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COMMENTARY / World
Jan 28, 2001

Challenges for South Korean democracy

SEOUL -- Nov. 28 was a black day for local autonomy in South Korea. On that date a group of lawmakers introduced a bill in the National Assembly, aimed at abolishing the democratic election of lower-level mayors. The 42 lawmakers from different political parties who presented the bill argued that the...
COMMUNITY
Jan 28, 2001

Float, crab, shrimp and base

There was something profoundly shocking about sitting on the sidelines to watch a hefty adult male throw himself between the legs of a teenage girl and then try forcibly to get into her underwear. How could this be right? Self-defense techniques for women are to be applauded, but this was too close to...
JAPAN
Jan 28, 2001

Two killed by train in rescue effort

A 26-year-old South Korean student was one of two men killed by a train as they tried to pull a drunken man off the tracks at a station on Tokyo's Yamanote Line on Friday evening, police said Saturday.
JAPAN
Jan 28, 2001

Snow envelops Tokyo metropolitan area

The Meteorological Agency on Saturday afternoon issued the first heavy snowfall warning for Tokyo in three years as snow continued to fall in the Kanto and southern Tohoku regions, leaving one death, numerous injuries and traffic chaos in its wake.
COMMUNITY
Jan 28, 2001

Rip'em up, tear 'em up

SAN FRANCISCO -- If you've ever had the pleasure of watching a U.S. college or pro football game on television, you'll notice one thing invariably. Just before the commercial they'll pan to a too-cute-to-be-true cheerleader.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 28, 2001

Back to the future with George W. Bush

WASHINGTON -- When the new Bush Cabinet sat down for its first meeting after the inauguration, the only person missing was actor Michael J. Fox, because there's no doubt about it, this remake on the Potomac is definitely "Back to the Future: Part Four." And while nostalgia may be boffo in Hollywood,...
JAPAN
Jan 28, 2001

Tokyo residents facing grave backyard problem

The view from the living room of Hisako Watanabe's home in central Tokyo is not exactly one to die for.
EDITORIALS
Jan 28, 2001

What makes children strong

There is a saying that competition begets vitality. But to survive this competition, it is essential to have a feeling of self-respect, belief in oneself. Such self-respect gives people, especially children, the power to face challenges without fear of failure. Yet it is often pointed out that neither...
JAPAN
Jan 28, 2001

Transport Ministry to study Europe's environment tax regime

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport decided Saturday to establish a study group to examine European-style taxes aimed at preserving the environment.
CULTURE / Stage
Jan 28, 2001

Playing 'The Mikado' in the 'Town of Titipu'

At a handsome old farmhouse turned coffee shop in Chichibu, western Saitama Prefecture, Yasuichi Tsukagoshi, 58, anxiously awaits March 10 when his cherished dream will come true.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Jan 28, 2001

American Kenneth Jones

"Walk in, you'll be in Kyoto," proclaims the brochure of Kyoto-Kan, Akasaka.
CULTURE / Art
Jan 28, 2001

Elegance in everyday sculptures

In the 19th century, ukiyo-e wood block prints and ornamental toggles for pouches -- netsuke -- were greatly prized in the West. But to most Japanese, in the whirl of modernization, they were simply old-fashioned aspects of a fading way of life.
CULTURE / Art
Jan 28, 2001

Beauty can be ugly -- insouciant Frenchman

What makes a great photographer? An artist usually needs to have special skills or unique concepts, but a photographer in a well-lit studio with the right equipment and beautiful models can get by even without good timing if he uses enough film and then selects the best images.
MORE SPORTS
Jan 28, 2001

Japanese player signs with XFL team

Linebacker Shinzo Yamada of the Asahi Soft Drinks Challengers on Saturday signed with the Memphis Maniax of the XFL, a new American football league which kicks off its inaugural season next weekend.
MORE SPORTS
Jan 28, 2001

Hall of Fame only thing missing from Swann's resume

TAMPA, Fla. -- He was, to put it quite simply, poetry in motion.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jan 28, 2001

In what other country can you ski in a zoo?

When we finally arrived at the ski area after three hours of driving, I realized I had not packed my ski jacket. I had packed my winter sailing jacket instead.
COMMUNITY
Jan 28, 2001

Extreme cheerleading

SAN FRANCISCO -- Katie Webber, 19, has a killer smile and short bleach-blond hair. Dressed in a leopard skin tank top and blue bikini bottoms, and dancing to a routine she learned that morning, Webber sailed through the first two cuts of the Extreme Football League's (XFL) San Francisco cheerleader tryout...
BUSINESS
Jan 27, 2001

Auto output topped 10 million in 2000

Domestic production of motor vehicles in 2000 topped 10 million for the first time in two years, thanks to a pickup in domestic demand and strong exports to North America and Southeast Asia, an industry association said Friday.
COMMENTARY
Jan 27, 2001

KSD places Mori in peril

Dark clouds hang over Japanese politics. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party has been jolted by allegations that some of its leading members took payoffs from the mutual-aid organization KSD. The scandal came after Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori reshuffled his Cabinet last month and the restructured central...
BUSINESS
Jan 27, 2001

Wholesaler, retailer sales slip for ninth year in row

Combined sales by Japanese retailers and wholesalers slid 0.7 percent in 2000 from the previous year to 553.17 trillion yen, making it the ninth straight year of decline, the Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry said Friday.
BUSINESS
Jan 27, 2001

FSA to tighten insurance industry rules

The Financial Services Agency plans to tighten its supervisory controls over life and nonlife insurance companies in a bid to keep a closer watch over the nation's hard-pressed insurance industry.
JAPAN
Jan 27, 2001

CPI tumbled 0.7% in 2000

Consumer prices in Japan dropped by a record 0.7 percent in 2000 for the second successive yearly decline, the government said Friday.
EDITORIALS
Jan 27, 2001

Remembering Queen Victoria

Britain this week celebrated an anniversary that may have prompted more national self-reflection than either of the two competing millennial observations did.
JAPAN
Jan 27, 2001

Isahaya Bay dike in new environmental row over seaweed

Just when criticism of a contentious land reclamation project in Nagasaki Prefecture's Isahaya Bay appeared to have blown over, the issue has been rekindled with reports that large amounts of cultivated seaweed in the Ariake Sea, which flows into the bay, are losing their color and yellowing.
CULTURE / Film
Jan 27, 2001

Some guys have all the luck

Here's a strange thing. All our lives, movies have taught us that for love relationships to happen, men must be tall and smooth-skinned and lookgreat in Levi's (let's not even think about how women must be). Yet the very people responsible for generating the myth are often polar opposites of the characters...
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 27, 2001

GOP keeps its faith in the Confederacy

President George W. Bush's nominee for attorney general, John Ashcroft, must wonder why he's gotten so much heat for comments he made about the Confederacy. After all, in the ultra-conservative circles he frequents, there's nothing taboo about his unreconstructed opinions -- even his likely future boss...
Japan and U.S. reach tariff deal with ‘reciprocal’ rate at 15%
U.S. President Donald Trump announced a trade deal with Japan on Tuesday, saying the agreement would create "hundreds of thousands of jobs."
Ishiba denies reports he will resign next month, leaving his fate unclear
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba looks on after meeting with the Liberal Democratic Party executives at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Japan and U.S. both claim win in surprise 11th-hour tariff deal
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Ryosei Akazawa, Japan chief tariff negotiator, in Tokyo
The rise of AI companionship in a lonely Japan
In 2020, 38% of all households were single-person. That figure is projected to rise to 44.3% by 2050.
Rice grain-sized earphone may have been used to cheat on TOEIC English test
A pendant-shaped relay device suspected to have been used to cheat on the TOEIC English proficiency test, in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Tuesday
Japan leans into homegrown AI amid rising competition
McKinsey’s 2025 Technology Trends Outlook, published Wednesday, says that the use of “sovereign AI” is a trend gaining significant global traction, including in Japan.
Induction of Ichiro has Cooperstown fretfully preparing
Ichiro Suzuki will soon become the first Japanese player to be enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
JT picks: What not to miss at Fuji Rock 2025
Fuji Rock Festival turns the green slopes of Niigata Prefecture’s Naeba Ski Resort into a summer escape that offers soundtracks for every mood.
Japan’s top brands get tied up in the great sunscreen debate
A coral reef in Okinawa in July 2022. Some jurisdictions around the world have moved to ban certain sunscreens in a bid to protect coral reefs, but some say the impact on reefs is far from clear.
Pentagon looks to unleash ‘military drone dominance’
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hosts a drone demonstration at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on July 10.

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In 2020, 38% of all households were single-person. That figure is projected to rise to 44.3% by 2050.
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