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EDITORIALS
Aug 21, 2004

Erosion of LDP factional politics

The largest faction of the Liberal Democratic Party, which until recently was headed by former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, is having trouble selecting its new leader. Turmoil in the faction, known as the Heisei Study Group, indicates further erosion of the LDP's factional politics.
JAPAN
Aug 21, 2004

Japanese won over by tiny, no-fuss 'pets'

The plastic conversation piece filled with aquamarine-tinted gel is missing a vital ingredient: ants.
JAPAN
Aug 21, 2004

Fischer fails to halt deportation moves

Tokyo District Court on Friday dismissed a request by fugitive former world chess champion Bobby Fischer to have deportation proceedings against him halted.
JAPAN
Aug 21, 2004

Japanese won over by tiny, no-fuss 'pets'

The plastic conversation piece filled with aquamarine-tinted gel is missing a vital ingredient: ants.
JAPAN
Aug 21, 2004

Fischer fails to halt deportation moves

Tokyo District Court on Friday dismissed a request by fugitive former world chess champion Bobby Fischer to have deportation proceedings against him halted.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 21, 2004

Singapore's new foreign policy troika

SINGAPORE -- On Aug. 12, Lee Hsien Loong became Singapore's third prime minister since its independence in 1965. However, his predecessors, Goh Chok Tong and Lee Kuan Yew, remain in the Cabinet: Goh as senior minister and Lee as minister mentor.
JAPAN
Aug 20, 2004

SDF suicides top Japan's rate

Suicides are surging this year among Japan's increasingly active military ranks and have hit a record pace that outstrips the national rate, the Defense Agency said Thursday.
OLYMPICS
Aug 20, 2004

Yamamoto claims historic silver

Hiroshi Yamamoto of Japan reacts after advancing to the final in the men's individual archery competition at the Athens Games.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Aug 20, 2004

On the path of poets

Utter silence, Piercing the stone walls, The cicada's cry
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 19, 2004

Isles visit would create problems: Russia envoy

Russia's envoy to Japan said Wednesday that a reported plan by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to visit Russian-held islands claimed by Japan would not solve pending disputes but rather create new problems and would be "unproductive" for bilateral relations.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / WILD WATCH
Aug 19, 2004

Down in the grim intertidal zone

A coffee-shop friend of mine recently summed up his appreciation of our local lowland forest just outside Sapporo, saying: "You know, it's wonderful here; every season is the best season." And, you know, he has a powerful point.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 18, 2004

Questions of balance

Fahrenheit 9/11 Rating: * * * * (out of 5) Director: Michael Moore Running time: 122 minutes Language: English Currently showing [See Japan Times movie listings] The Fog of War Rating: * * * * (out of 5) Director: Errol Morris Running time: 107 minutes Language: English Opens...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 18, 2004

Pullout of U.S. forces could skip Japan

Despite the U.S. announcement Monday that it will withdraw up to 70,000 service members from Asia and Europe over the next decade, America's military presence in Japan might not be part of that scenario, according to government officials.
JAPAN
Aug 18, 2004

Pullout of U.S. forces could skip Japan

Despite the U.S. announcement Monday that it will withdraw up to 70,000 service members from Asia and Europe over the next decade, America's military presence in Japan might not be part of that scenario, according to government officials.
BUSINESS
Aug 18, 2004

Japan hopes opening bond sales to foreigners will solve woes

The Finance Ministry is increasingly hoping to sell Japanese government bonds to foreigners. And the economic recovery is forcing this effort to be accelerated.
CULTURE / Stage
Aug 18, 2004

Shakespeare speaks for modern times

A struggle for control at the heart of a state followed by the assassination of the leader; division between rival noblemen and their factions; the resulting civil war; the death of a nobleman's wife by suicide; and lastly the ritual suicide of all the original conspirators against the leader. Sound...
CULTURE / Stage
Aug 18, 2004

Steps to musical heaven in Berlin and the Bible

Not one, but two of the all-time greats of the musical theater are now playing simultaneously in Tokyo. This is the second visit (the first was in 2001) of the Broadway version of "Cabaret," which won four Tony Awards in 1998 and has just finished a six-year run in New York. There is also a rare revival...
JAPAN
Aug 17, 2004

Millionaires don't live up to glamorous image

People may have notions of millionaires as ostentatious, bejeweled, big-spending clotheshorses, but the reality is that most -- and there are many -- keep a low profile.
JAPAN
Aug 17, 2004

Millionaires don't live up to glamorous image

People may have notions of millionaires as ostentatious, bejeweled, big-spending clotheshorses, but the reality is that most -- and there are many -- keep a low profile.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Aug 17, 2004

Mosquitoes, surgery and cheap words

More on mozzies A reader named Rodney was interested in information about "ka" (mosquitoes) in a July column. He says there are few things he hates in this world, even among the insect family, "but I do abhor mosquitoes!" He did some research on mosquito repellents about a year ago and learned that...
BUSINESS
Aug 17, 2004

Vodafone names ex-DoCoMo exec as chief

The Japanese unit of wireless giant Vodafone Group PLC said Monday it has named Shiro Tsuda, former No. 2 officer at rival NTT DoCoMo Inc., as its president and CEO.
JAPAN
Aug 17, 2004

Fischer's next moves: renounce U.S. citizenship and marry a Japanese

Fugitive former world chess champion Bobby Fischer appealed to U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell on Monday to help him renounce his U.S. citizenship as he announced plans to marry a leading Japanese chess official, his lawyer said.

Longform

Wealthier women in the prewar era had been the targets of various media-related health campaigns that mistakenly encouraged them to avoid everything from riding bicycles to reading novels when their monthly cycles came around.
Menstruation in Japan: Breaking the silence, slowly