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BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2004

Investigation is launched into Hynix chip imports

The government is investigating whether to impose punitive import taxes on computer chips made by Hynix Semiconductor Inc. of South Korea after receiving complaints from Japanese companies.
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2004

Chinese kids' mustard gas injury 'regrettable': ministry

Japan said Tuesday it was "quite regrettable" that two children were injured by a leaking chemical weapon dumped in northeastern China by the departing Imperial Japanese Army at the close of World War II.
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2004

Don't assume China's soccer boos are political: Hosoda

The recent heckling of Japanese by Chinese fans at the Asian Cup soccer tournament should not be linked to political issues between the two nations, the government said Tuesday, trying to calm tempers in Tokyo.
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2004

Monetary base up for 42nd month

Japan's monetary base expanded 4.7 percent in July from a year earlier after a 4.4 percent rise in June, posting the 42nd straight monthly rise, the Bank of Japan said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2004

Japan to host naval drill to thwart WMD traffic at sea

Japan will host an international drill off Tokyo Bay in October aimed at thwarting the movement of weapons of mass destruction on the high seas, the Defense Agency said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2004

Toyota net profit up 29% on cost cuts, global sales

Toyota Motor Corp. said Tuesday its group net profit in the April-June quarter rose 28.8 percent from a year earlier to 286.6 billion yen due to robust overseas sales and rigorous cost-reduction efforts.
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2004

Japan to give North Korea 5 billion yen in aid this year

Japan is planning to give North Korea 5 billion yen worth of food and medical aid by the end of the year as part of a promise made in May, government sources said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2004

Libyan envoy says Tripoli seeks deeper ties with Tokyo

Libyan Ambassador to Japan Muftah Faitouri said Tuesday that his country has opened itself to the international community by abandoning its weapons of mass destruction.
MORE SPORTS
Aug 4, 2004

Tiger's agent Steinberg says business better than ever

Mark Steinberg is the agent for the world's No. 1 golfer Tiger Woods.
COMMENTARY
Aug 4, 2004

Despite errors, Iraqis are now better off

LONDON -- Is Iraq getting better or worse? One side thinks things are settling down under the new Iraqi government and that, while security is still very bad, the prospect is opening for a democratic Iraq that is prosperous and benign, and exerts a positive and stabilizing influence on the whole of a...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2004

Alleged Unit 731 victims' bones still mystery

Fifteen years have passed since human bones were dug up at a construction site in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, linked to the infamous wartime Unit 731, and they remain a mystery that authorities still appear reluctant to resolve.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 4, 2004

Life after the bomb

The Face of Jizo Rating: * * * 1/2 (out of 5) Director: Kazuo Kuroki Running time: 99 minutes Language: Japanese Currently showing [See Japan Times movie listings] The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 were Japan's single greatest catastrophe of World War II. They...
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2004

Jenkins does not need emergency surgery after all

Accused U.S. Army deserter Charles Jenkins does not have cancer, the government said Tuesday ahead of the arrival of a U.S. military lawyer from South Korea who will advise him.
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2004

McDonald's Japan posts 1.12 billion yen net profit

McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan) said Tuesday it saw a more than eight-fold increase in net profit to 1.12 billion yen during the January-June period due to a popular new menu and sales promotions.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 4, 2004

No winners or losers in 'The Face of Jizo'

In the early 1960s, Hisashi Inoue, the author of the original play "The Face of Jizo," was working under contract as a writer at NHK. The idea for the play came when he was sent to Hiroshima in the summer to do a program about the anti-nuclear movement.
CULTURE / Art
Aug 4, 2004

Guggenheim's show harks back to modern times

Several years ago, Thomas Krens, director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, approached Mori Building Co, Tokyo, about setting up a Guggenheim branch in Tokyo. The Guggenheim has recently opened centers in Bilbao, Berlin and Las Vegas. The idea was, in the end, rejected, but it did inspire...
JAPAN
Aug 3, 2004

Koizumi doesn't want to see 'Fahrenheit 9/11'

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Monday criticized Michael Moore's popular and controversial documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11," which slams the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush.
JAPAN
Aug 3, 2004

350 attend Asia-Pacific conference

About 350 alumni of the East-West Center from 23 countries attended the opening Monday of a three-day international conference in Tokyo organized by the Hawaii-based research and education institution.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Aug 3, 2004

Japan diet risks on rise

When Hiroyuki Suematsu left medical school in the early 1960s eating disorders were still rare in Japan. During his own childhood after the Pacific war binge eating would have been almost unthinkable.

Longform

Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
The second life of Japan's net cafes