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JAPAN
Mar 24, 2004

Rice harvested by children to be donated to Cambodia

The U.N. World Food Program and a Japanese nongovernmental organization will ship to Cambodia 32 tons of rice harvested by children in Japan to help poor women and children in developing nations.
JAPAN
Mar 24, 2004

LDP lawmakers ganging up for post-Koizumi struggle

Around 30 Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers who are critical of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's management of the economy will launch a forum next week, the lawmakers said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Mar 24, 2004

318 universities offer foreign languages

A total of 318 universities in Japan offered course work in English or other foreign languages in fiscal 2002, up from 256 the previous year, according to a survey released Tuesday by the education ministry. The figure equals about 46 percent of the nation's universities, according to the Education,...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 24, 2004

Room without a view

No Quarto de Vanda Rating: * * * * (out of 5) Director: Pedro Costa Running time: 178 minutes Language: Portuguese Currently showing [See Japan Times movie listings] Behold Vanda's face. Presumably, she's still in her early 20s but her skin already has the swarthy lifelessness of a junkie's,...
BUSINESS
Mar 24, 2004

Hitachi PDA uses five-hour fuel cell

Hitachi Ltd. said Tuesday it has developed a prototype personal digital assistant powered by a fuel cell that runs for about five hours.
BUSINESS
Mar 24, 2004

Small companies to get bird flu aid

The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Tuesday it will increase measures to help small and midsize companies that could be affected by outbreaks of bird flu.
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 24, 2004

Wada hot as Lions pound Giants

Kazuhiro Wada went 3-for-3 with a walk and hit a solo homer with one out in the top of the third inning, and Hiroyuki Oshima followed with a two-run shot as the Seibu Lions went on to trounce the Yomiuri Giants 8-1 in a preseason game on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Mar 24, 2004

DPJ targets actress over ad fiasco

The Democratic Party of Japan said Tuesday it will demand that actress Makiko Esumi be summoned as an unsworn witness to the Diet over her failure to pay her pension premiums. Esumi starred in a 380 million yen government ad campaign calling on the public to make proper payments into the mandatory scheme....
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 24, 2004

Koizumi fears backlash over Yasukuni ire

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi indicated Tuesday that Beijing's anger over his visits to Yasukuni Shrine could fuel anti-Chinese sentiment in Japan and thus hurt bilateral ties.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Mar 24, 2004

Prince of Darkness

Why did Melt Banana, a local avant-punk band, open for Bonnie "Prince" Billy on his first-ever concert tour of Japan. Simple: Melt Banana like the music of Will Oldham, the man behind the moniker, and wanted to be part of his final show at O'Nest in Shibuya.
COMMENTARY
Mar 24, 2004

Advice for presidential candidate Kerry

TOKYO -- U.S. Sen. John Kerry, the Democratic presidential nominee, is wise to ignore the tempest in the teapot caused by his revelation (gasp! surprise! surprise!) that there are leaders who would prefer that President George W. Bush not be re-elected. However, he needs to forcefully respond to the...
JAPAN
Mar 24, 2004

Japan criticizes Israel over 'reckless' Yassin assassination

Japan joined other nations Tuesday in criticizing Israel for its murder of Ahmed Yassin, the founder of Palestinian militant group Hamas, and called on both Israel and the Palestinian Authority to resume peace talks.
BUSINESS
Mar 24, 2004

Tokyo Dome's spa sees tidy return

Baseball stadium operator Tokyo Dome Corp. said Tuesday its newly opened spa facility helped it weather an otherwise problematic year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 24, 2004

MTFG set to take Acom under wing

Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc. announced Tuesday it will raise its equity stake in Acom Co. to more than 15 percent, a deal that effectively puts the consumer financing firm under the banking group's umbrella.
BUSINESS
Mar 24, 2004

Yamato to make printed-matter deliveries easier

Yamato Transport Co. will launch a new service Wednesday to deliver magazines, catalogs, books and other printed material on behalf of individual customers.
JAPAN
Mar 23, 2004

IHI settles with unionists sidetracked for JCP ties

Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co. said Monday it has reached a negotiated settlement with labor union members over alleged discrimination targeting employees who are members of the Japanese Communist Party.
JAPAN
Mar 23, 2004

Top court loses Lockheed records

The Supreme Court no longer possesses official documents on the 1970s payoff involving Lockheed Corp. and then Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka, court officials said Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 23, 2004

Surgeon gets suspended term for coverup

The Tokyo District Court sentenced a heart surgeon Monday to a suspended one-year prison term for destroying evidence related to the malpractice death of a 12-year-old girl in 2001.
JAPAN
Mar 23, 2004

Forum mulls risks of chemicals

The effect that long-term, chronic exposure to chemicals and other substances has on the health of children must be scrutinized, participants at an international symposium agreed Monday.
JAPAN
Mar 23, 2004

Daughter of murdered journalist granted scholarship

The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan on Monday granted a scholarship to the daughter of a Japanese newspaper reporter who was shot dead in 1987.
BUSINESS
Mar 23, 2004

Fast Retailing set to exit fruit, vegetable market

Fast Retailing Co. said Monday it will terminate its fresh food business after abandoning hope of turning a profit from selling premium vegetables.
JAPAN
Mar 23, 2004

Troops in Iraq set to get down to business

The Ground Self-Defense Force troops deployed to the city of Samawah in southern Iraq will commence their humanitarian aid mission later this month.
JAPAN
Mar 23, 2004

Land prices off for 13th year but pace of decline is easing

Average land prices fell in the 2003 calendar year for the 13th straight year.
JAPAN
Mar 23, 2004

Instability hampers assistance, business

Whenever the government or Diet discusses the security situation in Iraq, it is usually related to the safety of the Ground Self-Defense Force troops deployed to the southern Iraqi city of Samawah.
The Toyota buyout is a major test for Japan’s reforms
Akio Toyoda, chairman of Toyota Motor, speaks during a media preview at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Oct. 29. Minority investors are challenging the carmaker's bid to take affiliate Toyota Industries Corp. private.
New satellite images suggest 'mass graves' in Sudan's El-Fasher
A general view of a berm construction in Kinin Village near El-Fasher.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
High-speed rail is expensive and difficult, but seen as a key to growth
Achal Khare, former managing director at India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation, gives a presentation during the IHRA Forum 2025 in Tokyo on Oct. 23.
Takaichi calls for the updating of Japan's economic security law
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks to a panel on promoting economic security in Japan on Friday.
Jon Homewood: ‘There’s beauty in what we throw away’
After a peripatetic childhood around the world, teacher and artist Jon Homewood ended up coming to Japan in 2012 for a professional opportunity.
Yokozuna duo Onosato and Hoshoryu poised for another clash of titans
Yokozuna duo Onosato (right) and Hoshoryu clash for the title on the final day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Sept. 28 at Ryogoku Kokugikan.
High-speed rail is expensive and difficult, but seen as a key to growth
Achal Khare, former managing director at India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation, gives a presentation during the IHRA Forum 2025 in Tokyo on Oct. 23.
A 40-year wait for ‘Mishima’ ends at TIFF
Made at a time when Japan was still grappling with Yukio Mishima’s legacy, Paul Schrader’s biopic “Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters” was blocked from screening in the country for decades.
Takaichi’s balancing act: Supporting Taiwan and stabilizing China ties
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi shakes hands with Lin Hsin-i, Taiwan’s presidential adviser, on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Saturday in this image posted to Takaichi's official X account.

Podcast

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

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
By Alex K.T. Martin

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