search

 
Menu
Search
 
August 07, 2025
 

Today's print edition

Home Delivery
Subscribe for more access
336,587 results
Sort by: Relevance Newest Oldest
After adjusting your search parameters, press Enter on your keyboard or click on the red magnifying glass to run your query again.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 17, 2001

Hopes for peace are fading

WASHINGTON -- Last year, U.S. President Bill Clinton spent his final months in office trying to cobble together a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Today, the Middle East teeters on the edge of the largest-scale violence since the Persian Gulf War and the greatest involving...
Events
Apr 17, 2001

Co-op undercuts pricey new recycling law

OSAKA -- A group of garbage collectors and recycling firms in Osaka Prefecture claim that the Electrical Appliance Recycle Law that went into effect earlier this month deprives them of income they have relied on for years, and to combat this, the group has undercut the fees set by the law.
Events
Apr 17, 2001

Makers won't throw in towel amid cheap import threat

KUMATORI, Osaka Pref. -- In a bid to survive fierce competition from foreign makers, some towel manufacturers and related firms here have joined forces to launch eco-friendly towels next month.
JAPAN
Apr 17, 2001

Decision on Lee visa still in the air

The government has not decided whether to issue a visa to former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui, who wants to visit Japan for a medical checkup, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda said Monday.
JAPAN
Apr 17, 2001

Debate surges over need for dams

Staff writer NAGANO -- Does this country really need more dams?
JAPAN
Apr 17, 2001

Japan stays glued to fence on GMO 'traceability' issue

Kyodo News Japan is the focus of mounting attention over its stance on the issue of establishing standards for foods made from genetically modified organisms, a subject taken up by a U.N. task force during a meeting in Japan in March.
JAPAN
Apr 17, 2001

Clark vows to push Kyoto Protocol

OSAKA -- New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark wrapped up her visit to Japan in Osaka on Monday with a vow that her country will not give up trying to implement the Kyoto Protocol, despite a decision by neighboring Australia on Sunday that it would not sign the 1997 agreement to reduce greenhouse gases...
JAPAN
Apr 17, 2001

Crown Princess showing signs of pregnancy

The Crown Princess, 37, is showing signs that she might be pregnant, the Imperial Household Agency announced Monday.
Events
Apr 17, 2001

Kansai leaders brainstorm on ways to kick-start the region

OSAKA -- Since the end of the bubble era, the Kansai region's economy has fared worse than many other parts of Japan.
Events
Apr 17, 2001

German center to host free classical concert

Goethe Institut Kansai, a center for German culture, is organizing a free classical music concert by a French alto singer and a German pianist, starting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at its Osaka center in Kita Ward.
SOCCER / World cup
Apr 17, 2001

Talk straight, chew gum

Give us more backup to win the World Cup. That was the message manager Philippe Troussier had for Japan's soccer fans Sunday.
BUSINESS
Apr 17, 2001

Toyota sells off J-Phone stake, backs KDDI

Toyota Motor Corp. has sold its stakes in the J-Phone group to the mobile phone operator's parent, Japan Telecom Co., to clarify its commitment to rival carrier KDDI, Toyota officials said Monday.
BUSINESS
Apr 17, 2001

Stocks to soon bottom out

Tokyo stocks remain lackluster amid concern over economic and corporate earnings prospects and political chaos.
Events
Apr 17, 2001

Showings of German films at Goethe Institut

Goethe Institut Kansai is inviting people to its free monthly showings of German films at 6:30 p.m. on the last Wednesdays in April, May and June.
Events
Apr 17, 2001

Primary school venue for multicultural festival

Tobiuo International, a Kyoto-based network supporting foreign residents and promoting multicultural exchanges, is hosting an international festival next Sunday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Seibo Primary School in Fushimi Ward, Kyoto.
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 17, 2001

Marines win again

Derrick May singled home the go-ahead run to break a 1-1 tie in the top of the eighth inning as the Pacific League-leading Chiba Lotte Marines won their fourth consecutive game by beating the Daiei Hawks at the Fukuoka Dome.
JAPAN
Apr 17, 2001

Hero's parents to set up scholarship

The parents of a South Korean student who died in January while trying to rescue a man who fell onto the tracks at a train station in Tokyo said on Monday they will use donations received in the name of their son for scholarships.
BUSINESS
Apr 17, 2001

Internet bank aims to win business with personal touch -- online

Go to a bank, look lost, and almost instantly an attendant will appear to ask how you are doing and if everything is OK.
MORE SPORTS / THE DUKE OF HAZARDS
Apr 17, 2001

The revolution is coming: Get ready for cheap golf in Japan

I probably play golf more than 80 times a year around the world. It's a tough life, but someone has to do it. And besides, it's my job.
Events
Apr 17, 2001

International arts and crafts show in Kobe

Kobe YMCA Cross Cultural Center will hold an exhibition to display international artworks and crafts Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Sorakuen Hall in Kobe's Chuo Ward.
BUSINESS
Apr 17, 2001

Tokyo store sales continue decline

Sales at department stores in Tokyo's 23 wards fell in March by 0.6 percent from a year earlier to 189.87 billion yen for the third straight month of decline, the Japan Department Stores Association said in a preliminary report Monday.
SOCCER / THE BALD TRUTH
Apr 17, 2001

Small minds behind the small screen

Have you been lucky enough to follow England's World Cup qualifiers or Liverpool's progress in the UEFA Cup on SKY PerfecTV recently? Let me rephrase that: Have you been clever enough?
EDITORIALS
Apr 17, 2001

Spoiling for a fight in Iran

A wave of arrests signals a conservative crackdown as Iran prepares for national elections scheduled for June 8. President Mohammad Khatami is being squeezed between the need to defend reform and the fear of provoking a backlash by hardliners. It is a delicate position, but one Mr. Khatami knows well:...
SOCCER / J. League
Apr 17, 2001

Troussier dumps MVP Nakamura

Yokohama F. Marinos midfielder and J. League MVP Shunsuke Nakamura was dropped from Japan's 22-member squad for next week's friendly against Spain while four new players -- Shimizu S-Pulse defensive midfielder Kazuyuki Toda, Sanfrecce defender Kenichi Uemura, Marinos defender Yasuhiro Hato and Kashima...
JAPAN
Apr 17, 2001

Securities firm's failure scorches investors

OSAKA -- The Financial Services Agency on Monday declared an Osaka-based mortgage-backed securities company insolvent, sending shock waves across the country as 20,000 investors saw their principals suddenly vanish.
How Pakistan shot down India's cutting-edge fighter using Chinese gear
An Indian Air Force pilot gets out of a Rafale fighter jet during its induction ceremony at an air force station in Ambala, India, September 2020.
China’s unbeatable new production model export
China is not merely moving more goods; it is exporting a new, ruthlessly efficient production model powered by automation, AI and state-guided industrial optimization.
Trump: The $550 billion pledged by Japan is 'our money'
U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday. He told CNBC that investment pledges are like signing bonuses.
Australia announces new warships will come from Japan
The Maritime Self-Defense Force's Mogami-class frigate Niyodo sails at an undisclosed location in this image released Tuesday.
Japan swelters as previous heat record melts
A worker tries to cool down a street in central Tokyo Tuesday as wide swaths of the Kanto region sweltered under intense heat. In Gunma Prefecture, the temperature rose 41.8 degrees Celsius, the highest ever recorded in Japan.
Australia announces new warships will come from Japan
The Maritime Self-Defense Force's Mogami-class frigate Niyodo sails at an undisclosed location in this image released Tuesday.
Fuji Rock's weekend of surprises was one of its best yet
Radwimps lead singer Yojiro Noda threw himself into the rock band’s Green Stage performance ahead of headliner Vampire Weekend.
How Trump is gaslighting on climate change — with Japan’s help
The Bishu Maru LNG tanker, owned by Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, next to the Freeport LNG terminal in Texas
With a new distillery, Suntory makes a spirited move on gin market
A staff inspects a distillation pot still at Suntory's new Osaka Spirits & Liqueurs Craft Distillery, which will focus on gin production and help Suntory capture a bigger slice of the fast-growing gin market.
Junglia brought dinos back to Okinawa. But will it bring tourists?
At Panorama Dining, one of Junglia’s two proper restaurants that also doubles as the rooftop Inifinity Terrace overlook, guests can pay extra to sit in balcony tables made to look like birds’ nests overlooking the park grounds.

Podcast

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

Longform

A mushroom cloud from the atomic bombing on Hiroshima taken from a U.S. military aircraft on Aug. 6, 1945. Copying the photo without permission is prohibited.
80 years on, a Japanese American hibakusha recalls the day the bomb dropped
By Elizabeth Beattie

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

Ishii Iron Works remakes self for workers, new energy
Ishii Iron Works remakes self for workers, new energy

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS note

Read more

SUPPLEMENTS BINDER