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COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Dec 16, 2003

'Shut-ins' turn backs on Japan

To look at 29-year-old Kenji Tanaka laughing and drinking with his friends, it's hard to believe that he spent the best part of his twenties cut off from almost all human contact.
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COMMUNITY
Dec 14, 2003

Shooting gallery aimed at sumo

On the other side of the Sumida River from Nihonbashi is Ryogoku, the undisputed center of the sumo world. Popular ways for a visitor to experience the character of the area include watching one of the three annual Tokyo basho (tournaments) at the Kokugikan (Sumo Stadium), joining some of the wrestlers...
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LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Dec 12, 2003

The Oak Door: Steak a claim to heavyweight dining

The first thing you see as you enter The Oak Door is the bar, surrounded on three sides by sleek, glass-fronted wine racks packed with boutique New World wines. The second thing that grabs your eye is the warm, flickering glow emanating from the bank of wood-fired ovens by the kitchen, and the white-clad...
JAPAN
Dec 5, 2003

Tokushima inn warned for barring blind with guide dogs

The Justice Ministry's local chapter in Tokushima Prefecture issued a warning Thursday to a semipublic hot spring hotel in Ichiba for its refusal to allow two blind people to stay there with their guide dogs last month.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Nov 28, 2003

Tales of new year tastes

What do you do on New Year's Day? Some people follow the custom of hatsumode and head off for their first visit of the year to a shrine; others simply stay in and have a party with relatives and friends. For almost every Japanese family, though, one of the highlights of this holiday is eating osechi...
BUSINESS
Nov 22, 2003

Latest economic cure: outdoor cafes

A deregulatory step now being considered may bring some of the leisurely charms of Paris and Vienna to Tokyo and other Japanese cities.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / NATURE TRAVEL
Nov 21, 2003

Lowdown on the Top End

One interesting thing about Darwin is how often this city in the so-called Top End of north tropical Australia has been destroyed. Indeed there are those who contend that this is the only interesting thing about Darwin.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Nov 18, 2003

Where do you feel most comfortable?

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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / A GAIJIN'S TALE
Nov 18, 2003

Smokers' heaven

As a native Australian who smokes, I was overjoyed upon arriving in Japan to find that, unlike Australia, smoking is still permitted just about anywhere.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Nov 16, 2003

Spring is in the air

It's party time in Tokyo -- again. You know, that twice yearly event when the capital's trendy restaurants and coffee shops seem to be overflowing with leggy, blonde models from overseas. They're here to make a few bucks, have a few parties -- and also have a stab at furthering their careers.
EDITORIALS
Nov 16, 2003

No grounds for a McLawsuit

It has been a disheartening couple of weeks for hamburger juggernaut McDonald's. First came the news that McDonald's Japan, once on a seemingly unstoppable upward trajectory, will post a net loss this year for the second year in a row. Still, that was a regional headache, for which company officials...
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COMMUNITY
Nov 15, 2003

Importing sake to U.K., Asahi beer back here

Lynfa Phillips is still feeling overcome by her welcome to the Tokyo headquarters of Asahi Beer. "Crossing Izuma-bashi bridge, I saw flags hanging limp at the approach to the building. One was the company flag, the next the Rising Sun, and then I saw a hint of white, red and green."
COMMENTARY
Nov 3, 2003

Creating more jobs that pay

Despite reports that the Japanese economy is on a recovery track, the nation's unemployment rate still exceeds 5 percent. Let me make some proposals for increasing employment opportunities on a long-term basis.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / CLOSE-UP
Nov 2, 2003

Food for thought

Yukio Hattori, 'one of Japan's busiest men,' takes time to chew over the issue of food and other meaty social matters with staff writer Masami Ito.
Japan Times
JAPAN / TALKING SHOP
Oct 27, 2003

English a plus but don't sell job skills, discerning palate short

Nobuhiro Hashiba was aware that it was a thinly veiled test to see whether he would be a worthy boss or a mere business suit recently sent by a Japanese company.
JAPAN
Oct 26, 2003

Chain pulls sandwiches with GMOs

Subway Japan Inc., the Japanese affiliate of the major U.S. sandwich chain Subway Restaurants, has stopped selling sandwiches after its import dealer learned that the bread dough contains an enzyme derived from unauthorized genetically modified microorganisms.
COMMUNITY
Oct 25, 2003

Palette mixes people of every color and capacity

Naoko Taniguchi is a pioneer in bringing mentally handicapped individuals into the community. Thirty years ago, when she began volunteer activities, families still regarded the disabled as a source of shame. She says the situation is improving, "though there will be no major shift until companies hire...
LIFE / Travel / ON THE ARCHIPELA-GO
Oct 24, 2003

Where time flows slowly

Some places really do have the image thing sorted out. Mention of the name Kurashiki generally conjures up a warm picture of traditional Japan, a town where life trundles along at a gentler pace than elsewhere. What tends not to be conjured up is that Kurashiki is a city of 450,000 people living right...
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JAPAN
Oct 22, 2003

Japan slowly pulls head out of sand on smoking ills

During the five years since a landmark suit against tobacco manufacturers and the government was filed, slight but steady progress has been made in regulating cigarette sales and advertising.
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BUSINESS
Oct 18, 2003

Daiei books miserable first half

Struggling retailer Daiei Inc. said Friday its group net profit plunged 98.4 percent to 2.3 billion yen in the business first half due to the absence of a hefty one-time gain booked a year ago.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Oct 17, 2003

Sushi-bun: An altar in the temple of fresh fish

Why does sushi have to be so expensive? Granted, a modest meal at your neighborhood sushiya shouldn't involve too great an outlay. And when it comes to the mass-produced offerings that chug around conveyor belts on color-coded plates, you will never want to eat enough of them to seriously dent your...
JAPAN
Oct 16, 2003

Bus rides to glitzy Tokyo high-rises are wooing the package tour crowd

People on package tours to Tokyo are now being treated to free bus rides to the newest attractions to rise far above old Edo -- a number of massive and gleaming redevelopment projects that have recently opened their doors for business.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Oct 11, 2003

Dogs in Japan bow-wow before masters

Stray cats can be seen all over Japan: under parked cars, in alleyways, or in the parks being fed rice by "o-baa-chans." But you never see stray dogs. Why not? Is it the fault of Viagra? Cats are getting it but not dogs?
BUSINESS
Oct 11, 2003

Beer drinkers splurged in September

Combined shipments of beer and low-malt "happoshu" in September rose 2.5 percent from a year earlier for the first year-on-year gain in five months, according to data released Friday by Japan's five top brewers.
JAPAN
Oct 11, 2003

Homegrown chopsticks pitched in project to boost forest-thinning

"Waribashi," or disposable wooden chopsticks, are usually hated by environmentalists as a symbol of deforestation.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Oct 4, 2003

John Owens

Next Thursday the curtain rises on the 107th season of Tokyo International Players. This longevity would be an impressive record for any volunteer theatrical company. It is particularly impressive in Tokyo, where since 1896 TIP has survived both natural and man-made disasters, and overcome the uncertainties...
JAPAN
Oct 1, 2003

450 sue over 'power-saving' scam

About 450 small-business operators across Japan filed a raft of lawsuits Tuesday against the failed Tokyo-based retailer Idic Co. and eight consumer credit companies, claiming they were cheated into buying an expensive electricity-saving device that made no dent in their power bills.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Sep 12, 2003

Water Grill Oyster Bar: 'R' you ready to crack open oyster season?

Rules are made to be broken. Change is the only constant. Culture is porous and tradition must be fluid. These are the guiding principles for all life. How can they not apply to what and how we eat?

Longform

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