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BUSINESS
Feb 28, 2001

Finance chief backs further stimulus

Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa said Tuesday he supports a proposal to compile another stimulus package to support Japan's fragile economic recovery.
BUSINESS
Feb 28, 2001

Finance chief backs further stimulus

Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa said Tuesday he supports a proposal to compile another stimulus package to support Japan's fragile economic recovery.
LIFE / Food & Drink / KISSA KULTUR
Feb 28, 2001

Copying without an original

In the movie "Mr. Baseball," Tom Selleck's character complains to his Japanese girlfriend that Japan copies everything. She quickly replies, "We may copy it, but we make it better." After a visit to Ashbys of London, located near Akasaka-Mitsuke Station, one would have to agree.
SOCCER / J. League
Feb 28, 2001

Nakamura honored

Yokohama and Japan midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura picked up another individual honor on Tuesday when he was named the 2000 "Footballer of the Year" in a poll of Japanese soccer writers.
ENVIRONMENT / GARDENING FOR ALL
Feb 28, 2001

Rare mangroves left unprotected

Tanegashima in Kagoshima is well-known in Japan both as the first place where Western-style muskets were introduced by the Portuguese in 1543 and for the Tanegashima Space Center, which opened in 1988 and is located in the southeast corner of the island.
EDITORIALS
Feb 27, 2001

Strains test major alliances

One month into the presidency of George W. Bush, two of the world's largest alliances face a test of strength. One, across the Atlantic, is between the United States and European nations. The other, spanning the Pacific, binds Japan and the U.S. Signs of tension have been appearing in these vital alliances...
BUSINESS
Feb 27, 2001

New Zealand shows interest in free trade agreement

New Zealand is very interested in concluding a bilateral free trade agreement with Japan, the country's trade and farm minister said in Tokyo on Monday.
JAPAN / BENCH REFORM
Feb 27, 2001

Battle to change closed-shop legal system hits poignant note

Had it not been for the death of her newborn baby, Fukumi Kushige would have shared the apathy of most Japanese toward the nation's legal system.
JAPAN / BENCH REFORM
Feb 27, 2001

Battle to change closed-shop legal system hits poignant note

Had it not been for the death of her newborn baby, Fukumi Kushige would have shared the apathy of most Japanese toward the nation's legal system.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Feb 27, 2001

Soar with Madame Butterfly

MADAME BUTTERFLY: Japonisme, Puccini, and the Search for the Real Cho-Cho-San, by Jan van Rij. Berkeley: Stone Bridge Press, 2001, 192 pp., 24 b/w photos, drawings, map, $24.95 (casebound). Giacomo Puccini's "Madame Butterfly" has become more than just a pretty piece of music. It has turned into something...
JAPAN
Feb 26, 2001

Belgian prime minister decorates two Japanese execs

OSAKA -- Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt has granted decorations to two Japanese corporate executives in Osaka Prefecture in recognition of their companies' investments in his country.
COMMENTARY
Feb 26, 2001

U.S. Navy must come clean

Did prospects for improved Japan-U.S. relations sink with the Ehime Maru off Waikiki two weeks ago? Probably not, but the reaction to what all agree was a tragic accident demonstrates the fragility of the alliance and the need for the more sensitive "American leadership without arrogance" promised by...
MORE SPORTS
Feb 26, 2001

Kobe Steel, Suntory share title

Defending champion Kobe Steel was held to a 27-27 draw by Suntory as the two teams shared the Japan Rugby Union Championship title Sunday. The draw also gave Kobe its second major title of the season, following last month's National Company Championship victory.
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Feb 26, 2001

Incineration as usual in Kanagawa, despite suit

If the video were not so alarming, it would be humorous: Chaplinesque workers scurry to and fro while a claw-loader swivels and bends in every direction, making piles of waste disappear, covering others with paper and cardboard, and using a mattress clenched in its claw to sweep its work area clean....
JAPAN
Feb 25, 2001

Railway companies divided over proposed ban on alcohol sales

Kyodo News
JAPAN
Feb 25, 2001

Railway companies divided over proposed ban on alcohol sales

Kyodo News
CULTURE / Art
Feb 25, 2001

The best of young modern art

Once a year, Tokyoites have the opportunity to see some of the best contemporary painting and photography from across Japan in one location, the Ueno Royal Museum.
BUSINESS
Feb 24, 2001

Downgrades could hurt interest rates

The downgrading of ratings on Japan's long-term local and foreign currency credit by Standard & Poor's Corp. could hurt Japan's economy by raising long-term interest rates, the head of the government's Tax Commission said Friday.
JAPAN
Feb 24, 2001

Foley says U.S. will salvage Ehime Maru if it can

The United States is committed to taking whatever actions are technically possible to salvage a sunken Japanese fisheries training ship, U.S. Ambassador Thomas Foley said Friday.
JAPAN
Feb 24, 2001

Children set up network to tackle own problems

About 700 Japanese children have established a network affiliated with the U.N. Children's Fund to study and tackle problems that they and children all over the world face.
JAPAN
Feb 24, 2001

Children set up network to tackle own problems

About 700 Japanese children have established a network affiliated with the U.N. Children's Fund to study and tackle problems that they and children all over the world face.
CULTURE / Art / CERAMIC SCENE
Feb 24, 2001

Names writ in letters of fire

The leading ceramics quarterly Honoho Geijutsu recently published a very interesting survey in its 65th issue, listing the names of the most important (juyo) and popular (ninki) ceramic artists of the 20th century.
JAPAN
Feb 23, 2001

Coast guard unveils fast patrol boat

The Japan Coast Guard on Thursday unveiled the first of three high-speed patrol boats the government ordered built after Japanese warships and coast guard vessels failed to stop two intruding North Korean spy ships during a sea chase in 1999.
JAPAN
Feb 23, 2001

Missing U.S. kids' safety bemoaned

It was a routine visit for Tokyo metropolitan child-care officials when they checked on five American children early this month. Only this time, the Kasukabe, Saitama Prefecture, apartment where they had been living since November was empty.
BUSINESS
Feb 23, 2001

Belgian leader calls for investment

Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt on Thursday called for more Japanese private sector investment in his country, which has been enjoying one of its best periods of economic growth in a decade.
BUSINESS
Feb 23, 2001

Belgian leader calls for investment

Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt on Thursday called for more Japanese private sector investment in his country, which has been enjoying one of its best periods of economic growth in a decade.
MORE SPORTS
Feb 23, 2001

'No baseball days' being considered

Tsuneo Watanabe, the influential owner of the Yomiuri Giants, on Wednesday pointed to a need to draw up a regular-season schedule for the 2002 season in consideration of the fixtures for the soccer World Cup finals. Watanabe said one of his personal ideas is to create some "no baseball days" on the calendar...
Why did such a powerful earthquake produce such a weak tsunami?
A person records images of waves following a tsunami advisory generated by local authorities after an earthquake struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, prompting warnings and evacuations stretching across at the South Pacific, in Vina del Mar, Chile, on Wednesday.
Last soldiers of Imperial Japanese Army have a warning for younger generations
Kunshiro Kiyozumi, 97, who was the youngest crew member of the Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-58 in World War II, on his way to a restaurant to have lunch in Matsuyama, Japan, on April 29.
80 years on, former teacher conveys history of hidden island in World War II
Masayuki Yamauchi teaches junior high school students about the history of Okunoshima, an island in Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture, in May.
1,010 food and beverage prices to rise in Japan in August
The price increases in August will be especially noticeable for dairy products, including milk and yogurt, according to the research firm Teikoku Databank.
GTN takes a chance on newcomers to Japan
Hiroyuki Goto, president of GTN. The company started after Goto personally co-signed leases for around 20 non-Japanese people, including some friends and friends of friends.
Junglia brought dinos back to Okinawa. But will it bring tourists?
At Panorama Dining, one of Junglia’s two proper restaurants that also doubles as the rooftop Inifinity Terrace overlook, guests can pay extra to sit in balcony tables made to look like birds’ nests overlooking the park grounds.
Coordination office marks first step in U.S. Forces Japan’s shift to ‘warfighting’ command
U.S., Japanese and Australian staff work in the JJOC Cooperation Team office at the U.S. Army’s Hardy Barracks in central Tokyo in this image posted to the Australian Embassy's X account on July 25.
GTN takes a chance on newcomers to Japan
Hiroyuki Goto, president of GTN. The company started after Goto personally co-signed leases for around 20 non-Japanese people, including some friends and friends of friends.
Artist Chiharu Shiota weaves a hidden marvel on Teshima
“Memory of Lines” is Chiharu Shiota’s second art installation on Teshima as part of the Setouchi Triennale.
How the Japanese TV industry is changing
Fuji TV headquarters in Tokyo's Minato Ward. Fuji TV came under fire over the manner in which it handled a case of “sexual trouble” involving former boy band member Masahiro Nakai and a female announcer.

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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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Ichiro Suzuki, one of the most iconic players in NPB and MLB history, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with 99.7% of the vote.
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