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JAPAN
Sep 12, 2001

Typhoon Danas lashes Tokyo

Typhoon Danas hit land near Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture on Tuesday morning and went on to buffet Tokyo and its vicinity, police and the Meteorological Agency said.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 12, 2001

Lasorda having a tough time

OSAKA -- Tommy Lasorda, the man who won the World Series twice as manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers and the gold medal last year as the skipper of the U.S. team at the Sydney Games, loves the history of baseball.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Sep 12, 2001

Imports Ramirez, Valdes respond to 'help wanted' calls from Japan

Foreign ballplayers in Japan don't much like it, but they are often referred to as "suketto" in Japanese. The term means helper and it more than implies the hired hands from North America are not necessarily being counted on to lead their team but rather to temporarily "help" the fan-favorite local stars...
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2001

Economic fear keeping wives at work, survey reveals

The longtime practice of women quitting work upon marriage is dying out, with over half continuing in their positions, according to a recent survey by a semigovernmental organization.
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2001

Officials punished for padding bills

OSAKA -- The Osaka City Government punished 29 officials Tuesday in connection with inflated claims made over airline ticket purchases for inspection trips to Sydney in 2000, city officials said.
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2001

Probe begins into suspected mad cow case

The national and Chiba prefectural governments on Tuesday began probing the use of animal-based feed at a farm in Shiroi where the nation's first suspected case of mad cow disease has been found, government officials said.
CULTURE / Art
Sep 12, 2001

Artist sees hospital life through a glass darkly

From Parisian alcoholic Maurice Utrillo to Japan's own polka-dot diva Yayoi Kusama, I would guess that the list of artists who have actually lived in mental institutions is just about as long as the list of painters (Picasso, Dubuffet) who regularly hung around them looking for inspiration, searching...
BUSINESS
Sep 12, 2001

Takenaka, O'Neill to talk economy

The Cabinet Office said Tuesday that Heizo Takenaka, state minister in charge of economic and fiscal policy, and U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill will meet this evening at Takenaka's office.
CULTURE / Art
Sep 12, 2001

Picking out Triennale treasures from the trash

Just 100 years ago, Monet was watching light dance over water lilies and Matisse was scandalizing art critics with his wild use of color.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 12, 2001

Buffaloes blast Marines as Tuffy goes homerless

OSAKA -- Yuji Yoshioka blasted a grand slam and Ken Kadokura (8-4) scattered seven hits over eight innings as the Kintetsu Buffaloes routed the Chiba Lotte Marines 9-2 at the Osaka Dome on Tuesday night.
BUSINESS
Sep 12, 2001

Hitachi Maxell cuts tape making

Hitachi Maxell Ltd. said Tuesday it will discontinue production of videotapes at its U.S. plant in Conyers, Ga., at the end of this year.
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2001

Number of centenarians nears 15,500

The number of Japanese aged 100 or older at the end of this month will probably hit a record 15,475, with women accounting for more than 80 percent of the number, according to a survey released Tuesday by the health ministry.
CULTURE / Film
Sep 12, 2001

The untranslatable language of love

Captain Corelli's Mandolin Rating: * * * Japanese title: Koreri Taii no Mandorin Director: John Madden Running time: 129 minutes Language: English Opens Sept. 22 at the Marunouchi Louvre and other theaters
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2001

National health premiums to rise: ministry official

The health ministry in August told officials in charge of national health insurance at local governments that they can count on higher premiums, according to government sources.
SOCCER / J. League
Sep 12, 2001

JFA confirms dates of Emperor's Cup

This year's Emperor's Cup knockout soccer tournament will kick off on Nov. 25, the Japan Football Association announced Monday.
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2001

Government decides seven ambassadorial appointments

The government decided Tuesday on the appointments of seven ambassadors, including Ryozo Kato as ambassador to the United States and Masaki Orita as ambassador to Britain, Foreign Ministry officials said.
BUSINESS / ON THE FRONT LINE
Sep 12, 2001

Is the greenback poised to ravage the yen?

Having fallen below 120 yen in recent weeks, the dollar has bounced back and now appears poised to gain further ground.
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Sep 12, 2001

Rachid Taha

Algeria's indigenous pop music, rai, which gained international attention in the 1980s, was, like many popular music forms, the result of city slickers adapting music from the sticks for their own purposes and enjoyment. Originally ribald, rai became pointedly political after young people in the '60s...
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2001

Koizumi sends message to Bush over terrorist attacks

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi sent a message to U.S. President George W. Bush late Tuesday expressing shock over what appeared to be coordinated terrorist attacks in New York and Washington.
CULTURE / Art / CERAMIC SCENE
Sep 12, 2001

Power and purity both old and new

The colorful ceramic culture of Kyoto meets the darker, subdued world of Karatsu potter Jinenbo Nakagawa this week at the Tachikichi department store in Kyoto.
CULTURE / Film
Sep 12, 2001

How Madden sees things

Director John Madden came late to the "Corelli" project, but that didn't mean he wasn't prepared, as evidenced by the careful, considered comments he made at a Tokyo press conference last week. While Madden may be working with Hollywood's top stars these days -- and few are hotter than Penelope Cruz,...
CULTURE / Art
Sep 12, 2001

Little forget-me-nots

"I Don't Mind, If You Forget Me" is the rather bold title of Yoshitomo Nara's current exhibition at the Yokohama Museum of Art. But Nara can easily feign indifference, knowing full well that his warped yet archetypal children will have the opposite effect on viewers. With their enlarged heads and bean-shaped...

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Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
The long search for Japan’s lost soldiers