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EDITORIALS
Jan 21, 2001

Mr. Estrada calls it quits

Philippine President Joseph Estrada has resigned. His term in office has been a continuous trial for the country. His decision to step down is correct, if not overdue. His successor, former Vice President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, must now clean up the mess Mr. Estrada has left for the Philippines.
CULTURE / Art
Jan 21, 2001

Mirroring the fundamental life force

Light is perhaps the commonest elemental force. We take it for granted, but it is the life-giving force that makes our planet different from all the others we know. As the definition of ultimate speed, it is also one of the parameters of the universe. No wonder, then, that light has always carried strong...
EDITORIALS
Jan 20, 2001

The troubles in Congo

It is a measure of the chaos and confusion that prevails in the Democratic Republic of Congo that it took two days after an assassination attempt on President Laurent Kabila for the government to confirm that he had in fact been killed. The Congo government wants to prevent the country's slide into anarchy;...
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 20, 2001

Bush inherits his father's legacy in Iraq

BEIRUT -- Iraqi President Saddam Hussein rang in the new year with the largest military parade Baghdad had ever seen. Over 1,000 tanks rumbled through the capital. According to the opposition Iraqi National Congress, they were equipped with new engines and cooling systems, imported from Ukraine in defiance...
JAPAN
Jan 20, 2001

Step aside, America's Cup, for a little solo catamaran

Researchers have developed a solo catamaran day-sailer with hydrofoils that they claim is faster than America's Cup yachts.
COMMENTARY
Jan 20, 2001

A good pick for key Asian-policy post

Nice guys don't always finish last. Soon after Gen. Colin Powell heard from President-elect George W. Bush that he was indeed to be nominated secretary of state, he picked up the telephone and asked someone he has known for years to join his team as the next assistant secretary of state for East Asian...
JAPAN
Jan 19, 2001

Million yen prize offered for Todai's first paper

The editorial staff of the University of Tokyo's campus newspaper is offering 1 million yen to anyone who can supply them with a copy of the journal's first issue, published 80 years ago.
JAPAN
Jan 19, 2001

Brazilian residents' problems addressed

The government appears to be ready to throw everything behind a belated effort to address the increasingly serious problems Japan's approximately 230,000 Brazilian residents face in areas including education, social welfare and working conditions.
JAPAN
Jan 19, 2001

Firms demand English speakers

Kyodo News Service Keizo Mori is one of many old-style Japanese corporate warriors trying to keep up in an internationalized work environment where mastering English has become key to climbing the promotion ladder.
COMMENTARY
Jan 19, 2001

Mori's fate hangs on Upper House election

Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori will face a moment of truth in the Upper House election scheduled for July. Results of the election could cause serious political turmoil.
JAPAN
Jan 19, 2001

Cellphone-cited accidents halved

A ban on the use of mobile phones while driving, which came into effect in 1999, has led to a reduction of more than 50 percent in cellphone-related traffic accidents, the National Police Agency said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Jan 19, 2001

DoCoMo announces moves in Europe

Cellular giant NTT DoCoMo announced Thursday two separate deals to expand its presence in Europe, agreeing with local carriers to launch Internet services similar to DoCoMo's i-mode on smart cellular phones in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and Italy.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jan 19, 2001

Understanding the power of evil

Hamlet's views on man are well known: "What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason! how infinite in faculty! In form and moving how express and admirable! In action how like an angel! In apprehension how like a god! The beauty of the world!" (II-ii, 315-20)
BUSINESS
Jan 18, 2001

Zeria testing HIV drug in U.S.

Zeria Pharmaceutical Co. said Wednesday it has started clinical tests in the United States of a drug to combat the human immunodeficiency virus, following approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
JAPAN
Jan 18, 2001

Tormented Afghan woman seeks aid for refugees

A woman from Afghanistan who was forced to take refuge in Pakistan to escape from the violence of armed Islamic fundamentalists has visited Japan to tell of the torment she experienced.
BUSINESS
Jan 18, 2001

Failed insurer to sell Hotel New Japan site

Restructuring Chiyoda Mutual Life Insurance Co. is selling the site of the now-closed Hotel New Japan, sources familiar with the matter said Wednesday.
EDITORIALS
Jan 18, 2001

Corruption tests Beijing's courage

Chinese efforts to clean up the economy have claimed more victims. This week, two high-ranking officials of the State Power Corporation were arrested for taking bribes; more arrests are expected. They are the latest offenders caught in the campaign to root out corruption. The program is absolutely necessary...
JAPAN
Jan 18, 2001

Seirai, Horie win Akutagawa Prize

Yuichi Seirai and Toshiyuki Horie were chosen Tuesday evening as winners of the 124th Akutagawa Prize, one of Japan's most prestigious literary prizes, while the Naoki Prize for popular fiction went to Kiyoshi Shigematsu and Fumio Yamamoto.
EDITORIALS
Jan 17, 2001

Alarming fall in the market

The slowing of the U.S. economy and concerns about a possible free fall on Wall Street, combined with the dimming prospects for Japan's economy, last week sent share prices in Tokyo plummeting to alarming levels. On Thursday, the benchmark Nikkei index plunged to 13,201, its lowest since October 1998....
JAPAN
Jan 17, 2001

IT helping doctors keep tabs on asthma patients

Leaps in information technology are making it possible for doctors and nurses to use telephone lines and mobile phones to monitor the condition of asthma patients in their homes.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Jan 17, 2001

Prospective grooms: get your head X-rayed

I know several people who claim they should have had their head X-rayed before ever stumbling into an international marriage. It's a statement I can never make.
COMMENTARY
Jan 16, 2001

Best politics money can buy

Under a new law, which will come into force shortly in Britain, all political donations of more than 5,000 British pounds (some 800,000 yen) will have to be reported and foreign donations will be disallowed. The rules have been brought in to deal with suspicions that large donations to party funds may...
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo
The unstoppable rise of konbini tourism
Guests typically follow Ryo Ito’s lead as he weaves through the narrow, colorful aisles of convenience stores.
A narrow Pacific waterway at heart of U.S. plans to choke China’s vast navy
Philippine and Australian troops fire an M777 howitzer during live fire exercises as part of joint military drills in Laur, Nueva Ecija, the Philippines, in August.
The second life of Japan's net cafes
Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo
Young Indonesians in Japan find their political voice
Indonesian students at Hiroshima University hold posters of the 17+8 Demands, demanding transparency and action from their homeland’s government.
The unstoppable rise of konbini tourism
Guests typically follow Ryo Ito’s lead as he weaves through the narrow, colorful aisles of convenience stores.
Kenshi Yonezu, 'Chainsaw Man' and the art of pop ubiquity
Kenshi Yonezu's “Iris Out” was an instant hit when it dropped in September. Its association with smash anime "Chainsaw Man — The Movie: Reze Arc" has spread it to even more people.
How airlines are refining their in-flight food in Japan's tourism boom
All Nippon Airways' gourmet program, The Connoisseurs, showcases the Japanese concept of "shun" (peak season for ingredients), giving passengers a preview of the refined cuisine that awaits them in Japan.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
The second life of Japan's net cafes
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