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JAPAN
Oct 21, 1999

State not fighting gender bias: activist

Staff writer
JAPAN
Oct 21, 1999

Coalition eyes funding for loan program

The ruling triumvirate called Thursday for adding 5 trillion yen to a special loan-guarantee program to help small and midsize companies suffering from the tight lending practices of financial institutions.
JAPAN
Oct 21, 1999

Tokyo Motor Show: GM to expand Asia-Pacific presence

Staff writer
JAPAN
Oct 21, 1999

Top court rejects Fujinami appeal, ends Recruit saga

The Supreme Court has turned down an appeal by Liberal Democratic Party legislator Takao Fujinami in the 1980s Recruit bribery scandal, finalizing a high court ruling that gave him a suspended jail term and a fine of 42.7 million yen, it was learned Thursday.
EDITORIALS
Oct 20, 1999

'Nissan is in bad shape'

That blunt comment says it all. At a press conference Monday, Mr. Carlos Ghosn, Nissan's chief operating officer, ticked off the company's failings: mismanagement, inefficient production, lack of vision, unappealing products. Their impact has been plain: Nissan, Japan's second largest carmaker, has lost...
JAPAN
Oct 20, 1999

Osaka mayor to seek second term

OSAKA -- Osaka Mayor Takafumi Isomura on Wednesday formally announced his intention to seek a second term of office.
JAPAN
Oct 20, 1999

Tokyo Motor Show looks both to future, past

MAKUHARI, Chiba Pref. -- The 33rd Tokyo Motor Show is set to begin Saturday, bringing together automobile enthusiasts, automakers and auto parts manufacturers from around the world.
JAPAN
Oct 20, 1999

Eatery gives elderly more than good food

Staff writer
JAPAN
Oct 20, 1999

Peugeot sets target; Mazda displays concepts

MAKUHARI, Chiba Pref. -- Automobiles Peugeot hopes to sell 10,000 units in Japan within the next two years and 20,000 units within the next five, Managing Director Frederic Saint-Geours said Wednesday.
LIFE / Digital / CYBERIA
Oct 20, 1999

The comfort of strangers

"Susunu Denpa Shonen," which airs every Sunday night on NTV, has become a bona fide phenomenon partly by tweaking noses and partly by joining hands -- call it cynicism cut with altruism
JAPAN
Oct 20, 1999

Ford hints Nedcar may drop MMC platforms

MAKUHARI, Chiba Pref. -- The fate of Nedcar, the Netherlands-based joint venture between Volvo Car Corp. and Mitsubishi Motors Corp., became clearer Wednesday as Ford Motor Co.'s chief executive officer indicated Mitsubishi's platforms may be dropped.
JAPAN
Oct 20, 1999

Nishimura resigns over nuclear remarks

Shingo Nishimura resigned Wednesday as parliamentary vice minister of the Defense Agency amid an outcry over remarks calling on Japan to consider arming itself with nuclear weapons.
LIFE / Travel
Oct 20, 1999

Trying times for bees

VANCOUVER, Canada -- For millions of years, honeybees have been doing what they do best -- transforming the nectar from blossoms into thick, sweet honey. Since the development of agriculture, they have also been ensuring that the pollination necessary for the production of the world's fruits and vegetables...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Oct 20, 1999

Ghosts and goblins and kids, oh my!

Just after the ghosts and goblins of Halloween disappear, we will enter yet another spooky holiday: Nov. 3 -- Culture Day.
LIFE / Travel / NATURE TRAVEL
Oct 20, 1999

Nature scenes pure eye Kandy

If you visit the Sri Lanka hill capital of Kandy and fall in love, be content. You are in illustrious company.
JAPAN
Oct 20, 1999

Ministry to require testing of genetically modified food

The Health and Welfare Ministry plans to require that all genetically modified foods be examined to keep unauthorized products out of the market, ministry sources said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Oct 20, 1999

Tokyo appeals to WTO over U.S. duties on steel

In a move that is likely to anger Washington and stir up controversy in the forthcoming round of global trade talks, Tokyo decided Wednesday to file a complaint with the World Trade Organization over the U.S. decision in June to impose anti-dumping duties on Japanese hot-rolled steel imports.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / GETTING THINGS DONE
Oct 20, 1999

A bit perturbed

This morning I had a phone call. I'm busy, he said, I just have a few minutes between meetings but I desperately need your help. Well, I was busy too, but I listened. His wife taught at a university, he said. School officials had been wanting her to resign. She is 58 years old. She had, he said, been...
LIFE / Travel
Oct 20, 1999

Apimondia: all abuzz about bees

The white sails of the Vancouver Trade and Convention Center were a beehive of activity Sept. 12 to 18, as nearly 3,000 scientists and beekeepers from around the world converged in Vancouver for a huge international beekeeping congress.
ENVIRONMENT / WILD WATCH
Oct 20, 1999

Ducking out for a nature moment

Among the smaller waterfowl, there are basically two types: There are ducks that dive, and there are those that dabble. Diving ducks, such as the tufted duck, scaup, scoter, harlequin and long-tailed duck, are birds of open, deep water, birds of lakes, coasts and the open ocean. Dabbling ducks, on the...
EDITORIALS
Oct 19, 1999

Now it is up to Pyongyang

There were hopes, a few years ago, that North Korea might just quietly implode, as the Soviet Union did, then be absorbed by its neighbor to the south. The hermetic state was on the brink of mass starvation, created by economic mismanagement and compounded by nature's caprice. The government in Pyongyang...
JAPAN
Oct 19, 1999

JCO president apologizes to lawmakers

Looking pale and worn and sitting with his head bowed, the president of JCO Co. on Tuesday appeared before Diet members and repeatedly apologized for the nuclear accident 19 days earlier that was Japan's worst.
JAPAN
Oct 19, 1999

New bank-rescue plan would relieve depositors

An advisory panel to the finance minister on Tuesday said that healthy banks should be brought in to buy failed banks after a revised deposit protection system takes effect in April 2001.
JAPAN
Oct 19, 1999

Japan's biggest nonlife insurer scheduled for 2002

Marine & Fire Insurance Co., Nippon Fire & Marine Insurance Co. and Koa Fire & Marine Insurance Co. formally announced Tuesday they will form a holding company by April 2002 to create the nation's largest nonlife insurer.
JAPAN
Oct 19, 1999

Clans gather for a bit of Scottish tradition in Japan

Staff writer
JAPAN
Oct 19, 1999

Obuchi, Rouhani discuss investment expansion

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi and Hasan Rouhani, Iran's first deputy speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, agreed Tuesday that Japanese investment in Iran should be expanded to strengthen bilateral ties.
JAPAN
Oct 19, 1999

Extra Diet session to start Oct. 29

An extraordinary Diet session will be held for 48 days from Oct. 29 to Dec. 15, the ruling triumvirate agreed Tuesday.
JAPAN
Oct 19, 1999

Pearl Harbor survivors meet their attackers

Two U.S. war veterans who were at Pearl Harbor during Japan's surprise attack in December 1941 were united in Tokyo on Tuesday with Japanese veterans who took part in the mission.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 19, 1999

Aum fills a spiritual need

Special to The Japan Times It has been more than four years since key members of the Aum Shinrikyo religious sect carried out sarin gas attacks on the Tokyo subway system. With its principal facilities closed and its guru and his cohorts arrested, the cult has received a crushing blow. Reports say, however,...
CULTURE / Books
Oct 19, 1999

Japan searches for status, finds only frustration

JAPAN'S QUEST FOR A PERMANENT SECURITY COUNCIL SEAT: A Matter of Pride or Justice?, by Reinhard Drifte. MacMillan Press, St. Antony's Series, 1999, 269 pp., 47.50 British pounds. From the day Japan surrendered to end World War II, its leaders have sought to rehabilitate the country and restore its prewar...
Heatstroke alert issued for 19 prefectures as Japan enters 'once-in-a-decade' heat wave
Japan will experience a heat wave through mid-July on a “level only seen once in a decade,” the Meteorological Agency said on June 30.
Japan braces for more quakes as authorities dismiss doomsday hype
Evacuees from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecuture, arrive at Kagoshima Port on Friday.
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.
Hidden AI prompts in academic papers spark concern about research integrity
Waseda University is one of 14 institutions in eight countries found to have used hidden prompts in research papers.
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.
The future is bright inside the visionary mind of architect Sou Fujimoto
The exhibition of Fujimoto’s architecture surveys his career to date, as well as looks ahead as shown in his proposal of a future floating city designed in collaboration with data scientist Hiroaki Miyata.
A tiny mountain hamlet keeps traditional log rafting afloat
Once a way to transport lumber from the mountains to the coast, log rafting is now Kitayama's biggest attraction.
A furever friend: Tips for responsible dog ownership in Japan
Dog ownership may seem daunting in Japan, but with the right tools and logistical knowledge, you can ensure a healthy, happy life for your pet.
Ainu land rights in crosshairs as Hokkaido communities debate nuclear waste
A street in Suttsu, Hokkaido, with a sign put up by an anti-nuclear organization. The small community is considering hosting a facility that would hold nuclear waste.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Mount Fuji is considered one of Japan's most iconic symbols and is a major draw for tourists. It's still a mountain, though, and potential hikers need to properly prepare for any climb.
What it takes to save lives on Mount Fuji
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