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BUSINESS
Aug 3, 2000

Mori backs NCB sales contract

Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori told the Diet on Wednesday that the government's decision not to renegotiate the contract for selling Nippon Credit Bank to a consortium led by Softbank Corp. "is the position of the government."
JAPAN
Aug 3, 2000

Rare corals sold in pet shops contributing to species' decline

Various types of live coral from coastal areas in Japan, including rare species, are being sold in pet shops in and around Tokyo, a group monitoring wildlife trafficking said Wednesday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 3, 2000

Kiyohara leads Giants to win over BayStars

Revitalized Kazuhiro Kiyohara sparked the Yomiuri offense once again Wednesday as the Giants survived a late-inning scare to shake off the Yokohama BayStars 8-7 at Yokohama Stadium and solidify their Central League lead.
MULTIMEDIA / SPORTS SCOPE
Aug 3, 2000

World Cup vote: Africa needs a good PR officer

The jury is not out on this one: Africa should be hosting the World Cup in 2006. The continent is long overdue, having made a significant contribution to world soccer in the past 20 years.
BUSINESS
Aug 3, 2000

DoCoMo phone to link Japan, South Korea

NTT DoCoMo Inc. said Wednesday that it will release on Aug. 10 a cellular phone that can be used both in Japan and South Korea, based on a business tieup with local operator SK Telecom.
JAPAN
Aug 3, 2000

Ohta satisfied with first six months as Osaka governor

OSAKA -- Osaka Gov. Fusae Ohta has no trouble with being Japan's first female governor, except that she is repeatedly asked what it is like to hold such a distinction.
BUSINESS
Aug 3, 2000

Blue chips on U.S. Nasdaq look to Japan

OSAKA -- Some U.S. blue chips listed on the U.S. Nasdaq market are likely to be listed on Nasdaq Japan as early as December, sources at the Osaka Securities Exchange said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Aug 3, 2000

Japan key to Hyundai's global strategy

Hyundai Motor Co. will enter the Japanese market in January with an aggressive sales plan, taking advantage of expanding cultural and business exchanges between the country and South Korea, the president of the firm's Japanese affiliate said.
BUSINESS
Aug 3, 2000

Nippon Steel teams up with Posco

Nippon Steel Corp. and South Korea's Pohang Iron & Steel Co. (Posco) announced Wednesday that they have signed a contract forming a strategic business alliance.
ENVIRONMENT
Aug 3, 2000

Eco-conscious but comfortable: making environmentalism hip

Last year when advertising agencies asked Kazumi Oguro what his rival magazine was, he replied: "I wouldn't have to put out a new magazine if there was a rival."
LIFE / ALTERNATIVE LUXURIES
Aug 3, 2000

Lessons of the past inspire a future

Calligraphy by Nako Oizumi The evolution of a single human neither starts with their birth, nor stops with the end of their childhood. Each of us has been given pieces of the past by previous generations from which we make new meaning and, in turn, hand it on to the young.
LIFE / Style & Design / SIMPLY DIVINE
Aug 3, 2000

Dancing your way to fitness

Some medical experts claim a glass of wine is good for your heart, others believe chocolate is an excellent alternative to Prozac, but something they all tend to agree on is that adequate exercise is vital to a healthy life. However, if your idea of working out is a spot of intensive window-shopping...
JAPAN
Aug 3, 2000

Bank worker embezzled 160 million yen

A 28-year-old former employee of the Bank of Kochi's Aki branch in Kochi Prefecture embezzled some 160 million yen from customers, bank officials said Wednesday.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Aug 3, 2000

Okinawa seen through the summit prism

It's a common belief that the annual G-7 or G-8 summits accomplish little more than allowing the leaders of the industrialized world to get together and make a show of global unity. Consequently, the only thing you can count on in the post-summit analyses is that they will dwell on what wasn't discussed,...
JAPAN
Aug 2, 2000

Train conductors left behind as Toei Subway becomes automated

In another verse from the machine-replaces-man songbook, Toei Subway is replacing the conductor on half of its Tokyo lines with a bevy of machines, including a safety wall that has been making its way through Toei Mita Line stations across Tokyo this summer.
BUSINESS
Aug 2, 2000

Trading sluggish in July on Nasdaq Japan

OSAKA -- Trading on the Nasdaq Japan equity market for growth companies was sluggish in July due to nationwide concerns about the economy, especially the collapse of major department store Sogo Co., the Osaka Securities Exchange said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Aug 2, 2000

Construction Ministry to research fiber-optic network

The Construction Ministry will set up an expert committee to study ways to lay fiber-optic cables in sewer pipes to create a telecommunications network reaching a large number of households, ministry officials said Tuesday.
EDITORIALS
Aug 2, 2000

Milosevic vs. Montenegro

Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic has been the architect of his country's destruction. Over the course of a decade, his twin pursuits of the Serb nationalist cause and his own power have torn the Yugoslav federation apart. It has been a bloody process, triggering foreign military intervention on...
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 2, 2000

Kiyohara, Matsui punish BayStars

Kazuhiro Kiyohara hit a three-run home run as the Central League's front-running Yomiuri Giants beat the Yokohama BayStars 4-2 at Yokohama Stadium on Tuesday and extended their winning streak to three.
JAPAN
Aug 2, 2000

July sees twice as many heat stroke victims

The number of heat stroke victims in Tokyo taken to hospitals by ambulance doubled in July from the same month last year, the Tokyo Fire Department said Tuesday.

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