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COMMENTARY / World
Jul 18, 1999

Apparently, all roads lead to Vladivostok

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia -- No, Peter and Eileen Crichton were not to be mistaken for the U.S. couple making a millennial tour of five continents in a lemon yellow Mercedes-Benz "off-roadster." Nor did they have anything to do with the two Germans who had just crossed Russia in a 1963 Citroen 2 CV.
CULTURE / Music / MUSIC NOMAD
Jul 13, 1999

Cuban music revolution heats up airwaves

Within the world music genre, success -- in terms of sales -- doesn't compare with the likes of mainstream pop and rock categories. What world music successes there have been have had a rather short shelf life, and were mainly cultivated by the major record companies.
JAPAN
Jul 7, 1999

Sony quits North America cell phone market

Sony Corp. announced Wednesday it will withdraw from the cellular phone business in North America, citing dwindling market share and profits due to intensifying competition.
JAPAN
Jul 7, 1999

Toshiba, IBM scrap DRAM deal

Toshiba Corp. and IBM Corp. have agreed to cancel a memory chip production tieup in the U.S., and Toshiba will purchase all shares of a joint venture of the two firms by the end of next year, Toshiba officials in Tokyo said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jul 7, 1999

Osaka puts on job fair to help the unemployed

OSAKA -- In a bid to help job-seekers in the Kansai region, where the unemployment rate exceeds the national average, Osaka Prefecture Wednesday kicked off Job Information Fair '99, featuring 200 computers listing 15,000 jobs.
JAPAN
Jul 6, 1999

Honda says next hybrid car will be world's most efficient

Honda Motor Co. unveiled a hybrid engine system and lightweight aluminum body structure Tuesday for a new car to be released this fall that the automaker claims will achieve the world's lowest fuel consumption among mass-produced gasoline-powered vehicles.
JAPAN
Jul 6, 1999

2,049 faulty points found in shinkansen tunnel

West Japan Railway Co. has found a total of 2,049 defective points in the tunnels of the Sanyo Shinkansen Line, it was learned Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jul 5, 1999

Parents unprepared for child seat law

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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jul 4, 1999

Slurp noodles right with the lip-o-suction method

Japanese people can eat a bowl of noodles in just five minutes. That's because they don't chew. Real noodle connoisseurs know that the taste of the noodle is felt in the throat, not the tongue, so to appreciate the true flavor of noodles, you must swallow them whole. I wonder how the stomach feels about...
JAPAN
Jul 2, 1999

Former pop idol, manager arrested over spiked 'shochu'

Police arrested a former member of pop music group Four Leaves and his former manager Friday for serving a female friend a drink laced with stimulants.
JAPAN
Jul 2, 1999

Telecom Realignment: Newcomers may have edge on NTT

Last in a series
JAPAN
Jul 2, 1999

DoCoMo launches English-language pager

NTT Mobile Communications Network Inc., commonly known as NTT DoCoMo, has launched an English pager service to directly deliver a variety of information to foreign residents in the Kanto region as well as in Yamanashi, Nagano and Niigata prefectures.
CULTURE / Stage
Jul 2, 1999

Teshigawara gets down to 'Absolute Zero'

It's hard to imagine Saburo Teshigawara ever coming up with a solo to rival "Absolute Zero," his work currently in production at Setagaya Public Theater.
JAPAN
Jul 2, 1999

NTT ordered to probe allegations of customer data leak

Executives of the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone group were asked Friday to investigate allegations that more than 10 of its employees released private data on NTT subscribers, officials of the Posts and Telecommunications Ministry said.
CULTURE / Art
Jul 1, 1999

Wood blocks carved from nostalgia

Tsuzen Nakajima's woodblock prints trigger memories in the same way certain melodies or particular scenes may whisk us back to pleasant moments of the past. Nakajima depicts the landscapes of Japan and often uses geta, Japanese umbrellas or tatami rooms as his subjects, complementing those backgrounds...
JAPAN
Jul 1, 1999

NTT-West hefts ax as cost-cutting option

OSAKA -- NTT-West Corp. President Kazuo Asada on Thursday said job cuts are one option for trimming costs and putting the firm's business into the black within three years.
JAPAN
Jun 28, 1999

Telecom Realignment: NTT set to enter global fray

First of a five-part series on reorganizing the domestic telecommunications industry
JAPAN
Jun 24, 1999

Koike's payoff man at Yamaichi avoids prison

The Tokyo District Court sentenced a former managing director of the bankrupt Yamaichi Securities Co. to a suspended 10-month prison term Thursday for giving undue profits to "sokaiya" corporate extortionist Ryuichi Koike and compensating the racketeer for stock losses.
JAPAN
Jun 24, 1999

Softbank to set up capital funds for Internet ventures

The Softbank Corp. group, an Internet-related investor, announced plans Thursday to set up three venture capital funds — two in the United States and another in Japan — that together would be worth more than $1.8 billion.
JAPAN
Jun 24, 1999

Seibu, Daimaru link up with Nordstrom

Seibu Department Stores and Daimaru Inc. will team up with Nordstrom Inc. of the United States to market Nordstrom's private-brand clothing in Japan, officials of the two companies said Thursday.
LIFE / Digital / CYBERIA
Jun 23, 1999

On the fringe of the fray

I had dinner with two friends last week and eventually the conversation came around to the Web (I generally try to avoid the topic in polite conversation but what can you do?). Anyone overhearing our conversation might have thought we were a trio of hopeless geeks, or digerati wannabes, but the truth...
JAPAN
Jun 23, 1999

Telecom association seeks end to U.S. pact

A national association of telecommunications equipment suppliers has asked the Japanese and U.S. governments Wednesday not to extend a bilateral pact obligating Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. to procure foreign-made products.
LIFE / Style & Design / BEAUTY EAST AND WEST
Jun 17, 1999

Do you have that not-so-fresh feeling?

After writing the column on flowers and flowery teas and all things bloomingly lovely and springlike, I came across an article about the current trend for all things "fresh." The feeling of now, it seems, is freshness. The millennium approaches, and with it the newness of the year 2000, and the 21st...
COMMUNITY
Jun 17, 1999

Trials and triumphs of black beauty

"Black is beautiful" was one of the most culturally charged American political slogans of the 1960s. Thirty years later, former model and educator Barbara Summers proves just how true those words are in her coffee-table book titled "Skin Deep: Inside the World of Black Fashion Models."
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jun 17, 1999

Regular publicity necessary for healthy marketing

To: Buena Vista Prunes, Inc. Attn: Mr. John Murray, vice president in charge of communications From: Takeshi Ebihara Tokyo Senden Services Re: Public relations progress and proposals
JAPAN
Jun 16, 1999

Kyoto money-lender held in drug bust

Ishikawa and Kyoto prefectural police arrested a 50-year-old Kyoto woman on suspicion of drug possession and confiscated roughly 180 kg of stimulants, authorities said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jun 16, 1999

C&W secures 97.69% stake in IDC

Cable and Wireless PLC of Britain announced Wednesday that it has secured a 97.69 percent stake in International Digital Communications Inc., claiming victory over NTT Corp. for control of the Tokyo-based international telecommunications carrier.
JAPAN
Jun 15, 1999

Nose begins dioxin cleanup

OSAKA — Work began Tuesday to remove dioxin-tainted water and material from an incinerator blamed for the nation's worst case of dioxin contamination.
JAPAN
Jun 15, 1999

NCB picks up Morgan Stanley as adviser

Nippon Credit Bank, currently under state control, has selected U.S. investment bank Morgan Stanley as its financial adviser, NCB President Takuya Fujii said Tuesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 12, 1999

Restrain Japan, contain India

The main objective of China's Asia policy has always been to prevent the rise of an Asian rival or peer competitor to challenge its status as the Asia-Pacific's sole "Middle Kingdom." As an old Chinese saying goes, "'One mountain cannot accommodate two tigers."
Wealthy foreign nationals picking up ultimate souvenir — a condo in Tokyo
A high-end property in the fashionable Daikanyama district in Tokyo
Bank of Japan to start unloading ETFs in surprise move that rattles market
BOJ Gov. Kazuo Ueda said it would take a century for the bank to sell all its ETFs at the pace proposed.
Over 90% of low-income families in Japan struggling to feed children
Save the Children Japan domestic program chief Sonoko Kawakami speaks at a news conference in Tokyo in July. A survey conducted by the group in June has found that over 90% of low-income households with children face food insecurity.
JAL to punish president and 36 others over pilot drinking scandal
Japan Airlines Managing Executive Officer Yukio Nakagawa (center) and others apologize after one of the airline's pilots was found to have been drinking alcohol, during a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 4.
After seven decades, is it finally time for the LDP to split up?
Signage atop the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo. Japan’s ruling party faces a tough decision over its future as it searches for a new leader to replace outgoing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, reverse its waning popularity and reassure investors
World Athletics stars relish Tokyo atmosphere after COVID-hit Olympics
Organizers of the World Athletics Championships said over 500,000 tickets had been sold and that they are expecting to end the event in front of large crowds this weekend.
Japan’s front-line researchers see bright path ahead for dementia treatment
A scientist looks at scans of grains at the Memory Centre at the Department of Readaptation and Geriatrics of the University Hospital (HUG) in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 6, 2023.
Still plenty to fight for, says Japan’s team leader at worlds
Race walker Hayato Katsuki earned bronze for Japan on the opening day of the World Athletics Championships on Saturday.
Wealthy foreign nationals picking up ultimate souvenir — a condo in Tokyo
A high-end property in the fashionable Daikanyama district in Tokyo
Japanese athletes inspired by raucous home fans at World Athletics Championships
Fans cheer on the home favorites during the women's marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sunday.

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