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JAPAN
Sep 18, 2000

Police to plant cameras at perilous intersections

Police plan to install video cameras at about 350 accident-prone intersections across Japan beginning in April to help police investigate collisions at the spots, the National Police Agency said.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 18, 2000

Hawks drop Buffaloes 6-1

Hiroshi Shibahara slugged a two-run tie-breaking homer in the sixth inning, helping the Daiei Hawks down the Kintetsu Buffaloes 6-1 and snap their losing streak at three on Sunday at the Fukuoka Dome.
JAPAN
Sep 18, 2000

Mori to promote budget, IT when extra Diet session opens

Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori will promote the extra budget, the development of information technology and the continuation of talks with North Korea and Russia in his policy speech Thursday when an extraordinary session of the Diet begins, government sources said Sunday.
JAPAN
Sep 18, 2000

State survey discovers why people own pets

People keep pets because they love animals and for consolation, according to a recent survey carried out by the Japanese government.
EDITORIALS
Sep 18, 2000

Kinder, gentler animal farms

It's funny how McDonald's -- the much-reviled little hamburger stand that grew -- has become the world's handiest barometer of social change. It is the standard-bearer, or more often the whipping boy, for economic and cultural globalization, with progress or regress thereto measured in degrees of "McDonaldization."...
COMMENTARY
Sep 18, 2000

U.S. role in Korea nearly over

WASHINGTON -- The real presidential race has finally begun, as Vice President Al Gore and Republican presidential nominee George W. Bush battle over the state of the military. But their focus on questions of morale and readiness ignores the more fundamental issue of security commitments, which require...
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 18, 2000

North Korea drawing the right lessons

CAMBRIDGE, England -- We may never know if North Korea's Dear Leader Kim Jong Il went to Beijing in May, ahead of his historic meeting with South Korean President Kim Dae Jung in June, on his own initiative or at the insistence of Chinese President Jiang Zemin. What we do know is that, very unusually,...
JAPAN
Sep 18, 2000

Typhoon drenches east Japan again

A steadily approaching typhoon brought heavy rain and thunderstorms to the Kanto-Koshin region in eastern Japan and the Izu islands in the Pacific, the Meteorological Agency said Sunday.
OLYMPICS
Sep 18, 2000

Japan's Narazaki denied gold

SYDNEY -- Japan's dream start on the Olympic judo mat stumbled Sunday night when world champion Noriko Narazaki had to settle for the under-52 kg silver in a tightly fought rematch with the woman she defeated to become world champion last year.
JAPAN
Sep 18, 2000

Emergency workers desert Miyake

An approaching typhoon prompted all 260 village officials and repair workers to leave Miyake Island on Saturday, leaving the volcanic island completely deserted for the first time in recorded history.
COMMENTARY
Sep 18, 2000

Toward peace with Pyongyang

While North and South Korea are moving dramatically toward rapprochement as a result of the inter-Korean summit in June, Japanese and North Korean officials are set to meet again next month to discuss ways to normalize relations. Establishing diplomatic ties with Pyongyang, along with settling the territorial...
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 18, 2000

Who wants an all-white world, anyway?

LONDON -- "Whites will be a minority in Britain by the end of the century. . . . It would be the first time in history that a major indigenous population has voluntarily become a minority, rather than through war, famine and disease. Whites will be a minority in London by 2010."
JAPAN
Sep 18, 2000

Quick economic steps said crucial

The need for Japan and other Asian countries to make quick decisions on economic policies is growing in step with the pace of economic globalization, according to Thomas Donohue, president and chief executive officer of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
JAPAN
Sep 17, 2000

Ikuno pitches kimchi for World Cup

OSAKA -- While the nation is gripped by Olympic fever, Shigemitsu Nishihara in Ikuno Ward here is looking forward to the 2002 World Cup to be cohosted by Japan and South Korea as an event to boost bilateral relations and to promote his hometown.
JAPAN
Sep 17, 2000

Prosecutors' involvement up as government targets youth

Prosecutor involvement in investigating serious youth crimes will increase from April in an effort to better serve victims and cope with tougher laws against offenders, government officials said Saturday.
EDITORIALS
Sep 17, 2000

What about the foreign residents?

Japan now has a record 1.55 million registered foreign residents, representing 1.23 percent of the population. These entirely legal residents are still being given short shrift in government planning, such as disaster-prevention and relief measures. It is two weeks since the nation as a whole -- nearly...
JAPAN
Sep 17, 2000

Photos present child's view of life after Turkey quake

KYOTO -- A black-and-white photograph shows a mother preparing breakfast in a tent. Another picture depicts two children playing outside a row of tents.
JAPAN
Sep 17, 2000

Hospital ex-director arrested

OSAKA -- Prosecutors on Saturday arrested a former director of an Osaka Prefecture hospital on suspicion of accepting several hundred thousand yen in bribes from drugmakers to use their products, prosecutors said.
JAPAN
Sep 17, 2000

Capital relocation scheme under attack

The Liberal Democratic Party and one of its two allies, the New Conservative Party, plan to start adjusting opinions within the ruling bloc on freezing the government's plan to relocate the functions of the central government outside Tokyo, party sources said.
JAPAN
Sep 17, 2000

Current 'soft' Myanmar policy was threatened by Suu Kyi's detention

Foreign-policy makers are relieved -- at least for now -- that their long-standing policy of "constructive engagement" toward Myanmar survived its biggest potential challenge with Thursday's release of prodemocracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from 12 days of effective house arrest.
JAPAN
Sep 17, 2000

Drought leaves Lake Biwa low, dry

OSAKA -- A prolonged drought in western Japan that forced local authorities to order a reduction in water taken from Lake Biwa appears to have ended, but officials warn that water levels are still low.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 17, 2000

Saito stars as Giants win

Masaki Saito threw a three-hitter over eight innings and hit a solo homer as the Yomiuri Giants rolled past the Yokohama BayStars 7-4 at the Tokyo Dome and cut their "magic number" for clinching the Central League pennant to four.

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