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EDITORIALS
Jul 12, 2003

Toward a viable dialogue

The latest round of ministerial talks between North and South Korea, which opened in Seoul on Wednesday, is a reminder that inter-Korean dialogue is alive. But prospects for reconciliation are clouded by the North's suspected nuclear-weapons program. As yet there is little hope for an improvement toward...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 12, 2003

Students test corporate waters as interns

Like many college students who gathered at a Tokyo forum earlier this month, Tomoe Yoshida believes becoming an intern at a company will help her find out what career she wants to pursue.
JAPAN
Jul 12, 2003

Tepco restarts third reactor since complete shutdown

Tokyo Electric Power Co. on Friday reactivated the No. 6 reactor at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, making it the third reactor to come back on line after the utility closed all 17 of its reactors for safety checks and repairs amid scandal.
JAPAN
Jul 12, 2003

Law on overseas crimes enacted

The Diet enacted a law Friday that amends the Penal Code to enable Japanese authorities to prosecute crimes committed by foreigners against Japanese abroad.
BUSINESS
Jul 12, 2003

Mortgage tax break may continue

Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa said Friday he may consider extending the tax break on mortgages as part of efforts to boost the economy.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Jul 12, 2003

'Luxury Travel Show' hits town, aiming for TV

Varun Sharma is tall, handsome, immaculately dressed, and can talk the hind leg off a donkey. He is also a truly gentle man in displaying genuine concern for the bell "boy" at the new Marunouchi Four Seasons, who turned out to be a young woman of such tiny, fragile proportions that he feared for her...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Jul 12, 2003

Marina Gruenhage

Marina Gruenhage quotes Mother Teresa: "Each of us has a mission to fulfill, a mission of love."
BUSINESS
Jul 12, 2003

Post fund latent losses top 9 trillion yen

Unrealized losses incurred in securities investment management of postal savings and insurance funds came to 9.03 trillion yen in fiscal 2002, the posts ministry said Friday.
JAPAN
Jul 12, 2003

Riken finds bigger gap in chimp, human genes

Researchers at the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (Riken) recently announced they have found a much larger difference between human and chimpanzee genes than the conventionally accepted level.
BUSINESS
Jul 12, 2003

Narita airport takes step to privatization

The Diet enacted legislation Friday "privatizing" New Tokyo International Airport, initially putting the airport in Narita into the hands of a 100 percent government-owned company, which will be turned into a private concern in 2007.
BUSINESS
Jul 12, 2003

Japan still holds out hope for new Russian pipeline

Japan and Russia have agreed to discuss ways to finance the construction of a pipeline and development of an oil field in eastern Siberia, Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Takeo Hiranuma said Friday.
BUSINESS
Jul 12, 2003

Koizumi says Nikkei has hit bottom

The stock market appears to have bottomed out and will probably continue to demonstrate a firm trend in the foreseeable future, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Friday.
JAPAN
Jul 12, 2003

Japanese women living longer

Japanese women, who have the longest life spans in the world, are living even longer these days.
BUSINESS
Jul 12, 2003

Koizumi told to get tough on reform

The government advisory panel on deregulation on Friday urged Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to push his reforms more aggressively.
JAPAN
Jul 12, 2003

Antiterror bill debate to continue

A special committee of the House of Representatives decided Friday to carry over to the next Diet session a bill to extend the antiterrorism law for two years.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jul 12, 2003

Business Japanese using Braille method

I have learned business Japanese through trial and error, which is very similar to the Braille method of learning to parallel park your car.
JAPAN
Jul 12, 2003

SARS grounded 100 JAL attendants

The Japan Airlines group had asked about 100 flight attendants to stay at home during the SARS epidemic this year after they served on flights that carried passengers suspected of infection, it was learned Friday.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 12, 2003

East Asian FTA? Dream on!

LONDON -- At their summit meeting in Beijing last week, Presidents Roh Moo Hyun of South Korea and Hu Jintao of China agreed to push for a summit declaration on the establishment of a free trade area (FTA) among South Korea, China and Japan.
BUSINESS
Jul 12, 2003

Joint venture to open in Kentucky

Kobe Steel Ltd., Mitsui & Co., and Toyota Tsusho Corp. said Friday they have formed a joint venture, Kobe Aluminum Automotive Products LLC.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Jul 12, 2003

All's fair in love and sumo

Here's how my mind works . . .
JAPAN
Jul 12, 2003

Decontrol ideas run gamut from wine to trash to schools

Local governments and businesses have put forward 280 ideas for special deregulated zones, including areas where farmers can produce wine and where a service can be provided to take out garbage for the elderly.
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

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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