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JAPAN
Oct 15, 1999

Negotiations stall over sale of Toho Mutual

The Life Insurance Association of Japan has given up on its plan to sell the failed Toho Mutual Life Insurance Co. by the end of this year, association chairman Tomijiro Morita said Friday.
JAPAN
Oct 15, 1999

Aoki sees coalition gaining public support

Staff writer
CULTURE / Stage
Oct 15, 1999

Kim Itoh puts the future on the map

This year's Tokyo International Festival of Performing Arts, ongoing through Oct. 31, is a scaled-down version of previous festivals, with only six official participants and few of international interest. While this shifts the onus to domestic dance companies such as Min Tanaka and Kenshi Nomi, expectations...
JAPAN
Oct 15, 1999

'No more friction' with BOJ, Miyazawa says

The apparent friction between the Finance Ministry and the Bank of Japan over monetary policy has ended following the bank's clear announcement Wednesday on monetary easing, Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa said Friday.
JAPAN
Oct 15, 1999

Obuchi invited to UNCTAD talks

Staff writer
JAPAN
Oct 15, 1999

Convenience stores in race for Y2K compliance

Staff writer
CULTURE / Music / PLAY BUTTON
Oct 15, 1999

Tell JB to get a new bag -- this girl's got her own funk

Takako Minekawa is a sound nerd.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 14, 1999

Megawati has lost her way

HONG KONG -- Indonesia faces a more profound immediate national crisis than India or Japan -- but all three face the same basic political problem: They badly need an effective ruling coalition. In New Delhi and Tokyo, a coalition government is in place. In Jakarta, it isn't.
EDITORIALS
Oct 14, 1999

The limits in Pakistan

The coup that deposed Pakistan's prime minister, Mr. Nawaz Sharif, was a long time coming. It had many causes, the most immediate of which was the animosity between Mr. Sharif and the military. But by almost every measure, Mr. Sharif's term in office has been a disaster. That does not excuse the military's...
JAPAN
Oct 14, 1999

Obuchi, Arafat pledge to work for peace

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi and visiting Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat reaffirmed Thursday that they will cooperate to ensure peace in the Middle East.
JAPAN
Oct 14, 1999

Hiroo hospital raided in case of fatal IV drip

Tokyo Metropolitan Hiroo Hospital was raided Thursday by the Metropolitan Police Department in connection with the death of a woman in February after disinfectant was placed in her IV drip.
JAPAN
Oct 14, 1999

Queensland seeks biotech exchange with Japan

Staff writer
JAPAN
Oct 14, 1999

Sakura-Sumitomo alliance wins rave reviews

Staff writer
JAPAN
Oct 14, 1999

MITI plans to inspect nuclear power plants

The Ministry of International Trade and Industry will conduct on-site inspections next week of the nation's 51 nuclear power plants, trade chief Takashi Fukaya said Thursday.
JAPAN
Oct 14, 1999

Professor calls for legal panel to aid media victims

Staff writer
JAPAN
Oct 14, 1999

Keidanren urges MITI to help ailing small firms

Top business leaders want Takashi Fukaya, new minister for international trade and industry, to take further measures to assist small and midsize firms that are struggling amid the stagnant economy, officials of the Japan Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren) said Thursday.
LIFE / Travel
Oct 14, 1999

Back-to-nature nomads on the open sea

SEATTLE, Wash. -- "I must down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, and all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by."
LIFE / Food & Drink / WINE WAYS
Oct 14, 1999

Heeding the siren call of Sopron's wine country

A Japanese friend I recently met amid the late-summer amalgam of humid heat, mucky air and urban frenzy suddenly assumed a rather wistful faraway look and expressed the desire to get away from the whole maddening throng and disappear into nature.
JAPAN
Oct 14, 1999

DaimlerChrysler, Nippon Mitsubishi tie up on fuel cells

Nippon Mitsubishi Oil Corp., a leading Japanese oil distributor, and DaimlerChrysler Japan Holding, Ltd. announced Thursday that they have agreed to conduct joint research to promote vehicles powered by fuel cells.
LIFE / Food & Drink / NIHONSHU
Oct 14, 1999

Yeast developments give rise to wonderful new possibilities

Yeast has been one of those great technical advances in the sake world -- one factor that separates great ginjo of today from the run-of-the-mill sake of yesteryear. Over the last 10 years or so, dozens of new yeast strains have been developed and incorporated into sake brewing.
JAPAN
Oct 14, 1999

Envoy says Malaysian economy 'out of the woods'

The Malaysian economy is "out of the woods" and on the path to recovery, Malaysia's Ambassador to Japan Dato Marzuki bin Mohammad Noor said during a visit to The Japan Times Thursday.
JAPAN
Oct 14, 1999

IOC exec advises Osaka on Games facilities

OSAKA -- A top IOC official met with Osaka officials Thursday for discussions about the city's efforts to build sports facilities for the 2008 Olympics.
JAPAN
Oct 14, 1999

Stores attempt to invent new holiday

Staff writer
JAPAN
Oct 14, 1999

Mission to scout East Timor aid flights

The Japanese government will send a six-day mission to West Timor on Sunday to study whether Self-Defense Forces aircraft can be used to transport supplies from Indonesia to East Timorese refugees, Chief Cabinet Secretary Mikio Aoki said Thursday.
JAPAN
Oct 14, 1999

Auto firms pin sales hopes on show

Staff writer
CULTURE / Art
Oct 14, 1999

It's a grill, it's a mini-kiln, it's a shichirin!

Pottery making is one of the most popular hobbies in Japan. Thousands of amateur potters reach the semiprofessional level, but they seldom fire their works by themselves. Unless they have their own kiln, they have to ask pottery schools or professionals to fire their pieces -- a service for which they...
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Oct 14, 1999

Food dilettantes need not apply

There are so many plants around the entrance of A Tes Souhaits you'd be forgiven for thinking this is one of those feminine restaurants where flowers and fancy frills take precedence over the food. The sight of the sous-chef squatting by the kitchen door plucking a wild fowl should disillusion you of...
JAPAN
Oct 13, 1999

Palestinians to open Japan office

The Palestinian Authority hopes to establish a representative office in Japan in the near future, a minister of the authority said Thursday in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Oct 13, 1999

Chavez, Obuchi talk of Venezuela's reforms

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived Wednesday in Tokyo and met with Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi to explain a list of ambitious reforms he has planned for the oil-rich but poverty-stricken South American country.
JAPAN
Oct 13, 1999

92 million in unsecured loans not favors: Ochi's office

A management organization for political funds of Michio Ochi, who was named financial reconstruction minister in Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi's new Cabinet last week, has received 92.75 million yen in uncollateralized loans from financial institutions, according to a recently released Home Affairs Ministry...
Australian firm produces heavy rare earth, in first outside China
The Lynas Rare Earths processing plant in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Random stabbing cases in Japan raise fears: Could the next victim be me?
Police officers stand guard on May 7 outside Todaimae Station in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward after a random stabbing that injured a University of Tokyo student.
Nissan to solicit early retirements while eyeing plant closures in Japan
Nissan's Oppama plant in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, may be closed as part of the struggling carmaker's streamlining efforts.
Man falls to his death from Osaka condo, killing cyclist below
Osaka's Kita Ward. Two men died Monday morning in the ward after a man fell from a high-rise condominium and struck a passing cyclist below, according to local police.
Police arrest Chinese man in Saitama hit-and-run case
Police questioned a man who turned himself in as he closely resembled the driver recorded on the dashcam of another vehicle that happened to pass by the scene of a hit-and-run incident in Saitama Prefecture.
The race for more time: Japanese runner decided to freeze eggs for her future
Tomomi Bitoh, seen crossing the finish line in Antarctica, on the first stop of the World Marathon Challenge, is one of the very few Japanese athletes to speak publicly about her experience with egg freezing.
Agnes b. Japan CEO hopes to evolve the brand with focus on sustainability
Laurent Patouillet, the CEO and president of Agnes b. Japan, says the focus of its business is to remain independent, and evolve and adapt.
Flaunt your seasonal greens with Japan’s traditional pureed soup
With the weather warming up, there's no better time to make a bowl of chilled "surinagashi-jiru" (pureed soup).
In Nintendo’s backyard, foreign indie game devs are thriving
Kyoto's gaming landscape is dominated by Nintendo's headquarters, but a contingent of foreign-born indie developers is also working in the gaming giant's shadow.
For Formula E, ‘sustainability is at the heart’
Founded with a mission of promoting electric vehicles, Formula E has always placed sustainability at the forefront of its raison d’etre.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

A sinkhole in Yashio, which emerged in January, was triggered by a ruptured, aging sewer pipe. Authorities worry that similar sections of infrastructure across the country are also at risk of corrosion.
That sinking feeling: Japan’s aging sewers are an infrastructure time bomb
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