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JAPAN
Sep 22, 2002

Banks to cut 10 trillion yen in bad loans by March 31

Japan's major banks will dispose of 10 trillion yen in bad loans during fiscal 2002, Financial Services Minister Hakuo Yanagisawa said Saturday.
JAPAN
Sep 22, 2002

Probe of 60 more abductees urged

A group supporting relatives of Japanese abducted to North Korea has demanded that authorities probe whether Pyongyang's agents spirited away some 60 others besides the 14 whose fates the Stalinist state have already disclosed.
JAPAN
Sep 22, 2002

Mob-linked ferry founder Machii dies

Hisayuki Machii, president of Toa Sogo Kigyo Co., known for his close ties with the late Yoshio Kodama, an influence-peddling rightwinger, died from heart failure at a Tokyo hospital Sept, 14, sources said Saturday. He was 79.
JAPAN
Sep 22, 2002

Four held in Marubeni toilet fraud

OSAKA -- Four men were arrested Friday on suspicion of defrauding trading house giant Marubeni Corp. out of about 280 million yen in a deal to purchase portable toilets, Osaka prosecutors said.
JAPAN
Sep 22, 2002

Venture to foster e-business pros

Iwao Nakatani, president of Tama University, and more than 20 information technology-related companies have jointly founded an organization to produce professionals versed in electronic business, founders said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / WEEKEND WISDOM
Sep 22, 2002

Wheelchair designer hopes to get more users on the streets

Etsumi Okigawa hopes to design as many wheelchairs as possible so their users can become everyday fixtures at schools, offices and street corners.
SUMO
Sep 22, 2002

Takanohana outmuscles Kaio, sets up clash with Musashimaru

Yokozuna Takanohana scored a hard-fought win against ozeki Kaio in a meeting between joint leaders Saturday to set up a mega-showdown with rival grand champion Musashimaru on the final day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament.
JAPAN
Sep 22, 2002

Ministry wants to boost child-care leave for men

Health minister Chikara Sakaguchi has submitted to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi a set of measures to deal with the nation's declining birthrate, including steps to have more men take paternity leave.
JAPAN
Sep 22, 2002

Japan seeks Internet translation of tongues

Japan will ask China and South Korea to join it in developing Internet technology to automatically translate Japanese, Chinese and Korean into one another.
EDITORIALS
Sep 22, 2002

Like it or not

You won't have learned it in English class, but if you have chatted with an English-speaking teenage girl lately, or, better yet, overheard her talking on the phone, you're sure to have encountered it. We're referring to that innocuous little word "like." Not the way the grammar books use it ("I like...
COMMENTARY
Sep 22, 2002

Label that foils compromise

Sept. 11, 2002, brought us no closer to sensible thinking about the causes of events a year earlier. The United States concentrated on its own sufferings, and plans for revenge against "terrorists." In Japan, a high-level NHK roundtable dragged out that favorite of aid agencies seeking bigger budgets,...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Sep 22, 2002

Veteran builder lives his art

Toshio Konuma, 43, is a Japanese bodybuilding legend. He started training at 17 and entered his first competition two years later. He won that, and he's been winning ever since. In 1985, he scaled the pinnacle of Japanese competition, capturing the Mr. Nihon title. Then he won it again in 1987, and held...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Sep 22, 2002

Happy doing it her way -- whatever the 'bashers' say

Yumi Sekine, 41, a nurse by profession, began training 12 years ago and has reached levels beyond those of any other female bodybuilders competing in Japan.
COMMUNITY
Sep 22, 2002

William Tyndale: A martyr's memory heals old wounds

ANTWERP, Belgium -- William Tyndale, the first translator of the Bible into English from its original Greek and Hebrew texts, is making a comeback that -- if not miraculous -- is considered by many to be at least long overdue.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Sep 22, 2002

Author takes a trip into darkness

THE SHORE BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL: A Report from Inside Burma's Opium Kingdom, by Hideyuki Takano. Kotan Publishing, 2002, 264 pp., $23.95 (cloth) "The Shore Beyond Good and Evil" is a book about a little-known region called Wa. "The name 'Wa' is not indicated on maps," writes author Hideyuki Takano. "Yet,...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 22, 2002

State inspectors check reactor coverup records

Government inspectors conducted on-the-spot examinations Saturday of the inspection records of 11 reactors at five nuclear plants of three utilities embroiled in damage coverup scandals, the government said.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / VINELAND
Sep 22, 2002

Recession? What recession?

For many, the mere thought of Champagne is enough to make the pulse race and the tongue tingle. Josephine de Beauharnais, the wife of Napoleon and Empress of France 1796-99, once remarked that "making love without a bottle of Champagne alongside my bed is merely silly." For those looking to indulge in...
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Sep 22, 2002

Hsia Yu: modern, universal and refreshing

FUSION KITSCH: Poetry by Hsia Yu, Translated by Steve Bradbury. Zephyr Press, Massachusetts, 2001, 131 pp., $13 (paper) The title of this book, the first bilingual collection of work by Taiwanese poet Hsia Yu, is apt. In fact, translator Steve Bradbury, a professor at National Central University in Taiwan,...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / THE WAY OF WASHOKU
Sep 22, 2002

Yes, you too can roll your own raw fish at home

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Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / BEST BAR NONE
Sep 22, 2002

The true soul of Roppongi

Most of what passes for entertainment in Roppongi is only skin-deep. And while the area itself may appear to be a dense maze of bars stretching for miles, it is only a facade, barely extending more than one block off the strip. The 4-chome area, in particular, which fills the blocks behind the bank at...
MORE SPORTS
Sep 22, 2002

Serena, Clijsters advance to Toyota Princess Cup final

Kim Clijsters hit the ball so hard, it almost landed in the top deck of Ariake Colosseum. She had just hit a forehand beyond the baseline and her opponent, Jelena Dokic, instinctively returned the ball to Clijsters' side.
Japan Times
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Sep 22, 2002

Suffer the little children; endure the fitness freaks

TV personality Tetsuko Kuroyanagi recently made her 20th journey overseas as a special ambassador for UNICEF. This time she went to Somalia and, as always, a TV Asahi crew followed her as she looked into the plight of children in the war-torn country. An account of her trip will be broadcast Sunday at...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Sep 22, 2002

Pecs, posing and living sculpture

"The main thing I want people to understand is that bodybuilding is the real thing. Bodybuilders are doing what all athletes are doing -- dieting, working out. There are no secrets to it. But, if all people see is a bunch of oiled, near-naked guys striking poses up on stage, they're going to think it's...
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Sep 22, 2002

Soseki's later years

INSIDE MY GLASS DOORS (156 pp.); THE 210TH DAY (96 pp.); SPRING MISCELLANY (184 pp.), by Soseki Natsume, translated by Sammy Tsunematsu, with introductions by Marvin Marcus. Tuttle Publishing (Boston, Rutland, Tokyo), 2002, all volumes 2,300 yen (paper) with black-and-white photos In 1915, having just...
JAPAN
Sep 22, 2002

Five local lenders may take over Ishikawa Bank operations

Banking regulators are aiming to hand over the operations of the failed Ishikawa Bank to five local lenders, sources said Saturday.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Sep 22, 2002

The fallout of Japan's national energy policy

In Japan, Fumiko Kometani, the wife of American screenwriter Josh Greenfeld and mother of journalist Karl Taro Greenfeld, has a reputation for being a grouch. A longtime resident of the United States, she writes for a number of Japanese publications and very rarely has anything nice to say about either...
‘Very strong’ Typhoon Ampil set to approach eastern Japan on Friday
A satellite image shows Typhoon Ampil south of Japan on Thursday afternoon.
Typhoon Ampil lashes eastern Japan with heavy rain and wind
Waves crash ashore amid Typhoon Ampil on Tokyo's Hachijojima Island on Friday. The dangerous storm is brushing by the Kanto region but will not make landfall.
Japan lifts megaquake alert after no major seismic activity detected
An electronic signboard at Tokyo Station displays information about a megaquake alert last Saturday. The government lifted the alert on Thursday but urged continued vigilance.
Japan to revise consumption tax exemption for overseas tourists
Tourists walk through Nakamise shopping street near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo in April
Seoul authorities find toxic substances in Shein and Temu products
The Shein logo adors the company's first pop-up store in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Aug. 2.
New tales in translation to give you chills and thrills this summer
For centuries, Japanese people have been scaring themselves with horror stories as a way of cooling down during the stifling summer months.
Women's sumo takes big step forward with first high school championships
Yuzuki Komiya (left) competes in the first national high school sumo tournament for girls in Tachikawa, western Tokyo, on Saturday.
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.
Economic security is about strengthening and sustaining growth, former minister says
Former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi says changes in the international balance of power, along with deepening economic interdependence, have led some countries to attempt to use their economic power to impose their will on others.
Ice bandanas, convenience store breaks: Running under Japan’s summer sun
Blistering heat is becoming a fixture of summer in Japan, but a few tweaks to your routine can make your outdoor runs bearable — if not enjoyable — until cooler temperatures return.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Sociologist Gracia Liu-Farrer argues that even though immigration doesn't figure into Japan's autobiography, it is more of a self-perception than a reality.
In search of the ‘Japanese dream’
By Thu-Huong Ha

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