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JAPAN

Jan 18, 2000

State plans bill to bolster technological competitiveness

The government will submit to the upcoming Diet session a bill to strengthen competitiveness in industrial technology through measures supporting collaboration among industry, academia and the government, Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi said Tuesday. "It is imperative for Japan to develop creative technology...

JAPAN

Jan 18, 2000

War dead kin's book pushes peace

By Tai Kawabata

A bilingual book published recently by relatives of Japanese who died in the war aims to share their peace quest with others who lost people in conflict.

JAPAN

Jan 18, 2000

Navajo fights relocation, sees coal interests at work

By Tai Kawabata

Staff writer An American Indian recently visited Japan to solicit support for the Dineh people, also known as the Navajo, facing relocation from their home in the Big Mountain area of northern Arizona. Lecturing in English and saying a prayer in his native tongue, Bahe Yazzie Katenay, 42, spoke about...

JAPAN

Jan 17, 2000

Japan begins disposing of 1 million land mines

Work began Monday to destroy the Self-Defense Forces' stockpiles of antipersonnel land mines in accordance with the international convention that took effect in March. About 100 officials, including Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, Shiga Gov. Yoshitsugu Kunimatsu and Defense Agency Chief Tsutomu Kawara,...

JAPAN

Jan 17, 2000

Toyota targets women with WiLL Vi car

Toyota Motor Corp. has launched the WiLL Vi passenger car on the domestic market, targeting women in their late 20s, the automaker announced Monday. The WiLL uses the Vitz compact platform -- one of last year's most popular cars -- and clears emission standards that will take effect in October, the...

JAPAN

Jan 17, 2000

Police raids target illicit brokerage

Police searched the head office of a Tokyo-based financial company and several dozen other locations on Monday on suspicion that the company unlawfully served as a stock brokerage intermediary. Law-enforcement officials from both the Metropolitan Police Department and Shizuoka Prefectural Police were...

JAPAN

Jan 17, 2000

Kobe closes last quake shelter

By Eric Johnston

Staff writer KOBE -- Local government officials marked the fifth anniversary of the Kobe earthquake by announcing that the last temporary shelter has been closed and that it was time to move on and take stock of the lessons learned. But while much of Kobe and the surrounding area has recovered, many...

JAPAN

Jan 17, 2000

Book written by war dead bridges gap between families

By Tai Kawabata

Staff writer A bilingual book published recently by relatives of Japanese who died in World War II aims to share their peace quest with others who lost people in conflict.Shigenori Nishikawa of the National Liaison Conference of the Association of War Dead for Peace (Heiwa Izoku-kai Zenkoku Renraku-kai)...

JAPAN

Jan 17, 2000

Kamikaze diaries reveal pilots' human side

By Taiga Uranaka

Staff writer It may only bring a wary smile to the face of 72-year-old Midori Yamanouchi when she sees young revelers at drinking bashes toast the legendary kamikaze missions. But the soft-spoken anthropology professor at the University of Scranton in Pennsylvania gets terribly upset when she hears...

JAPAN

Jan 17, 2000

Thousands hold vigil to mark quake's fifth anniversary

KOBE -- Thousands of candles were lighted under predawn skies Monday and the eternal "Light of Hope 1.17" was set aglow to mark the fifth anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake. About 1,500 people gathered at Higashi Yuenchi Park in Chuo Ward to offer a minute of silent prayer at 5:46 a.m., the...

JAPAN

Jan 17, 2000

Five years after quake, Hanshin looks to future

By Kenzo Moriguchi

Staff writers KOBE -- While reconstruction is largely complete, victims of the Great Hanshin Earthquake remain concerned about the future, officials announced Monday at a ceremony to mark the fifth anniversary of the disaster. The earthquake, which struck on January 17, 1995, killed more than 6,400...

JAPAN

Jan 17, 2000

Ex-Olympian Hashimoto on pace for Diet birth

Seiko Hashimoto, a former Olympian cyclist and speed skater who won record-breaking victories at home and abroad, may set another record by becoming the first member of the Upper House to give birth while the Diet is in session. The 35-year-old lawmaker, a member of the Liberal Democratic Party, is...

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Dangami House is a 180-year-old former samurai residence of the Kato clan, who ruled over Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, until the Meiji Restoration.

A house, a legacy and the quiet work of restoration in rural Japan

By Hanako Lowry

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