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BUSINESS
Sep 7, 2000

DaimlerChrysler seeks bigger MMC stake

DaimlerChrysler AG is likely to increase its proposed stake in Mitsubishi Motors Corp. to between 36 percent and 38 percent from the originally planned 34 percent, sources close to negotiations between the German-U.S. auto giant and the scandal-hit Japanese automaker said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Sep 7, 2000

Detention OK'd for Yamamoto

The Tokyo District Court on Wednesday approved a prosecutors' request to detain House of Representatives member Joji Yamamoto and his secretary for 10 days until Sept. 15.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 7, 2000

China blocks disarmament

NEW DELHI — U.S. President Bill Clinton's weekend announcement to delay a decision on deployment of the U.S. national missile defense system will do little to end the gridlock at the United Nations' main disarmament body, the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva. The CD has been without work for four...
BUSINESS
Sep 6, 2000

MMC, DaimlerChrysler meet over COO position

Top managers from Mitsubishi Motors Corp. and DaimlerChrysler AG today will discuss an alternative MMC proposal for a DaimlerChrysler executive to be its chief operating officer, MMC officials said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Sep 6, 2000

DPJ to demand Yamamoto's resignation

The Democratic Party of Japan said Tuesday it will demand that arrested lawmaker Joji Yamamoto resign from the House of Representatives, party officials said.
COMMENTARY / WASHINGTON UPDATE
Sep 6, 2000

America enters the election homestretch

At long last, it is time for the U.S. presidential campaign of 2000 to begin. The Labor Day weekend (Sept. 2-4) marked the unofficial end of summer, the start of school and the traditional kickoff of the political campaigns.
JAPAN
Sep 2, 2000

Foot cultist admits fraud during first trial hearing

A former member of the Honohana Sanpogyo foot-reading cult on Friday admitted during the first session of her trial that she conspired with cult leader Hogen Fukunaga, 55, to defraud two women of nearly 4 million yen.
JAPAN
Sep 2, 2000

Yamamoto grilled over misuse of secretary's funds

Prosecutors on Friday questioned DPJ lawmaker Joji Yamamoto on suspicion of illegally using 20 million yen of his secretary's salary for personal use, investigative sources said.
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2000

Tokyo disaster drill features SDF in big way

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government's annual major disaster-relief drill Sunday will feature the participation of Self-Defense Forces troops on an unprecedented scale -- 7,100 service members, 1,090 vehicles, 80 aircraft and five ships -- at 10 venues throughout the capital.
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2000

Evacuees put on happy face

The children carried clean clothes, some snacks, textbooks and video games -- all hastily packed under the shadow of an 8,000-meter pillar of smoke rising above Mount Oyama on Miyake Island.
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2000

Mission to retrieve weapons in China

Japan will send a mission to China in mid-September to excavate and retrieve chemical weapons the Imperial Japanese Army abandoned during the war, according to the government's Abandoned Chemical Weapons Office.
JAPAN
Aug 31, 2000

Lake reclamation scheme canceled

MATSUE, Shimane Pref. -- Following the ruling coalition's termination of a 37-year-old controversial project to reclaim part of Lake Nakaumi and create 1,470 hectares of farmland, local municipalities are scrambling for new central government spending to make up for the aborted project.
BUSINESS
Aug 31, 2000

Tsutaya eyes ads on cellphone Web sites

A graphic small enough to be hidden under your thumb is expected to bring in millions of yen in revenues for Japan's biggest rental video chain, Tsutaya.
JAPAN
Aug 31, 2000

Extremist murdered in knife attack

A 48-year-old leftist extremist was stabbed to death by a group of knife-wielding men wearing masks Wednesday morning in front of JR Uguisudani Station in Tokyo's Taito Ward, apparently the victim of an internal dispute within an ultraleftist group, police said.
CULTURE / Art
Aug 31, 2000

Art and history intersect in U.S. ambassador's residence

Most of us only dream of being able to pick out our favorite pieces of art from museums to display in our homes.
JAPAN
Aug 31, 2000

Yoshino dam project may yet proceed; foes irked

OSAKA -- Opponents to the controversial Yoshino River dam project in Tokushima are dissatisfied with a ruling coalition proposal made earlier this week that the 100 billion yen project be returned to the drawing board.
BUSINESS
Aug 30, 2000

NTT allows competitor in its doors

Faced with mounting criticism over stalling and exclusionary tactics, telecom giant NTT East Corp. for the first time has allowed a competitor to set up broad-band interconnection equipment within its compound in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward.
JAPAN
Aug 30, 2000

Talks to hold up Kitakyushu as environmental success story

Asia, with more than half the world's population and economies that continue to grow, poses one of the biggest environmental challenges of the coming century. The United Nations predicts that by 2025 more than half the region's population will have moved to the already packed metropolises.
JAPAN
Aug 29, 2000

Joint team probes Snow fiasco

The Osaka Municipal Government on Monday launched a joint study group of experts with the Health and Welfare Ministry that will investigate the causes of Snow Brand Milk Products Co.'s mass food-poisoning incident and attempt to recommend countermeasures.
BUSINESS
Aug 29, 2000

Japan called on to help redevelop Panama Canal

Nearly a century after Japanese engineer Akira Aoyama contributed to the construction of the Panama Canal, Panama is now seeking fresh investment and expert advice from Japan to redevelop the world's crucial waterway to serve 21st-century needs.
JAPAN
Aug 28, 2000

Mori to push for expansion of UNSC

Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori plans to call for an increase in the number of both permanent and nonpermanent members of the U.N. Security Council in a brief speech he will deliver Sept. 7 at the U.N. Millennium Summit in New York, government sources said Sunday.
BUSINESS
Aug 28, 2000

Managing Japan's monetary policy

The Bank of Japan announced Aug. 11 that it would abandon its "zero-interest rate" policy, by which is meant that the money market interest rate at the shortest end of terms would be virtually zero.
JAPAN
Aug 27, 2000

Railway union to vote on ending JR dispute

The National Railway Workers Union (Kokuro) decided Saturday to vote in September on accepting a proposal by four political parties aimed at resolving the union's long-standing dispute with Japan Railway group firms, Kokuro officials said.
JAPAN
Aug 27, 2000

Endoscope users report problems

Nearly 75 percent of users of Toshiba Corp.'s electronic endoscope have experienced problems with the product, according to the results of a survey made available Saturday.
BUSINESS
Aug 26, 2000

Japan to push WTO dialogue with China

Japan will propose to China that the two nations establish a high-level regular forum for dialogue on matters related to the World Trade Organization, government sources said Friday.
University of Tokyo lands its highest spot ever in global higher education ranking
The University of Tokyo in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward
‘Save the Ring’ calls intensify as Osaka Expo’s end nears
Visitors lounge on the grassy hill on the top of the Grand Ring during the 2025 Osaka Expo in the city of Osaka in May.
Takaichi's PM bid faces further headwinds with coalition split
LDP leader Sanae Takaichi and Komeito leader Tetsuo Saito attend a party leaders' meeting on Friday in Tokyo.
After ruling bloc breakup, CDP and Komeito eye unified PM candidate
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leader Yoshihiko Noda speaks to reporters at the Diet in Tokyo on Friday.
Ghost of Yotei’s bloodstained fun sidesteps Ainu identity
Ghost of Yotei, the follow-up to 2020's smash hit Ghost of Tsushima, is a violent, vengeful and engaging romp through 17th-century Hokkaido that fails to stick the landing on its most sensitive cultural material.
Ghost of Yotei’s bloodstained fun sidesteps Ainu identity
Ghost of Yotei, the follow-up to 2020's smash hit Ghost of Tsushima, is a violent, vengeful and engaging romp through 17th-century Hokkaido that fails to stick the landing on its most sensitive cultural material.
‘Takaichi trade’ starts unwinding as political calculus upended by Komeito exit
Less than a week ago, Sanae Takaichi seemed set to become Japan's first female prime minister.
‘Save the Ring’ calls intensify as Osaka Expo’s end nears
Visitors lounge on the grassy hill on the top of the Grand Ring during the 2025 Osaka Expo in the city of Osaka in May.
A Japanese comedian walks into an Aussie bar … and stays there
Takashi “Waka” Wakasugi stopped by the Tokyo Comedy Bar in Shibuya Ward last month following his stint at Edinburgh Festival Fringe performing his show “Comedy Samurai.”
Chemistry Nobel winner Kitagawa says downtime helped him think up new material
Susumu Kitagawa speaks to reporters at Kyoto University on Wednesday after receiving the news that he had been awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry the same day.

Podcast

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

Longform

Growing families are being priced out of Tokyo’s condo market, forced to choose between downtown convenience and suburban space.
Is living in central Tokyo still affordable?
By Alex K.T. Martin

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

We are pleased to announce the winners of the 6th annual Sustainable Japan Award.
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 6th annual Sustainable Japan Award.

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