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BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 22, 2004

Buffaloes-BlueWave merger gets green light

The Japanese pro baseball executive committee decided Monday to accept the proposed merger between the Kintetsu Buffaloes and the Orix BlueWave after the two clubs reached a basic agreement on the deal early last week.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jun 22, 2004

Visa cards, pensions and thesaurus info

Visa card Is it possible to get a zero annual fee Visa or Mastercard from a Japanese bank? It is quite common in the U.S., but I have never heard of or seen one here.
BUSINESS
Jun 22, 2004

More Japanese turning to black vinegar as healthy pep drink

Drinking black vinegar for its health benefits has become increasingly popular, with sales of the brownish-red brew posting significant growth over the last two years.
BUSINESS
Jun 22, 2004

Aioi asks MMC to reimburse 30 million yen payout

Aioi Insurance Co. has asked Mitsubishi Motors Corp. to reimburse the 30 million yen in insurance money it paid out to a person injured in an accident deemed to have been caused by a defect in an MMC truck, Aioi officials said Monday.
COMMUNITY / Issues
Jun 22, 2004

Nova's culture clash

Going to extremes Your article about the Nova no-contact rule was interesting, but seemed to overlook (or at least de-emphasize) one important aspect of the rule. It not only prevents Nova employees from having romantic or potentially romantic contact with any Nova student from any branch, but it also...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / A GAIJIN'S TALE
Jun 22, 2004

Food for thought

I was standing on a relatively crowded late afternoon train, quietly eating a sandwich when I heard in slow, but perfect, English: "It is thought . . . impolite . . . to eat . . . while standing . . . in Japan."
BUSINESS
Jun 22, 2004

KDDI to offload PHS business

KDDI Corp., the nation's No. 2 mobile carrier, officially announced Monday that it has agreed to sell its PHS business to the Carlyle Group, a U.S. private equity fund, for 220 billion yen.
MORE SPORTS
Jun 22, 2004

Sato makes podium as Schumacher dominates

INDIANAPOLIS -- Takuma Sato became the first Japanese driver in 14 years to make a podium finish at an overseas grand prix when he placed third in the final of the U.S. Grand Prix on Sunday.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 22, 2004

One country, many systems?

SINGAPORE -- China is said to be changing fast and profoundly, but three recent issues highlight best the changing concept of regionalism in China:
BUSINESS
Jun 22, 2004

Sumitomo to buy car parts maker

Sumitomo Corp. said Monday it will acquire auto parts manufacturer Kiriu Corp. from Unison Capital Inc. in July.
BUSINESS
Jun 22, 2004

Missing TV viewer data recovered

BS-i Inc., a digital satellite broadcaster affiliated with Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc., said Monday that personal data on 10,868 TV viewers have been discovered after being left inside a discarded computer.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Jun 22, 2004

What is behind Japan's human trafficking?

Natasha Ignatova Student, 19 The victims can't ask for help. The police will say "you don't have a visa so we'll deport you." People think victims can just quit if they don't like the conditions, but they can't.
SUMO
Jun 22, 2004

Asashoryu shooting for fourth straight title

Mongolian grand champion Asashoryu will be aiming for his fourth straight Emperor's Cup atop the prestigious east position as the Japan Sumo Association announced the rankings Monday for the upcoming Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament.
BUSINESS
Jun 22, 2004

SMBC to acquire stake in Promise

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. will acquire a 15 percent equity stake in Promise Co. by July 13 and eventually boost it to 20 percent, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc., the bank's parent, and the major consumer finance company said Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 22, 2004

DPJ needs more than union help at polls

On a recent evening, about 2,500 members of the UI Zensen labor federation filled a hall in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward to rally for fellow member Mitsuyoshi Yanagisawa, who will run in the July 11 House of Councilors election.
EDITORIALS
Jun 21, 2004

'Country, your sport is summer'

Today is the summer solstice, the longest day of the year and the official beginning of the season that inspires so many mixed feelings. Reflect for a moment on the associations, literary and otherwise, that come to mind when you think of the word summer. There are happy ones: the boys of summer; the...
MORE SPORTS
Jun 21, 2004

Rose shines in Ivy-Samurai Bowl

Quarterback Neil Rose rushed for four touchdowns and completed 16 of 17 for 187 yards, leading the Harvard Crimson (mixed with Japanese college players) to a 35-21 victory over the Yale Bulldogs (also featuring Japanese college students), in the Ivy-Samurai Bowl on Sunday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 21, 2004

Iwakuma stays perfect as Buffs ride BlueWave

Hisashi Iwakuma notched his Pacific League-leading 11th straight win Sunday as the Kintetsu Buffaloes downed the Orix BlueWave 7-2.
SOCCER / J. League
Jun 21, 2004

Gamba pulls off remarkable comeback to upstage Reds

Two goals in the last three minutes from substitute Satoshi Nakayama and Masashi Oguro gave Gamba Osaka a remarkable come-from-behind win over Urawa Reds in the J. League first division on Sunday.
COMMENTARY
Jun 21, 2004

'Kanazawa Process' pays off

KANAZAWA, Ishikawa Prefecture -- The "Kanazawa Process," a unique initiative sponsored by the United Nations for promoting peace and stability in Northeast Asia, is now celebrating its 10th anniversary. During the decade, this region and the wider world have been radically transformed.
BUSINESS / JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES
Jun 21, 2004

Translating laws into English would make good business sense

Japan is pushing for judicial reform, and efforts to establish a judicial system that the public can clearly understand and feel familiar with -- including the recent enactment of a law introducing the so-called citizen judge system -- are fully under way.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 20, 2004

Hawks win 11th straight

Julio Zuleta hit a three-run homer to cap a five-run outburst in the first inning as the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks maintained the lead for good in a 6-4 victory over the Chiba Lotte Marines on Saturday, stretching the team's winning streak to 11 games.
EDITORIALS
Jun 20, 2004

Japanese baseball at a crossroads

Whither goes Japanese professional baseball? That question must have come to the minds of many Japanese when they heard last week the news that officials of two professional baseball clubs, the Kintetsu Buffaloes and the Orix BlueWave, have reached a basic agreement to merge the teams. The news came...
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Jun 20, 2004

Esoteric ways of the samurai

THE PERFUMED SLEEVE, by Laura Joh Rowland. New York: St. Martin's Minotaur, 326 pp., 2004, $24.95 (cloth). SENSEI, by John Donohue. New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 258 pp., 2004, $23.95 (cloth). For the ninth time since his 1994 debut in "Shinju," Sano Ichiro ("the shogun's most honorable investigator...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jun 20, 2004

Angelique Kidjo: "Oyaya!"

More than just simply "Afro-Cuban," Angelique Kidjo explores an astonishing range of music with impressive eloquence. The cross-pollination of calypso, merengue, samba and African pop needs a couple handfuls of hyphens to form the right musical description, yet yields an intense naturalness. The Latin...
CULTURE / Stage
Jun 20, 2004

Guys en pointe frolic in frocks in grand diva style

Watching a bunch of grown men wearing tutus and pancake makeup parodying some of ballet's most cherished classics, such as "The Dying Swan" and "The Nutcracker Suite," may not sound like everybody's bag. But the wildly hilarious Les Ballets Grandiva, an all-male comedy ballet troupe based in New York,...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 20, 2004

New Komeito to emphasize noncombat SDF role in Iraq

With campaigning for the July 11 House of Councilors election officially starting Thursday, New Komeito leader Takenori Kanzaki says his party has to get the message out that the Self-Defense Forces will stick to humanitarian activities even after joining a U.S.-led multinational force in Iraq.
Japanese court orders Cloudflare to pay ¥500 million over manga piracy
Cloudflare has been ordered to pay ¥500 million after four major publishing firms accused the firm of copyright infringement for its role in hosting sites that distribute pirated copies of manga titles.
Japan plans higher visa fees for foreign residents
Along with planned higher fees for foreign residents to stay, Japan is looking to raise the ¥3,000 single-entry visa fee for inbound tourists to Western standards in the next fiscal year.
Two men suspected of smuggling 1 ton of gold into Japan from South Korea
U.K. gold bullion bars and coins are displayed at Baird & Co. in Hatton Garden in London.
Takaichi rejects China's demand to retract Taiwan remarks
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has rejected China's demands for her to retract her comments on Taiwan, saying Tokyo's stance on a major regional security crisis remains unchanged.
¥21.3 trillion stimulus package approved by Cabinet
The Cabinet is expected to submit an extra budget bill to finance the package to parliament, which is in session until Dec. 17.
First foreign president of Hosei University looks abroad for change
Hosei University President Diana Khor, who herself was an international student, aims to encourage students to look outward and cultivate a global mindset.
Japanese companies advised to change mindset about investment in Africa
Bernard Laurendeau, chief of Enkopa Lab Japan, in Tokyo last month
Munetaka Murakami headlines quartet looking to move to MLB via posting system
The Swallows' Munetaka Murakami has 246 career home runs in eight NPB seasons.
The reality of human trafficking in Japan
A view of Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward at night. Last year in Japan, 66 people were put in protective custody as victims of human trafficking. Among them, 58 — including all 41 minors — were Japanese nationals. International pressure to act on human trafficking led Japan to make efforts to crack down on the crime, such as a tightening of conditions in 2005 for entertainer visas.
Why we can’t get enough of the sham of the rental family
“Rental Family,” directed and co-written by the single-named Hikari, follows out-of-work actor Phillip (Brendan Fraser), who is hired as the “token white guy” at a Tokyo agency called Rental Family.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Juzo Itami’s “Tampopo” was released Nov. 23, 1985, and though it wasn’t a hit at the time, it has gained a cult following in the years since.
Eat, slurp, love: 'Tampopo' turns 40
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