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BUSINESS / JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES
Jun 7, 2004

Kanebo's rescue: cosmetic surgery or a new lease on 'beautiful life'?

"Kanebo, for beautiful human life."
COMMUNITY
May 29, 2004

Evolutionary astrologer charts your life and soul

Days that suggest difficulty can flow with ease, and those that appear simple and uncomplicated leave one spinning in puzzlement.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Feb 1, 2004

Speaking out from the streets

Diana was born in Santa Marta, Colombia, in 1973, the third of four children. Her father was an electrician who worked on construction projects that often took him away from the family for months at a time. There wasn't much money in the house, but all the children went to school -- their sharp-tongued...
BUSINESS
Apr 26, 2003

Lifeline for life insurers extended

The House of Councilors on Friday enacted an amendment to the insurance business law to allow the government to extend its 400 billion yen contribution to the Life Insurance Policyholders Protection Corp., a safety-net body for life insurers.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Mar 22, 2003

Painter enhances nature to give ikebana new life

About to spend four days in Tokyo curating her students' work for an exhibition -- "Collaboration with Nature" -- at Sogetsu Kaikan in Akasaka, Liga Pang juggles cooking lunch and packing bags as we talk.
CULTURE / Books
Sep 8, 2002

Is life but a walk in the park?

The latest winner of the prestigious Akutagawa Prize for promising new writers of literary fiction, Shu'ichi Yoshida (born 1968), is being lauded for his light touch in portraying the loneliness and isolation of urban life today. At the Akutagawa Prize press conference, Yoshida said that he wanted to...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / JAZZNICITY
Aug 11, 2002

A jazz life to the fullest

It used to be that the jazz life followed a relatively set pattern. Young players joined the bands of older pros, learned what they could, went on to become a leader themselves and, maybe, if they were lucky, got a recording contract. Nowadays, however, jazz players are as likely to get their education...
BUSINESS
Apr 23, 2002

Argentine losses to cost Sony Life

Sony Life Insurance Co., the insurance unit of Sony Corp., is expected to post an appraisal loss of 7 billion yen to 8 billion yen on its Argentine government bond holdings for the fiscal year to March 31, company officials said Monday.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Mar 5, 2002

Deciding who has the right to life

DUBLIN -- A familiar sight once again adorns lampposts and billboards in every town and village in Ireland. The posters scream conflicting messages to a confused public: "Babies will die, vote no"; "Protect women and save babies, vote yes."
JAPAN
Jan 30, 2002

Life term upheld in '95 sarin attack

The Tokyo High Court on Tuesday upheld a life sentence handed down in 1999 to an Aum Shinrikyo defendant for his involvement in the 1995 gas attack on the Tokyo subway system.
Japan Times
Events
Nov 27, 2001

Designer gives throwaways 'a second life'

KYOTO -- Dresses from sail-cloth, bikinis from Red Army parachutes, trousers from post bags, shirts from table cloths and accessories from car inner-tubes.
JAPAN / WEEKEND WISDOM
Sep 30, 2001

The reluctant politician reflects on a life less than ordinary

NAGOYA -- Toichiro Kuno is as ordinary a person as can be.
BUSINESS
Aug 8, 2001

Nomura, Nippon Life tie on pensions

Nomura Securities Co. said Tuesday it has agreed with Nippon Life Insurance Co. to develop variable pension plans to be launched in October.
BUSINESS
Apr 21, 2001

Chiyoda Life returns as AIG unit

Failed insurer Chiyoda Mutual Life Insurance Co. started anew Friday as AIG Star Life Insurance Co., with regaining customer confidence as the first order of business.
BUSINESS
Jan 24, 2001

Nichidan Life to take AXA name

Nichidan Life Insurance Co., which is under the umbrella of French financial group AXA, will change its name to AXA Group Life Insurance Co. on March 31 in a bid to highlight the AXA company name.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 1, 2001

Japan needs open, clear agenda in an age of life science

The 21st century will be called the century of life science. In fact, an enormous amount of money has already been reinvested for research in this field on a global scale. A representative example is the human genome project, which is closing in on the complete deciphering of human DNA. In addition,...
CULTURE / Books
Nov 3, 2000

Throwing out complication to embrace simple life

Reflecting the downbeat mood in Japan, book sales continue to be sluggish, especially of hardcover books and serious fiction.
BUSINESS
Jun 20, 2000

S&P revises Kyoei Life downward

Standard & Poor's said Monday it has downgraded its insurer financial strength and counterparty credit ratings for Kyoei Life Insurance Co. from B-plus to B.
CULTURE / Art
May 27, 2000

A vision of hope in a life of disaster

Painting the kind of life he would like to live instead of the hard one he actually has, artist Andrew Boerger creates an appealing, serene world on canvas that has art buyers snapping up his work.
COMMUNITY
May 1, 2000

Realigning your life force

"One of the main reasons we are not able to operate effectively is because we do not have full access to our life force," explains healer Claudette Bouchard, whose work is to assist people in what she terms "life force recovery."
MORE SPORTS
Feb 12, 2000

The life and times of a sumo giant

Continuing The Japan Times' exclusive interview with yokozuna Akebono, 30, in which he talks about his life and relationships in sumo.
JAPAN
Nov 12, 1999

Gas attack getaway driver gets life term

A former Aum Shinrikyo fugitive was sentenced to life in prison Friday for his involvement in the 1995 nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system.
JAPAN
Oct 13, 1998

Nippon Life, Putnam seal investment trust tieup deal

Nippon Life Insurance Co. and Putnam Investments of the United States sealed an agreement Tuesday to strengthen their ties in investment trust sales.Under their alliance, the two firms will jointly develop and retail investment trust products and provide asset management services, officials of the two...
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
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.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.

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