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BUSINESS
Sep 2, 2000

Daimler to dispatch MMC's next chief

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. will ask DaimlerChrysler AG to dispatch a top manager to replace its president, Katsuhiko Kawasoe, who is resigning over a scandal involving coverups of customer complaints over defective vehicles, industry sources said Friday.
BUSINESS
Sep 2, 2000

Ripplewood, consulting firm join in e-commerce

U.S. investors Ripplewood Holdings LLC will set up an e-commerce joint venture in industrial materials with Andersen Consulting, Ripplewood officials said Friday.
BUSINESS
Sep 2, 2000

State finalizes sale of NCB to Softbank

The government said Friday it completed the sale of the nationalized Nippon Credit Bank to a consortium led by Internet investor Softbank Corp., ending 21 months of state control of the bank.
JAPAN
Sep 2, 2000

Absence of U.S. from U.N. confab said unfortunate

Environment Agency head Yoriko Kawaguchi on Friday called the absence of the United States at a United Nations' environment ministerial meeting in Kitakyushu unfortunate and urged both countries to address the whaling issue causing the rift rationally.
JAPAN
Sep 2, 2000

Emperor Showa took 'active' role in war, author says

The late Emperor Showa was anything but the military-manipulated pacifist he has been portrayed as in the United States since the end of World War II.
CULTURE / Music / HOGAKU TODAY
Sep 2, 2000

Historic Sogakudo still a home for music

At the edge of Ueno Park sits an elegant Victorian-style building. Designed by the pioneer Japanese architect Hanroku Yamaguchi, who studied at the Ecole Politechnique in Paris, the Sogakudo was constructed in 1890 as the first hall for the performance of Western music in Japan.
EDITORIALS
Sep 1, 2000

Myanmar's accidental tourist

The town of Dala is "a small but scenic and charming town which is a 10-minute boat ride down the Rangoon River from Yangon," reports the military junta that runs Myanmar. Maybe, but it is unlikely that Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and opposition leader, is enjoying her stay in Dala....
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2000

Reward up in search for U.K. woman

A mystery British benefactor has added 100,000 British pounds (16.5 million yen) to the reward money put forward for information leading to the return of missing hostess Lucie Blackman.
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2000

Group explores cross-cultural links

This summer, the usual revelers in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward encountered a group of apparently out-of-place people who were on a mission to explore the nocturnal life of this multicultural town.
BUSINESS
Sep 1, 2000

Hayami defends interest rate

OSAKA -- Bank of Japan Gov. Masaru Hayami said Thursday that the BOJ's decision Aug. 11 to abandon its "zero-interest-rate" policy was made after fully taking into account local economic conditions across the country.
BUSINESS
Sep 1, 2000

Structural reform plan due by yearend: Mori

The government will draw up a concrete action plan on economic structural reform by the end of the year to steer the nation toward the new challenges presented by information technology, a graying society and the environment, Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori indicated Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2000

Tokyo disaster drill features SDF in big way

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government's annual major disaster-relief drill Sunday will feature the participation of Self-Defense Forces troops on an unprecedented scale -- 7,100 service members, 1,090 vehicles, 80 aircraft and five ships -- at 10 venues throughout the capital.
BUSINESS
Sep 1, 2000

Banks have written off 60% of bad loans since March: BOJ

The Bank of Japan said Thursday that Japanese commercial banks have written off about 60 percent of the bad loans that were on their books at the end of March this year. The central bank said in a nationwide survey that they have removed a combined 42 trillion yen worth of nonperforming loans from their...
BUSINESS
Sep 1, 2000

Tokyo stocks should keep on trucking up

The uptrend in Tokyo share prices appears likely to gather momentum in the coming weeks amid growing opti- mism about economic prospects.
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2000

Evacuees put on happy face

The children carried clean clothes, some snacks, textbooks and video games -- all hastily packed under the shadow of an 8,000-meter pillar of smoke rising above Mount Oyama on Miyake Island.
BUSINESS
Sep 1, 2000

NTT firms announce rate cut

Two regional call firms under Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. said Thursday that they will reduce charges for calls within prefectures by an average 40 percent starting Oct. 1, when the government will introduce a new price cap system.
BUSINESS
Sep 1, 2000

Reborn NCB to reach for the skies as Aozora Bank

The new buyers of Nippon Credit Bank plan to rename the lender Aozora Bank, sources close to the consortium said Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2000

Mission to retrieve weapons in China

Japan will send a mission to China in mid-September to excavate and retrieve chemical weapons the Imperial Japanese Army abandoned during the war, according to the government's Abandoned Chemical Weapons Office.
EDITORIALS
Sep 1, 2000

A shameful concession

The Millennium World Peace Summit convenes this week at the United Nations. More than 1,000 religious leaders representing over 75 faiths from around the world are attending, but there is one conspicuous absentee: the Dalai Lama. The interfaith coalition that organized the conference admitted that he...
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2000

Miyake chief rules out total evacuation

Miyake Mayor Ko Hasegawa on Thursday said he will recommend that women, children and the elderly leave volcanic Miyake Island but ruled out an islandwide evacuation.
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2000

Ex-Tokyo Sowa execs plead not guilty

Five former executives of the failed Tokyo Sowa Bank pleaded not guilty Thursday in their first trial hearing before the Tokyo District Court to charges of conspiring to falsely show that the bank had adequate capital reserves.
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2000

Lawmaker's aide held in vote-buying

The Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office has arrested a private secretary to Kensaku Morita, a House of Representatives lawmaker, for allegedly providing vote-buying money to campaign workers during the Lower House election in June.
BUSINESS
Sep 1, 2000

Housing starts fell 0.8% in July

July housing starts totaled 101,696 units, down 0.8 percent for the third consecutive year-on-year fall, the Construction Ministry said Thursday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 1, 2000

Giants hit 7 HRs in rout of Tigers

Central League  WonLostTied Pct.GB Yomiuri 66 47 0 .584 - Chunichi 57 51 0 .528 6.5 Yokohama 54 52 1 .509 8.5 Hiroshima 51 58 1 .473 12.5 Yakult 46 56 1 .451 14.5 Hanshin 50 61 1 .450 15.0   Pacific League  WonLostTied Pct.GB Seibu 59 47 4 .557 - Nippon Ham  59 52 1 .532 2.5 Daiei...
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2000

Lawmaker sought over fraud

Joji Yamamoto The Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office on Thursday asked Joji Yamamoto, a House of Representatives lawmaker, to report for questioning about his suspected role in misappropriating government salaries paid to two of his secretaries, investigative sources said.
BUSINESS
Sep 1, 2000

Toyota unveils remodeled luxury car

Toyota Motor Corp. unveiled the remodeled Celsior luxury sedan Thursday as part of its efforts to compete with quality European automobiles.
BUSINESS
Sep 1, 2000

Ripplewood to run failed insurer

The U.S. investment company Ripplewood Holdings LLC, the parent of Shinsei Bank, will take over the operations of the failed Daiichi Mutual Fire & Marine Insurance Co., industry sources said Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2000

Better society envisioned for disabled people

Five prefectural governors admitted that mistakes have been made in the past concerning people with disabilities and to learn from them to create a society that is easier for disabled people to live in.
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.
Japan team finds ancient ocean full of squids
The ancient ocean was full of squids, whose population exceeded that of fish or ammonites, a Japanese research team mainly from Hokkaido University has found through a new method using technology.
Students in Japan struggle with Japanese language and math sections on national exam
The correct answer rate for the Japanese language section on a national test dropped to 67.0% from 67.8% the previous year among elementary school sixth-graders.
Japan launches government body to address concerns over foreign nationals
The new administrative body would serve as a cross-agency "control tower" to respond to issues such as crime and overtourism involving foreign nationals, according to the government.
Japan's Emperor Emeritus admitted to hospital to begin new heart treatment
Emperor Emeritus Akihito is accompanied by Empress Emerita Michiko as he travels to the University of Tokyo Hospital on Monday.
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.
Tokyo stocks hit by a perfect storm of tariffs, politics and budget worries
Tokyo stocks are underperforming shares in other large markets globally.
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.
Tokyobike founder believes in taking in sights of dynamic cities slowly
Ichiro Kanai, founder and president of Tokyobike, is developing a niche but a new customer base who want to cycle as part of a lifestyle.
Music idol and anime fandom merch is big business
Businesses who cater to fandoms gathered at Tokyo Lifestyle Week for the second annual Oshikatsu — Merch Collection Expo, a trade show devoted to fandom goods.

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