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ENVIRONMENT / WILD WATCH
Oct 25, 2001

Serendipity in Hokkaido's autumnal air

It was just a bridge, not even a special bridge. The Heiwa Bridge spans the eastern end of Lake Tofutsu in northeastern Hokkaido. To the north there is a narrow neck of wooded land and then the Okhotsk Sea. To the south lies more woodland, then great expanses of farmland. It was just a bridge, but suddenly...
ENVIRONMENT / IN BLOOM
Oct 25, 2001

Nogiku (Wild asters)

CULTURE / Film
Oct 24, 2001

Escape to Allen's New York

Small Time Crooks Rating: * * * * Director: Woody Allen Running time: 95 minutes Language: English Now showing
CULTURE / Film
Oct 24, 2001

TIFF take 14

Japan has one of the largest film markets in the world. Accordingly, every year the Tokyo International Film Festival serves up world cinema on a grand scale, screening more than 140 films over the course of a week.
CULTURE / Film
Oct 24, 2001

His turn to talk

I interviewed Hideyuki Hirayama in the summer of 2000 at Nikkatsu Studio, after spending a morning inside a dim, dank soundstage, watching him film Riho Makise. Makise was working on an etching and was padding silently about her house -- an early scene in "Turn," but one of the last in the shoot.
JAPAN
Oct 24, 2001

State sued for late stroke treatment

A 52-year-old man on trial for trespassing filed a 50 million yen damages suit on Tuesday against the central government for serious mental and physical disabilities allegedly caused by lack of appropriate medical treatment during his stroke at the Tokyo Detention House.
CULTURE / Film
Oct 24, 2001

Tales from the dark side of Soderbergh

Schizopolis / Gray's Anatomy Rating: * * * / * * * * Director: Steven Soderbergh Running time: 93 minutes / 79 minutes Language: English Now showing
JAPAN
Oct 24, 2001

Plaintiffs in CJD damages suits call for quick settlement

About 2,400 signatures were submitted Tuesday to the Tokyo District Court, calling for an early resolution to lawsuits accusing the government of failing to contain the spread of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease through allegedly infected dura mater transplants.
BUSINESS
Oct 24, 2001

GM to advise ailing Isuzu

General Motors Corp. will help the financially struggling Isuzu Motors Ltd. manage its operations, but it does not intend to increase its stake in the truck maker, Richard Wagoner, president and chief executive officer of GM, said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Oct 24, 2001

NEC slashes white-collar hours

Compiled from wire reports NEC Corp. said Tuesday it will scale back the hours of all 9,000 white-collar workers employed in its domestic semiconductor division.
JAPAN
Oct 24, 2001

Housewives remain skeptical: survey

Nearly 75 percent of housewives surveyed stopped eating beef after the nation's first case of mad cow disease, and around 60 percent still had no taste for it after the government's recent declaration that the country's beef is safe, according to a recent Kyodo News survey.
JAPAN
Oct 24, 2001

Air dioxin levels exceed limits near Atsugi base

Air samples taken near the U.S. Naval Air Station at Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, exceeded the national tolerable standard of dioxin concentrations, the Environment Ministry said Tuesday.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Oct 24, 2001

Will Buffaloes finally get monkey off their backs?

It remains to be seen if the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes can this week win their first Japan Series in franchise history. The Buffs should have won it the last time the club appeared in the J.S., 12 years ago in 1989, but Kintetsu blew a three games-to-none lead to the Yomiuri Giants in a most memorable...
JAPAN
Oct 24, 2001

Report identifies Japanese man held by Taliban

A Japanese man reportedly detained by the Taliban in northern Afghanistan could be freelance photographer Isamu Iida, a government spokesman said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Oct 24, 2001

Snow Brand expects deeper losses

Snow Brand Milk Products Co. said Tuesday it has lowered its earnings forecast for the six months to Sept. 30 and expects group net losses to grow to 14 billion yen, up from the previously estimated 11.5 billion yen.
JAPAN
Oct 24, 2001

Buddhist author Setouchi condemns U.S.-led attacks against Afghanistan

Popular writer and Buddhist preacher Jakucho Setouchi said in a recent interview that the U.S.-led attacks on Afghanistan will only contribute to the cycle of hatred and animosity and solve nothing.
BUSINESS
Oct 24, 2001

EU urges competition in telecom market

The European Union called on Japan on Tuesday to set up an independent regulatory body to promote competition in its telecommunications market, Foreign Ministry officials said.
JAPAN
Oct 24, 2001

Koizumi hints at possible lifting of Pakistan aid ban

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi hinted Tuesday that he may lift Japan's more than three-year-long freeze on new aid to Pakistan to help it fight terrorism in the U.S.-led coalition.
CULTURE / Art
Oct 24, 2001

A small bite of the Big Apple

For a sampler of art from New York, check out Nihonbashi's Onward Gallery.
BUSINESS
Oct 24, 2001

Sega to take big hit on stock portfolio

Game software maker Sega Corp. said Tuesday it expects a bigger group net loss for the first half that ended Sept. 30 due to an appraisal loss of 23.8 billion yen on its securities holdings in the wake of falling share prices.
BUSINESS
Oct 24, 2001

New panel to mull highway projects

Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Chikage Ogi said Tuesday that she will set up a private advisory panel to discuss controversial national expressway network projects, asking it to hammer out an interim report by the end of November.
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Oct 24, 2001

Bill Callahan: 'Rain on Lens'

Bill Callahan isn't known for his bright, cheery outlook on life. Nor is he known for making slick, glossy overtures with his musical vehicle, Smog. With "Rain on Lens," his latest release, Callahan remains true to form, delivering the stripped-down, somber rock that made him one of the founders of the...
JAPAN
Oct 24, 2001

Bill aims to punish nuclear terrorism

A bill to be submitted to the Diet later this month would make it a crime to use any type of nuclear fuel substance or nuclear waste in a way that endangers people, government sources said Tuesday.

Longform

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