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JAPAN
Jun 2, 2000

Kiriyenko urges isle flexibility

Japan should not set a time limit on the settlement of its territorial row with Russia so that the people of both countries can be fully satisfied with the final resolution, according to former Russian Prime Minister Sergei Kiriyenko.
BUSINESS
Jun 2, 2000

Sony to license PlayStation2, increase semiconductor output

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. said Thursday it will invest 125 billion yen to expand its production capacity for semiconductors, mainly for its PlayStation2 game console.
JAPAN
Jun 2, 2000

Ishihara calls for new ideas on tax reform

Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara on Thursday gave Tokyo's research commission on taxes the task of making "unprecedented suggestions" on tax system reform to the central government commission.
JAPAN
Jun 2, 2000

Mori set to dissolve Diet for elections on June 25

Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori is set to dissolve the Lower House today, effectively kicking off campaigning for general elections slated for June 25.
JAPAN
Jun 2, 2000

Imperial Couple return from tour

The Emperor and Empress returned to Tokyo on Thursday morning after a 13-day, four-nation European tour.
BUSINESS
Jun 2, 2000

DoCoMo tieup eyes i-mode-friendly ads

Mobile phone giant NTT DoCoMo Inc. and major ad agency Dentsu Inc. announced Thursday they have jointly set up an agency specializing in ads to be posted on DoCoMo's i-mode wireless Internet service.
BUSINESS
Jun 2, 2000

Construction firms' total staff declines

The combined workforce of Japan's top 100 construction companies as of the end of March shrank 5.5 percent from a year earlier to 202,378, marking its sixth straight year of decline, a private research institute said Thursday. The downward trend reflects difficulties facing general contractors, who have...
BUSINESS
Jun 2, 2000

New JAMA chief wants taxes untangled

Hiroshi Okuda, new chairman of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, is determined to push the government into rectifying the vehicle tax system and reducing the burden on car owners.
BUSINESS
Jun 2, 2000

Firms unite to make car interiors quiet

OSAKA -- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. and Honda Motor Co. have jointly realized a technological development to make car interiors quieter so that audio systems can be better heard, the two companies said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Jun 2, 2000

Foreign investment hits new high

Spurred by increased capital participation in telecommunications and other companies, direct investment in Japan by foreign companies hit an all-time high of 2.399 trillion yen in fiscal 1999, nearly double the year-before level, the Finance Ministry said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Jun 2, 2000

Prudential to buy Kyoei shares

Kyoei Life Insurance Co. stands to gain up to 30 billion yen from Prudential Insurance Co. of America, which will buy new shares in the firm. The two companies said Thursday that they have signed a memorandum of understanding, which if realized, would see Prudential purchase a minority interest in the...
JAPAN
Jun 2, 2000

No-confidence motion won't get vote

The Lower House Steering Committee said Thursday it will hold a plenary session of the chamber at 1 p.m. today to vote on a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori submitted by the opposition Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Jun 2, 2000

'99 tax revenues likely to hit government target

Japan's tax revenues are likely to have met the government's target in fiscal 1999 for the first time in three years, the Finance Ministry said Thursday.
JAPAN
Jun 2, 2000

Doctor removed healthy breasts

OSAKA — Two women had their breasts removed by a surgeon at a hospital in Hirakata, Osaka Prefecture, in 1996 and 1998 even though pathological tests showed that their tumors were not cancerous, it was learned Thursday.
JAPAN
Jun 2, 2000

Repayment plan eases load on disaster victims

The Health and Welfare Ministry will introduce a flexible repayment policy for the 132.5 billion yen in government loans issued to victims of the Great Hanshin Earthquake, it was announced Thursday.
JAPAN
Jun 2, 2000

DPJ vows to raise taxes in 15-pillar election plan

The Democratic Party of Japan announced Thursday its 15-pillar election pledge that includes increasing income tax — a move that has previously won support from Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa.
JAPAN
Jun 2, 2000

Death row cultist wants leniency for cooperation

A former Aum Shinrikyo follower sentenced to death in October 1998 told an appeals court Thursday that he deserved leniency because his confessions led to the breakthrough in the investigation of the 1989 disappearance of a Yokohama lawyer and his family.
JAPAN
Jun 2, 2000

Official or not, English a must for Japan leaders: symposium

The proposal to make English Japan's official second language has been hotly debated over the past few months, but panelists at a recent symposium say it is Japan's leaders — not necessarily the general public — who need to master the language.
BUSINESS
Jun 2, 2000

Domestic sales of new vehicles in May up 7.7%

Domestic sales of new cars, trucks and buses rose 7.7 percent in May from a year earlier to 284,861 units, the first increase in three months, the Japan Automobile Dealers Association said Thursday.
JAPAN
Jun 2, 2000

New school brings outsiders to town

BEPPU, Oita Pref. — "A friend of mine began using some hair cream and perfume after he was asked for directions by a young lady. He is too old to attract coeds, though," chuckled Kiminori Kumada, in a leisurely local dialect.
JAPAN
Jun 2, 2000

Japan plans G8 disease fund

Japan has proposed that the Group of Eight nations jointly establish a $100 million fund to fight AIDS and other infectious diseases when they meet for their July 21-23 summit in Okinawa, G8 sources said Thursday.
EDITORIALS
Jun 1, 2000

Mr. Fujimori's two faces

Few world leaders are as perplexing as Peru's president, Mr. Alberto Fujimori. Both sides of his complex personality have been on display in recent weeks: the taciturn autocrat who defies international opinion to hold an election and the leader who wins that vote with substantial popular support. But...
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 1, 2000

Swallows take over Central League lead

Kazuhisa Ishii shut out the Chunichi Dragons on four hits over eight innings and drove in all three Yakult runs Tuesday as the Swallows won 3-1 in Toyama to take over the lead in the Central League standings.
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.
Trump announces new tariff rate on Japan — and extension of deadline to Aug. 1
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt holds a trade letter sent by the White House to Japan during a news conference at the White House in Washington on Monday.
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 braces for more quakes as authorities dismiss doomsday hype
Evacuees from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecuture, arrive at Kagoshima Port on Friday.
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.
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.
The future is bright inside the visionary mind of architect Sou Fujimoto
The exhibition of Fujimoto’s architecture surveys his career to date, as well as looks ahead as shown in his proposal of a future floating city designed in collaboration with data scientist Hiroaki Miyata.

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