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JAPAN
Nov 5, 1999

Ishihara outraged over misplaced mail

Staff writer
EDITORIALS
Nov 4, 1999

Two parties in Tehran

Twenty years ago today, a group of Islamic militants took 53 members of the staff of the U.S. Embassy in Iran as hostages. That crisis lasted 444 days, although its effects color Tehran's relations with the United State to this day. On this 20th anniversary, Washington -- with a few exceptions, as always...
COMMENTARY
Nov 3, 1999

The CTBT is not dead yet

"All bets are off! You'll see a lot of testing . . . . You'll have Russia testing, you'll have China testing, you'll have India testing, you'll have Pakistan testing . . . and we will be in a much, much more dangerous world."
JAPAN
Nov 3, 1999

Paper trail thins on Cresvale deals with Yakult Honsha

The stock bought by a former vice president of Yakult Honsha Co. with rebates from the Tokyo branch of Cresvale International Ltd. was not transferred under his name because the branch chairman did not want authorities to discover his activities, sources close to the case said Wednesday.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Nov 3, 1999

Photographic record of a trail-breaking career

I sometimes eat lunch with a close friend who has but one child, a toddler aged 2. He likes to show me photographs.
LIFE / Travel
Nov 3, 1999

Autumn leaves and legends of Kyushu's farthest mountains

GOKANOSHO, Kumamoto Pref. -- The tiny community of Gokanosho (made up of five hamlets, hence its name) is virtually in the center of Kyushu. Draw an imaginary semicircle arching inland from the Kumamoto-Hitoyoshi expressway, and Gokanosho will be in the middle.
JAPAN
Nov 2, 1999

Unlock voluntary mental patients, council says

Mental patients who are voluntarily hospitalized for treatment should in principle not be locked up, according to a report submitted Tuesday to a subcommittee of an advisory council to Health and Welfare Minister Yuya Niwa.
JAPAN
Nov 2, 1999

Lebanese envoy seeks 'bridge' with Japan

After 19 years of strife and internal struggles that destroyed the entire nation's infrastructure, Lebanon's reconstruction work is under way but the country is still in need of assistance from abroad, including Japan, the new Lebanese ambassador to Japan said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Nov 2, 1999

High-tech first-aid kit gives elderly help in rural areas

OSAKA -- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. has developed a next-generation first-aid kit for people who live in remote locations where there are no medical facilities.
JAPAN
Nov 2, 1999

Nishimura called on to resign seat

A group of female lawmakers of the Social Democratic Party submitted a written request Tuesday to the office of Liberal Party member Shingo Nishimura, demanding he immediately resign over recent remarks that led to his resignation from his post as Defense Agency parliamentary vice minister.
JAPAN
Nov 1, 1999

Domestic vehicle sales fell 7.3% in October

Domestic sales of cars, trucks and buses in October fell to 298,888 units, down 7.3 percent from the same month last year and the 31st consecutive year-on-year decline, the Japan Automobile Dealers Association reported on Monday.
JAPAN
Nov 1, 1999

Fukutoku execs deepened hole to save bank

OSAKA -- Two former executives of the now-defunct Fukutoku Bank, who allegedly extended illicit loans to cover up the true amount of the bank's nonperforming loans, said Monday in their first court hearing that the loans were meant to help resuscitate the ailing bank.
JAPAN
Nov 1, 1999

Child pornographers vanish as law takes effect

Staff writer
COMMENTARY
Oct 31, 1999

Ending the Balkan tragedy

LONDON -- Economics and business trends are bringing the world together, but politics continue to tear it apart.
COMMUNITY
Oct 30, 1999

On the cutting edge of Edo tech

A Japanese doll with a tray in its hands walks silently step by step toward the guests of a tea room. After a guest removes a tea bowl from the tray, the doll waits until it is returned to the tray, and then turns around and walks back to where it came from.
COMMUNITY
Oct 30, 1999

Web site attaches yen sign to one's personal worth

Staff writer Reiko Ishikawa feels worthless, but it has nothing to do with having no boyfriend, disliking her job, or misplacing her Prada handbag.
JAPAN
Oct 29, 1999

Web site attaches yen sign to personal worth

Staff writer
JAPAN
Oct 29, 1999

Groups urge protection of Expo forest

Two international wildlife conservation groups have requested that steps be taken to protect the Kaisho Forest in Seto, Aichi Prefecture -- site of the 2005 World Exposition -- from development, representatives of the group's Japan offices said Friday.
JAPAN
Oct 29, 1999

Rites kick off megaproject in Namba

OSAKA -- About 140 people gathered Friday at the former site of Osaka Stadium in the Namba district here for a Shinto rite to mark the launch of a 105 billion yen area redevelopment project.
JAPAN
Oct 29, 1999

Auto insurers to offer premium rebates

Staff writer
JAPAN
Oct 29, 1999

Toshiba settles notebook suit for $1 billion

Toshiba Corp. has reached a settlement with personal computer users in the United States over a flaw in its notebook computers, Japan's leading computer maker announced Friday.
EDITORIALS
Oct 27, 1999

The risks of getting involved

The four Japanese mining engineers and their Kyrgyz translator who had been held hostage by Islamic rebels were released Monday after 63 days of captivity. The five men, the last of 13 hostages seized in August by the militants, were healthy and in good spirits. We extend our thanks and congratulations...
LIFE / Digital / CYBERIA
Oct 27, 1999

Eyes on the storm

You don't have to be the wonky sort to want to keep tabs on what is going on in Northeast Asia. Yes, diplomacy can be tedious -- although North Korean rhetoric does liven things up a good bit -- but most Japan Times readers live in Japan and that puts them within range of those missiles ostensibly threatening...
JAPAN
Oct 27, 1999

U.S. bonds to guarantee Y2K funds

The Bank of Japan announced Wednesday that it will accept U.S. government securities as collateral from banks so it can ensure ample funds are in circulation at the end of the year and avoid cash shortages resulting from Year 2000 computer problems.
JAPAN
Oct 27, 1999

Kamei ambushed on health care policy

Staff writer
JAPAN
Oct 27, 1999

Canadian educators push quality academics at the right price

Staff writer
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 27, 1999

Jospin rides high, blessed by luck and skill

PARIS -- When Lionel Jospin was appointed prime minister of France in June 1997, there were not many people willing to bet on his longevity in office. The "plural left" majority on which he had to rely looked too divided on most issues, from Europe to immigration, to enable him -- or so it seemed at...
LIFE / Food & Drink / KISSA KULTUR
Oct 27, 1999

The benefits of Aromas therapy

Aromas, with its Picasso-like red-and-gold logo, at first appears to be another in a long line of hip, new coffee bars from America, poised to take its place among other heavyweight "contenders" in the ongoing race to unseat Starbucks.
JAPAN
Oct 27, 1999

Lenders hit for exhorbitant interest rates

Amid rising criticism of commercial loan firms over their exorbitant interest rates and frequent trouble with clients, the Financial Supervisory Agency said Wednesday the three leaders in the industry have charged an average of 20.87 percent in interest on loans, or about nine times the rate they pay...
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Oct 26, 1999

Enjoy the neglected noh plays

DRAMATIC REPRESENTATIONS OF FILIAL PIETY: Five Noh in Translation, by Mae J. Smethurst. Cornell East Asia Series, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1998, pp. 172, unpriced. Most Western writings on noh have been concerned with that category known as "mugenno," visional noh -- highly poetic, spiritually...
A beloved Tokyo penguin’s end presages Suica’s shift to payments giant
JR East is retiring the beloved Suica penguin as part of a rebrand to transform the contactless payment platform, used for both transit and retail, into a mobile fintech powerhouse.
Fears rise of rupture in Japan-China ties in wake of Taiwan remarks
Two Chinese tourists wearing kimonos take a selfie as they visit Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district on Saturday.
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.
At Ginza’s newest hotel, luxury is a private treasure
At Fufu Tokyo, each guest room comes with its own private "onsen" (hot spring) — a luxury nearly unheard of in the heart of Tokyo's capital.
Ashfall warning issued in southern Japan as volcano erupts
View of Sakurajima from the mainland of Kagoshima Prefecture
Japan uses series against South Korea to prep for World Baseball Classic title defense
Japan's Ryuhei Sotani pitches against South Korea at Tokyo Dome on Saturday night.
Good fortune, wrapped in fried tofu
Golden "age-fukuburo," a culinary take on Japan's new year "lucky bags," can be served on their own.
Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan celebrates 80 years at the forefront of press freedom
Located near the Imperial Palace, the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan prides itself on the accessibility of its events and the support it offers to budding and established journalists. The club is currently headed by Dan Sloan, a former reporter for Reuters.
The challenges awaiting Japan’s new finance minister
Finance minister Satsuki Katayama answers questions from reporters in a group interview on Oct. 24.
At Ginza’s newest hotel, luxury is a private treasure
At Fufu Tokyo, each guest room comes with its own private "onsen" (hot spring) — a luxury nearly unheard of in the heart of Tokyo's capital.

Podcast

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

Longform

An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.
A century of Deaf sport finds its moment in Tokyo
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