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JAPAN
Jun 26, 2000

Coalition wins a stable majority

The Liberal Democratic Party-led ruling triumvirate suffered a major setback but managed to secure a comfortable majority in the Lower House in Sunday's general election.
JAPAN
Jun 26, 2000

TV stations divided over ruling bloc's majority

Kyodo News Major television stations gave differing predictions Sunday on whether the three ruling parties would be able to secure a "stable" majority, meaning 254 of the 480 seats being contested at the House of Representatives.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 26, 2000

Sense and nonsense in nuclear-arms policy

For his key role in establishing Japan's commitment to nonnuclear principles in 1967, Prime Minister Eisuke Sato went on to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Yet it was recently revealed that he privately referred to the three principles as "nonsense" and allowed a U.S. nuclear aircraft carrier to enter a Japanese...
JAPAN
Jun 26, 2000

Mori need not quit if LDP falls below 229 seats: Aoki

Kyodo News Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori would not need to step down even if the Liberal Democratic Party fails to attain a target of 229 Lower House seats set by the party's No. 2 leader, Chief Cabinet Secretary Mikio Aoki said Sunday night.
JAPAN
Jun 25, 2000

James Treece named new FCCJ head

James Treece of Automotive News has narrowly beaten Anthony Rowley of the Singapore Business Times to become president of the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan, official election results showed Friday.
JAPAN
Jun 25, 2000

Good news: a week in the tropics energizes your brain

The brain functions of several middle-aged and elderly people from north and northeastern Japan become more active after they spend a week in Okinawa in the winter, according to a study conducted by a Tohoku University research institute.
BUSINESS
Jun 24, 2000

Nissho Iwai, Samsung to share overseas units

Japanese trading company Nissho Iwai Corp. said Friday that it has agreed with South Korean trader Samsung Corp. to share overseas outlets.
BUSINESS
Jun 24, 2000

Debt waiver for Sogo 'possible,' DIC says

The head of the semigovernmental Deposit Insurance Corp. on Friday described the proposed partial forgiveness by the DIC of loans owed by the Sogo Co. department store chain to Shinsei Bank as a "possible option."
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 24, 2000

The answer is in the heavens

Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori is doing everything he can to discourage Japanese voters from taking tomorrow's election seriously. He is succeeding. On top of his efforts, is getting help from the media, which are already predicting a comfortable margin of victory for the current ruling coalition.
JAPAN
Jun 23, 2000

Mori states another opinion

Comments which some took to be Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori's plans for educational reform were dismissed Thursday by Chief Cabinet Secretary Mikio Aoki as mere "personal opinions" not on the government's policy agenda.
JAPAN
Jun 23, 2000

Osaka releases detailed Olympic plan submitted to IOC

OSAKA — The city of Osaka on Thursday released the details of its 2008 Olympic plans, three days after submitting them to the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne, Switzerland.
JAPAN
Jun 22, 2000

Unaffiliated voters outnumber LDP supporters for the first time

Unaffiliated voters for the first time made up the largest group of Kyodo News pollees in a survey taken ahead of Sunday's general election.
JAPAN
Jun 21, 2000

LDP set to increase majority as partners falter, poll shows

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party is likely to win more than 260 of the 480 Lower House seats up for grabs in the June 25 general election, according to the results of a Kyodo News poll released Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Jun 21, 2000

Economy progressing toward self-sustained growth: EPA

Economic Planning Agency on Tuesday upgraded its assessment of the economy for the second consecutive month and said it is gradually approaching a self-sustaining recovery.
LIFE / Digital / CYBERIA
Jun 21, 2000

Seeing red

Red has long been the color of choice for companies venturing into the digital domain; that's red as in ink, and that choice has been by necessity.
BUSINESS
Jun 21, 2000

Japan to join talks on U.S. steel limits

Japan intends to join upcoming talks between South Korea and the United States on Washington's restrictions on imports of steel pipe products, International Trade and Industry Minister Takashi Fukaya said Tuesday.
EDITORIALS
Jun 20, 2000

Age is not all that matters

With the volume favored by candidates' loudspeaker cars, it can be difficult to tell what issues they are addressing in the campaign leading up to Sunday's election for the House of Representatives. Both the ruling and opposition parties are engaging in the usual name-calling and sloganeering and not...
BUSINESS
Jun 20, 2000

Economy hit bottom in April '99: EPA

Japan's economy bottomed out in April 1999 after more than two years of downturn, an advisory panel to the Economic Planning Agency said Monday.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 20, 2000

New rules, old political games

Japanese go to the polls June 25 in the nation's second general election that combines single-seat constituencies and proportional representation.
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Jun 19, 2000

Sure, Japanese rice is expensive -- you're paying for all the chemicals

Don't expect the government to look out for your best interests when it comes to chemicals.
ENVIRONMENT
Jun 19, 2000

Project Phoenix: sitting by the phone

The SETI Institute, based in Mountain View, Calif., is currently conducting the world's most sensitive and comprehensive search for extraterrestrial intelligence, Project Phoenix. Phoenix searches for signs of other civilizations by listening for radio signals directly transmitted from other planets,...
MULTIMEDIA / SPORTS SCOPE
Jun 19, 2000

Japanese shine, beat Bolivia 2-0

YOKOHAMA -- It was a telling scene. Japan manager Philippe Troussier with a broad grin on his face holding aloft his first trophy as his happy players showered him with water in the sunshine following a 2-0 win over Bolivia on Sunday.
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2000

Man arrested over posting of monazite

Police arrested on Saturday a 42-year-old man on suspicion of mailing radioactive materials to 10 government offices last week with a message claiming nuclear materials were being smuggled to North Korea.
COMMUNITY
Jun 18, 2000

So, uh, what century did you say this is?

Whisper it softly but these are bad times we live in, literally.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 18, 2000

Fuse burning on the Mideast powder keg

LONDON -- Ignore all the empty chatter about the future of a "Middle East peace process" that died months ago, and waste no time in futile speculation about the character of Syria's new president, mild-mannered ophthalmologist Dr. Bashar Assad. The regime that was run for the past 30 years by Bashar's...
JAPAN
Jun 17, 2000

Empress Dowager dies at 97; family at her side

The Empress Dowager, the widow of Emperor Showa, died Friday afternoon, two days after she began experiencing breathing difficulties, the Imperial Household Agency said. She was 97.
JAPAN
Jun 17, 2000

Milan bombing suspect files libel suit in Japan

A 52-year-old man wanted by Italian authorities for his alleged involvement in the deadly 1969 bombing of a Milan bank filed a defamation suit Friday with the Tokyo District Court against two newspapers and two magazine publishers.
Japan eyes two types of 'hometown resident' registration
People buy groceries from a mobile supermarket in a rural area of Nagomi, Kumamoto Prefecture. The government is considering a new "hometown resident" registration system to help strengthen regional revitalization measures.
Ed Sheeran teams up with Tokyo’s Oedo Line
The “Oh! Ed! Collaboration Campaign,” launched on Tokyo's Keio Line to celebrate the Friday release of Ed Sheeran’s latest album, “Play,” includes a eight-car train dedicated to the pop star's music and trivia related to his career
Workers say corporate South Korea was warned about questionable U.S. visas before Hyundai raid
Activists holding signs that reads "No one is illegal!" protest against a huge immigration raid last week in the U.S. state of Georgia, in front of the U.S. Embassy in Seoul on Tuesday.
Three Japanese nationals among those detained by ICE at Hyundai plant in Georgia
Investigators from the U.S. Homeland Security Investigations at a factory being built by South Korea's Hyundai Motor in Georgia on Friday
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
As of August 2024, the number of confirmed chagusaba farmers had fallen to 302, just over half the 582 reported in 2015, according to the Shizuoka Chagusaba Farming Method Promotion Council.
Search is on for loopholes in Japan’s $550 billion investment pledge
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick argues that U.S. President Donald Trump has sole authority to invest Japan's promised $550 billion.

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Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight
By Mai Yoshikawa

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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