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JAPAN / BENCH REFORM
Feb 28, 2001

Fight gets under way to increase public's access to legal aid

Lawyer Masaki Kunihiro had never dreamed his life would be so busy in the small city of Hamada, Shimane Prefecture.
JAPAN
Feb 28, 2001

Fuji TV halts airing of 'Titanic'

Fuji Television Network Inc. has decided to put off indefinitely the airing of the movie "Titanic" out of concern for those distressed by the Feb. 9 sinking of a Japanese ship after being hit by a U.S. submarine off Hawaii, company sources said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Feb 28, 2001

Mori pressured to announce resignation by late March

Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori on Tuesday came under greater pressure to step down, with a scenario emerging for his resignation as early as the end of March.
BUSINESS
Feb 28, 2001

Dollar to stay trapped in 114-118 yen range

The dollar appears likely to remain locked within a 114-118 yen range through much of March.
JAPAN
Feb 28, 2001

Obara pleads not guilty to drugging, rape charges

Joji Obara, a suspect in the death of a British hostess whose dismembered body was discovered earlier this month, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges of drugging and raping three Japanese women.
JAPAN
Feb 28, 2001

U.S. admiral apologizes over sub accident

A special envoy from Washington arrived in Japan on Tuesday afternoon to convey apologies from the United States to Japan over the Feb. 9 sinking of a Japanese high school fisheries training ship off Hawaii, which left nine Japanese missing and presumed dead.
BUSINESS
Feb 28, 2001

Venture to produce CTP plates

Mitsubishi Paper Mills Ltd. and Okamoto Chemical Industry Co. said Tuesday that both will set up a joint venture in April to produce printing plates for computer-to-plate press technology, which reduces production time.
BUSINESS
Feb 28, 2001

Dia Kensetsu reduces losses by 4.1 billion yen

Dia Kensetsu Co., Japan's second-largest condominium builder, on Tuesday revised its projected group net loss for fiscal 2000 to 500 million yen from 4.6 billion yen, following a debt-waiver deal with a U.S. investment fund.
BUSINESS
Feb 28, 2001

Kao ties with ADM on fat-reducer venture

Household products maker Kao Corp. said Tuesday it and major U.S. agribusiness firm Archer Daniels Midland Co. have agreed to form a joint venture to make and sell a Kao cooking oil ingredient that helps reduce the amount of fat amassed in the body.
JAPAN
Feb 28, 2001

Tokyo, Seoul in extradition treaty talks

Japan is holding talks with South Korea regarding the conclusion of a bilateral extradition treaty, Justice Minister Masahiko Komura said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Feb 28, 2001

Higher 'kampo' premiums endorsed

An advisory panel to the government endorsed a plan Tuesday to raise premiums for "kampo," the government-run postal life insurance system, by an average of 2.9 percent from July, government officials said.
BUSINESS
Feb 28, 2001

OSE to become share-issuing firm

OSAKA -- The Osaka Securities Exchange on Tuesday formally decided to convert itself into a share-issuing company from a membership organization on April 1.
BUSINESS
Feb 28, 2001

OSE to become share-issuing firm

OSAKA -- The Osaka Securities Exchange on Tuesday formally decided to convert itself into a share-issuing company from a membership organization on April 1.
COMMENTARY
Feb 28, 2001

Alleviating anxiety in Seoul

SEOUL -- On the surface, U.S.-South Korean relations have seldom seemed better. Last fall's contentious issues -- negotiations over revisions to the Status of Forces Agreement and over South Korean missile-development plans -- were settled amicably. The new U.S. administration has firmly endorsed the...
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 28, 2001

How the anti-Iraq raids played in France

PARIS -- It was hardly a surprise that less than a month after U.S. President George W. Bush's inauguration, the U.S. Air Force should have launched a raid against Iraqi missile batteries and radars close to Baghdad. The flights of the U.S. and British jets supposed to protect the "no-fly" zones where...
BUSINESS
Feb 28, 2001

Vodafone bolsters mobile phone stake in Japan

In an important step toward expanding its business in the world's second largest mobile phone market, Vodafone Group PLC said Tuesday it has agreed to acquire a 10 percent stake in Japan Telecom Co. from AT&T Corp. of the United States for 157.1 billion yen.
BUSINESS
Feb 28, 2001

Vodafone bolsters mobile phone stake in Japan

In an important step toward expanding its business in the world's second largest mobile phone market, Vodafone Group PLC said Tuesday it has agreed to acquire a 10 percent stake in Japan Telecom Co. from AT&T Corp. of the United States for 157.1 billion yen.
BUSINESS
Feb 28, 2001

CCPC to name new president

Collateral buyer Cooperative Credit Purchasing Co. said Tuesday it plans to name Jiro Nishibori, president of Sakura Finance Service Co., as its new president to succeed Takeshi Kobayashi, who will retire March 29.
BUSINESS
Feb 28, 2001

CCPC to name new president

Collateral buyer Cooperative Credit Purchasing Co. said Tuesday it plans to name Jiro Nishibori, president of Sakura Finance Service Co., as its new president to succeed Takeshi Kobayashi, who will retire March 29.
JAPAN
Feb 28, 2001

Concerns expressed over plutonium stocks

The Atomic Energy Commission expressed concern Tuesday that further delay in the use of uranium-plutonium mixed oxide (MOX) fuel at Japanese nuclear power reactors could create large stockpiles of surplus plutonium.
LIFE / Travel
Feb 28, 2001

Take the path of the pilgrims to mortal happiness

Two types of pilgrim come to Matsuyama in Shikoku's northeasterly Ehime Prefecture: Buddhists and bathers.
BUSINESS
Feb 28, 2001

Finance chief backs further stimulus

Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa said Tuesday he supports a proposal to compile another stimulus package to support Japan's fragile economic recovery.
BUSINESS
Feb 28, 2001

Finance chief backs further stimulus

Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa said Tuesday he supports a proposal to compile another stimulus package to support Japan's fragile economic recovery.
LIFE / Food & Drink / KISSA KULTUR
Feb 28, 2001

Copying without an original

In the movie "Mr. Baseball," Tom Selleck's character complains to his Japanese girlfriend that Japan copies everything. She quickly replies, "We may copy it, but we make it better." After a visit to Ashbys of London, located near Akasaka-Mitsuke Station, one would have to agree.
LIFE / Travel
Feb 28, 2001

A phoenix from the ashes

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt -- Down by the corniche, a legend of classical antiquity is rising from the ashes as miraculously as a phoenix. This summer, the new $200 million Bibliotheca Alexandrina, a spectacular piece of high-tech architecture billed as the revival of the Ancient Library of Alexandria, is due...
JAPAN
Feb 28, 2001

Human rights groups attack official discrimination report

Human rights advocacy groups on Tuesday lashed out at the Japanese government for failing to address what they say are numerous discriminatory practices in a report submitted last year to a United Nations panel.
SOCCER / J. League
Feb 28, 2001

Nakamura honored

Yokohama and Japan midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura picked up another individual honor on Tuesday when he was named the 2000 "Footballer of the Year" in a poll of Japanese soccer writers.
JAPAN
Feb 28, 2001

Human rights groups attack official discrimination report

Human rights advocacy groups on Tuesday lashed out at the Japanese government for failing to address what they say are numerous discriminatory practices in a report submitted last year to a United Nations panel.
Most Japanese teens struggling with school find end of summer ‘painful’
Some 93.1% of Japanese teenagers who struggle with school life said they felt like they “wanted to disappear from the world" at the end of summer vacation ahead of the start of a new term, according to a recent survey released by Yokohama-based nonprofit Daisan Kazoku.
Philippine bid to acquire used Japanese warships gains steam
Tokyo is looking to transfer Abukuma-class vessels to the Philippines as part of broader efforts to boost the defense capabilities of like-minded neighbors amid growing Chinese military assertiveness in the region.
Mitsubishi’s wind-power retreat a blow to Japan's alternative-energy goals
Wind turbines in the town of Happo in Akita prefecture. Wind power is a key part of Japan's alternative energy drive.
Can anime carry the memories of World War II?
Many schools in Japan show "Grave of the Fireflies" as educational material to tell the emotionally grueling story of a boy who has no means to prevent his sister from starving to death.
Akazawa's trip to Washington for tariff talks abruptly canceled
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, had been set to fly to Washington on Thursday.
Mitsubishi’s wind-power retreat a blow to Japan's alternative-energy goals
Wind turbines in the town of Happo in Akita prefecture. Wind power is a key part of Japan's alternative energy drive.
Virtual singer Kaf's music becomes magic in 'Kamitsubaki City Under Construction'
Virtual singer Kaf got her start in 2018 by posting songs and covers to YouTube. Now, after having performed live shows at major venues including Tokyo’s Nippon Budokan, she is turning to voice acting and starring in the new anime series “Kamitsubaki City Under Construction.”
Can anime carry the memories of World War II?
Many schools in Japan show "Grave of the Fireflies" as educational material to tell the emotionally grueling story of a boy who has no means to prevent his sister from starving to death.
In pictures: Koenji Awa Odori 2025
Japan Times
Koshien’s dark summer forces reckoning for high school baseball
Koryo High School players greet their cheering section after beating Hokkaido’s Asahikawa Shiho in the first round of Summer Koshien on Aug. 7. The school withdrew three days later as a bullying scandal enveloped the team.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past
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