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JAPAN
Jul 11, 2000

Japan to sign pacts when Putin visits

Japan and Russia will sign more than 10 documents during President Vladimir Putin's official visit to Tokyo in early September to boost cooperation in various areas and maintain the momentum toward strengthened bilateral ties, government sources said Monday.
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2000

Level 6 quake causes slides on Kozu

Landslides and damage to roads and other structures have been reported on Kozu Island in the Izu chain following a magnitude 6 earthquake that struck early Sunday morning, police said Monday.
BUSINESS
Jul 11, 2000

OSE sends delegation to Nasdaq

OSAKA -- An Osaka Securities Exchange delegation left for the United States on Monday for talks with managers of the Nasdaq stock index to enhance business tieups and offer more financial products to Japanese investors, OSE officials said.
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2000

Mori tells LDP to review plan to bail out Sogo

Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori instructed his ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Monday to review a bailout plan for ailing department store operator Sogo Co., party officials said.
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2000

North Okinawa mixed on planned military-civilian airport

NAGO, Okinawa Pref. -- From a tiny desert island off the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Schwab, Takuma Higashionna looks out over the coral reef amid clear water.
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2000

Triumvirate to seek early start to Diet

Giving up on their summer vacation, the three ruling parties agreed on Monday to try to move up the legislature's ordinary schedule and convene an extraordinary Diet session in August.
BUSINESS
Jul 11, 2000

Embattled Sogo sets up panel to share out managers' blame

Department store operator Sogo Co. said Monday that it will set up a panel to examine management responsibility as a way to obtain public understanding for a controversial government bailout plan.
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2000

Boost youths' social ties: Oshima

While Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori feels educational reform is a key policy for his Cabinet, new Education Minister Tadamori Oshima wants to establish an educational program to enhance children's social participation.
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2000

Mistreatment found at 32% of homes for handicapped citizens

Workers at 216 homes for handicapped elderly citizens, or 32 percent of facilities surveyed, said they have witnessed bullying among the residents or mistreatment by workers, according to a university professor who led the survey.
BUSINESS
Jul 11, 2000

Japan, EU to seek conclusion of nuclear energy pact

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JAPAN
Jul 11, 2000

Ministry panel discusses tainted milk

A Health and Welfare Ministry task force on Monday held its first meeting to consider the outbreak of food poisoning in western Japan caused by contaminated low-fat and calcium-enriched milk produced of Snow Brand Milk Products Co.
BUSINESS
Jul 11, 2000

Japan, U.S. resume talks on NTT's connection fees

Japan and the United States resumed telecommunications deregulation talks Monday in Tokyo in a bid to resolve their dispute over Japan's telephone interconnection rates before the July 21-23 Group of Eight summit in Okinawa.
BUSINESS
Jul 11, 2000

Matsushita sets date for Net site

OSAKA -- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. announced Monday that it will set up in October a wholly owned subsidiary to market and sell its home electronics goods in Japan via the Internet.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jul 11, 2000

Giants blank Drags, widen CL lead

Junichi Kawahara (2-0) shut down Chunichi batters on five hits Sunday as the Yomiuri Giants defeated the Dragons 5-0 at Tokyo Dome for their eighth win in their last 10 games.
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2000

Snow Brand head to stay in hospital for hypertension

OSAKA -- Tetsuro Ishikawa, president of Snow Brand Milk Products Co., was hospitalized Sunday for complications arising from hypertension, company officials said Monday.
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2000

G8 poised to endorse Pyongyang efforts to come in from cold

The Group of Eight foreign ministers, who meet Wednesday for two days of talks in Miyazaki, are likely to give formal endorsement to North Korea's recent moves to improve its relations with the international community, highlighted by the unprecedented inter-Korean summit last month in Pyongyang.
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2000

U.S. military announces curfew, booze restriction

The U.S. military in Okinawa Prefecture announced on Monday that it has imposed an indefinite late-night curfew and a ban on after-midnight drinking by its personnel.
CULTURE / Stage
Jul 11, 2000

Memories of Takizawa and Japan's 'Crucible'

Last month, stage actor Osamu Takizawa passed away at age 93. His list of appearances would fill this page, but I remember him as Danforth, the judge and prosecutor in Arthur Miller's "The Crucible."
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 11, 2000

Fathers must do their duties

The brutal crimes committed by teenagers here recently have shocked the nation. In discussing the issue of juvenile violence, however, we seem to be making a basic mistake: that only those who have the right to vote are "adults." Considering various aspects of human physiology, it is unrealistic to say...
BUSINESS
Jul 11, 2000

U.S. firm to start bid for Nissan affiliate today

U.S. auto parts maker Johnson Controls Inc. will launch a tender offer today for all outstanding shares in Ikeda Bussan Co., a major auto-seat maker affiliated with Nissan Motor Co.
BUSINESS
Jul 11, 2000

Private machinery orders up 4.5%

Domestic core private-sector machinery orders in May rose a seasonally adjusted 4.5 percent from the previous month, rebounding from a four-month losing streak in month-on-month terms, the Economic Planning Agency said Monday.
CULTURE / Music / MUSIC NOMAD
Jul 11, 2000

Reverberations of a sonic boom

The live scene for world and roots music in Japan, especially for those living in Tokyo, has never been so healthy. This year, many top artists from Cuba, Eastern Europe, the Celtic countries, Northern Europe, Brazil and Africa have already visited or will be visiting Japan -- a situation almost unthinkable...
EDITORIALS
Jul 9, 2000

Putting out more flags

Even this far from America, the whiff of U.S. patriotism -- a heady blend of gunpowder, barbecue smoke and hot air -- was unusually palpable last week. Tuesday was Independence Day, always an occasion for Americans to put out more flags, if only because they like the look of red, white and blue in July...
JAPAN
Jul 9, 2000

Japan, U.S. execs start annual talks

Top business executives from Japan and the United States will begin their annual meeting today in Tokyo to discuss bilateral and multilateral trade issues, electronic commerce and information technology, conference officials said Saturday.
JAPAN
Jul 9, 2000

Nippon Travel, JR West plan link-up

OSAKA -- Nippon Travel Agency Co. and West Japan Railway Co. are in talks over the integration of their travel service operations to create Japan's second largest travel agency after Kinki Nippon Tourist Co., sources at the two companies said Saturday.
U.S. urges clarity on Japan’s role in potential war over Taiwan, report says
A Ground Self-Defense Force member conducts a military drill with an anti-ship missiles unit, at the GSDF's base on Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture in April 2022.
Tourists in Japan have telemedicine options before calling 119
Foreign tourists at Tsukiji Outer Market in Tokyo. More than 1 million international visitors have a medical issue in Japan every year.
Tropical Storm Nari moves northward, with possible landfall Tuesday
Tropical Storm Nari's forecast path as of Monday morning
Nissan clinches $4.5 billion bond deal after orders soar
Nissan Motor has raised $4.5 billion through a junk bond sale in U.S. dollars and euros, part of which carries a record-high coupon rate.
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.
U.S. urges clarity on Japan’s role in potential war over Taiwan, report says
A Ground Self-Defense Force member conducts a military drill with an anti-ship missiles unit, at the GSDF's base on Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture in April 2022.
Tourists in Japan have telemedicine options before calling 119
Foreign tourists at Tsukiji Outer Market in Tokyo. More than 1 million international visitors have a medical issue in Japan every year.
Is Japanese skin really ‘too smooth’ for Hideo Kojima’s games?
Hideo Kojima, the leading auteur in Japanese video games, has skirted controversy in the wake of the release of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
An emoji used to say it all. Now it might say too much.
Apple’s Craig Federighi shows off a set of emoji at a conference on June 13, 2016. While the small pictures have proved helpful in conveying nuance in our texts, younger people are using them less often.
‘Our ultimate goal is to save every single Japanese video game’
After nearly shuttering earlier this year, the Tokyo-based Game Preservation Society continues its work to save the early history of Japanese gaming.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
How remote work is rewriting the migrant experience in Japan
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