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ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Sep 13, 2001

Shaping up the economy: more parks, fewer highways

One of the joys of visiting the United States is having a chance to check out the alternative press. This summer, while in Vermont (which some say is a state, and some a state of mind), I picked up a free copy of "Green Living: A Practical Journal for Friends of the Environment."
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Sep 13, 2001

Making war, not love

"Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind." So laments lovesick Helena in "A Midsummer-Night's Dream." Sorry to add to your woes, Helena, but not only is Cupid blind, he is more likely to glide on a trail of slime than fly on cherub wings. Cupid, it...
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Sep 13, 2001

How many Rhodes must a man walk down before he gets some attention in the dailies?

I had the pleasure last week of meeting Tokyo's most talkative taxi driver. He picked me up in Shibuya and dropped me off in Roppongi some 15 minutes later. In that time we talked baseball nonstop with the Giants-Carp game humming in the background.
BUSINESS
Sep 13, 2001

Shiokawa vows to stabilize markets

Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa said Wednesday morning that Japan is ready to carry out foreign-exchange intervention, including joint intervention with U.S. and European authorities, if speculative capital undermines the foreign-exchange situation.
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2001

Programs for mentally ill out of hospitals fall short

Staff writer A typical busy morning at this "bento" delivery shop in Tokyo's Taito Ward starts at 9 a.m., when around 15 workers come to prepare over 100 boxed lunches to be delivered to nearby office buildings.
BUSINESS
Sep 13, 2001

Automobile weight tax eyed for general account

The government has said it is considering transferring revenue from the automobile weight tax, mainly used for road construction, into the general account.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 13, 2001

Buffaloes' players, brass take news of attack hard

OSAKA -- News of the terrorist attacks back in the United States shook the Kintetsu Buffaloes' American contingent to the core on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2001

'Today, our nation saw evil'

WASHINGTON, Sept 11 - Following is the text of a speech to the nation by President George W. Bush on Tuesday following the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon:
BUSINESS
Sep 13, 2001

Koizumi faces tough choice

Last week's worse-than-expected U.S. jobless figures stoked worries about the economic slowdown in the U.S., sending stock markets reeling around the world.
CULTURE / Film
Sep 12, 2001

Welcome to my worst nightmare

Kemonogare -- Orera no Saru to Rating: * * 1/2 Director: Hideaki Sunaga Running time: 107 minutes Language: Japanese Now showing
CULTURE / Film
Sep 12, 2001

The life and death of the party

Blow Rating: * * * 1/2 Director: Ted Demme Running time: 123 minutes Language: English Now showing
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2001

Psychiatric care still mired in Dark Ages

Staff writer Unlike the common image of mental institutions with tight security and barred windows, the Yowa Hospital in Nerima Ward, Tokyo, looks no different than a general hospital.
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2001

Typhoon Danas lashes Tokyo

Typhoon Danas hit land near Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture on Tuesday morning and went on to buffet Tokyo and its vicinity, police and the Meteorological Agency said.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 12, 2001

Lasorda having a tough time

OSAKA -- Tommy Lasorda, the man who won the World Series twice as manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers and the gold medal last year as the skipper of the U.S. team at the Sydney Games, loves the history of baseball.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Sep 12, 2001

Imports Ramirez, Valdes respond to 'help wanted' calls from Japan

Foreign ballplayers in Japan don't much like it, but they are often referred to as "suketto" in Japanese. The term means helper and it more than implies the hired hands from North America are not necessarily being counted on to lead their team but rather to temporarily "help" the fan-favorite local stars...
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2001

Economic fear keeping wives at work, survey reveals

The longtime practice of women quitting work upon marriage is dying out, with over half continuing in their positions, according to a recent survey by a semigovernmental organization.
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2001

Officials punished for padding bills

OSAKA -- The Osaka City Government punished 29 officials Tuesday in connection with inflated claims made over airline ticket purchases for inspection trips to Sydney in 2000, city officials said.
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2001

Probe begins into suspected mad cow case

The national and Chiba prefectural governments on Tuesday began probing the use of animal-based feed at a farm in Shiroi where the nation's first suspected case of mad cow disease has been found, government officials said.
CULTURE / Art
Sep 12, 2001

Artist sees hospital life through a glass darkly

From Parisian alcoholic Maurice Utrillo to Japan's own polka-dot diva Yayoi Kusama, I would guess that the list of artists who have actually lived in mental institutions is just about as long as the list of painters (Picasso, Dubuffet) who regularly hung around them looking for inspiration, searching...
BUSINESS
Sep 12, 2001

Takenaka, O'Neill to talk economy

The Cabinet Office said Tuesday that Heizo Takenaka, state minister in charge of economic and fiscal policy, and U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill will meet this evening at Takenaka's office.
CULTURE / Art
Sep 12, 2001

Picking out Triennale treasures from the trash

Just 100 years ago, Monet was watching light dance over water lilies and Matisse was scandalizing art critics with his wild use of color.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 12, 2001

Buffaloes blast Marines as Tuffy goes homerless

OSAKA -- Yuji Yoshioka blasted a grand slam and Ken Kadokura (8-4) scattered seven hits over eight innings as the Kintetsu Buffaloes routed the Chiba Lotte Marines 9-2 at the Osaka Dome on Tuesday night.
BUSINESS
Sep 12, 2001

Hitachi Maxell cuts tape making

Hitachi Maxell Ltd. said Tuesday it will discontinue production of videotapes at its U.S. plant in Conyers, Ga., at the end of this year.
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2001

Number of centenarians nears 15,500

The number of Japanese aged 100 or older at the end of this month will probably hit a record 15,475, with women accounting for more than 80 percent of the number, according to a survey released Tuesday by the health ministry.
Hiker missing in Hokkaido after bear attack found dead
The Rausu mountain range at Hokkaido's Shiretoko National Park. A man in his 20s who went missing after being attacked by a bear while hiking on Mount Rausu has been found dead.
As Japan marks 80 years since WWII surrender, Ishiba expresses remorse
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba lays a flower during the memorial service at the Nippon Budokan on Friday.
Trump shifts stance on road to Ukraine peace after meeting Putin in Alaska
U.S. President Donald Trump looks on next to Russian leader Vladimir Putin during a news conference following their meeting to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday.
The long search for Japan’s lost soldiers
Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
War must never be repeated, says WWII guerrilla commander
Former teacher Satoshi Ito speaks during an interview in Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture, in June. Ito underwent training for guerrilla warfare at a secret school to prepare for a possible battle in mainland Japan during World War II.
In preserving Japanese hospitality, ‘details are everything’
Beniya Mukayu, a traditional "ryokan" inn located in Ishikawa Prefecture, considers itself at "the heart of onsen towns, local residents, farmers, fishermen, sake brewers and artisans" — all of which need new, sustainable methods of serving visitors to survive into the future.
A seaside hotel built on competitive Japanese cycling
In a region more associated with art, Keirin Hotel 10 takes a decidedly more athletic approach to attracting tourists.
Reading the Japanese clock: Are times a-changin'?
People walk past a time board at Hakata Station in Fukuoka. Luckily for those trying to catch a train, reading a clock is universal.
The indelible memory of being a part of Unit 731
Hideo Shimizu, 95, says he cannot forget seeing the prisoners' bloody wills scribbled on the walls of prison cells at Unit 731 in 1945.
Recent deaths of Japanese boxers underline importance of emergency action plans
The Japan Boxing Commission's safety protocols have been thrust into the spotlight following the deaths of Shigetoshi Kotari and Hiromasa Urakawa, who suffered fatal brain injuries while fighting on the same card on Aug. 2.

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Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
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