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JAPAN
Feb 26, 2002

World Cup coins go on sale today

Orders for commemorative coins for this year's World Cup soccer finals to be cohosted by Japan and South Korea will be accepted from today to March 11, the Finance Ministry said Monday.
JAPAN
Feb 21, 2002

Prince Takamado may go to Seoul for World Cup

Prince Takamado, honorary president of the Japan Football Association, will probably attend the opening ceremony of the World Cup finals in Seoul, according to government sources.
SOCCER / J. League
Jan 26, 2002

Troussier happy with World Cup preparations

IBUSUKI, Kagoshima Pref. -- Japan coach Philippe Troussier said Thursday that he has been satisfied with his team's first training camp for the World Cup.
JAPAN
Jan 12, 2002

Tokyo police chief emphasizes World Cup security at drill

Takeshi Noda, superintendent general of the Metropolitan Police Department, instructed his staff Friday to take full security precautions for the World Cup soccer finals that are to be jointly hosted by Japan and South Korea this year.
LIFE / Travel / NATURE TRAVEL
Dec 18, 2001

On top of the world -- but not feeling like it

The high Andes road down the Los Yungas valley from the Bolivian capital, La Paz, loses 3,000 meters altitude in just 80 km.
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Nov 27, 2001

Cuba seals World Cup crown

Leonel Marshall hammered home 18 points and Angel Dennis scored 16 Sunday as Cuba closed out its championship campaign in the men's World Grand Champions Cup volleyball competition with a straight-sets win over Argentina.
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JAPAN
Nov 22, 2001

Sax player to oversee pavilion at World Expo

World-renowned jazz saxophonist Sadao Watanabe was appointed Wednesday to oversee the Japanese government pavilion during the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture, government sources said.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 18, 2001

Japan remains undefeated in baseball World Cup

TAIPEI -- Nippon Ham Fighters right hander Hayato Nakamura pitched a two-hitter over six innings and Lotte Marines southpaw Kosuke Kato held the rest scoreless as Japan defeated South Korea 3-1 in the quarterfinals of the championship bracket of World Cup baseball Friday.
ENVIRONMENT / GARDENS FOR ALL
Nov 15, 2001

Travel the world in a tree-lover's heaven

When I arrived at Los Angeles airport in June, my friend Joan Juenemann was there to meet me. My stay in California was to be only three days, but Joan had kindly prepared an itinerary taking in one garden with its own unique character each day.
SOCCER / World cup
Nov 3, 2001

Second chance to buy World Cup tickets

A unique pre-registering system has been introduced to purchase World Cup tickets when the second round of ticket sales starts on Nov. 19, the Japanese World Cup Organizing Committee announced Friday.
CULTURE / Music / J-POPSICLE
Oct 31, 2001

Hey, world, meet Hasebe

DJ Hasebe looks set to become the latest Japanese platter-spinner to make a name for himself internationally, following in the footsteps of DJ Krush, DJ Honda, Ken Ishii and Captain Funk.
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Oct 20, 2001

Japan pulls out of World C'ships

on Thursday decided to cancel its plans to send a team to the gymnastics World Championships getting under way in Belgium at the end of this month. The decision comes a week after the JGA decided not to dispatch a team to this week's rhythmic gymnastics World Championships in Spain as a precautionary...
CULTURE / Music / JAZZNICITY
Oct 14, 2001

Keep on jamming in the free world

One of the ironies of jazz is that it is now more popular in Europe and Japan than in its country of origin. While the fanatic obsession of overseas fans made jazz an important cultural export for the United States after the Second World War, now there is a substantial corps of non-American players no...
SOCCER / World cup
Sep 14, 2001

JAWOC mulls second round of World Cup tickets

The Japanese World Cup Organizing Committee said Thursday it may start the second round of ticket sales for next year's World Cup for residents in Japan shortly before the Dec. 1 draw for the tournament.
JAPAN
Sep 8, 2001

World water forum set for Kyoto

Kyoto will host an international ministerial conference in March 2003 addressing various water-related issues, the Foreign Ministry said Friday.
CULTURE / Art
Sep 5, 2001

Welcome to wonderland

The Yokohama Triennale, a grand-scale international art exhibition four years in the making, debuted last weekend with a gala party attended by the everyone who is anyone on the Japanese art scene, a sparkle of the global art illuminati, and even Prince Takamado. The 10-week-long exhibition, running...
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Sep 5, 2001

Asian Rugby World Cup qualifying slated

South Korea and a third Asian entry will vie for a berth in the 2003 Rugby World Cup in an Asian qualifying tournament next June and July, the Japan Rugby Union said Monday.
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Sep 3, 2001

World team tops locals in JOMO Cup soccer

The World Dreams team coasted to a 4-2 victory over the Japan Dreams in the annual JOMO Cup at Tokyo's National Stadium on Sunday.
EDITORIALS
Aug 28, 2001

The world without the Soviet Union

Ten years ago this month, the Soviet Union collapsed in one final, drunken spasm. After decades of fear, the Soviet threat vanished with the proverbial whimper when Communist hardliners launched a last desperate coup attempt to bring then Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev back into line. They failed,...
SOCCER / World cup
Aug 12, 2001

Japan off to Europe for World Cup prep

Japan manager Philippe Troussier on Friday said that Japan will head for Europe from Oct. 2-10 as part of its World Cup preparations.
COMMENTARY
Aug 4, 2001

Donors can make a world of difference

ISLAMABAD -- As Tetsuko Kuroyanagi returns to Japan with promises of using her television appearances to raise awareness over the plight of women and children in Afghanistan, there's no doubt that her six-day trip to the central Asian war-torn country was a brave effort.
JAPAN
Jun 13, 2001

Airlines, World Cup seen pulling old foes closer

Japan and South Korea are used to referring to each other as the "nearest but most distant country" due to past troubles in their relationship.
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2001

Tokyo, Seoul strive to revive relations before World Cup

In the leadup to the 2002 World Cup soccer finals, Japan and South Korea are moving behind the scenes to prevent the sizzling political imbroglio over a right-leaning Japanese history textbook from spilling over into the cultural field.
JAPAN
May 17, 2001

Japan, South Korea seek tourism boom

Tourism officials from Japan and South Korea, looking to capitalize on the 2002 World Cup soccer finals, are mulling ways to double the number of tourists from overseas.

Longform

Atsuyoshi Koike, the president and CEO of Rapidus, says there is a “sense of urgency” when it comes to Japan’s efforts in manufacturing semiconductors. “We have to make sure we are successful,” he says.
Atsuyoshi Koike’s big game: Fourth down and 2 nanometers to go