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SPORTS / TALK OF THE TIMES
Jun 22, 2001

Former NFL star Moon still pondering next move

Warren Moon picks up a football, drops back a few steps and throws a pass. The ball sails in a perfect spiral and with superb accuracy, which many receivers and fans love to see, and falls into the hands of his 20-year-old son Joshua, who plays wide receiver at a small college.
COMMUNITY / THE PARENT TRIP
Jun 22, 2001

Sho-chan's send-off

In Japan, leave-takings are marked with fanfare. Parties, gifts, speeches, photos, train-platform farewells, never-ending waves goodbye and bows -- the Japanese really know how to say sayonara. As a long-term resident of Japan, I have been on the receiving end of these rituals many times. But the most...
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Jun 22, 2001

Genji firefly

* Japanese name: Genjibotaru * Scientific name: Luciola cruciata * Description: Fireflies aren't flies -- they are beetles, as you can tell from the hard shell that protects their wings when they're not flying. Adults are 12-18 mm long. They have black bodies and legs, and a red thorax. The most...
SOCCER / J. League
Jun 22, 2001

Antlers scrape into quarters

Defending champions Kashima Antlers battled back from the verge of elimination to secure a place in the quarterfinals after a 4-0 second-leg win at home to Kashiwa Reysol in their J. League Nabisco Cup second-round tie Wednesday. A 40th-minute own goal and second-half strikes from Tomoyuki Hirase, Takayuki...
EDITORIALS
Jun 21, 2001

Mrs. Tanaka passes her first test

Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka's first official trip to Washington has ended with a measure of success. In a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, reportedly held in a friendly atmosphere, she reaffirmed the importance of the Japan-U.S. alliance and exchanged views on missile defense and...
JAPAN
Jun 21, 2001

Lawmaker blasts Mori role in AIDS forum

An HIV-positive lawmaker has blasted plans to let former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori address a special U.N. session on AIDS later this month, citing previous discriminatory remarks made by Mori regarding the disease. On Tuesday, 41-year-old Satoru Ienishi of the Democratic Party of Japan slammed the...
JAPAN
Jun 21, 2001

Calbee recalls GMO potato snacks

Snack-food maker Calbee Foods Co. said Wednesday it will recall all of its Jagariko potato snacks produced before June 7 because a genetically modified variety of potato yet to be approved in Japan was mixed into the ingredients.
JAPAN
Jun 21, 2001

Seafood firm hit over duty evasion

Customs authorities have searched Osaka seafood firm Kanbe Co. for evidence of evading duties on octopus imported from Africa, industry sources said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Jun 21, 2001

Aerospace tieup is broadened

Mitsubishi Electric Corp. and Boeing Co. of the U.S. have agreed to broader tieups in the aerospace business, Mitsubishi Electric officials said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Jun 21, 2001

State tries to get nation online

In a desperate attempt to boost Japan's cyberspace population to numbers more closely resembling those of other industrialized nations, the government is struggling to draw attention to its online exposition, said Taichi Sakaiya, a special adviser to the prime minister and former chief of the Economic...
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 21, 2001

India watches as Nepal's drama unfolds

If the June 1 blood bath that resulted in the deaths of many members of Nepal's royal family was not enough for a tragedy, we also have a Maoist insurgency and fears of two giant neighbors against the backdrop of palace intrigues.
JAPAN
Jun 21, 2001

Fuji toilets need chip-hauling volunteers

A nonprofit organization is seeking volunteers to carry wood chips to the top of Mount Fuji for use in environmentally friendly toilets that would cut down the amount of human waste left on the mountain each season.
JAPAN
Jun 21, 2001

Campaign ads on TV hit as fluff

Could Japanese politics finally be getting interesting or are things just getting out of hand?
BUSINESS
Jun 21, 2001

Diet paves way for public entities reform

The Diet on Wednesday enacted a law aimed at reforming public corporations and government-authorized nonprofit bodies.
JAPAN
Jun 21, 2001

Landslides plague west Japan; one dead

OSAKA — A 68-year-old man was killed early Wednesday in Ehime Prefecture when his home was buried in a landslide brought on by a seasonal rain front that caused widespread damage in western Japan, police and firefighters said.
JAPAN
Jun 21, 2001

May trade surplus plummets by 86.1%

The nation's trade surplus fell 86.1 percent in May from a year earlier to 80.1 billion yen, the Finance Ministry said Wednesday in a preliminary report.
BUSINESS
Jun 21, 2001

BOJ policy vote was unanimous

The policy-setting panel of the Bank of Japan voted unanimously last month to keep intact its easy monetary policy, saying its effects are beginning to be observed, according to the minutes of its May 17-18 meeting released Wednesday.
CULTURE / Film
Jun 21, 2001

Free tickets for 'Dr. Dolittle 2'

To celebrate the launch of "Bokujo Monogatari 3," a new Play Station game known in the U.S. as "Harvest Moon," Victor Interactive Software is offering 80 pairs of free tickets to a preview of "Dr. Dolittle 2."
JAPAN
Jun 21, 2001

Yamamoto won't fight fraud verdict

Former House of Representatives member Joji Yamamoto has dropped his appeal against a fraud conviction for the misuse of public funds, his lawyers said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Jun 21, 2001

Bailout needed for Chogin Tokyo

The negative net worth of Chogin Tokyo Shinyo Kumiai, a pro-Pyongyang credit union that was declared insolvent in May 1999, had quadrupled to 193 billion yen as of the end of March, administrators said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Jun 21, 2001

Regional economies in recession

Regional economies are in the grip of recession, according to a quarterly survey released Wednesday by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
SOCCER / J. League
Jun 21, 2001

Atletico Madrid likes Inamoto

OSAKA -- Japan national team midfielder Junichi Inamoto appears headed to Atletico Madrid of the Spanish second division, sources close to J. League side Osaka Gamba said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jun 21, 2001

Death penalty upheld for killer of four women

OSAKA — The Osaka High Court on Wednesday upheld the death penalty for a man convicted of murdering four female bar managers in western Japan in less than a month in late 1991.
JAPAN
Jun 21, 2001

SDF ranks open to reservists with no military experience

Need a part-time job? Ever considered the Self-Defense Forces? Spending holidays in boot camp could earn you 7,900 yen a day.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 21, 2001

Tigers rookie Akahoshi has Giants seeing red

Rookie outfielder Norihiro Akahoshi hit a bases-loaded RBI single to left field in the bottom of the 12th inning Wednesday evening, leading the Hanshin Tigers to a 2-1 "sayonara" triumph over the Yomiuri Giants at Koshien.
How Pakistan shot down India's cutting-edge fighter using Chinese gear
An Indian Air Force pilot gets out of a Rafale fighter jet during its induction ceremony at an air force station in Ambala, India, September 2020.
China and Russia start joint military drills in Sea of Japan
Russian and Chinese naval officers take part in a ceremony Thursday ahead of the start of joint naval drills in the Sea of Japan, following the arrival of Chinese military vessels in Vladivostok, Russia.
Kamchatka quake may have awakened volcano dormant for 600 years, Russia says
Kamchatka. Krasheninnikov Bay
Italy's fast fashion hub becomes Chinese mafia battlefield
Signs for fast-fashion factories in Prato, Italy, on Friday. Chinese crime groups in the district thrive on the "Prato system" rife with corruption in the fast-fashion sector.
Extreme heat in Japan set to peak this week
People shield their eyes from the sun as they walk through a street on a hot day in Tokyo on July 26.
Fuji Rock's weekend of surprises was one of its best yet
Radwimps lead singer Yojiro Noda threw himself into the rock band’s Green Stage performance ahead of headliner Vampire Weekend.
How Trump is gaslighting on climate change — with Japan’s help
The Bishu Maru LNG tanker, owned by Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, next to the Freeport LNG terminal in Texas
Junglia brought dinos back to Okinawa. But will it bring tourists?
At Panorama Dining, one of Junglia’s two proper restaurants that also doubles as the rooftop Inifinity Terrace overlook, guests can pay extra to sit in balcony tables made to look like birds’ nests overlooking the park grounds.
From Osaka to the NHL: Jordan Spence hopes to inspire young Japanese hockey players
Ottawa Senators defenseman Jordan Spence helps lead the Dreamskate Japan hockey camp in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on July 5.
Coordination office marks first step in U.S. Forces Japan’s shift to ‘warfighting’ command
U.S., Japanese and Australian staff work in the JJOC Cooperation Team office at the U.S. Army’s Hardy Barracks in central Tokyo in this image posted to the Australian Embassy's X account on July 25.

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