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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.
BUSINESS
Jul 11, 2000

Japan, U.S. resume talks on NTT's connection fees

Japan and the United States resumed telecommunications deregulation talks Monday in Tokyo in a bid to resolve their dispute over Japan's telephone interconnection rates before the July 21-23 Group of Eight summit in Okinawa.
BUSINESS
Jul 11, 2000

Matsushita sets date for Net site

OSAKA -- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. announced Monday that it will set up in October a wholly owned subsidiary to market and sell its home electronics goods in Japan via the Internet.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jul 11, 2000

Giants blank Drags, widen CL lead

Junichi Kawahara (2-0) shut down Chunichi batters on five hits Sunday as the Yomiuri Giants defeated the Dragons 5-0 at Tokyo Dome for their eighth win in their last 10 games.
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2000

Snow Brand head to stay in hospital for hypertension

OSAKA -- Tetsuro Ishikawa, president of Snow Brand Milk Products Co., was hospitalized Sunday for complications arising from hypertension, company officials said Monday.
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2000

G8 poised to endorse Pyongyang efforts to come in from cold

The Group of Eight foreign ministers, who meet Wednesday for two days of talks in Miyazaki, are likely to give formal endorsement to North Korea's recent moves to improve its relations with the international community, highlighted by the unprecedented inter-Korean summit last month in Pyongyang.
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2000

U.S. military announces curfew, booze restriction

The U.S. military in Okinawa Prefecture announced on Monday that it has imposed an indefinite late-night curfew and a ban on after-midnight drinking by its personnel.
CULTURE / Stage
Jul 11, 2000

Memories of Takizawa and Japan's 'Crucible'

Last month, stage actor Osamu Takizawa passed away at age 93. His list of appearances would fill this page, but I remember him as Danforth, the judge and prosecutor in Arthur Miller's "The Crucible."
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 11, 2000

Fathers must do their duties

The brutal crimes committed by teenagers here recently have shocked the nation. In discussing the issue of juvenile violence, however, we seem to be making a basic mistake: that only those who have the right to vote are "adults." Considering various aspects of human physiology, it is unrealistic to say...
BUSINESS
Jul 11, 2000

U.S. firm to start bid for Nissan affiliate today

U.S. auto parts maker Johnson Controls Inc. will launch a tender offer today for all outstanding shares in Ikeda Bussan Co., a major auto-seat maker affiliated with Nissan Motor Co.
BUSINESS
Jul 11, 2000

Private machinery orders up 4.5%

Domestic core private-sector machinery orders in May rose a seasonally adjusted 4.5 percent from the previous month, rebounding from a four-month losing streak in month-on-month terms, the Economic Planning Agency said Monday.
CULTURE / Music / MUSIC NOMAD
Jul 11, 2000

Reverberations of a sonic boom

The live scene for world and roots music in Japan, especially for those living in Tokyo, has never been so healthy. This year, many top artists from Cuba, Eastern Europe, the Celtic countries, Northern Europe, Brazil and Africa have already visited or will be visiting Japan -- a situation almost unthinkable...
EDITORIALS
Jul 9, 2000

Putting out more flags

Even this far from America, the whiff of U.S. patriotism -- a heady blend of gunpowder, barbecue smoke and hot air -- was unusually palpable last week. Tuesday was Independence Day, always an occasion for Americans to put out more flags, if only because they like the look of red, white and blue in July...
JAPAN
Jul 9, 2000

Japan, U.S. execs start annual talks

Top business executives from Japan and the United States will begin their annual meeting today in Tokyo to discuss bilateral and multilateral trade issues, electronic commerce and information technology, conference officials said Saturday.
JAPAN
Jul 9, 2000

Nippon Travel, JR West plan link-up

OSAKA -- Nippon Travel Agency Co. and West Japan Railway Co. are in talks over the integration of their travel service operations to create Japan's second largest travel agency after Kinki Nippon Tourist Co., sources at the two companies said Saturday.
JAPAN
Jul 9, 2000

Teenage girl to be next organ donor

A teenage girl with an organ donor card was declared brain-dead at a hospital in Fukuoka Prefecture on Saturday, setting in motion attempts to identify recipients for her organs, officials of the Japan Organ Transplant Network said.
SUMO
Jul 9, 2000

Men of Musashigawa set sights on Nagoya Basho

With Musashigawa Beya's heavy guns -- yokozuna Musashimaru and the ozeki trio of Musoyama, Miyabiyama and Dejima -- getting ready to roll out on the dohyo to do battle with yokozuna Takanohana and yokozuna Akebono, sumo action in the Nagoya Basho opens today at the Aichi Kenritsu Taikukan. Taka and Akebono...
JAPAN
Jul 9, 2000

'Safe' volcano on Miyake starts to erupt

The Meteorological Agency said Saturday that Mount Oyama on Miyake Island erupted at around 6:43 p.m. after confirming that white smoke was billowing out of the volcano.
JAPAN
Jul 9, 2000

G7 ministers agree on policies for IT

FUKUOKA — Finance ministers from the Group of Seven economic powers agreed Saturday that governments need to maximize the benefits of the information technology revolution and minimize the risks through deregulation and coordinating their regulatory policies.
JAPAN
Jul 9, 2000

Summers expresses support for Japan's policies

FUKUOKA -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers suggested to Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa on Saturday that Japan should stick to its present sound monetary and fiscal policies to lift its economy out of recession, a senior Japanese official said.
JAPAN
Jul 9, 2000

Typhoon Kirogi clips Japan's east coast

The season's third typhoon was traveling northward Saturday skimming Japan's Pacific coastline, bringing heavy rain and strong winds to Tokyo, surrounding areas and northeastern Japan.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Jul 9, 2000

Andrew Wolford

"After the war, in England there was little opportunity for young people, and Africa seemed full of opportunity. So my parents and a friend bought a small plane, and flew out to South Africa in 1947."
JAPAN
Jul 9, 2000

Alternative school targets dropouts

KYOTO -- Parents whose sons or daughters stop attending school often research methods to encourage their children to return by reading books and attending lectures by experts.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / GETTING THINGS DONE
Jul 9, 2000

Take a chance

Here is a quick summary of some of the activities that are available as you look for ways to fill what should be, but rarely are, the less demanding summer months.
COMMENTARY / WASHINGTON UPDATE
Jul 9, 2000

Taking better care of business

The 37th annual Japan-United States Business Conference is being held this week at the Hotel Okura. Top business executives from the two nations who comprise separate, compatible organizations are spending three days discussing important issues that concern commerce between the two most important economies...

Longform

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