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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 10, 2003

FedEx first to use fuel-cell car commercially

U.S. courier Federal Express Corp. on Wednesday became the first company in the world to use a fuel-cell vehicle commercially by deploying a pollution-free auto for deliveries, company officials said.
BUSINESS
Jul 10, 2003

Jobholders fall for first time on record: ministry

The number of jobholders has fallen by 3 percent over a five-year period, marking the first decrease on record, according to a government report released Wednesday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / ON THE BOOK TRAIL
Jul 10, 2003

"Big George and the Seventh Knight," "Bang on the Door Animals"

"Big George and the Seventh Knight," Eric Pringle, Bloomsbury; 2002; 200 pp.
BUSINESS
Jul 10, 2003

Hitachi, Sony tie up in data backup

Hitachi Ltd. and Sony Corp. said Wednesday they have agreed to cooperate in the data backup solution business in Japan.
MORE SPORTS
Jul 10, 2003

Roddick, Sugiyama headed for Tokyo

World No. 6 Andy Roddick of the United States will make his first trip to Japan as a pro tennis player when he takes part in the AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships from Sept. 29 to Oct. 5 at Tokyo's Ariake Tennis Forest Park, organizers announced Wednesday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / NAME OF THE GAME
Jul 10, 2003

Dracula's open house

When you think of James Bond movies, gadgets and martinis come to mind. When you go to a "Matrix" movie, you expect a mixture of multiple realities and dark glasses. When video game players hear the name "Castlevania," they expect a castle, armies of ghouls and a hero with a whip.
JAPAN
Jul 9, 2003

Minister to pitch Tepco reactor to local holdouts

Takeo Hiranuma, economy, trade and industry chief, will visit Niigata Prefecture on Wednesday to try to gain local government approval to restart a nuclear reactor.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jul 9, 2003

Arias rips two homers, Tigers whip Carp

George Arias blasted a pair of two run home runs and drove in five runs while Kei Igawa (11-3) picked up his ninth straight win, leading the Hanshin Tigers to an 8-4 victory over the Hiroshima Carp Tuesday at Muscat Stadium in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, the birth place of Hanshin manager Senichi...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 9, 2003

Japan to see first big effort to train helper dogs

The National Mutual Insurance Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives (Zenkyoren) will provide assistance for training dogs to help people with disabilities, federation officials said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jul 9, 2003

Mergers to halve municipalities to 1,700

The total number of cities, towns and villages in Japan is expected to be almost halved to about 1,700 as a result of moves by municipalities to merge by March 2005, when a special law promoting mergers expires, according to a recent Kyodo News survey.
EDITORIALS
Jul 9, 2003

A more flexible litigation system

Japan's system of administrative litigation -- which allows citizens to file complaints against actions taken by the central and local governments -- leaves much to be desired. Statistics show that 15 percent of complainants are rejected for lack of qualifications and other reasons, and that only 13...
JAPAN
Jul 9, 2003

Brain region size, PTSD are linked, researchers say

University of Tokyo scientists have found a link between posttraumatic stress disorder among survivors of the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin attack and the size of the area of the brain that regulates emotion, the National Academy of Sciences said Tuesday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jul 9, 2003

Nagashima picks three coaches

Former Yomiuri Giants player Kiyoshi Nakahata, ex-Hiroshima Carp hurler Yutaka Ono and former Yokohama Taiyo Whales player Yutaka Takagi have been named coaches for Japan's national baseball team for the Athens Olympics led by Shigeo Nagashima, amateur baseball officials said Tuesday.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jul 9, 2003

Did sports rags hire students to stuff ballot box for Godzilla?

A couple of selections from the mail bag this week.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Jul 9, 2003

Roots Music Festival 2003

This summer's Roots Music Festival at Blue Note Tokyo moves far beyond simple basics to a full flowering of diverse branches of the musical tree. The seven performers, coming from different countries, styles and backgrounds, share an improvisational spirit, but otherwise are notable for their unique...
JAPAN
Jul 9, 2003

Key panel passes bill on mentally ill lawbreakers

The House of Representatives Judicial Affairs Committee endorsed a controversial bill Tuesday on procedures for hospitalizing mentally impaired lawbreakers, paving the way for its enactment Thursday during the chamber's plenary session.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 9, 2003

Popular nightclub a microcosm of pain, potential of deflation-beset Japan

Tokyo nightclub owner Sakura Masui is nowhere close to the modern-day geisha girl she appears to be, shuffling demurely in a purple kimono as she pours drinks and chats in hushed tones.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Jul 9, 2003

The Pretenders: "Loose Screw"

In "Complex Person," a reggae-metered song from the Pretenders' eighth studio album, "Loose Screw," Chrissie Hynde sings that she'll do anything "to make you adore me or deplore me but never ignore me." If there's desperation in the line itself, there is also a note of resignation in Hynde's reading...
BUSINESS
Jul 9, 2003

Ogi to pitch rail system in China

Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Chikage Ogi said Tuesday she intends to visit China early next month to pitch Japan's high-speed rail system for a new Beijing-Shanghai route being planned.
BUSINESS
Jul 9, 2003

Beef tariff to hit 50% if imports keep growing

The government will increase the tariff on beef to 50 percent from 38.5 percent if imports continue to rise, agriculture minister Yoshiyuki Kamei said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Jul 9, 2003

Money supply gauge grows 1.8%

The nation's most closely watched money supply gauge grew 1.8 percent in June from a year earlier, the Bank of Japan said in a preliminary report Tuesday.
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.
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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