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COMMUNITY / How-tos / GETTING THINGS DONE
Sep 12, 1999

Praiseworthy

My earliest memories of Honolulu include my introduction to Japanese food; it had not yet become a cuisine. It was at a tiny Waikiki restaurant where each day a cook created four or five special lunches on two gas burners. One was for sauteing and frying, the other for simmering, steaming and warming....
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 12, 1999

Australia's tragic Timor role

Australia fears the fallout from the East Timor chaos. But Canberra helped create that chaos.
EDITORIALS
Sep 11, 1999

Lost along the Third Way

German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has pledged to remake his Social Democratic Party along the lines of British Prime Minister Tony Blair's "new" Labor Party. Those plans suffered a rude setback last weekend when the SPD lost two state elections to its conservative rival, the Christian Democratic Union....
EDITORIALS
Sep 10, 1999

Protect Japanese workers abroad

It has been two weeks since four Japanese mining engineers were abducted in the central Asian Republic of Kyrgyzstan. The four men are among the dozen hostages being held by Islamic guerrillas. As things stand, it is not clear when, or even whether, a reasonable solution will be found, although the Muslim...
JAPAN
Sep 10, 1999

BOJ steps in to stem yen's 'violent' rise

Japanese monetary authorities stepped into the Tokyo currency market Friday morning to sell yen for dollars to stem the yen's "violent" appreciation, Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa said.
JAPAN
Sep 10, 1999

Analysis: Kan's fading star may reflect DPJ's fate

Staff writers
JAPAN
Sep 10, 1999

Diplomacy central to Obuchi's APEC agenda

Staff writer
JAPAN
Sep 10, 1999

Kan secures required nominations

Naoto Kan, incumbent leader of the Democratic Party of Japan, secured endorsements from more than 20 DPJ lawmakers Friday and met supporters to prepare for the party's presidential race.
EDITORIALS
Sep 9, 1999

An end run in Okinawa

The long-stalled government attempt to find a new home for the U.S. Marine Futenma Air Station in Okinawa is coming back to life. The Okinawa Prefectural Government has apparently narrowed down the candidate sites to a couple of locations on the eastern shores of the main island. The government of Prime...
JAPAN
Sep 9, 1999

Experts differ over forces behind positive GDP data

Staff writers
JAPAN
Sep 9, 1999

Ikebukuro slasher wrote of desire to 'kill fools'

A 23-year-old man who went on a stabbing and clubbing spree in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district Wednesday had left notes in his apartment indicating he wanted to kill people, investigators said.
JAPAN
Sep 9, 1999

Man arrested over bodies found in Arakawa

A homeless man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering three men whose bodies were found Thursday in the Arakawa River in Tokyo's Edogawa River, police said.
JAPAN
Sep 9, 1999

Profiles of LDP presidential hopefuls

Taku Yamasaki> Former Liberal Democratic Party policy affairs chief Taku Yamasaki, 62, decided to run in the Sept. 21 LDP presidential election for the sake of presenting active policy debates to the public and gaining more support, especially among unaffiliated voters, for his party.
JAPAN
Sep 9, 1999

Asahara's wife given shorter prison term

Overturning a lower court ruling, the Tokyo High Court on Thursday reduced the prison sentence of the wife of Aum Shinrikyo founder Shoko Asahara to six from seven years for her part in the lynching of a former cult member in January 1994.
JAPAN
Sep 9, 1999

Opinions sought on release of alien registration data

The Justice Ministry's Immigration Bureau is seeking public opinion on the imminent release of private information contained within alien registration documents.
JAPAN
Sep 9, 1999

Cloned beef goes on sale with labels

Experimental sales of beef clearly marked as coming from a cloned cow began Thursday at five selected retailers in Tokyo and the cities of Niigata and Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture.
JAPAN
Sep 9, 1999

Japan pushes U.N. for heavier Asia-Pacific presence

The presence of the Asia-Pacific region in the United Nations must be increased to reflect its weight as an economic powerhouse, said Nobutaka Machimura, state secretary for foreign affairs, in his keynote speech at a United Nations regional hearing in Tokyo Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 9, 1999

GDP grew 0.2% in April-June quarter

The economy grew 0.2 percent for the April-June quarter -- an annualized rate of 0.9 percent -- marking the second straight quarter of growth, according to gross domestic product figures released Thursday by the Economic Planning Agency.
JAPAN
Sep 9, 1999

Growth paves way for extra spending

Thursday's announcement of modest economic growth in the April-June quarter has paved the way for the state to prepare more spending measures to prop up the economy.
JAPAN
Sep 9, 1999

Nonaka, Mori assured of retaining posts

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi will reappoint Yoshiro Mori as secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party and Hiromu Nonaka as chief Cabinet secretary if he wins the Sept. 21 LDP presidential election, informed sources said Thursday.
LIFE / Food & Drink / WINE WAYS
Sep 9, 1999

The healing power of the grape

What's your pleasure? Wine? Or Pepto-Bismol? Since returning two weeks ago from some fascinating times in sundry climes -- 60 days worth -- I've been particularly mindful of human health, not least my own. Travel can be tiring, and lower physical resistance. This airport, that airport. This station,...
LIFE / Food & Drink / NIHONSHU
Sep 9, 1999

Sipping sake's diversity, one cup at a time

Accessibility is key when it comes to learning about sake. You can read about it until you're blue in the face, but if you can't access it and sample various types, there's not much point.
JAPAN
Sep 9, 1999

Itoman execs sentenced to prison

OSAKA -- Former Itoman Corp. President Yoshihiko Kawamura and former Executive Director Suemitsu Ito were sentenced Thursday to prison terms of seven and 10 years, respectively, for aggravated breach of trust and other charges in connection with the multibillion-yen scandal that rocked the midsize trading...
JAPAN
Sep 9, 1999

Exhibition displays horrors of Minamata disaster

Staff writer
JAPAN
Sep 9, 1999

Obuchi, Kato and Yamasaki kick off LDP campaigns

The presidential race for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party officially began Thursday as Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, former LDP Secretary General Koichi Kato and former LDP policy affairs chief Taku Yamasaki filed their candidacies with the party's election management commission.
JAPAN
Sep 9, 1999

Kanagawa police officials to take pay cuts

Senior officials of the Kanagawa Prefectural Police Department will be subject to pay cuts and other disciplinary measures for failing to properly supervise their ranks and report a series of wrongdoings committed by them, the National Public Safety Commission announced Thursday.
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Sep 9, 1999

Taverna Rondino: Kamakura's most excellent cucina

Now that summer is finally past its punishing prime, it's time for the beach. September is the finest season down on the Shonan waterfront: The sun and water are still plenty warm enough; the teenybopper crowds have dissipated; and the rip-off beach houses have packed up and gone, taking their dubious...
EDITORIALS
Sep 8, 1999

Deja vu in the Middle East

For what was supposed to be a new era for the Middle East, the recent rituals have been all too familiar. As the deadline for another peace agreement approached, negotiations ground to a halt. The Israeli prime minister dug in his heels as his Palestinian counterpart made last-minute demands and shifted...
JAPAN
Sep 8, 1999

U.N. readies for new challenges

Staff writer
JAPAN
Sep 8, 1999

Diplomat said to have made secret '95 visit to Taiwan

Staff writer

Longform

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