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SUMO
Mar 17, 2002

Maru still on top as Kaio falls

OSAKA -- Komusubi Wakanosato slapped down defending champion Kaio and Musashimaru rolled to another one-sided win Saturday as the yokozuna emerged the lone leader seven days into the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament.
SOCCER / J. League
Mar 17, 2002

Antlers down JEF for first win

Mitsuo Ogasawara curled in a second-half free kick that David Beckham would have been proud of to seal a 2-0 win for the Kashima Antlers over JEF United Ichihara, their first of the season.
COMMENTARY
Mar 17, 2002

U.S. embargo helps keep Castro in power

HAVANA -- Roberto Alarcon, well-dressed but of unexceptional appearance, is thought to be the No. 3 man in Cuba, after only Fidel and Raul Castro. He lazily sprawled in his chair before eight American journalists, fondling his cigar.
MORE SPORTS
Mar 17, 2002

Toyota motors past Isuzu in finals

The Toyota Alvark downed the Isuzu Motors GigaCats 69-66 on Saturday to take the first two games of the best-of-three Super League men's basketball final and claim their first league championship. Toyota got 24 points each from Takehiko Orimo and Charles O'Bannon at Yoyogi National Gymnasium as the team...
COMMUNITY
Mar 17, 2002

Taking a more traditional view

For many residents of Kyoto, the Kyoto Tower brings to mind the story about the Parisian artist who railed to whomever would listen about how much he hated the Eiffel Tower.
COMMUNITY
Mar 17, 2002

Cathedrals of commerce, towers of power

The tall building radically reshaped the modern city, thrusting it upward in the decades around the turn of the 20th century, just as the automobile pushed it outwards between the world wars. The skyward trend began in the 1890s, when high-rise commercial buildings began replacing the six- and seven-story...
CULTURE / Books
Mar 17, 2002

The only certainty is change

THE UNITED STATES AND ASIA: Toward a New U.S. Strategy and Force Posture, by Zalmay Khalilzad, et al. RAND, 2001, 260 pp. (paper). Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Asia has enjoyed considerably more stability than has Europe, the other critical theater of the Cold War. It's fair to say that there...
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Mar 17, 2002

Pampered pachyderms and groveling courtiers

SIAMESE COURT LIFE IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY AS DEPICTED IN EUROPEAN SOURCES, by Dhiravat na Pombejra. Bangkok: Chulalongkorn University, 2001, 236 pp., 190 baht. Foreign dignitaries were amazed by the 17th-century Siamese court. Though the general population seemed, as one diplomat wrote, "rich in...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Mar 17, 2002

Meditations on a master disciple

Sonny Fortune wears his John Coltrane influence proudly. And well he should since he is one of the few sax players working today confident enough -- and good enough -- to follow in his footsteps.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Mar 17, 2002

The Imperial family: celebrities or deities?

At a press conference to mark his 68th birthday last December, Emperor Akihito surprised reporters by saying that he felt a strong "kinship" with Korea.
LIFE / Food & Drink / NIHONSHU
Mar 17, 2002

Favorites that come widely recommended

The information in this column usually covers the gamut of sake nomenclature, types and brewing methods, as well as culture, history and the occasional oddities. But beyond the single recommendation in each column, rarely does it address the question, "So, uh, what are the good sake? What should I be...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HOGAKU TODAY
Mar 17, 2002

A music man with a mission

Imagine, after years of immersion and study in Western music, discovering the rarefied beauty of Japanese music. Simple aspects of music, previously taken for granted, suddenly take on significant roles. Silence extends between notes and enlivens the idea of pause. An errant breath blows through bamboo,...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Mar 17, 2002

Umaya: Dining in the presence of greatness

When the man behind a major new restaurant is a kabuki actor, it's inevitable that there's going to be strong public interest. When that actor happens to be Ichikawa Ennosuke -- the flamboyant superstar of his self-styled "super kabuki" -- you can expect the buzz to be massive.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Mar 17, 2002

The Steiff of teddy-bear legend

Cute. In Japan, there's cuteness wherever you look -- Hello Kitty, Tare Panda, The Dog, etc., etc. But from next month to September 2003, Japanese people will be able to glimpse the creativity behind the cuteness of that cuddliest of all cuddlies -- the teddy bear -- when Germany-based Margarete Steiff...
COMMUNITY
Mar 17, 2002

Twelve heavenly stories of wonder

On a visit to Yokohama's "Theater Street" (Isezakicho) in the early 1890s, Henry Finck, the music critic of the New York Evening Post from 1881-1924, watched "the wonders of electric light, telephone, [and] phonograph . . . [demonstrated] to gaping natives."
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / BEST BAR NONE
Mar 17, 2002

There's inspiration around every corner

Nearly every expat in Tokyo knows Las Chicas, the hip neo-Asian garden restaurant that sprawls across the first floor of the Vision Network complex near Omotesando. But many may not realize that there is more to Vision Network than a Thai curry lunch special. A quick peek into the corners of the rambling...
LIFE / Food & Drink / THE WAY OF WASHOKU
Mar 17, 2002

In search of the hidden children of bamboo

While I was growing up, bamboo shoots were an exotic vegetable that came from a can bearing foreign characters — foreign to my American eyes, that is. Despite the slight preservative and tin-can flavor, the tender shoots remained one of the delicacies that deepened my interest in the cuisine of countries...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Mar 17, 2002

Osaka's spirit in the sky

In survey after survey, Tsutenkaku Tower in Osaka's Shinsekai district comes in second among the structures that most strongly symbolize the spirit of Osaka, the first being Osaka Castle.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Mar 17, 2002

The global village: small, but not always beautiful

The current No. 1 best seller in Japan is the cheery picture book "Sekai ga moshi hyakunin no mura dattara" ("If the World Were a Village of 100 People"; Magazine House), a retelling of a bit of "Netlore." Several years ago, the environmentalist Donella Meadows wrote a newspaper column on the global...
COMMUNITY
Mar 17, 2002

Yokohoma vs. Kobe: bright lights, big beacons

Yokohama and Kobe have much in common. Busy ports, both have swanky shopping streets named Motomachi, Chinatowns, Western-style houses on the hill and monument-dotted former foreign settlements. Tweedledum and Tweedledee? Some think so.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Mar 17, 2002

Last wills and testaments to peace

One of the more interesting economic realities of Japan is that, despite having one of the largest per capita savings rates in the world and the fact that more than 60 percent of the nation's assets are in the hands of people over the age of 60, almost no one writes wills.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Mar 17, 2002

The tower and the story

On Christmas Eve, 1958, thousands of people poured through Hamamatsucho Station in Tokyo's Minato Ward to take in Japan's first postwar shot at a "public attraction." There was nothing particularly cute about it; no fearsome rides, or cuddly characters to have your photo taken with. What's more, visitors...
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 16, 2002

L.A. schools reject the trilingual challenge

SANTA MARIA, California -- Should a Spanish-speaking teenager living in the United States study English or Japanese? At first glance, that looks like a no-brainer. Learning Japanese would be interesting, perhaps even useful, but knowing English is essential.
SUMO
Mar 16, 2002

Maru stays perfect

OSAKA -- Yokozuna Musashimaru bundled out Kyokushuzan and ozeki Kaio floored Tochinonada on Friday as both wrestlers preserved their unblemished records on the sixth day of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament.
EDITORIALS
Mar 16, 2002

How to cooperate with Pakistan

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MORE SPORTS
Mar 16, 2002

49ers, Redskins set for Osaka Dome

OSAKA -- The five-time Super Bowl champion San Francisco 49ers will take on the Washington Redskins on Aug. 4 at the Osaka Dome in NFL Osaka 2002, the National Football League announced Thursday.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 16, 2002

Roles of the main Asia-Pacific groups

CHIANG MAI, Thailand -- It may be presumptuous to review Asia-Pacific regional organizations in a single column, but there seems to be so much confusion about them that certain points need to be clarified and properly addressed. The main groups are the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC),...
BUSINESS
Mar 16, 2002

Japan, U.S. fail to agree on steel

WASHINGTON -- Japan and the United States failed Thursday to narrow their disagreements on the issue of planned U.S. steel import tariffs, raising the possibility of Japan taking the case to the World Trade Organization.
BUSINESS
Mar 16, 2002

KDDI revises downward earnings projection for '01

KDDI Corp., the nation's second-largest telecommunications carrier, on Friday downwardly revised its earnings projection for the year that ends March 31.
Narita Airport runway closed after cargo plane makes emergency landing
An Atlas Air Boeing 747 in January 2023
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."
Focus shifts to incoming typhoon as Tropical Storm Maria dissipates
Newly formed Tropical Storm Ampil, which is forecast to approach eastern Japan this weekend, is seen on the left side of this satellite image.
Aloha shirts made from recycled kimono in Tohoku prove to be huge hit
A tourist picks up an aloha shirt at the Samurai Aloha store at Narita Airport in June.
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.
Elezo Esprit: A visceral celebration of Hokkaido’s wild game
Moved by an experience with a local hunter, Shota Sasaki has since focused on elevating the image of game meat in Japan.

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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