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JAPAN
Jun 29, 2003

Photographer, 65, to walk length of Japan this summer

A 65-year-old photographer, known for his coverage of the Vietnam War, plans to walk the length of Japan this summer.
JAPAN
Jun 29, 2003

Few know cities' flood threat plans

Many local authorities in Japan have drawn up flood hazard maps as a guide for local residents in times of flooding, but very few people apparently know of their existence.
COMMUNITY
Jun 29, 2003

Cherchez la femme

Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing. -- Proverbs 18:22
COMMUNITY
Jun 29, 2003

Going it alone 'to lift the gloom'

Reiko Togo has been very dissatisfied with Japan's magazine industry for a very long time. "Magazines have become just vehicles for advertisements, and there are none I want to read," she says.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 29, 2003

Photographer, 65, to walk length of Japan this summer

A 65-year-old photographer, known for his coverage of the Vietnam War, plans to walk the length of Japan this summer.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Jun 29, 2003

Those were the days

Part of comedian Beat Takeshi's appeal is his down-to-earth image, which was boosted in the '80s by a famous NHK drama series about his childhood -- growing up in the shitamachi area of Tokyo in the '50s. The series epitomized the sentimental memory of postwar domesticity: an artisan father who's an...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jun 29, 2003

A rare chance to crank it up

The booking policies of club owners have long had an influence on music. Generally speaking, this influence has not exactly been a nurturing one as those with a financial stake in a venue prefer safe bets to adventurous outings. As such, musicians, especially young ones, wanting to test new ideas have...
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jun 29, 2003

The party is over for 'Super Free' sex gang

The hormone-fueled stupidity that characterizes the behavior of your average college student is a fact of life, and people who are bothered by the unsafe sex, nonstop boozing and mindless pranks that typify spring break in the United States usually advocate moderation rather than outright prohibition....
JAPAN
Jun 29, 2003

Few know cities' flood threat plans

Many local authorities in Japan have drawn up flood hazard maps as a guide for local residents in times of flooding, but very few people apparently know of their existence.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Jun 29, 2003

A hot-headed female voice

EMBRACING THE FIREBIRD: Yosano Akiko and the Birth of the Female Voice in Modern Poetry, by Janine Beichman. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2002, 352 pp., $23.95 (paper). Vivid, rich, suggestive, imaginative -- with these words, writer Janine Beichman aptly describes the extraordinary early poetry...
JAPAN
Jun 28, 2003

Family of drowned woman seeks payout from JTB unit

The family of a woman who drowned in 2001 while on vacation in Thailand is seeking 142 million yen from JTB World Vacations Inc. for not giving her enough information about the risk of drowning.
JAPAN
Jun 28, 2003

Government stiffs 36,000 out of 30 billion yen in benefits

The government failed to pay about 30 billion yen in pension benefits to the wives of wage earners since 1991 while overpaying some 2.4 billion yen to others since 1999, the Social Insurance Agency said Friday.
JAPAN
Jun 28, 2003

Family of drowned woman seeks payout from JTB unit

The family of a woman who drowned in 2001 while on vacation in Thailand is seeking 142 million yen from JTB World Vacations Inc. for not giving her enough information about the risk of drowning.
JAPAN
Jun 28, 2003

Government stiffs 36,000 out of 30 billion yen in benefits

The government failed to pay about 30 billion yen in pension benefits to the wives of wage earners since 1991 while overpaying some 2.4 billion yen to others since 1999, the Social Insurance Agency said Friday.
JAPAN
Jun 28, 2003

Government stiffs 36,000 out of 30 billion yen in benefits

The government failed to pay about 30 billion yen in pension benefits to the wives of wage earners since 1991 while overpaying some 2.4 billion yen to others since 1999, the Social Insurance Agency said Friday.
EDITORIALS
Jun 28, 2003

Mr. Vajpayee breaks new ground

Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has just concluded a historic weeklong visit to China. A meeting of the minds between these two countries -- home to one-third of the world's population -- is long overdue. Both India and China, their neighbors and their entire region, will benefit from better...
JAPAN
Jun 28, 2003

Make way for IAEA, Japan tells Iran

Japan is calling on Iran to give International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors full access to its nuclear facilities.
JAPAN
Jun 28, 2003

North Korean freighter sets sail

TOYAMA -- A North Korean freighter left a Japanese port on Friday, ending a two-week standoff with local authorities who refused to let it dock on the grounds the vessel failed to meet safety standards.
JAPAN
Jun 28, 2003

Make way for IAEA, Japan tells Iran

Japan is calling on Iran to give International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors full access to its nuclear facilities.
JAPAN
Jun 28, 2003

Child abuse consultations hit record 24,195 last year

The number of consultations concerning child abuse at children's counseling centers across the nation rose to a record high 24,195 in fiscal 2002, up 921 from the year before, according to the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry.
JAPAN
Jun 28, 2003

Japan wary of suspending KEDO

Japan called Friday for caution before a decision is taken to suspend a multinational project to build light-water nuclear reactors in North Korea because it could hinder a peaceful solution to the nuclear crisis, Japanese government officials said.
BUSINESS
Jun 28, 2003

Salaried households' spending down 1.8%

Spending by wage-earning households fell a real 1.8 percent in May from a year earlier for the eighth consecutive month of decline, the government said Friday.
JAPAN
Jun 28, 2003

North Korean freighter sets sail

TOYAMA -- A North Korean freighter left a Japanese port on Friday, ending a two-week standoff with local authorities who refused to let it dock on the grounds the vessel failed to meet safety standards.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Jun 28, 2003

Extinction ahead for odd Japanese beasts

A news item earlier this year cited the upcoming extinction of the banana, giving the slippery fruit a life expectancy of but 10 more years.
JAPAN
Jun 28, 2003

Make way for IAEA, Japan tells Iran

Japan is calling on Iran to give International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors full access to its nuclear facilities.
BUSINESS
Jun 28, 2003

Three firms deemed eligible for public aid

Local corporate turnaround committees have mapped out rehabilitation plans for three small and midsize companies, making them eligible for public support, industry minister Takeo Hiranuma said Friday.

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