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CULTURE / Music / PLAY BUTTON
May 26, 2000

Indie supergroup likes it fun, dumb -- and loud

Walk into any "live house" in Tokyo, and unless you are still hitting your college textbooks or just exiting puberty, you are apt to be the oldest person there.
BUSINESS
May 26, 2000

Kawasaki ups profits; other steelmakers suffer

Kawasaki Steel Corp. returned to profitability, while four other major steel makers suffered another disappointing year, according to fiscal 1999 earnings reports released Thursday.
COMMENTARY
May 26, 2000

No time for anachronisms

Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori's controversial remark that Japan is "a divine nation centering on the Emperor" reminded me of a group of people I saw at Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine, which is dedicated to Japan's war dead. As a veteran who survived the battle of Iwo Jima, I occasionally visit the shrine with...
BASEBALL / MLB
May 26, 2000

BayStars finally end Giants' jinx

Satoru Komiyama tossed a six-hit shutout for Yokohama on Wednesday at the Fukuoka Dome, lifting the BayStars over the Yomiuri Giants 1-0 for their first win against Yomiuri this season in eight tries. Komiyama struck out eight and walked none for his fourth win. Lefty Darrell May also fanned eight and...
EDITORIALS
May 25, 2000

At long last, silence in Aceh

After nearly a quarter of a century of fighting, the Indonesian government and rebels in the province of Aceh have taken a first, albeit shaky, step toward a peaceful solution to their conflict. Earlier this month, the two sides signed a ceasefire agreement that opens the way for dialogue and negotiations...
SUMO
May 25, 2000

Miyabiyama officially promoted

Sekiwake Miyabiyama was officially promoted to sumo's second highest rank of ozeki Wednesday after posting a solid 11-4 record at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament.
COMMUNITY
May 25, 2000

More and more men are getting left on the shelf

"When I come home from work in the evening, my room is dark, and in winter it's cold. At these times I always wish I had a wife waiting for me, with a hot meal," says Yoshiharu Mitamura (not his real name), a 36-year-old photographer.
BUSINESS
May 25, 2000

Bills passed for spinoff firms, upholding of labor accords

The Diet on Wednesday enacted revisions to the Commercial Code aimed at facilitating corporate spinoffs as well as a law to protect workers and detailing the succession of labor contracts at the time of a spinoff.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
May 25, 2000

You say Fusaichi, I say Fusaichi

Whenever a Japanese name enters the sporting world's lexicon, all sorts of problems arise. Take the Nagano Olympics for example. Is it pronounced NA-ga-no or Na-GA-no? The foreign media wrestled with this question for two straight weeks during the winter of 1998. The confusion trickled down to the masses...
BUSINESS
May 25, 2000

Hazama to seek debt forgiveness

Midsize general contractor Hazama Corp. plans to ask its major creditor banks to forgive some 110 billion yen in loans, industry sources said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
May 25, 2000

April trade surplus climbs 10.3% on year

The nation's trade surplus rose 10.3 percent in April from a year earlier to 1.14 trillion yen as exports outpaced imports, the Finance Ministry said Wednesday.
JAPAN
May 25, 2000

Just 29.6% back Mori's Cabinet

A mere 29.6 percent of voters support Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori's Cabinet, according to a Kyodo News public opinion poll released Wednesday, the second worst initial support rate for a Cabinet since 1974.
BUSINESS
May 25, 2000

NTT DoCoMo logs 19.3% sales increase

Boosted by the soaring number of mobile phone users, cellular operator NTT DoCoMo Inc. announced Wednesday that it posted consolidated sales of 3.72 trillion yen for fiscal 1999, which ended in March, up 19.3 percent from the previous year.
BUSINESS
May 25, 2000

Firms to offer cell-phone shopping

Fujitsu Ltd., DDI Corp. and Citigroup of the United States jointly announced Wednesday in Tokyo that they have developed what they claim is the world's first shopping settlement system for smart cellular phones.
JAPAN
May 25, 2000

Top court asked to rule on Nepalese's plight

Lawyers have lodged an appeal with the Supreme Court against a high court judge's decision to detain a Nepalese man who was cleared of murder and robbery charges by a lower court.
BUSINESS
May 25, 2000

Nikkei tests under 16,000 as techs slide

The Tokyo Stock Exchange's benchmark 225-issue Nikkei average briefly slipped below 16,000 for the first time in almost a year on Wednesday morning.
BUSINESS
May 25, 2000

Suzuki '99 sales set record but group pretax profits fall

Suzuki Motor Corp. scored record sales on a consolidated basis for fiscal 1999, but its group pretax profits fell due the strengthening of the yen, company executives announced Wednesday.
BUSINESS
May 25, 2000

U.S. urges Japan to get tough on bribes abroad

The United States is ratcheting up pressure on Japan to toughen its penalties for bribing foreign government officials, in an apparent bid to ensure a level playing-field for American companies in the global marketplace.
BUSINESS
May 25, 2000

No end in sight for treadmill of bad loans

It has been the same story for years. When banks release their earnings reports in May, bank officials say they have written off their bad loans "pre-emptively." Since they have written off huge portions of their problem loans, their future costs for bad-loan disposal will be marginal, they say.
BASEBALL / MLB
May 25, 2000

Drags' streak ends at 10

Jason Hardtke nailed a "sayonara" RBI single in the bottom of the 14th inning as the Hanshin Tigers blanked Chunichi 1-0 at Koshien Stadium on Tuesday, snapping the Dragons' winning streak at 10.
JAPAN
May 25, 2000

Children's diet suffers as more eat alone

More than half of Japan's schoolchildren have breakfast alone or without the presence of adults, and only about a third eat supper with their whole family.
BUSINESS
May 25, 2000

Any recovery of the euro will be limited

There are two main reasons for the current weakness of the euro. One is the interest rate differential between the dollar and the euro, a gap that was temporarily contracting but is now widening again based on the extraordinary strength of the U.S. economy.
BUSINESS
May 25, 2000

Three shipbuilding firms in talks on 350 billion yen alliance

is planning comprehensive talks with Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. and Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co. on a major shipbuilding tieup, industry sources said Wednesday. The alliance, which would have some 350 billion yen in combined sales, would be Japan's largest shipbuilding union, outperforming...
BUSINESS
May 25, 2000

Bank deposit, insurance policy safety nets enacted

The Diet passed a bill Wednesday to create a new mechanism to safeguard deposits in the event of bank failures after the current blanket deposit protection system is lifted in April 2002.
JAPAN
May 25, 2000

Locals face eviction from dump site

A garbage-disposal association filed a request with Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara on Wednesday calling for the city to order residents of Hinodemachi, western Tokyo, to vacate land allocated to expand a garbage dump.
JAPAN
May 25, 2000

NPA official held for allegedly buying drugs on Net

OSAKA -- Health and Welfare Ministry narcotics agents have arrested a technical official with the National Police Agency on suspicion of buying amphetamines via the Internet, an Osaka office of the ministry said Wednesday.
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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