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JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Sep 15, 1999

Young at heart, but never free of Johnny

On Aug. 30, former idol singer and tell-all autobiographer Hiromi Go staged an unannounced live show from the back of a tractor trailer parked near the Hachiko intersection in Shibuya. The five-minute performance, which featured four other dancers, stopped traffic and clogged up the area as pedestrians...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Sep 15, 1999

Obtrusive nails, squeaky wheels

Not so very often I recall the following words of advice from my dear old mother, a tiding of the heart delivered straight from parent to child.
COMMENTARY
Sep 15, 1999

A growing appetite for safety

LONDON -- Genetic biologists -- especially those working for big U.S. companies such as Monsanto -- and U.S. trade negotiators are furious with Europeans because they are not prepared to accept that hormone-injected beef and gene-modified soybeans, rape-seed oil and other genetically modified crops are...
JAPAN
Sep 15, 1999

Runners hit by heatstroke in Tachikawa relay

Fifteen men and women fell victim to heatstroke Wednesday while running in an "ekiden" relay marathon in Showa Kinen Park in Tachikawa, western Tokyo, shortly after noon. Thirteen were taken to the hospital.
EDITORIALS
Sep 14, 1999

The price of police arrogance

Public trust in the integrity of the nation's police forces, the Kanagawa prefectural police in particular, was severely tested in recent weeks as revelations followed, in quick succession, of a series of major scandals embroiling its officers. The National Public Safety Commission and the National Police...
JAPAN
Sep 14, 1999

Ford to focus on image rather than numbers

In a move to change its marketing strategy, Ford Japan Ltd. will concentrate on building its brand image rather than pursuing numerical sales targets, senior officials of the company announced Tuesday.
JAPAN
Sep 14, 1999

Regional Focus: Hokkaido

Otaru pins revival hopes on mega-mall complex> Staff writer
JAPAN
Sep 14, 1999

Refugee donation made in editor's memory

Yoshiko Shimada, widow of Shigeo Shimada, a former Japan Times managing editor, and her family have donated 500,000 yen to the Japan Times Readers' Refugees Aid Fund in his memory.
JAPAN
Sep 14, 1999

Residents sue nursing home over service quality

Two residents of nursing homes run by a financially troubled welfare business group are preparing to file a lawsuit against the group and the Health and Welfare Ministry, seeking compensation for inadequate services, it was learned Tuesday.
JAPAN
Sep 14, 1999

Banking group questions scope of safety net

The chairman of the Japanese Bankers Association (Zenginkyo) on Tuesday expressed reservations over fully protecting money deposited into accounts for business transactions under a new banking safety net to be introduced in April 2001.
JAPAN
Sep 14, 1999

Keidanren pushes consolidated taxes

The Japan Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren) urged the government on Tuesday to introduce a consolidated corporate tax system in fiscal 2001 to encourage much-needed corporate realignment and raise the nation's industrial competitiveness.
JAPAN
Sep 14, 1999

Diet-seat talks to be held in London

Top officials of the Liberal Democratic Party, the Liberal Party and New Komeito will hold negotiations in London later this week over reducing the number of seats in the Lower House, LDP Secretary General Yoshiro Mori told reporters Tuesday.
JAPAN
Sep 14, 1999

NTT revises group earnings projection upward

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. has revised its group earnings projections upward for the business year ending March 31, it said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Sep 14, 1999

Airlines prove Y2K-compliance with test flights

Test flights conducted at midnight Monday proved Japan's major airlines and aviation control systems can cope with the Year 2000 computer problem, Transport Minister Jiro Kawasaki said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Sep 14, 1999

Chretien praises Kansai links as 'Team Canada' tours

OSAKA -- Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien praised the Kansai region's efforts to promote regional exchanges and said Canada wants to work with Japan in several different areas, from education to environmental technology.
JAPAN
Sep 14, 1999

BOJ sticks to near-zero interest rate policy

The Bank of Japan voted on July 16 to stick to its near-zero interest rate policy on grounds that deflationary pressure has not dissipated, according to minutes of the board meeting released Tuesday.
JAPAN
Sep 14, 1999

Japan, China consider upgrading security forum

Staff writer
JAPAN
Sep 14, 1999

BOJ attempts to slow yen's ascent

The yen soared to a 40-month high against the dollar Tuesday, prompting the Bank of Japan to step in to block it from advancing further.
JAPAN
Sep 14, 1999

RCC to buy collateralized land on the cheap

The state-run Resolution and Collection Corp. has decided to buy real estate put up as collateral for loans that soured from 35 financial institutions at one-twentieth combined book value.
JAPAN
Sep 13, 1999

Work starts on contentious Kobe airport

KOBE -- Nearly 30 years after it was first proposed, construction of the controversial Kobe airport officially began Monday morning off Port Island amid protests and doubts about its economic feasibility.
JAPAN
Sep 13, 1999

FRC approves public funds to four banks

The Financial Reconstruction Commission formally approved plans Monday to pump 260 billion yen in public funds into the depleted capital bases of four regional banks.
JAPAN
Sep 13, 1999

Japan Foundation announces prize winners

The Tokyo-based Japan Foundation on Monday announced the 1999 winners of two prizes awarded annually for contributions to cultural exchange and mutual understanding between Japan and other countries.
JAPAN
Sep 13, 1999

Hayami warns firms to prepare for forex fluctuations

Corporations should take measures to become less vulnerable to fluctuations in the yen-dollar exchange rate, Bank of Japan Gov. Masaru Hayami reiterated Monday.
JAPAN
Sep 13, 1999

Taiwanese youths becoming Japan fans

Staff writer
JAPAN
Sep 13, 1999

BOJ senses revival in exports, output

The economy is showing some improvements in exports and production, but clear signs of a self-sustained recovery have yet to be observed, the Bank of Japan said in its monthly report released Monday.
JAPAN
Sep 13, 1999

Japan Tobacco to send smokes to seniors on Aged Day

Staff writer
JAPAN
Sep 13, 1999

Japan welcomes Pyongyang proposal, offers talks

Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiromu Nonaka expressed willingness Monday to resume talks with Pyongyang toward normalizing relations between Japan and North Korea.
JAPAN
Sep 13, 1999

Honda's luxurious Avancier set to roll into wagon market

Honda Motor Co.'s spacious luxury wagon Avancier will debut Wednesday on the domestic market, the automaker announced Monday.
JAPAN
Sep 13, 1999

Schools want laws for conversion plan

The Japan Association of National Universities said Monday special laws should be established that set various conditions if national universities are to be converted into independent public corporations as proposed by the government.
JAPAN
Sep 13, 1999

Man arrested over bogus bank accounts

OSAKA -- Osaka police have arrested a 31-year-old man on suspicion he used forged health insurance certificates to open bank accounts under false names, officials said Monday.
Japan stands its ground after Trump letter delivers 25% U.S. tariff shock
U.S. President Donald Trump (left) and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick at Morristown Airport, New Jersey, on Sunday. Trump on Monday sent letters to 12 countries notifying them of new "reciprocal" tariff rates effective Aug. 1.
Japan to set up 'control tower' for crimes by foreign residents
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday.
China’s housing crisis is worse than it seems
Residential buildings under construction in Shanghai in July 2022. The Chinese government risks long-term decline by repeating Japan’s policy mistakes in handling its real estate and demographic crises.
Over 800 people found to be involved in TOEIC cheating scheme
An English conversation test paper and bubble answer sheet. A Chinese graduate student from Kyoto University is suspected of having attempted to use a small microphone under a mask to tell other takers of a popular English-language proficiency test the correct answers.
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.
From the Abes to the Ohtanis: How siblings shape athletic development
Olympic judoka Uta Abe (second from left) and Hifumi Abe (second from right) with their brother Yuichiro (center) and their parents. “I’m always consciously trying to be a good older brother,” Yuichiro said.
Foreign nationals' presence in Japan emerges as key issue in Upper House poll
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a campaign speech next to a Liberal Democratic Party candidate for the Upper House (top center left) in Yokohama on Sunday.
Scams involving police impersonation surge
A video by the National Police Agency warns about fake scams.
Lawson to let visitors use larger parking lots as paid car campsites
A Lawson convenience store in Yachiyo, Chiba Prefecture. A new service from the company comes amid the rise in inbound tourists, making hotels and inns harder to book and more expensive.
The future is bright inside the visionary mind of architect Sou Fujimoto
The exhibition of Fujimoto’s architecture surveys his career to date, as well as looks ahead as shown in his proposal of a future floating city designed in collaboration with data scientist Hiroaki Miyata.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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