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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...
BUSINESS
Feb 22, 2001

JR group firms move closer to privatization

Three Japan Railway group firms moved closer to privatization Wednesday after Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) accepted a government bill that would strip away some of the vestiges of state control.
BUSINESS
Feb 22, 2001

BOJ, G7 differ on quantitative credit easing

Group of Seven finance leaders at their latest meeting in Sicily shared the view that prices in Japan are continuing to decline and downside risks remain.
BUSINESS
Feb 22, 2001

BOJ, G7 differ on quantitative credit easing

Group of Seven finance leaders at their latest meeting in Sicily shared the view that prices in Japan are continuing to decline and downside risks remain.
LIFE / Food & Drink / NIHONSHU
Feb 22, 2001

Heart and soul of sake in the breweries of Nara

Nara Prefecture can easily be considered the historical heartland of sake. Far more than any other prefecture, historically and culturally, Nara is an extremely significant sake-brewing locale.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Feb 22, 2001

Interview with a hooligan

This past Thursday, 10 supporters of English soccer club Liverpool were stabbed while in Italy to watch their club take on AS Roma in a UEFA Cup clash.
JAPAN
Feb 21, 2001

Ban on human cloning abroad urged

Takashi Sasagawa, minister in charge of science and technology policy, said Tuesday that Japan should revise its law banning human cloning to prohibit Japanese from cloning humans abroad.
JAPAN
Feb 21, 2001

Ban on human cloning abroad urged

Takashi Sasagawa, minister in charge of science and technology policy, said Tuesday that Japan should revise its law banning human cloning to prohibit Japanese from cloning humans abroad.
MORE SPORTS
Feb 21, 2001

2000 Olympic marathon champ is set to turn pro

Japan's Sydney Olympic marathon champion Naoko Takahashi is expected to inform the Japan Amateur Athletic Federation of her plans to turn pro by the end of this month, athletics sources said Tuesday.
ENVIRONMENT / WILD WATCH
Feb 21, 2001

Crow problem or people problem?

I have traveled to many countries on all of the world's continents, and, always wearing my naturalist's cap, I tend to notice the wildlife, especially the birds. Some stick in one's memory, some don't, but the only country I have been where what sticks is the crows is Japan. Why is that?
CULTURE / Film
Feb 20, 2001

Support for Asian filmmakers

Facing nonexistent government support, meager prospects for private-sector funding and even diminishing turnout at box offices, any aspiring filmmaker in Japan might lose sight of their movie-making dreams.

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"Shake hands with Lima-chan," a statue that shares the name of the Peruvian capital looks in the direction of Peru, where a sister statue, "Sakura-chan," is located. Erected in Yokohama's Rinko Park in 1999, it commemorates Peruvian-Japanese friendship.
The journey of Peru’s Nikkei: Finding identity in Japan