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JAPAN / ANCIENT TRADITIONS
Jan 1, 2002

Western eyes blind to spirituality in Japan

First of two parts
BUSINESS
Jan 1, 2002

No changes seen for January economic report

The government is considering leaving its gloomy assessment of the economy unchanged in a monthly report to be released by the Cabinet Office in mid-January, government officials said.
JAPAN
Jan 1, 2002

Excerpts of Baker interview

The following are excerpts from U.S. Ambassador Howard Baker's interview with The Japan Times:
BUSINESS
Jan 1, 2002

Economy to be severe in first half: BOJ

The state of the nation's economy will likely remain severe in the first half of 2002 as a result of the Prime Minister's ongoing structural reforms, according to the chief of the central bank.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 1, 2002

Bad times spark new breed of lottery fan

Masao Kitasawa, 58, is a lottery fan. He buys about 10 lottery tickets a week, spending roughly 10,000 yen a month to "dream a little."
COMMENTARY
Dec 31, 2001

A challenging century ahead

The first year of the 21st century has been plagued by terror, confusion and instability. The Sept. 11 terror blitz in the United States changed long-standing perceptions about the world, civilization and war overnight. Toward the end of the year, the U.S.-led allied forces succeeded in their retaliatory...
COMMENTARY / THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK
Dec 31, 2001

War recalls the savaging of Okinawa

NEW YORK -- Evidently prompted by the war in Afghanistan, John Gregory Dunne has discussed three books in The New York Review of Books (Dec. 20) to remind us of the savaging process that is war. For Dunne, whose sensitivity to anything false matches that of his wife, Joan Didion, who called "The Greatest...
JAPAN
Dec 31, 2001

University probed over 'donations' made to secure backdoor admissions

Parents of candidates trying to enter Teikyo University's medical department are believed to have paid more than 2 billion yen a year in a suspected backdoor admission scandal, according to sources familiar with the case.
JAPAN
Dec 31, 2001

Banks plan 23 trillion yen risk-asset cut

Japan's four major banking groups plan to reduce risk assets such as stockholdings and loans by some 23 trillion yen in the current fiscal year ending March 31 to bolster their capital bases, according to banking industry sources.
BUSINESS
Dec 31, 2001

Hunting down terrorist funding requires new teamwork

The bombing in Afghanistan continued throughout the Islamic holy month of Ramadan and the Taliban government was swept from power much more swiftly than was previously anticipated.
JAPAN
Dec 31, 2001

Top 10 news stories of 2001

Japan Times editors picked the following domestic news stories as the most important of 2001:
EDITORIALS
Dec 31, 2001

A year of fear and confusion

The war in Afghanistan is just about over. Contrary to most expectations, the U.S.-led coalition avoided the traps that had ensnared previous enemies of governments in Kabul. Its bombing campaign succeeded in exterminating a loathsome regime and the terrorists it harbored. Yet despite that impressive...
BUSINESS
Dec 31, 2001

The euro's tangible new legacy

On New Year's Day, many traditional Japanese performance arts come into their element. Rakugo is a time-honored version of standup comedy. Well, sit-down really, since the kimono-clad performer actually sits on a cushion and uses nothing but a towel and a fan as props -- any kind of prop that may be...
JAPAN
Dec 31, 2001

Thank you to Readers' Fund contributors

This year's fundraising campaign for refugees and children in need, in Japan and abroad, comes to an official close today. The donations received as of Friday totaled 3,507,604 yen. Money received after the end of this year's campaign will be included in next year's charity fund drive.
COMMENTARY
Dec 31, 2001

Resist the urge to keep score

HONOLULU -- There is an irresistible temptation to sort out winners and losers in the post-Sept. 11 world. Relations with the United States are the grand prize as governments scramble for position in the war against terrorism.
JAPAN
Dec 31, 2001

Sunken mystery ship's sister vessel docks in North Korea

A vessel suspected of being in a fleet that included an unidentified ship that sank Dec. 22 in the East China Sea after exchanging fire with Japanese patrol boats has returned to North Korean shores, according to well-placed sources.
BUSINESS
Dec 31, 2001

Euro to hit airports here ahead of EU

Banks and exchange counters at two international airports in Japan will start handing out euro bank notes on the morning of Jan. 1, 2002 -- before the currency becomes legal tender in Europe several hours later.
JAPAN
Dec 31, 2001

Conductor Asahina dies at 93

OSAKA -- Takashi Asahina, known as the world's oldest active conductor, died of old age at a Kobe hospital Saturday night, his family said Sunday. He was 93.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 31, 2001

Fostering a proper ASEAN perspective

CHIANG MAI, Thailand -- During high-level meetings, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, born more than three decades ago, tends to come under criticism, mainly from the international press but sometimes from analysts and academics, as a "talking shop." Even an authority like Samuel Huntington,...
JAPAN
Dec 31, 2001

LDP eyes way around electoral reform

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party may decide not to field candidates in some Lower House constituencies and instead support members of its two coalition partners at these electoral districts, senior LDP sources said Sunday.
JAPAN
Dec 31, 2001

Japan Times Readership Survey results

More than 90 percent of respondents to The Japan Times Readership Survey conducted in July rated our paper's news coverage favorably, both domestic and foreign.
EDITORIALS
Dec 30, 2001

Little bags of luckiness

Just about a month ago, at the start of the holiday shopping season, consumers in Japan and other affluent countries were being urged to sit on their wallets for "Buy Nothing Day," the now annual and global act of homage to self-restraint. Get in the habit of buying only what you need, not what you want,...
COMMUNITY
Dec 30, 2001

Getting out to see the new year in

So you want to be there to join in a great mass countdown to 2002 -- or you are determined to be one of the early birds catching sight of the Sun's first New Year rays? With so many venues vying for your bleary presence on New Year's Eve/New Year's Day, some observatories are opening their doors before...
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 30, 2001

Russia's free press loses another battle

LIMASSOL, Cyprus -- In July 2000, I joined Russian reporter Grigory Pasko and two carloads of fellow journalists in a visit to Irina Grebneva, a newspaper editor who had been jailed for five days in the Pacific port of Vladivostok, Russia. Her crime was making the governor look stupid and corrupt by...
OLYMPICS
Dec 30, 2001

Harada, Sanmiya set to lead Japan

Olympic ski jumping gold medalist Masahiko Harada and leading speed skater Eriko Sanmiya are set to be named as joint captains of the Japan team at the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City, informed sources said Friday.
COMMUNITY
Dec 30, 2001

Starting anew through the ages

The world's most universally observed festival, New Year is also its most diverse, with timing, inspiration and celebration differing among countries, cultures and religions. For some, it is an occasion on which to give thanks for another year of survival; for others it's a vantage point from which to...
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　
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.
No sumo tickets? No problem. Here are some other ways to take in the sport.
Wrestlers battle during the national women's championships in Osaka in 2018. Amateur sumo is a great way to experience the sport for tourists who are unable to get tickets to professional tournaments.
The definitive guide to Utagawa Hiroshige's masterwork is a feast for the eyes
Utagawa Hiroshige produced several highly successful series of landscape prints over the course of his career, including “One Hundred Famous Views of Edo” — the largest collection of his career.
In sleepy Chichibu, Japan's whisky landscape is quietly shifting
Founded in the early 2000s, Ichiro's Malt has since become a third pole in Japan's whisky world dominated by beverage giants.

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 through 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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