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JAPAN
Feb 9, 2002

E-symposium finds solving conflicts peacefully requires long-term view

The e-symposium on conflict prevention entered its second day Thursday, with panelists concluding that peaceful resolutions to conflicts require a long-term view.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 9, 2002

Diplomats: more than traveling salesmen

CHIANG MAI, Thailand -- Recently, the order of a prominent European political leader to his country's ambassadors to begin acting as salesmen made waves all the way to Asia. This is not an isolated case: To various degrees, politicians from Europe to Asia and Oceania are now calling for a new diplomacy...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 9, 2002

Indian director blasts the bomb

While many Indian people greeted the nuclear tests conducted by New Delhi in 1998 with enthusiasm, one Indian film director claims that nationalist fervor has blinded the Indian public toward the hideous potential of nuclear weapons.
EDITORIALS
Feb 8, 2002

Enron's third strike

A fter being pilloried in the press and made the new poster child for capitalist excess, Enron is being handed the final indignity: The Houston Astros baseball team has gone to court to take the company's name off its stadium. The humiliation is now complete: The former energy giant is being stripped...
MORE SPORTS
Feb 8, 2002

WBC may order fight rematch

The World Boxing Council is considering a rematch of Tuesday's super-bantamweight title fight between champion Willie Jorrin of the United States and Japanese challenger Osamu Sato, which ended in a contentious draw.
MORE SPORTS
Feb 8, 2002

Isuzu to disband GigaCats

Six-time national basketball champions Isuzu GigaCats will disband at the end of the current league season in March as part of the parent company's restructuring plans, Isuzu Motors Ltd. officials said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Feb 8, 2002

High school grads' prospects still grim

A record-low 67.8 percent of high school students due to graduate in spring had lined up jobs as of Dec. 31, the education ministry said Thursday.
COMMENTARY
Feb 8, 2002

No nation-state to rebuild in Afghanistan

PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- "Why are you letting them in," screamed the Afghan refugee. Her burqa hid her age but not her anger: "The Americans are not good. They are hurting our people in Afghanistan."
JAPAN
Feb 8, 2002

Government may slash child-care allowances

The government plans to slash child-rearing allowances for single mothers in a bid to reduce rising social security outlays caused by increasing divorce rates in families with young children, government sources said Thursday.
MORE SPORTS
Feb 8, 2002

Arimori strides for success in life after marathon

Winning an Olympic medal, you would think, would be the greatest honor an athlete can achieve.
BUSINESS
Feb 8, 2002

Steel unions open talks with job entreaty

Annual spring wage talks got under way Thursday with major steelmaker unions seeking a two-year pledge from management not to cut workers.
BUSINESS
Feb 8, 2002

Kansai forum hears calls for innovation

OSAKA -- "No guts, no glory" was the rallying cry for nearly 400 Kansai area business and government leaders Thursday, the opening day of the 40th annual Kansai Economic Seminar.
JAPAN
Feb 8, 2002

Snow Foods cuts bosses' pay by 50%

Snow Brand Foods Co., the meat packer hit by a fraudulent beef-labeling scandal, said Thursday it will cut the salaries of its president and two senior managing directors by 50 percent next month.
JAPAN
Feb 8, 2002

Are cell phones becoming too disruptive?

Masahito Tagami spent some 900,000 yen on a relay antenna system when he opened an "izakaya" restaurant in the basement of a building in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, last April, so that customers could use their mobile phones.
BUSINESS
Feb 8, 2002

Mitsubishi saw profit dive 45% in third quarter

Mitsubishi Corp. said Thursday its group net profit in the October-December period plunged 45.3 percent from a year earlier to 10.43 billion yen on operating revenue of 3.37 trillion yen, down 4.5 percent.
JAPAN
Feb 8, 2002

Osaka stages memorial service for maestro

OSAKA -- A memorial service for Takashi Asahina, who was the world's oldest active conductor and a founder of the Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra, was held Thursday at a concert hall in Kita Ward. He was 93.
JAPAN / WORKING IT OUT
Feb 8, 2002

Calls mount for work-sharing as jobless ranks soar

KOBE -- Hatsue Okada, a 33-year-old nurse, works between 9:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. three days a week at a day-care center for elderly people in Kakogawa, Hyogo Prefecture.
SOCCER / World cup
Feb 8, 2002

Officials unhappy with Saitama pitch

Japanese officials are concerned about the playing surface at the Saitama World Cup stadium and may order it relaid in time for this year's finals, local media said Wednesday.
LIFE / Lifestyle / JET STREAM
Feb 8, 2002

Making a big difference in little places

Rachel Rawlings was surprised when she ran into two famous Japanese comedians in the parking lot outside her local village office. The popular television stars, Shofukutei Tsurube and Kazuki Enari, were astonished, too. Why was a young Australian woman living in a fishing village in Kochi Prefecture?...
JAPAN
Feb 8, 2002

German envoy emphasizes links with Japan

Henrik Schmiegelow, the new German ambassador to Japan, said Thursday it was no coincidence that Germany and Japan were asked to host recent conferences on Afghan peace and reconstruction.
BUSINESS
Feb 8, 2002

Investors shaky as critical phase looms

Tokyo stocks tumbled across the board again this week, mirroring a wholesale collapse in investor confidence.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / MATTER OF COURSE
Feb 8, 2002

It's time to say: Let's talk about sex, babies

In all my years of studying Japanese, I never learned the word I need right now. How do you say "nocturnal emission"? I need to know because my 10-year-old son is starting sex education at school, and I haven't told him that part of "the facts of life." His Japanese is pretty good, but I think he'll...
JAPAN
Feb 8, 2002

Study calculates smoking risks

The mortality rate of male smokers who died from mainly cancer-related causes was 1.6 times higher than nonsmoking males, indicating that not smoking could have prevented one in five of those deaths, according to a recent health ministry report.
BUSINESS
Feb 8, 2002

Tokyo consumer sentiment rises

Consumer confidence in Tokyo improved in January for the first time since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the United States, according to a monthly survey released Thursday by the Cabinet Office.
JAPAN
Feb 8, 2002

Law eyed to target trade in stolen antiques on Net

The National Police Agency is hoping to revise the antiques business law to counter the increasing number of stolen antiques that are being traded on Internet auction sites, agency officials said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Feb 8, 2002

U.S. unit of Softbank in equities deal

Softbank Corp. said Thursday its U.S. subsidiary has decided to sell part of its 42 percent equity stake in UT Starcom Inc., one of its U.S. affiliates, to help cut Softbank's interest-bearing group debts.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Feb 8, 2002

Japanese hare

* Japanese name: Nihon-nousagi * Scientific name: Lepus brachyurus * Description: Hares are like rabbits, only bigger and faster, with longer legs and ears. In winter, their fur is thick and white (with black tips to the ears), but as the weather gets warmer, hares molt and grow a lightweight brown...
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.
Tropical Storm Maria set for rare Tohoku landfall from Pacific coast
Officials from the Meteorological Agency and the land ministry hold a news conference on Saturday and urge people in Tohoku to be on alert for Tropical Storm Maria, which is forecast to make landfall in the region on Monday.
Japan finishes third on medal table after strong showing at Paris Olympics
Yuka Kagami celebrates with her medal after winning the women's 76-kg freestyle wrestling event on the final day of the Paris Olympics on Sunday.
Japan's Haruka Kitaguchi secures javelin gold with opening throw
Haruka Kitaguchi competes in the final of the women's javelin on Saturday at the Paris Olympics.
Tohoku on alert as Tropical Storm Maria moves over region
High water levels in the Nagauchi River in the city of Kuji, Iwate Prefecture, on Monday　
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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