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BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 7, 2000

Daiei blows it again; Lions stay in the hunt

Kiyoshi Hatsushiba helped put on hold the Daiei Hawks' title celebration for the second straight night as his tie-breaking homer lifted the Lotte Marines to a 5-4 victory over the Pacific League leaders on Friday at Chiba Marine Stadium.
JAPAN
Oct 7, 2000

Better links to Pyongyang seen if Tokyo and Seoul get closer

One of the winners of this year's Japan Foundation Award said he hopes promoting closer ties between South Korea and Japan will also lead to stronger links between Tokyo and Pyongyang.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Oct 7, 2000

Catching up on Japanese baseball

With the Sydney Olympics now history, let's take a look at what happened in Japanese pro baseball while most of the sports world focused its attention on Australia and the Summer Games.
EDITORIALS
Oct 7, 2000

The U.S. gets a real choice

There are complaints aplenty about U.S. politics, but the first debate between this year's presidential candidates was a reminder of what is right with the system. Rarely do voters anywhere have the opportunity to see their candidates square off and discuss issues in an intelligent and direct manner....
JAPAN
Oct 7, 2000

Panel eyes reform of state-conferred honors system

A government panel has proposed that the state-conferred decoration system be simplified and the government address the fact that more honors go to people in the public sector than in the private sector, government officials said.
JAPAN
Oct 7, 2000

KSD probed in breach of clients' trust

Tokyo public prosecutors launched an investigation Friday into an alleged breach-of-trust case involving the head of a Tokyo-based mutual aid organization for small enterprises.
JAPAN
Oct 7, 2000

Magnitude 7.3 quake rocks western Japan

A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 hit the Chugoku region near the Sea of Japan coast in western Japan at 1:30 p.m. Friday, injuring at least 34 people and damaging several buildings, the Meteorological Agency and police said.
JAPAN
Oct 7, 2000

State files a new appeal to avoid pollution redress

OSAKA -- The government filed a request Friday with the Osaka High Court, in an effort to reopen an appeal which resulted in a lower court ruling that the state and a highway operator pay compensation to residents of Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, for air polluted by vehicle exhaust emissions.
JAPAN
Oct 7, 2000

Emergency voice-mail set up

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp. said Friday it has set up an emergency voice-mail service for people worried about friends and family in regions of western Japan affected by a powerful earthquake earlier in the day.
JAPAN
Oct 7, 2000

Japan to give Pyongyang rice aid despite kidnap claims

The government on Friday officially announced plans to send 500,000 tons of rice as additional food aid to North Korea.
JAPAN
Oct 7, 2000

Osaka seeks interpreters for hospitals

OSAKA -- Osaka Prefecture will take steps to increase the number of volunteer interpreters at its hospitals in an effort to better deal with the variety of foreign languages spoken by patients, it was learned Friday.
JAPAN
Oct 7, 2000

Classroom rankings could go

An Education Ministry panel proposed Friday that elementary and junior high schools scrap relative ranking of students' academic achievements within a classroom in favor of absolute criteria.
JAPAN
Oct 7, 2000

Coast guard red-faced over dent

The pride of the Japan Coast Guard was dented Friday when one of its patrol boats took on water after colliding with a much smaller fishing boat in calm water and with good visibility.
CULTURE / Art
Oct 7, 2000

Ten of the best from Australia

Australian Nicola Townsend's Nanpeidai apartment looks different from my last visit. The furniture is the same, but there is a subtle change in the atmosphere and light. Then I realize that it's the paintings. After a sell-out show of works from her native soil earlier this year, the independent curator...
CULTURE / Music / HOGAKU TODAY
Oct 7, 2000

Tales of romance and bloodshed come alive in Shinnai song

Some of the performing arts of Japan are so spectacular that they grab your attention and immediately make you feel a part of the music. Taiko drumming is one; rhythm speaks directly to our bodies, and the beating of a stick on a drum has a physical appeal to all, regardless of language or culture.
JAPAN
Oct 7, 2000

Agency to target whale poaching with revised rules

The Fisheries Agency will clamp down on the possession and sale of illegal whale meat by revising regulations to impose fines and prison sentences amid criticism that poached whale meat is being sold in Japan, sources said Friday.
COMMENTARY / THE VIEW FROM MOSCOW
Oct 7, 2000

And now, the green peril?

Today, the green banner of Islam inspires almost as much fear as the red Soviet flag did several decades ago. This fear is not entirely unjustified. Of course, it would be silly to label Muslim culture "aggressive" or "intolerant"; yet too many acts of aggression and intolerance have been conducted under...
MORE SPORTS
Oct 7, 2000

Purple princess outdukes Dokic

Serena Williams might aspire to be the queen of women's tennis, but for now she's merely aiming to be a Toyota Princess.
JAPAN
Oct 7, 2000

Clash in Diet disrupts electoral reform debate

The ruling coalition on Friday began deliberations in the Diet on a contentious bill to revise the Upper House electoral system after a violent confrontation with the boycotting opposition, whose members tried to block the door to a committee meeting room.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 7, 2000

Britain's future is at the heart of Europe

Britain is still on course to join the euro despite the narrow rejection of formal membership by Denmark in last week's referendum. Denmark is Europe's second-smallest country, represents only 2 percent of European gross national product, and anyway has already tied its currency, the krone, to the euro....
CULTURE / Stage
Oct 7, 2000

Loose Sock theater company offers creative collaboration

Nestled in the cloudy seaside bluffs of Yamate in Yokohama stands the newly renovated Gaiety Theater. With origins dating back to 1870, the Gaiety has operated from various locations and hosted numerous theatrical organizations of Yokohama's foreign thespian community.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 6, 2000

Champagne still on ice for Hawks

Kiyoshi Hatsushiba nailed two homers and Hiroo Ishii added another clout for Lotte as the Marines beat the Daiei Hawks 8-5 at Chiba Marine Stadium on Thursday, putting Daiei's second straight Pacific League crown on hold.
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2000

Opposition parties refuse to attend coalition's debate of corruption bill

The ruling bloc began deliberations in the Lower House on an anticorruption bill Thursday as opposition lawmakers continued their boycott.
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2000

Lawyers defend axing charges against Asahara

Prosecutors on Thursday defended their decision to drop four drug-related charges against Shoko Asahara, saying the move is necessary to speed the Aum Shinrikyo founder's trial.
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2000

Former hospital chief arrested

OSAKA -- Prosecutors on Thursday served a new arrest warrant on a former hospital director on suspicion of taking 800,000 yen in bribes from three pharmaceutical companies whose products were used by the hospital.
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2000

Hermit problem recognized

The Health and Welfare Ministry is planning to conduct extensive research on a growing legion of people who refuse to go to school or work, choosing instead to remain at home for long periods of time, ministry officials said Thursday.
SOCCER / J. League
Oct 6, 2000

Troussier vows victory for Japan

"We'll get the Asian Cup back home," said Japan soccer manager Philippe Troussier on Thursday at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo, only a few hours before his senior team's departure for the upcoming Asian Cup.
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2000

NPA targets credit card fraud

The National Police Agency said Thursday it will develop a data-sharing system aimed at curbing the surge in crimes involving counterfeit credit cards, which caused losses exceeding 9 billion yen last year.
EDITORIALS
Oct 6, 2000

China's war on faith

Faith may be a private matter, but the Chinese government takes no chances. The Chinese Constitution guarantees every citizen the freedom to practice whatever religion he or she chooses. In practice, however, every religion has to subordinate itself to the Chinese Communist Party. The power holders in...

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