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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / A GAIJIN'S TALE
Jun 8, 2004

I know rain

I know rain. I'm from Seattle. Japan knows rain, too. They cope with it well.
BUSINESS
Jun 8, 2004

Ministry to offload 289,334 JT shares

The Finance Ministry said Monday it will sell 289,334 shares in Japan Tobacco Inc. held by the government for 843,000 yen per share this week.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Jun 8, 2004

What do you think of the government official's comment on women 'brimming with energy'?

Yoshi Ayugai
BUSINESS
Jun 8, 2004

Mitsui unit makes efficient gas engine

Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co. said Monday it has developed what it claims is the world's most efficient 1,000-kilowatt gas engine.
BUSINESS
Jun 8, 2004

Toyota, Daihatsu team up on compact

Vying for a bigger share of the increasingly competitive market of compact cars and minivehicles, Toyota Motor Corp. and its subsidiary Daihatsu Motor Co. on Monday launched a jointly developed compact car.
BUSINESS
Jun 8, 2004

Citizen, Seiko roll out thin radio-controlled watches

Watchmakers are turning to radio-controlled watches to beat out their Chinese and European counterparts, who tend to dominate the lower and higher ends of the market.
BUSINESS
Jun 8, 2004

Nikkei makes year's biggest one-day gain

Tokyo stocks soared almost across the board Monday, prompted by rises last week in U.S. shares and propelling the benchmark Nikkei index to its largest single-day gain this year.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 8, 2004

Inflation targeting can hurt the econom

PARIS -- Many central bankers have been singing the praises of inflation targeting as a way to guarantee stable price levels and bring about sustained economic growth. For its part, the Bank of England helped pioneer inflation targeting and is credited with successfully holding deviations within 1 percentage...
BUSINESS
Jun 8, 2004

Insurance to cover Iraqi project

A government-affiliated body said Monday it will underwrite trade insurance for the first time in 14 years for a Japanese firm's export project ordered by an Iraqi state-run company.
BUSINESS
Jun 8, 2004

Foreign exchange pool at near-record level

Japan's foreign exchange reserves stood at $816.85 billion in May, up $1.88 billion from the previous month, the Finance Ministry said Monday.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Jun 8, 2004

Hidden plight of detainees

'What did I do to the Japanese people," asks Merdem Yousif. "I came to Japan because I thought the people would be warm-hearted. It was my big mistake. I should have gone to another country."
EDITORIALS
Jun 7, 2004

What was the girl thinking?

Many people must have been lost for words last week when they heard that a sixth-grade elementary school girl in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, had been slashed in the neck and killed by a female classmate. The incident took place during lunch break in a study room at the school -- the last place one would...
MORE SPORTS
Jun 7, 2004

Jockey Ando completes good week

Jockey Katsumi Ando and Tsurumaru Boy proved a winning combination in the Yasuda Memorial on Sunday at Tokyo Racecourse.
COMMENTARY / THE VIEW FROM MOSCOW
Jun 7, 2004

Putin looks back to the future

MOSCOW -- A new catchphrase is making the rounds in Moscow: "We have already seen that." Summing up the results of the first four-year term of President Vladimir Putin, the expression is a far cry from flattery, as it refers not to the reforms of Peter the Great but to the return of the cult of personality...
COMMENTARY / WASHINGTON UPDATE
Jun 7, 2004

Frustrating times for left and right alike

WASHINGTON -- It is frustrating being a fan of one of the two main contenders for U.S. president. I find the level of disgruntlement at an all-time high among both Republicans and Democrats.
BUSINESS / JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES
Jun 7, 2004

Kanebo's rescue: cosmetic surgery or a new lease on 'beautiful life'?

"Kanebo, for beautiful human life."
EDITORIALS
Jun 6, 2004

When slow is beautiful

A new book on an old theme, published last month, is slowly beginning to garner attention in the American and British media, although it has not yet made the best-seller lists. But that is probably just fine with the author, Carl Honore, a Canadian journalist based in London, because taking time is precisely...
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Jun 6, 2004

Nishino's pair helps Jubilo get past Gamba

J. League leader Jubilo Iwata picked up the first three points of its Nabisco Cup campaign with a 3-2 win away to Gamba Osaka in their Group B clash on Saturday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 6, 2004

Hirao helps Lions sneak past Hawks

Hiroshi Hirao drove in the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning Saturday to lift the Pacific League-leading Seibu Lions to a 9-8 win over the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 6, 2004

Godzilla rips 10th homer

NEW YORK -- Hideki Matsui homered in the fifth inning to record double digits in home runs for his second straight season and the New York Yankees went deep six times to beat the Texas Rangers 7-6 on Friday.

Longform

An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.
A century of Deaf sport finds its moment in Tokyo