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JAPAN
Dec 12, 2000

Hashimoto meets Foley, raises base time limit issue

New Okinawa Development Agency chief Ryutaro Hashimoto said Monday that he raised Okinawa's demand in a meeting with U.S. Ambassador Thomas Foley that a 15-year limit be imposed on the U.S. military's use of a new airport to be built in the prefecture.
JAPAN
Dec 12, 2000

Maintain ODA levels, World Bank urges

World Bank President James Wolfensohn on Monday exhorted Japan not to substantially reduce its official development assistance to developing countries.
SOCCER / J. League
Dec 12, 2000

Antlers capture J. League championship

Champions again. The Kashima Antlers, who won the Nabisco Cup last month, earned the J. League title before 44,665 fans at Tokyo's National Stadium on Saturday night with a 3-0 win over the Yokohama F. Marinos in the second leg of the J. League Championship final. The win gave them a 3-0 aggregate after...
JAPAN
Dec 12, 2000

Agency drafts ideas for cutting emissions

An Environment Agency advisory committee released a report Monday outlining five policy package models to help ensure that Japan cuts greenhouse gas emissions.
BUSINESS
Dec 12, 2000

Vodafone courts JR firms for Japan Telecom stake

British telecom carrier Vodafone PLC is in final talks to acquire a 15 percent stake in Japan Telecom Co. for roughly $2.5 billion, industry sources said Monday.
MORE SPORTS
Dec 12, 2000

Uchida claims first amateur title

Nihon University sophomore Izumi Uchida muscled out defending champion Takahisa Osanai to claim his first title in the amateur sumo national championship meet Sunday.
EDITORIALS
Dec 12, 2000

The banks' 'lost decade' continues

Japanese banks' performance for the first half of the current fiscal year delivers a disquieting message: They are still saddled with a large number of problem loans. For years, they have been saying that the worst is over -- and it is true that the danger of a financial meltdown no longer exists. But...
JAPAN
Dec 12, 2000

Mori to sue magazine over 'gangster' photos

Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori will file a libel suit against a magazine that printed photographs of him with a man allegedly linked to gangsters, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda said Monday.
COMMENTARY
Dec 12, 2000

Economic outlook is gloomy

Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori faces an uncertain future after surviving a no-confidence motion against his Cabinet in the Diet last month. Koichi Kato, a leading dissident in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and fellow rebels had vowed to vote for the opposition-sponsored motion, but they changed their...
SOCCER / J. League
Dec 12, 2000

Nakamura named J. League's top player

YOKOHAMA -- Yokohama F. Marinos and Japan midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura was named the J. League Player of the Year, while Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Japan youth team midfielder Kazuyuki Morisaki won the Rookie of the Year, the J. League announced Monday at the annual awards ceremony.
BASEBALL / MLB
Dec 12, 2000

Shinjo to join Mets

OSAKA -- Free-agent outfielder Tsuyoshi Shinjo, formerly of the Hanshin Tigers, said Monday that he will join the New York Mets next season to become the second position player from Japan to try his hand in the North American major leagues.
JAPAN
Dec 12, 2000

Fujimori's citizenship about to be delivered

The government has confirmed that deposed Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, who is currently staying in Japan, has Japanese citizenship, government sources said Monday.
JAPAN
Dec 12, 2000

Noodles nip karaoke, Walkman

Instant noodles are Japan's most famous accomplishment of the 20th century, according to a recent survey reported Monday by a Fuji Bank-affiliated think tank.
CULTURE / Music / MUSIC NOMAD
Dec 12, 2000

The best of the year that was

The concert scene in Japan tends to slow down a bit in the winter months, so this week I'll present my pick of this year's Japanese releases, and in my next column, releases from around the world.
BUSINESS
Dec 12, 2000

Stocks likely to rebound on bargain-hunting

Tokyo stock prices appear poised to rebound strongly on bargain hunting.
MORE SPORTS
Dec 12, 2000

Hoost king of K-1 roost

Dutch fighter Ernesto Hoost claimed his third K-1 Grand Prix title Sunday at a packed Tokyo Dome when he won the final by judges' decision over New Zealand's Ray Sefo.
JAPAN
Dec 12, 2000

Nakao admits taking bribes from Wakachiku Construction

Former Construction Minister Eiichi Nakao pleaded guilty Monday to receiving 60 million yen in bribes from Wakachiku Construction Co. in 1996 in return for helping the builder in its bids for public works.
BUSINESS
Dec 12, 2000

JTB, U.S. partner join in venture

Major travel agents Japan Travel Bureau Inc. and Carlson Wagonlit Travel of the United States have agreed to establish a Tokyo-based joint venture to handle travel and expense management for corporate clients, the companies said Monday.
BUSINESS
Dec 10, 2000

Panel wants NTT holding firm abolished

A government advisory panel is to call for the conditional dismantling of the current holding company structure of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp., according to a final report the panel is scheduled to release on Dec. 21.
JAPAN
Dec 10, 2000

Chiyoda chief approved dubious loans

The president of Chiyoda Mutual Life Insurance Co. in 1992 pushed through loans to a financially troubled golf course developer that eventually went bankrupt, resulting in a loss of 14.7 billion yen to the insurer, sources close to the rehabilitation process of the failed insurer said Saturday.
JAPAN
Dec 10, 2000

Temporary workers form union

Young temporary workers in Tokyo and neighboring prefectures have organized a labor union to improve their working conditions, which are frequently inferior to those of full-time employees, union members said Saturday.
Japan ruling bloc loses majority in Upper House after election drubbing
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who serves concurrently as president of the Liberal Democratic Party, leaves at the party's headquarters following announcement of Upper House election result projections in Tokyo early Monday.
‘Japanese First’ Sanseito emerges as powerful force after Upper House poll
Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya in Tokyo on Sunday night
Foreign residents closely follow Japan's election and party pledges
A police officer walks past posters of Liberal Democratic Party candidates, as well as one showing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, outside the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sunday. As Japan’s foreign population continues to rise, one of the talking points during Sunday’s election was how the country should deal with the increase of international residents.
Japan’s top brands get tied up in the great sunscreen debate
A coral reef in Okinawa in July 2022. Some jurisdictions around the world have moved to ban certain sunscreens in a bid to protect coral reefs, but some say the impact on reefs is far from clear.
Hitomi Obara, 2012 Olympic champion in wrestling, dies at 44
Hitomi Obara competes at the London Olympics in August 2012.
Japan’s top brands get tied up in the great sunscreen debate
A coral reef in Okinawa in July 2022. Some jurisdictions around the world have moved to ban certain sunscreens in a bid to protect coral reefs, but some say the impact on reefs is far from clear.
Pentagon looks to unleash ‘military drone dominance’
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hosts a drone demonstration at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on July 10.
‘Noto Democracy’ and the slow work of civic change
Yukio Iokibe’s “Noto Democracy" centers on Motoyuki Takii, a former junior high school teacher who publishes a handwritten newspaper every month to encourage the residents of Anamizu, Ishikawa Prefecture, to engage in local politics.
In microbes we trust: Embracing the nature of fermented food
You don't need an oven to make Kenji Morimoto's easy and delicious Miso Sticky Toffee Crepe Cake.
Touring the Silk Road — without leaving Tokyo
One of the entrances to Pao Compound, a nine-story Silk Road-inspired complex in Tokyo's Higashinakano neighborhood

Podcast

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

Longform

In 2020, 38% of all households were single-person. That figure is projected to rise to 44.3% by 2050.
The rise of AI companionship in a lonely Japan
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