and defacing them with slogans opposing the war in Iraq.
JAPAN
Jun 11, 2003

Case of teen hacking suspect sent to Tokyo prosecutors

Tokyo police on Tuesday turned over to prosecutors their case against a 15-year-old high school student suspected of hacking into some 140 Web sites in 23 countries and regions and defacing them with slogans opposing the war in Iraq.
COMMENTARY
Jun 11, 2003

Hu sends a message to the world that China is under new management

HONG KONG -- Chinese President Hu Jintao's first overseas journey has served to reassure the international community that China's new leadership has a steady hand on the nation's helm and can be counted on as a constructive partner in such problem areas as terrorism, North Korea's nuclear ambitions and...
JAPAN
Jun 10, 2003

Disaster-wary firms get backup communications

A growing number of Japanese companies are adopting a satellite-based emergency backup communications system so they can continue some of their key operations in the event of a major earthquake or other terrestrial disruption.
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.
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.
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.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
Japan beats Taiwan ahead of rematch in Premier12 final
Keita Sano celebrates with his teammates after scoring on Kotaro Kiyomiya's two-run triple against Taiwan during their Premier12 game at Tokyo Dome on Saturday.
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
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Totopa in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward was picked by consultants TTNE as the best sauna of the year.
Japan’s sauna movement: Relax, refresh, repeat
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