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SOCCER / J. League
Mar 22, 2003

Marinos slam Jubilo in J. League opener

AINO, Shizuoka Pref. -- The Yokohama F. Marinos launched their J. League Division One title campaign in a convincing manner, beating defending champion Jubilo Iwata 4-2 on Friday at Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa.
JAPAN
Mar 22, 2003

ANA hit by computer glitch

An All Nippon Airways computer system went down for about 2 1/2 hours Friday morning, forcing the cancellation of 20 domestic flights and delays across the country, ANA officials said.
COMMENTARY
Mar 22, 2003

Difficult task of buying a few good allies

WASHINGTON -- The United States may dominate the globe, but it is almost alone in the war against Iraq. Even the offer of some $30 billion in aid could not procure basing rights from Turkey, a longtime ally.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 22, 2003

Saddening absence of options for Japan

I don't wish to speculate on why the United States has embarked on a war against Iraq at this time. What is clear is that U.S. President George W. Bush and the influential aides in his administration believed -- without appearing to entertain the slightest doubt -- that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein...
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 22, 2003

ASEAN counting on China

SINGAPORE -- As the third generation of Chinese leaders since 1949 hands power over to the fourth, Southeast Asia and the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are following the landmark political transition with keen interest. What does ASEAN expect from the transition?
JAPAN
Mar 22, 2003

Forum tackles water access

OTSU, Shiga Pref. -- Among the many issues delegates to the World Water Forum are debating is how to deal with conflicts between tribes and nations over limited water supplies.
JAPAN
Mar 22, 2003

Bank groups expected to post losses

The nation's seven major banking groups are expected to report group net losses for the current fiscal year after booking huge appraisal losses due to falling stock prices, bankers and analysts said Friday.
COMMENTARY
Mar 22, 2003

Economy top priority for new leadership

HONG KONG -- The two-week session of the National People's Congress in Beijing, which ended Tuesday, finished the political transition begun by the 16th Party Congress in November.
JAPAN
Mar 22, 2003

Committee to review nation's dams

KYOTO -- Experts from Japan and the U.S. on Friday launched a committee to examine Japan's love affair with dams, hoping to draw on U.S. experiences in reviewing and decommissioning such projects.
JAPAN
Mar 22, 2003

Nikkei sacks editor for defamation

Nihon Keizai Shimbun Inc., publisher of the Nikkei business daily, said Friday it has dismissed an editor involved in a case that pitted him against its president over management.
EDITORIALS
Mar 22, 2003

A new kind of war

Now that the war has begun, the world hopes it will end swiftly with minimal casualties. But wars are almost always unpredictable. As U.S. President George W. Bush himself has warned, the conflict could be "longer and more difficult than some predict." There is also the possibility that, even if it ends...
JAPAN
Mar 22, 2003

Tokyo peace protest draws thousands

Thousands of demonstrators marched Friday through downtown Tokyo to protest the war in Iraq and Japan's plans to support the U.S.-led campaign with nonmilitary aid.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Mar 22, 2003

Funny money clothed in cute cartoons

Before I came to Japan, I hadn't used money in years. It's not that I didn't have money -- I just never dreamed of taking it out of the bank and using it. That's because on my planet, the United States, money is a thin piece of plastic called a debit card, inside of which are mathematical molecules swirling...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Mar 22, 2003

Painter enhances nature to give ikebana new life

About to spend four days in Tokyo curating her students' work for an exhibition -- "Collaboration with Nature" -- at Sogetsu Kaikan in Akasaka, Liga Pang juggles cooking lunch and packing bags as we talk.
JAPAN
Mar 22, 2003

Bush gives Koizumi big pat on back

U.S. President George W. Bush expressed his gratitude for Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's "courage and friendship" in supporting the war on Iraq during a telephone call Friday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Mar 22, 2003

Toko Shinoda

In an interview in the 1960s, artist Toko Shinoda said it was both wonderful and terrible to be driven by something inside. She quoted Japan's woodblock print artist Hokusai. "I know what he meant when he said that at 75 he could understand a little. If he lived to be 90 he would understand more. And...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Mar 22, 2003

The next taste treat is just a little bit fishy

When Julia Child retired in 2001, someone asked what she thought would be the next great taste treat to take the Western world by storm.
JAPAN
Mar 22, 2003

Ministries gear up to counter terror threat

Government ministries agreed Friday to prepare for possible terrorist attacks and offer security information to the public as things continue to heat up in Iraq.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Mar 21, 2003

Drink culture still a major problem for English soccer

LONDON -- It has long been one of the mysteries of English football -- why does the national sport accept so much money from the product that has fueled so much hooliganism, which has caused so much trouble -- even deaths and destruction?
JAPAN
Mar 21, 2003

Police chief reprimanded over stalking death conduct

The National Public Safety Commission on Thursday reprimanded the head of the Saitama Prefectural Police for inappropriate remarks concerning the 1999 murder of a 21-year-old college student who had been stalked.
BUSINESS
Mar 21, 2003

Economy is at mercy of conflict in Iraq

Financial markets in Japan, well prepared for the U.S.-led attack on Iraq, bounced back quickly Thursday after the onset of war. But some experts warned that the nation's fragile economy may be headed for tragedy.
JAPAN
Mar 21, 2003

Hope evaporates at water forum

OTSU, Shiga Pref. -- With the long-expected U.S.-led war in Iraq now a reality, the ongoing World Water Forum began falling apart Thursday.
JAPAN
Mar 21, 2003

Subway workers offer prayers on sarin attack anniversary

Tokyo subway workers offered prayers and flowers Thursday at Kasumigaseki Station to mark the eighth anniversary of the Aum Shinrikyo sarin gas attack that killed 12 people and injured more than 5,000.
SOCCER / J. League
Mar 21, 2003

JFA may nix U.S. tour

Japan Football Association president Saburo Kawabuchi disclosed Thursday that the soccer's national governing body is considering canceling the national team's upcoming tour to the United States (March 23-31), following the launch of the U.S. military attack on Iraq on Thursday.
BUSINESS
Mar 21, 2003

Dollar rise stymied by fears of long war

The dollar's rise against the yen abated in Tokyo trading Thursday, as dealers finished squaring their position at the eruption of the U.S.-Iraqi conflict.
JAPAN
Mar 21, 2003

Defense Agency stays vigilant on Pyongyang

The Defense Agency will maintain a high-level watch over North Korea out of concern Pyongyang's actions may become more provocative now that the world's attention is on Iraq.

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