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Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 9, 2004

Resort rattles isle's ecological sensitivities

IRIOMOTE ISLAND, Okinawa Pref. -- Dubbed by some as the "Galapagos in the East," Iriomote boasts subtropical forests, mangrove swamps and a surrounding coral reef.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jul 9, 2004

Long season has stars worn out for international play

LONDON -- Euro 2004 needed big names rather than long names to shine.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 9, 2004

Cosmetics firms want men to invest in their faces

Cosmetics manufacturers are starting to market cosmetics for men, believing the economic recovery will encourage them to "invest" in their faces.
JAPAN
Jul 9, 2004

Schools plan HIV-awareness classes to battle rise in STDs

About 80 secondary schools in 10 prefectures are planning to teach students about ways in which to prevent HIV infection and AIDS this academic year, government officials said Thursday.
COMMENTARY
Jul 9, 2004

Hu's star will keep rising

HONG KONG -- Ever since Hu Jintao took over as general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party in 2002 and assumed the presidency in 2003, there has been much speculation as to whether he really wields the powers of those offices or whether his predecessor, Jiang Zemin, who remains head of the armed...
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Jul 8, 2004

Renewable energy sources offer global chance to shed fossil fuels

As the leading national consumer of fossil fuels, the United States churns out almost a quarter of all the industrial carbon dioxide worldwide. Apologists say this is the price that must be paid in exchange for driving the global economy. Realists see such hubris as eventually undermining human viability...
JAPAN
Jul 8, 2004

Electric power body sat on data

The Federation of Electric Power Companies admitted Wednesday that it failed to disclose data it compiled in February 1996 on the cost of burying spent nuclear fuel.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 7, 2004

Adopted Thai girl allowed to stay

Backtracking on an earlier decision, the Justice Ministry has decided to extend a short-term visa to a 13-year-old Thai orphan who came to live with her grandmother in Tokyo after losing her parents, officials said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jul 7, 2004

Unlicensed medicine sales net Aum arrests

Senior Aum Shinrikyo member Naruhito Noda and five others from the cult were arrested Tuesday over the alleged unlicensed sale of medicine.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Jul 6, 2004

Barely managing

In a country with few real careers for women, a job in an energetic internationally-oriented service industry would surely be a dream come true for many.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 6, 2004

Kerry has potential to further ties, scholar says

If Democratic Sen. John Kerry is elected president of the United States in November, the first half of his administration will be extremely important for Japan-U.S. relations, a prominent U.S. scholar told a recent seminar in Tokyo.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 6, 2004

Expressway debts: New policy goes on the road to nowhere

By passing expressway legislation that omitted a key part of privatization panel's suggestions, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's political 'style' may now be under scrutiny by politicians and the general public.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 6, 2004

Expressway debts: New policy goes on the road to nowhere

By passing expressway legislation that omitted a key part of privatization panel's suggestions, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's political 'style' may now be under scrutiny by politicians and the general public.
JAPAN
Jul 5, 2004

Links eyed in cost cuts, workplace accidents

The labor ministry plans to look into work-related accidents for possible links to cost-cutting and corporate restructuring efforts, it was learned Sunday.
JAPAN
Jul 5, 2004

Bureaucrats face a cold shoulder

The National Personnel Authority has decided to reduce allowances for national government employees working in cold districts, personnel authority sources said Sunday.
JAPAN
Jul 4, 2004

Hot summer expected to warm up economy

Hot temperatures this summer are expected to spur consumer spending, which in turn will boost corporate earnings and give a lift to the entire economy.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / CLOSE-UP
Jul 4, 2004

Seiichi Kanise: Media insider casts an outsider's eye on Japan

After 17 years' experience as a top-flight news reporter both at home and abroad, in 1991 Seiichi Kanise began a 10-year stint as a TV news anchorman. Then, after covering a wide range of news events, in 2003 he accepted an offer from the Tokyo-based Bunka Hoso (Nippon Cultural Broadcasting Inc.) radio...
JAPAN
Jul 3, 2004

WWF ties illegal tuna fishing in Europe to Japan demand

The World Wide Fund for Nature warned in a recent report that illegal fishing for bluefin tuna is pervasive in Europe to meet Japanese market demand.
BUSINESS
Jul 3, 2004

PC worms, viruses hit record high

A record 36,039 cases of computer worm and virus infections were reported in the January-June period, antivirus software maker Trend Micro Inc. said Friday.
COMMENTARY
Jul 3, 2004

Philippine election brings anxiety, not hope

HONG KONG -- The Philippines is lurching toward a crisis in which democracy is part of the problem instead of part of the solution. While, in theory, a long, arduous presidential election should leave a nation better aware of itself and eagerly awaiting a new beginning, in the Philippines it has left...
JAPAN
Jul 3, 2004

Children's environment symposium to be held in Tokyo

All children living in Japan are invited to take part in an international symposium on the environment to be held in Tokyo on July 18.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Jul 2, 2004

Losing battle being fought to keep Kanagawa beaches clean

FUJISAWA, Kanagawa Pref. -- It's almost 5 a.m. and the sky is warming as the sun rolls up to burst open the horizon. The pacific rhythm of the ocean waves dominates the soundscape of the virtually deserted beach.
BUSINESS
Jul 1, 2004

IRCJ says it's saving firms at an 'extraordinary' speed

The president of the state-backed Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan boasted Wednesday that the entity is reviving cash-strapped companies at an "extraordinary speed."
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 1, 2004

SDF striving to become global partner

Among the 550 Ground Self-Defense Force troops in the first deployment to the southern Iraqi city of Samawah were five men in green fatigues armed with musical instruments.
LIFE / Lifestyle / ON THE BOOK TRAIL
Jul 1, 2004

"The Supernaturalist," "The Reading Bug and How to Help Your Child Catch It"

"The Supernaturalist," Eoin Colfer, Puffin Books; June 2004; 291 pp. It's official. There's an N.E.C.B. out there (a New Eoin Colfer Book, that is). And if you're not a first-time reader, this should have the same effect on you as it does on so many others, so get on the Internet, call your nearest...
BUSINESS
Jul 1, 2004

Matsushita unveils Blu-ray DVD recorder

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said Wednesday it will release on July 31 a next-generation DVD recorder that can record high-definition TV programs.
ENVIRONMENT / OLD NIC'S NOTEBOOK
Jul 1, 2004

Tucking in to alien outcasts

IN MAY, I was invited to Vancouver to give a keynote speech at the Fourth World Congress of Fisheries. The congress in that beautiful city in southwest British Columbia was attended by about 1,500 delegates from 80 countries. Its theme was: "Reconciling Fishing with Conservation."
U.S. Osprey accidentally drops cargo into sea in Okinawa
A V-22 Osprey
Large fire breaks out near Osaka's Tsutenkaku Tower
Smoke rises from a fire at a commercial building near Tsutenkaku Tower, in Osaka, on Tuesday.
Nissan to end production of compact van as Honda rescue looms
A trailer transports Nissan’s NV200 Venette minivans in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture.
Kanagawa high school student arrested for credit card data theft
A 17-year-old student from Kanagawa Prefecture has been arrested for allegedly creating a program that purported to verify the validity of credit cards and using it to illegally obtain their details.
SoftBank to help fund and lead Trump-backed Stargate AI project, a $500 billion venture
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks on Stargate, as Oracle Executive Chairman Larry Ellison, SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman look on in the Roosevelt room at the White House.
Iconic Japanese outfielder Ichiro Suzuki elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
Ichiro Suzuki finished his career with 3,089 MLB hits and is one of 33 players in the 3,000-hit club.
'America first' returns as Trump ditches focus on allies and rules-based order
U.S. President Donald Trump reviews troops during his inauguration ceremony at the Capitol in Washington on Monday.
Japan looks to learn from the past with bid to build Australian warships
The Maritime Self-Defense Force's Mogami frigate, of the class of the same name, is anchored at the MSDF's naval base in the city of Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, in September 2022.
Amid rising world hunger, a Japan-inspired group in Kenya is making a big impact
Wawira Njiru, the founder of Food4Education, serves food during the opening of a new kitchen in Mombasa County, Kenya, in 2022. The organization started in 2012 by feeding 25 children out of a single kitchen. Now it feeds nearly half a million every day.
From Tokyo to Manhattan, Takuma Watanabe stirs up a stiff drink
It's taken Takuma Watanabe little time to establish himself as one of New York's hottest bartenders.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Atsuyoshi Koike, the president and CEO of Rapidus, says there is a “sense of urgency” when it comes to Japan’s efforts in manufacturing semiconductors. “We have to make sure we are successful,” he says.
Atsuyoshi Koike’s big game: Fourth down and 2 nanometers to go
By Kazuaki Nagata and Richard Meyer

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