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JAPAN
Jul 12, 2000

Parties agree on extraordinary Diet session

The seven major political parties agreed Tuesday to convene a 13-day extraordinary Diet session from July 28, the parties' Diet affairs chiefs said.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jul 12, 2000

Kiyohara clouts 400th homer as Giants destroy Carp 18-3

Kazuhiro Kiyohara went 3-for-4 with four RBIs and notched his 400th career homer with a solo blast in the third inning as the Central League frontrunning Yomiuri Giants ripped the Hiroshima Carp 18-3 on Tuesday at Sapporo's Maruyama Stadium.
COMMUNITY
Jul 12, 2000

Going native in postage-stamp gardens

Many remember COP3. The international environmental meeting took place in the beautiful surroundings of Kyoto's International Conference Center in the early autumn of 1997.
BUSINESS
Jul 12, 2000

OSE to liquidate dubious affiliates

OSAKA -- The Osaka Securities Exchange will speed up its disposal of eight affiliated companies that were allegedly established without proper authorization or involved in dubious cash flows, OSE officials said Tuesday.
LIFE / Travel
Jul 12, 2000

A taste of the good life in Izu

SHIMODA, Shizuoka Pref. -- There is no shortage of ryokan in Izu. The hot springs run unbroken down the coast from Atami to the tip of the peninsula, and some towns seem to have more onsen than houses.
LIFE / Travel
Jul 12, 2000

Time travel in downtown Seoul

As a resident of Japan, one might be forgiven for assuming that the South Korean film industry is nearly nonexistent, considering the scarcity of offerings here. In fact, South Korean media production is prolific, but it sometimes takes an unexpected circumstance to bring this into clear focus.
JAPAN
Jul 12, 2000

Koreans granted redress for wartime forced labor

A Japanese machine-toolmaker has reached a settlement with three South Koreans who served as forced laborers during World War II based on recommendations handed down by the Supreme Court, company sources said Tuesday.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / GETTING THINGS DONE
Jul 12, 2000

With love, Jean

When I first arrived in Japan more than 40 years ago, one of the first words I learned was sayonara and that it meant "goodbye." As I stayed on, I began to learn that sayonara did not mean goodbye in the sense of "till we meet again" or "God watch over you" as such phrases are used in the West. The literal...
JAPAN
Jul 12, 2000

MOX fuel to be returned to Britain upon route OK

Japan and Britain agreed Tuesday on having tainted plutonium fuel manufactured by British Nuclear Fuels Corp. returned to Britain, Japanese officials said.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 12, 2000

Remedies for globalization's side effects

GENEVA -- After intense negotiations on social remedies for poverty and other destructive side effects of globalization, the United Nations has hammered out an international policy pact that can make the world economy less turbulent, less cruel and much more fair.
LIFE / Digital / CYBERIA
Jul 12, 2000

I-mode uber Alles

A small cheer could be heard recently when it was announced that NTT DoCoMo would add English-language content to the menus of its i-mode cell phones. It went official July 3, and, well, the selection wasn't that big of a surprise. In fact, some of it had already been available in previous months (and...
JAPAN
Jul 12, 2000

Todai med school dumping formalin

The University of Tokyo's medical school discharged at least 5 tons of formalin solution, a preservative, into sewers over five years and has been engaging in the practice for 30 years, it was learned Tuesday.
EDITORIALS
Jul 11, 2000

A terrifying epidemic

This will be a depressing week for the 11,000 participants at the 13th annual International AIDS Conference that is being held in Durban, South Africa. They will be told of a grim future, and see and hear for themselves horrific examples of the toll the epidemic is already taking. Their hopes may rise...
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2000

Japan, U.S. business leaders agree on NTT

Business leaders from Japan and the United States expressed their support Monday for a reduction in Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp.'s interconnection charges, a move which they say is essential to information technology-led economic growth.
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2000

Japan to sign pacts when Putin visits

Japan and Russia will sign more than 10 documents during President Vladimir Putin's official visit to Tokyo in early September to boost cooperation in various areas and maintain the momentum toward strengthened bilateral ties, government sources said Monday.
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2000

Level 6 quake causes slides on Kozu

Landslides and damage to roads and other structures have been reported on Kozu Island in the Izu chain following a magnitude 6 earthquake that struck early Sunday morning, police said Monday.
BUSINESS
Jul 11, 2000

OSE sends delegation to Nasdaq

OSAKA -- An Osaka Securities Exchange delegation left for the United States on Monday for talks with managers of the Nasdaq stock index to enhance business tieups and offer more financial products to Japanese investors, OSE officials said.
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2000

Mori tells LDP to review plan to bail out Sogo

Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori instructed his ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Monday to review a bailout plan for ailing department store operator Sogo Co., party officials said.
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2000

North Okinawa mixed on planned military-civilian airport

NAGO, Okinawa Pref. -- From a tiny desert island off the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Schwab, Takuma Higashionna looks out over the coral reef amid clear water.
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2000

Triumvirate to seek early start to Diet

Giving up on their summer vacation, the three ruling parties agreed on Monday to try to move up the legislature's ordinary schedule and convene an extraordinary Diet session in August.
BUSINESS
Jul 11, 2000

Embattled Sogo sets up panel to share out managers' blame

Department store operator Sogo Co. said Monday that it will set up a panel to examine management responsibility as a way to obtain public understanding for a controversial government bailout plan.
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2000

Boost youths' social ties: Oshima

While Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori feels educational reform is a key policy for his Cabinet, new Education Minister Tadamori Oshima wants to establish an educational program to enhance children's social participation.
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2000

Mistreatment found at 32% of homes for handicapped citizens

Workers at 216 homes for handicapped elderly citizens, or 32 percent of facilities surveyed, said they have witnessed bullying among the residents or mistreatment by workers, according to a university professor who led the survey.
BUSINESS
Jul 11, 2000

Japan, EU to seek conclusion of nuclear energy pact

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JAPAN
Jul 11, 2000

Ministry panel discusses tainted milk

A Health and Welfare Ministry task force on Monday held its first meeting to consider the outbreak of food poisoning in western Japan caused by contaminated low-fat and calcium-enriched milk produced of Snow Brand Milk Products Co.

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