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ENVIRONMENT / GARDENING FOR ALL
Mar 10, 1999

Garden weathers stormy decades

The Kyoto Botanic Gardens were first opened to the public on Jan. 11, 1924. Located in Sakyo Ward in northern Kyoto City along the banks of the scenic Kamo River, they are run by Kyoto's prefectural government.
JAPAN
Mar 3, 1999

Myanmar couple seeks new heart for baby

Staff writer
LIFE / Food & Drink / NIHONSHU
Feb 25, 1999

Warm sake toast of the town for winter

Before winter begins to grudgingly give ground to warmer weather, be sure to get your share of warm sake.
CULTURE / Art
Feb 25, 1999

Uncovering the treasures around us

KYOTO -- Some adventurers explore shipwrecks for lost treasure. Jay Gregg makes a living "uncovering" treasure simply by recognizing it before anyone else does.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / GETTING THINGS DONE
Feb 21, 1999

Sunday afternoon

A reader writes about the Saturday edition of The Japan Times and how much she appreciates the listing of what's going on in our city. She especially enjoyed Robert Yellin's Feb. 13 article about Nezu Museum and its current exhibition revealing the elegance of traditional sake drinking, the sake cups...
LIFE / Digital / CYBERIA
Feb 17, 1999

Designing for dollars

Say what you will about Jeff Bezos, president of Amazon.com, but he is a savvy guy. He and his company may not be worth the gazillions of dollars that the market is throwing at them, but he deserves credit for making the market believe in him.
EDITORIALS
Feb 5, 1999

Auto mergers in the fast lane

The wheeling and dealing in the auto industry has gone into high gear. Last year's megamerger of Daimler-Benz and Chrysler began the process of consolidation, but it was always just a matter of time. The world cannot support 40 automakers. Manufacturers already have the facilities to make 20 million...
JAPAN
Jan 22, 1999

Health gadgets calculate body fat, 'ideal shape'

Appealing to the health-crazed masses, a new crop of portable health gadgets is proving popular with consumers.
JAPAN
Dec 28, 1998

Lingerie trips up robber

YAMAGUCHI -- A 36-year-old man has been handed over to prosecutors for allegedly stealing 4,500 pieces of women's underwear from lingerie shops while on business trips, police sources said Monday.
JAPAN
Nov 2, 1998

Obuchi reaches out in Osaka

Staff writer
JAPAN
Oct 6, 1998

Discrimination case against jewelry store owner begins

HAMAMATSU, Shizuoka Pref. -- Japanese should not discriminate against foreigners just because they're different, a Brazilian woman suing a jewelry store owner here for alleged racial bias told reporters Tuesday."Japanese society will have to coexist with an even greater variety of people in the future....
JAPAN
Sep 7, 1998

Coffee hit in latest food-tampering case

A 55-year-old man in Ibaraki Prefecture fell ill after drinking coffee in a paper carton purchased at a convenience store Sunday night, one of the latest incidents in a rash of food-tampering cases, police said Monday.
JAPAN
Sep 7, 1998

Prefectures asked to gear up for poisonings

Alarmed by a series of copycat poisoning crimes, the Health and Welfare Ministry on Monday requested prefectural governments to take steps to insure swift treatment of any future victims.
JAPAN
Sep 4, 1998

Supermarket insider suspected in poison oolong case

A case of poisoning that has hit the quiet, rural communities of Nagano Prefecture may have been the act of a person familiar with the operation of the local supermarket where cyanide-laced cans of oolong tea were placed, police officials said Friday.
JAPAN
Aug 21, 1998

Kyoto 'machiya' open to gain public support

KYOTO -- Five "machiya," or traditional wooden houses, in central Kyoto were opened to the public Friday in an effort to gain public appreciation for their preservation.
JAPAN
Jul 27, 1998

Will Windows 98 spur PC revival?

The Akihabara district of Tokyo, famous for its abundance of electronics shops, once again was in an uproar in the middle of the night.
JAPAN
Jul 23, 1998

Softbank, NTT Data, Orix form cybersales firm

NTT Data Corp., Orix Corp. and Softbank Corp. will jointly establish a firm next week to sell computers and office supplies on the Internet to corporate customers, top executives of the three companies announced Thursday.
JAPAN
Jun 30, 1998

Sumitomo Bank sued over failed 'jusen' loans

A government-backed loan recovery body filed a 4.83 billion yen damages suit Tuesday against Sumitomo Bank, alleging it played a role in the "jusen" housing-loan company fiasco.
JAPAN
Jun 25, 1998

Roaming pet wallaby rounded up

Police retrieved an Australian journalist's pet wallaby early Thursday after it was spotted hopping down a residential street in Tokyo's Toranomon business district.
JAPAN
May 6, 1998

Enterprise Spirit: Forval aims to become one-stop telecom shop

18th in a series of occasional articles on venture businesses
JAPAN
May 4, 1998

Fishermen still reeling from Nakhodka oil spill

Staff writer
JAPAN
Mar 24, 1998

Unlicensed liquor dealer loses appeal

The Supreme Court dismissed Tuesday an appeal by a former liquor dealer charged with selling liquor without a license in the early 1980s, in violation of the Liquor Tax Law, and upheld his suspended prison term.
JAPAN
Feb 3, 1998

Dad faces prison in case of son's killing

Prosecutors demanded on Tuesday a five-year prison term for a 53-year-old man charged with killing his violent 14-year-old son as he slept by hitting him with a metal baseball bat and choking him with a rope.
JAPAN
Jan 26, 1998

Merging U.S. guarantors to set up shop in Tokyo

MBIA Inc. and CapMAC Holdings, two major U.S. financial guarantors set to merge in March, will set up an office in Tokyo this summer to enhance their business in the Japanese market, the firms' CEOs announced Monday.Financial guarantors assure investors of the principal and interest of municipal or...
JAPAN
Jan 21, 1998

Osaka projects in 668 billion yen of red ink

OSAKA -- One-quarter of Osaka's high-profile, third-sector projects are now 668 billion yen in the red, but city officials are still pumping money into them in the hopes they will eventually turn a profit.Third-sector projects, which are corporations jointly established by Osaka and private businesses,...
JAPAN
Jan 9, 1998

Blair hails Toyota plan to expand production in U.K.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Hiroshi Okuda, president of Toyota Motor Corp., announced at a press conference Friday that the automaker has decided to expand an engine factory in Great Britain.Toyota will increase the annual manufacturing capacity of 1,000cc to 1,300cc gasoline engines at a...
JAPAN
Oct 13, 1997

Massive police raids descend on warring gangs' lairs

OSAKA -- Massive raids on gangster offices were launched by Osaka Prefectural Police on Oct. 13 targeting mobsters associated with the warring and Nakano-kai and Yamaguchi-gumi crime syndicates.Approximately 1,300 prefectural officers were mobilized at 200 locations in the largest operation ever launched...
JAPAN
Sep 12, 1997

Postal franchise begins business in Tokyo

A major international business and postal services chain has finally landed a franchise in Japan, opening its first shop in the Toranomon district of Tokyo's Minato Ward.
JAPAN
Aug 26, 1997

Aum regaining strength, surveillance operation reveals

Aum Shinrikyo has regained its organizational strength and expanded its activities since it was spared disbandment in January under the Antisubversive Activities Law, the Public Security Investigation Agency said August 26.
JAPAN
Aug 14, 1997

Teenagers held in store tear-gassing

OSAKA -- Police arrested three teenagers Aug. 14 for allegedly releasing tear gas in a supermarket in Hirano Ward, Osaka, earlier this month, causing about 500 customers respiratory problems.

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