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COMMENTARY
Apr 13, 2001

Media guilty of hounding Mori from office

Since political parties by definition seek to attain control of government, it is only natural that the Democratic Party and other opposition groups should have demanded Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori's resignation in unison. On the other hand, it is incumbent upon journalists to comment on government policies...
JAPAN
Apr 13, 2001

Social withdrawal acute among young: survey

The phenomenon of social withdrawal by people uneasy about interacting with others is a common problem in Japan, especially among teenagers, the results of a survey indicate.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / LEARNING BY HEART
Apr 13, 2001

Exploring a choice of futures beyond 17

"I am about to die," Takahisa Ide, 17, tells the camera. On his lap is a simple crayon drawing freshly made to illustrate the scene.
MORE SPORTS / THE DUKE OF HAZARDS
Apr 13, 2001

An ace can put a hole in your wallet

Ever scored a hole-in-one? I'm still trying, but I hope I don't do it in Japan.
JAPAN
Apr 13, 2001

Tokyo families spend more on education in 2000

Despite the prolonged recession, Tokyo households spent more on their children's education during the 2000 academic year -- which ended last month -- than during the previous year, according to an annual survey by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government released Thursday.
BUSINESS
Apr 13, 2001

NKK shares rise on merger rumors

The share price of NKK Corp. has been steadily approaching that of Kawasaki Steel Corp. over the past few weeks amid rumors of an imminent merger.
EDITORIALS
Apr 12, 2001

Forty years of flying and dreaming

Forty years ago today, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man to fly in to space. It was a short trip: one 108-minute circumnavigation of Earth, but it changed human history. When humankind escaped the bounds of the earth's atmosphere, our views of the world and our place in it changed forever....
BUSINESS
Apr 12, 2001

NTT to tap into demand for Net

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. plans to establish a new company for high-speed fiber-optic Internet services as early as this summer under a three-year business scheme, company sources said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Apr 12, 2001

Issei's love of America tempered

A loyal American who cherishes Japanese values inherited from his issei parents, Henry Ikemoto's life bridges two cultures.
JAPAN
Apr 12, 2001

Youths' public service mulled

Education Minister Nobutaka Machimura told an advisory panel Wednesday to come up with concrete recommendations on mandatory community service by elementary through high school students.
JAPAN
Apr 12, 2001

Fashion school tied to tax dodge

Bunka Gakuen, the Tokyo-based operator of noted fashion school Bunka Fashion College, failed to declare some 250 million yen in income over a five-year period up to March 2000, sources close to tax authorities said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Apr 12, 2001

Investors sought for cancer probe

U.S. biotechnology venture is soliciting Japanese investors for what it claims is a next-generation medical device that can identify early-stage cancers with real-time analysis.
COMMENTARY / WASHINGTON UPDATE
Apr 12, 2001

Environment takes back seat to U.S. economic recovery

U.S. President George W. Bush continued his personal campaign to change previous U.S. policy two weeks ago by renouncing the nation's commitment to limit industrial emissions of carbon dioxide. He did it shortly after Environmental Protection Agency administrator Christine Todd Whitman had given the...
JAPAN
Apr 12, 2001

Civil suit ruling for Asahara gas atack due July 25

The Tokyo District Court decided Wednesday to hand down a ruling on July 25 in a damages lawsuit filed against Shoko Asahara, founder of the Aum Shinrikyo cult, over a 1994 sarin gas attack in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture. The decision was made after the plaintiffs, eight family members representing...
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 12, 2001

A 'cold war' in the making

The collision between a U.S. surveillance plane and a Chinese fighter jet over the South China Sea reflects an emerging pattern of confrontation between the United States and China -- a development I noted in this column even prior to that incident.
ENVIRONMENT / GARDENING FOR ALL
Apr 12, 2001

Tropical fusion in southern Satsuma

It is well known that first impressions count, and my first impressions of Kagoshima Flower Garden were excellent.
ENVIRONMENT
Apr 12, 2001

India's quake mystery solved

The mystery of what caused a great earthquake in northeast India in 1897 that killed several thousand people and reduced all masonry buildings to rubble in a region roughly the size of England finally appears to have been solved.
LIFE / Digital
Apr 12, 2001

Nintendo best positioned to rule

While Sony had the head start and Microsoft the marketing millions, as the battle lines become clearer, it appears that Nintendo may be best positioned to rule over the next generation of videogames.
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Apr 12, 2001

From ridiculous to sublime: the arguments of a fossil fool

Last month, the White House announced that U.S. President George W. Bush would not support the Kyoto Protocol because it "is not in the United States' economic best interests." The protocol is aimed at reducing human emissions of greenhouse gases, particularly carbon dioxide, that contribute to global...
CULTURE / Film
Apr 11, 2001

Another shade of blue: so strange, so familiar

Chong Rating: * * * Director: Lee Sang Il Running time: 54 minutes Language: JapaneseOpens April 21 as the morning and late show at Box Higashi Nakano Theater "Chong" is a derogatory term for the zainichi -- descendants of Koreans brought to Japan. But "Chong" the movie tells you that it's also the...
JAPAN
Apr 11, 2001

Kamei vows to reduce taxes in bid for LDP's leadership

The Liberal Democratic Party's presidential race moved up a gear Tuesday when Shizuka Kamei, the party's policy chief, announced he would run, vowing major tax cuts to sustain the nation's fragile economy.
JAPAN
Apr 11, 2001

Over 70% want to try Web shopping: poll

More than 70 percent of consumers said they want to try online shopping, while 90 percent said they are concerned about the security of online systems, according to a survey by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.
JAPAN
Apr 11, 2001

Cabinet approves import curbs on China leeks, shiitake, straw

The Cabinet on Tuesday approved a plan to invoke temporary import curbs on three agricultural products, mainly from China, to protect domestic farmers from a recent surge in imports.
BUSINESS
Apr 11, 2001

Japan supports China over U.S. ahead of APEC summit

Japan is opening cover fire to help China defeat the United States. It's not a real battle, off course. It's a trade skirmish being fought at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum.

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