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JAPAN
Nov 15, 2002

U.S. sets off underwater blasts

The U.S. military on Thursday carried out a test involving underwater explosions in the Sea of Japan off Shimane Prefecture, in spite of protests from Japan.
EDITORIALS
Nov 15, 2002

Iraq's 'final opportunity'

The world has united against Iraq. Last week, the United Nations Security Council voted unanimously to give Baghdad a last chance to disarm. In response, the Iraqi government has opted for "the path of peace" and agreed to accept the resolution "without conditions." That is good news - no one wants war....
JAPAN
Nov 15, 2002

Alleged embezzlement, coverup par for course?

What appears be a blatant case of embezzlement at a Saitama office of Japan Highway Public Corp. was hushed up last year -- an episode that observers say illustrates how the heavily indebted corporation, now at the center of a privatization debate, pays little heed to the fact that it is dealing with...
JAPAN
Nov 15, 2002

U.S. settles with Ehime Maru victims

The U.S. Navy reached a settlement Thursday in Tokyo over a deadly collision last year off Hawaii involving one of its submarines and a Japanese high school fisheries training ship.
BUSINESS
Nov 15, 2002

Tsutaya operator has record first half

Culture Convenience Club Co., operator of the Tsutaya video rental chain, said Thursday it posted record earnings in the fiscal half, thanks to a robust growth in membership and the popularity of DVD movies.
BUSINESS
Nov 15, 2002

Toyota names 15 grant recipients

Toyota Motor Corp. and the Toyota Foundation said Thursday they have selected 15 organizations in Japan and abroad as recipients of the Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program for fiscal 2002.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Nov 15, 2002

Ryukyu damselfly

* Japanese name: Ryukyu hagurotonbo * Scientific name: Matrona basilaris japonica * Description: The Ryukyu damselfly is a sturdy, brightly colored insect. At 51-65 mm long, it is large for a damselfly. Males have brilliant electric-blue bodies and two pairs of dark-blue wings, although there is...
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Nov 15, 2002

And you wonder why women don't want to have babies . . .

Rumiko, the 29-year-old president of her own computer-graphics company, says she has decided to become an achiragawa no ningen (person who has crossed over to the other side) by having a baby.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 15, 2002

Cycling in North Korea: hitchhikers, gaunt oxen, no famine

Seven Japanese became late last month the first foreigners allowed to take a bicycle tour of the North Korean countryside and get a glimpse of the rustic people, who often seemed shocked to see them.
BUSINESS
Nov 15, 2002

BOJ credit-easing measures likely: experts

Nearly 90 percent of economists expect the Bank of Japan to further ease its grip on credit within six months, according to a Kyodo News survey released Thursday.
JAPAN
Nov 15, 2002

Further attempts to get visa may not work, Lee warned

The government has told former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui he would have a tough time getting a visa if he files another application to visit Japan, Tetsuro Yano, senior vice foreign minister, said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / KANSAI BEAT
Nov 15, 2002

University-business tieup breathing life into crafts

KYOTO -- Kimiko Oike, a professional maker of "mizuhiki," or decorative strings, knows she has a lot to learn from amateurs.
BUSINESS
Nov 15, 2002

Three major steelmakers approve alliance

Nippon Steel Corp., Kobe Steel Ltd. and Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd. announced Thursday they have agreed to form a capital alliance, paving the way for wholesale consolidation of the industry.
BUSINESS
Nov 15, 2002

Ailing trader Tomen asks Toyota group for assistance

Struggling trading house Tomen Corp. said Thursday its earnings for the first half to Sept. 30 plunged with sluggish revenues, and its president said the company is reaching out to the Toyota Motor Corp. group for assistance.
JAPAN
Nov 15, 2002

China expels defense attache over off-limits entry

A Japanese defense attache at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing was effectively expelled by Chinese authorities on the grounds that he had entered an off-limits military area in the city of Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, Foreign Ministry and Defense Agency officials said Thursday.
JAPAN
Nov 15, 2002

Takano tapped as next ambassador to South Korea

Toshiyuki Takano, deputy foreign minister for political affairs, will be the next ambassador to South Korea, according to government sources.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 15, 2002

Soga's husband, daughters request her prompt return

The husband and two daughters of Hitomi Soga, one of five Japanese abducted by North Korea who are now back in Japan, have said they want her to return to Pyongyang as soon as possible, officials of a Japanese weekly magazine that interviewed the trio said Thursday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language
Nov 15, 2002

Shinta Cho wins award

Children's book writer and illustrator Shinta Cho won the 2002 ExxonMobil Children's Culture Award on Tuesday.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Nov 15, 2002

Visa rules and looking for a dream job

More health concerns Dear Lifelines; As I understand it, anyone one with a visa for a year or more can enter National Health Insurance. But is the sheme compulsory? And once entered, are you able to leave it if you can find private health cover with an overseas firm? -- Reader in Kansai
BUSINESS
Nov 15, 2002

Sharp to make solar systems in U.S.

OSAKA -- Sharp Corp. said Thursday it will start producing solar-power generation systems in the United States next spring, marking its first overseas production of the systems.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Nov 15, 2002

Putting Japan's first bilingual WP to the test

In my previous installment, I noted that Toshiba launched the first dedicated Japanese-language word processor in 1979. Five years later, the Japan subsidiary of MicroPro International Corporation, publisher of WordStar, the pioneering English word processing software, was preparing to launch "WordStar...
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / JET STREAM
Nov 15, 2002

Perfectly at home with the local culture

Fame comes easy to Doug Brittain, a four-year resident of Sado Island in Niigata Prefecture. Last August, the 28-year-old assistant language teacher became the grand champion in the island's annual Akadomari Sumo tournament.
BUSINESS
Nov 14, 2002

Nikkei shrugs off GDP data to hit new 19-year low

The Nikkei stock average fell to a new 19-year closing low Wednesday in thin and narrow trading, as the market ignored new data showing the Japanese economy maintained growth from the start of this year.
JAPAN
Nov 14, 2002

Six people to receive organs from brain-dead donor

OSAKA -- Doctors across Japan began a series of operations Wednesday morning to transplant organs from a man in his 30s who was pronounced brain dead the day before in Wakayama, according to Japan Organ Transplant Network officials.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 14, 2002

Plan to accommodate abductees mulled

The government will soon compile a plan for the nation to take in the five Japanese abductees whom North Korea recently allowed to return home and their immediate families once Pyongyang agrees to let them leave, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Nov 14, 2002

MHI net balance returns to black

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said Wednesday its group net balance in the first half to Sept. 30 returned to the black, thanks mainly to a sizable decrease in latent losses on securities holdings.
Two men suspected of smuggling 1 ton of gold into Japan from South Korea
U.K. gold bullion bars and coins are displayed at Baird & Co. in Hatton Garden in London.
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.
Japan set to lean on U.S., allies for support if China escalates
U.S. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in Tokyo, on Oct. 28.
Japanese court orders Cloudflare to pay ¥500 million over manga piracy
Cloudflare has been ordered to pay ¥500 million after four major publishing firms accused the firm of copyright infringement for its role in hosting sites that distribute pirated copies of manga titles.
Japan businesses brush off worries over China tourists
Tourists board a bus after sightseeing in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district on Wednesday.
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.
First foreign president of Hosei University looks abroad for change
Hosei University President Diana Khor, who herself was an international student, aims to encourage students to look outward and cultivate a global mindset.
Japanese companies advised to change mindset about investment in Africa
Bernard Laurendeau, chief of Enkopa Lab Japan, in Tokyo last month
Munetaka Murakami headlines quartet looking to move to MLB via posting system
The Swallows' Munetaka Murakami has 246 career home runs in eight NPB seasons.
The reality of human trafficking in Japan
A view of Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward at night. Last year in Japan, 66 people were put in protective custody as victims of human trafficking. Among them, 58 — including all 41 minors — were Japanese nationals. International pressure to act on human trafficking led Japan to make efforts to crack down on the crime, such as a tightening of conditions in 2005 for entertainer visas.

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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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