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BUSINESS
Aug 18, 2000

Calbee plant running again after lizard scare

Calbee Foods Co. has resumed operations at a confectionery factory where work had been suspended since Saturday following the discovery of a dead lizard in a bag of potato chips produced there, the confectionery maker said.
JAPAN
Aug 17, 2000

Man nabbed in fatal beating of girl

OSAKA -- A 30-year-old truck driver was arrested in Osaka Prefecture on suspicion of beating to death the 4-year-old daughter of his live-in partner, police said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Aug 17, 2000

Snow Brand sales down 77% in July

Snow Brand Milk Products Co. said Wednesday its sales in July declined 76.7 percent from the same month a year earlier to 11.1 billion yen, hit by massive food poisoning blamed on its goods.
JAPAN
Aug 17, 2000

Northeast Asian security pact pitched

Social Democratic Party leader Takako Doi on Wednesday explained to Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori her party's proposals for a Northeast Asian security organization and a regional nonnuclear pact, party officials said.
JAPAN
Aug 17, 2000

Normalization talks to be held in Tokyo, Chiba

Next week's second round of normalization talks between Japan and North Korea on establishing diplomatic ties will be held in Tokyo and Chiba Prefecture, government sources said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Aug 17, 2000

GM unit seeks benefits from Internet revolution

The advent of the Internet age is bringing new opportunities not only to electronic venture businesses but also to companies in traditional industries.
BUSINESS
Aug 17, 2000

5 billion yen lent to Papua New Guinea

The governmental Japan Bank for International Cooperation on Wednesday signed an agreement with Papua New Guinea to extend a 5.35 billion yen official development assistance loan.
JAPAN
Aug 17, 2000

War archives prove draw for everyday people

Nowadays, scholars are not the only ones poring through the archives of the library at the Defense Agency's National Institute for Defense Studies in Tokyo's Meguro Ward.
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 17, 2000

Shaky ace wins 12th

Daisuke Matsuzaka may have been shaky, giving up four runs over 5 1/3 innings Wednesday, but he still bagged his 12th win of the season as the Seibu Lions rolled over Narciso Elvira and the Kintetsu Buffaloes 8-4 at the Seibu Dome.
BUSINESS
Aug 17, 2000

Seibu scheme brings in 108 billion yen

In an effort to reduce interest-bearing debts, Seibu Department Stores Ltd. said Wednesday it raised 108.1 billion yen by securitizing its flagship store in Tokyo's Ikebukuro.
BUSINESS
Aug 17, 2000

BOJ delayed rate change to check data

Bank of Japan policymakers decided at a June 28 meeting to keep in place the "zero-interest-rate" policy and check economic data to reaffirm a recovery before ending the policy, according to minutes of the meeting released Wednesday.
JAPAN
Aug 17, 2000

Plan for spy-satellite system is finalized

Japan's plan to set up a system of four reconnaissance satellites has been finalized, with Kagoshima Prefecture chosen as the second of two sites for the system's ground antennas, according to a government source.
JAPAN
Aug 17, 2000

Top civil service test yields lowest pass rate in 15 years

The National Personnel Authority said Wednesday that 1,228 candidates passed the nation's top civil service exam for fiscal 2000, 24 fewer than last year and the lowest number since the current exam system took effect in fiscal 1985.
COMMUNITY
Aug 17, 2000

Masatomo couture at the Ritz

The dragons are coming!
BUSINESS
Aug 17, 2000

MITI to expand loan guarantees

The Ministry of International Trade and Industry is planning to expand its loan-guarantee program for small businesses to direct fundraising from the market starting in fiscal 2001, MITI officials said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Aug 17, 2000

Scholar suspected of leaking exam questions faces disgrace

The Health and Welfare Ministry on Wednesday urged a university professor sitting on the committee that formulates National Dentistry Examination questions to refrain from attending today's committee meeting due to suspicions he had earlier leaked questions.
COMMUNITY
Aug 17, 2000

Paper wings that bear dreams aloft

It is a bright, sunshiny day in Musashino Central Park in Tokyo's Musashino City, but the wind is a little strong for the participants in the Japan Paper Airplane Association semifinal flyoffs.
JAPAN
Aug 17, 2000

Sex-slave fund facing uphill battle

Kyodo News Fifty-five years after the end of World War II, a Japanese foundation is facing an uphill battle in its sixth year of efforts to compensate Asian women forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military.
EDITORIALS
Aug 17, 2000

The power of people

It is difficult, if not impossible, for anyone who is not Korean to comprehend the intensity of the reunions held this week in Seoul and Pyongyang. The photographs and news reports convey only a sliver of what happened as families were reunited after a half-century of division. Even the delicate choreography...
COMMUNITY
Aug 17, 2000

Preparing to teach for the next 500 years

It is remarkable that in 150 years of mainstream education, there has been little serious investigation into how the human brain learns. An exception is the work of Bulgarian scientist Dr. Georgi Lozanov, who began studies and experiments in the 1950s.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 17, 2000

U.S. military is no paper tiger

Is the U.S. military ready? Texas Gov. and Republican presidential nominee George Bush brought this important issue into the political spotlight at the Republican convention, when he criticized the administration of President Bill Clinton and, by implication, vice president and Democratic nominee Al...
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Aug 17, 2000

Support the economy -- take a vacation

If all you knew about Japan was what you saw on Japanese TV, you might think the Japanese are the most well-traveled citizens in the world. No other broadcast culture offers as many travel programs in which happy-go-lucky celebrity guides see the sights, interact freely with the natives and, most importantly,...
LIFE / Style & Design / BEAUTY EAST AND WEST
Aug 17, 2000

The tawdry charm of the tattoo

Tattoos are everywhere these days. What are we expressing with this new vision of beauty, that calls for the tattoo to complete it? Until a few decades ago in the West, tattoos were associated mostly with sailors, prisoners, gang members, soldiers and carnival performers.
JAPAN
Aug 17, 2000

Mount Bandai may erupt soon: agency

The Meteorological Agency warned Wednesday afternoon that Mount Bandai in Fukushima Prefecture could soon have a minor eruption.
Japan braces for more quakes as authorities dismiss doomsday hype
Evacuees from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecuture, arrive at Kagoshima Port on Friday.
Hidden AI prompts in academic papers spark concern about research integrity
Waseda University is one of 14 institutions in eight countries found to have used hidden prompts in research papers.
A prophesied disaster (likely) won’t strike Japan this weekend
A viral manga prediction of a July 5 disaster has gripped Japan with anxiety and triggered an economic impact, but experts warn that while such dates are unreliable, the threat of a massive earthquake remains real. 
Residents of Tokara Islands begin evacuation as seismic swarm continues
Details about evacuations from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecture, is seen written on a whiteboard in the city of Kagoshima on Thursday.
U.S. military apologizes over Okinawa sexual assault case
Col. Neil Owens (right), chief of staff for the 3rd Marine Division, bows in apology at the Okinawa Prefectural Government office in Naha on Thursday.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Flag football facing challenges and opportunities ahead
Japan’s women’s flag football team at the 2025 International Bowl in Los Angeles in June. The sport is enjoying continued growth in the country.
From Hokusai’s Great Wave, shinkansen to One Piece: a cultural treasure box for Lego Japan
Michael Ebbesen, general manager of Lego Japan, says Lego bricks based on Japanese culture have a rich global appeal and are sellable around the world.
With farmed fish, RelationFish swims against the tide in fine dining
Chef Hideaki Matsuo (middle) and the staff of Oseto Suisan Fisheries prepare to check on their sustainably farmed fish.
As Southeast Asia heats up, a Japanese cooling giant sees a major opportunity
An employee of Daikin Cambodia explains the use of different tools during an air conditioner installation training session in Phnom Penh. Daikin is one of Japan’s oldest air conditioning companies, but as Japan’s population falls, the firm is keying in on overseas growth.

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