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JAPAN
Feb 27, 2001

Approval rating for Mori declines to 7%

The approval rating for Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori in the latest Kyodo News survey is down to a mere 7 percent, a drop of 12 percentage points from a similar poll in December. His disapproval rating, meanwhile, has leaped to 82 percent from 65 percent.
JAPAN
Feb 27, 2001

Approval rating for Mori declines to 7%

The approval rating for Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori in the latest Kyodo News survey is down to a mere 7 percent, a drop of 12 percentage points from a similar poll in December. His disapproval rating, meanwhile, has leaped to 82 percent from 65 percent.
COMMENTARY
Feb 26, 2001

ODA without a conscience

I was interviewed recently by a British postgraduate student who was in Tokyo to write a doctoral thesis on Japanese policies relating to official development assistance. She met a Foreign Ministry official to obtain information about Japan's ODA policy guidelines, but she said the interview was disappointing...
JAPAN
Feb 26, 2001

Forestry law draft stresses conservation

The Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry has drafted legislation that would shift the emphasis in Japan's forestry policy to environmental and land conservation from the promotion of the forestry industry, ministry sources said Sunday.
JAPAN
Feb 26, 2001

Forestry law draft stresses conservation

The Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry has drafted legislation that would shift the emphasis in Japan's forestry policy to environmental and land conservation from the promotion of the forestry industry, ministry sources said Sunday.
JAPAN
Feb 25, 2001

Freeze on beltway complicates lives of residents

Shozaburo Kon did not expect to face the ordeal he eventually had to endure when he took the plan of his new house to a local office of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government 10 years ago.
JAPAN
Feb 25, 2001

'Charismatic housewife' advocates happiness through homemaking

Many Japanese women revere Harumi Kurihara, calling her the "charismatic housewife."
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 25, 2001

Myanmar's best hope lies in reconciliation

"To those who have visited even briefly, Myanmar is one of the most attractive and intriguing places in Asia. It has vast potential for economic growth thanks to its natural resources. And its human resources are equally promising. Indeed, it was expected that after independence the country would do...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Feb 25, 2001

Tim and Lee Pierce

Ever since they first came to Tokyo nearly 30 years ago, Tim and Lee Pierce have been committed, reliable, community people. Separately and as a duo, they have allied themselves to associations that appeal to them. They came as parents, and are now grandparents, whose conversations often bring in mention...
COMMENTARY
Feb 25, 2001

Breaking the yakuza's grip

LONDON -- The sad case of the murder of Lucy Blackman, the young British woman who was a hostess in a Roppongi bar, inevitably attracted the attention of the British media.
EDITORIALS
Feb 24, 2001

Iraq defiant yet again

It did not take long for the new U.S. administration to face its first foreign-policy test. The foe was familiar: Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. The response, airstrikes, was expected, as was the result: international criticism of the action, few signs of its effectiveness and mounting concern over...
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 24, 2001

'Learned societies' still have a key role

CHIANG MAI, Thailand-- The complex cultures of Asia have always attracted the interest of Western scholars. This is the origin of what came to be later known as "Learned Societies," institutions based on intellectual curiosity and a deep-rooted volunteer spirit.
JAPAN
Feb 24, 2001

Crown Prince marks 41st birthday

The Crown Prince on Friday celebrated his 41st birthday and said his hope for the future is that the Imperial family will have more contact with citizens to reflect current times while still maintaining ancient traditions.
JAPAN
Feb 24, 2001

Foley says U.S. will salvage Ehime Maru if it can

The United States is committed to taking whatever actions are technically possible to salvage a sunken Japanese fisheries training ship, U.S. Ambassador Thomas Foley said Friday.
JAPAN
Feb 24, 2001

Sega humanoid robot can walk, 'talk'

Sega Corp. subsidiary Sega Toys will begin selling in May a humanoid robot that is able to walk, dance and "communicate" with people through facial expressions, body language and messages that appear on monitors.
JAPAN
Feb 24, 2001

Sega humanoid robot can walk, 'talk'

Sega Corp. subsidiary Sega Toys will begin selling in May a humanoid robot that is able to walk, dance and "communicate" with people through facial expressions, body language and messages that appear on monitors.
BUSINESS
Feb 23, 2001

MMC to cut 10 models, close plant, trim payroll

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. has finalized the details of a major restructuring plan under which it will slash passenger car production and implement large-scale job cuts, company sources said Thursday.
JAPAN
Feb 23, 2001

Council of Europe urges suspension of executions

The leader of a delegation from the Council of Europe, currently on a visit to Japan to study its death penalty system, on Tuesday urged Tokyo to temporarily suspend all executions, Japanese officials said.
EDITORIALS
Feb 22, 2001

BINDing the Internet

Security experts recently made an unprecedented appeal to computer system administrators to update software to protect the Internet. The warning highlights the vulnerabilities of the digital era. Security flaws continue to be the Achilles Heel of the information revolution. There is little sign that...
COMMENTARY / WASHINGTON UPDATE
Feb 22, 2001

Selling tax cuts to Congress

U.S. President George W. Bush continues his attempt to make friends and influence important constituencies. He has spent more time with the Congressional Black Caucus than with the Republican leadership. He has traveled to schools to promote his education priorities. He has been to small businesses explaining...
JAPAN
Feb 21, 2001

Deaf, blind academic to take post at Todai

Satoshi Fukushima, 38, will become the first blind and deaf person to teach at the University of Tokyo when he takes up his new post as an expert on welfare and barrier-free access for people with disabilities, university officials said.
COMMENTARY
Feb 21, 2001

Japan-U.S. ties: lost at sea?

LOS ANGELES -- The Japanese people are angry about a lot of things these days, not just their soggy economy. They are angry about the collision of a U.S. submarine with a Japanese fisheries ship off Hawaii. They are angry about their prime minister, Yoshiro Mori, who incredibly continued with a golf...
LIFE / Travel / NATURE TRAVEL
Feb 21, 2001

Your Earth needs you! Volunteer now

In honor of the United Nations' decision to declare 2001 "The International Year of Volunteers," our last column devoted itself to an utterly shameless advertisement for the book "Kokusai Volunteer Guide: Inside International Voluntary Work," published by The Japan Times and written by Midori Paxton....
COMMENTARY
Feb 18, 2001

This cup of coffee is on George W. Bush

NEW YORK -- I admit it: The money's already spent. I know, I know. I should have waited until that huge GOP windfall actually hit my bank account before going out on a wild tax-cut bender, but I just couldn't help myself. The mere thought of all that budget surplus loot -- trillions! of dollars! just...
How Pakistan shot down India's cutting-edge fighter using Chinese gear
An Indian Air Force pilot gets out of a Rafale fighter jet during its induction ceremony at an air force station in Ambala, India, September 2020.
China’s unbeatable new production model export
China is not merely moving more goods; it is exporting a new, ruthlessly efficient production model powered by automation, AI and state-guided industrial optimization.
Trump: The $550 billion pledged by Japan is 'our money'
U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday. He told CNBC that investment pledges are like signing bonuses.
Australia announces new warships will come from Japan
The Maritime Self-Defense Force's Mogami-class frigate Niyodo sails at an undisclosed location in this image released Tuesday.
Japan swelters as previous heat record melts
A worker tries to cool down a street in central Tokyo Tuesday as wide swaths of the Kanto region sweltered under intense heat. In Gunma Prefecture, the temperature rose 41.8 degrees Celsius, the highest ever recorded in Japan.
Australia announces new warships will come from Japan
The Maritime Self-Defense Force's Mogami-class frigate Niyodo sails at an undisclosed location in this image released Tuesday.
Fuji Rock's weekend of surprises was one of its best yet
Radwimps lead singer Yojiro Noda threw himself into the rock band’s Green Stage performance ahead of headliner Vampire Weekend.
How Trump is gaslighting on climate change — with Japan’s help
The Bishu Maru LNG tanker, owned by Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, next to the Freeport LNG terminal in Texas
With a new distillery, Suntory makes a spirited move on gin market
A staff inspects a distillation pot still at Suntory's new Osaka Spirits & Liqueurs Craft Distillery, which will focus on gin production and help Suntory capture a bigger slice of the fast-growing gin market.
Junglia brought dinos back to Okinawa. But will it bring tourists?
At Panorama Dining, one of Junglia’s two proper restaurants that also doubles as the rooftop Inifinity Terrace overlook, guests can pay extra to sit in balcony tables made to look like birds’ nests overlooking the park grounds.

Podcast

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

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A mushroom cloud from the atomic bombing on Hiroshima taken from a U.S. military aircraft on Aug. 6, 1945. Copying the photo without permission is prohibited.
80 years on, a Japanese American hibakusha recalls the day the bomb dropped
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