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BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 24, 2000

'Stars outslug Giants

Hitoshi Tamura doubled home the go-ahead run in the seventh inning Friday as the Yokohama BayStars ended the Yomiuri Giants' seven-game winning streak with a 7-6 victory.
CULTURE / Art
Jun 24, 2000

Glimpses of global tragedies on a long and winding road

A nameless road continues on for thousands of miles under thousands of different skies, wending its way through thousands of different landscapes. Along either side anonymous towns and cities flow by with regularity, like scenes in a photography album sorted by a methodical traveler.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 23, 2000

Wilson's hat trick of homers keys Fighters

Designated-hitter Nigel Wilson went 3-for-5 with three solo homers as the surging Nippon Ham Fighters cruised to a 14-5 victory over the Lotte Marines at the Tokyo Dome on Thursday.
JAPAN / ELECTION 2000: VOX POPULI
Jun 23, 2000

Dailies helping bureaucrats keep status quo: van Wolferen

Major Japanese newspapers are in league with bureaucrats to maintain the status quo and are the biggest obstacle to political reform, warns Dutch journalist Karel van Wolferen.
BUSINESS
Jun 23, 2000

7dream.com Web shop to open in July

7dream.com Ltd., a joint venture centered on convenience store chain Seven-Eleven Japan Co., announced Thursday that it will open one of the nation's biggest e-commerce shopping Web sites on July 1.
JAPAN
Jun 23, 2000

Refugee attacks Japan's asylum process

Over 10 years have passed since Myanmar democracy activist Than Htay fled to Japan from his military-ruled motherland on May 26, 1990, the day before a general election whose results were nullified by the junta.
JAPAN
Jun 23, 2000

Two held for using Myanmar coins

OSAKA — Two Myanmar sailors were caught last month using Myanmar coins to buy cigarettes and collect change from a vending machine in Osaka, police said Thursday.
JAPAN
Jun 23, 2000

Train etiquette drive launched at McDonald's nationwide

Hamburger-eaters began receiving reminders on how to be more polite train riders Thursday as the Japan Non-Government Railways Association took its ongoing campaign to improve commuters' etiquette to McDonald's restaurants.
BUSINESS
Jun 23, 2000

Talks heat up over zero-interest policy

The deputy governor of the Bank of Japan said Thursday that discussion among BOJ Policy Board members on abandoning the zero-interest-rate policy is gradually heating up, citing improvements in private demand.
BUSINESS
Jun 23, 2000

Personal bankruptcies set another new record

The number of individuals who filed for personal bankruptcy at the nation's courts in fiscal 1999 totaled 122,741, up about 19,000 from the previous year and marking a new record for the fourth year in a row, the Supreme Court said Thursday.
JAPAN
Jun 23, 2000

Mori states another opinion

Comments which some took to be Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori's plans for educational reform were dismissed Thursday by Chief Cabinet Secretary Mikio Aoki as mere "personal opinions" not on the government's policy agenda.
EDITORIALS
Jun 23, 2000

Russia's war against the oligarchs

There may be a new boss in the Kremlin, but the Byzantine politics that rage behind its walls continue. Recent moves against two of Russia's most prominent businessmen -- the "oligarchs" -- have kindled speculation about who is making policy and to what end. Is President Vladimir Putin cleaning up the...
BUSINESS
Jun 23, 2000

Used car group seeks to bring in new allies

Carseven Development Corp., a union of major used car dealers, announced Thursday that it will form strategic alliances with an affiliate of Tokyo Nissan Auto Sales Co. and a subsidiary of Stanley Electric Co. to reinforce its purchasing and sales network.
JAPAN
Jun 23, 2000

Osaka releases detailed Olympic plan submitted to IOC

OSAKA — The city of Osaka on Thursday released the details of its 2008 Olympic plans, three days after submitting them to the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne, Switzerland.
BUSINESS
Jun 23, 2000

Softbank's Son says stocks not in 'Net share bubble'

Softbank Corp. President Masayoshi Son on Thursday rejected criticism that Internet companies' share prices have been inflated as part of what industry analysts have termed a "Net share bubble."
COMMUNITY
Jun 23, 2000

Hearts will blossom on a classic ground

One beautiful day in mid-autumn, while watching my silent garden-scape, I remembered a voice I had heard from the flowers in the summer sun. "We flowers want your heart to blossom," they had said in one voice.
COMMENTARY
Jun 23, 2000

Victory predicted for LDP

The major Japanese newspapers that conducted polls on the June 25 Lower House election this week made these stunning forecasts:
JAPAN
Jun 23, 2000

High school nurses compile Battle of Okinawa memoirs

The alumnae association of a girls' high school in Okinawa has published a collection of testimonies by former students who survived the World War II Battle of Okinawa, officials of the group said Wednesday.
CULTURE / Music / PLAY BUTTON
Jun 23, 2000

Bad boys of summer and good vibes of fests

The influx of hip-hop style and substance into white America's musical consciousness has given pop music a series of bad boys who, in another era, would be hanging out at the nearest fraternity keg party.
Japan stands its ground after Trump letter delivers 25% U.S. tariff shock
U.S. President Donald Trump (left) and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick at Morristown Airport, New Jersey, on Sunday. Trump on Monday sent letters to 12 countries notifying them of new "reciprocal" tariff rates effective Aug. 1.
Japan to set up 'control tower' for crimes by foreign residents
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday.
China’s housing crisis is worse than it seems
Residential buildings under construction in Shanghai in July 2022. The Chinese government risks long-term decline by repeating Japan’s policy mistakes in handling its real estate and demographic crises.
Japan and Canada ink key intel-sharing deal
Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand shakes hands with Japan's top diplomat, Takeshi Iwaya, at the end of a signing ceremony for an information security agreement, after bilateral talks in Tokyo on Tuesday.
NGOs condemn rise in anti-immigrant rhetoric ahead of Upper House vote
Sanseito head Sohei Kamiya holds a board that reads "Japanese First" in Tokyo on July 2. In a joint statement on Tuesday, eight human rights nongovernmental organizations described the far-right party's stance as "hate speech."
Japanese dancers find a home abroad at Houston Ballet
“Giselle” lead Yuriko Kajiya (center), performing with Connor Walsh as Albrecht, is one of six Japanese dancers at Houston Ballet.
From the Abes to the Ohtanis: How siblings shape athletic development
Olympic judoka Uta Abe (second from left) and Hifumi Abe (second from right) with their brother Yuichiro (center) and their parents. “I’m always consciously trying to be a good older brother,” Yuichiro said.
Foreign nationals' presence in Japan emerges as key issue in Upper House poll
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a campaign speech next to a Liberal Democratic Party candidate for the Upper House (top center left) in Yokohama on Sunday.
Scams involving police impersonation surge
A video by the National Police Agency warns about fake scams.
Lawson to let visitors use larger parking lots as paid car campsites
A Lawson convenience store in Yachiyo, Chiba Prefecture. A new service from the company comes amid the rise in inbound tourists, making hotels and inns harder to book and more expensive.

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