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Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / THE WAY OF WASHOKU
Jun 23, 2002

You too can take the natto challenge

Several years ago NHK broadcast an exhaustive special on natto, containing more than you ever cared to know about that much-maligned sticky, stinky dish of fermented soybeans. One of the exciting pieces of information that NHK's crack investigative journalism revealed was the number of times required...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Jun 22, 2002

Shilpa Gandhi

A country of many different regions, India displays a panorama of diversity in many ways. Even the sari, the national dress for women, presents myriad differences in materials and styles. India has a long history of love for brilliant fabrics and the dazzling uses to which they are put. Old paintings,...
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 19, 2002

Japan out as Koreans stun Italy

MIYAGI -- Cohost Japan's 2002 World Cup run ended Tuesday with a disappointing 1-0 loss to a stubborn Turkish side in a Round of 16 game at Miyagi Stadium, but South Korea pulled off a stunning 2-1 upset over Italy in Taejon to advance to the quarterfinals where it faces Spain.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Jun 19, 2002

Tom Waits: 'Alice' and 'Blood Money'

On paper, Tom Waits' two new albums, "Alice" and "Blood Money," don't look promising. Without yet listening to them and knowing they were originally written for European theater pieces staged by avant-garde director Robert Wilson, they prompt one of two reactions: Here is obviously another misguided...
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2002

Prosecutors seek warrant for Suzuki

Prosecutors sought an arrest warrant Monday for lawmaker Muneo Suzuki for allegedly taking a 5 million yen bribe from a Hokkaido lumber firm in 1998.
JAPAN
Jun 16, 2002

'Intelligent' TV server in works

Royal Philips Electronics N.V. of the Netherlands and Waseda University are jointly developing a household TV server that would allow viewers to watch the programming of their choice at any time, researchers said Saturday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Jun 16, 2002

Nodaiwa: Why put off eel you can eat today?

Who says you have to wait till the dog days of midsummer to enjoy unagi? Ignore the media hype: There are no rules that say when you should (or should not) eat your eel. But if you are only going to dine on unagi once a year, then make it somewhere special. And you will not find anywhere in Tokyo that...
JAPAN
Jun 15, 2002

Efforts to preserve Ainu language gain momentum

An independent television producer and an Ainu-language teacher recently released a compact disc featuring traditional Ainu stories in a bid to pass down the indigenous minority's language.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 15, 2002

Suzuki faces arrest over lumber bribe

Public prosecutors may question senior lawmaker Muneo Suzuki next week on allegations he received 5 million yen in bribes from a Hokkaido lumber firm when he was deputy chief Cabinet secretary in 1998, and seek his arrest, law enforcement sources said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 14, 2002

Hooligan fears prove unfounded

OSAKA — Fears of hooligans running rampant in Osaka on Wednesday after a key World Cup soccer tie between England and Nigeria proved unfounded, and now opinions are mixed over the heavy security and concern prior to the game.
JAPAN
Jun 13, 2002

Fuji eruption evacuation map in works

A council working on measures to be taken in the event that Mount Fuji erupts met Wednesday and received a report by experts on the creation of a map of areas that could be affected.
ENVIRONMENT
Jun 13, 2002

Different folks have different remedies for strokes

A popular explanation for recovery from stroke is that the healthy side of the brain assumes control of the functions lost from the damaged side. Most existing therapies are designed to encourage this transfer of function. Now, however, researchers in the United States are suggesting that the brain changes...
EDITORIALS
Jun 12, 2002

Unsure sign of recovery

The latest government report on Japan's gross domestic product -- that the economy in the first quarter of this year expanded 1.4 percent from the previous quarter, or at an annual rate of 5.7 percent -- has met with some skepticism. The general feeling appears to be that it is too good to be true. In...
BUSINESS
Jun 12, 2002

Koizumi to release more budget plans

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi will release on Thursday his budget-drafting policy for fiscal 2003, following a basic policy released last week, Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa said Tuesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 12, 2002

Life of the party

Thai artist Rirkrit Tiravanija has an original recipe for success: "I can't paint," he said, "but I can cook."
BUSINESS
Jun 12, 2002

Ogi hits plan to use gas tax for environmental protection

Transport minister Chikage Ogi balked Tuesday at a proposal by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to spend part of 2.8 trillion yen in gasoline tax revenues on measures to safeguard the environment.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 12, 2002

Zazen and the roundabout road to enlightenment

In his classic book "Zen in the Art of Archery," Eugen Herrigel makes it clear that trying too hard to hit a target is a sure way to miss it. One wonders whether, conversely, the easiest way to achieve one's aim is to take a roundabout route to it. That would certainly seem to be the case with the art...
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 11, 2002

Let them breathe water: U.S. blocks sustainable development talks

BALI -- Already from the beginning there was an air of defeatism at the preparatory meeting in Bali for the World Summit on Sustainable Development. It was certainly not the ambience: The resort-style lodging for the 6,000 delegates could hardly have been a reason for complaint. But after two weeks of...
EDITORIALS
Jun 10, 2002

Scientific analysis should come first

The government's decision to host an international project to build the next-generation thermonuclear experimental reactor in Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, lacks a critical element: public understanding. The decision, prompted by a group of Liberal Democratic Party legislators promoting nuclear fusion...
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Jun 9, 2002

Words that rode on the high notes

KABUKI PLAYS ON STAGE: Volume I -- Brilliance and Bravado, 1697-1766, edited by James R. Brandon and Samuel L. Leiter. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2001, 192 pp., profusely illustrated, $48 (cloth) This is the first volume in a monumental four-volume series that brings together the texts of...
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Jun 9, 2002

In publishing, the modern girls have it

World Cup fever may have taken over the Japanese media, but the bookstores are full of books on language and education. The sales of books for learning English are perhaps connected to spring and its association in Japan with the beginning of the academic year and the hiring of new employees by the corporate...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Jun 8, 2002

Alejandro Zaera-Polo

The Yokohama International Ferry Terminal opened to festive acclaim last Sunday.
JAPAN
Jun 8, 2002

Mad cow investigators to visit Netherlands factory

Japan will send two investigators to the Netherlands over the weekend to investigate allegations that a Dutch-made animal fat product may be the source of mad cow disease in Japan, Farm minister Tsutomu Takebe said Friday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jun 5, 2002

Raw power

The singer's name is Baba and he's the Japanese Iggy Pop -- when he was young and spritely. Baba's just smashed his head into a speaker, and blood from his nose splashes over the kids spilling onto the stage at a packed Shinjuku live house. In return, they offer him a similar rock 'n' roll sacrament...
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 4, 2002

Activists put themselves in firing line

It was April 1, and Aisa Kiyosue and nearly 100 other activists from around the world were marching toward the Dehesha refugee camp in Beit Jala, northern Bethlehem, in an attempt to block it from an anticipated attack by the Israeli Army. They were in high spirits, clapping and singing songs of protest,...
JAPAN
Jun 4, 2002

Former Ishioka mayor admits taking 2 million yen to leak waterworks bid

A former mayor of Ishioka, Ibaraki Prefecture, pleaded guilty Monday to receiving 2 million yen in bribes in 1999 for unlawfully helping Hitachi Ltd. win the contract for a municipal waterworks project.
JAPAN
Jun 4, 2002

Suzuki allegedly received cash from firm that logged illegally

Lawmaker Muneo Suzuki in 1998 received around 5 million yen from executives of a Hokkaido logging firm who were apparently enlisting his help after the company was caught cutting down trees in a national forest without permission, sources close to the case said Monday.
COMMENTARY
Jun 3, 2002

Too cozy for visions of reform

Japan is groping in the dark politically, economically and diplomatically. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's reform initiative is deadlocked; there is even a sense that it might end up as an empty slogan. Prospects for the postal deregulation bills, a top item on his reform agenda, are at best uncertain...
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.
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.
Japan will spend ¥325 million in government funds on Princess Yuriko's funeral
Princess Yuriko waves during the New Year's public greeting at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in January 2019.
MUFG fires worker over ¥2 billion theft from clients’ safe deposit boxes
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is investigating the incident and consulting with the police.
China reinstates visa-free travel for Japanese nationals
Beijing Daxing International Airport
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.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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