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JAPAN / TALKING SHOP
Feb 16, 2004

Karaoke learning curve put telecom executive on right line

For Eric Gan, chief financial officer of broadband service firm eAccess Ltd., keeping up with the latest telecom technology terms in Japanese is not difficult. Coping with business customs here is.
JAPAN
Feb 16, 2004

Farm chief calls U.S. probe into mad cow incomplete

Farm chief Yoshiyuki Kamei on Sunday called a U.S. probe into the outbreak of mad cow disease incomplete and said Japan will not reconsider the ban on American beef until it receives new proposals for tighter safeguards.
MORE SPORTS
Feb 16, 2004

Noguchi sets record in Ome Marathon

Mizuki Noguchi, winner of the silver medal at the World Athletics Championships in Paris last summer, set a national record Sunday in winning the women's 30-km race at the Ome Marathon.
JAPAN
Feb 16, 2004

Pratt & Whitney admits six in-flight shutdowns

Pratt & Whitney, the U.S. manufacturer of McDonnell Douglas engines that last month developed cracks and prompted Japan Air System to cancel nearly 600 flights, has admitted there have been several in-flight engine shutdowns due to such trouble.
MORE SPORTS
Feb 16, 2004

Kanto clubs to vie for Microsoft Cup

The inaugural Microsoft Cup final to be played at Tokyo's National Stadium on Feb. 22 will be an all-Kanto affair following Sunday's two semifinals.
BUSINESS / JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES
Feb 16, 2004

Judging our parties by policy is the best policy

In the United States, it is the routine work of think tanks and business organizations to examine the voting behavior of each legislator.
EDITORIALS
Feb 15, 2004

Romance by the numbers

You have to hand it to Singapore: It is doing its best to lose its longtime image as the nanny state of Asia. In fact, with the launch earlier this month of the now annual "Romancing Singapore" campaign, it is behaving less like a nanny and more like a madam.
JAPAN
Feb 15, 2004

2002 World Cup target for al-Qaeda, leader says

A senior member of al-Qaeda has told U.S. security authorities that the terrorist network planned to carry out attacks against 2002 World Cup soccer matches in Japan, informed sources in Tokyo said Saturday.
JAPAN
Feb 15, 2004

Abduction issue talks end with little progress

By KANAKO TAKAHARA
Japan Times
Features
Feb 15, 2004

Soaking up Sakura

Pass by the noisy pachinko parlor near BicCamera in Yokohama, turn the corner at the red paper lantern outside the yakitori shop and, tucked away down an alleyway, you'll find a villa-like little storefront labeled "Snack Sakura."
JAPAN
Feb 15, 2004

'Haru-ichiban' bring early spring

The year's first warm gales, indicating the arrival of spring, were felt in parts of Japan on Saturday, according to the Meteorological Agency.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Feb 15, 2004

Harper pushing himself to a higher plane

Ben Harper just had a great week. First, the singer/songwriter and master of the acoustic slide guitar spoke with Andre 3000 of hip-hop heroes OutKast about going into the studio together. A few days later, guitar legend Ry Cooder called about collaborating. Then blues great Taj Mahal called with a similar...
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Feb 15, 2004

"Nandemo Kanteidan" on TV Tokyo and more

One of the most popular shows on television is the antique appraisal show "Nandemo Kanteidan," where people have items they own appraised by experts. On Monday, Feb. 16, TV Tokyo will broadcast a special two-hour edition of "Kanteidan" at 9 p.m.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Feb 15, 2004

John Vanderslice: "Cellar Door"

Because he runs his own small analog recording studio in San Francisco, singer-songwriter John Vanderslice is better equipped to record his songs exactly the way he wants them to be recorded. His first three CDs were concept albums, and his latest, "Cellar Door," may very well be a concept album, too,...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Feb 15, 2004

The Rosenberg Trio: "Live in Samois"

Every summer, the peaceful French river town of Samois sur Seine is magically transformed into Djangoville in honor of Gypsy guitar wizard Django Reinhardt, who passed away there over 50 years ago. Sporadically since the late '60s and annually since the '80s, Samois has hosted a festival dedicated to...
JAPAN
Feb 15, 2004

Building safety fines leap 200-fold

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has decided to sharply increase penalties for building owners who ignore correction orders from local authorities and fail to ensure the safety of their buildings, ministry sources said Saturday. The ministry plans to raise the maximum fine 200-fold,...
JAPAN
Feb 15, 2004

Two killed in Tokyo apartment fire

A fire broke out in a 14-story apartment building in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward early Saturday, killing two women and injuring 13 other residents, police and fire fighters said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 15, 2004

Museum marks Bikini blast anniversary

Early on March 1, 1954, the United States exploded a hydrogen bomb, code-named Bravo, on the Pacific Ocean's Bikini Atoll, in the Marshall Islands.
Japan braces for typhoon landfall early next week
Severe Tropical Storm Shanshan is seen in a satellite image from Friday afternoon
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.
High temperatures expected to continue in Japan through October
A construction worker in Akasaka-Mitsuke, Tokyo, on Wednesday. High temperatures are projected to linger on past the summer.
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.
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.
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.
High temperatures expected to continue in Japan through October
A construction worker in Akasaka-Mitsuke, Tokyo, on Wednesday. High temperatures are projected to linger on past the summer.
Summer Sonic: The heat doesn’t matter when the lineup works
British hard rock outfit Bring Me the Horizon delivered a dramatic set that featured a surprise appearance from local metal-meets-idol group Babymetal.
Shinjiro Koizumi's criticism of LDP factions could return to haunt him
Former Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, 43, is the son of Junichiro Koizumi, who was prime minister between 2001 and 2006.
Mount Fuji’s new measures bear fruit in tackling dangerous 'bullet climbing'
Climbers converge in front of Mount Fuji's 5th Station, which leads to the popular Yoshida trail, in Narusawa, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Aug. 11.

Podcast

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

Longform

The volunteer lifesavers of Nishihama Surf Lifesaving Club never know what's in store at the start of their day.
It's no simple day at the beach for Japan's volunteer lifesavers
By Yuko Tamura

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Azabudai Hills, Tokyo’s green new downtown ‘village’
Azabudai Hills, Tokyo’s green new downtown ‘village’

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