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COMMENTARY / World
Dec 2, 2000

Keep government out of the stock market

A few months ago, members of Japan's ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party, New Komeito and the New Conservative Party encouraged the government to take steps to prop up the stock market. They also urged the government to accelerate spending from the public-works reserve fund of 500 billion...
BUSINESS
Dec 2, 2000

Digital broadcasts via satellite get under way

Full-fledged digital broadcasting via satellite began Friday morning across Japan, with some anxiety about rapid penetration due to technical problems.
BUSINESS
Dec 2, 2000

IBJ, Yasuda to link cash machines

The Industrial Bank of Japan and Yasuda Trust & Banking Co. said Friday they will link their automatic teller machines, free of charge to customers, starting Monday.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 2, 2000

Lack of leadership doomed climate talks

"We almost had it, we were close but there is no deal," said British Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott as he left a last-ditch effort among European Union countries to agree on a deal with the United States that would salvage the Kyoto Protocol climate-change negotiations. The U.S. proposal had major...
CULTURE / Stage
Dec 2, 2000

Movement at its purest

The only international production in the dance section of the continuing Tokyo Festival of Performing Arts turned out to be a heavyweight contender, a collaboration betweentwo of the German dancers and choreographers who, with Pina Bausch, have formed the representative triangle of German dance for the...
JAPAN
Dec 2, 2000

Resignation of Nonaka deals new blow to Mori

Embattled Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, who narrowly survived a recent no-confidence motion, was dealt another serious blow Friday with the sudden resignation of Hiromu Nonaka, secretary general of his Liberal Democratic Party.
SOCCER / J. League
Dec 2, 2000

Gamba's Miyamoto to join West Ham

OSAKA -- Gamba Osaka defender Tsuneyasu Miyamoto is set to join English Premier League side West Ham United in a move that will make him the first Japanese player to join a English club, Gamba officials said Thursday.
CULTURE / Art
Dec 2, 2000

Treasures of ancient China

Until the 16th century, when the first Europeans reached these shores, China had, for over 1,000 years, been the sole foreign influence on the development of Japanese culture. Some of this influence had been refracted through Korea, but Korea itself was in a position similar to Japan's: a recipient of...
COMMENTARY / THE VIEW FROM MOSCOW
Dec 2, 2000

The new American autism

George W. Bush, Al Gore or civil war? This is the question being asked now by alarmists, especially those with a taste for theatrical overstatement.
CULTURE / Music / HOGAKU TODAY
Dec 2, 2000

Reed and pipe and 30 strings

The traditional koto has 13 strings. Moveable ivory bridges, called ji, are placed under each string, and moving them up or down the length of the koto raises or lowers the pitch. There are about 15 set positions for the ji, known as choshi, and they determine the overall tuning of the instrument. All...
CULTURE / Music
Dec 2, 2000

Concert to raise funds for seeing-eye dogs

The St. David's Welsh Society is presenting its 14th annual Christmas Charity Concert 5 p.m. Dec. 3 at the Imperial Hotel.
EDITORIALS
Dec 1, 2000

ASEAN eclipsed?

There is no rest for the weary. That is the lesson that Southeast Asian leaders must draw after their annual summit meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, held last week in Singapore. While their economies are -- for the most part -- recovering from the economic crisis of 1997-98, they...
JAPAN
Dec 1, 2000

Tokyo slates meeting with Myanmar

In defiance of mounting international pressure, Japan appears firmly determined to go ahead with technical assistance for Myanmar.
JAPAN
Dec 1, 2000

LDP panel puts brakes on dual taxation system

The Liberal Democratic Party's tax panel decided Thursday to delay the government-designed introduction of a new local tax system because of concerns about its effect on unprofitable companies, party officials said.
BUSINESS
Dec 1, 2000

Finance Ministry reveals 'mission'

The Finance Ministry published a position paper Thursday outlining its "mission" and "policy objectives" for the first time in its 131-year history, ahead of the government's major restructuring in January.
BUSINESS
Dec 1, 2000

Greenback surge surprises but may not last

The dollar has broken out of the 100-110 yen trading range after having stayed in a holding pattern for several weeks amid concern over political uncertainty in Japan and the United States.
JAPAN
Dec 1, 2000

Eight oil firms fined 2 billion yen for bid-rigging

The Fair Trade Commission has ordered eight oil wholesalers to pay about 2 billion yen in penalties for rigging bids in the supply of oil products to the Defense Agency, FTC officials said Thursday.
JAPAN
Dec 1, 2000

Opponents sidetrack suffrage debate

The ongoing debate on a bill to grant foreigners voting rights is being sidetracked by opponents who claim the issue can be resolved by amending the nation's naturalization policy.
BUSINESS
Dec 1, 2000

LDP wants minimum import levels of rice cut

Panels of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party agreed Thursday to call on the government to demand that minimum access levels on rice imports be reduced in its proposals for the next round of trade liberalization talks under the World Trade Organization.
BUSINESS
Dec 1, 2000

Reform touted in new five-year action program

The government compiled a five-year action program to promote structural reform and achieve economic progress while continuing to reflect the IT revolution and environmental concerns, the Ministry of International Trade and Industry announced Thursday.
JAPAN
Dec 1, 2000

Serial killer, two other murderers hanged

Three death row inmates, including a serial killer who murdered eight people between 1972 and 1982, were hanged Thursday morning, the Justice Ministry said.
JAPAN
Dec 1, 2000

Shigenobu indicted in embassy attack

Japanese Red Army leader Fusako Shigenobu was indicted Thursday on charges stemming from the 1974 seizure of the French Embassy in The Hague, the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office said.
BUSINESS
Dec 1, 2000

U.S. wants to extend auto agreement

Compiled from wire reports SEATTLE -- The United States on Wednesday proposed extending a bilateral automotive trade pact due to expire at the end of the year after a joint review showed that some progress has been made in improving access and competition in the Japanese market.
JAPAN
Dec 1, 2000

Infected people unaware they are killers, AIDS activist says

1988, World AIDS Day on Dec. 1 has been observed as a time to display compassion, hope, solidarity and understanding about the deadly disease. This year's theme is "AIDS: Men Make a Difference." More than 70 percent of HIV infections worldwide occur through sex between men and women, with a further 10...
BUSINESS
Dec 1, 2000

Panel to study insurance yield cuts

Members of the Liberal Democratic Party will set up an informal study group to examine whether life insurers should be allowed to cut the interest rates they guaranteed their policyholders, LDP lawmakers said Thursday.
JAPAN
Dec 1, 2000

Law permits SDF to inspect foreign ships in emergencies

The House of Councilors passed and enacted a number of bills Thursday, including one that allows Japanese authorities to inspect foreign vessels within or beyond its territorial waters as part of international economic sanctions and another outlawing human cloning.
JAPAN
Dec 1, 2000

Court rejects former sex slave's plea

The Tokyo Court upheld a lower court ruling on Thursday and rejected a South Korean woman's demand for an apology and 12 million yen in damages from the Japanese government for the suffering she endured as a wartime "comfort woman."
BUSINESS
Dec 1, 2000

Matsushita sets sights on 2003

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said Thursday that it expects to raise annual group sales to about 9 trillion yen in fiscal 2003, up about 20 percent from the current level.
Success of Chinese-made fighter jets against India raises alarm in Asia
Chinese J-10 fighter jets from the People's Liberation Army Air Force August 1st Aerobatics Team perform during a media demonstration at the Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand, in November 2015.
Japan to recognize Taiwan as place of origin in family registration system
Masataka Yuhara, secretary-general of the Friends of Lee Teng Hui Association in Japan, which has been calling for "Taiwan" to be permitted as a place of origin in family registers.
Akazawa's dilemma: no tariff deal or a half-baked deal
Chief tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa and his delegation in the Oval Office of the White House in April. Since then, Japan's trade negotiations with the U.S. have produced no tangible results.
Nissan to solicit early retirements while eyeing plant closures in Japan
Nissan's Oppama plant in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, may be closed as part of the struggling carmaker's streamlining efforts.
Closing the gap between what you learn and what you say in Japanese
A few tweaks to the conversations you learn in your Japanese class will help you sound like a native when you step out the door.
In Nintendo’s backyard, foreign indie game devs are thriving
Kyoto's gaming landscape is dominated by Nintendo's headquarters, but a contingent of foreign-born indie developers is also working in the gaming giant's shadow.
Akazawa's dilemma: no tariff deal or a half-baked deal
Chief tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa and his delegation in the Oval Office of the White House in April. Since then, Japan's trade negotiations with the U.S. have produced no tangible results.
Nissan hoping to electrify home crowd as Formula E returns to Tokyo
Nissan's Oliver Rowland drives during qualifying for Miami E-Prix at Homestead Motor Speedway in Homestead, Florida, on April 12.
For his first feature film, director Ryuya Suzuki created a masterpiece
"Jinsei," which follows its protagonist over a century, probes themes of identity and societal issues with a dark comic touch. The director, however, says he created the story without knowing where it would lead.
Historian Rob Fitts discovers earliest ever reference to baseball in Japan
Japan's Shohei Ohtani carries the Japanese flag onto the field before the start of the World Baseball Classic final against the United States in Miami on March 21, 2023.

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