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BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 12, 2000

Kanemoto joins select club as Carp edge Swallows 2-1

Tomoaki Kanemoto hit a solo homer in the fourth inning and Toyo Asayama had an RBI double in the sixth Wednesday as the Hiroshima Carp closed out the Central League season with a 2-1 victory over the Yakult Swallows.
JAPAN
Oct 12, 2000

1.39 million petition for court reform

The Japan Federation of Bar Associations submitted petitions to the government Wednesday signed by some 1.39 million people, calling for reform of the country's judicial system to reflect public opinion.
COMMUNITY
Oct 12, 2000

Till bedtime do us part

At midnight every night, Shoko Ohara, a 39-year-old construction company employee, drives to the station to pick up her hard-working husband Takeshi, an engineer. The two chat during the 10-minute ride to their suburban home, and while Takeshi takes a bath, Shoko warms up his dinner in the kitchen. She...
COMMUNITY
Oct 12, 2000

Nagano microbrewer takes eco-friendly path

Remember that book, "100 Simple Things You Can Do To Save The Earth?" Here is the 101st: Head out to Kurohime in Nagano Prefecture. At the foot of Mount Kurohime you'll find Shinano Brewery. Walk into the woody Chestnuts Pub, order one of their English-style beers and you'll be partaking in a unique...
JAPAN
Oct 12, 2000

New law means marching orders for bad tenants

Motokazu Miyama's big fear is one probably shared by hundreds of thousands of other property-owners in Japan: What if unwelcome tenants refuse to leave after the apartment lease expires?
JAPAN
Oct 12, 2000

Nikkei sinks to 19-month low

The benchmark 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average plunged to a 19-month low Wednesday, dragged down by weakness on Wall Street.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Oct 12, 2000

Bunny thrives in Predators' den

Yujiro Nakajimaya, captain of the Kokudo Bunnies and a member of Japan's national team, is not your average Japanese professional hockey player. In four teenage years spent at Notre Dame College, a high school in Wilcox, Saskatchewan, the Hokkaido native gained more than just a fluent command of English....
LIFE / Food & Drink / WINE WAYS
Oct 12, 2000

What bulging waistline? Let's talk about cheese

When your 8-year-old son suddenly starts thumping your belly gleefully like a bongo drum, chances are it means you've put on some weight. I confess that I've added 2-3 kg to my 190-cm frame since arriving more than a year ago in Belgium, a gastronomic paradise blessed with a tremendous variety of wines,...
JAPAN
Oct 12, 2000

Nobel Prize surprises Tsukuba chemist

Hideki Shirakawa of Japan and Americans Alan Heeger and Alan MacDiarmid have been awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry for their discovery that some plastics can conduct electricity. Shirakawa, 64, a professor emeritus at the University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, said the honor came as a total...
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 12, 2000

In Labor's moment of crisis, Blair delivers

The recent Labor Party conference in Brighton saw Prime Minister Tony Blair in an unprecedented position. Set against a backdrop of enormous public discontent, evident in the response to the fuel strike by the major oil companies, the Labor Party staged its centenary conference. The phony peace that...
LIFE / Food & Drink / NIHONSHU
Oct 12, 2000

A long, reflective sip of sake's craft and science

Sake's history goes back centuries and centuries, but just how many is a matter of debate. Regardless of the answer, over the last century or so gains in sake-brewing methods and technology have been exponential.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Oct 12, 2000

Cardenas Charcoal Grill: Californian fare grilled to perfection

Fumihiro Nakamura does not affect the expansive personality and well-studied bonhomie of a born restaurateur in the classic European mold. Nor does he in any way exude the slick professionalism and marketing savvy of the streetwise MBAs who scheme up and preside over flash designer eateries for cash-flush...
JAPAN
Oct 12, 2000

Study to follow study before Okinawa's dugongs protected

The results of an ongoing study of the dugong, a sea mammal threatened by the planned military-civilian airport in Okinawa, will determine the steps to be studied for its protection, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hidenao Nakagawa said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Oct 12, 2000

Plaque honors 'Japan's Schindler'

The government unveiled a plaque Tuesday commemorating a Japanese diplomat who worked against the interests of his own country to save thousands of Jews in Lithuania during World War II.
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Oct 12, 2000

Californian fare grilled to perfection

Fumihiro Nakamura does not affect the expansive personality and well-studied bonhomie of a born restaurateur in the classic European mold. Nor does he in any way exude the slick professionalism and marketing savvy of the streetwise MBAs who scheme up and preside over flash designer eateries for cash-flush...
JAPAN
Oct 11, 2000

Japan 776.5 trillion yen in red . . . maybe

The government's liabilities exceeded its assets by as much as 776.5 trillion yen at the end of March 1999, according to the country's first-ever national balance sheet released Tuesday by the Finance Ministry.
JAPAN
Oct 11, 2000

Tokyo officials, residents face off at waste site

A 6-year-old dispute over a planned waste-disposal site in the town of Hinode, western Tokyo, came to a head Tuesday when metropolitan government officials attempted to seize the 461-sq.-meter plot owned by citizens opposed to the project.
JAPAN
Oct 11, 2000

Sogo files third lawsuit against former execs

Osaka-based department store operator Sogo Co. sued 19 of its former executives Tuesday, demanding 1.796 million yen in damages for their decision to continue to pay dividends to shareholders when the company was in financial trouble.
JAPAN
Oct 11, 2000

Divided Koreans in Japan try friendship

Koreans in Japan, long divided by their allegiance to the South or North, have been stepping up friendly exchanges since the historic summit in June between the Korean Peninsula's two leaders, according to a recent report by a pro-Seoul group.
JAPAN
Oct 11, 2000

Chiyoda Life seeks court protection

Chiyoda Mutual Life Insurance Co. filed for court protection from creditors Monday with liabilities of 2.94 trillion yen -- the biggest failure in Japan's insurance industry since the war.
JAPAN
Oct 11, 2000

Electronic dictionaries suit older eyes

Portable and handy electronic dictionaries have met with strong sales in recent years, particularly among those over 50.
JAPAN
Oct 11, 2000

1970 hijacking still up in air

A recent joint statement issued by the United States and North Korea on international terrorism may not help resolve the 1970 hijacking of a Japan Airlines jetliner by Japanese Red Army members, who remain in North Korea, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hidenao Nakagawa said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Oct 11, 2000

Obituary: Jinzaburo Takagi

Jinzaburo Takagi, known for his antinuclear activities and stinging criticism of big science, died Sunday of rectal cancer at a hospital in Tokyo's Chuo Ward, his family said. He was 62.
EDITORIALS
Oct 11, 2000

Patient safety must come first

If the situation that is developing in many Japanese hospitals is not yet a national emergency, it soon will be. The frequency with which medication errors and other medical accidents are occurring has many people legitimately concerned about undergoing a hospital stay. Those fears can only be heightened...

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