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COMMENTARY
Aug 27, 2001

Lessons of the Yasukuni visit

Settlement has been reached, at least temporarily, on two thorny issues that sparked criticism both at home and abroad: a junior high school history textbook edited by the Japanese Society for History Textbook Reform and Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visit to Yasukuni Shrine.
JAPAN
Aug 27, 2001

Mysterious rabbit killings continue

Eleven rabbits were found to have been killed Sunday morning at a school for disabled children in the city of Tottori following the deaths of 10 others earlier this month, police said.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 27, 2001

Immigrants' uphill battle to learn English

SANTA MARIA, Calif. -- The Asian immigrant was described as speaking in "halting English" even after 20 years of living in the United States. The reporter of the Central California newspaper seemed to suggest that 20 years of living in the country should have resulted in a strong command of the language....
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 27, 2001

Rhodes devours Ham for lunch

Tuffy Rhodes belted his 44th homer of the season Sunday to regain a share of the lead in the Pacific League home-run derby and power the Kintetsu Buffaloes 7-2 over the Nippon Ham Fighters.
JAPAN
Aug 27, 2001

Six foreigners held over illegal entry

KITAKYUSHU -- Police have arrested four Thais on suspicion of illegally entering Japan from Shimonoseki, as well as a South Korean and an American on suspicion of helping the women.
JAPAN
Aug 27, 2001

Researchers may defy embryo ban

A research association has drafted guidelines on cloned human embryos that will advocate their creation for use in regenerative medicine, but ban the act of cloning humans, the group said.
JAPAN
Aug 27, 2001

Police officer killed in scuffle with armed man

A police officer attacked by a knife-wielding man Sunday in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward shot and killed his assailant before dying of his wounds.
COMMENTARY / THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK
Aug 27, 2001

U.S. wants justice for all -- except itself

NEW YORK -- On Aug. 2, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia convicted Bosnian Serb Gen. Radislav Krstic of genocide. But even before the verdict, the Bush administration had made clear its opposition to the effort to create an International Criminal Court, which would broaden...
JAPAN
Aug 27, 2001

SMAP member Inagaki released from jail

Goro Inagaki, a member of the pop group SMAP who was being held by police on suspicion of obstructing and injuring a police officer, was released Sunday afternoon.
BUSINESS
Aug 27, 2001

Euro could dent dollar this week

The U.S. dollar is likely to move in a narrow range against the yen this week in trading expected to lack a strong sense of direction.
JAPAN
Aug 27, 2001

LDP execs begin debate over size of extra budget

Senior members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Sunday butted heads over the size of a supplementary budget it is urging Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to compile to support Japan's sagging economy.
BUSINESS
Aug 27, 2001

Consolidated taxation slated for wholly owned subsidiaries

The Finance Ministry has decided to introduce a consolidated taxation system for companies and their wholly owned subsidiaries in fiscal 2002, ministry sources said Sunday.
JAPAN
Aug 27, 2001

Missing fisherman rescued off Chiba

50-year-old fisherman aboard a small boat was rescued in the Pacific on Sunday, about a month after he went missing following engine trouble, the Japan Coast Guard said.
JAPAN
Aug 26, 2001

Toshiba to slash 20,000 jobs worldwide amid IT slump

Toshiba Corp. will slash 20,000 jobs from its group workforce of 190,000 to cope with deteriorating earnings in its semiconductor business amid the worldwide slump in the information technology sector, company officials said Saturday.
JAPAN
Aug 26, 2001

Quake insurance tax break in works

The Cabinet Office said Saturday it will pursue an independent tax exemption system for earthquake insurance premiums in line with requests for revisions to the tax system in fiscal 2002, government officials said.
COMMENTARY
Aug 26, 2001

Musharraf moves to rein in Islamic schools

ISLAMABAD -- The order from the government of President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's military ruler, to impose the syllabus of mainstream schools upon Islamic ones, known as "madrassah," is yet another attempt by a Pakistani regime to rein in what many consider to be the first stop for militant...
COMMUNITY
Aug 26, 2001

Living on the edge

It's 6 a.m. on Saturday, and Teruyuki Kato is woken at home by the beeping of his government-issued pager. The University of Tokyo professor of geophysics knows he must act fast. He calls the local police, who arrive within minutes and transport him, sirens howling, red lights whirling, to the Meteorological...
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 26, 2001

Matsunaka drills 'sayonara' homer

Nobuhiko Matsunaka slammed a "sayonara" two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning and lifted the Daiei Hawks over the Seibu Lions 3-2 at the Fukuoka Dome on Saturday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Aug 26, 2001

Hope for the best . . .and prepare for the worst

Think about how difficult it would be if all our lifelines -- water, gas and electricity -- were suddenly cut off. In the event of a major earthquake, we would have to do more than just ponder these hardships. And it would go on for longer than you might think. After the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake,...
JAPAN
Aug 26, 2001

Disaster drill held at Diet building

The government staged a helicopter takeoff and landing drill in front of the Diet building Saturday morning, conducting the exercise as if a large-scale earthquake had occurred directly under the Kanto region.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Aug 26, 2001

Hell on earth in '23

"The pillars of the house made groaning sounds and began to crack. An earthquake! The wall clock stopped, and the electric fan went flying." That was how Hisamatsu Yamato, then an 18-year-old living in Tokyo's Honjo district, recalled the moment.
COMMUNITY
Aug 26, 2001

Concerns mount over Fuji's recent rumblings

When both Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures held disaster drills earlier this year, they were not rehearsing for an earthquake.
EDITORIALS
Aug 26, 2001

Europe, the euro and you

Remember the runup to Y2K? The predictions of catastrophe? The hand-wringing over unpreparedness? It's happening all over again, on a smaller scale, with the runup to the cash launch of the euro. Although the new European currency will not be legal tender until New Year's Day, armored trucks will start...
The indelible memory of being a part of Unit 731
Hideo Shimizu, 95, says he cannot forget seeing the prisoners' bloody wills scribbled on the walls of prison cells at Unit 731 in 1945.
Will Wakatakakage bring balance to the banzuke?
Wakatakakage during a ring entering ceremony in February 2020
Taiwanese drama 'Zero Day Attack' on Chinese invasion to stream in Japan
A scene from the Taiwanese television drama "Zero Day Attack," which will stream in Japan from Friday.
Japanese star convicted of indecent assault in Hong Kong
J-pop idol Kenshin Kamimura leaves the West Kowloon Law Courts on bail in Hong Kong on Wednesday, after he was found guilty of indecent assault of a woman who worked as his interpreter at a restaurant in Mong Kok district in March this year.
Ukraine war has transformed North Korean military: Kyiv’s military intel chief
An explosion of a drone lights up the sky over Kyiv during a Russian drone strike, on July 30. Moscow has dispatched military specialists to train the Korean People’s Army on how to use combat drones and air-defense systems.
The indelible memory of being a part of Unit 731
Hideo Shimizu, 95, says he cannot forget seeing the prisoners' bloody wills scribbled on the walls of prison cells at Unit 731 in 1945.
Will Ishiba's critics be able to garner enough support for a leadership race?
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's political survival likely hinges on whether a leadership race will take place within the Liberal Democratic Party following its decision to have its election committee canvass the opinions of party members and prefectural chapters on the subject.
Hidden rosters and the legacy of Japan’s germ warfare
Katsutoshi Takegami, 77, in his storehouse attic where he discovered his father's Unit 1644 documents
Osaka Expo highlights the challenge of holding events in Japan's scorching summer
People huddle near a large fan blowing icy-cold mist at the Osaka Expo on July 12. Amid Japan's relentless summer heat, organizes have put myriad measures in place in order to keep guests safe.
At Himawari Shokudo 2, Italian food with a Japanese soul
At Himawari Shokudo 2, chef Hozumi Tanaka serves Italian-inspired fare with a focus on Toyama produce, such as this appetizer of lightly blanched "hotaru ika" (firefly squid) served atop mixed wild plants and a crepe prepared from "yamato-imo" yam.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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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
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