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JAPAN
Jun 17, 1999

WPP launches group in Tokyo

WPP Group, the world's second-largest advertising group, on Thursday launched a new media planning company in Tokyo to offer consulting services on strategic investments in advertisement.
JAPAN
Jun 17, 1999

Ainu women exhibit traditional handicrafts

An art exhibit put on by Ainu women opened this week in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward, offering a rare opportunity for the public to see, touch and even buy some 500 traditional handicrafts of the indigenous Hokkaido minority.
JAPAN
Jun 17, 1999

Fisher hits U.S. 'quota bill' on steel imports

Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Richard Fisher reiterated Thursday that his administration will oppose the Senate's expected move next week to enact a "quota bill" to restrict the amount of steel imports.
JAPAN
Jun 17, 1999

Police arrest suspected motorcycle thieves

OSAKA — Police on Thursday arrested five suspects believed to have been involved in large-scale thefts of motorcycles and scooters in Osaka, Wakayama and other neighboring prefectures.
LIFE / Style & Design / BEAUTY EAST AND WEST
Jun 17, 1999

Do you have that not-so-fresh feeling?

After writing the column on flowers and flowery teas and all things bloomingly lovely and springlike, I came across an article about the current trend for all things "fresh." The feeling of now, it seems, is freshness. The millennium approaches, and with it the newness of the year 2000, and the 21st...
JAPAN
Jun 17, 1999

DPJ slumping in face of alliance

In sharp contrast to the governing Liberal Democratic Party, which is flexing more political muscle as it woos New Komeito to join the ruling coalition, the Democratic Party of Japan seems to be at a loss on how to find a way to shore up its sagging position in national politics.
JAPAN
Jun 17, 1999

10-year prison term sought for Daiwa manager

OSAKA — Prosecutors demanded a 10-year prison term Thursday for a former branch manager of Daiwa Securities Co. who is accused of defrauding clients out of some 4.2 billion yen by luring them into fabricated investment schemes.
JAPAN
Jun 17, 1999

Japan to give China $3 million to preserve cultural assets

Japan will provide China between $2.5 million and $3 million in fresh financial assistance to help preserve important cultural assets along the ancient Silk Road, government sources said Thursday.
COMMUNITY
Jun 17, 1999

Trials and triumphs of black beauty

"Black is beautiful" was one of the most culturally charged American political slogans of the 1960s. Thirty years later, former model and educator Barbara Summers proves just how true those words are in her coffee-table book titled "Skin Deep: Inside the World of Black Fashion Models."
JAPAN
Jun 17, 1999

2000 fest to honor first Hungary king

A series of events will be held nationwide throughout 2000 to celebrate the 1,000th anniversary of the coronation of Hungary's first king, the Istvan, the Hungarian Embassy announced Thursday.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jun 17, 1999

Regular publicity necessary for healthy marketing

To: Buena Vista Prunes, Inc. Attn: Mr. John Murray, vice president in charge of communications From: Takeshi Ebihara Tokyo Senden Services Re: Public relations progress and proposals
JAPAN
Jun 17, 1999

Fukui OKs use of MOX fuel at Takahama plant

FUKUI — Fukui Prefecture gave the final go-ahead Thursday for Kansai Electric Power Co.'s plan to use mixed plutonium-uranium oxide fuel at its Takahama nuclear plant.
JAPAN
Jun 16, 1999

Soaring mercury may bring end to rainy season's dry spell

The mercury soared to 36.6 in Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture, and 32.9 in Tokyo on Wednesday, marking the highest temperatures in the Kanto region so far this year, the Meteorological Agency said.
JAPAN
Jun 16, 1999

Health Ministry gives the pill official OK

The Health and Welfare Ministry officially approved the low-dosage oral contraceptive pill Wednesday, nine years after receiving the first applications.
JAPAN
Jun 16, 1999

Kyoto money-lender held in drug bust

Ishikawa and Kyoto prefectural police arrested a 50-year-old Kyoto woman on suspicion of drug possession and confiscated roughly 180 kg of stimulants, authorities said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jun 16, 1999

Okinawa ruins targeted for heritage status

The government will nominate a group of ancient monuments in Okinawa Prefecture for inclusion on the World Heritage List, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jun 16, 1999

Surprise GDP result arms Obuchi for Cologne

For Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, the coming summit in Cologne, Germany, of the industrialized world's leaders comes at an optimal time.
JAPAN
Jun 16, 1999

Amnesty slams Japan for prison abuses

Amnesty International criticized Japan for mistreating prison inmates and suspects under police custody and in detention houses in its annual report on worldwide human rights concerns released Wednesday.
LIFE / Digital / CYBERIA
Jun 16, 1999

Vocal as we wanna be

"The process of tying two items together is the important thing," wrote Vannevar Bush in a seminal essay titled "As We Think," published in The Atlantic Monthly in 1945. Bush described a hypothetical device that would allow the storage and retrieval of data, the memory of mankind. It would be constructed...
JAPAN
Jun 16, 1999

Defense Agency, police plan joint antiterrorism manual

The Defense Agency and the National Police Agency have begun talks to map out a cooperation blueprint for Ground Self-Defense Force troops and police to cope with future contingencies such as terrorist activities and guerrilla attacks.
JAPAN
Jun 16, 1999

Leaders agree to extend Diet by 57 days

Leaders of the government and Liberal Democratic Party-Liberal Party coalition formally decided Wednesday to extend the Diet session by 57 days until Aug. 13 to pass legislation on jobs creation and reviving industrial competitiveness.
JAPAN
Jun 16, 1999

Offices offered for use by the out-of-work

OSAKA — It looks like a normal office — desks and chairs, personal computers and telephones, business magazines in a corner magazine rack.
JAPAN
Jun 16, 1999

Stimulant seizures top 1-ton level; NPA alarmed

Police have confiscated 1,132.8 kg of stimulant drugs in the first six months of 1999, surpassing the 1-ton level for the first time in any year, the National Police Agency said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jun 16, 1999

C&W secures 97.69% stake in IDC

Cable and Wireless PLC of Britain announced Wednesday that it has secured a 97.69 percent stake in International Digital Communications Inc., claiming victory over NTT Corp. for control of the Tokyo-based international telecommunications carrier.
JAPAN
Jun 15, 1999

Dream school shuns educational norms

ONNA, Okinawa Pref. — A healthy techno beat pounds against the walls of the studio where dancers groove, their motions sharp as they study their moves critically in the mirror.
JAPAN
Jun 15, 1999

Ethnic Korean says alien card law should be replaced

A permanent resident of Tokyo who refused to be fingerprinted in 1980 and triggered an antifingerprinting movement on the basis of discrimination, called on the Justice Ministry Tuesday to create a new law for ethnic Koreans that supersedes the Alien Registration Law.
JAPAN
Jun 15, 1999

Glass talks end with U.S. calls for better access

The United States on Tuesday urged Japan to rectify relations between domestic flat-glass makers and distributors in order to help U.S. and foreign competitors penetrate the "oligopolistic market," a U.S. government official said in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Jun 15, 1999

Nose begins dioxin cleanup

OSAKA — Work began Tuesday to remove dioxin-tainted water and material from an incinerator blamed for the nation's worst case of dioxin contamination.
JAPAN
Jun 15, 1999

New oven downloads from Net, cooks from memory

OSAKA — Sharp Corp. is boasting the world's first microwave oven capable of downloading recipes from the Internet and cooking automatically.
JAPAN
Jun 15, 1999

South Africa to get fresh yen loans

Japan will extend about $400 million in fresh yen loans over the next five years to help South Africa rebuild its ailing economy under new President Thabo Mbeki, government sources said Tuesday.

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