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JAPAN
Oct 5, 2000

Support rate for Mori up marginally to 33.4%

The public approval rate for Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori's administration is up 1 percent to 33.4 percent but remains far below his disapproval rate of 58.2 percent, according to a Kyodo News poll released Wednesday.
COMMENTARY
Oct 5, 2000

Today's Luddites go global

LONDON -- The Seattle protesters who fought the World Trade Organization and those in Prague who demonstrated recently against the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank are a mixed crew: anarchists, anticapitalist thugs and groups anxious to help the poorer people of the world. None of them...
JAPAN
Oct 4, 2000

Daiei chief involved in questionable deal

The president of Daiei Inc. purchased shares in a group company last year but subsequently sold them after talking to his legal adviser, who said there may be an appearance of insider trading, officials of the major supermarket chain operator said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Oct 4, 2000

Experiments on humans outpacing ethics, WMA chief warns

The incoming head of an international physicians' association says excessive experiments involving human subjects should be curbed amid the growing range of experiments in this age of advanced medical science.
JAPAN
Oct 4, 2000

Magazine seeks Mori's printsto verify story

A magazine on Tuesday asked the Tokyo District Court to obtain Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori's fingerprints in order to verify its article that says he was caught by police in a brothel 42 years ago.
JAPAN
Oct 4, 2000

'Indefinite' sentences lengthen

Prisoners in Japan serving "indefinite" sentences are locked up longer these days before they get paroled compared with 20 years ago, according to information the government released to the Diet on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Oct 4, 2000

Foreign Ministry opens NGO center

The Foreign Ministry launches a new "NGO Center" today that is designed to improve communication and cooperation with nongovernmental organizations.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 3, 2000

A real German lesson for the two Koreas

SEOUL -- In one of numerous books dealing with unification matters, South Korean President Kim Dae Jung refers to his meetings with leading German politicians in the early part of the 1990s. According to Kim's account, the German politicians told him, "You are fortunate because you can analyze all the...
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Oct 3, 2000

Diners, look before you eat

AT THE JAPANESE TABLE, by Richard Hosking. Images of Asia. Oxford University Press, 2000, 70 pp., 22 color plates, 19 b/w, unpriced. THE ESSENCE OF JAPANESE CUISINE: An Essay on Food and Culture, by Michael Ashkenazi and Jeanne Jacob. Richmond/Surrey: Curzon Press, 2000, 252 pp., 11 b/w photos, 45 British...
JAPAN
Oct 1, 2000

Collective houses pushed for seniors living alone

KOBE -- With the Japanese population aging rapidly and lifestyle changes sweeping the country, more and more elderly people are finding themselves without family support.
JAPAN
Oct 1, 2000

Lawyers lift 45-year ban on advertising services

A 45-year ban on lawyers advertising their services and running promotional campaigns in Japan will be lifted today.
BUSINESS
Sep 30, 2000

Singapore FTA should cover finance, commerce and people

Japan and Singapore should conclude a comprehensive bilateral free-trade agreement that covers cooperation in electronic commerce and financial services and the smooth flow of people, according to a report released Friday.
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2000

MSDF officer indicted for passing defense info

Prosecutors on Friday indicted a senior officer in the Maritime Self-Defense Force on charges of passing defense secrets to a Russian military attache in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2000

Nakagawa vows to learn from Tokai

The government will continue efforts to prevent atomic disasters by learning from last year's fatal nuclear accident in Tokai, Ibaraki Prefecture, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hidenao Nakagawa said Friday.
BUSINESS
Sep 30, 2000

Body eyes project to up demand for semiconductors

The Electronic Industries Association of Japan said Friday that it will launch a five-year project in April to develop next-generation semiconductors as part of its efforts to revive the semiconductor industry.
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2000

Diet gets bill to lower age of criminal responsibility

Lawmakers from the ruling bloc submitted controversial legislation Friday to the Diet to revise the Juvenile Law, demanding harsher punishments in a bid to reduce juvenile delinquency in the wake of a series of major crimes committed by teenagers.
EDITORIALS
Sep 29, 2000

Mr. Mori's missing road map

Six months after he took office, what is Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori aiming to achieve? Equally important, what does the opposition have to say about his policy -- or the lack thereof? These questions went largely unanswered during the Lower House debates that took place this week. The exchanges proved...
BUSINESS
Sep 29, 2000

RCC's debt forgiveness reaches 60.5 billion yen

The government's Resolution and Collection Corp. has forgiven 60.5 billion yen in corporate and individual debt since it was launched in April last year, RCC President Akio Kioi said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Sep 29, 2000

Mori ignorant of key policy term

When Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori made a policy speech before the Diet on Sept. 21, it was obvious he was biting off more than he could chew in his priority area of information technology.
JAPAN
Sep 29, 2000

Abductees' kin slam Pyongyang aid

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JAPAN
Sep 28, 2000

Foreign residents on slow boat to get vote

The Japanese woman was unhappy.
BUSINESS
Sep 28, 2000

Mori vows to urge oil producers to stabilize prices

Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori promised Wednesday to call on oil producers to make efforts to stabilize crude prices, saying the recent surge in the prices could have a negative impact on the global economy.
LIFE / Food & Drink / NIHONSHU
Sep 28, 2000

Keeping it plain and simple for the serious sake drinker

Some of the best sake can be tasted these days at modern, shiny, artsy-craftsy sake pubs. These present some of the most lively and interesting environments in which to hang out with nihonshu. But sometimes, what we seek in a sake pub is more of an out-of-the-way feeling. Sometimes its anonymity that...
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 28, 2000

Japan's nonprofits carve out a space of their own

When the Nature Conservancy's Lori Forman addressed the College Women's Association of Japan at a luncheon earlier this year, the topic was supposed to be nongovernmental organizations in Japan. But instead of providing a nuanced description of Japan's not-for-profit movement, Forman seemed more interested...
JAPAN
Sep 27, 2000

Kyoto to host religious peace forum

Representatives of religions from nearly 150 countries will convene in Kyoto on Nov. 29 and 30 to discuss disarmament and mark the 30th anniversary of the World Conference on Religion and Peace, according to WCRP officials in Japan.

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