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JAPAN
Sep 29, 2000

Abductees' kin slam Pyongyang aid

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OLYMPICS
Sep 29, 2000

Jones bags 200 meters

SYDNEY -- It was billed as the showdown between Australia's indigenous darling, Cathy Freeman, and U.S. star Marion Jones.
OLYMPICS
Sep 29, 2000

Welcome to Sydney's juiced-up Games

SYDNEY -- It was easier to follow at the start.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 29, 2000

Warmer ties do not signal U.S. tilt toward India

NEW DELHI -- It may be still too early to conclude that there is a definite American tilt toward India, but there are strong signs that Washington is fed up with Islamabad's obsession with Kashmir that has has forced Pakistan to throw logic and caution to the wind.
CULTURE / Music / PLAY BUTTON
Sep 29, 2000

'Those Parisian guys' way out west

Japanese music aficionados have a knack of tuning into the musical zeitgeist. Post-rock, Brit-pop and grunge all had substantial audiences in Japan before the rest of the world caught up.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 29, 2000

Ishii manhandles Giants

Kazuhisa Ishii held the Central League champion Yomiuri Giants to just three hits over eight innings Thursday as the Yakult Swallows romped to a 9-0 win over the Yomiuri Giants at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo.
BUSINESS
Sep 28, 2000

Chemical firms Mitsui, Takeda tie up

Mitsui Chemicals Inc. and Takeda Chemical Industries Ltd. said Wednesday that they have agreed to set up a joint venture by integrating their urethane chemicals and urethane composite materials businesses.
JAPAN
Sep 28, 2000

Medical insurance scheme bankrupt by 2002: ministry

The government's medical insurance scheme for smaller firms, which covers nearly 20 million salaried workers, will be effectively bankrupt by the end of fiscal 2002, the Ministry of Health and Welfare revealed Wednesday.
JAPAN
Sep 28, 2000

Folding bicycles smart choice in the city

OSAKA -- Folding bicycles have been gaining popularity among urban residents over the past few years because of their portability and improved design.
JAPAN
Sep 28, 2000

Pollution victims protest in Tokyo at annual rally

Some 750 people who have either been physically harmed by environmental pollution or have lost relatives to pollution-related diseases, gathered for their 25th annual rally Wednesday in Tokyo's Hibiya Park.
JAPAN
Sep 28, 2000

Former head of elite school missing

A former principal of Gakushuin Girls' Junior High and High School, an elite private school in Tokyo known for its association with members of the Imperial family, has been missing since he left home on Aug. 28, police sources said Wednesday.
EDITORIALS
Sep 28, 2000

Police promises are not enough

A feature of the National Police Agency's new white paper for 2000 is its recognition of the need to repair the tarnished image of Japan's scandal-tainted police forces. In a preface titled "Aiming to Regain the Nation's Trust," the document for the first time ever in a report of this kind tackles the...
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 28, 2000

Hawks' magic number still five

The Orix BlueWave routed Nippon Ham 10-0 on Wednesday, but the Fighters loss did not affect the Daiei Hawks magic number for clinching the Pacific League pennant, leaving the league leaders still needing five wins to win the championship.
JAPAN
Sep 28, 2000

Sogo files for damages over execs' shady deals

The failed department store chain Sogo Co. filed a lawsuit Wednesday against three of its former executives for damages, citing fictitious deals with a subsidiary prior to the firm's collapse in June.
JAPAN
Sep 28, 2000

Matsushita, Waseda to set up remote-learning venture

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. will set up a joint venture with Waseda University in Tokyo on Monday that will offer online learning courses to both students and the general public, Matsushita said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Sep 28, 2000

Inventors cheated by support group head: attorneys

A group of patent attorneys on Wednesday asked police to investigate the founder of an amateur inventors' support group whom it accuses of swindling inventors out of 340 million yen over the past 10 years, the attorneys said.
BUSINESS
Sep 28, 2000

Banks agree to forgive Hazama debt

Hazama Corp. said Wednesday that its four main creditor banks have agreed to forgive a combined 105 billion yen in loans to the debt-saddled construction company.
JAPAN
Sep 28, 2000

Foreign residents on slow boat to get vote

The Japanese woman was unhappy.
OLYMPICS
Sep 28, 2000

Nagata is Japan's unlikely hero in 69-kg wrestling

SYDNEY -- Katsuhiko Nagata was the unlikely hero for Japan at the Sydney Olympics on Wednesday when he lifted a silver medal to save the nation from embarrassment in the world's oldest competitive sport.
BUSINESS
Sep 28, 2000

Mori vows to urge oil producers to stabilize prices

Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori promised Wednesday to call on oil producers to make efforts to stabilize crude prices, saying the recent surge in the prices could have a negative impact on the global economy.
COMMUNITY
Sep 28, 2000

New garter-free stockings get a leg up on the market

Japanese women have long been attached to nylon pantyhose, wearing them even during the hot and humid summer months. Despite the fashion for bare legs and sandals, many working women continue to wear pantyhose to the office in the sweltering heat.
JAPAN
Sep 28, 2000

AOL, DoCoMo form alliance

America Online Inc. and NTT DoCoMo Inc. announced Wednesday in Tokyo that they will form a strategic alliance to integrate their wireless and fixed-line Internet services, with NTT DoCoMo becoming AOL Japan's top shareholder.
LIFE / Food & Drink / NIHONSHU
Sep 28, 2000

Keeping it plain and simple for the serious sake drinker

Some of the best sake can be tasted these days at modern, shiny, artsy-craftsy sake pubs. These present some of the most lively and interesting environments in which to hang out with nihonshu. But sometimes, what we seek in a sake pub is more of an out-of-the-way feeling. Sometimes its anonymity that...
LIFE / Food & Drink / WINE WAYS
Sep 28, 2000

Have some madeira, my dear

What's fascinating, fortified and fun to discover?
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 28, 2000

Japan's nonprofits carve out a space of their own

When the Nature Conservancy's Lori Forman addressed the College Women's Association of Japan at a luncheon earlier this year, the topic was supposed to be nongovernmental organizations in Japan. But instead of providing a nuanced description of Japan's not-for-profit movement, Forman seemed more interested...
Tokyo emerges as a top market for global tech talent
Tokyo ranks among the world's top tech talent hubs alongside Beijing, the San Francisco Bay Area, Bengaluru, Paris, New York and Dublin, according to Colliers' newly released global tech markets report.
JSA’s 100th anniversary event is a once-in-a-lifetime chance for sumo fans
Egyptian wrestler Osunaarashi has some fun with children during a special Japan Sumo Association event in 2017.
Tens of millions of yen found at home of Aum Shinrikyo founder's wife
The house of the wife of the late Chizuo Matsumoto, the now-defunct Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult's founder, in Koshigaya, Saitama Prefecture, in July
Japan researchers identify gut bacteria strain that boosts anticancer drugs
Researchers at the National Cancer Center Japan say a new type of gut bacteria named YB328 could help unlock the potential of cancer immunotherapy.
Living conditions index hits lowest level in 15 years in Japan
The share of respondents to a Bank of Japan quarterly survey in June who said they have become worse off came to 61.0%, up 5.1 percentage points from the previous survey.
Japan's rice farmers are confounded by Shinjiro Koizumi’s policies
Kiyoshi Shibata stands in front of one of the rice paddies in Murayama, Yamagata Prefecture, where he produces the prefecture's signature rice brand Tsuyahime.
From stalking to death threats, female candidates still face harassment
Mayu Ushida, a former NHK newscaster running for election in the Tokyo electoral district on the Democratic Party for the People ticket, signs an autograph for a voter after a public rally at Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Kawaii Lab redefines idol pop for the TikTok generation
Misa Kimura is the main producer for Kawaii Lab, a project by entertainment agency Asobisystem whose groups have found success by pairing a social media-first strategy with a fresh perspective on traditional idol-pop tropes.
Craig Mod's life in motion in a disappearing Japan
Mod's memoir “Things Become Other Things” chronicles his walking trips across the Kii Peninsula, surveying “a graceful end to a certain life cycle.”
With China and Trump, Japan defense report says world entering ‘new era of crisis’
A senior member of a Self-Defense Forces honor guard inspects a formation before the arrival of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba for a visit to the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on June 30.

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