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Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 30, 2003

SARS travel warning widened

The Foreign Ministry on Tuesday issued a broader warning calling on Japanese to exercise caution in traveling to additional areas of China due to the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome.
JAPAN
Apr 30, 2003

TELL struggles amid foreigner influx

Tokyo English Life Line, a telephone counseling service for non-Japanese that celebrated its 30th anniversary this month, sees a need for such services increasing in line with the growing number of foreigners living in Japan.
JAPAN
Apr 30, 2003

Nobel chemist, ex-Kobe mayor among government honorees

Masatoshi Koshiba, winner of the Nobel Prize in chemistry, and Kosaku Inaba, former chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, will be honored with the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun, the Cabinet office said in releasing the names of 4,301 men and 297 women in Japan on this...
JAPAN
Apr 30, 2003

Hatfield of U.S., Devakula of Thailand to be decorated

Former U.S. Sen. Mark Hatfield and Thai Privy Councilor Thep Devakula will be honored with the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure, the second-highest decoration awarded regularly by the Japanese government, the Cabinet Office said Tuesday.
EDITORIALS
Apr 28, 2003

Pyongyang's self-destructive strategy

North Korea has played another nuclear card, giving a more dangerous twist to its game of brinkmanship. Pyongyang claims that it already has nuclear weapons and has reprocessed thousands of spent nuclear fuel rods in its possession -- a step that could lead to the production of more atomic bombs. Given...
JAPAN
Apr 26, 2003

Obituary: Hidefumi Minorikawa

Hidefumi Minorikawa, a House of Representatives member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, died Thursday of liver failure at a hospital in Omagari, Akita Prefecture, his family said. He was 67.
JAPAN
Apr 26, 2003

English words targeted for banishment

The National Institute for Japanese Language proposed Friday that the government avoid using 59 English words or terms that are similar to English in its Japanese-language documents.
JAPAN
Apr 25, 2003

Key members already sentenced for crimes

Following is a list of key members of Aum Shinrikyo who have been sentenced for a series of crimes perpetrated by the cult.
JAPAN
Apr 25, 2003

Tainted Matsunami seeks ear of ethics panel

Lower House lawmaker Kenshiro Matsunami is asking the chairman of the House of Representatives' ethics panel to convene the council to deal with a scandal over Matsunami's links with the criminal underworld.
JAPAN
Apr 25, 2003

Cases Asahara stands accused in

Following is a list of cases in which Aum Shinrikyo founder Shoko Asahara stands accused. Charges include masterminding murder, attempted murder, abduction and confinement resulting in death, destruction of a corpse, plotting murder or violation of the Arms Manufacturing Law.
JAPAN
Apr 25, 2003

Foreign Ministry upgrades travel alert for Toronto

The Foreign Ministry upgraded Thursday its travel warning for Toronto, adding it to the growing list of areas that Japanese travelers are advised to avoid due to the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Apr 25, 2003

Un Cafe: I'm falling in love again

Going back to favorite restaurants after a gap of several years is much like meeting up with an old flame after being out of touch for too long. Anticipation is likely to be tempered by a good measure of anxiety. How have they changed? What if they don't look so good any more, or they've gone to fat,...
JAPAN
Apr 24, 2003

Outlying regions want a piece of the action, too

Anticipating that the upcoming Visit Japan campaign will prove successful, businesses and local governments are developing strategies to draw prospective foreign tourists out of major cities and into their regions.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 23, 2003

Shaking up the cityscape

Tadao Ando is not afraid to say what he thinks. More than that, when the Osaka-based architect has an idea about what life in cities should be like, he isn't afraid to radically alter the world to make his visions a reality. After the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake of 1995, he felt that it was important...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FRONT-RUNNERS
Apr 22, 2003

Optical equipment maker focuses on creativity

If you really want to work for a company that produces high-technology devices, you may have to brush up on your chopstick skills.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 22, 2003

Regulation remains a problem

In his policy speech to the Diet earlier this year, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi announced that the government would double foreign direct investment in Japan in five years to increase employment.
JAPAN
Apr 21, 2003

Setagaya OKs transsexual's election bid

A transsexual living socially as a female became on Sunday the first person in Japan to register as an election candidate under a gender different from that listed on their official family registry.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Apr 20, 2003

Dancing detectives

A LOYAL CHARACTER DANCER, by Qiu Xiaolong. New York, SOHO Press, 2002, 351 pp., $25 (cloth) Popular fiction can be a fairly reliable indicator of changing public sentiments. One harbinger that the Cold War was beginning to wind down was the appearance of the now-famous police procedural novel. Such novels...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / J-POPSICLE
Apr 20, 2003

There is no escape from the silliness

It's only April, but the silly season already seems to be upon us.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / THE SECOND ROOM
Apr 19, 2003

2003 party season gets its blessing; Credit where due in 2002

As omens go, the last two Sundays have been righteously encouraging for the Tokyo party scene.
JAPAN
Apr 19, 2003

Beat Takeshi named as 'ideal boss'

Comedian and film director Takeshi Kitano topped the list of celebrities named by newly recruited employees as the person they would most like to work for, according to a survey by the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 17, 2003

Opposition united in call for Matsunami to resign

Four opposition parties agreed Wednesday to call on Kenshiro Matsunami to resign from the House of Representatives to take responsibility for having a gangster's construction company pay two of his secretaries' salaries.
JAPAN
Apr 16, 2003

Three Lower House by-elections seen as test of Koizumi's political future

Official campaigning began Tuesday for three House of Representatives by-elections seen as a litmus test for Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's Liberal Democratic Party ahead of an upcoming general election.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 16, 2003

Why does Japan choose to remain naked to the threat of North Korean missiles?

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, fearing that he is next on U.S. President George W. Bush's list for "regime change," is openly threatening Japan with his Nodong missiles. Yet Japan chooses to remain naked to this threat. Why doesn't it ask for PAC-3 (Patriot) missiles to be deployed by U.S. forces in...
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2003

Ishihara has novel ideas for new term

Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara suggested Monday that municipal government employees might be able to lend police a helping hand as a way to strengthen security in the capital.
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2003

Japan lags behind in e-government programs: report

Japan still lags behind in terms of the maturity of e-government programs for the implementation of online services by state agencies, according to a recent survey by U.S. consulting firm Accenture.
COMMENTARY
Apr 14, 2003

Implications of the Iraq war

HONOLULU -- Why diplomacy failed in Iraq remains a subject of intense debate. Even Baghdad's supporters could not argue that Iraq had fully complied with U.N. Security Council Resolution 1441, which found Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's regime in material breach of numerous earlier resolutions and promised...
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2003

Data disclosure requests climbed to 59,880 in 2002

Ministries and central government agencies received nearly 60,000 requests for information to be disclosed in fiscal 2002, the second year after the law on information disclosure took effect, according to the public management ministry.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
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.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
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’

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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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