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COMMENTARY / World
Jun 16, 2004

U.S. troop pullouts: There's a political message, too

The implications of the forthcoming withdrawal of one-third of the 37,000 U.S. troops in South Korea and two army divisions from Germany are as much political as military since both nations have been the site of vigorous anti-American eruptions in the last few years.
BUSINESS
Jun 16, 2004

Daiei's sales slipped in May for third straight month

Sales at supermarket chain operator Daiei Inc. slid 3 percent in May from a year earlier on a same-stores basis for the third consecutive monthly decline, company officials said Tuesday.
EDITORIALS
Jun 15, 2004

Managing security alliances

The administration of President George W. Bush has recognized that new security threats and new military capabilities require a new U.S. global defense posture. Nowhere are those changes more evident than Northeast Asia, and on the Korean Peninsula in particular. The redeployment of U.S. forces in South...
OLYMPICS
Jun 15, 2004

Japanese quartet to play in Athens

Ai Sugiyama, Saori Obata, Shinobu Asagoe and Akiko Morigami all won berths for the Athens Olympics through the latest WTA singles rankings released Monday, having cleared the standard set by the International Tennis Federation.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 15, 2004

Matsui's homer sparks Yankees comeback win

Hideki Matsui hit a solo shot to highlight a two-run ninth inning as the New York Yankees rallied for four runs in the 12th en route to a 6-5 victory over the San Diego Padres on Sunday.
OLYMPICS
Jun 15, 2004

JAAF offers rewards for medal winners

The Japan Association of Athletics Federations (JAAF) said Monday it will provide cash bonuses for medal winners at the Athens Olympics as well as for their coaches.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jun 15, 2004

Free guides, counseling and a bet

Howzat! Graham, Operations Manager at the YC&AC (Yokohama Country & Athletic Club) located in Naka-ku, Yokohama, follows up an enquiry about cricket from Jake on June 1.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Jun 15, 2004

Coach Baxter making a name for himself in world soccer

"Stuart who?"
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Jun 15, 2004

Casualty of war

"I do understand why that girl could do such a brutal thing, because I myself treated people cruelly during World War II, without any hesitation," says 82-year-old Masaichi Nishiguchi, a former military policeman (MP) in the Japanese Army.
BUSINESS
Jun 15, 2004

Corporate bankruptcies down 17th month in row

The number of corporate bankruptcies dropped 20.2 percent in May from a year earlier to 1,182, down for the 17th straight month, a corporate credit research agency said Monday.
BUSINESS
Jun 15, 2004

Tokyo still priciest city for expats across globe

Tokyo remains the world's most expensive city for expatriate workers in terms of the cost of living, according to an annual survey released Monday by a U.S. consulting firm.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Jun 15, 2004

Does the recent uncovering of torture at Abu Ghraib surprise you?

Yasmine Romero Student, 21 I'm not that surprised. People tend not to think about what they're doing as individuals, not just in war, though. They just tend to get caught up with the moment.
BUSINESS
Jun 15, 2004

No change in monetary policy expected from BOJ meeting

The Bank of Japan on Monday began a two-day meeting of its policy-setting panel, with analysts expecting no change in monetary policy despite the recent surge in long-term interest rates.
OLYMPICS
Jun 15, 2004

Asahara, Tamesue added to team

Nobuharu Asahara and Dai Tamesue, competitors in the men's 100 meters and 400-meter hurdles, were among the 27 officially named to the Olympic team at the Japan Association of Athletics Federations board meeting on Monday.
COMMENTARY
Jun 15, 2004

Strike a balance on defense

As the Self-Defense Forces prepare to greet the 50th anniversary of their founding next month, the prime minister's advisory panel on security and defense is updating Japan's "national defense program outline."
EDITORIALS
Jun 13, 2004

Smiling faces at the G8 summit

Fortunately for the leaders of the world's leading industrialized nations, very little is actually expected of their annual summits. The meetings have become photo opportunities at which they assure the world of their unity and sense of purpose and then announce some major initiative to prove the point....
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Jun 13, 2004

Things as they are, not how they seem

HAIKU ACTIVITIES: Asian Arts and Crafts for Creative Kids, by Patricia Donegan, illustrations by Masturzh Jeffrey. Boston, Tokyo: Tuttle Publishing, 64 pp., 2003, $9.95 (cloth). Though intended for young readers, this is a clear explication from which those of any age may learn. Indeed, the mature reader...
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Jun 13, 2004

Banking on Japan

SAVING THE SUN: A Wall Street Gamble to Rescue Japan From Its Trillion-Dollar Meltdown, by Gillian Tett. New York: Random House Books, 2004, 2,940 yen (paper). This is a remarkable saga about the demise of Long Term Credit Bank and its improbable recovery as Shinsei Bank. It is a story about the Japanese...
Features
Jun 13, 2004

Signs of life

Divorce is up; population growth is down. Spitting on the street: in; holding the door: out. Politicians waver back and forth on policy, their party platforms neither here nor there.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Jun 13, 2004

An 'outsider' finds insight into Japan's bad-loan crisis

Just 33 years old when she headed the Tokyo Bureau of the Financial Times, Gillian Tett took an unusual route to the heart of Japan's business world.
Typhoon Shanshan set to become a 'very powerful' storm later this week
Typhoon Shanshan is the sixth typhoon to form in August, with the Meteorological Agency forecasting strong winds and potentially severe weather for a broad swath of the country from Tuesday as it approaches.
Clinical trial set to begin in Japan for medicine to help grow teeth
Inside the mouth of a mouse whose teeth were missing due to congenital anodontia (left) and the inside of the mouth after teeth were grown after taking medicine.
Typhoon Shanshan gains steam as storm projected to hit broad swath of Japan
Typhoon Shanshan is forecast to approach or make landfall on the islands of Honshu or Shikoku by Tuesday afternoon, with rough weather expected from western to eastern Japan through Wednesday before hitting the country’s northeastern areas late Wednesday into Thursday.
Japan’s dueling ‘katsu’ curry creators are just happy to see the dish thrive
Three Tokyo restaurants claim to be the inventor of Japan's 'katsu karē' (breaded and fried pork served with Japanese curry), but Ginza Swiss' take (pictured) may be the most unique.
TICAD ministerial meeting adopts first joint statement
Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa and other officials attended a joint news conference at the Tokyo International Conference on African Development Ministerial Meeting in Tokyo on Sunday.
Ueda promises better communication as he sticks to the script
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda speaks during a Lower House hearing on Friday in Tokyo.
Japan’s dueling ‘katsu’ curry creators are just happy to see the dish thrive
Three Tokyo restaurants claim to be the inventor of Japan's 'katsu karē' (breaded and fried pork served with Japanese curry), but Ginza Swiss' take (pictured) may be the most unique.
Remembering Keiichi Tanaami's surreal grotesqueries
Keiichi Tanaami died on Aug. 9 after a 60-year career as a Pop Art pioneer. He was 88.
In Japan’s flyover country, 72 hours of hidden gems
Okayama and Tottori prefectures are some of the least-visited regions in Japan among foreign tourists — which is why they offer such a welcome break from crowd-clogged cities like Tokyo and Kyoto.
Why it's hard to find rice at Japan's supermarkets right now
A supermarket worker puts up a sign asking purchasers to buy only one bag per person, in Tokyo on July 25.

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