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ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Oct 9, 2003

The roots of national security grow under our very feet

For many policymakers, the concept of national security now simply means possessing the capacity for overwhelming destruction. Armchair warriors find such thinking reassuringly straightforward and comforting, a neat and tidy corollary of "Might makes right." It is also pure fantasy.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 9, 2003

Charming the IMF in Dubai

HONG KONG -- James Wolfensohn, the president of the World Bank, made the most powerful speech of his career at the annual meetings of the World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund in Dubai last month. It was full of sharp sound bites driving toward a vital central theme that Wolfensohn enunciated...
LIFE / Language / KANJI CLINIC
Oct 9, 2003

Kanji tattoos are primarily for Western eyes

Tattoo culture in Japan, especially among Japan's gangster element, has a rich history. While some young Japanese are breaking the traditional taboo and obtaining discreet tattoos, they almost never opt to have Chinese characters etched permanently on their bodies. Kanji tattoos are a Western phenomenon....
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 9, 2003

Kuroda claims 13th win as Carp defeats Swallows

Hiroshima hurler Hiroki Kuroda held Yakult to seven hits over the distance to notch his career-high 13th win as the Carp downed the Swallows 7-1 at Tokyo's Jingu Stadium on Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Oct 9, 2003

Asahi Glass develops 'crystal ball' to forecast stock price movements

Individual investors have long been searching for a "crystal ball" that can give them an edge in the markets by helping them select the right stock at the right time.
LIFE / Digital / NAME OF THE GAME
Oct 9, 2003

TV icons hit the road

What do you get when you cross America's favorite dysfunctional family with the video game "Grand Theft Auto III"? You get "The Simpsons: Hit & Run," a new game from Vivendi Universal Games for Xbox.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Oct 9, 2003

Aggregating anemone

* Japanese name: Yoroiisoginchaku * Scientific name:Anthopleura japonica * Description: Anemones are marine invertebrates, cylindrical animals with rings of tentacles on the upper surface. They are related to jellyfish and corals. Aggregating anemones grow up to 3 cm in diameter and can have a brilliant...
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Oct 9, 2003

Behavior, genes in bed together

The job of undertaker is not one that is restricted to human society. In honeybee colonies, too, some individuals have the task of removing the cadavers of their dead fellows.
MORE SPORTS
Oct 8, 2003

Carrying Asian hopes

Like its opponent in its opening game, Japan goes into the World Cup knowing that the tournament marks the end of an era.
MORE SPORTS
Oct 8, 2003

Sato to replace Villeneuve at BAR

British American Racing announced Tuesday that Japanese driver Takuma Sato will complete the 2004 driver lineup alongside Jenson Button.
JAPAN
Oct 8, 2003

Fujii to get chance to give his side

The Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry will hold a hearing Oct. 17 as part of procedures aimed at dismissing Japan Highway Public Corp. President Haruho Fujii, officials said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Oct 8, 2003

Japan not attacking root causes of abused, exploited foreigners: experts

Many foreigners in Japan have secure lives and careers, but there are also many who, even though here on a technically legal basis, have a more tenuous existence and are abused.
JAPAN
Oct 8, 2003

Bush visit to see 9,000-strong police security contingent

About 9,000 police officers will be mobilized in a massive security effort when U.S. President George W. Bush visits Tokyo next week, police said.
JAPAN
Oct 8, 2003

JR East blames Chuo Line holdup on contractor

Simple errors by a contractor were the cause of delays on an overnight construction project that shut down the JR Chuo Line for eight hours late last month, East Japan Railway Co. said Tuesday.
MORE SPORTS
Oct 8, 2003

Eight players to take center stage

Jonny Wilkinson
BUSINESS
Oct 8, 2003

Takenaka to tout economic positives

Economic and fiscal policy minister Heizo Takenaka said Tuesday he plans to tell government officials and business leaders from East Asia about upbeat developments in Japan's economy when he attends a conference this weekend in Singapore.
MORE SPORTS
Oct 8, 2003

Where to catch the action in and around Tokyo

If you expect to be one of the hundreds of millions of people planning to sacrifice your health, finances, time and possibly marriage to watch a bunch of thugs chase an oval ball around the park while at the same time inflicting grievous bodily harm on each other, under the pretense of a tournament commonly...
Americans with four-year degrees now comprise a record 25% of unemployed workers
A job fair in Fletcher, North Carolina. The unemployment rate for bachelor’s degree-holders in the U.S. rose to 2.8% in September, up a half-percentage point from a year earlier.
Japan on track to deploy missiles to island near Taiwan, Koizumi says
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks to reporters after inspecting the Ground Self-Defense Force garrison on Yonaguni Island, Okinawa Prefecture, on Sunday.
Pedestrian dies after apparent Tokyo hit-and-run that injured 10 others
A car that hit several pedestrians in Tokyo's Adachi Ward on Monday. A pedestrian in his 80s has died while 10 others are injured following several collisions near the Adachi Ward office that took place around midday on Monday.
War refugee Aonishiki becomes first Ukrainian to win sumo tournament
Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki receives the Prime Minister's Cup from Takahiro Inoue, an adviser to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, on Sunday in Fukuoka after becoming the first from his nation to win a tournament in the traditional Japanese sport.
Japan-China divide widens as fears of long-lasting chill in ties grow
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (second from left) stands for a group photo with leaders including Chinese Premier Li Qiang (second from right) at the Group of 20 summit in Johannesburg on Saturday.
TV icon Tetsuko Kuroyanagi's memoir paints a life of both war and glamour
“Totto” in “Totto-chan, the Little Girl at the Window: The Sequel” was the nickname young Tetsuko Kuroyanagi gave herself as a child, mispronouncing her first name.
The secret to 'Last Samurai Standing'? Treating live action like anime.
“Last Samurai Standing” centers on a mysterious fighting event in which participants must hack and slash their opponents apart to collect enough wooden tags to win a big-money prize.
‘Tampopo’ lives on in bowls of ramen around the world
Juzo Itami's 1985 movie "Tampopo" has inspired many restaurateurs around the world to open their own ramen shop with the same name, such as this establishment in Auckland, New Zealand.
All systems Go for upstart Machida Zelvia after landmark Emperor’s Cup triumph
Machida manager Go Kuroda lifts the trophy as the club celebrates its victory over Vissel Kobe in the Emperor’s Cup final at National Stadium on Saturday.
Japan plans higher visa fees for foreign residents
Along with planned higher fees for foreign residents to stay, Japan is looking to raise the ¥3,000 single-entry visa fee for inbound tourists to Western standards in the next fiscal year.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Juzo Itami’s “Tampopo” was released Nov. 23, 1985, and though it wasn’t a hit at the time, it has gained a cult following in the years since.
Eat, slurp, love: 'Tampopo' turns 40
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