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EDITORIALS
Aug 4, 2000

Kashmir's best chance

After 11 years of escalating violence, there is reason for hope in Kashmir. The largest Muslim separatist group declared a unilateral ceasefire late last month. The move was promptly reciprocated by the Indian Army, which announced the suspension of operations against that group. But prospects for talks...
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2000

Five-year limit eyed for public works

The government should scrap public works projects that have not been started five years after their approval, a top official of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2000

40% support business group merger

FUJIYOSHIDA, Yamanashi Pref. -- About 40 percent of respondents to a Japan Federation of Employers' Associations (Nikkeiren) survey support a merger with the Japan Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren), according to a report released Thursday.
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2000

Chip plants won't take usual summer holiday

Major Japanese semiconductor makers are planning to keep their plants open during the summer holidays to take advantage of growing demand across the world as companies update their information technology facilities, according to officials of the companies.
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2000

Shinsei likely to buy Daiichi Mutual

Shinsei Bank is the most likely buyer of Daiichi Mutual Fire & Marine Insurance Co., which collapsed in May, industry sources said Thursday.
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2000

FRC approves bank guidelines

The Financial Reconstruction Commission formalized guidelines Thursday on the granting of licenses to new banks, emphasizing the need to shield them from potential business risks posed by their parent companies.
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2000

Maximum disparity in vote value increases to 2.49-to-1 in Kanagawa

The disparity in the value of one vote among the 300 single-seat districts in the House of Representatives has increased to 2.49-to-1 from last year's 2.45-to-1, according to calculations based on a demographic survey released Thursday by the Home Affairs Ministry.
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2000

Households' spending declines 1.8% in June

Japan's household spending fell an inflation-adjusted 1.8 percent in June from a year before to 297,986 yen, the Management and Coordination Agency said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2000

Selling pressure unsettling stock market

A spate of unnerving developments has seriously unsettled the Tokyo stock market in recent weeks.
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2000

Nepal sees Mori visit as landmark

Nepalese Ambassador Kedar B. Mathema said Thursday that Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori's planned visit to the Himalayan country later this month will "definitely help to further strengthen the bond of friendship that exists between our two countries."
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2000

Chinese naval operations could scuttle yen loan program

The Foreign Ministry plans to extend around 17.2 billion yen in loans to China under a program to help countries that were hit by the 1997 Asian financial crisis, ministry sources said.
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 4, 2000

Kudo hurls Giants to sweep of 'Stars

Kimiyasu Kudo struck out eight in six shutout innings and four relievers held off Yokohama's comeback attempts Thursday as the Yomiuri Giants beat the BayStars 3-1 for a sweep of their three-game series at Yokohama Stadium.
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2000

Counterfeit cigarette trade rampant in rural areas of China

Kyodo News On the surface, several farming villages near the port of Xiamen in Fujian Province appear as calm as any other Chinese village, with no outsiders believing in the existence of clandestine bases.
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2000

IBJ had role in Sogo fiasco: president

The president of the Industrial Bank of Japan on Thursday admitted his bank had a role in the collapse of department store chain operator Sogo Co.
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2000

Gun-related crime leaps 26%

The number of serious crimes involving the use of firearms in Japan rose 26.1 percent in the first six months of this year compared with the same period last year, the National Police Agency said Thursday.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 4, 2000

A decade on, Hussein remains a force

Special to The Japan Times UMM QASR, southern Iraq -- The Iraqi-Kuwaiti frontier officially ranks as one of the world's most dangerous flash points. But these days, the only threat to man or beast beneath a ferocious sun is the snakes and scorpions that inhabit these burning sandy wastes. "This is the...
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 4, 2000

A faltering lama, and the boy who is Tibet's new hope

NEW DELHI -- Will the Tibet problem ever be solved? The last several months have seen sheer despondency among the people of the plateau. With little sign of China granting them even a small degree of autonomy, let alone freeing them from its decades-old subjugation, Tibetans are now beginning to have...
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2000

Nonaka backs voting rights for foreign residents

Hiromu Nonaka, secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party, voiced support Thursday for permanent foreign residents of Japan being granted voting rights in local elections.
CULTURE / Music / PLAY BUTTON
Aug 4, 2000

Reggae's past and future heard on the Tokyo scene

Although talking about influences is a staple of the music press, copying (a charge leveled at so much Japanese music), even respectfully, is often the subject of scorn in serious rock journalism. Novelty, no matter how abstract or silly, generally trumps the enjoyment of the familiar, no matter how...
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2000

Japan's population growth rate hits new low

The population of Japan was 126,071,305 at the end of March, up 211,299, or 0.17 percent, from a year earlier, the Home Affairs Ministry said Thursday. It was the lowest growth both in terms of percentage and absolute numbers since the ministry's first demographic survey in 1968.
COMMENTARY
Aug 4, 2000

Mori on a slippery slope

Most lawmakers of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party seem to agree on these points:
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2000

Drink machines called handy polluters

They never sleep, gripe about overtime or quibble over paychecks. And -- with more than 5 million of them scattered around the nation -- they are ubiquitous.
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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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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