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JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
May 2, 2002

Robo-rats galvanized into action

When the Italian physician Luigi Galvani published his theory of "animal electricity" in the 1790s, it roused biologists and physicists all over Europe, went on to influence the construction of the first electric battery and inspired an 18-year-old English girl to write "Frankenstein."
JAPAN
May 2, 2002

NPA urges high-level crackdown on corruption

The head of the National Police Agency urged senior police officers nationwide Wednesday to crack down on bribery and other offenses deriving from collusion among members of the political, bureaucratic and business communities.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 2, 2002

NTT West chief urges greater solidarity

OSAKA -- Kazuo Asada, president of NTT West Corp., urged employees of his reorganized company and its 49 new subsidiaries Wednesday to bolster solidarity in order to ensure competitiveness based on quick decision-making.
BUSINESS
May 2, 2002

Plunge in March tax revenue deepens government gloom

The national tax revenues plunged 13.8 percent in March from a year earlier to 2.19 trillion yen, marking the seventh straight month of decline and casting doubts over whether the government can achieve its fiscal 2001 revenue target, the Finance Ministry said Wednesday.
LIFE / Digital
May 2, 2002

IMAX 3-D puts outer space in your face

The astronauts are playing with their food.
LIFE / Digital / NAME OF THE GAME
May 2, 2002

Don't cast out 'Outcast'

"Star Wars: Attack of the Clones" will be released in the United States next month and a lot of movie goers have clearly got Jedi fever.
BUSINESS
May 2, 2002

Assets decline at 48% of households

Some 48 percent of domestic households surveyed in the fall said they had seen a year-on-year decline in their financial assets such as bank deposits and postal savings, according to the results of the poll, carried out on housewives, that were released Wednesday.
BASEBALL / MLB
May 2, 2002

Dragons subdue Tigers 5-0

Chunichi hurler Makoto Kito combined with four relievers on an eight-hit shutout as the Dragons silenced the Central League-leading Hanshin Tigers 5-0 at Koshien Stadium on Wednesday.
EDITORIALS
May 1, 2002

Toothless global-warming bill

Domestic global-warming debate is heating up as the Diet discusses a bill to revise the nation's global-warming prevention law and prepares to approve the Kyoto climate accord for ratification. The centerpiece of this law will be a new national scheme -- a Kyoto Objective Achievement Plan -- to cut greenhouse...
COMMENTARY
May 1, 2002

Economic sense clashes with security concerns

HONG KONG -- Taiwan is coming to grips with a paradox: China is both its best friend and its worst enemy. In recent weeks, the island has been debating what its priority should be -- to enhance its economy by taking advantage of what China has to offer, or to safeguard its political security by restricting...
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 1, 2002

Attitudinal shift is lifting taboo on death education: professor

Public attitudes in Japan toward death and dying have undergone considerable changes in the past 20 years, according to Alfons Deeken, founder and president of the Japanese Association for Death Education and Grief Counseling.
MORE SPORTS
May 1, 2002

Inoue earns split-decision victory

Defending champion Kosei Inoue overcame a slow start against determined Yasuyuki Muneta on Monday to hold onto his All-Japan judo championship crown with a hard-earned split-decision victory.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
May 1, 2002

Lopez puts tantrum behind him

Hiroshima Carp first baseman Luis Lopez says the problem between him and outfielder Tomonori Maeda has been put to rest. Marty Kuehnert, in his April 10 "Keen Edge" column, described how the teammates had nearly come to blows after Maeda twice failed to score from second base on outfield hits by Lopez...
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 1, 2002

Tracking systems try to tackle food safety

Shoppers are now being invited to check with their own eyes that what something is labeled is what they actually eat.
JAPAN
May 1, 2002

Medical firm raided over tot's death

Police raided the headquarters of a medical equipment firm in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo, over the death of a baby boy last year at a hospital run by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.
BUSINESS
May 1, 2002

BTM chiefs to resign after June 26

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Chairman Satoru Kishi and Vice Chairman Kenji Yoshizawa will step down now that the bank has almost finished disposing of nonperforming loans to large-lot clients, sources close to the bank said Tuesday.
BUSINESS / ON THE FRONT LINE
May 1, 2002

Investors focus on earnings

Elated at the U.S. economic pickup, investors are opting for shares backed by favorable earnings prospects.
BASEBALL / MLB
May 1, 2002

Yabu leads Tigers over Dragons

Keiichi Yabu allowed four hits and struck out six over the distance to pick up his first shutout victory in two years as the Hanshin Tigers blanked the Chunichi Dragons 4-0 Tuesday at Koshien Stadium.
BUSINESS
May 1, 2002

Protest letters sent on bond downgrade

The Finance Ministry has sent letters of complaint to foreign credit rating agencies over their recent downgrading of Japanese government bonds, the ministry said Tuesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 1, 2002

Haiku seascapes make an impression

In an art world increasingly turning to digital media, traditional techniques nonetheless retain a small and dedicated following. Printmaker Peter Miller, who in 1991 founded the Kamakura Print Collection workshop, is one such traditionalist. "Ink on paper has a certain take on the world," he explains....
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 1, 2002

Mizuho boasts of 12-million-transaction day

The Mizuho financial group, hit by serious computer problems upon the launch of its two banks at the beginning of April, completed 12 million settlements Tuesday, the largest number of daily online transactions handled by a bank.
BUSINESS
May 1, 2002

Economy might stop contracting but unlikely to grow much: BOJ

The economy will stop shrinking but is not expected to grow much during fiscal 2002, the Bank of Japan said Tuesday, with its Policy Board members' gross domestic product forecasts ranging from a contraction of 0.5 percent to growth of 0.2 percent.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
May 1, 2002

Marc Ribot

Guitarist Marc Ribot originally gained attention by playing with those iconoclastic Downtown Johns -- Zorn and Lurie -- in the early '80s. Later he cemented his reputation as a musical polymorph with session work for people like Elvis Costello and Tom Waits. However, it was mainly as the leader of Los...
JAPAN
May 1, 2002

Land ministry prepares for volcanic contingencies

The land ministry said Tuesday it will create computerized hazard maps for evacuation and emergency plans to cover volcanic eruptions, lava flows and ash falls nationwide.
Narita Airport runway closed after cargo plane makes emergency landing
An Atlas Air Boeing 747 in January 2023
Publisher finds surprise audience after translating history textbooks
Yamakawa Shuppansha president Takeshi Nozawa holds the publisher's textbook on Japanese history — used in high schools across Japan — alongside the new English version in Tokyo on May 23.
Japan is living in the shadow of the megaquake
A man makes his way along an earthquake-damaged street in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in January. With last week's tremors in Kyushu and the nature of the Nankai Trough, some experts believe that the omens of a disaster can be seen.
Singapore Airlines plane brake glitch forces Narita runway closure
Singapore Airlines said a flight landing at Narita Airport in Chiba Prefecture had "experienced a technical issue with its brakes upon landing."
Japan issued its first-ever megaquake alert. What does that mean?
Naoshi Hirata (center), chairman of a committee tasked with evaluating the risk of a Nankai Trough earthquake, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.
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.
Japan issued its first-ever megaquake alert. What does that mean?
Naoshi Hirata (center), chairman of a committee tasked with evaluating the risk of a Nankai Trough earthquake, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.
France brings down the curtain on its Olympic party with Tom Cruise and Leon Marchand
Fireworks are set off during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics at Stade de France in Saint-Denis on Sunday.
Japan fuels U.S. LNG boom even as climate targets and impacts loom
Flaring at the Cameron LNG export terminal in Hackberry, Louisiana. Flaring, a common sight at LNG plants, is a controlled burning of gas for reasons ranging from depressurizing equipment to disposing of gas that can’t be used. The practice is a "waste of money" and negatively impacts climate change and human health, says the International Energy Agency.

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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