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Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Oct 5, 2003

Ima Robot: 'Ima Robot'

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JAPAN
Oct 5, 2003

Lead units of SDF to be sent to Iraq as early as December

Japan will dispatch an advance unit of Ground Self-Defense Force troops to Iraq as early as December under a special law to support the rehabilitation of the country, government sources said Saturday.
JAPAN
Oct 5, 2003

4.5 quake shakes Iwate, Miyagi

A quake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.5 jolted Iwate and Miyagi prefectures Saturday morning, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
MORE SPORTS
Oct 5, 2003

Veeraphol retains title

Thailand's Veeraphol Nakhonluang-Promotion retained his bantamweight title with a draw against Japanese top-ranked contender Toshiaki Nishioka in the showcase event of a triple-header championship on Saturday.
Events
Oct 5, 2003

KANSAI: Who & What

British Council offers info on studying in U.K.: The British Council Osaka is hosting an education fair for people who wish to study in Britain between 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Oct. 13 at Grand Cube Osaka (Osaka Kokusai Kaigijo) in the city's Kita Ward.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / FUZZY LOGIC
Oct 5, 2003

Fun at Asagiri is as easy as ichi, ni, san

It's 9 a.m. and the gentle rolling piano intonations of the Rajio Taiso theme start up. A man stands at the foot of a hill on a small raised platform and begins the count: "Ichi, ni, san, shi . . ." The hill is covered with tents from which several thousand people slowly emerge. They twist sideways,...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Oct 5, 2003

Lone wolf, center-stage

The plays of Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653-1724), who is often called Japan's Shakespeare, are a staple of the kabuki world and countless productions of his work have been staged over the centuries. However, actor Rintaro Haryu is determined to make his interpretation of Chikamatsu a unique one.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Oct 5, 2003

Role of victims in court needs careful monitoring

In the past, the press was often accused of bearing down too hard on victims of crimes and their families. In the most extreme cases, the media would camp outside the homes of victims who didn't want to talk to them (the family of the Kobe boy who was beheaded by another boy in 1995) or imply that a...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Oct 5, 2003

World's first ghetto is a place apart

Mention Venice, and thoughts inevitably turn to St. Mark's Square and the golden mosaics of the basilica there, the Ca' d'Oro palazzo with its view over the Grand Canal, or a handful of other great landmarks that recall the cultural vibrancy of this once-independent city-state that dominated Mediterranean...
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 5, 2003

World holds vested interest in a successful South Africa

PRETORIA -- The last 10 to 15 years have not been the best advertisement for the human species. Our brutality toward fellow human beings, including children and women, seems to plumb ever-lower depths. The positive side of identifying with fellow members of a particular religion, race, tribe or ethnic...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 5, 2003

Fertility experts urge health insurance help

In response to the increasingly serious problem of Japan's falling birthrate, patients and medical professionals involved in fertility treatment are calling for the cost of treatment to be covered by national health insurance.
COMMENTARY
Oct 5, 2003

Sea of lies driveling through the dikes

The Hutton inquiry in Britain into the recent death of the government's expert on Iraqi weapons, James Kelly, has shown up only too clearly the extent to which our much-vaunted Westminster system of democratic government has decayed. At the inquiry, a BBC reporter was dragged over the coals for a single...
EDITORIALS
Oct 5, 2003

Freedom from the fear of chaos

Anyone idly browsing the Internet recently might well have come across the following mysterious passage: "Acocdrnig to an elgnsih unviesitry sutdy the oredr of letetrs in a wrod dosen't mttaer, the olny thnig thta's iopmrantt is that the frsit and lsat ltteer of eevry word is in the crcreot ptoision....
JAPAN
Oct 4, 2003

Pyongyang's latest nuclear tack hit

Japan lashed out Friday over North Korea's claim that it has finished reprocessing about 8,000 spent fuel rods and is using extracted plutonium to make nuclear weapons.
JAPAN
Oct 4, 2003

Lower House OKs two-year extension of antiterror law

The House of Representatives passed a bill Friday to extend the 2001 antiterrorism law by another two years, paving the way for the law's enactment on Oct. 10 and dissolution of the Lower House the same day.
JAPAN
Oct 4, 2003

Metro panel looks to protect children

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government should take swift measures to prevent crimes against children, an advisory panel said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 4, 2003

Lawyers advising victims of gas leak

Lawyers representing victims of an August mustard gas leak from Japanese wartime chemical weapons abandoned in China submitted a petition Friday to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, demanding an official apology and compensation for the victims and their families.
JAPAN
Oct 4, 2003

NPO hypes green acres to city retirees

Faced with a bleak future of depopulation and possible oblivion, Japan's rural communities are looking to gray power for a new lease on life.
JAPAN
Oct 4, 2003

Koshiba helps kids

Nobel laureate Masatoshi Koshiba has set up a foundation to help children study science, contributing 40 million yen from funds he received after winning the Nobel Prize in physics.
SOCCER / J. League
Oct 4, 2003

Injury forces Matsuda out of tour

Yokohama F. Marinos defender Naoki Matsuda on Friday ruled himself out of Japan's upcoming friendlies in Africa and Europe because of a sore back.
MORE SPORTS
Oct 4, 2003

Schuettler storms into semis

Top seed Rainer Schuettler of Germany advanced to the semifinals of the Japan Open at Tokyo's Ariake Colosseum on Friday with a routine 6-3, 6-3 victory over Australian Scott Draper.
MORE SPORTS
Oct 4, 2003

Van Gundy building offense around Yao

NEW YORK -- Steve Francis isn't looking to challenge Jeff Van Gundy's authority or be perceived as a rebel. He also doesn't want to give the impression he's second-guessing his strategy.
JAPAN
Oct 4, 2003

Doctors, nurses to face war-crisis working orders

The Cabinet on Friday endorsed a revision to a Cabinet ordinance on the Self-Defense Forces Law to allow governors to order doctors, nurses, pharmacists, construction firms and private railway, bus or truck companies to continue working in times of emergency if requested by the Defense Agency chief.
BUSINESS
Oct 4, 2003

Japan still upbeat about chances of Mexico FTA

Japan and Mexico can strike a free-trade agreement when Mexican President Vicente Fox visits Tokyo on Oct. 15, trade minister Shoichi Nakagawa said Friday, downplaying hurdles in the final negotiations over agriculture.
JAPAN
Oct 4, 2003

Incumbent Rengo chief claims landslide victory

Kiyoshi Sasamori was re-elected Friday as president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), the country's largest labor organization.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 4, 2003

Court rules Tokyo must stop expropriating highway land

The Tokyo District Court on Friday ordered the Tokyo Metropolitan Government to suspend its forcible expropriation of land in the western Tokyo city of Akiruno for the construction of a new expressway.
BUSINESS
Oct 4, 2003

Ogasawara alien species targeted

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the village of Ogasawara set up a joint committee Friday to address the negative effects of imported species on the Ogasawara Islands, nominated by Japan as a site for the UNESCO World Heritage List.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 4, 2003

Jojima, Matsunaka help Daiei ride BlueWave

Rookie lefty Tsuyoshi Wada pitched seven solid innings for his 14th win while Nobuhiko Matsunaka and Kenji Jojima both homered twice to lead the Daiei Hawks to a 10-4 victory over the Orix BlueWave on Friday at Yahoo BB Stadium.
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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