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COMMUNITY
Oct 28, 2001

Plunder in a land of plenty

KYZYK-SUU, Kyrgyzstan -- When Canadian mining giant Cameco Corp. opened the Kumtor gold mine in the former Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan in 1996, logistics were considered to be the greatest obstacle.
CULTURE / Music / PLAY BUTTON
Oct 28, 2001

A rough guide to the indies

Japan's indie music scene is a fractured miasma of competing and collaborating subgenres. The sheer number of bands is, as anyone who has looked at Pia's live house listings recently, overwhelming. Like a fan searching for a hidden venue in the twisted back streets of Shimokitazawa or Koenji, you can...
LIFE / Food & Drink / BEST BAR NONE
Oct 28, 2001

The golden girls of Shinjuku

Last week I introduced Tre Tre -- a funky little hole-in-the-wall near the entrance to Golden Gai. Gaku, the master, has not only helped many new-generation barkeeps leverage their way into the area, he also knows all the coolest spots to drink. So, this week and next, we will stay in Golden Gai and...
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Oct 28, 2001

Provocative as she wants to be

SHANGHAI BABY, by Wei Hui, translated by Bruce Humes. Simon and Schuster, 2001, 259 pp., $10 (paper) Sometimes context is everything. A sexually frank novel that reeks of thinly disguised autobiography told in a confessional style would hardly cause a ripple in the West these days. In China, however,...
LIFE / Food & Drink / THE WAY OF WASHOKU
Oct 28, 2001

We're talking real tofu

It is said that one of the key differences between the East and the West is the way things are perceived and subsequently named. Without denying the importance of appearances in the West, in Japan, the way that something looks is often more important than what it actually comprises — and this is often...
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 28, 2001

MVPs have foreign flavor

Kintetsu Buffaloes outfielder Tuffy Rhodes and Yakult Swallows first baseman Roberto Petagine were named Most Valuable Players of the Pacific and Central Leagues, respectively, for the 2001 season on Saturday.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Oct 28, 2001

Engagement or isolation?

KOREAN SECURITY DYNAMICS IN TRANSITION, edited by Park Kyung-Ae and Kim Dalchoon. New York, Hampshire: Palgrave, 2001, 209 pp., $45.00 (cloth) The euphoria that followed the historic inter-Korean summit in June 2000 has worn off. North Korea's peek-a-boo diplomacy -- now you see us, now you don't --...
JAPAN
Oct 28, 2001

'Linguistic chameleon' novelist finds a voice in Japanese

Novelist David Zoppetti describes himself as a linguistic chameleon when he changes personality according to the language he speaks.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Oct 28, 2001

Isola blu: The upper crust of Ginza

Our appreciation of Isola's superb pizza is already a matter of record: "A work of art . . . As close to perfection as you will ever need to get," we said -- and we have no reason to revise our opinion. When it comes to the location, though, the Food File is far less effusive. Isola is such a long haul...
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Oct 28, 2001

Absorbing and transforming the new

TRANSLATING THE WEST: Language and Political Reason in Nineteenth-Century Japan, by Douglas R. Howland. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2001, 312 pp., $27.95 (paper) It is commonly assumed that Western ideas somehow wafted to Japan and there landed and took root. A moment's reflection, however,...
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Oct 28, 2001

Oh, those meddling grandmothers

One of the most common themes in Japanese drama is the battle between yome and shutome -- brides and mothers-in-law. The new Nippon TV comedy series, "Honke no Yome (Bride of the Main House)" (Monday, 10 p.m.), stretches this concept by using a grandmother-in-law and updates the overall theme for an...
CULTURE / Music
Oct 28, 2001

He's not just your average Joe

By the time I finally managed to contact Joe Strummer for a phone interview, The Mescaleros were in Los Angeles. It was the last port of call on the American leg of their tour to promote their second album, "Global A Go-Go." They had already played the first of four gigs at the Troubadour in West Hollywood,...
LIFE / Food & Drink / NIHONSHU
Oct 28, 2001

Despite tech advances, mature sake still worth the wait

Finally things are beginning to cool down as we segue into autumn. As well as being the time of turning leaves, cooler breezes and better food, autumn is when sake brewed the previous season traditionally goes on sale. Two types of sake you may come across in your autumnal perusing are aki-agari and...
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Oct 28, 2001

Politics in entertaining TV shocker

Though the Koizumi revolution has yet to yield anything substantial in terms of fiscal policy, the prime minister's enormous popularity has certainly brought politics closer to the average person, which, considering how apathetic most Japanese were about government a year ago, is a notable achievement....
JAPAN
Oct 27, 2001

Japan to lift sanctions on Pakistan, India

The government announced Friday it will lift a three-year-old moratorium on financial aid to Pakistan and India in an effort to help stabilize the region adjacent to war-torn Afghanistan.
JAPAN
Oct 27, 2001

Japan, U.S. to discuss planned support by SDF

Japan and the United States will hold security talks in Tokyo on Thursday to discuss logistic support to be offered by the Self-Defense Forces for the U.S.-led military operation in Afghanistan, a top Defense Agency official said Friday.
JAPAN
Oct 27, 2001

Kin of Fujimori's alleged victims urges justice

A woman whose husband and son were killed by Peru's military under former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori said Friday that Tokyo should help bring to justice the disgraced president, who is now living in Japan.
BUSINESS
Oct 27, 2001

Orix's interim net profit up 17.5%

Leasing firm Orix Corp. said Friday it chalked up consolidated net profit of 20.04 billion yen in the first half of fiscal 2001, up 17.5 percent from a year earlier.
BUSINESS
Oct 27, 2001

Foreigners become net sellers again

Foreign investors sold more Japanese stocks than they bought on the Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya stock exchanges in the third week of October, the Tokyo Stock Exchange said Thursday.
JAPAN
Oct 27, 2001

Posts chief to lose month's pay

The posts minister said Friday he will return one month's salary to take responsibility for a scandal in which a former Upper House lawmaker resigned after postal officials were accused of soliciting votes in his election campaign.
BUSINESS
Oct 27, 2001

Honda notches up 15% increase in midterm domestic sales

Honda Motor Co. scored the largest domestic sales growth of the nation's top five automakers for the April-September first half, marking a 15.2 percent gain from a year earlier to 422,255 vehicles, according to reports released Friday.
BUSINESS
Oct 27, 2001

Chuo Mitsui looks for lifeline

Chuo Mitsui Trust and Banking Co. announced Friday it will reorganize its trust operations and seek capital injections of between 60 billion yen and 70 billion yen from other members of the Mitsui group.
BUSINESS
Oct 27, 2001

Fence-mending over, friendship committee goes to work

Taking its cue from Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's largely successful fence-mending trip to China, Japan will formally inaugurate a blue-ribbon troupe to prepare for an extravaganza commemorating the 30th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties.
BUSINESS
Oct 27, 2001

Sanyo sees first-half earnings fall

Sanyo Electric Co. said Friday its group net profit declined 68.4 percent in the April-September period from a year earlier to 6.40 billion yen amid economic deterioration worldwide.
JAPAN
Oct 27, 2001

Human cell strains net 160 million yen in auction

The first auction of human cell strains in Japan was held Friday at a Tokyo hospital.
JAPAN
Oct 27, 2001

Technology aids creation of new peace activism

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JAPAN
Oct 27, 2001

Obituary: Father Thomas Immoos

Father Thomas Immoos, a Swiss scholar who taught German literature and other disciplines at various Japanese universities for 50 years, passed away on Oct. 19 in Immensee, Switzerland. He was 83.
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.
Japan issues first-ever alert over risk of Nankai Trough megaquake
Naoshi Hirata, chairman of a committee tasked with evaluating the risk of a Nankai Trough earthquake, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Thursday evening.
Magnitude 5.3 quake strikes Kanto region
A 5.3 magnitude earthquake struck the Kanto region on Friday evening.
People urged to avoid panic-buying as megaquake fears spread
A sign says "bottled water is being rationed, with a cap of one case (six bottles) per customer" in a supermarket in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on Saturday.
Tsunami advisory lifted after strong quake jolts Kyushu
A tsunami advisory, shown in yellow, was issued following an earthquake in Kyushu on Tuesday afternoon.
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.
From the Bronx to Paris: Breaking set for its Olympic close-up
Shigekix, whose real name is Shigeyuki Nakarai, in action during the world championships in Leuven, Belgium, in September
Kishida looks to constitutional reform to win over LDP conservatives
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks at a meeting of a Liberal Democratic Party panel on constitutional reform in Tokyo on Wednesday.

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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