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JAPAN
Oct 8, 2003

JR East blames Chuo Line holdup on contractor

Simple errors by a contractor were the cause of delays on an overnight construction project that shut down the JR Chuo Line for eight hours late last month, East Japan Railway Co. said Tuesday.
MORE SPORTS
Oct 8, 2003

Eight players to take center stage

Jonny Wilkinson
BUSINESS
Oct 8, 2003

Takenaka to tout economic positives

Economic and fiscal policy minister Heizo Takenaka said Tuesday he plans to tell government officials and business leaders from East Asia about upbeat developments in Japan's economy when he attends a conference this weekend in Singapore.
MORE SPORTS
Oct 8, 2003

Where to catch the action in and around Tokyo

If you expect to be one of the hundreds of millions of people planning to sacrifice your health, finances, time and possibly marriage to watch a bunch of thugs chase an oval ball around the park while at the same time inflicting grievous bodily harm on each other, under the pretense of a tournament commonly...
JAPAN
Oct 8, 2003

Fukuda condemns 'North Korea's selfish' ban

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda on Tuesday condemned North Korea's declaration that Japan would be barred from participating in the next round of six-way talks over Pyongyang's suspected nuclear weapons program.
EDITORIALS
Oct 8, 2003

Israel's dangerous escalation

Israel's attack Sunday on an alleged terrorist training camp inside Syria marks a dangerous turn in the Middle East conflict. Sadly, the strike is perfectly consistent with the doctrine of "preemption" that has been endorsed by the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush. The attack makes plain...
BUSINESS
Oct 8, 2003

Japan should welcome skilled foreigners: panel

A deregulation advisory council said Tuesday it will recommend that the government help skilled foreigners immigrate to Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 8, 2003

'Sufficient,' more flexible education urged

In a bid to stem the widely perceived decline in Japan's academic standards, an education ministry panel recommended Tuesday that teachers be allowed to deviate from government-set curriculum guidelines and cater more to student abilities.
BUSINESS
Oct 8, 2003

Forex reserves hit new record on interventions

Japan's foreign-exchange reserves hit a record high at the end of September, rising $49.79 billion to $604.87 billion due to massive currency market interventions, the Finance Ministry said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Oct 8, 2003

Japan hopes to find key to Mexico FTA behind locked doors

Japanese and Mexican negotiators will lock themselves away in a conference hall in Tokyo's Minato Ward beginning Wednesday in an attempt to hammer out a free-trade accord.
BUSINESS
Oct 8, 2003

Key economic gauge sinks toward contraction

A key gauge of the current state of economy stayed above the boom-or-bust line of 50 percent in August for the fourth straight month but fell close to the threshold partly due to the cool summer.
COMMENTARY
Oct 8, 2003

Blair style reassures nonunion masses

LONDON -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair strides onto the platform, shirt and skin softly gleaming, his gait erect, his manner proud, determined, with a measure of sorrow and a tinge of repentance; his appearance is heart-winningly boyish with his large blue eyes and easy smile, but now there is an...
JAPAN
Oct 8, 2003

Probe launched into atypical form of mad cow disease

The government on Tuesday began full-fledged investigations into Japan's eighth case of mad cow disease to determine how a 23-month old Holstein was infected with an atypical form of the brain-wasting malady.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 8, 2003

Early round would test North Korea's credibility

In all probability, freezing North Korea's nuclear development activities will be the key to finding a diplomatic solution because time is running out for preventing the actual production of nuclear weapons. Pyongyang's most recent claim that it had finished reprocessing spent fuel rods into plutonium...
BUSINESS
Oct 8, 2003

METI to extend towel probe again

The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Tuesday it will extend by another six months its probe into whether "safeguard" import tariffs should be imposed on towels from China, citing a sharp increase in imports.
MORE SPORTS
Oct 8, 2003

Experts tip All Blacks or England for World Cup

Former All Black legend Colin Meads recently caused a stir when he said that he thought England would beat New Zealand in the final of the 2003 Rugby World Cup. For a New Zealander to admit such a thing was considered by some in the land of the silver fern to be treasonous!
CULTURE / Art / NEW ART SEEN
Oct 8, 2003

The future's so pink ...

In preparation for the arrival of Junichiro Koizumi, George Bush, Vladamir Putin and 18 other world leaders for the Oct. 20-21 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Bangkok, Thai authorities have swooped down on the city. They have rounded up and shipped out hundreds of Cambodian beggars, thousands...
BUSINESS
Oct 8, 2003

JETRO calls in experts for stock scandal

The Japan External Trade Organization gathered outside experts Tuesday to review its rules on stock deals by employees in the wake of a recent unlisted share scandal, the semigovernmental trade-promotion body said.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / CERAMIC SCENE
Oct 8, 2003

Soaring on the clay wings of inspiration

The mind and soul of a genius often seeks solace in cold, lonely places. In the intense stillness he works deep into the night like one possessed of a vision he knows will burn out with the coming rays of dawn.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 8, 2003

Bygone beauties in the modern age

Shoen Uemura was a rarity -- one of the few Japanese female artists who worked in a traditional style and found recognition and acclaim. "The Shoen Uemura Retrospective," an exhibition showing at the Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum (then moving to the Utsunomiya Museum in Tochigi Prefecture later this...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 8, 2003

Sony shows game machine-DVD recorder

CHIBA -- Sony Corp. announced Tuesday it will introduce its "crossover" game console and home entertainment unit on the domestic market for the yearend shopping season.
JAPAN
Oct 7, 2003

Koizumi heads to Bali for Asian summits

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi left Monday for a series of meetings with leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, China and South Korea on the Indonesian resort island of Bali.
JAPAN
Oct 7, 2003

Ibaraki bull confirmed as having mad cow disease

A Holstein bull slaughtered in Ibaraki Prefecture last month was confirmed Monday to have been infected with mad cow disease.
EDITORIALS
Oct 7, 2003

The EU studies Pandora's box

The march toward a larger, more integrated Europe took another step forward last weekend with the opening of the intergovernmental conference (IGC) that will approve the new European constitution. The drafting of the document has been an unprecedented exercise in democracy for the European Union. That...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 7, 2003

Keihin Tohoku Line halted for hours

JR Keihin Tohoku Line trains were halted for about four hours Monday morning after a train hit a power shovel scoop apparently left on the tracks after repair work.
South Korea couple beat same-sex barriers to parenthood
South Korean lesbian couple Kim Kyu-jin (left) and her wife, Kim Sae-yeon, pose with a "pregnant woman" badge during an interview in Seoul last month.
Japan unveils new overtourism countermeasures
The majority of tourists in Japan tend to stay in Tokyo, Osaka or Kyoto, resulting in overcrowding in popular tourist spots and a strain on transportation systems.
Opportunities await the bold in the Year of the Wood Dragon
2024 marks the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese zodiac, with the year predicted to be a good time for fresh starts.
Don’t worry about global population collapse
Most projections show the world will hit peak humanity in the 21st century as people choose to have smaller families and women gain power over their own reproduction.
Tokyo issues warning as rare but deadly STSS bacterial infections rise
A colorized scanning electron micrograph of group A streptococcus bacteria
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.
Keiichi Tanaami, pioneering Pop Art visionary, dies at 88
Keiichi Tanaami
Is factional support still key for aspiring LDP presidential candidates?
Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Toshimitsu Motegi holds a news conference Tuesday. The party has decided to hold its leadership election on Sept. 27.
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.
How Japan's health care system is gearing up for more heatstroke cases
An ambulance is parked at the entrance of the emergency room of Saitama Hospital in Wako, Saitama Prefecture, on July 24.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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