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COMMENTARY
Jul 31, 1999

Provocation or extortion?

The latest North Korean crisis, now that the mysterious underground facility at Kumchang-ri has proven to be nothing more than a huge hole in the ground, centers on the reportedly imminent launch of another multistage long-range missile. The last launch, on Aug. 31, 1998, involved an overflight of Japan...
CULTURE / Art
Jul 31, 1999

Time-honored craft may be blowing away

In Japan the sound of a furin (wind bell) tinkling in the breeze is believed to invoke a sense of coolness during a hot and humid summer.
CULTURE / Art
Jul 31, 1999

Putting art back into everyday life

The Kanazawa Citizen's Art Center belies the truth of the expression that you cannot put new wine into old skins.
COMMENTARY
Jul 30, 1999

Selling out in Nagata-cho

"Japanese politics today lacks principles," former Health and Welfare Minister Junichiro Koizumi said when I met him recently as a member of a journalists' group. Koizumi also criticized government budget outlays of 80 trillion yen, against national and local tax revenues of only 50 trillion yen. He...
EDITORIALS
Jul 30, 1999

Taking up the fight against TB

Tuberculosis, a communicable disease that has been commonly linked to poverty and unsanitary living conditions, is making a troubling comeback in Japan. The situation has become so worrisome that the Ministry of Health and Welfare issued a tuberculosis emergency declaration Monday, warning the nation...
JAPAN
Jul 30, 1999

Vitz spells end for Toyota Corolla, other models

NAGOYA -- Toyota Motor Corp. has discontinued production of its Starlet passenger cars to make room for the popular Vitz, Toyota officials said Friday.
JAPAN
Jul 30, 1999

Honda engines move from Wako to Sayama

Honda Motor Co. plans to expand its assembly plant in Sayama, Saitama Prefecture, in the next fiscal year to shift engine production from its Wako plant located in the same prefecture, Honda officials said Friday.
JAPAN
Jul 30, 1999

Millenium bug to delay New Year's flights

Minor delays are expected for some 60 international flights departing Japan at the end of the year due to crisis management measures to deal with the Year 2000 computer problem, Transport Ministry officials said Friday.
JAPAN
Jul 30, 1999

World Bank hit for pushing medical waste incineration

The World Bank should stop funding medical waste incinerators and ensure that its projects only allow burning of medical waste when unavoidable, according to a report presented Friday by a nongovernmental organization in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Jul 30, 1999

Asahi profits expand on Super Dry sales

Asahi Breweries Ltd. hit record highs both in sales and pretax profits for the first half of this year, thanks to the continued popularity of Super Dry brand products, according to a financial statement released Friday.
JAPAN
Jul 30, 1999

One year down as Obuchi firmly hits political stride

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi expressed his determination Friday to successfully stage the 2000 summit of the Group of Eight major nations in Okinawa, indicating his readiness to stay at the helm for at least another year.
JAPAN
Jul 30, 1999

Attachable rooms ease space problems for elderly

OSAKA -- A contemporary problem confronting many Japanese living in small homes is the search for space to enable proper care for elderly family members.
JAPAN
Jul 30, 1999

5 trillion yen defense budget sought

The Defense Agency will seek 4.999 trillion yen for its fiscal 2000 budget, up 1.6 percent from that of the current fiscal year, Defense Agency chief Hosei Norota said Friday.
JAPAN
Jul 30, 1999

Coeds demand end to discrimination

A group of female college students on Friday submitted a petition to the labor minister demanding that the government improve the job market for new graduates and put an end to discrimination against women.
JAPAN
Jul 30, 1999

Asian instability may force Japan's nuclear hand

Staff writer
JAPAN
Jul 30, 1999

Jobless rate ascends to record 4.9%

The unemployment rate hit a record-high 4.9 percent in June, with the rate for men reaching an all-time high of 5.1 percent, the Management and Coordination Agency reported Friday.
JAPAN
Jul 30, 1999

FRC to probe banks' links to Credit Suisse

Financial Reconstruction Commission chief Hakuo Yanagisawa said Friday he will ask the 15 financial institutions that received public fund injections to voluntarily report if they had dealings with the Credit Suisse group.
JAPAN
Jul 30, 1999

Sanwa-led alliance to rival financial giants

Sanwa Bank and five other financial institutions will form a comprehensive alliance to cooperate in areas such as retail marketing and asset management, the six firms announced Friday.
JAPAN
Jul 30, 1999

Service helps toothbrush maker clean up

Staff writer
COMMUNITY
Jul 30, 1999

First-rate solutions for grammar blunders

Too often a translator of Japanese to English will complete a perfectly good translation and then deliver it to a customer without a careful spell-check.
JAPAN
Jul 30, 1999

Analysis: Credit Suisse case seen as a warning

Staff writer
JAPAN
Jul 30, 1999

Two-way translation headed for PCs

OSAKA -- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. and a governmental research firm said Friday they have developed a two-way Japanese-English speech translation system usable on notebook PCs.
CULTURE / Stage
Jul 30, 1999

'Y5K' travels a sacred journey through levels of self-realization

The Hopi Indians have a prophecy based on an ancient icon thousands of years old called "The Sacred Rock." On the rock is an etching that represents the cycle of mankind's journey, depicting the development and eventual destruction of civilization.
JAPAN
Jul 30, 1999

Cabinet establishes Y2K team

The government established a crisis-management task force Friday within the Cabinet to cope with the Year 2000 computer problem and fully prepare itself for the worst, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Muneo Suzuki said Friday.
EDITORIALS
Jul 29, 1999

New Komeito makes an about-face

A tripartite coalition among the Liberal Democratic Party, the Liberal Party and New Komeito has become a fait accompli. At a special party convention last weekend, New Komeito adopted a basic policy that prepared the second-largest opposition party for participation in the bipartisan ruling alliance...
JAPAN
Jul 29, 1999

Industrial output rose 3% in June

Monthly industrial output grew 3 percent in June, marking the first month-on-month rise in three months, according to a preliminary report released Thursday by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry.
JAPAN
Jul 29, 1999

Namitei: small, but able to take the pressure

Staff writer
JAPAN
Jul 29, 1999

Japan Telecom targets Nissan's Tu-Ka shares

Japan Telecom Co. is in negotiations with Nissan Motor Co. over purchasing the automaker's equity stakes in six Digital Tu-Ka cellular phone companies, a spokesman for the Tokyo-based major carrier said Thursday.
JAPAN
Jul 29, 1999

Tax bureau fines Energy Life chairman

OSAKA -- Tax authorities have fined the chairman of a social welfare institution about 200 million yen for concealing about 310 million yen in income related to construction of a nursing home, sources said Thursday.
JAPAN
Jul 29, 1999

Nakabo vows RCC will nail bad-loan kings

Kohei Nakabo, departing president of Resolution and Collection Corp., vowed Thursday that the state-backed collection body will continue efforts to hold the banks that helped create the nation's bad-loan mess liable.
Surrounded by Chinese bases, a tiny Philippine island stands firm
A Philippine Navy sailor looks at a China Coast Guard vessel just off the coast of Pag-asa Island in the disputed South China Sea last month.
Anger in Japan after Instagrammer drinks burial site offering
Foreign tourists visit a park near the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in August.
Tamagotchi hatches 100 million shipments worldwide thanks to ’90s nostalgia
The latest version of Tamagotchi, called Tamagotchi Paradise, is awarded the best digital toy at Tokyo Toy Show on Aug. 28.
Bangladesh is a South Asian time bomb
Many Bangladeshis hoped that the overthrow of long-time leader Sheikh Hasina last year would revitalize the country’s democracy after an authoritarian lurch under the “iron lady.” Instead it has led to proliferating human-rights abuses, intensifying repression and widespread Islamist violence.
Musk voices support for anti-immigration rally in Japan
Elon Musk has voiced support for anti-immigration protest in Japan, where a "Japanese First" party saw gains in recent elections.
Xi — joined by Kim and Putin — delivers stark warning at military parade
Chinese leader Xi Jinping walks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un before a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan and the end of World War II, in Beijing on Wednesday.
Tamagotchi hatches 100 million shipments worldwide thanks to ’90s nostalgia
The latest version of Tamagotchi, called Tamagotchi Paradise, is awarded the best digital toy at Tokyo Toy Show on Aug. 28.
Why Stalin didn’t invade Hokkaido still largely unknown, 80 years after WWII
During a survey to collect the remains of victims from the Taito Maru, one of the vessels involved in the Three Ships Incident, a metal helmet was found near the stern of the vessel on Aug. 5, 1984, at Rumoi Port. No human remains were discovered.
More sweltering days forecast for September after hottest summer on record
By the end of August, 8,341 people had been transported by ambulance for heatstroke in Tokyo alone.
Surrounded by Chinese bases, a tiny Philippine island stands firm
A Philippine Navy sailor looks at a China Coast Guard vessel just off the coast of Pag-asa Island in the disputed South China Sea last month.

Podcast

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

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Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past
By Alex K.T. Martin

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