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Nov 5, 2003

Sugiyama to play Capriati in opener

Japan's Ai Sugiyama will face American world No. 5 Jennifer Capriati in her opening match at the season-ending WTA Championships as organizers on Tuesday released the schedule of play for the opening day on Wednesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 5, 2003

Three mistakes on Iraq

WASHINGTON -- The Democratic Party as a whole, and most of its presidential candidates, are making three consistent mistakes in their otherwise generally fair critiques of Bush administration policy in Iraq. These mistakes should be corrected; if they are not, Democrats will be less effective as constructive...
BUSINESS
Nov 5, 2003

Shin-Etsu Chemical to buy Clariant's cellulose business

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. said Tuesday it has agreed with Clariant AG to buy the cellulose operations of the leading Swiss chemical manufacturer for 31 billion yen.
BUSINESS
Nov 5, 2003

Guarantee deposit must end in March 2005, Fukui says

The economy cannot afford an extension of the government's full guarantee on regular deposits beyond the end of March 2005, Bank of Japan Gov. Toshihiko Fukui said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 5, 2003

Hawaii telescope discovers galaxy far, far away

Researchers using Japan's Subaru telescope in Hawaii have discovered a galaxy 12.9 billion light-years from Earth -- the most distant found to date.
EDITORIALS
Nov 4, 2003

Mr. Chen's travel schedule

Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian made a brief visit to New York City last weekend. Ostensibly, Mr. Chen was traveling via the United States, on his way to Panama. It was not the sort of transit most international passengers enjoy. His took a couple of days, during which he received an award, made a speech,...
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 4, 2003

Marines make Valentine feel 'wanted and needed'

Former New York Mets manager Bobby Valentine returned to Japanese baseball Monday, signing a three-year deal with the Chiba Lotte Marines.
COMMENTARY
Nov 4, 2003

True structural reform tied to end of bureaucratic rule

The biggest question in the Nov. 9 Lower House election is which side should take power -- a coalition headed by the Liberal Democratic Party or an alliance led by the Democratic Party of Japan. Also at stake is whether Japanese politics will be able to extricate itself from bureaucratic control.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 3, 2003

Valentine, Marines seal deal

Former New York Mets manager Bobby Valentine has agreed to return to Japan to manage the Lotte Marines of the Pacific League, the team's general manager told Kyodo News.
BUSINESS
Nov 3, 2003

How money changes hands in deflationary Japan

An old Japanese saying has it that money is a roving commodity. It will forever keep changing hands, so that yesterday's borrowers are today's lenders, and today's impoverished will be tomorrow's affluent.
MORE SPORTS
Nov 2, 2003

Japan brushes aside Argentina

Japan kick-started its bid for a spot at next year's Athens Olympics with a comfortable 3-0 win over Argentina in its opening match at the women's volleyball World Cup in Tokyo on Saturday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 2, 2003

Giants interested in acquiring Tuffy

The Yomiuri Giants are looking to acquire Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes outfielder Tuffy Rhodes after the slugger hit a snag in negotiations for a multiyear contract with his present club, baseball sources said Saturday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Nov 2, 2003

Joe Henry: 'Tiny Voices'

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COMMENTARY / THE VIEW FROM MOSCOW
Nov 2, 2003

Slippery prop for democrac

MOSCOW -- The arrest last weekend of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the richest man in Russia and the owner of the oil giant Yukos, shocked the international business community, enraged domestic opposition groups and sent Russian currency and bonds into a frightful free fall.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Nov 2, 2003

On TV, what you get is not what you want

Last weekend, former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka, prior to her official announcement to stand as a candidate in the upcoming House of Representatives election, held a press conference; or, more exactly, two press conferences -- one for the national newspapers and one for the TV networks. No magazines...
JAPAN
Nov 1, 2003

Ishihara unrepentant over slur

An unrepentant Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara on Friday reiterated claims that Koreans had chosen Japanese rule rather than face Chinese or Russian governance when Japan annexed the Korean Peninsula in 1910.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Nov 1, 2003

Gerri Sorrells

Born in Tokyo, Gerri Sorrells is credited with being an original "bi-lin gal" who used two languages in her first work for NHK TV. At the time she was still an undergraduate student in the International Division of Sophia University, Tokyo. Undertaking outside professional work while she was studying...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 31, 2003

Transport firm allowed to use Kewpie

The Tokyo High Court has ruled that transport firm Aramaki Unyu Co. is entitled to use the image of the Kewpie doll as its trademark, nullifying a decision made in March by the Patent Office, company officials said Thursday.
JAPAN
Oct 31, 2003

Voters put Tanaka, Kato scandals behind

As Makiko Tanaka and Koichi Kato try to stage their political comebacks, voters in their districts appear to have dismissed the money scandals that forced them out of the Diet and instead believe they can change politics for the better.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Oct 31, 2003

The humble Pacific-Rim fruit that roared

When ripe, the tropical fruit noni turns the kind of yellow-green most people associate with nasal congestion -- and gives off an odor pungent enough to clear that congestion away. Accordingly, noni's profile has long been low compared with that of more popular Pacific Rim fruits.
JAPAN
Oct 29, 2003

Campaign rhetoric faces tougher scrutiny

Few voters in Japan -- or lawmakers for that matter -- ever took a serious look at political party election pledges, knowing they were simply vague policy slogans with little substance.
BUSINESS
Oct 29, 2003

Elpida gets ready to end fundraising

Elpida Memory Inc., the sole Japanese supplier of dynamic random access memory chips, said Tuesday it is close to completing a 170 billion yen fundraising program aimed at reinforcing its production capabilities.

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