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LIFE / Digital / SURFERSPUD
Aug 23, 2000

Eye scream

lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/uc004810.jpg Not only did the U.S. government give us the Internet, but it has posted a recipe for vanilla ice cream as well. It's actually a photo of a recipe handwritten by Thomas Jefferson, one of the architects of that government, sometime in the 1780s. Click on "Holograph...
ENVIRONMENT / GARDENING FOR ALL
Aug 23, 2000

Rare cacti thriving in Kansai subtropics

The cactus and succulent house at Amagasaki Botanic Garden is a virtual gene bank of rare and endangered plants. AMAGASAKI, Hyogo Pref. -- Once the site of a factory, Kami-Sakabe Nishi Park is a compact botanical garden with an interesting collection of plants, set in the heart of a large industrial...
LIFE / Travel
Aug 23, 2000

Among the ghosts of the kamikaze

CHIRAN, Kagoshima Pref. -- An aerial view of the Satsuma Peninsula, glimpsed from a light, low-flying craft such as a glider, would reveal a pastoral landscape of striking warmth, with green volcanic peaks, white stucco-faced houses and time-worn hot-spring inns tucked away down leafy lanes. In this...
EDITORIALS
Aug 22, 2000

Wahid gets a reprieve

Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid has outfoxed his opponents again. Facing an insurrection within the Parliament, the president recently apologized for past behavior and then delegated many of his duties to Vice President Megawati Sukarnoputri. It is a shrewd move by the wily Mr. Wahid. Whether...
JAPAN
Aug 22, 2000

Rally held to push issue of abductions

About 250 relatives and supporters of missing Japanese who were allegedly abducted by North Korean agents staged a demonstration march Sunday in Tokyo, asking Japan to push the matter in normalization talks this week.
BUSINESS
Aug 22, 2000

DDI, KDD, IDO may spin off, merge cell units

DDI Corp., KDD Corp. and IDO Corp., which are to merge to form KDDI in October, are considering spinning off their respective cellular phone businesses and integrating them under a cellphone subsidiary to be established in November, sources close to the firm said Monday.
JAPAN
Aug 22, 2000

Immigration in need of repair

Topmost in the mind of pro soccer player Alex is the 2002 World Cup.
BUSINESS
Aug 22, 2000

Hikari announces lower sales projection

As a result of massive restructuring efforts, Hikari Tsushin Inc. on Mondayy announced a downward revision of its sales projection for the current business year to end in Aug. 31.
JAPAN
Aug 22, 2000

Hatoyama has no competition in DPJ race

Yukio Hatoyama was assured Monday of remaining leader of the Democratic Party of Japan after hopeful contenders failed to file their candidacies due to the lack of sufficient backing.
JAPAN
Aug 22, 2000

State offers measures to cut city heat

In its first report on the urban heat island effect, released Monday, the government outlined a list of potential measures to help city centers beat the heat and called for an evaluation to determine which are most effective.
JAPAN
Aug 22, 2000

Police arrest bogus health center owner

A 41-year-old Chinese woman was arrested Monday for allegedly providing medical services in Tokyo without a proper license to practice medicine, police said.
SUMO
Aug 22, 2000

Kaio makes ozeki for autumn basho

Kaio checks out the new sumo rankings. Kaio became the first wrestler from Fukuoka Prefecture since 1918 to reach sumo's second highest rank of ozeki on Monday when the Japan Sumo Association released its rankings for next month's Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament.
BUSINESS
Aug 22, 2000

Toshiba revises sales forecast upward to 120 billion yen

Thanks to favorable performance in the electronic device business, Toshiba Corp. has revised its consolidated sales forecast to 2.9 trillion yen, up 120 billion yen from its initial forecast, for the six-month period through Sept. 30, the company announced Monday.
JAPAN
Aug 22, 2000

Miyake evacuation over; GSDF sent to clean up

Residents of Miyake Island's Igaya district were allowed to return home Monday morning following Friday's volcanic eruption of Mount Oyama.
BUSINESS
Aug 22, 2000

Banks raise lending rates in tandem

Seven of Japan's major commercial banks said Monday they will raise their short-term prime lending rates from 1.375 percent to 1.5 percent, effective Thursday.
BUSINESS
Aug 22, 2000

Stock games aimed at educating investors

High school students hooked on stock-trading games in class are still a rarity in Japan -- for better or worse.
JAPAN
Aug 22, 2000

North Korean delegation arrives in Japan for talks

A North Korean delegation arrived Monday in Japan for a second round of negotiations on establishing diplomatic ties.
BUSINESS
Aug 22, 2000

Sogo collapse hits banks, construction stocks

Bank and construction stocks have taken a battering in the wake of the collapse of department store chain Sogo Co. in July.
BUSINESS
Aug 22, 2000

MITI mulls oil knowhow for Asia

The Ministry of International Trade and Industry plans to offer knowhow to other Asian countries on stockpiling oil, ministry officials said Monday.
JAPAN
Aug 22, 2000

Coalition eyes proportional poll revision

The three ruling parties will try to revise the proportional representation system for House of Councilors elections by having voters cast ballots for candidates instead of political parties, party sources said.
BUSINESS
Aug 22, 2000

New iMac to be launched Aug. 29

Apple Japan Inc. announced Monday that it will begin selling the basic model of its new iMac series of personal computers in Japan from Aug. 29, the second anniversary of the initial launch of the iMac in Japan.
BUSINESS
Aug 22, 2000

Video phone to run on Dreamcast

Sega Enterprises Ltd. said Monday it will release a digital video-telephone camera to connect to its Dreamcast video game console Sept. 14, allowing two-way video conversations between Dreamcast users.
JAPAN
Aug 22, 2000

Panel approves new reactor

An advisory panel on Monday endorsed a plan by Chugoku Electric Power Co. to build a new nuclear reactor in Shimane Prefecture.
BUSINESS
Aug 22, 2000

Bandai Music approved for liquidation

The Tokyo District Court has approved the start of liquidation of Bandai Music Entertainment Inc., a unit of major toy maker Bandai Co., a leading private credit-research agency said Monday.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 22, 2000

AIDS takes a toll in African classrooms

Since physicians first described its symptoms almost 20 years ago, HIV has infected 53 million people, of which 19 million have died. Of the 34.3 million people now living with HIV/AIDS, 24.5 million are in sub-Saharan Africa, where the epidemic has left 11 million children orphaned.

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