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BUSINESS
Jun 4, 2003

Rate cut has little effect on bond demand

Demand for the June issue of 10-year government bonds dropped only slightly at Tuesday's auction, indicating investors remain keen to buy bonds despite a drop in the coupon to an all-time low for the third straight month.
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Jun 4, 2003

The Brand New Heavies

Guiding lights of the late '80s/early '90s acid jazz scene in Britain, The Brand New Heavies throw their weight around this week with a string of dates taking them through Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka. They are in Japan to promote "We Won't Stop," their latest album, released earlier this year -- a polished...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / NEW ART SEEN
Jun 4, 2003

Saint Phalle, in living color

Imagine the blue of a desert sky, the rich greens and browns of an old-growth forest, the rainbow hues in a bowl of tropical fruit -- and you can appreciate how diminished our world would be without color. But as you contemplate the wonder of color, the characteristics of differing wavelengths of light...
JAPAN
Jun 4, 2003

Team boasts successful regeneration of rat peripheral nerves

Researchers at Keio University's medical school said they have succeeded in regenerating severed peripheral nerves in rats, potentially paving the way for more effective treatment of neurological disabilities associated with loss of sensory nerves through accidents or surgery.
BUSINESS
Jun 4, 2003

Waterfront development credited for creating jobs

Waterfront areas along Tokyo Bay have been commercialized rapidly and are creating many jobs in an otherwise stagnant economy, according to a government report released Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jun 4, 2003

SDF taps Peace Channel for PR blitz

By NAO SHIMOYACHI
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jun 4, 2003

'Chicago': After the movie, we had it coming

Bathed in bright lights, but almost shrouded by the haze of jazz, booze and dancing, lies a story of adultery, murder and greed. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to "Chicago."
JAPAN
Jun 4, 2003

SDF taps Peace Channel for PR blitz

By NAO SHIMOYACHI
BUSINESS
Jun 4, 2003

Bridgestone lands Airbus tire deal

Tire maker Bridgestone Corp. has secured its first contract with Airbus to supply the European aircraft maker with tires for its A380 superjumbo jets.
JAPAN
Jun 4, 2003

SDF taps Peace Channel for PR blitz

By NAO SHIMOYACHI
MORE SPORTS
Jun 4, 2003

Youth soccer school set to open

A weekly soccer academy for kindergarten and elementary school children will be held every Thursday afternoon beginning Sept. 11 at Komazawa Olympic Park in Setagaya, Tokyo, organizers have announced.
BUSINESS
Jun 4, 2003

SARS cuts into domestic flight occupancy

Passenger occupancy on domestic flights operated by nine Japanese airlines using Tokyo's Haneda airport fell to a record low 56.5 percent in April, apparently due to SARS and the economic slump, the Haneda airport authority said Tuesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Jun 4, 2003

Allison Goldfrapp: "Black Cherry"

Allison Goldfrapp caught the attention of ambient techno-heads The Orbital after they saw one of her first performance-art pieces -- she sang while milking a cow. After contributing vocals to their album, "Snivilization" (1994), she collaborated the following year with dark-hop overlord Tricky on his...
BUSINESS
Jun 4, 2003

Infoseek and Lycos to unite portals

Infoseek Japan K.K. and Lycos Japan Inc. will unite their Web portals into the one now run by Infoseek Japan on Sept. 1 to make it more competitive with Yahoo Japan Corp.
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2003

Convicted Philippine woman awarded 2 million yen

CHIBA -- Chiba Prefecture was ordered Monday to pay some 2 million yen to a Philippine woman who was illegally detained for questioning by prefectural police prior to being convicted of a 1997 murder.
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2003

Fiscal 2002 tax revenue to fall short

Tax revenue logged a 20th straight month of year-on-year decline in April, indicating that fiscal 2002 tax revenue will fall below the targeted 44.28 trillion yen, the Finance Ministry said Monday.
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2003

Fiscal 2002 tax revenue to fall short

Tax revenue logged a 20th straight month of year-on-year decline in April, indicating that fiscal 2002 tax revenue will fall below the targeted 44.28 trillion yen, the Finance Ministry said Monday.
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2003

Fiscal 2002 tax revenue to fall short

Tax revenue logged a 20th straight month of year-on-year decline in April, indicating that fiscal 2002 tax revenue will fall below the targeted 44.28 trillion yen, the Finance Ministry said Monday.
EDITORIALS
Jun 3, 2003

Russo-Chinese courtship continues

Moscow and Beijing's efforts to build stronger bilateral ties continued apace last week as Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted his Chinese counterpart, Mr. Hu Jintao, in St. Petersburg. The two men had plenty to talk about. Their countries share common international interests and concerns. Yet it...
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2003

Aso says sorry for claiming Koreans wanted Japanese names during war

Taro Aso, policy chief of the Liberal Democratic Party, apologized Monday for infuriating Koreans during the weekend by claiming they voluntarily adopted Japanese names during World War II.
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2003

Vote set on Labor Standards Law

The ruling coalition and the Democratic Party of Japan, the largest opposition force, agreed Monday on changes to a bill to revise the Labor Standards Law, including removal of a clause that stipulates employers' rights to fire workers, lawmakers said.
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2003

Aso says sorry for claiming Koreans wanted Japanese names during war

Taro Aso, policy chief of the Liberal Democratic Party, apologized Monday for infuriating Koreans during the weekend by claiming they voluntarily adopted Japanese names during World War II.
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2003

Vote set on Labor Standards Law

The ruling coalition and the Democratic Party of Japan, the largest opposition force, agreed Monday on changes to a bill to revise the Labor Standards Law, including removal of a clause that stipulates employers' rights to fire workers, lawmakers said.
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2003

Drivers fear revenue shift may spur local crackdowns

Nearly eight out of 10 drivers object to the idea of allowing local authorities to keep traffic penalties they collect as local revenue, fearing the system would encourage crackdowns on traffic violations, the National Police Agency said Thursday.
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2003

Aso says sorry for claiming Koreans wanted Japanese names during war

Taro Aso, policy chief of the Liberal Democratic Party, apologized Monday for infuriating Koreans during the weekend by claiming they voluntarily adopted Japanese names during World War II.
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2003

Trilateral talks slated for Hawaii

Japan, South Korea and the United States will hold a sub-Cabinet level meeting regarding the North Korean nuclear standoff on Jun. 12 and 13 in Honolulu, the Foreign Ministry said Monday.
Couche-Tard bids for $31 billion Japanese retailer Seven & I
A 7-Eleven convenience store, operated by Seven & I Holdings, in Tokyo
LDP presidential hopefuls' first hurdle — securing 20 signatures
Digital minister Taro Kono at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo in September 2023
Rising star Takayuki Kobayashi launches bid for LDP president
Former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi announces his candidacy in the Liberal Democratic Party presidential election in Tokyo on Monday.
Japan offers lifeline to ESG investing amid backlash overseas
Wind turbines in Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture
Pillar at entrance to war-linked Yasukuni Shrine vandalized again
Graffiti was found on the pillar bearing Yasukuni Shrine’s name and at its base at the Tokyo shrine's entrance Monday.
LDP presidential hopefuls' first hurdle — securing 20 signatures
Digital minister Taro Kono at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo in September 2023
Japan offers lifeline to ESG investing amid backlash overseas
Wind turbines in Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture
Dreading the Big One? How to manage pre-disaster anxiety.
Earthquakes are a fact of life in Japan, but there are strategies to keep yourself from spiraling into stress and despair over future catastrophes.
Hurdles remain in Japan for transplants of pig organs into humans
Surgeons perform the world’s first genetically modified pig kidney transplant into a living human at Massachusetts General Hospital in March.
Kishida's out. Who will likely be Japan's next leader?
Digital minister Taro Kono (left), Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Toshimitsu Motegi (center) and former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba are among the potential candidates for the ruling party's presidential election next month.

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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