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CULTURE / Music
May 9, 2000

They call it 'avant-pop,' but hum along if you like

Pop aficionados often feel the need to be apologetic. Few would would openly admit to preferring those early bouncy Beatles singles to the Fab Four's more musically adventurous output of later years, or to having danced around the living room to "La Vida Loca." Even the shiny surfaces of Cornelius are...
CULTURE / Books
May 9, 2000

'Shuttered' to the West, Japan opened to the East

CHINA IN THE TOKUGAWA WORLD, by Marius B. Jansen. Cambridge, Mass. and London: Harvard University Press, 2000, 137 pp., $8.50 (paper). With the 400th anniversary of Japanese-Dutch relations upon us, interest has been rekindled in Japan's foreign relations during the Tokugawa period, and the part played...
EDITORIALS
May 8, 2000

The return of 'Red Ken'

Red is the color of the British Labor Party. Last week, British voters were a little too red for Prime Minister Tony Blair. The election of Mr. Ken Livingstone, known as "Red Ken" for his feisty leftwing politics, as London's first directly elected mayor, left Mr. Blair with a nasty black eye, but that...
SOCCER / J. League
May 8, 2000

Rumors of Troussier sacking roll on

The Japan Football Association will not renew the contract of national coach Philippe Troussier, informed sources said late Saturday.
MORE SPORTS
May 8, 2000

Webb cruises to 9-shot victory in Nichirei golf

Karrie Webb shot an unfashionable 1-over-par 73 in troublesome winds Sunday but still impressed the Japan LPGA field with her dominance in women's golf with a nine-stroke victory at the Nichirei Cup World Ladies tournament.
BASEBALL / MLB
May 8, 2000

Asai slam lifts Carp

Outfielder Itsuki Asai belted a grand slam in the bottom of the ninth inning Sunday to lift the Hiroshima Carp to a 9-5 "sayonara" victory over the Hanshin Tigers at Hiroshima Stadium.
SOCCER / J. League
May 8, 2000

Bellmare, Reds tumble in J2

HIRATSUKA, Kanagawa Pref. -- Shonan Bellmare bowed to Albirex Niigata 2-1 in extra time Sunday in a game that saw two red cards and 10 yellow in a Division Two J. League match. Meanwhile, J2 leaders the Urawa Reds suffered their first loss of the season after falling 1-0 away to Montedio Yamagata.
COMMENTARY / World
May 8, 2000

Tackling sectarian strife in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD -- A volley of gunfire that followed a grenade attack last month in a small village two hours from Islamabad shattered the myth that the government had begun to effectively contain the country's religious extremists.
BUSINESS
May 8, 2000

E-commerce tax under construction

PARIS -- Talk about the information technology revolution is everywhere. Electronic commerce is taking off, financial institutions are trading online, and schools are holding class on the Internet.
COMMENTARY
May 8, 2000

Japan drifts without goals

This last decade of the 20th century has been labeled a "lost decade" for Japan. The Heisei recession that began in May 1991 bottomed out in October 1993. In subsequent years, however, Japan's economy continued to stagnate, contrary to general expectations. A decade of economic drift has created a sense...
JAPAN
May 8, 2000

Carbon tax is needed to cut CO2 levels: panel

A carbon tax is vital for curbing emissions of carbon dioxide, a major contributor to global warming, according to the draft of a report being compiled by an Environment Agency panel.
SUMO
May 8, 2000

Yokozuna pair win openers

Yokozuna Akebono bounced komusubi Takatoriki into the ringside seats at Ryogoku Kokugikan on Sunday as most of the top wrestlers posted wins on the opening day of the 15-day Summer Grand Sumo Tournament.
JAPAN
May 8, 2000

Cult may have paid to get religious status

The Honohana Sampogyo religious group paid several million yen to a then member of the Fuji city assembly in Shizuoka Prefecture in 1986, one year before the prefectural government certified it as an authorized religious corporation, cult sources said.
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
May 8, 2000

Orangutans smuggled in underwear

You're flying back from a week in Indonesia and the guy next to you seems unusually twitchy. Considering all he's had to drink, he ought to be adequately sedated, but he's just ordered another Scotch.
BUSINESS
May 8, 2000

G7 drop vital hints on future of fundamentals, forex market

Many observers have brushed aside the latest agreement made by the Group of Seven finance ministers and central bankers in Washington last month.
EDITORIALS
May 7, 2000

Gods and monsters

It wasn't so much a papal bull that was issued by the Vatican recently as a papal bear, and a teddy bear at that. In the week that "Pokemon: The First Movie" opened in Italy, an announcement on the Vatican's satellite television station reassured Italian children -- or their parents, since the children...
MORE SPORTS
May 7, 2000

Webb blows away field at Nichirei golf

Australian Karrie Webb demonstrated her world No. 1 credentials Saturday, firing a course-record 8-under-par 64 to extend her overnight lead to eight strokes after the third round of the 60 million yen Nichirei Cup World Ladies golf tournament.
SOCCER / J. League
May 7, 2000

Gon goes from hero to goat as Jubilo falls to Antlers

Japan striker Masashi "Gon" Nakayama went from hero to villain for Jubilo Iwata on Saturday, scoring two equalizers but fluffing an extra-time penalty moments before Masashi Motoyama's "golden goal" gave the Kashima Antlers a dramatic 3-2 away victory.
COMMENTARY / World
May 7, 2000

Controversial look at Constitutional change

Resurgent nationalism by Japan's youth, a feeling that military dependence on the United States cannot last forever and a sense that Tokyo should be more ready to participate unambiguously in peacekeeping are reasons for a renewed interest in constitutional change, analysts say.
JAPAN
May 7, 2000

Golden Week travelers throng airports as they return home

The two major airports servicing Tokyo were congested Saturday with travelers returning home from the Golden Week holiday period.

Longform

Japan's growing ranks of centenarians are redefining what it means to live in a super-aging society.
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