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COMMUNITY / How-tos / GETTING THINGS DONE
May 21, 2000

Dreams come true

Today I am happy to tell you about one of this column's most successful accomplishments. It began last October when I received a heartfelt letter from Chip Bozek, a teacher in Hokkaido. He wanted to find someone who could give him a "chonmage" haircut like the old-time samurai wore. He had asked his...
COMMENTARY / World
May 21, 2000

Making mountains out of molehills

SYDNEY -- China's opening to the world amid its economic reform and modernization has brought immeasurable benefits to many of its citizens who are being enriched through growing trade linkages. Trading with the rest of the world and even the lukewarm welcoming of foreign investment capital have improved...
COMMENTARY / World
May 21, 2000

The tragedy of another senseless war

NEW YORK -- The arms embargo on Eritrea and Ethiopia just imposed unanimously by the U.N. Security Council is a much needed measure that brings hope for an end to an irrational conflict between the two neighboring countries. The U.S.-initiated measure, later co-sponsored by Britain and the Netherlands,...
COMMENTARY
May 21, 2000

Much ado about nothing?

Claims that Tokyo's governor, Shintaro Ishihara, is racist because he recently described Asians here as "sankoku-jin" (third-country nationals) -- a fairly neutral Occupation-era term used to distinguish resident Koreans and Taiwanese from Westerners -- were a bit far-fetched.
JAPAN
May 21, 2000

Chen seen as good for business, too

TAIPEI -- Tai Ya-Chang has just one word on his name card: "Taiwanese."
JAPAN
May 20, 2000

Coalition parties make joint campaign pledges

The three ruling parties agreed Friday on joint campaign pledges for the upcoming Lower House election that include bringing forward public works projects and the creation of 500,000 jobs through the promotion of information and technology industries.
JAPAN
May 20, 2000

Life folds with debt of 966 billion yen

Saddled with massive liabilities, Life Co., one of Japan's six major consumer credit companies, filed with the Tokyo District Court for protection from creditors under the Corporate Rehabilitation Law on Friday.
JAPAN
May 20, 2000

Aoki misled to take over: DPJ

The Democratic Party of Japan filed a complaint with the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office on Friday against Chief Cabinet Secretary Mikio Aoki for allegedly forging public documents and illegally naming himself acting prime minister.
JAPAN
May 20, 2000

LDP proposes longer juvenile prison terms

A Liberal Democratic Party panel proposed revising the Juvenile Law to increase the minimum prison time for juveniles found guilty of crimes that would carry the death penalty for adults.
JAPAN
May 20, 2000

Obuchi hospital photo raises questions for Aoki

The weekly photo magazine Friday published a closeup picture of the late Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi taken apparently after he suffered a massive stroke and fell into a coma on April 2.
EDITORIALS
May 20, 2000

Risky missile defense

Since the end of the Cold War, hopes for a nonnuclear world have run high. In the real world, however, moves toward disarmament have suffered one setback after another. Now there are disturbing signs of a relapse in the U.S.-Russian strategic arms reduction talks. A chief stumbling block is the U.S....
JAPAN
May 20, 2000

Rainy season arrives late in Okinawa

The rainy season started in Okinawa Prefecture and a neighboring area Friday, eight days later than in an average year and 10 days later than last year, the Okinawa Meteorological Observatory said.
JAPAN
May 20, 2000

Africa calls on G8 for more help

Participants in a one-day seminar held Friday in Tokyo called for the Group of Eight countries to agree at the upcoming Okinawa summit to cooperate with African efforts to reduce debt, fight infectious diseases and meet the challenges of globalization.
JAPAN
May 20, 2000

Gas had same effect on civilians, army

Soldiers and civilians suffered similar health problems from working at toxic gas factories of the Imperial Japanese Army during the war and should receive equal government benefits, according to a Health and Welfare Ministry panel.
BUSINESS
May 20, 2000

FamilyMart opens joint e-commerce firm

Japanese convenience store operator FamilyMart Co. was to set up a joint venture with six other firms Friday to bring e-commerce to convenience stores.
JAPAN
May 20, 2000

Teachers told to take team approach, act fast to quell 'classroom collapse'

Teachers and other adults must take countermeasures at an early stage and deal with problems as a group to curb "classroom collapse," according to an Education Ministry report.
BUSINESS
May 20, 2000

Satellite TV option possible, but NTV denies tieup rumor

said Friday that it is considering establishing a planning company to enter the digital broadcasting business using an advanced communications satellite. The company, however, denied media reports that the new business will be centered on an alliance with Japan Satellite Broadcasting Inc. (Wowow).
JAPAN
May 20, 2000

Nissan falls from 'ni' to 'san'

Nissan Motor Co. fell to third place among Japanese automakers in terms of group sales in fiscal 1999, behind No. 1 Toyota and No. 2 Honda, according to Nissan's earnings report released Friday.
JAPAN
May 20, 2000

'Black money' scam hits Japan

Four foreigners have been arrested on suspicion of swindling two people out of about 5.4 million yen through a scheme dubbed "black money," police said Friday.
JAPAN
May 20, 2000

Varied policy measures considered to cut CO2 emissions costs

By introducing a tax on carbon dioxide emissions in conjunction with other related measures, the economic burden of efforts to curb global warming could be minimized, according to an Environment Agency report released earlier this week.
BUSINESS
May 20, 2000

End to deflation fears nearing, BOJ chief says

Bank of Japan Gov. Masaru Hayami said Friday that an end to deflationary fears is nearing -- which may mean an end to the zero-interest rate policy -- amid a brightening picture for the Japanese economy.
BUSINESS
May 20, 2000

Mitsubishi group's net profits drop 78% to 5.57 billion yen

Trading house Mitsubishi Corp. said Friday that its group net profits plunged 78 percent to 5.57 billion yen in fiscal 1999, on sales of 13.109 trillion yen, down 4.2 percent.
BUSINESS
May 20, 2000

Fast Internet server delays launch

SpeedNet Inc., which surprised the nation's telecom industry last year by trumpeting a much cheaper and faster wireless Internet service than other companies' offerings, announced Friday that it will postpone the service's launch, originally scheduled for this summer.
CULTURE / Music / HOGAKU TODAY
May 20, 2000

New made old, old new at Manabiya

I waited for the performance to begin, sitting amid the audience of 30 people or so, packed into the ground-floor room of a new building in the sprawling, nondescript suburbs of Yokohama.
JAPAN
May 20, 2000

Japan to recognize Palestinian state

Japan has pledged to immediately recognize a Palestinian state if it achieves independence peacefully during the first-ever ministerial dialogue between Japan and the autonomous Palestinian Authority.
BUSINESS
May 20, 2000

Panels to focus energies on digital divide, hacking

Reducing the digital divide between countries and combating hackers who seek to ravage the Internet were two of the pledges made Friday by two government panels formed to accelerate the spread of information technology.
Japan stands its ground after Trump letter delivers 25% U.S. tariff shock
U.S. President Donald Trump (left) and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick at Morristown Airport, New Jersey, on Sunday. Trump on Monday sent letters to 12 countries notifying them of new "reciprocal" tariff rates effective Aug. 1.
Japan to set up 'control tower' for crimes by foreign residents
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday.
China’s housing crisis is worse than it seems
Residential buildings under construction in Shanghai in July 2022. The Chinese government risks long-term decline by repeating Japan’s policy mistakes in handling its real estate and demographic crises.
Japan and Canada ink key intel-sharing deal
Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand shakes hands with Japan's top diplomat, Takeshi Iwaya, at the end of a signing ceremony for an information security agreement, after bilateral talks in Tokyo on Tuesday.
NGOs condemn rise in anti-immigrant rhetoric ahead of Upper House vote
Sanseito head Sohei Kamiya holds a board that reads "Japanese First" in Tokyo on July 2. In a joint statement on Tuesday, eight human rights nongovernmental organizations described the far-right party's stance as "hate speech."
Japanese dancers find a home abroad at Houston Ballet
“Giselle” lead Yuriko Kajiya (center), performing with Connor Walsh as Albrecht, is one of six Japanese dancers at Houston Ballet.
From the Abes to the Ohtanis: How siblings shape athletic development
Olympic judoka Uta Abe (second from left) and Hifumi Abe (second from right) with their brother Yuichiro (center) and their parents. “I’m always consciously trying to be a good older brother,” Yuichiro said.
Foreign nationals' presence in Japan emerges as key issue in Upper House poll
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a campaign speech next to a Liberal Democratic Party candidate for the Upper House (top center left) in Yokohama on Sunday.
Scams involving police impersonation surge
A video by the National Police Agency warns about fake scams.
Lawson to let visitors use larger parking lots as paid car campsites
A Lawson convenience store in Yachiyo, Chiba Prefecture. A new service from the company comes amid the rise in inbound tourists, making hotels and inns harder to book and more expensive.

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