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CULTURE / Stage
May 20, 2000

Still shining after all these years

May is the month of the Dankikusai (Danjuro-Kikugoro Festival) at the Kabukiza in Tokyo's Ginza, commemorating the outstanding achievements of Danjuro Ichikawa IX and Kikugoro Onoe V, the two giants of kabuki theater in the Meiji Era.
EDITORIALS
May 19, 2000

The Fed walks the tightrope

Alarmed by signs that the U.S. economy is overheating, the U.S. Federal Reserve Board this week raised U.S. interest rates by half a percentage point. The move reflects a shift in sentiment at the U.S. central bank. While the bank's top officials appear to have accepted the idea that information technologies...
JAPAN
May 19, 2000

Juveniles face tougher terms

A Liberal Democratic Party panel has 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, it announced Thursday.
JAPAN
May 19, 2000

Licensing guidelines drafted

The financial standing of companies must be examined before and after their subsidiary banks receive banking licenses, according to a set of draft guidelines released Thursday.
JAPAN
May 19, 2000

Panel wants public involved in court

A judicial reform panel of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party called Thursday for the introduction of "mixed courts," a system adopted in a number of European countries to promote public participation in legal proceedings.
JAPAN
May 19, 2000

Bamboo buildings get support of ZERI as eco-friendly option

OTSU, Shiga Pref. -- One of the pavilions at World Expo 2000, slated to run from June to October in Hannover, Germany, is made mostly of bamboo.
COMMUNITY
May 19, 2000

Peace, abode of poetry, abode of peace

In this world, it remains most difficult to establish lasting peace. Aggrandizement of power continues to deface nations; blind and violent talons never cease shaking and shattering fledgling roots of peace.
BUSINESS
May 19, 2000

Yakult exec pleads not guilty over Princeton bonds fraud

The former vice president of Yakult Honsha Co. pleaded not guilty Thursday to aggravated breach of trust in connection with illicit transactions of so-called Princeton bonds that caused 530 million yen worth of damage to the firm.
BUSINESS
May 19, 2000

Japan National Oil closes five exploration firms

Japan National Oil Corp. on Thursday approved the closure of five of its oil and gas resource exploration companies that are either insolvent or unprofitable.
BUSINESS
May 19, 2000

25% Mitsui profit dip laid to loan-loss provisions

Trading house Mitsui & Co. said Thursday that its group pretax profits plunged 24.7 percent to 52.61 billion yen in fiscal 1999 on sales of 13.20 trillion yen, down 5.6 percent.
BUSINESS
May 19, 2000

Nikkeiren, Keidanren join drive for greater efficiency

The call for organizational reform that is leading many Japanese companies and even government agencies to struggle to streamline operations is finally reaching the nation's business groups.
JAPAN
May 19, 2000

Bill for child allowance receives OK

The Upper House Health and Welfare Committee approved a bill Thursday that will make state-paid child allowance available to households with children under age 6.
BUSINESS
May 19, 2000

U.S. group takes over Kofuku Bank

OSAKA -- The Financial Reconstruction Commission on Thursday approved the sale of the nationalized Kofuku Bank to U.S.-based WL Ross & Co. LLC, which signed a basic agreement with the government-backed Deposit Insurance Corp.
BUSINESS
May 19, 2000

Electronics firms emerging from the red

Helped by restructuring efforts and the recovering semiconductor sector, Japan's major electronic appliance and computer chip manufacturers have reported earnings improvements for the past business year.
JAPAN
May 19, 2000

Coalition agrees to hold general election June 25

The Lower House election will be held on June 25 and campaigning will officially start on June 13, leaders of the three ruling parties confirmed Thursday.
BUSINESS
May 19, 2000

GMO-free trade opens

The Tokyo Grain Exchange launched futures trading Thursday in U.S. soybeans containing no genetically modified organisms, making it the world's pioneer in GMO-free grain futures trading.
BUSINESS
May 19, 2000

Firms agree to tie up on real estate

The planned Mizuho Financial Group will team up with real estate giant Mitsui Fudosan Co. in securitizing their real estate holdings, officials close to the deal said Thursday.
JAPAN
May 19, 2000

New law targets stalkers with prison time or fine

The House of Representatives on Thursday passed and enacted an anti-stalking bill that incorporates maximum punishments of one-year imprisonment or a fine of 1 million yen.
COMMENTARY
May 19, 2000

The right leader for Japan?

Former Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi died last Sunday, 42 days after suffering a stroke and falling into a coma. He was 62.
COMMENTARY / World
May 19, 2000

Populist bloc sends UMNO strong message

KUALA LUMPUR-- Delegates to the recently-concluded triennial elections of Malaysia's top political party have voted according to their conscience, sending a strong signal to party president, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, that they prefer their leaders who can reach out to the grassroots of the politically-dominant...
BUSINESS
May 19, 2000

Will volatility mean long slump, bargains?

The Tokyo stock market has been on a roller-coaster ride in recent weeks, keeping market participants guessing on whether the volatility is the beginning of a lasting decline.
JAPAN
May 19, 2000

Summit elates Osaka's Okinawans

OSAKA -- Osaka lost the bid for the 2000 Group of Eight summit to Okinawa, shocking and disappointing many local business and political leaders who had believed their city was the clear favorite.
JAPAN
May 19, 2000

Report blames adults for kids' problems

Teachers and other adults must take countermeasures at an early stage and deal with problems as a group to tackle "classroom collapse," according to an Education Ministry report released Thursday.
EDITORIALS
May 18, 2000

Digital exterminators

The year rang in with the threat of a computer meltdown — the Y2K bug — but it proved to be more hype than horror. Yet having weathered that digital storm, the world has faced a succession of bugs and viruses that have done real damage to both computer systems and confidence in the network economy....
JAPAN
May 18, 2000

First woman to conquer Everest claims May '75 feat was unintended

A Japanese housewife who made climbing history May 16, 1975 by becoming the first woman to conquer the world's tallest peak says her achievement was unintended.
JAPAN
May 18, 2000

Ministry to enhance law covering forgery

The Justice Ministry is considering drafting a bill that would criminalize the possession of forged prepaid cards and gift certificates, according to ministry officials.
JAPAN
May 18, 2000

Diet enacts law to keep abusive parents from kids

A law banning abusive parents from meeting or corresponding with their children was enacted by the Diet on Wednesday.
COMMENTARY
May 18, 2000

Hypocrisy is the only standard

When white Europeans are dying, the Clinton administration acts. When black Africans are dying, Washington talks. Such is the hypocritical cynicism that passes for U.S. foreign policy today.
Tsunami threat passes following magnitude 6.9 quake off Iwate
A tsunami advisory was issued for Iwate Prefecture on Sunday evening following a strong earthquake. The advisory was later called off, after waves measuring 20 centimeters were recorded in some areas.
Japan to subsidize demolition of abandoned inns
Abandoned Japanese-style inns in the Kinugawa hot springs resort in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, in March 2023
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Takaichi stands firm on controversial Taiwan contingency remarks
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions during a session of the House of Representatives' Budget Committee in parliament in Tokyo on Monday.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Jenson Button brings end to an illustrious racing career intertwined with Japan
Jenson Button races for Honda during the Singapore Grand Prix in September 2008.
Cleanliness gets competitive at Tokyo’s Spogomi world cup
On Oct. 29, teams from 33 qualifying countries scoured the streets of Shibuya for all manners of trash as part of the Spogomi litter-picking competition.
Jon Homewood: ‘There’s beauty in what we throw away’
After a peripatetic childhood around the world, teacher and artist Jon Homewood ended up coming to Japan in 2012 for a professional opportunity.
Yokozuna duo Onosato and Hoshoryu poised for another clash of titans
Yokozuna duo Onosato (right) and Hoshoryu clash for the title on the final day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Sept. 28 at Ryogoku Kokugikan.
High-speed rail is expensive and difficult, but seen as a key to growth
Achal Khare, former managing director at India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation, gives a presentation during the IHRA Forum 2025 in Tokyo on Oct. 23.

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Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
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