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Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jul 17, 2002

The magic of Disney creates a jungle on ice

SAPPORO -- Disney may not be everybody's dreamland. For some, especially children, Disney's movies and theme parks are a fantasy world; for others, though, they seem more like slick merchandising opportunities.
JAPAN
Jul 17, 2002

Chinese bamboo encroaching on Japan's forests

Mount Udo, straddling the cities of Shimizu and Shizuoka in central Shizuoka Prefecture, is known for its beautiful views of Mount Fuji. But it is also being "polluted" by bamboo thickets.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 17, 2002

On with the shows

Fuji Rock Festival '02July 26-28, 11 a.m. Naeba Ski Resort, Niigata Prefecture 14,500 yen (one day), 29,000 yen (two days), 38,000 yen (three days) July 26: Prodigy, George Clinton & Parliament/Funkadelic, The Parkinsons, Television, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Audio Active, Patti Smith and more July...
BUSINESS
Jul 16, 2002

Output index revised upward to 4.1% growth

Industrial production in May was revised to 4.1 percent growth, up from a preliminarily 3.9 percent reading, thanks to a stronger-than-expected output of drugs and railway cars, the government said Monday.
BUSINESS
Jul 16, 2002

Current account surplus soared 107.7% in May

The country's current account surplus jumped 107.7 percent in May from a year earlier to 1.04 trillion yen, marking an eighth consecutive month of increase, according to a preliminary report released Monday by the Finance Ministry.
JAPAN
Jul 13, 2002

Health official faces ax over med school scam

Senior vice health minister Kazuaki Miyaji faced pressure to resign Friday after admitting the day before to helping the grandson of a senior member of his support group enter Teikyo University's medical school.
JAPAN
Jul 12, 2002

Sewer-overflow disaster law eyed

The Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry has informally decided to pursue new legislation to prevent urban disasters caused by sewerage systems overflowing during heavy rain, according to ministry officials.
JAPAN
Jul 12, 2002

Mitsui will be urged to halt ODA bids

The Foreign Ministry will urge major trading house Mitsui & Co. to temporarily refrain from bidding on projects related to official development assistance, ministry sources said Thursday.
JAPAN
Jul 12, 2002

Tax official caught evading taxes

A former head of the Sapporo Regional Taxation Bureau was sentenced Thursday to 14 months in prison for evading some 250 million yen in income tax.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 10, 2002

Hibakusha criticize recognition system

Seventy-six people exposed to radiation in the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki filed applications en masse at seven prefectural governments and in Tokyo on Tuesday, asking to be recognized as sufferers of radiation sickness and calling for a more lenient recognition system.
EDITORIALS
Jul 9, 2002

A maverick among conservatives

In the hotly contested Nagano gubernatorial election held in October 2000, uncommitted voters gave a smashing victory to Mr. Yasuo Tanaka, a popular writer who is vehemently opposed to dam construction. On Friday, in a politically and emotionally charged climax to the running dispute between the governor...
JAPAN
Jul 9, 2002

Firms' IT investment to drop 0.3% in '02

Japanese firms plan to cut their information technology-related investment by 0.3 percent in fiscal 2002, according to the Japanese unit of U.S. high-tech consulting firm Gartner Group Inc.
BUSINESS
Jul 8, 2002

India now ripe for foreign investment, expert says

Conventional wisdom says that doing business in India is a difficult proposition, given its unstable politics and restrictive investment environment.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 7, 2002

You don't know us, but . . .

The new live album from psychedelic folk duo Damon and Naomi recalls a bygone era. One can almost imagine them sharing a double bill with the Baez sisters in a smoky Greenwich Village coffee house: he hunched over his guitar, she dwarfed by her bass, her dark hair and white complexion looking naturally...
JAPAN
Jul 7, 2002

Emperor, Empress on Europe tour

Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko left for the Czech Republic on Saturday morning, the first leg of a two-week European tour that will also take them to Poland, Austria and Hungary.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / CLOSE-UP
Jul 7, 2002

Crusader for life on death row

Sister Helen Prejean, a nun with the Order of Saint Joseph of Medaille since 1957, has been accompanying death-row inmates to their executions since 1982. In her award-winning book "Dead Man Walking," which was made into a film in 1995, she relates the spiritual journey she went through with death-row...
JAPAN
Jul 7, 2002

Government to rate nuclear plants on safety levels

Plans are being drawn up to rate Japan's nuclear power plants for safety to better monitor risk-prone plants and reduce inspection costs.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jul 6, 2002

Rhodes, ex-big leaguers in Japan quietly remember Kile

The two were the same age and drafted in the same year by the Houston Astros. They started in Single A, came up together through Double A and Triple A, and eventually made it big time in 1990 and '91 in Houston.
JAPAN
Jul 6, 2002

Mitsui blocked JGC tie: sources

Mitsui & Co. employees arrested Wednesday on charges of interfering in the bidding process for a government-funded project pressured engineering firm JGC Corp. to cancel a tieup with Marubeni Corp., sources familiar with the case said Friday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Jul 6, 2002

Hajime Mori

The allure of the stage came to Hajime Mori in an unusual way.
BUSINESS
Jul 6, 2002

Key gauge stayed above boom-bust line in May

The government said Friday its key gauge of the current state of the economy stayed above the boom-or-bust line in May for the fourth straight month.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 5, 2002

Time said ripe for colleges to regroup

Two students spend an hour each week with a professor; one presents a paper while the other critiques.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 5, 2002

Brace yourself for "The Delta Force"

As hot as the trance music scene may seem right now, the electronica sub-genre itself is about "five years behind" where it should be, according to Marcus C. Maichel.
Taiwan stuns Samurai Japan to capture Premier12 title
Japan starter Shosei Togo reacts after allowing a three-run home run against Taiwan in the fifth inning of the Premier12 final on Sunday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
Japan beats Taiwan ahead of rematch in Premier12 final
Keita Sano celebrates with his teammates after scoring on Kotaro Kiyomiya's two-run triple against Taiwan during their Premier12 game at Tokyo Dome on Saturday.
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
'Kohaku' still matters for J-pop bragging rights
Emerging Gen Z J-pop group ME:I will perform on this year's "Kohaku Uta Gassen," national broadcaster NHK’s New Year's Eve spectacle.
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
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.”

Podcast

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

Longform

Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?
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