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JAPAN
May 7, 2004

Toyota Aristo tops car thieves' shopping lists

Toyota Motor Corp.'s Aristo sedan was the most popular target for car thieves in Japan last year, according to the results of a survey released Thursday.
BUSINESS
May 7, 2004

Arrests darken clouds hovering over MMC

The arrests Thursday of seven former senior officials of Mitsubishi Motors Corp. have dealt a further blow to the already tainted image of the carmaker and other Mitsubishi Group firms, just as MMC was poised to unveil another revival plan under a new management team.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 7, 2004

Ozawa suggests DPJ chief Kan should quit over pension scandal

Ichiro Ozawa, deputy president of the Democratic Party of Japan, suggested Thursday that DPJ chief Naoto Kan should resign because he failed to pay the mandatory premiums for the basic pension system while serving as health minister in 1996.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 7, 2004

Troubled kids find caring for animals good therapy

Problem and abused kids are on the rise and need help from many quarters, not just professional, to turn their lives around, and animals can and do play a therapeutic role to this end, according to an American expert in the field.
JAPAN
May 7, 2004

Guru's daughter wins school OK

A university in Tokyo announced Thursday it has accepted the enrollment of the third daughter of Aum Shinrikyo founder Shoko Asahara.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
May 7, 2004

SE Asian classic makes itself at home

Chicken rice. The entire bird, simmered whole then sliced with a cleaver, arranged on a plate with a mound of steamed rice, garnished with sprigs of coriander and anointed with dabs of thick soy and piquant ginger sauce. And served with a bowl of light, fragrant broth -- chicken bouillon, of course....
BUSINESS
May 7, 2004

Sumitomo Trust worker left client data on train

Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co. said Thursday it has lost some documents featuring personal data on 41 customers at its office in the western Tokyo suburb of Tama.
JAPAN
May 7, 2004

Regenerative-therapy tests target pets

Experiments are being conducted to apply state-of-the-art medical technology, including gene therapy, on pets suffering from such common human diseases as diabetes and hay fever.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
May 5, 2004

Dead man walking

The Passion of the Christ Rating: * * (out of 5) Director: Mel Gibson Running time: 127 minutes Language: Aramaic, Latin Currently showing [See Japan Times movie listings] "There's enough torture in life without having to inflict it for no good reason." -- Mel Gibson, interviewed by...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
May 5, 2004

Future through sepia-colored glasses

Immortel (ad vitam) Rating: * * 1/2(out of 5) Director: Enki Bilal Running time: 104 minutes Language: English Currently showing [See Japan Times movie listings] The future is not now, it's retro in "Immortel (ad vitam)" (released in Japan as "God Diva") -- the latest Euro sci-fi created...
CULTURE / Film
May 5, 2004

Live from Golgotha

The first piece of sacred spam hit my inbox during the runup to the opening of "The Passion of The Christ" in the United States. Forwarded by an earnest member of the Anglican-Episcopalian church I attend in central Tokyo, the e-mail asked recipients to pray for the success of the movie, to give thanks...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
May 5, 2004

'Kill Bill: Vol. 2': Back into the pit of vipers

True originality is a many-splintered thing. Let us recall that Shakespeare was indebted to Marlowe, Picasso drew inspiration from African totems and Van Gogh dug ukiyoe prints. Then this thing called postmodernism gave artists carte blanche to quote, sample, appropriate, reinterpret -- you name it,...
JAPAN
May 5, 2004

Chinese here feel sting of prejudice

Huang Tianshu came to Japan from China five years ago, hoping to learn more about the language and culture of her peers at a China subsidiary of a Kobe-based car navigation system manufacturer, where she worked for six years after graduating from college.
JAPAN
May 5, 2004

Trans-Pacific solo sculler located after sending SOS

The Japan Coast Guard on Tuesday found a Japanese adventurer who issued an SOS just weeks into a seven-month voyage to scull across the Pacific to the United States.
OLYMPICS
May 5, 2004

Zico to carry torch

Japan coach Zico was named an Olympic torch runner for his home country Brazil by an official Olympic sponsor and will carry the sacred flame, sources said Tuesday.
JAPAN
May 5, 2004

Dental group wined and dined ministry officials

The Japan Dental Association entertained health ministry officials at expensive restaurants and gave them money described as taxi fees, sources said Tuesday.
MORE SPORTS
May 5, 2004

Tachibana, Takeda maintain lead

Reigning world silver medalists Miya Tachibana and Miho Takeda held onto their overnight lead and advanced to the duet final with the top score in the free routine at the Japan Open on Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 5, 2004

Holiday return crush starts at Narita, Kansai airports

The nation's international airports were crowded Tuesday with vacationers returning from overseas trips as the Golden Week holidays wound down.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 5, 2004

Language schools fight image war

Students at the Japanese-language school Tokyo Nichigo Gakuin are encouraged to speak their minds, and to do so as fluently as possible.

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