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Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Nov 26, 2003

Everything you needed to know about 'Hamlet'

What is it about "Hamlet," Shakespeare's most famous drama, that obsesses Yukio Ninagawa, Japanese theater's global standard-bearer? The innovative director has already staged the play four times -- and his fifth take on the tragedy of the Prince of Denmark opened last week at the Bunkamura Theater Cocoon...
JAPAN
Nov 26, 2003

TV Asahi chief contrite over report

TV Asahi Corp. President Michisada Hirose accepted some blame Tuesday for provoking accusations that the station's recent election coverage was biased.
JAPAN
Nov 26, 2003

Broadcasters to require IC card for viewing digital shows

Japanese public and private broadcasters will introduce an IC card for viewing digital programs to prevent shows from being copied illegally or distributed over the Internet.
JAPAN
Nov 26, 2003

New rules would ease plight of zoo, pet shop animals

The Environment Ministry is planning stricter standards for animal care at zoos and pet shops.
JAPAN
Nov 26, 2003

Accountant held for embezzlement

A former accounting official at the publishing house Kobunsha Co. was arrested Tuesday for allegedly embezzling 21.8 million yen.
EDITORIALS
Nov 25, 2003

New Diet must debate deployment

The Iraq issue will dominate the two-day debate that begins today in the Diet, which opened for a special nine-day session last Wednesday following the Nov. 9 Lower House election. The central question is whether Japan should send noncombat troops to a country where fighting is still rampant. The answer...
MORE SPORTS
Nov 25, 2003

Gilmour wins Nippon Cup regatta

HAYAMA, Kanagawa Pref. -- Australian Peter Gilmour won the 2003 Nippon Cup yacht race Sunday, prevailing over Magnus Holmberg of Sweden.
JAPAN
Nov 25, 2003

Dead fetuses' cells used for research by labs nationwide

At least 30 university research labs and other facilities across Japan are using cells harvested from dead fetuses -- most of them killed in abortions -- for research into regenerative medicine, the health ministry said Monday.
JAPAN
Nov 25, 2003

Hashimoto faction mending old wounds

The Liberal Democratic Party's biggest faction is apparently regaining unity after a bitter split during the party's presidential election.
JAPAN
Nov 25, 2003

Temple seeks special-zone status to ease its regulatory binds

Temple University Japan is seeking government designation as a special deregulation zone entity in a bid to make itself more attractive to students, according to its dean.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Nov 25, 2003

How vital is technology to your life?

Paola VillaniStudent, 24
JAPAN
Nov 25, 2003

China releases Falun Gong devotee

Chinese authorities have released a resident of Japan who had been detained for her activities in the Falun Gong spiritual movement, Japanese diplomats in Beijing said Monday.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 25, 2003

Ghosn, Koizumi and structural reform

Carlos Ghosn and Junichiro Koizumi are two well-known names in Japan. Ghosn, the CEO of Nissan, is famous for his rescue of the company from the brink of bankruptcy. Prime Minister Koizumi's "trademark" is structural reform, which he promised in 2001 would lead to the creation of 5 million jobs within...
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Nov 25, 2003

The rise of the machines

She's young, beautiful, and fluent in several languages.
JAPAN
Nov 25, 2003

Qatar request for secret forces status pact rejected

Negotiations between Japan and Qatar for a status of forces agreement to cover a Self-Defense Forces dispatch to the Mideast country to support reconstruction in Iraq have hit a snag over Qatar's request to keep contents of the accord confidential, government sources said Monday.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Nov 25, 2003

Bank loans, student grief and cremains

More house info F. is responding to "Buying a house" in Lifelines, Nov. 11, in which the article states that "You have to have at least an 'eijyuuken' (permanent residency) to qualify for a bank loan as a foreigner."
JAPAN
Nov 25, 2003

Quake shakes southern Hokkaido

An earthquake Monday registering a preliminary magnitude of 4.8 on the Richter scale jolted southern parts of Hokkaido.
JAPAN
Nov 25, 2003

Broker sometimes trips on Japanese but always finds footing

Fourth in a series AKEMI NAKAMURA Staff writer Shortly after she began working at the Hong Kong unit of Nomura Securities Co. in March 1993, Sandra Wu Wen-Hsiu grimaced in pain and said in Japanese to her Japanese boss: "Shamelessness is aching."
EDITORIALS
Nov 24, 2003

Between a rock and a hard place

China continues to grow at a blistering pace. It is emerging as one of the drivers of the global economy, sucking in exports from its neighbors and providing returns for investors. Increasingly, however, there are concerns that China is overheating: Growth is bound to stall as the business cycle asserts...
JAPAN
Nov 24, 2003

Financial Services chief vows to avert bank crisis

Financial Services Minister Heizo Takenaka tried to offer assurances Sunday that the government would do everything it can to avert a financial crisis if some banks are found to have serious problems after releasing their midterm business results.
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.
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.
New satellite images suggest 'mass graves' in Sudan's El-Fasher
A general view of a berm construction in Kinin Village near El-Fasher.
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.
SoftBank is said to have explored potential takeover of Marvell
SoftBank explored a potential takeover of U.S. chipmaker Marvell Technology earlier this year, in what would have been the semiconductor industry's largest-ever deal.
These are the hottest lower-division rikishi to watch right now
Fukazaki (right) grapples with Enho at the IG Arena in Nagoya on July 13.
Across borders and screens, Tokyo film festival finds humanity in migration
“Mother Bhumi” takes place in a multiethnic rice-farming community where Chinese, Thai and Malay lineages intertwine.
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.
From 1973 to 2025: A Japanese American skater’s long ride to recognition
Judi Oyama at Winchester Skatepark in San Jose, California, in January 1979. The Skateboarding Hall of Fame inductee and Guinness World Record holder still skates and hopes to inspire older women.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo

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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