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COMMUNITY
May 4, 2003

Volleys that rang the death knell of an age

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JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
May 4, 2003

The Great Sasuke faces up to political reality

Two recent news items prompted an interesting digression in Asahi Shimbun's unattributed "Tensei Jingo" column April 23. Making initially veiled references to Lower House lawmaker Kenshiro Matsunami's alleged links with underworld figures and the election last month of professional wrestler the Great...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
May 4, 2003

Let's fight

It's early afternoon on a hot spring Sunday in Tokyo, and in the tranquil neighborhood park of Kodaira a fight is shaping up. Children still hurtle round the playground in one corner of the park, but at the far end, three men, burly and imposing, circle menacingly round a fourth. A crowd has gathered...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
May 4, 2003

Guns and poses from the past

An expectant hush descends as the line of 20 armor-clad samurai, their clan banners flapping in the stiff breeze, take up position in the clearing. With skilled precision they load their matchlocks and, on a given command, raise them and fire. The sound reverberates around the surrounding hills as the...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
May 4, 2003

Getting real on the battlefield

Lord Phillip's ax, singing through the air, crashes into the side of my helm and I am slain. My opponent had swept aside my mistimed spear thrust and come inside my range before I could recover. "Well struck, my lord," I cry, and retire from the field. As I walk off I clap my gauntleted hand on his chainmail-covered...
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
May 4, 2003

Still howling with emotion

HOWLING AT THE MOON: Poems and Prose of Hagiwara Sakutaro, translation and introduction by Hiroaki Sato. Kobenhavn & Los Angeles, Green Integer, 2002, 316 pp., $11.95, (paper) Hagiwara Sakutaro is one of Japan's most important, and most cherished poets. His first volume of poetry, "Howling at the Moon"...
BUSINESS
May 3, 2003

Debt-saddled Daiwa seeks protection

Daiwa Construction Co. said Friday it has filed with the Tokyo District Court for protection from creditors under the fast-track corporate rehabilitation law.
COMMENTARY / World
May 3, 2003

India: fertile ground for SARS virus

MADRAS, India -- The virus that causes severe acute respiratory syndrome just loves crowds. And India has crowds. Although there have been relatively few cases of SARS so far, fears of a pandemic are real.
BASEBALL / MLB
May 3, 2003

Tuffy cracks game-winning blast in 11th

Tuffy Rhodes belted his second solo homer of the night in the 11th inning to give the Kintetsu Buffaloes a 11-10 "sayonara" victory over the Nippon Fighters on Friday night at Osaka Dome.
EDITORIALS
May 3, 2003

Now that the fighting is over

U.S. President George W. Bush announced on Thursday the end of fighting in Iraq. Welcome though it is, Mr. Bush's pronouncement marks only the close of the first phase of the Iraqi conflict. Many would say the real work begins now. Winning the war in Iraq will be easy compared with winning the peace....
BUSINESS
May 3, 2003

SMBC eyes 40% stake in Mitsui Mutual Life

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. and Mitsui Mutual Life Insurance Co. are in final talks to make the insurer a joint-stock company by next April, with the bank taking a roughly 40 percent stake in it, officials at both companies said Friday.
COMMENTARY / World
May 3, 2003

Coping with American power

SINGAPORE -- The victory of the United States over the Saddam Hussein regime was hardly an unexpected outcome. What remains really uncertain now is how the U.S. will use its postwar clout to create and manage international and regional order. The U.S. approach will shape the stability of Asia.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 3, 2003

Minivehicle, truck makers hope to cash in on hybrid market

With the success of the Toyota Prius, a gasoline-electric hybrid compact that debuted in 1997, such models have become a major focus of an automotive industry eager to clear tougher environmental regulations and improve its image.
BUSINESS
May 3, 2003

Ruthless foreigners given bad-news role

Japan's regional banks are turning to a tried and true method of conveying bad news: asking a foreign third-party to do it for them.
SOCCER / World cup
May 3, 2003

Japan cruises home

The Associated Press Host Japan defeated Myanmar 3-0 on Thursday in the first leg of an 2004 Olympics second-round qualifier at National Stadium.
COMMENTARY
May 3, 2003

War leaves Britons divided

LONDON -- For the first time that I can remember, the prevailing political mood in Britain is one of vindication and vindictiveness. Almost everybody who took sides over the war in Iraq now feels they are right, and wants the other side to bow down and acknowledge it.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
May 3, 2003

Shinkansen: shared stink, flying fruit

This is a followup to an article I wrote a few weeks ago on how to ride the shinkansen. As many readers pointed out, I overlooked some very important aspects.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
May 3, 2003

Time to reconnect? Home is where the hearts are

Living abroad has its ups and downs. There are times of euphoria -- total absorption and delight with one's adopted culture -- and there are the deep troughs, when negativity sets in and everything turns hateful and to be despised. There is also that infinitely more bewildering phase, when nothing feels...
BUSINESS
May 3, 2003

Monetary base continues to rise

Japan's monetary base rose 11.5 percent in April from a year earlier to 101.54 trillion yen, up for the 27th straight month, the Bank of Japan said Friday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
May 3, 2003

Kathleen Gunn

"I very much enjoy working with children and young people," Kathleen Gunn said. In different cities in England and in Japan where she has lived, for many years she has volunteered her time to help organizations for young people. Older people have sought her out too, as she is also interested in welfare...
BUSINESS
May 3, 2003

Firms develop IPv6 router software

Five Japanese and U.S. high-tech firms have developed new Internet connection software compatible with IPv6, the next-generation Internet protocol, a spokesman for one of the five said Friday.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
May 3, 2003

Tit for tat in the game of Japanese gift-giving

"Beware of Japanese bearing gifts!"
BASEBALL / MLB
May 2, 2003

Tigers sweep Giants, widen Central League lead

Tomoaki Kanemoto doubled home the go-ahead run and Atsushi Kataoka added a run with a double in a two-run fifth inning as the Hanshin Tigers downed the Yomiuri Giants 3-1 at Koshien Stadium on Thursday.
BUSINESS
May 2, 2003

Moody's places Sony debt rating under review

Moody's Investors Service has placed its Aa3 long-term unsecured senior debt rating of Sony Corp. under review for possible downgrade due to the consumer electronics giant's weak earnings outlook for fiscal 2003.
BUSINESS
May 2, 2003

Namco sets deadline for Sega answer on merger

Video game maker Namco Ltd. said Thursday that rival Sega Corp. has until May 9 to make a decision on a merger proposal submitted by Namco.
BUSINESS
May 2, 2003

Insurer to book big appraisal losses

Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co. said Thursday it will book 50.2 billion yen in appraisal losses on its securities holdings for the business year ended March 31.
LDP presidential hopefuls' first hurdle — securing 20 signatures
Digital minister Taro Kono at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo in September 2023
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.
Japan rescues Mexican man from Senkakus
A Mexican man rescued near Uotsuri Island in the Senkaku chain in Okinawa Prefecture is believed to have drifted to the area in a canoe from the island of Yonaguni, also in Okinawa.
Japanese government considers taking precautions against mpox
The Foreign Ministry has issued a Level 1 infectious disease alert for seven African countries, urging travelers to take precautions against mpox during visits to those nations.
Alain Delon, French heartthrob on the big screen, dies at 88
French actor Alain Delon arrives with his daughter, Anouchka Delon, to be awarded with an Honorary Palme d'Or at the 72nd edition of the Cannes Film Festival in southern France in May 2019.
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.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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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
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