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JAPAN
Nov 22, 1999

Will LDP let Ozawa come in from the cold?

Staff writers
JAPAN
Nov 22, 1999

Life Space guru denies suggesting man leave hospital

The founder of the Life Space self-enlightenment group on Monday denied responsibility for moving a member of the group from a hospital in Hyogo Prefecture to a hotel in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, where the man's mummified corpse was found earlier this month.
EDITORIALS
Nov 18, 1999

Integrity too precious to squander

The Kanagawa Prefectural Police has apparently run amok. One day after nine senior current and former officers were referred to public prosecutors on suspicion of involvement in the coverup of a fellow officer's drug use, the prefectural police headquarters meekly announced that a current and a former...
JAPAN
Nov 17, 1999

Lower House panel approves bills to crack down on Aum

The Lower House Judicial Committee approved two bills Wednesday designed to tighten control of Aum Shinrikyo and facilitate redress to the cult's victims.
JAPAN
Nov 17, 1999

Doi corners Obuchi on donations loophole

Takako Doi, head of the Social Democratic Party of Japan, accused the ruling Liberal Democratic Party of preparing to exploit a loophole in the Political Funds Control Law during a debate in the Diet on Wednesday.
ENVIRONMENT / WILD WATCH
Nov 17, 1999

On the mystery of the mooses, or meese

One of the basic rules of biodiversity is that species diversity increases toward the tropics and decreases toward the poles.
JAPAN
Nov 17, 1999

Ozawa stops muscle-flexing, says Liberals will stay

Liberal Party leader Ichiro Ozawa on Wednesday backed down from his hardline posturing and indicated that his party will remain in the coalition government in order to realize its policies.
JAPAN
Nov 16, 1999

Oceanographer awarded Ozaki prize

A ceremony to award the annual Ozaki Yukio Memorial Prize to this year's recipient, Elisabeth Mann Borgese, a German oceanographer who helped draft the Law of the Sea, was held Tuesday by the Ozaki Yukio Memorial Foundation in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward.
JAPAN
Nov 16, 1999

Tax panel stuck between state finances, election

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JAPAN
Nov 15, 1999

Wahid to announce referendum for restive Aceh

Visiting Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid indicated Monday that he would announce within a month a referendum on independence for the country's restive Aceh province, according to a senior Japanese politician.
JAPAN
Nov 12, 1999

Festivities mark Emperor's 10th anniversary

Politicians, business leaders and musicians gathered with the public to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Emperor's reign in both civic- and government-sponsored festivities Friday in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Nov 12, 1999

Gas attack getaway driver gets life term

A former Aum Shinrikyo fugitive was sentenced to life in prison Friday for his involvement in the 1995 nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Nov 11, 1999

Japanese white lightning from a still in Tonga

I admit it. I had to travel all the way to the Kindom of Tonga to learn about shochu. In my six years in Japan, I had simply not heard of it. Sounds ridiculous, but it's true. No, the Tongans don't make it, never mind drink it. They hadn't heard of it till recently either. In fact, most of them still...
JAPAN
Nov 10, 1999

The Asahara Trial: Guru ordered cult to make guns

Aum Shinrikyo founder Shoko Asahara on Wednesday told the Tokyo District Court that he ordered cult members to manufacture 1,000 automatic rifles.
JAPAN
Nov 9, 1999

Politicians brace for one-on-one Diet debate

Staff writer
JAPAN
Nov 8, 1999

Minority suffrage bill may split coalition

Staff writer
JAPAN
Nov 8, 1999

Toyota's Okuda wins business award

Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers' Associations (Nikkeiren) and chairman of Toyota Motor Corp., has won the 1999 Zaikai Award, or Business World Award, the business magazine company Zaikai announced Monday.
JAPAN
Nov 8, 1999

15 years sought for Aum lawyer in sarin gassing

Prosecutors on Monday demanded 15 years in prison for a former Aum Shinrikyo lawyer accused of conspiring to kill anticult lawyer Taro Takimoto in May 1994 by releasing sarin gas. Takimoto suffered minor injuries at the time.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / GETTING THINGS DONE
Nov 7, 1999

Our troubled world

Only 55 more days to go until the end of this century. It has been a troubled one, yet one filled with new discoveries and hope. More people have been assured of at least the basics of comfort in life while large numbers have been left in devastating poverty. Perhaps it will be remembered as a century...
JAPAN
Nov 4, 1999

Coalition vetoes move to oust Fujinami

The ruling coalition on Thursday rejected an opposition proposal to vote on whether to demand that former Chief Cabinet Secretary Takao Fujinami, whose bribery conviction was upheld by the Supreme Court, voluntary resign from the Diet.
JAPAN
Nov 4, 1999

At-home nursing care: a benefit or disincentive?

Staff writer
JAPAN
Nov 4, 1999

Obuchi vows redress for Tokai accident victims

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi on Thursday said the government will compensate victims of the Tokai nuclear accident -- if they can establish a cause-and-effect relationship between the radiation and any illnesses.
ENVIRONMENT / WILD WATCH
Nov 3, 1999

How to read a bird's lifestyle in its feet

A reflexologist will tell you that feet reveal a great deal about a person's physical state, and that cures can be administered via the feet.
JAPAN
Nov 2, 1999

NTT pair held over suspected data leak to leftists

Two NTT employees were arrested Tuesday on suspicion of helping members of a leftist extremist group illegally obtain information on members of a rival faction, police officials said.
JAPAN
Nov 1, 1999

CPA jailed for falsifying Mita's earnings

OSAKA -- A certified public accountant was sentenced to 18 months in prison and fined 30 million yen Monday for accepting bribes and conspiring in window-dressing at the failed major photocopier maker Mita Industrial Co.
COMMENTARY
Oct 31, 1999

Ending the Balkan tragedy

LONDON -- Economics and business trends are bringing the world together, but politics continue to tear it apart.
COMMUNITY
Oct 30, 1999

Web site attaches yen sign to one's personal worth

Staff writer Reiko Ishikawa feels worthless, but it has nothing to do with having no boyfriend, disliking her job, or misplacing her Prada handbag.
JAPAN
Oct 29, 1999

Web site attaches yen sign to personal worth

Staff writer
JAPAN
Oct 29, 1999

Four hormone disrupter suspects tagged for study

The Environment Agency said Friday it will put priority on studying four chemicals believed to disrupt the endocrine systems of humans and wildlife after a survey found them in concentrations that could affect living organisms.
JAPAN
Oct 27, 1999

Kamei ambushed on health care policy

Staff writer

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?