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JAPAN
Apr 11, 2001

EU envoys urge climate teamwork

Intensified contact between countries in the runup to international climate change talks in July is needed to save the Kyoto Protocol, said a European delegation in Tokyo on Tuesday.
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Apr 11, 2001

Hara's crackling horn

Jazz has always been "retro." Outstanding jazz players develop their sound through an immersion in past innovations. The important thing, of course, is not to get stuck in them. All too many players end up as archivists, or technicians. Not trumpeter Tomonao Hara.
BUSINESS
Apr 11, 2001

DaimlerChrysler to increase MMC stake

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. will allow a raise in the capital ratio of DaimlerChrysler AG because Swedish truck maker AB Volvo plans to sell its 3.3 percent stake in MMC to DaimlerChrysler to end Volvo's tieup in the truck and bus business, a top MMC official said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Apr 11, 2001

Man guilty of selling fake cigarettes

The Tokyo District Court on Tuesday sentenced a 59-year-old company president to two years in prison, suspended for three years, for selling counterfeit Japan Tobacco Inc. brand cigarettes.
CULTURE / Art / CERAMIC SCENE
Apr 11, 2001

Abe's enchanted villa inspires sublime pottery

In peaceful hamlets throughout Japan, local potters work at their own pace while garnering a loyal local following. There are literally thousands of such ceramists, and the serene environment in which they work nurtures and supports their artistic endeavors in subtle ways.
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Apr 11, 2001

Hang on the Box's 'Yellow Banana'

All-girl Beijing band Hang on the Box is one of the few punk rock bands right now who literally wear their credentials on their sleeves, dressing the part as well as playing the music. They wouldn't look out of place in 1976 London. It's all a bit naff, you might think. But remarkably, Hang on the Box's...
CULTURE / Art
Apr 11, 2001

An eyeful of the best new contemporary art

The galleries of Tokyo don't exactly have an open-door policy when it comes to new art. In fact, many artists -- established or not -- have to shell out precious yen to exhibit here.
CULTURE / Art
Apr 11, 2001

Buddhist treasures undimmed by time

Daigoji Temple has maintained its status as one of Japan's leading Buddhist temples upholding the Shingon sect since its foundation in Kyoto over 1,100 years ago. Named a World Cultural Heritage Site in 1994, the temple is a veritable treasury of Japanese Buddhist sculpture, scripture, esoteric paintings...
CULTURE / Music
Apr 11, 2001

K-pop, ya don't stop

BoA Last month, 500 members of the media gathered for the debut of singer BoA at the Roppongi club Velfarre.
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Apr 11, 2001

Goldie

Goldie is a dark angel of drum 'n' bass. His sonic tricks swoop into the listener's consciousness, twisting time and space before rumbling onto the dance floor in a crescendo of breakbeats.
JAPAN
Apr 11, 2001

Miura plans to scale Everest in '03 at 70

Kyodo News Refusing to rest on his laurels, professional skier and adventurer Yuichiro Miura plans to scale the world's highest mountain in 2003 after turning 70.
CULTURE / Art
Apr 11, 2001

Retrospective traces life of nihonga master

Nearly 40 years ago, Junsaku Koizumi went into a self-imposed exile from nihonga painting circles as part of his endeavor to create a new world of nihonga. He decided to "learn from objects (of art) rather than from people."
JAPAN
Apr 11, 2001

Over 1,400 appliances recycled in first week of new law

More than 1,400 discarded appliances were sent for recycling in the first six days under the new Home Appliances Recycling Law, the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Trade said Tuesday.
CULTURE / Art
Apr 11, 2001

Signs of an artistically lived life

Living in a country where reading involves interpreting thousands of characters from four different writing systems, it is interesting to reflect on the economy of the English-language alphabet. Isn't it just a little amazing that everything from Shakespeare to the newspaper you are holding in your hands...
BUSINESS
Apr 11, 2001

KDDI to move younger blood to top

KDDI Corp. announced Tuesday that Vice President and Representative Board Director Tadashi Onodera will become president, replacing Yusai Okuyama, in late June, when the company will hold a shareholders' meeting.
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 11, 2001

Takagi gives Lions 'sayonara' victory

Taisei Takagi nailed a "sayonara" RBI double in the bottom of the ninth inning to drive home the only run of the game as the Seibu Lions edged the Orix BlueWave 1-0 in a tight pitching duel at the Seibu Dome on Tuesday.
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Apr 11, 2001

Emmylou Harris' 'Spyboy'

Emmylou Harris left one subsidiary of Warner Bros. (Asylum) in the mid-'90s before being picked up by another (Nonesuch) last year. During those five years she released an excellent but overlooked album with Linda Ronstadt and toured the world with a three-piece band called Spyboy (named after the jester...
CULTURE / Art
Apr 11, 2001

How Italy taught the world to see

In many ways, Renaissance artists taught us how to see.
JAPAN
Apr 11, 2001

Lithuanian president meets Emperor

Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus and his wife, Alma Adamkiene, met the Emperor and Empress on Tuesday at the Imperial Palace, the Imperial Household Agency said.
CULTURE / Music / J-POPSICLE
Apr 11, 2001

Trans-Pacific partnership serves up universal sound

A few years back, the big news on the J-pop scene was the "independent producers boom." Following the lead of the then-ubiquitous Tetsuya Komuro, freelance producers such as Takeshi Kobayashi (Mr. Children, My Little Lover), and Hiromasa Ijichi (Speed) were supposed to usher in an era in which a new...
BUSINESS
Apr 11, 2001

Downtrend now may be in cards for dollar

The dollar has taken a breather, giving up much of its recent gains against the yen and euro.
EDITORIALS
Apr 10, 2001

Troubling times in Vietnam

Vietnam is gearing up for its next party congress, which begins April 19. The timing could not be worse for the conclave, which occurs every five years. There is unrest in the central highlands and growing discontent with the party leadership, and the economy, which is ticking along quite nicely, will...
BUSINESS
Apr 10, 2001

Upgraded PlayStation2 on the way

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. on April 18 will launch an upgraded version of its PlayStation2 video game console in which a hard disk drive can be installed.
BUSINESS
Apr 10, 2001

Machinery orders stuck in seesaw pattern

Japan's core private-sector machinery orders gained a seasonally adjusted 5 percent in February, recouping part of January's 11.8 percent month-on-month decline thanks to a number of large orders, the Cabinet Office said Monday.
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2001

Public concern rising over pollution, poll shows

An overwhelming majority of Japanese are uneasy about chemical pollution of the environment from factories, automobile exhaust and pesticides, according to a recent Environment Ministry survey released Monday.
Japan needs foreign workers, but it might not want them to stay long
Ngun Nei Par, the general manager at Ginshotei Awashima in Numata, Gunma Prefecture, graduated from a university in Myanmar with a degree in geography.
Heartbreak for Japan's volleyball team after narrow loss to Italy
Japan's Yuki Ishikawa cheers during the match on Monday.
Hiroshima marks 79 years since atomic bombing as nuclear war fears rise
Hiroshima citizens place flowers at the Cenotaph, commemorating those lost in the atomic bombing of the city, on Tuesday, the 79th anniversary of the attack.
Australia's Trew, 14, wins skateboard park gold ahead of Japan's Hiraki
Women's park skateboarding gold medalist Arisa Trew of Australia celebrates with silver winner Kokona Hiraki of Japan and bronze medalist Sky Brown of Britain on the podium in Paris on Tuesday.
Tokyo market rout — oops, the BOJ did it again
The turmoil affecting global markets came on the heels of Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda’s decision to raise rates, but you can't fault him given the volatile worldwide economic conditions.
Up rates before it’s 'too late,’ one BOJ policy board member said in June
The Bank of Japan released minutes from its June policy board meeting Monday.
Gymnastics and skateboarding highlight a solid first half of the Paris Olympics for Japan
From left: Gymnastics men's team gold medalists Takaaki Sugino, Kazuma Kaya, Wataru Tanigawa, Shinnosuke Oka (who also won gold in men's all-around) and Daiki Hashimoto at Champions Park in Paris on Thursday. The gymnastics team was one of the highlights of a successful first half of the 2024 Games for Team Japan.
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.
The wider international and domestic implications of the SDF scandals
Defense Minister Minoru Kihara speaks on July 30 during a parliamentary inquiry into a series of scandals involving the ministry and the Self-Defense Forces.
How a grassroots push helped Japan's fencers become world-beaters
Japan's Koki Kano (right) battles Yannick Borel of France in the gold-medal bout of the men's individual epee at the Paris Olympics on July 28.

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

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The students at Mitaka Municipal No. 7 Junior High School have access to various cooling devices for when they play sports.
Japan's extreme heat is causing a rethink of school sports
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