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JAPAN
Mar 24, 1999

Philippines to get $500 million in new aid

Japan announced an additional $500 million in aid to the Philippines at the beginning of a two-day international meeting Wednesday in Tokyo to draw up measures to help the country cope with its economic difficulties.
JAPAN
Mar 24, 1999

Local Elections: Yokoyama campaign offers nothing concrete

OSAKA -- Earlier this week, ahead of today's start of the official campaign period for the Osaka gubernatorial election, Gov. "Knock" Yokoyama announced a 22-point bundle of campaign promises, pledging to make the prefectural government "bright."
JAPAN
Mar 24, 1999

Coalition agrees on deputy minister numbers

The Liberal Democratic Party and Liberal Party agreed Wednesday to introduce 26 deputy minister posts in January 2001, when the government must slim down the administration.
JAPAN
Mar 24, 1999

Local Elections: Parties back off Osaka governor race

Staff writer
CULTURE / Books
Mar 24, 1999

One bullheaded Buddhist

LOYALTY DEMANDS DISSENT: Autobiography of an Engaged Buddhist, by Sulak Sivaraksa. Parallax Press, 1998, 450 baht. Sulak Sivaraksa, upon reaching the age of 65, decided to look backward and ponder decades of constant activity in Thai society. The book opens with a foreword by the Dalai Lama, who states...
COMMUNITY / How-tos / GETTING THINGS DONE
Mar 24, 1999

A downer day

A friend of mine, a medical doctor who has spent many years in this country, was here during Japan's recent press spectacular, the first official transplant operation. I asked what he thought of the frenzy surrounding this lifesaving achievement. I think his comments should have a far wider circulation...
ENVIRONMENT / GARDENING FOR ALL
Mar 24, 1999

Weaving a fall brocade of spindle trees

The spindle tree family (nishikigi-ka, Celastraceae) contains some very ornamental trees, shrubs and climbers, among which nishikigi, the genus Euonymus, is a large group encompassing some 176 species. They grow wild in the temperate to warm regions of the world and can be found in Australia, Europe...
EDITORIALS
Mar 23, 1999

Another global survival gambit

The tieup deal between Nissan Motor Co. and Renault SA, which will be officially announced on Saturday, is about to change the face of the world auto industry. The French carmaker has decided to take a controlling stake of 35 percent in Nissan. The money Renault will pay for Nissan shares, estimated...
COMMENTARY
Mar 23, 1999

Strategies for a secure Japan

Diet has finally begun debating the enabling bills for the Japan-U.S. defense cooperation guidelines, almost a year after the government sent them to the legislature last April. How the debate will develop in the weeks ahead has an important bearing on the security environment of Asia, including the...
CULTURE / Music
Mar 23, 1999

Fusion group raises the Five Star Flag

"You'll never be able to guess the next song!"
JAPAN
Mar 22, 1999

Italian theme, cheaper goods key to joint outlet mall

Staff writer
COMMENTARY / THE VIEW FROM MOSCOW
Mar 20, 1999

The squirrel or the eagle?

Thirty-five years ago, during the "Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution," China's Chairman Mao Zedong announced the coming of an uncompromising global struggle between the City and the Village. China, in Mao's eyes the best country in the world, symbolized the sturdy and righteous Village. Haughty and...
JAPAN
Mar 19, 1999

Another patient dies after IV mishap; cancer blamed

OSAKA -- A patient was mistakenly given another patient's intravenous drip at a hospital in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture, in January and died two days later, it was disclosed Friday.
JAPAN
Mar 18, 1999

Investment in Vietnam may be aided

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EDITORIALS
Mar 17, 1999

Beleaguered China stays on course

China was caught up last year in a convergence of slower growth, rising unemployment and the bankruptcies of some regional financial institutions. It chose to fight these dangerous trends by sharply expanding infrastructure investment and financial support to deficit-ridden state-owned enterprises long...
JAPAN
Mar 17, 1999

Diet panel opens debate on defense guidelines

Staff writer
JAPAN
Mar 17, 1999

Analysis: Nissan's troubles deeper than Renault's pockets

Nissan Motor Co.'s long road to reconstruction and the ongoing realignment of Japan's automobile industry is far from over -- in fact it may have only just begun, according to auto industry observers.
JAPAN
Mar 17, 1999

BOJ member's monetary idea rejected

A member of the Bank of Japan policy board suggested expanding the monetary base to provide more funds to the money market during a Feb. 12 board meeting, according to the minutes of the meeting released Wednesday.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Mar 17, 1999

Sacred road maps to paradise

JAPANESE MANDALAS: Representations of Sacred Geography by Elizabeth ten Grotenhuis. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1999. Pp. 228; color plates 22; b/w illustrations, 104. $52.00 (cloth); $29.95 (paper). The mandala has been defined (by Toga no Shozui) as "a symmetrically arranged symbolic diagram...
JAPAN
Mar 17, 1999

Unions agree to record-low pay hikes

Labor and management at most of the nation's major metalworker unions reached agreements Wednesday marking a record-low average increase in monthly pay, effectively concluding this year's annual spring wage negotiations.
LIFE / Travel
Mar 17, 1999

Worse than Vikings, English stag parties descend on Dublin

"Since tonight the wind is high The sea's white mane a fury I need not fear the hordes of hell Coursing the English Channel"
ENVIRONMENT
Mar 17, 1999

Become a friend of the Kurilsky Reserve

"It isn't in Japan, so why should I care?" is the reaction of some Japanese to the issue of conservation in the Northern Territories. Yet there are plenty of good reasons why it is in Japan's interest to take a leadership role in protecting wildlife on the islands:
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 17, 1999

Exxon Valdez damage lingers, 10 years on

Ten years ago, March 24, 1989, the oil tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground on Bligh Reef south of Valdez, Alaska, precipitating the largest oil spill in North American history and forever altering the image of Prince William Sound as a largely untouched ecosystem.
EDITORIALS
Mar 16, 1999

A good day for NATO

After the Cold War came to an end in 1989, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization expanded much faster than many people expected it to. Barely a decade on, Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic last week formally joined the 16-member alliance. Adding significance to the event is the fact that all three...
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Mar 16, 1999

XTC colors songs with earthy palette

Since they don't tour or make videos, XTC gives interviews. Lots of them. Colin Moulding, the group's soft-spoken bassist reckons he and his partner, guitarist Andy Partridge, have done something like a million since they began promoting their new album, "Apple Venus, Vol. 1," last fall.
JAPAN
Mar 16, 1999

Deterioration appears to be at halt: BOJ

The Bank of Japan revised its assessment of the economy slightly upward in its monthly report released Tuesday, saying things appear "to have stopped deteriorating."
JAPAN
Mar 16, 1999

JAL plans executive echelon makeover

Japan Airlines will reduce the number of board members and adopt an "executive officer" system as part of its three-year business plan, JAL President Isao Kaneko announced Tuesday.
JAPAN
Mar 15, 1999

Spring wage hike likely lower for electronics sector

The average increase in monthly pay for workers at Japan's 17 major electronics makers resulting from this spring's wage negotiations is likely to fall below 7,000 yen, labor union sources said Monday.
EDITORIALS
Mar 14, 1999

Safety regulations must be enforced

Pedestrians on Tokyo's sidewalks could only welcome the report last week that the Metropolitan Police Department intends to crack down on bicycle riders who violate traffic regulations. Thirteen accidents in which cyclists were killed were registered in the capital as of the end of February, an increase...
JAPAN
Mar 12, 1999

Experts disagree on bank recapitalization impact

Staff writer
Is America ready for Japanese-style 7-Elevens?
Convenience stores are a fixture of Japanese life and 7-Eleven, a chain that began in the U.S. in 1927, opened its first store in Japan in 1974 — and then became wholly Japanese-owned in 2005 through parent company Seven & I Holdings.
Japan's cutting-edge railgun successfully strikes target vessel
The Defense Ministry’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) conducted a ship-board railgun shooting test from June to early July this year with the support of the Maritime Self-Defense Force.
‘Fairytale’ Shirakawago ranked one of the world’s most beautiful villages
Forbes and Unforgettable Travel Company have ranked Shirakawago in Gifu Prefecture as Asia's most beautiful village.
People rush to make furusato nozei donations ahead of tighter rules
A booth from the town of Betsukai in Hokkaido at an Amazon Japan furusato nо̄zei promotion event, on Sept. 5 in Tokyo's Minato Ward.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Strikes on Qatar and Poland shake U.S. sway among friend and foe
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Museum of the Bible in Washington on Sept. 8. Israeli strikes in Qatar and Russian drone incursions into Poland have challenged the U.S. leaders claims of global respect.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.

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

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Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
Rethinking that second drink: Japan’s Gen Z gets ‘sober curious’
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