Look Japan back issues from December 2003:
U.S. President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush flew into Japan October 17 for the first leg of their six-country tour of Asia and Australia, which takes in the APEC forum in Thailand.(Look Out Post)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003
Prime Minister Koizumi, buoyed by his comfortable victory in the Liberal Democratic Party leadership poll Sept. 20, named a new Cabinet Sept. 22.(Look Out Post)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003
Prime Minister Koizumi dissolved the Lower House of the Diet.(Look Out Post)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003
Japan's assistance for the reconstruction of Iraq.(Look Out Post)
Dec 01, 2003
The unemployment rate eased to 5.1% in August.(Look Out Post)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003
The Bank of Japan tankan survey released Oct. 1 showed that large manufacturers feeling confident about business conditions in September outnumbered those who are pessimistic for the first time in 33 months.(Look Out Post)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003
Happy holidays, all!(Look Out Post)
Dec 01, 2003
The Shizuoka International Translation Competition.(Look Out Post)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003
NEC makes a difference.(Look Out Post)(community involvement )(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003
Third Japan-Russia Forum.(International Dateline)
Dec 01, 2003;
TICAD III.(International Dateline)(Tokyo International Conference on African Development )(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2003;
Japan Foundation Awards.(International Dateline)
Dec 01, 2003;
Japan-China-Korea trilateral joint research report.(Home Affairs)(economic development )
Dec 01, 2003;
World Cultural Forum 2003.(Home Affairs)
Dec 01, 2003;
Ubiquitous networks: our new lives online; in a "ubiquitous network society," people exchange information and communicate with other remote people and machines untroubled by or even unaware of the network or devices facilitating such communication. The ubiquitous network society, Look Japan finds, is a place much like Japan in 201x.(Cover Story)
Dec 01, 2003;
In the spirit of mutual assistance.(Talking Business)(Association of Medical Doctors of Asia)
Dec 01, 2003;
De Beers LV adds a sparkle: new brand on the block De Beers LV is confident it has what it takes to charm Japan's luxury goods sophisticates.(Retail)
Dec 01, 2003;
Cast from the past: a number of companies in historic Kyoto city have built their names by applying traditional skills and areas of expertise in their development of innovative, advanced technologies.(Economy Feature)
Dec 01, 2003;
Adidas earns its stripes.(Taking On Japan)(Japanese market)(Interview)
Dec 01, 2003;
Aizu wide open: more and more new ventures are emerging from universities in the Tohoku region. Tamura Mariko heads north to find out why.(Upstarts)(university born business)
Dec 01, 2003;
For a few yuan more: business and political leaders in Japan and the United States have been applying pressure on China to revalue its currency. Kojima Akira doubts China will yield any time soon.(Viewpoints)
Dec 01, 2003;
Koizumi marches on: how are Japanese politics shaping up after the LDP presidential elections in September? Our politics columnist Murata Koji assesses the situation.(Viewpoints)(Column)
Dec 01, 2003;
Mukojima-Kanegafuchi.(Writer's Tokyo)
Dec 01, 2003;
Sensors working overtime.(Made In Japan)
Dec 01, 2003;
Fast forward to photonic networks: researchers at the University of Tokyo and NEC have jointly developed a photonic crystal slab waveguide controlled by a microelectromechanical actuator, a device that could support the optical network technology of the future. Arakawa Yasuhiko and Iwamoto Satoshi describe their research.(New Technology)
Dec 01, 2003;
Project biosimulation.(Sci-Tech Communication)
Dec 01, 2003;
Into the blue.(Sci-Tech Feature)
Dec 01, 2003;
Hydrogen from water without electrolysis: JAERI cracks it.(Sci-Tech News)
Dec 01, 2003
Head over Eels: scientists at the National Research Institute of Aquaculture have made a vital breakthrough in their bid to enable the total aquaculture of eels.(Sci-Tech News)
Dec 01, 2003;
Putting our heads together: Tohkura Yoh'ichi is one of the world's leading ICT researchers and R&D managers. Look Japan talked to him about his 30 years' work in the ICT field, and about his hopes for the development of a "global brain.".(Minds For Science)
Dec 01, 2003;
To be a Zookeeper: an ecologist from Papua New Guinea spent two months at zoos and conservation facilities in Japan this summer, learning the tricks of the zookeeping trade, while also passing on some knowledge of his own.(From The Heart)
Dec 01, 2003;
Dream believers.(Culture Feature)(popular music)
Dec 01, 2003;
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra Asia Tour 2003.(Tales Of Folk)
Dec 01, 2003
ASEAN-Japan Exchange Year 2003 programs/events (December).(Tales Of Folk)(Calendar)
Dec 01, 2003
Where is Ryoma going? "Mutual understanding": What does it mean? That's the question Eric Rutledge, director of the Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies, posed when he addressed the Rotary Club of Tokyo South earlier this year. The following is an edited translation of his speech.(Comment)
Dec 01, 2003;
Built to last: Kiriku Tominobu and his wife, Yukiko, enjoy what can accurately be described as a constructive relationship. Lee Kang On went to meet them.(Family Lives)
Dec 01, 2003;
City of the Lowland: This year is the 400th anniversary of the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate and the start, in this periodization [1], of the Edo period (1603-1867). David Capel this month concludes his series marking the occasion, completing the Edo trail in Tokyo's downtown.(Echoes Of Edo (V))
Dec 01, 2003;
Comfort station: the bidet toilet with seat-warming and other advanced functions is officially the toilet of choice among Japanese. Jitsumori Izuru investigates the rise of the luxury loo.(Facts Of Life)
Dec 01, 2003;