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BUSINESS
Aug 5, 2000

Snow's sales plunged 80% in July

Snow Brand Milk Products Co.'s sales of milk products plunged 80 percent in July to 6 billion yen, following the recent outbreak of food poisoning attributed to the firm's goods, the president of the dairy products maker said Friday.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Aug 5, 2000

Cowboys, Falcons facing tough questions

Tokyo will host its 10th NFL American Bowl on Sunday when the Atlanta Falcons take on the Dallas Cowboys at the Tokyo Dome.
CULTURE / Music / HOGAKU TODAY
Aug 5, 2000

New works win for old instruments

The yearly National Theater's Hogaku Composers' Competition, entering its fourth year, has firmly established itself as an important institution for the hogaku world. The original aim of this contest was to generate interest in and foster new works of hogaku, and in this it seems to be succeeding quite...
CULTURE / Art
Aug 5, 2000

Photos capture nuclear tests' toll

The single eye of a cyclops baby preserved in a jar of formalin gazes out, unblinking. Beside it, the eyeless face of a severely disfigured boy seems to melt from his head, the swollen eyebrows and cheeks blinding him permanently.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 5, 2000

ASEAN slowly embraces human rights

BANGKOK -- When ASEAN agreed in 1993 to consider creating a regional human-rights monitoring body, some member countries that weren't really enthusiastic about the idea probably thought they were safe. At the time, there seemed no way it could ever happen. For ASEAN, human rights was so sensitive that...
JAPAN
Aug 5, 2000

Land prices decline 7% for eighth annual drop

The average price of land facing main roads in Japan fell for the eighth straight year in the 12 months to Jan. 1, the decline only marginally less than a year earlier, the National Tax Administration said Friday.
CULTURE / Film
Aug 5, 2000

Free tickets for screening of Kevin Smith movie 'Clerks'

"Clerks" Film distributor Uplink Co. is giving away pairs of tickets for the U.S. movie "Clerks" to five readers of The Japan Times. The movie will open Aug. 19 as Shibuya Cine Amuse's late show.
EDITORIALS
Aug 4, 2000

Kashmir's best chance

After 11 years of escalating violence, there is reason for hope in Kashmir. The largest Muslim separatist group declared a unilateral ceasefire late last month. The move was promptly reciprocated by the Indian Army, which announced the suspension of operations against that group. But prospects for talks...
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2000

Five-year limit eyed for public works

The government should scrap public works projects that have not been started five years after their approval, a top official of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2000

40% support business group merger

FUJIYOSHIDA, Yamanashi Pref. -- About 40 percent of respondents to a Japan Federation of Employers' Associations (Nikkeiren) survey support a merger with the Japan Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren), according to a report released Thursday.
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2000

Chip plants won't take usual summer holiday

Major Japanese semiconductor makers are planning to keep their plants open during the summer holidays to take advantage of growing demand across the world as companies update their information technology facilities, according to officials of the companies.
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2000

Shinsei likely to buy Daiichi Mutual

Shinsei Bank is the most likely buyer of Daiichi Mutual Fire & Marine Insurance Co., which collapsed in May, industry sources said Thursday.
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2000

FRC approves bank guidelines

The Financial Reconstruction Commission formalized guidelines Thursday on the granting of licenses to new banks, emphasizing the need to shield them from potential business risks posed by their parent companies.
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2000

Maximum disparity in vote value increases to 2.49-to-1 in Kanagawa

The disparity in the value of one vote among the 300 single-seat districts in the House of Representatives has increased to 2.49-to-1 from last year's 2.45-to-1, according to calculations based on a demographic survey released Thursday by the Home Affairs Ministry.
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2000

Households' spending declines 1.8% in June

Japan's household spending fell an inflation-adjusted 1.8 percent in June from a year before to 297,986 yen, the Management and Coordination Agency said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2000

Selling pressure unsettling stock market

A spate of unnerving developments has seriously unsettled the Tokyo stock market in recent weeks.
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2000

Nepal sees Mori visit as landmark

Nepalese Ambassador Kedar B. Mathema said Thursday that Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori's planned visit to the Himalayan country later this month will "definitely help to further strengthen the bond of friendship that exists between our two countries."
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2000

Chinese naval operations could scuttle yen loan program

The Foreign Ministry plans to extend around 17.2 billion yen in loans to China under a program to help countries that were hit by the 1997 Asian financial crisis, ministry sources said.
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 4, 2000

Kudo hurls Giants to sweep of 'Stars

Kimiyasu Kudo struck out eight in six shutout innings and four relievers held off Yokohama's comeback attempts Thursday as the Yomiuri Giants beat the BayStars 3-1 for a sweep of their three-game series at Yokohama Stadium.
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2000

Counterfeit cigarette trade rampant in rural areas of China

Kyodo News On the surface, several farming villages near the port of Xiamen in Fujian Province appear as calm as any other Chinese village, with no outsiders believing in the existence of clandestine bases.
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2000

IBJ had role in Sogo fiasco: president

The president of the Industrial Bank of Japan on Thursday admitted his bank had a role in the collapse of department store chain operator Sogo Co.
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2000

Gun-related crime leaps 26%

The number of serious crimes involving the use of firearms in Japan rose 26.1 percent in the first six months of this year compared with the same period last year, the National Police Agency said Thursday.
Global militaries to study India-Pakistan fighter jet battle
The Indian Air Force's Rafale fighter jets. India and Pakistan aircraft engaged in a dogfight on Wednesday.
Trump says India and Pakistan have agreed to 'immediate ceasefire'
A man stands amid debris on the roof of a damaged house, following Pakistan's military operation against India, in Rehari, Jammu, on Saturday.
Who could become Japan's next prime minister?
Clockwise from top left: Former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi, former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi, Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi
Suspect in Tokyo Metro stabbing chose station to highlight ‘educational abuse’
Yoshitaka Toda is escorted out of a police station in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Friday to be sent to prosecutors.
Japan stuck at starting line in tariff talks with U.S. as U.K. inks deals
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan’s top tariff negotiator, speaks to the press on Friday. Japan and the United States are still discussing what to negotiate.
Who could become Japan's next prime minister?
Clockwise from top left: Former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi, former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi, Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi
With a new Shibuya studio, Apple Music bets big on Japan
Apple Music personalities (from left) Ebro Darden, Kentaro Ochiai, Zane Lowe and Mino came together for a special recording in late April to discuss music and celebrate the newly opened Apple Music studio in Tokyo.
Kazuki Nagasawa's sustainable designs are rooted in tradition
For centuries, artisans have unraveled strands of the fibrous bark of "shuro" trees to create a medley of everyday objects. Designer Kazuki Nagasawa is now transforming the traditional material into ethereal contemporary pieces.
SusHi Tech Tokyo 2025 expands to become one of Asia's largest startup events
SusHi Tech Tokyo 2025 was bustling with participants of various nationalities Thursday, and multiple languages could be heard around the room as many engaged in conversations throughout the day.
Celebrating Japan’s defeat at Shimoda’s Black Ships Festival
Tatsumi Onose (right), who plays the part of Commodore Matthew Perry in Shimoda's Black Ship Festival, says the historical episode the event is based on should be remembered for its positives more than its negatives.

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