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CULTURE / Music / MUSIC NOMAD
Jan 23, 2001

Artists with eclectic tastes dispute the 'healing' tag

Of all the nonsensical musical genres, perhaps the most irksome is one coined here in Japan: "healing" music.
BUSINESS
Jan 23, 2001

DoCoMo to launch roaming phone

Cellular operator NTT DoCoMo Inc. announced Monday that it will start marketing on Jan. 29 a dual-mode cellular phone that can be used in Japan and much of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania.
BUSINESS
Jan 23, 2001

Paper production posts record high

Japan's paper and cardboard output grew 3.9 percent in 2000 from 1999 to 31.83 million tons, marking a record high for the second year in a row, the Japan Paper Association said Monday.
JAPAN
Jan 23, 2001

Dentistry exam also leaked in 1999

A professor at Nippon Dental University who allegedly leaked questions on a national dentistry examination to another professor had been doing so for two straight years, sources close to the case said Monday.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Jan 23, 2001

Gender, identity, plain old eros

MALE HOMOSEXUALITY IN MODERN JAPAN: Cultural Myths and Social Realities, by Mark J. McLelland. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press, 2000, 268 pp., b/w plates 17, 15.99 British pounds (paper). Mark McLelland begins this pioneering study by quoting Alfred Kinsey to the effect that nature rarely deals with...
JAPAN
Jan 23, 2001

Three held over smuggling of 'konnyaku' from China

OSAKA -- Three men have been arrested on suspicion of smuggling about 14 tons of "konnyaku" flour from China, police and customs officials said Monday.
COMMENTARY
Jan 22, 2001

Fairness for foreign workers

The recent arrest of Tadao Koseki, former president of KSD, a mutual-aid society for small business, on bribery charges has turned the spotlight on problems involving foreigners working here as "trainees." Koseki was also director of an agency called IMM Japan that takes care of trainees from Indonesia....
EDITORIALS
Jan 22, 2001

Mr. Bush gets down to business

Texas Gov. George W. Bush was sworn as the 43rd president of the United States at noon on Saturday in Washington. Mr. Bush leads a nation that is more politically divided than at any time in its history. He must bring the country together. The U.S. must be united if it is to assume its role as a leader...
JAPAN
Jan 22, 2001

Cities merge to become Nishi-Tokyo

The city of Nishi-Tokyo was born in northwestern Tokyo Sunday as Tanashi and Hoya merged into a new entity of 15.8 sq. km and about 180,000 people, mostly commuters who work in downtown Tokyo.
JAPAN
Jan 22, 2001

Third teacher arrested in dental exam scandal

A 56-year-old professor at Nippon Dental University was arrested Sunday on suspicion of leaking questions on a national dentistry examination last year, bringing the number of those jailed in the scandal to three, police sources said.
JAPAN
Jan 22, 2001

Nukaga likely to step down

State minister Fukushiro Nukaga is likely to resign from his Cabinet post today in the wake of allegations he received 15 million yen from KSD, a provider of industrial accident insurance, in 1999 and 2000, political sources said Sunday.
JAPAN
Jan 22, 2001

Experts reach agreement to preserve disputed isles

Scientists, conservation experts and policymakers from Japan and Russia on Sunday called for joint scientific research and a cooperative program transcending politics to preserve four pristine Russian islands that punctuate the southern Kuril archipelago northeast of Hokkaido.
SOCCER / World cup
Jan 22, 2001

World Cup fans face multiple-entry visa ban

The government has decided not to issue multiple-entry visas to foreigners visiting Japan next year for the World Cup finals because of concerns over hooligans, government sources said Sunday.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 22, 2001

The clock is ticking for Gen. Musharraf

ISLAMABAD -- Gen. Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's military ruler, has vowed to give Pakistanis a new life through the establishment a new political order. This promise will be put to test in the next few months.
JAPAN
Jan 22, 2001

Mori calls for stronger Japanese-U.S. ties

Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori released a statement early Sunday calling for a closer alliance between Japan and the United States under the administration of newly inaugurated U.S. President George W. Bush.
COMMENTARY
Jan 22, 2001

Dealing with regional anxiety

HONOLULU -- With the inauguration of President George W. Bush's administrations, anxiety levels about future U.S. policy in Asia remain high. In Tokyo, there are apprehensions that Japan will be liked too much; that Washington will expect more from its steadfast ally than Japan is prepared to deliver....
MORE SPORTS
Jan 22, 2001

Kobe defends company rugby league title

Kobe Steel clinched the National Company Rugby Union Championship for the second consecutive year and ninth time overall after beating Toyota Motor 29-26 on Sunday at Tokyo's Chichibunomiya Stadium.
JAPAN
Jan 22, 2001

Donor allows first intestine transplant

The nation's first transplantation of a small intestine from a legally established brain-dead donor was conducted Sunday by a group of doctors at Kyoto University Hospital in Kyoto, transplant coordinators said.
JAPAN
Jan 22, 2001

Accidents from snow leave five people dead, 300 injured

Snow in western and eastern Japan abated Sunday, leaving five dead and 300 injured injured in traffic accidents and other mishaps in Tokyo and its surrounding areas, which usually get little snow, police and firefighters said.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 22, 2001

Partnerships for humanitarian crises

The number of refugees, displaced people and others of concern to the UNHCR jumped from under 15 million in 1990 to over 22 million in 2000: a 50 percent increase over the decade. Refugees are a symptom of a deeper malaise in the polities from which they have fled. The failure to establish satisfactory...
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Jan 22, 2001

Hydrogen future: Iceland's quest for a clean, green energy legacy

The future is wherever people are "thinking outside the box," seeking atypical solutions to problems of the status quo.
BUSINESS
Jan 22, 2001

FSA should hire experts to enhance effectiveness of No-Action Letter system

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COMMENTARY / World
Jan 21, 2001

Avoiding generalizations about ASEAN

CHIANG MAI, Thailand -- Recent days have seen the emergence of a number of cliches in the press with reference to policies and trends in Asia and particularly to ASEAN. Among the most common are the following:
JAPAN
Jan 21, 2001

Pregnancy, critics won't sway Ibaraki woman's re-election bid

IBARAKI, Osaka Pref. -- For Mutsuko Katsura, a 32-year old Ibaraki Municipal Assembly member, seeking a second term in office came as naturally as her desire to have a baby.
JAPAN
Jan 21, 2001

Female Internet entrepreneur prefers company-making to money-making

Back in 1986, Tomoko Namba didn't really know what management consultancy firms did. She just wanted to join a company where she could "work and make money" at the same level as a man.
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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