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JAPAN
Aug 25, 1999

Headstones mark Yokohama haunt for the unknown

Staff writer
CULTURE / Music
Aug 25, 1999

Drumming up interest in traditional music

Your buddy asks if you're up for a night of dancing and you're likely to think: crowded, sweaty hall, vibrating with a booming backbeat.
EDITORIALS
Aug 24, 1999

Steps to stop the AIDS threat

With no advance warning, a team from the Health and Welfare Ministry has announced that a large-scale infection of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is a far greater threat in this country than the public has been led to believe. After what seems like a long ministry silence on the issue, the team estimates...
JAPAN
Aug 24, 1999

JET sends third relief mission to Turkey

Tokyo-based Japan Emergency Team will dispatch its third team of volunteers to Turkey on Sunday to deliver supplies to the quake-rocked nation.
JAPAN
Aug 24, 1999

Mori blasts LDP candidates for New Komeito snub

Yoshiro Mori, secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, lashed out Tuesday at two candidates in the LDP presidential race, blasting criticisms of a decision to form a coalition government with New Komeito.
JAPAN
Aug 24, 1999

Kan announces bid for third term at DPJ helm

Naoto Kan, leader of the Democratic Party of Japan, formally announced Tuesday that he would run for a third consecutive term as head of the nation's largest opposition party.
JAPAN
Aug 24, 1999

Business leaders say APEC must do more

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum must accelerate its efforts to liberalize trade and investment, APEC business leaders said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Aug 24, 1999

Bank customers detail need for new deposit safety net

A safety net is needed to protect deposits in business transaction accounts and to ensure fast refunds if banks fail after fiscal 2000, a cross section of bank customer representatives said Tuesday.
COMMENTARY
Aug 24, 1999

Japan's false sense of security

During a recent TV talk show, in which high school- and university-age people were participating, the coordinator asked, "Do you love Japan or do you hate Japan?" Most participants answered they love Japan. If I remember correctly, only a few said they hate this country.
JAPAN
Aug 24, 1999

Ministry ponders widening of med school curricula

The Education Ministry will set up a panel to review medical school curricula for students with bachelor degrees in other fields, to allow people with more varied backgrounds to study medicine.
JAPAN
Aug 24, 1999

MITI appoints Hirose to top administrative post

Katsusada Hirose will replace Osamu Watanabe as vice minister for international trade and industry on Sept. 3, officials of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Aug 24, 1999

Brazil to extend cut-rate tariff on auto imports to year's end

Staff writer
CULTURE / Stage
Aug 24, 1999

Lively National Noh Theater possessed by colorful spirit

Noh has a disorientating history. It emerged from folk rites, developed into the most popular art of its day, and has since been refined out of all recognition. Devotees maintain its accessibility, but modern Japanese are far more likely to head for Tokyo Disneyland than any of the 60-odd principal stages....
JAPAN
Aug 24, 1999

Cabinet names Tsuno new bureau chief

The Cabinet on Tuesday appointed Osamu Tsuno, 60, deputy director general of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau, as the new head of the bureau, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiromu Nonaka said.
CULTURE / Music
Aug 24, 1999

Songs of destiny and nostalgia at Konda Lota Music festival

One of the most reliable musical dates on the Tokyo calendar is Festival Konda Lota, now in its 10th year.
JAPAN
Aug 23, 1999

Police pact forged with South Korea

The police forces of Tokyo and Seoul signed an agreement Monday that paves the way for cooperation in combating international organized crime and trafficking in arms and drugs.
JAPAN
Aug 23, 1999

Rudderless retirees require coaching on how to enjoy life

Staff writer
JAPAN
Aug 23, 1999

Trilateral finance talks set with China, South Korea

Japan, China and South Korea have agreed to set up a forum to regularly discuss international financial issues, the Finance Ministry said Monday.
JAPAN
Aug 23, 1999

Kosovars seek status as refugees

OSAKA -- A group of eight people who fled the war-torn Yugoslav province of Kosovo filed applications with the Osaka Immigration Bureau on Monday requesting refugee status.
JAPAN
Aug 23, 1999

Blackmailer of ballplayer walks

The Tokyo District Court sentenced a former gangster to a suspended three-year prison term Monday for attempting to blackmail pro baseball star Kazuhiro Kiyohara and his team, the Yomiuri Giants.
JAPAN
Aug 23, 1999

Vignaud urges FAO streamlining

In response to North Korea's famine issue, Argentina's ambassador to Sweden, Juan Carlos Vignaud, said on Monday in Tokyo that the Food and Agriculture Organization should go wherever it is needed.
JAPAN
Aug 23, 1999

Camping tragedy spurs safety campaign

To prevent another tragedy like the recent flash-flood fatalities on the Kurokura River in Kanagawa Prefecture, the Japan Auto Camping Federation called on campers Monday to camp only at designated campsites and pack equipment for emergency situations.
JAPAN
Aug 23, 1999

Nursing care death may be murder

An 89-year-old woman was found dead in her room at a nursing care institution Monday with a sleeveless shirt wrapped around her neck, local police said.
EDITORIALS
Aug 23, 1999

Bridging Kosovo's gulf of hatred

Nearly 10 weeks after the last Yugoslav forces pulled out of Kosovo, ethnic cleansing has once again reared its ugly head in the troubled Balkan province. This time around, however, it is ethnic Albanians that are terrorizing Serbs and forcing them to flee. Reports are heard daily of Serb deaths or beatings....
JAPAN
Aug 23, 1999

Internet station pulls in global FM tunes

Staff writer
JAPAN
Aug 23, 1999

Ministry applauds tribank megamerger

The Finance Ministry applauds a plan by Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank, Fuji Bank and the Industrial Bank of Japan to form a full-scale alliance, Vice Finance Minister Nobuaki Usui said Monday.
JAPAN
Aug 23, 1999

LDP factions form Obuchi HQ

Representatives from five Liberal Democratic Party factions agreed Monday to form a joint election campaign headquarters to support re-election of Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi as party president, faction officials said.
EDITORIALS
Aug 21, 1999

A super-bank in the making

A "super-bank" will soon be born in Japan. If everything goes according to plan, Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank, Fuji Bank and the Industrial Bank of Japan will combine to create a gigantic financial group with assets that will eclipse all other banking institutions in the world. The fact that the three banks...
COMMENTARY
Aug 21, 1999

Mr. Robertson's agenda

LONDON -- The appointment of George Robertson, formerly the British secretary of state for defense, as secretary general of NATO has rekindled discussion on a number of important defense issues facing Europe. Robertson should be able to influence the outcome, but decisions will largely rest with the...
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 21, 1999

South Asia's dwindling hopes for peace

ISLAMABAD -- Weeks of lingering hopes for a limited improvement in relations between South Asia's two large nuclear-armed neighbors, India and Pakistan, were shattered in less than two minutes when an Indian fighter jet shot down a Pakistani naval patrol aircraft.
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.
Trump announces new tariff rate on Japan — and extension of deadline to Aug. 1
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt holds a trade letter sent by the White House to Japan during a news conference at the White House in Washington on Monday.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.

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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