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LIFE / Food & Drink / BEST BAR NONE
Nov 28, 2003

Happy Jack is right on target

In all my years in Tokyo, I have never before found a cool bar in Gotanda. Sure, I've happened on a few in and around Osaki and Meguro, the stops on either side on the Yamanote Line loop -- but never one in Gotanda itself.
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LIFE / Food & Drink
Nov 28, 2003

Tales of new year tastes

What do you do on New Year's Day? Some people follow the custom of hatsumode and head off for their first visit of the year to a shrine; others simply stay in and have a party with relatives and friends. For almost every Japanese family, though, one of the highlights of this holiday is eating osechi...
BUSINESS
Nov 28, 2003

Payback tariffs to hit U.S. imports by end of the year

Japan could have retaliatory tariffs on U.S. imports in place by the end of the year unless Washington withdraws its hefty steel tariffs, a senior official of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Thursday.
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JAPAN
Nov 28, 2003

Top court dismisses landowners' appeal

The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed an appeal by eight Okinawa Prefecture landowners seeking damages for the forced leasing of their land to the U.S. military.
JAPAN
Nov 28, 2003

Research whales to end up on tables

The Institute of Cetacean Research said Thursday it will sell some 400 tons of whale meat in Japan's wholesale markets from Friday to Feb. 25.
BUSINESS
Nov 28, 2003

Japanese youths jobless, unworried

Many unemployed Japanese youths have no intention of finding a job, according to a recent Cabinet Office report.
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BUSINESS
Nov 28, 2003

Sumitomo Mitsui unit seeks another bailout

Sumitomo Mitsui Construction Co. said Thursday it will seek yet another bank bailout as it slid into negative net worth of 33 billion yen during the fiscal first half.
JAPAN
Nov 28, 2003

Kin want missing persons cases reinvestigated

The families of several missing people considered very likely to have been abducted to North Korea asked the government Thursday to reinvestigate their cases.
BUSINESS
Nov 28, 2003

BOJ tastes first red ink in 31 1/2 years

The Bank of Japan said Thursday it posted a net loss of 112.6 billion yen in the six months to Sept. 30, marking a sharp reversal from the profit of 288.5 billion yen logged a year earlier.
BUSINESS
Nov 28, 2003

Retail sales edge up 0.2% for first rise in 31 months

Retail sales rose 0.2 percent in October from a year earlier to 10.58 trillion yen, posting the first increase in 31 months, due to robust sales of autumn and winter clothing amid the cooler-than-usual weather, the government said Thursday.
JAPAN
Nov 28, 2003

Travel agents cancel tours to volatile Istanbul

Travel agents said Thursday they have canceled tours to Turkey following a series of terror attacks in that country's commercial and tourism center of Istanbul.
COMMENTARY
Nov 28, 2003

No resting on laurels in Asia

SEOUL -- This is a remarkable moment in international relations. Despite a nuclear crisis on the Korean Peninsula, there are no doubts about the U.S. commitment to East Asia. Despite widespread criticism of U.S. policy, Washington currently enjoys "the best relations ever" with both Japan and China....
JAPAN
Nov 28, 2003

Japan Highway to drop suit against whistle-blower

Japan Highway Public Corp. said Thursday it will drop its lawsuit against a senior official whose magazine article helped trigger the dismissal of Haruho Fujii as the entity's president.
EDITORIALS
Nov 27, 2003

For freer budget management

In his opening shot at fiscal 2004 budget reform, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is calling for a substantial cut in government subsidies -- those strings-attached payments that have been roundly criticized for depriving local governments of fiscal freedom. Last week he told a meeting of Cabinet ministers...
MORE SPORTS
Nov 27, 2003

Japan, U.S. to join forces in Tokyo

Japan and the United States will hold a joint training session in Tokyo for male gymnasts to help raise their mutual skill levels, the Japan Gymnastic Association said Wednesday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 27, 2003

Keio edges archrival Waseda 3-2

Keio University edged Waseda University 3-2 Wednesday in an exhibition game featuring active university players and professionals who are graduates of the two Tokyo Big Six League schools.
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JAPAN
Nov 27, 2003

Jamaican planner given Japan-as-role-model tour

The Ameyoko food market in Tokyo's Ueno district may be just another yearend shopping stop for most people.
JAPAN
Nov 27, 2003

Japan, ASEAN to reinforce ties

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and ambassadors from member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations agreed Wednesday to reinforce ties at an upcoming Japan-ASEAN summit.
JAPAN
Nov 27, 2003

Ex-Daihatsu worker held over scam

Police arrested a former Daihatsu Motor Co. sales representative Wednesday for allegedly embezzling about 10.4 million yen in proceeds from the sale of 15 minivehicles.
SOCCER / World cup
Nov 27, 2003

Japan in Pool A

Japan will be placed in Pool A along with South Korea and six other teams in the first-round Asian qualifying tournament for the 2006 World Cup in Germany, Japan Football Association (JFA) executive Takeo Hirata said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Nov 27, 2003

Wholesaler Digicube goes belly up

Video game vender Digicube Co. said Wednesday it has filed for bankruptcy with liabilities of 9.5 billion yen, battered by a shrinking game software market.

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