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LIFE / Digital / NETWISE
May 29, 2003

IP telephony: Let your modem do the talking

Like me, you may have noticed a recent noisy addition to Tokyo's otherwise drab urban landscape. Clad in garish red or brilliant white, teams of Yahoo BB "parasol troopers" have suddenly landed everywhere, and trying to locate a station exit or street corner free of their hawking antics is like trying...
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / WILD WATCH
May 29, 2003

Targeting nature on a Texas shootout

Texas summons up images of cowboys and longhorn cattle, Western boots and horses, Stetsons, vast ranches, oil and gas -- and that Texan drawl.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 29, 2003

Bitfone offers remote program to fix software

Bitfone Corp. of the United States is negotiating with several major Japanese phone makers to sell them its wireless software-repair program, Bitfone Chairman Gene Wang said in a recent interview with Kyodo News.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / ON THE BOOK TRAIL
May 29, 2003

"Power and Stone," "Rome"

"Power and Stone," Alice Leader, Puffin Books; May 2003; 249 pp. There's so much more to history than memorizing dates.
BASEBALL / MLB
May 28, 2003

Tigers edge BayStars

Osamu Hamanaka nailed a go-ahead RBI single in the bottom of the seventh inning to lift the Hanshin Tigers over the Yokohama BayStars 4-3 at Koshien Stadium on Tuesday night.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
May 28, 2003

Giants' Latham finds it rough adjusting to Japanese baseball

Chris Latham's entrance to Japan and the world of Japanese pro baseball was supposed to go smoothly.
COMMENTARY / World
May 28, 2003

Once a dove, Roh has now grown talons

CAMBRIDGE, England -- The recent summit meeting in Washington between President George W. Bush and President Roh Moo Hyun of South Korea has been hailed as a success. Not by me. The word success is being used by "experts," American experts that is, to describe a process of driving a wedge between North...
BUSINESS
May 28, 2003

BOJ net income suffers sharp drop

The Bank of Japan said Tuesday it posted a net income of 594.4 billion yen in fiscal 2002, down 869.1 billion yen from the previous year.
BUSINESS
May 28, 2003

No retirement bonus for Seibu execs

Seibu Department Stores Ltd., set to integrate operations with the Sogo retail group next month, will not pay retirement bonuses to Chairman Kotaro Matsumoto and seven other departing top executives, company officials said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
May 28, 2003

Takenaka salutes bad-loan disposal efforts

Financial Services Minister Heizo Takenaka on Tuesday hailed efforts by major banks to dispose of bad loans in the year that ended March 31.
BUSINESS
May 28, 2003

Net overseas assets off slightly on stronger yen

The outstanding balance of Japan's net overseas assets stood at 175.31 trillion yen at the end of last year, down 2.2 percent from a record high marked a year earlier and the first drop in three years, the Finance Ministry said Tuesday.
EDITORIALS
May 28, 2003

Why not a parliamentary faction?

The Democratic Party of Japan and the Liberal Party see each other as partners in a future government. Yet their on-and-off merger talks, which began half a year ago, seem to have produced no meaningful progress. Prospects for their unification receded further into the background Monday when Liberal...
BUSINESS
May 28, 2003

Shiokawa aiming to keep tight rein on 2004 budget

Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa voiced hope Tuesday that the fiscal 2004 budget won't be bigger than that of the current fiscal year.
BUSINESS
May 28, 2003

Coalition task force approves bill to bolster stock-purchasing body

A coalition task force scrutinizing financial policies on Tuesday approved a legal amendment aimed at reinforcing the functions of a stock-purchasing body, lawmakers said.
BUSINESS
May 28, 2003

Citizen Watch recovers to post profit

Citizen Watch Co. reported Tuesday a group net profit of 5.82 billion yen for the year that ended March 31, a turnaround from a loss of 12.61 billion yen the previous year.
BUSINESS
May 28, 2003

Cabinet OKs plan to move up pension refunds

The Cabinet on Tuesday approved a government proposal to move up by one month to Sept. 1 the date when corporate employee pension funds will be allowed to start handing back to the government the portion of pension assets they manage on the its behalf.
COMMENTARY / World
May 28, 2003

Slander poses a greater danger than SARS itself

EDMONTON, Canada -- Outside of Asia, Toronto has been the city hardest hit by severe acute respiratory syndrome. Canadian Chinese living there, as well as Canadians of Japanese and Korean ethnic origin, have felt the chill of blame.
BUSINESS
May 28, 2003

Cell-phone sales push Japan Telecom into black

Japan Telecom Holdings Co., a subsidiary of Britain's Vodafone Group PLC, said Tuesday it swung back to the black in the year through March 31, thanks in part to brisk revenues from its mobile-phone business.
BUSINESS
May 28, 2003

Japan still aiming to meet WTO frameworks deadline

Japan will continue efforts during the ongoing World Trade Organization negotiations to set up frameworks for nonfarm trade liberalization by Saturday's deadline, trade minister Takeo Hiranuma said Tuesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
May 28, 2003

Enjoy your complicite in a world of dizzying multiplicity

It was a difficult delivery. The fruit of the union between actor/director Simon McBurney, founder of London-based Complicite (formerly Thea^tre de Complicite), and a Japanese cast in Tokyo had been long-awaited, but even so it kept everyone guessing past the expected arrival time.
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
May 28, 2003

Spacek: "Vintage Hi-Tech"

With just a few beats, some blips and moist, high-pitched vocals, "Vintage Hi-Tech" explores the promising territory of futuristic soul music. As a group, Spacek has a sweetly extraterrestrial vibe, but here on earth they hail from South London.
CULTURE / Music
May 28, 2003

Popping the question

Favorite record for an overcast Sunday afternoon.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 28, 2003

When heaven's riches rivaled Russia's czars

Church and State have, down history, done battle for wealth and power.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
May 28, 2003

Four Tet: "Rounds"

Whether through dewy-eyed computer-animation's marvels or Sony's Aibo, today's "digerati" yearn to simulate real life through hardware. The same goes for "laptop musicians," but few sound as warm and organic as the one-man band Four Tet, which is Kieran Hebden. Using extensive samples of instruments...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 28, 2003

An icon of her times

In the history of Russian icons, one image is pre-eminent as the most copied, most decorated and most adored: "Our Lady of Kazan."
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
May 28, 2003

Arab Strap: "Monday at the Hug and Pint"

The Scottish duo Arab Strap are the poet laureates of alcohol-induced sexual torpor. Vocalist Aidan Moffatt's slurred, sotto voce ramblings about unpretty girls picked up in seedy bars and bedded in a haze of beer and E would normally be an acquired taste, but in the U.K. the group's songs have graced...
MORE SPORTS
May 27, 2003

Takahashi named to national squad

Seven-time All-Star forward Michael Takahashi is among the 16 members named to the men's national squad for the upcoming Europe training tour, the Japan Basketball Association said Sunday.
BUSINESS
May 27, 2003

Accounting panel against freezing real-time rules

An influential accounting board reached a consensus Monday in opposing a proposal by ruling coalition lawmakers that would allow companies to hide unrealized losses on their shareholdings.
BUSINESS
May 27, 2003

Kumagai Gumi falls deep into red

Ailing construction firm Kumagai Gumi Co. fell into the red in fiscal 2002. The general contractor blamed poor sales and massive extraordinary losses, including appraisal losses on its fixed assets.
BUSINESS
May 27, 2003

JETRO, ministries opening 14 foreign investment offices

The Japan External Trade Organization and 13 other entities, including the trade and foreign ministries, were to each set up an office Monday aiming to boost direct foreign investment in Japan, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda said.
Japan braces for more quakes as authorities dismiss doomsday hype
Evacuees from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecuture, arrive at Kagoshima Port on Friday.
Hidden AI prompts in academic papers spark concern about research integrity
Waseda University is one of 14 institutions in eight countries found to have used hidden prompts in research papers.
A prophesied disaster (likely) won’t strike Japan this weekend
A viral manga prediction of a July 5 disaster has gripped Japan with anxiety and triggered an economic impact, but experts warn that while such dates are unreliable, the threat of a massive earthquake remains real. 
Residents of Tokara Islands begin evacuation as seismic swarm continues
Details about evacuations from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecture, is seen written on a whiteboard in the city of Kagoshima on Thursday.
U.S. military apologizes over Okinawa sexual assault case
Col. Neil Owens (right), chief of staff for the 3rd Marine Division, bows in apology at the Okinawa Prefectural Government office in Naha on Thursday.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Flag football facing challenges and opportunities ahead
Japan’s women’s flag football team at the 2025 International Bowl in Los Angeles in June. The sport is enjoying continued growth in the country.
From Hokusai’s Great Wave, shinkansen to One Piece: a cultural treasure box for Lego Japan
Michael Ebbesen, general manager of Lego Japan, says Lego bricks based on Japanese culture have a rich global appeal and are sellable around the world.
With farmed fish, RelationFish swims against the tide in fine dining
Chef Hideaki Matsuo (middle) and the staff of Oseto Suisan Fisheries prepare to check on their sustainably farmed fish.
As Southeast Asia heats up, a Japanese cooling giant sees a major opportunity
An employee of Daikin Cambodia explains the use of different tools during an air conditioner installation training session in Phnom Penh. Daikin is one of Japan’s oldest air conditioning companies, but as Japan’s population falls, the firm is keying in on overseas growth.

Podcast

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

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Mount Fuji is considered one of Japan's most iconic symbols and is a major draw for tourists. It's still a mountain, though, and potential hikers need to properly prepare for any climb.
What it takes to save lives on Mount Fuji
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