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COMMENTARY / World
Dec 12, 2004

Give Japan's royal diplomacy a chance

Something is amiss within Japan's Imperial household. For nearly a year now, the Crown Princess Masako has suspended her official functions for "health reasons." The public knew next to nothing about the details of her disposition or the effectiveness of treatment, for reasons that included the extreme...
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Dec 11, 2004

Malone latest to feel wrath of Kobe's wife

NEW YORK -- You realize, of course, Kobe Bryant knew exactly what he was doing when he made himself available for an interview on ex-Laker Mychal Thompson's L.A. radio show earlier this week.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 8, 2004

'Sesame Street' making waves -- in Japanese

Rena Mizushiro sits in a cramped position with other puppeteers as she works her character, Teena, to sing in a scene about Elmo's birthday in "Sesame Street."
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 8, 2004

Japan gets intellectual on property rights

From the witness stand, patent manager Hiroshi Ikeda of Asia Manufacturing Co. stares at a copy of a critical e-mail. In it, AMC managers instruct engineers to procure 10 samples of a golf club grip marketed by Sports Grip Co. of the United States for "reverse engineering."
JAPAN
Dec 4, 2004

Foreign English teachers call for fair treatment

About 40 foreign English teachers urged the government Friday to take steps to eradicate the serious problems they face on the job, including low wages and sudden dismissal.
JAPAN
Dec 4, 2004

Foreign students pass 117,000, but tight screening slowing pace

There were 117,302 foreign students in Japan as of May 1, but the pace at which they are entering Japan has slowed because universities are tightening admissions criteria, a survey by a student-support organization showed Friday.
JAPAN
Nov 27, 2004

Most spinal-cord injury patients suffer 'abnormal' pain: poll

Three-quarters of paralyzed spinal-cord injury patients suffer from persistent abnormal pain, according to a study released Friday.
COMMUNITY / LIFELINES
Nov 23, 2004

Cop capers, sailing and tattoos

More police capers Ian writes in to share some unpleasant experiences he has had with the police here, and wonders if any readers have had similar problems.
Features / WEEK 3
Nov 21, 2004

Lolitas' bard is sitting pretty

The morgue-like, air-conditioned lobby of Tokyo's Keio Plaza Hotel is the haunt of businessmen in crisp black suits who sip $10 coffees and nod along to conversations that never rise above a murmur. But the studied cool is broken when Novala Takemoto swishes in, drawing faces in his direction like sunflowers...
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Nov 10, 2004

Ishii, Otsuka do their best to fill shoes of Japan's biggest stars

The organizers of the Major League Baseball All-Star show currently touring Japan were not able to convince Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners or Hideki Matsui of the New York Yankees to play in this year's Nichibei yakyu, but the appearance of Japanese pitchers Kazuhisa Ishii and Akinori Otsuka has...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Nov 9, 2004

What do you think of Japan's health-care system?

Magdalena Korb Consultant, 31 I have both Japanese health care and private health care. Here, it's like, take this medicine, but they never explain what the medicine is or what it's for. In Europe they give you a list of what could happen to you.
JAPAN
Nov 7, 2004

Seibu Lions ballclub up for sale

Scandal-tainted Kokudo Corp. has decided to sell the Seibu Lions baseball team for more than 20 billion yen, sources said Saturday.
BUSINESS
Nov 3, 2004

Banks probing Seibu group's assets

Banks that have given loans to Seibu group companies, including group leader Kokudo Corp., have launched probes to investigate the quality of their assets, financial sources said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Oct 26, 2004

Seibu Rail declines to offer much info on director's exit

The Seibu group's secretive reputation was further underscored Monday, as Seibu Railway Co. declined to give details about a managing director's resignation last week over his involvement in questionable sales of its shares.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / BEST BAR NONE
Oct 22, 2004

Born to be wild . . . in moderation

I know what bikers look for in a bar. Though I've never been a rider myself, I did spend 10 years tooling around Tokyo on the back of my Japanese boyfriend's 1977-78 FLH custom shovelhead Harley-Davidson. In fact, we met in Bar Aoyama, which he and one of his Harley-riding buddies used to frequent because...
BUSINESS
Oct 21, 2004

Kokudo withheld info in rail share deal

Kokudo Corp. sold some of its shares in Seibu Railway Co. without telling buyers that the railway firm's stock ownership conditions met delisting standards, sources familiar with the matter said Wednesday.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Oct 14, 2004

Arias, Petagine, Woods may play musical chairs in offseason

Three foreign players, all first basemen on Central League teams this past season, may be about to embark on a National Football League quarterback-style game of musical chairs.
EDITORIALS
Oct 10, 2004

Time for Goodbye Kitty?

Japan has exported hundreds of things and ideas -- from haiku to Hondas, swordsmanship to sashimi -- of which it can be proud. Hello Kitty, the expressionless icon celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, is another story.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 7, 2004

NPB begins hearings on Rakuten, Livedoor bids

The public hearing for the two companies that have applied for membership to Nippon Professional Baseball began Wednesday with the two sides presenting their business propositions before a panel of baseball executives.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Oct 6, 2004

Sapporo story: Fighters' first season in Hokkaido a big success

Stage 2 of the Pacific League playoffs begins Wednesday night in Fukuoka, with the regular season first-place finisher Daiei Hawks hosting the second-place Seibu Lions in a best-of-five series.
EDITORIALS
Oct 5, 2004

Another step toward Cooperstown

Mr. Ichiro Suzuki (better known as Ichiro), the left-handed hitting outfielder for the Seattle Mariners, on Sunday concluded the 2004 playing season with the unprecedented single-season record of 262 hits. Three singles in Friday night's game against the Texas Rangers already had propelled him past George...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 1, 2004

Kids tutored on fear-, anger-management

Naoto Araki, a 15-year-old Yokohama high school student, persistently kicked the chair Bill Pozzobon was sitting on, just to make him mad.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / ON THE BOOK TRAIL
Sep 23, 2004

"The World Came To My Place Today," "Faerie Wars"

"The World Came To My Place Today," Jo Readman and Ley Honor Roberts, Random House; 2004; 24 pp.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 22, 2004

And in the tattered black tights, Papa

Backdrop Papa Rating: * * * (out of 5) Director: Toshio Lee Running time: 98 minutes Language: Japanese Opens Oct. 8 [See Japan Times movie listings] Boys want their fathers to be heroes. Men want to be heroes to their sons. These truisms sound old-fashioned in today's unheroic Tokyo,...
COMMENTARY
Sep 20, 2004

'Fat liberation' movement declares war

WASHINGTON -- Another civil-rights movement is stirring in America. A "fat liberation" movement. Complains Marilyn Wann of the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance, "We're living in the middle of a witch hunt."
COMMENTARY
Sep 6, 2004

Blame it on the cell phones

The continuing doldrums in the Japanese economy began with a slowdown more than 13 years ago -- in May 1991. The slump stems from sluggish consumer spending, which accounts for 60 percent of the gross national product, and bad loans plaguing Japanese commercial banks. Let's consider the reasons for sluggish...
COMMUNITY
Sep 4, 2004

Unhappy? Confused? Traumatized? Try IMHPJ

As the only native German-speaking accredited clinical psychologist in all Japan, Uta Sonnenberg-Watanabe is in transition.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Sep 3, 2004

Signing of Rooney a big gamble for Manchester United

LONDON -- Incredible.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
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.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
Japan will spend ¥325 million in government funds on Princess Yuriko's funeral
Princess Yuriko waves during the New Year's public greeting at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in January 2019.
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.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
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.

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