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COMMENTARY / World
Feb 18, 2001

Falun Gong feels the heat

HONG KONG -- Former Indian Chief Justice P.N. Bhagwati perfectly illustrated the enormous gulf between the political cultures of India and China when he arrived in Hong Kong recently as part of a United Nations human-rights inspection team.
JAPAN
Feb 18, 2001

Task force disbanded as Japanese confirmed safe in Iraq

The government on Saturday set up a liaison office at Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori's Official Residence and convened a Foreign Ministry task force following an air strike by U.S. and British warplanes on radar facilities south of Baghdad on Friday, government officials said.
JAPAN
Feb 18, 2001

Police found photo of Blackman in Obara apartment

Police in October discovered a photo negative of Briton Lucie Blackman dated July 1 last year -- the day she disappeared -- in searches of properties linked to alleged serial rapist Joji Obara, it was learned late Friday.
JAPAN
Feb 18, 2001

Global warming to hurt millions of Asia's poor

Global warming has already started to affect the environment and a rise in sea levels will threaten up to 200 million people by 2080, according to a new report released Saturday.
JAPAN
Feb 18, 2001

Writer ponders role of men today

As a youth, Masayoshi Toyoda wondered why he was expected to follow in the footsteps of his father in the family business simply because he was the only son, but had no way to express his feelings.
JAPAN
Feb 18, 2001

Innovative software aims to aid deaf

KYOTO -- Takao Kurokawa, 58, a professor at Kyoto Institute of Technology and a human interface specialist, initially dreamed of inventing a device to interpret intentions by analyzing facial expressions, gestures or glances.
JAPAN
Feb 18, 2001

FSA to check security of online stock deals

The Financial Services Agency will ensure during inspections of securities firms that they take measures to maintain the security of online stock deals, according to outlines of FSA inspection manuals obtained by Kyodo News on Saturday.
JAPAN
Feb 18, 2001

FSA to check security of online stock deals

The Financial Services Agency will ensure during inspections of securities firms that they take measures to maintain the security of online stock deals, according to outlines of FSA inspection manuals obtained by Kyodo News on Saturday.
JAPAN
Feb 18, 2001

Airlines to update crash warning system

Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways are introducing an advanced version of the computer-controlled Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System in the wake of last month's near miss involving two JAL aircraft, officials of the airline companies said.
JAPAN
Feb 18, 2001

Airlines to update crash warning system

Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways are introducing an advanced version of the computer-controlled Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System in the wake of last month's near miss involving two JAL aircraft, officials of the airline companies said.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Feb 18, 2001

Memories of Fido remain from hair to eternity

I am covered, head to foot, in dog hair. It's as if it had rained cats and dogs and I splashed through a puddle of them.
CULTURE / Books / POETRY MIGNETTE
Feb 18, 2001

Avant-garde poet tosses Japan a luscious bouquet

The end of last year and the beginning of this one has produced a fine crop of poetry publications. Though each of these volumes deserves its own separate review, happily I'm able to give these works exposure here.
JAPAN
Feb 18, 2001

LDP chapters latest to turn against Mori

A total of 15 of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's 47 prefectural chapters want Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori to step down before the Upper House elections scheduled for July, according to a survey conducted by Kyodo News.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Feb 18, 2001

Rainy days and Mondays won't dampen baseball

"Rainy Days and Mondays (Always Get Me Down)," Karen and Richard Carpenter's hit record out of the 1970s, might have been an anthem for baseball fans in Japan several years ago.
JAPAN
Feb 18, 2001

LDP chapters latest to turn against Mori

A total of 15 of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's 47 prefectural chapters want Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori to step down before the Upper House elections scheduled for July, according to a survey conducted by Kyodo News.
JAPAN
Feb 18, 2001

Osaka leaders' talk fest serves up more than usual platitudes

KYOTO -- When the Kansai region's leaders gather here every year for a two-day seminar to discuss the regional economy, corporate heads, economists and local government officials pontificate on issues ranging from information technology to employment.
COMMUNITY
Feb 18, 2001

Forest flamenco and snake salsa

Ana Maria Cristina starts her classes at the Asahi Culture Center in Shinjuku with stretches, bends, dynamic shakes of the upper torso and even punchier wiggles of the hips. She then demonstrates how to produce a voice from deep inside, as if reaching into her very soul. Japanese students have trouble...
MORE SPORTS
Feb 18, 2001

Ulcer keeps Ogasawara from camp

Kashima Antlers midfielder Mitsuo Ogasawara, instrumental in the Ibaraki club's treble-winning 2000 season, will not take part in Japan's five-day training camp, which begins Sunday.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Feb 18, 2001

Helmut Morsbach

Something Helmut Morsbach has been dreaming of for many years is about to become reality.
CULTURE / Art
Feb 18, 2001

Renoir's transition to Old Master

Renoir's world is a chocolate box, full of plump women, sweet children and pastel whirls. But even if you prefer paintings with more bite, do not dismiss Bridgestone's new Renoir exhibition. This interesting selection reveals a talent of more depth and restlessness than you may have seen before.
EDITORIALS
Feb 17, 2001

Where does Napster go from here?

Napster, the free music-downloading service beloved by millions, was in the news again this week. But there is not much agreement on what the news means.
JAPAN
Feb 17, 2001

Trio nabbed over pirated movies

Police said Friday they have arrested three men on suspicion of selling illegal copies of such Hollywood films as "Dinosaur" and "Toy Story 2" on video CDs via Internet auctions in November and December.
JAPAN
Feb 17, 2001

60 Chinese nationals in custody after immigration raid

Sixty Chinese belonging to 27 families have been taken into custody on suspicion of illegally entering or staying in Japan in a swoop by immigration officers in Tokyo, Nagano, Chiba and Saitama prefectures, immigration officials said Friday.
COMMENTARY
Feb 17, 2001

Press is partly to blame for Mori's image

On Dec. 10, 1954, Ichiro Hatoyama became prime minister after a long and bitter political struggle with Shigeru Yoshida. In the immediate postwar period, Hatoyama had appeared to be the most promising of the candidates aspiring to head the government. But he was forced to leave the political arena after...
JAPAN
Feb 17, 2001

Alcohol sales on Tokyo train platforms to be banned

East Japan Railway Co. and East Japan Kiosk Co., a subsidiary owned 90 percent by the railway, said Friday they will stop selling alcoholic drinks at kiosks on the platforms of 24 stations in central Tokyo from today.
BUSINESS
Feb 17, 2001

Sony to R&D chips in China, India

Sony Corp. plans to set up research and development centers for semiconductors in China and India later this year, according to company officials. The new outlets will primarily design advanced large-scale integrated circuits for digital household appliances, the officials said Thursday.

Longform

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