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JAPAN
Jun 27, 2001

Cuban dancer teaches salsa to promote cultural exchange

Swinging in from half a world away, Alberto Romay, a Cuban dance instructor based in Tokyo, is bringing a taste of the Caribbean country's culture closer to the people of Japan.
CULTURE / Art
Jun 27, 2001

Right here, right now: a London-Tokyo jam

If the bulk of London's Japan 2001 Festival revisits traditions past and present, "JAM: London Tokyo" at the Barbican Gallery was designed to predict the future.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 27, 2001

Giants open Sapporo Dome with 6-5 triumph over Drags

Giants right fielder Yoshinobu Takahashi nailed a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the eighth inning off Dragons reliever Hitoki Iwase as Yomiuri won its third straight game and 40th of the season by beating Chunichi 6-5 at the Sapporo Dome on Tuesday.
CULTURE / Art
Jun 27, 2001

Unleashing the power of color

The keynote of the ongoing exhibition at the Yasuda Kasai Museum in Shinjuku is the brilliance and vividness of color.
CULTURE / Art
Jun 27, 2001

Deconstructing the concept of 'home'

An exhibition of works by artists, architects and designers on the theme of "home" opens July 1 at Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery.
BUSINESS
Jun 26, 2001

Panel approves prepaid car recycling fees

A government advisory panel approved a plan Monday to introduce a prepaid system for car recycling fees, a move intended to reduce the illegal dumping of used cars.
Events
Jun 26, 2001

Recession hits Osaka-based yakuza

OSAKA — The number of Osaka-based gangsters formally affiliated with Yamaguchi-gumi has fallen to almost half what it was a decade ago. But this may not necessarily be good news for law enforcement officials.
JAPAN
Jun 26, 2001

Will LDP groundswell extend beyond Tokyo?

Despite the Liberal Democratic Party's resounding victory in Sunday's Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election, experts said it remains unclear whether the groundswell will mean very much in the Upper House election next month.
BUSINESS
Jun 26, 2001

Supermarket sales fall 30th straight month

Supermarket sales dropped 4.9 percent last month from a year earlier to 1.317 trillion yen, down for the 30th straight month, the Japan Chain Stores Association said Monday.
JAPAN
Jun 26, 2001

Exported fishing boat in North Korea spy port

A used Japanese fishing boat allegedly exported last August to North Korea without government approval is believed to have entered a port in the northeast of the country where two apparent spy ships fled after being chased out of Japanese waters in 1999, Tokyo police said Monday.
JAPAN
Jun 26, 2001

Day-care execs sent to prosecutors

Two executives of a nationwide chain of day-care centers were transferred by police Monday to prosecutors on suspicion of negligence resulting in the March death of a baby placed in their care in a Tokyo facility.
JAPAN
Jun 26, 2001

Mom, son held for designer fakes

Tokyo police said Monday they sent to prosecutors a 22-year-old man and his 52-year-old mother on suspicion of selling fake Louis Vuitton products in violation of the Trade Mark Law.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 26, 2001

Is Japan moving to the right?

Recently, I had the opportunity to participate in a discussion with U.S. experts on Asian problems. Several of the U.S. participants stated that the new junior high-school history textbook issued by Fuso Publishing Co. was a "swing to the right." Since Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka has said publicly...
BUSINESS
Jun 26, 2001

Vice trade minister to keep post

Katsusada Hirose, 59, vice minister at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, will retain his job after the ministry's routine personnel reshuffle on July 2, effectively entering his third year in the post, it was learned on Monday.
BUSINESS
Jun 26, 2001

Bank issues defy overall fall

Some bank issues rose limit-up on the Tokyo stock market last week on heightened expectations of progress regarding the disposal of bad loans held by Japan's banks.
JAPAN
Jun 26, 2001

B'z management hid income to the tune of 840 million yen

The production company behind the pop music duo B'z failed to declare about 840 million yen in taxable income in the two business years through September 1999, industry sources said Monday.
JAPAN
Jun 26, 2001

Japan to cohost tourism summit as industry lags

Japan will cohost the 14th World Tourism Organization general assembly with South Korea this fall, at which it will look for ways to revive its own sluggish tourism industry.
JAPAN
Jun 26, 2001

Mother's letter reveals Ikeda pupil's trauma

OSAKA — The mother of a child who attends an Osaka elementary school where eight children were massacred earlier this month has said in a letter to Kyodo News that her child has yet to recover from the shock of witnessing the murders.
Events
Jun 26, 2001

Guide pens temple-viewing booklet

OSAKA — Paul Satoh, a 70-year-old veteran tour guide and interpreter, is keen to introduce his English-speaking clients to traditional Japanese culture.
BUSINESS
Jun 26, 2001

Japan wants to talk over trade rift with China

Japan plans to send a government mission to China to urge Beijing to retract its decision to impose special 100 percent tariffs on imports of Japanese automobiles, mobile phones and air conditioners, the Foreign Ministry said Monday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 26, 2001

Buffs' Maekawa earns win No. 10 against Ham

Lefty Katsuhiko Maekawa went 71/3 innings for his Pacific League-leading 10th win and Shawn Gilbert drilled two of Kintetsu's four home runs as the Buffaloes edged the Nippon Ham Fighters 7-5 at the Tokyo Dome on Monday.
JAPAN
Jun 26, 2001

Nest of endangered goshawk found at Imperial Palace

A goshawk nest has been found on the grounds of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, the Imperial Household Agency has said.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 26, 2001

Justice takes a step backward in Texas

NEW YORK -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry's decision to veto legislation that would have banned the execution of mentally retarded criminals is a setback to the elimination of a barbaric policy that has almost universal repudiation. This decision comes at the same time as the release from prison -- where he...
Events
Jun 26, 2001

Kyoto ceilings bear footprints of 1600 samurai mass suicide

KYOTO — Stepping onto the outer corridor of Shodenji Temple in Kyoto on a recent afternoon, I marveled at the view from the neatly laid out garden. Perfectly framed between the surrounding trees stood a spectacular view of Mount Hiei.
SOCCER / J. League
Jun 26, 2001

Akita returns to Japan squad

Experienced defenders Yutaka Akita and Tsuneyasu Miyamoto have won recalls to the Japan squad in place of the injured Kenichi Uemura and Tomokazu Myojin for the upcoming Kirin Cup tournament, the Japan Football Association announced Monday.
Winning warship bid gives Japan confidence boost as Tokyo eyes more exports
Australia’s decision to select Japan's upgraded Mogami-class warship, seen in this computer-generated image, has been “well received across Japanese industry," a Defense Ministry official said.
European leaders to join Zelenskyy for key meeting with Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump greets Russian leader Vladimir Putin on the tarmac after they arrived for a meeting on Ukraine at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday.
Hiker missing in Hokkaido after bear attack found dead
The Rausu mountain range at Hokkaido's Shiretoko National Park. A man in his 20s who went missing after being attacked by a bear while hiking on Mount Rausu has been found dead.
The long search for Japan’s lost soldiers
Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
Trump shifts stance on road to Ukraine peace after meeting Putin in Alaska
U.S. President Donald Trump looks on next to Russian leader Vladimir Putin during a news conference following their meeting to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday.
Winning warship bid gives Japan confidence boost as Tokyo eyes more exports
Australia’s decision to select Japan's upgraded Mogami-class warship, seen in this computer-generated image, has been “well received across Japanese industry," a Defense Ministry official said.
In Paris, chefs Chizuko Kimura and Kei Kobayashi make their mark
Chef Kei Kobayashi is France's only Japanese chef with three Michelin stars.
Top MLB prospect Rintaro Sasaki is committed to doing it 'the hard way'
Rintaro Sasaki hits a home run during a game against Duke at Stanford's Sunken Diamond on March 16.
In preserving Japanese hospitality, ‘details are everything’
Beniya Mukayu, a traditional "ryokan" inn located in Ishikawa Prefecture, considers itself at "the heart of onsen towns, local residents, farmers, fishermen, sake brewers and artisans" — all of which need new, sustainable methods of serving visitors to survive into the future.
A seaside hotel built on competitive Japanese cycling
In a region more associated with art, Keirin Hotel 10 takes a decidedly more athletic approach to attracting tourists.

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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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