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CULTURE / Music / PLAY BUTTON
Oct 15, 1999

Tell JB to get a new bag -- this girl's got her own funk

Takako Minekawa is a sound nerd.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 14, 1999

Megawati has lost her way

HONG KONG -- Indonesia faces a more profound immediate national crisis than India or Japan -- but all three face the same basic political problem: They badly need an effective ruling coalition. In New Delhi and Tokyo, a coalition government is in place. In Jakarta, it isn't.
EDITORIALS
Oct 14, 1999

The limits in Pakistan

The coup that deposed Pakistan's prime minister, Mr. Nawaz Sharif, was a long time coming. It had many causes, the most immediate of which was the animosity between Mr. Sharif and the military. But by almost every measure, Mr. Sharif's term in office has been a disaster. That does not excuse the military's...
JAPAN
Oct 14, 1999

Obuchi, Arafat pledge to work for peace

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi and visiting Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat reaffirmed Thursday that they will cooperate to ensure peace in the Middle East.
JAPAN
Oct 14, 1999

Hiroo hospital raided in case of fatal IV drip

Tokyo Metropolitan Hiroo Hospital was raided Thursday by the Metropolitan Police Department in connection with the death of a woman in February after disinfectant was placed in her IV drip.
JAPAN
Oct 14, 1999

Queensland seeks biotech exchange with Japan

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JAPAN
Oct 14, 1999

Sakura-Sumitomo alliance wins rave reviews

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JAPAN
Oct 14, 1999

MITI plans to inspect nuclear power plants

The Ministry of International Trade and Industry will conduct on-site inspections next week of the nation's 51 nuclear power plants, trade chief Takashi Fukaya said Thursday.
JAPAN
Oct 14, 1999

Professor calls for legal panel to aid media victims

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JAPAN
Oct 14, 1999

Keidanren urges MITI to help ailing small firms

Top business leaders want Takashi Fukaya, new minister for international trade and industry, to take further measures to assist small and midsize firms that are struggling amid the stagnant economy, officials of the Japan Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren) said Thursday.
LIFE / Travel
Oct 14, 1999

Back-to-nature nomads on the open sea

SEATTLE, Wash. -- "I must down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, and all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by."
LIFE / Food & Drink / WINE WAYS
Oct 14, 1999

Heeding the siren call of Sopron's wine country

A Japanese friend I recently met amid the late-summer amalgam of humid heat, mucky air and urban frenzy suddenly assumed a rather wistful faraway look and expressed the desire to get away from the whole maddening throng and disappear into nature.
JAPAN
Oct 14, 1999

DaimlerChrysler, Nippon Mitsubishi tie up on fuel cells

Nippon Mitsubishi Oil Corp., a leading Japanese oil distributor, and DaimlerChrysler Japan Holding, Ltd. announced Thursday that they have agreed to conduct joint research to promote vehicles powered by fuel cells.
LIFE / Food & Drink / NIHONSHU
Oct 14, 1999

Yeast developments give rise to wonderful new possibilities

Yeast has been one of those great technical advances in the sake world -- one factor that separates great ginjo of today from the run-of-the-mill sake of yesteryear. Over the last 10 years or so, dozens of new yeast strains have been developed and incorporated into sake brewing.
JAPAN
Oct 14, 1999

Envoy says Malaysian economy 'out of the woods'

The Malaysian economy is "out of the woods" and on the path to recovery, Malaysia's Ambassador to Japan Dato Marzuki bin Mohammad Noor said during a visit to The Japan Times Thursday.
JAPAN
Oct 14, 1999

IOC exec advises Osaka on Games facilities

OSAKA -- A top IOC official met with Osaka officials Thursday for discussions about the city's efforts to build sports facilities for the 2008 Olympics.
JAPAN
Oct 14, 1999

Stores attempt to invent new holiday

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JAPAN
Oct 14, 1999

Mission to scout East Timor aid flights

The Japanese government will send a six-day mission to West Timor on Sunday to study whether Self-Defense Forces aircraft can be used to transport supplies from Indonesia to East Timorese refugees, Chief Cabinet Secretary Mikio Aoki said Thursday.
JAPAN
Oct 14, 1999

Auto firms pin sales hopes on show

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CULTURE / Art
Oct 14, 1999

It's a grill, it's a mini-kiln, it's a shichirin!

Pottery making is one of the most popular hobbies in Japan. Thousands of amateur potters reach the semiprofessional level, but they seldom fire their works by themselves. Unless they have their own kiln, they have to ask pottery schools or professionals to fire their pieces -- a service for which they...
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Oct 14, 1999

Food dilettantes need not apply

There are so many plants around the entrance of A Tes Souhaits you'd be forgiven for thinking this is one of those feminine restaurants where flowers and fancy frills take precedence over the food. The sight of the sous-chef squatting by the kitchen door plucking a wild fowl should disillusion you of...
JAPAN
Oct 13, 1999

Palestinians to open Japan office

The Palestinian Authority hopes to establish a representative office in Japan in the near future, a minister of the authority said Thursday in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Oct 13, 1999

Chavez, Obuchi talk of Venezuela's reforms

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived Wednesday in Tokyo and met with Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi to explain a list of ambitious reforms he has planned for the oil-rich but poverty-stricken South American country.
JAPAN
Oct 13, 1999

92 million in unsecured loans not favors: Ochi's office

A management organization for political funds of Michio Ochi, who was named financial reconstruction minister in Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi's new Cabinet last week, has received 92.75 million yen in uncollateralized loans from financial institutions, according to a recently released Home Affairs Ministry...
JAPAN
Oct 13, 1999

University not party to Princeton bonds

Princeton University of the United States has issued a statement that the institution has nothing to do with the Princeton bonds at the center of a recent financial scandal.
JAPAN
Oct 13, 1999

Yasuda joins Direct Line on variable-risk auto insurance

Major life insurer Yasuda Mutual Life Insurance Co. and U.K.-based Direct Line Group announced Wednesday they will form a joint venture to sell automobile insurance through direct channels.
JAPAN
Oct 13, 1999

FTC files complaint against 11 oil firms

The Fair Trade Commission filed a criminal complaint Wednesday against 11 oil wholesalers, alleging that they rigged bids on fuel sold to the Defense Agency, in violation of the Antimonopoly Law.
JAPAN
Oct 13, 1999

Regional Special: KYUSHU

Reclamation project splits locals, power elite> Staff writer
LIFE / Digital / CYBERIA
Oct 13, 1999

Not just for kids anymore

I was never much of a video-game player, although I did have a brief infatuation with Missile Command. (It ended when a pal proceeded to stomp me every time we went head to head.) I must be one of the few: Video games are reckoned to be a $20 billion-a-year industry and revenues now outpace movie-ticket...
JAPAN
Oct 13, 1999

GAISF meeting opens; Osaka told to be prudent

OSAKA -- The Monaco-based General Association of International Sports Federations opened its general assembly meeting Wednesday in Osaka with IOC officials cautioning the city, which is bidding for the 2008 Olympics, to be prudent when passing out gifts.

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Mount Fuji is considered one of Japan's most iconic symbols and is a major draw for tourists. It's still a mountain, though, and potential hikers need to properly prepare for any climb.
What it takes to save lives on Mount Fuji