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BUSINESS
Jul 24, 2003

Mos to woo consumers with higher prices

Hamburger chain Mos Food Services Inc. announced Wednesday it will start selling high-price hamburgers in August, signaling a marketing shift in the country's fast-food industry.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / NAME OF THE GAME
Jul 24, 2003

The pirate planner

It does not take money to make money, at least not when you're a pirate. In "Tropico 2: Pirate Cove," a new game for PCs from Take 2, you can gin up money from thin air. That is if you have a mighty ship and a blood-thirsty crew.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 23, 2003

Ex-Doi secretary says fraud common

A former policy secretary to Social Democratic Party chief Takako Doi has told investigators that diverting government salaries for lawmakers' aides was a "common practice" among Diet members, police officials said Tuesday.
EDITORIALS
Jul 23, 2003

Can Ms. Doi restore trust in SDP?

The Metropolitan Police Department last week arrested Ms. Kiyomi Tsujimoto, a former Lower House member of the Social Democratic Party, on suspicion of misappropriating salaries paid by the government to her two public secretaries in charge of policy affairs. The MPD also arrested those former secretaries...
JAPAN
Jul 23, 2003

Lawmakers to take rare look at prison gallows

Lawmakers won approval Tuesday to inspect one of the country's execution chambers in an extremely rare glimpse into a secretive system long criticized by international human rights groups.
JAPAN
Jul 23, 2003

Nobel laureate named Riken chief

Ryoji Noyori, winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in chemistry, has been appointed president of the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (Riken), the education ministry said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jul 23, 2003

Reactor back on line after local leaders approve move

Tokyo Electric Power Co. on Tuesday brought a fourth nuclear reactor back on line after local governments granted their approval.
JAPAN
Jul 23, 2003

Japan Alps are sinking; scientists can't say why

Recent analysis of satellite data shows that the Japan Alps are sinking up to 5 mm per year, according to government geographers.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jul 23, 2003

Klimt's women: more feared than loved?

Pornography and women's liberation: It is an incongruous coupling, but one that characterizes the artistic output of Gustav Klimt.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jul 23, 2003

Dodgers fan scores in 'Hideki Matsui Sweepstakes'

Former Tokyo attorney Russ Roten has won the Baseball Bullet-In "Hideki Matsui Sweepstakes" by coming the closest to guessing Matsui's home run, runs batted in and batting average statistics at the Major League All-Star break on July 14.
BUSINESS
Jul 23, 2003

Mizuho to lure BOJ into buying private risk assets

Mizuho Corporate Bank will sell asset-backed commercial paper worth between 20 billion yen and 30 billion yen to the Bank of Japan, a bank spokesman said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 23, 2003

Top lobby set to restart party donations

The Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) hopes to restore its political influence by encouraging member firms to pay donations to parties and by evaluating how the parties measure up.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Jul 23, 2003

Ze Records: "N.Y. No Wave"

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Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Jul 23, 2003

Jaco Pastorius: "Word of Mouth Revisited"

In the '70s and '80s, Jaco Pastorius revolutionized electric bass playing. The imprint of his bold sound can be heard in bass players from jazz to rock to funk. Whether in the seminal fusion group Weather Report, his own high-energy electric bands, with guitarists Pat Metheny and Mike Stern, or in the...
CULTURE / Art
Jul 23, 2003

Shiseido boss hymns art's power

Shiseido Co., Japan's top cosmetics company, received the Asahi Shimbun Foundation's Grand Prize on July 8 in recognition of its contribution to society.
BUSINESS
Jul 23, 2003

Toyota looking at record output

Toyota Motor Corp. will produce a company record 6 million vehicles worldwide this year, up 2.2 percent from a projection in December, the company said Tuesday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jul 23, 2003

Irabu records 10th win of season

Hanshin right-hander Hideki Irabu held Yakult scoreless over seven innings, striking out 10 batters for the win as the Central League-leading Tigers defeated the Swallows 4-1 at Koshiien Stadium on Tuesday, lowering their magic number to 39.
JAPAN
Jul 23, 2003

Fund in slain peacekeeper's name continues to push peace

The legacy of U.N. peacekeeper Yutaka Akino continues five years after he was shot dead in Tajikistan.
JAPAN
Jul 23, 2003

Don't build it unless they'll come

More than three-quarters of respondents to a recent survey believe the government should stop building expressways if the projects are not expected to turn a profit.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Jul 23, 2003

Polyphonic Spree

For a year and a half after Tim DeLaughter, formerly of the psychedelic hard rock group Tripping Daisy, assembled The Polyphonic Spree in 2000, the band only played isolated gigs around their hometown of Dallas, Texas. Then they went to Austin to play the South By Southwest Festival, where they caught...
BUSINESS / FRONT-RUNNERS
Jul 23, 2003

Tainted-food scare gives Nichirei an appetite for fewer additives

In the world of business, misfortunes sometimes become blessings.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 23, 2003

Market stability doesn't placate Fukui

Bank of Japan Gov. Toshihiko Fukui remained cautious Tuesday over the prospects of an early economic recovery, despite recent stability on the financial markets.
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.
Seven & I buyout would be a watershed moment for Japan takeovers
Alimentation Couche-Tard’s proposed acquisition of Seven & I Holdings, if successful, would be an extremely rare case of a foreign company's buyout of a major Japanese firm.
Nearly 40% of employees knew of Hyogo governor’s alleged power harassment
Hyogo Gov. Motohiko Saito holds a news conference on Aug. 7.
Nintendo to open museum showcasing video game history this fall
A wall mural depicting Nintendo's Super Mario characters in an underground walkway in Kyoto. The company will open the Nintendo Museum in October.
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.
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.
LDP presidential hopefuls' first hurdle — securing 20 signatures
Digital minister Taro Kono at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo in September 2023

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