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COMMENTARY
Sep 9, 2000

Parties plan for the 2001 vote

A new political season begins in Japan when an extraordinary Diet session starts later this month.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 9, 2000

Historical irony haunts Chinese uprising

HONG KONG -- Last March 8, the Chinese government executed a former vice governor of the southeast province of Jiangxi, in the hope that this would demonstrate its determination to act against corrupt and oppressive officials.
CULTURE / Art / CERAMIC SCENE
Sep 9, 2000

Putting no price on the beautiful

If all the pottery that I live with and use suddenly disappeared from my home, I would find myself quite blue. Those pieces, in their silent voices, spark my imagination and encourage me to live each day with grace and style; they are good friends. Someday I know I will have to part with them; that is...
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 9, 2000

The two Koreas and the great powers

The multifaceted character of the Korean problem and the uneven progress made by its protagonists were once again on display last week.
JAPAN
Sep 9, 2000

China should give notice of maritime research: Kono

Foreign Minister Yohei Kono said Friday that China should give Japan about six months notice before conducting maritime research in Japan's exclusive economic waters.
BUSINESS
Sep 9, 2000

Sumitomo insurers eye policy sales cooperation

Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. and casualty insurer Sumitomo Marine & Fire Insurance Co. are considering selling each other's policies and jointly developing insurance products, officials of the two firms said Friday.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 9, 2000

Nationalism before the national interest

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia -- If you ever chance to fly in the wintertime to the disputed Northern Territories -- a cluster of volcanic islets claimed by both Russia and Japan, and known as the southern Kuril Islands to Russians -- be prepared to be stranded.
CULTURE / Art
Sep 9, 2000

Photographer, gallery meet at the edge of Shinjuku

You'd never suspect it to look at the polite 27-year-old German photographer, but a survey of David Steets' work can lead to no other conclusion: Here is a man who loves to live on the edge.
EDITORIALS
Sep 9, 2000

Dreaming of a better world

It is tempting to dismiss this week's Millennium Summit at the United Nations as pure hype. After all, it declared its aim was the eradication of poverty and war in the 21st century. Good luck. Yet, if the U.N. and its members do not hold such ambitions, then there is very little hope for our world in...
BUSINESS
Sep 9, 2000

Top five steelmakers to forgo dividends

Japan's top five steelmakers will not pay dividends for the first half of fiscal 2000 as they continue to face a difficult business climate, according to consolidated earnings projections for the April to September period released Friday.
EDITORIALS
Sep 8, 2000

No hurry when it comes to NMD

U.S. President Bill Clinton announced last week that he would put off any final decision on national missile defense. Instead, his successor will have to decide whether to go ahead with the controversial program. It is the right decision. The United States should not rush to deploy an antimissile program...
BUSINESS
Sep 8, 2000

DaimlerChrysler to raise MMC stake to near 40%

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. on Thursday agreed to let DaimlerChrsyler AG increase its planned equity stake in MMC and send a top officer to its executive board, MMC sources said.
JAPAN
Sep 8, 2000

Parties' fundraising totals fell in 1999 amid slack economy

Japanese political parties collected 151.8 billion yen in donations, fees and government subsidies in 1999, down 18.6 percent, or 34.7 billion yen, from the year before, the largest decline since the government began tracking the statistic in 1976.
JAPAN
Sep 8, 2000

Nigerian envoy promotes natural gas

The Nigerian ambassador to Japan on Thursday called on Japanese companies to invest in his country, particularly to make better use of its natural gas, much of which is wasted due to a lack of technology there.
JAPAN
Sep 8, 2000

MITI kills off proposal for carbon tax

A key government panel reviewing the nation's Basic Environment Plan released an interim report calling for the introduction of economic measures to resolve environmental problems.
JAPAN
Sep 8, 2000

6.3% fewer juvenile offenders

The number of cases involving juveniles sent to prosecutors in 1999 was 279,774, a decline of 6.3 percent from the previous year's figure, the Justice Ministry said in an annual report released Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 8, 2000

Yamamoto to resign from Diet over arrest

Former DPJ lawmaker Joji Yamamoto, arrested earlier this week on suspicion of fraud, said Thursday he will resign from the House of Representatives, according to his lawyer.
JAPAN
Sep 8, 2000

Miyake Island evacuees found to be physically, mentally taxed

The process of evacuation from volcanic Miyake Island and the glare of the national spotlight is taking its toll on some evacuees.
BUSINESS
Sep 8, 2000

Meeting on infectious diseases slated for December

Japan plans to host a conference in early December to promote cooperation in fighting infectious diseases that have ravaged many developing countries, government sources said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Sep 8, 2000

FRC approves banks' plan to set up Mizuho Holdings

The Financial Reconstruction Commission approved a plan Thursday by Fuji Bank, Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank and the Industrial Bank of Japan to set up a holding company as well as a plan by a Sakura Bank-led consortium to form an Internet bank.
BUSINESS
Sep 8, 2000

Dai-ichi Mutual to tie up with American Family

Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Co. and U.S. insurer American Family Life Assurance Co. of Columbus on Thursday announced that they will tie up to cross-sell and jointly develop products.
BUSINESS
Sep 8, 2000

April-June investment rose 2.2% on year

Capital investment by Japanese companies expanded 2.2 percent in the April-June quarter from a year earlier on an all-industry basis for the second consecutive quarter of increase, the Finance Ministry said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Sep 8, 2000

Chip makers plan huge investment

Japan's five major semiconductor chip makers plan to invest a record 954 billion yen this fiscal year to expand or improve manufacturing facilities, company officials said Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 8, 2000

Complaint filed over deportee abuse

Tokyo lawyers filed a criminal complaint with the Chiba District Court on Thursday against the president and employees of a security company for assaulting and extorting money as a "guarding fee" from two Tunisians who were refused entry into Japan at Narita Airport.
Tokyo emerges as a top market for global tech talent
Tokyo ranks among the world's top tech talent hubs alongside Beijing, the San Francisco Bay Area, Bengaluru, Paris, New York and Dublin, according to Colliers' newly released global tech markets report.
JSA’s 100th anniversary event is a once-in-a-lifetime chance for sumo fans
Egyptian wrestler Osunaarashi has some fun with children during a special Japan Sumo Association event in 2017.
Tens of millions of yen found at home of Aum Shinrikyo founder's wife
The house of the wife of the late Chizuo Matsumoto, the now-defunct Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult's founder, in Koshigaya, Saitama Prefecture, in July
Japan researchers identify gut bacteria strain that boosts anticancer drugs
Researchers at the National Cancer Center Japan say a new type of gut bacteria named YB328 could help unlock the potential of cancer immunotherapy.
Living conditions index hits lowest level in 15 years in Japan
The share of respondents to a Bank of Japan quarterly survey in June who said they have become worse off came to 61.0%, up 5.1 percentage points from the previous survey.
Craig Mod's life in motion in a disappearing Japan
Mod's memoir “Things Become Other Things” chronicles his walking trips across the Kii Peninsula, surveying “a graceful end to a certain life cycle.”
With China and Trump, Japan defense report says world entering ‘new era of crisis’
A senior member of a Self-Defense Forces honor guard inspects a formation before the arrival of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba for a visit to the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on June 30.
Tokyo stocks hit by a perfect storm of tariffs, politics and budget worries
Tokyo stocks are underperforming shares in other large markets globally.
Japan researchers identify gut bacteria strain that boosts anticancer drugs
Researchers at the National Cancer Center Japan say a new type of gut bacteria named YB328 could help unlock the potential of cancer immunotherapy.
Tokyobike founder believes in taking in sights of dynamic cities slowly
Ichiro Kanai, founder and president of Tokyobike, is developing a niche but a new customer base who want to cycle as part of a lifestyle.

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