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Dec 24, 2002

Umemura takes women's singles

Top seed Aya Umemura edged Ai Fujinuma 4-3 in the women's singles final on Sunday to win her second straight title at the national table tennis championships and claim a spot in next year's world championships.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Dec 24, 2002

Clothing homeless volunteering and kids' art classes

Donating old clothes Being the season of good cheer and giving rather than receiving, here are some ways to help those less fortunate than ourselves.
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Dec 23, 2002

Ai-chan ousted in sixth round

Teenager Ai Fukuhara lost to Asami Suemasu 4-3 in the sixth round of the women's singles at the national table tennis championships Saturday, going out at the same stage for the second straight year.
SOCCER / J. League
Dec 23, 2002

Hamburg, Jubilo reach deal on striker Takahara transfer

OSAKA -- German first-division side SV Hamburg reached a deal with J. League champion Jubilo Iwata on Saturday for the transfer of Japan striker Naohiro Takahara.
EDITORIALS
Dec 23, 2002

Pay cuts demand job security

It has been a long time since the word "shunto" -- the spring labor offensive -- stood for its traditional meaning. With the domestic economy caught in a deflationary spiral, the idea of winning across-the-board wage concessions from management on top of regular pay increases no longer holds water. So...
COMMENTARY
Dec 23, 2002

Fix the U.S.-ROK alliance

HONOLULU -- Now that the South Korean presidential elections are over, it's time for outgoing President Kim Dae Jung to take the necessary steps to ensure a proper legacy. No, I am not talking about his "sunshine policy" of engagement with North Korea. His bold, if only partially successful, efforts...
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Dec 22, 2002

Hingis pulls out of Toray Open

Defending champion Martina Hingis, who is recuperating from ankle surgery, has withdrawn from the Toray Pan Pacific Open, organizers said Friday.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 22, 2002

From bluster to the risk of catastrophe

HONOLULU -- The United States and North Korea have once again reached an impasse in their long distance negotiations through the press. The North Koreans have demanded that the U.S. sign a nonaggression pact as part of a settlement of disputes on the Peninsula.
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Dec 22, 2002

Tokuyama edges past Penalosa

Masamori Tokuyama retained his World Boxing Council super flyweight title Friday with a 12-round split decision over Gerry Penalosa of the Philippines.
COMMENTARY
Dec 22, 2002

Abductee hysteria in Japan

That old saying about democracies being their own worst enemies is getting a good workout in Japan's abductee dispute with North Korea. By any standards, North Korea's willingness to release five Japanese abducted in the 1970s following Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's Sept. 17 breakthrough visit to...
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Dec 22, 2002

A little something for the god

GRACIOUS GIFTS: Japan's Sacred Offerings, photographed by Gorazd Vilhar, text by Charlotte Anderson. Tokyo: Shufunotomo-sha, 1999, 128 pp., 172 color plates, 4,000 yen (cloth) All religions encourage gifts. From Catholic prayer boxes to Protestant collection plates, from the donation repositories of...
LIFE / Travel / NATURE TRAVEL
Dec 22, 2002

Historic Zanzibar, as exotic as it sounds

First of two parts Zanzibar! Just eight letters, but what a wealth of romance they sum up!
LIFE / Travel / NATURE TRAVEL
Dec 22, 2002

Historic Zanzibar, as exotic as it sounds

First of two parts Zanzibar! Just eight letters, but what a wealth of romance they sum up!
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Dec 22, 2002

Home sweet family Christmas

It's almost Christmas, and children all over the world are getting more excited with each passing day, dreaming and chattering about what presents will await them on Christmas morning.
EDITORIALS
Dec 21, 2002

Continuity and strain in South Korea

The election of Mr. Roh Moo Hyun as South Korea's next president promises continuity in Seoul. His victory is a triumph for departing President Kim Dae Jung, who launched Mr. Roh's Grand Millennium Party and inaugurated many of the policies that Mr. Roh inherits. Mr. Roh's pledge to continue Mr. Kim's...
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Dec 20, 2002

Strong field for Osaka Marathon

OSAKA -- Kenyan defending champion Lornah Kiplagat and Japan's Mizuki Noguchi, winner in Nagoya in her marathon debut in March, head the list of 20 invitees to next month's Osaka International Women's Marathon, organizers said Wednesday.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Dec 20, 2002

Liverpool fans experiencing knee-jerk reaction to team's woes

LONDON -- The phone lines to Liverpool radio stations have been red hot this week. The knee-jerk reaction in the wake of one point from the last 18 has been that Gerard Houllier has lost the plot and Phil Thompson must go.
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Dec 19, 2002

Maruyama to give Toyota a spin

Japan's No. 1 ranked golfer Shigeki Maruyama signed a three-year sponsorship deal with Toyota Motor Corp., officials of the carmaker said Tuesday.
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Dec 19, 2002

Seven Japanese players pass NFL Europe tryout

Kwansei Gakuin University coach and linebacker Rikiya Ishida as well as six other Japanese have passed the open tryout for the European affiliate of the National Football League, NFL Japan officials said Wednesday.
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Dec 18, 2002

Japan to play in four-nation event

Japan will compete in a new four-nation international rugby tournament next year with the United States, China and Russia, officials said Tuesday.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Dec 18, 2002

Hot stove ponders fate of Rose, Matsui, Nakamura

This is the final "Baseball Bullet-In" for 2002, so let's take a look at, and make some comments about, topics on the hot stove of baseball news on both sides of the Pacific.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Dec 18, 2002

'Red Demon' to claim British souls

Acclaimed in Japan for the last quarter of a century as a drama director, writer and actor, Hideki Noda is set to become a major player on the world stage from Jan. 31, when his "Red Demon" opens for a near-monthlong run at the famed Young Vic in London's West End.
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Dec 17, 2002

Ooft outlines plans for development of improving Reds

Former Japan manager Hans Ooft completed his first regular season with the Urawa Reds at the end of last month.
COMMENTARY
Dec 16, 2002

Britain braces for dilemma

LONDON -- At the speed of an express train, a formidable new dilemma is hurtling toward the British government: how to respond to the prospect of a written constitution that the leaders of the European Union are determined to have. Drafts are already being circulated and will be finalized in the next...
COMMENTARY
Dec 16, 2002

Highways amid the shambles

In its final report submitted Dec. 6, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's advisory commission for privatizing four road-related public corporations called for a halt to runaway highway construction. The report warns against the "triangle of collusion" among "road tribe" legislators, related bureaucrats...
EDITORIALS
Dec 15, 2002

Mission to Mars

Speaking of the moon and beyond, both were in the news again last week as the 30th anniversary of the last Apollo mission converged with the latest speculations about life -- or otherwise -- on Mars.
Fears rise of rupture in Japan-China ties in wake of Taiwan remarks
Two Chinese tourists wearing kimonos take a selfie as they visit Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district on Saturday.
A beloved Tokyo penguin’s end presages Suica’s shift to payments giant
JR East is retiring the beloved Suica penguin as part of a rebrand to transform the contactless payment platform, used for both transit and retail, into a mobile fintech powerhouse.
At Ginza’s newest hotel, luxury is a private treasure
At Fufu Tokyo, each guest room comes with its own private "onsen" (hot spring) — a luxury nearly unheard of in the heart of Tokyo's capital.
Ashfall warning issued in southern Japan as volcano erupts
View of Sakurajima from the mainland of Kagoshima Prefecture
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Good fortune, wrapped in fried tofu
Golden "age-fukuburo," a culinary take on Japan's new year "lucky bags," can be served on their own.
Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan celebrates 80 years at the forefront of press freedom
Located near the Imperial Palace, the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan prides itself on the accessibility of its events and the support it offers to budding and established journalists. The club is currently headed by Dan Sloan, a former reporter for Reuters.
The challenges awaiting Japan’s new finance minister
Finance minister Satsuki Katayama answers questions from reporters in a group interview on Oct. 24.
At Ginza’s newest hotel, luxury is a private treasure
At Fufu Tokyo, each guest room comes with its own private "onsen" (hot spring) — a luxury nearly unheard of in the heart of Tokyo's capital.
Japan fully enters sports streaming era as fans face new dilemmas
Sports fan Tadashi Yokoyama streams basketball and fencing on three screens.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.
A century of Deaf sport finds its moment in Tokyo
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