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JAPAN
Nov 10, 1999

Health Minister defends nursing-care plan

Neither the principles nor the framework of the government-proposed nursing-care insurance system have been altered, Health and Welfare Minister Yuya Niwa asserted Wednesday.
CULTURE / Music / MUSIC NOMAD
Nov 10, 1999

Soaring voice of modern Africa unifies the world music scene

Youssou N'Dour, one of Africa's (and the world's) greatest singers, makes a welcome return to Japan this month. The last time he was in Japan was for the 1994 WOMAD festival in Yokohama. World music was still on a roll back then, with some African artists such as Papa Wemba becoming genuinely "big in...
ENVIRONMENT / GARDENING FOR ALL
Nov 10, 1999

Brighten up your balcony with spring bulbs

No garden, no matter how small, is complete unless it has some spring bulbs, and this is the time to buy and plant your garden or container with your favorites. Bulbs are inexpensive, especially considering the joy they give. In recent years more and more bulb varieties have become available in garden...
JAPAN
Nov 10, 1999

Three awarded annual Kyoto Prize

KYOTO -- Two Americans, a material scientist and an oceanographer, and a French choreographer were awarded the 1999 Kyoto Prize during a special ceremony Wednesday at the Kyoto International Conference Hall for their contributions to the scientific, cultural and spiritual development of mankind.
CULTURE / Books
Nov 10, 1999

Putting Japan on the psychologist's couch

POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY IN JAPAN: Behind the Nails That Sometimes Stick Out (and Get Hammered Down), edited by Ofer Feldman. Commack, N.Y.: Nova Science Publishers, 1999, 340 pp., (cloth). Political psychology is a tricky business. Plain old psychology is difficult enough, digging down as it does in the...
JAPAN
Nov 9, 1999

In and around Kanto

Dining show to boost refugee cause>Refugees International Japan is staging its 10th annual Art of Dining Exhibition at the Westin Tokyo hotel in Yebisu Garden Place on Monday to raise funds for needy refugees all over the world.
JAPAN
Nov 9, 1999

'Shoko' loan rates attract LDP scrutiny

The Liberal Democratic Party said Tuesday it will review the legal limits of interest rates for commercial lending in order to rein in operators of high-interest "shoko" loan businesses.
EDITORIALS
Nov 9, 1999

Rejoicing in uncertainty

Ten years ago today, the Cold War ended. On Nov. 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall, perhaps the ultimate symbol of the world's division into two blocs and the oppression on the communist side of the Iron Curtain, was breached. Thousands of people mounted the graffiti-scarred concrete to dance, drink or just peer...
JAPAN
Nov 9, 1999

Patients pushed to take control of their own health

Staff writer
JAPAN
Nov 9, 1999

NCB's deficit expands to 3.1 trillion yen

The government-backed Deposit Insurance Corp. said Tuesday that the capital deficit of the failed Nippon Credit Bank has widened to some 3.1 trillion yen -- 110 billion yen more than an earlier estimate.
JAPAN
Nov 9, 1999

Politicians brace for one-on-one Diet debate

Staff writer
JAPAN
Nov 9, 1999

Chile minister urges more investment

Visiting Chilean Foreign Minister Juan Gabriel Valdes on Tuesday urged Japan to expand the scope of its investment in his homeland to help Santiago enhance the nation's economic strength, a Japanese official said.
JAPAN
Nov 9, 1999

Pakistan links CTBT signing to end of sanctions

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JAPAN
Nov 9, 1999

Daiwa-Sumitomo Trust deal driven by IT costs

Daiwa Bank and Sumitomo Trust Banking & Co.'s decision to jointly provide administrative services for corporate pension and other trust funds was motivated by their desire to share the burden of information technology investment -- a catch phrase in the financial industry these days.
JAPAN
Nov 9, 1999

Nichiei chief threatened staff, managers say

Three former managers of Nichiei Co., now under fire for excessively aggressive loan-collection practices, have told investigators that President Kazuo Matsuda threatened to dismiss or demote employees who failed to collect debts, it was learned Tuesday.
JAPAN
Nov 9, 1999

Bilateral glass talks open in Tokyo

Japan and the United States will begin a two-day meeting today in Tokyo over foreign access to the nation's flat-glass market -- one of the pending areas of trade disputes between the two countries, officials said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Nov 9, 1999

Honda takes beating from strong yen

Honda Motor Co. announced Tuesday that it suffered a 19.6 percent decline in pretax profit on a group basis during the April-September period to 226.4 billion yen.
JAPAN
Nov 9, 1999

Y2K problem wrecks holiday season for finance industry

Staff writer
EDITORIALS
Nov 8, 1999

A welcome step toward Pyongyang

The government's decision last week to lift the ban on chartered flights between Japan and North Korea comes amid an easing of tensions on the Korean Peninsula. The ban was part of the economic sanctions that Tokyo imposed in August last year to protest the test-firing of a Taepodong ballistic missile....
JAPAN
Nov 8, 1999

Minority suffrage bill may split coalition

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JAPAN
Nov 8, 1999

Mita chief given 32-month sentence

OSAKA -- The Osaka District Court on Monday sentenced Yoshihiro Mita, former president of the failed copier manufacturer Mita Industrial Co., to two years and eight months in prison for violating the Commercial Code in an earnings window-dressing case.
JAPAN
Nov 8, 1999

MSDF conducts dry run of evacuation plan

The Maritime Self-Defense Force conducted its first drill using helicopters and ships to practice evacuating Japanese living abroad in case of emergencies near Japan.
JAPAN
Nov 8, 1999

LDP gives partners nod to submit foreign suffrage bill

New Komeito and the Liberal Party will jointly submit to the current Diet session a bill to grant foreign permanent residents of Japan the right to vote in local polls, New Komeito Secretary General Tetsuzo Fuyushiba said Monday.
JAPAN
Nov 8, 1999

Toyota's Okuda wins business award

Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers' Associations (Nikkeiren) and chairman of Toyota Motor Corp., has won the 1999 Zaikai Award, or Business World Award, the business magazine company Zaikai announced Monday.
JAPAN
Nov 8, 1999

Loose gutter in tunnel suspends bullet trains

OSAKA -- A plastic drain gutter inside a Sanyo Shinkansen Line tunnel in Yamaguchi Prefecture was found sagging along the tunnel wall Monday, disrupting the operations of several trains and forcing West Japan Railway Co. to suspend nine bullet train runs, JR officials said.
JAPAN
Nov 8, 1999

Coalition's nursing care rift on the mend

Staff writer
JAPAN
Nov 8, 1999

LDP executives cave in to corporate donation ban

Reversing an earlier decision, top executives of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party agreed Monday that corporate donations should be banned beginning next year as stipulated in a 1995 law.
JAPAN
Nov 8, 1999

Nishimura sticks to his guns, urges defense debate

Staff writer
JAPAN
Nov 8, 1999

Tokai health checks set; DNA found damaged

A Nuclear Safety Commission subcommittee decided Monday how they would study people who came within 350 meters of the site of the Sept. 30 nuclear criticality accident in Tokai, Ibaraki Prefecture.
JAPAN
Nov 8, 1999

15 years sought for Aum lawyer in sarin gassing

Prosecutors on Monday demanded 15 years in prison for a former Aum Shinrikyo lawyer accused of conspiring to kill anticult lawyer Taro Takimoto in May 1994 by releasing sarin gas. Takimoto suffered minor injuries at the time.
SDF spots China’s biggest aircraft carrier for first time
The Fujian aircraft carrier is seen in Shanghai in May 2024 as it leaves for its first sea trial.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Is America ready for Japanese-style 7-Elevens?
Convenience stores are a fixture of Japanese life and 7-Eleven, a chain that began in the U.S. in 1927, opened its first store in Japan in 1974 — and then became wholly Japanese-owned in 2005 through parent company Seven & I Holdings.
Final weeks of World Expo in Osaka likely to see large crowds
With one month left to go, crowds are expected to swell at the World Expo in Osaka during its final weeks.
Japan's elderly population down at around 36.2 million
The estimated number of people age 65 or older in Japan stands at 36.19 million as of Monday, accounting for record 29.4% of the country's total population, according to the internal affairs ministry.
Pole vault rivals in awe after Duplantis has another historic night in Tokyo
Sweden's Armand Duplantis competes in the men's pole fault final during the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Monday.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
Tara Davis-Woodhall leaps to gold and finds redemption at world championships
Tara Davis-Woodhall celebrates after winning the women's long jump final at the World Athletics Championships at Tokyo's National Stadium on Sunday night.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
Rethinking that second drink: Japan’s Gen Z gets ‘sober curious’
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We are pleased to announce the winners of the 6th annual Sustainable Japan Award.
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