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BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Feb 18, 2001

Rainy days and Mondays won't dampen baseball

"Rainy Days and Mondays (Always Get Me Down)," Karen and Richard Carpenter's hit record out of the 1970s, might have been an anthem for baseball fans in Japan several years ago.
JAPAN
Feb 18, 2001

Osaka leaders' talk fest serves up more than usual platitudes

KYOTO -- When the Kansai region's leaders gather here every year for a two-day seminar to discuss the regional economy, corporate heads, economists and local government officials pontificate on issues ranging from information technology to employment.
COMMUNITY
Feb 18, 2001

Forest flamenco and snake salsa

Ana Maria Cristina starts her classes at the Asahi Culture Center in Shinjuku with stretches, bends, dynamic shakes of the upper torso and even punchier wiggles of the hips. She then demonstrates how to produce a voice from deep inside, as if reaching into her very soul. Japanese students have trouble...
MORE SPORTS
Feb 18, 2001

Ulcer keeps Ogasawara from camp

Kashima Antlers midfielder Mitsuo Ogasawara, instrumental in the Ibaraki club's treble-winning 2000 season, will not take part in Japan's five-day training camp, which begins Sunday.
JAPAN
Feb 17, 2001

60 Chinese nationals in custody after immigration raid

Sixty Chinese belonging to 27 families have been taken into custody on suspicion of illegally entering or staying in Japan in a swoop by immigration officers in Tokyo, Nagano, Chiba and Saitama prefectures, immigration officials said Friday.
CULTURE / Music / HOGAKU TODAY
Feb 17, 2001

Everything you need to know to make a sound investment

Learning Japanese music in a traditional setting is one of the most interesting and culturally enriching experiences to be had in Japan.
CULTURE / Art
Feb 17, 2001

Ukiyo-e treasures make brief return

The Baur Collection of ukiyo-e woodcuts by several of Japan's top masters is this country's own version of the Elgin Marbles. Perhaps this is why the 200 works are only on display so briefly. If you want to see these excellent examples of print art in their homeland, you have only a short time.
BUSINESS
Feb 17, 2001

Joint venture plans online bank

Japan Electronic Settlement Planning Inc. has concluded a tieup agreement with U.S. online payment service provider PayPal for an electronic bank it plans to establish in April, the company has said.
BUSINESS
Feb 17, 2001

Joint venture plans online bank

Japan Electronic Settlement Planning Inc. has concluded a tieup agreement with U.S. online payment service provider PayPal for an electronic bank it plans to establish in April, the company has said.
BUSINESS
Feb 16, 2001

JAMA to vote on GM membership

The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association will decide on March 22 whether to admit General Motors Corp. as a member, JAMA Chairman Hiroshi Okuda said Thursday.
JAPAN
Feb 16, 2001

Court upholds ban on publishing novel

The Tokyo High Court on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling ordering prizewinning novelist Miri Yuu and publisher Shinchosha Co. to halt publication of a short novel and pay 1.3 million yen to a former friend of Yuu's for violating her privacy.
BUSINESS
Feb 16, 2001

Electronics firms to link on Bluetooth promotion

Electronics makers Toshiba Corp., Taiyo Yuden Co. and the Japan unit of IBM Corp. said Thursday they have established a joint venture to regulate usage of the Bluetooth wireless technology logo in Japan.
EDITORIALS
Feb 16, 2001

The Lucie Blackman case

One piece of a sad, grim puzzle was solved last weekend when police confirmed that human remains found in a beach cave in Kanagawa Prefecture were those of a 21-year-old British woman missing since last July. The other piece of the puzzle -- who killed her, how, where and why -- is not quite in place,...
SOCCER / World cup
Feb 16, 2001

JAWOC apologizes for latest World Cup ticket troubles

Japanese 2002 World Cup organizers JAWOC apologized Thursday for the computer glitch that has delayed Internet applications for tickets for next year's finals in Japan and South Korea.
JAPAN
Feb 15, 2001

Politicians test online waters for votes

Staff writer In a country where nearly 30 million people out of the 120 million population use the Internet, about 400 out of 732 Diet members have their own Web site.
BUSINESS
Feb 15, 2001

Care for elderly to generate 24% of GDP by 2015

The aging population will cause the medical and nursing-care sector to help generate about one quarter of Japan's gross domestic product in 2015, a think tank under the Japan Medical Association said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Feb 15, 2001

Care for elderly to generate 24% of GDP by 2015

The aging population will cause the medical and nursing-care sector to help generate about one quarter of Japan's gross domestic product in 2015, a think tank under the Japan Medical Association said Wednesday.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Feb 15, 2001

NTT's still calling all the shots

As is apparent to anyone who owns a computer in Japan, the government's stated aim of making the nation an IT powerhouse will come to nothing until telecommunications connection fees become more rational.
JAPAN
Feb 14, 2001

Girls triumph in English speech event

A Tokyo junior high school girl and an Okayama elementary school girl won a prestigious English-language speech contest Monday for students in Japan, beating some 44,000 fellow competitors from around the country.
JAPAN
Feb 14, 2001

Mori, Putin plan March treaty talks

Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet in the Russian city of Irkutsk on March 25 for peace treaty talks, the two leaders agreed during a phone conversation Tuesday.
JAPAN
Feb 14, 2001

Mori, Putin plan March treaty talks

Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet in the Russian city of Irkutsk on March 25 for peace treaty talks, the two leaders agreed during a phone conversation Tuesday.
40 years after Plaza Accord, Japan still at mercy of forex swings
The Plaza Hotel in New York, where finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of Five countries met and struck the Plaza Accord on Sept. 22, 1985.
As Japan keeps buying gas, Aboriginal Australians pay the price
Paulina “Jedda” Puruntatameri with Antonia Burke and Tiwi fisher Clinton offshore of Melville Island, one of the Tiwi Islands, in Australia's Northern Territory. Together with other Tiwi, Jedda has been campaigning for years to stop Australian company Santos and its backers, including Japanese investors, from drilling for natural gas at the Barossa gas field.
Abuse of 'zombie cigarettes' among Okinawa youths raises alarm
A street in Naha in August. In entertainment districts in southern Okinawa, a drug known as "laughing gas vape" is being abused at nightclubs and bar. Now, some establishments have put up warning notices.
Boom in business class travel from Japan fuels airlines profits
A business class suite of an Airbus SE A350-1000 aircraft operated by Japan Airlines is seen during a media preview at the company's hangar at Tokyo's Haneda Airport in January last year.
The Japanese face and body patches that have had the world wondering
Japan's Mebuki Suzuki in action with Uganda's Oscar Chelimo in the men's 10,000 meter final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sept. 14
Behold the glory of Japan’s fruit boxes
Otherwise common sights in Japan's supermarkets, the country's fruit and veggie boxes can hide surprising symbols of local pride.
YouTuber Gigguk shifts from talking anime to making anime
The process of making “Baan” was personal and enlightening for Maneetapho, who spent years talking about anime on his YouTube channel and podcast before making the jump to becoming an anime creator himself.
How Yuki Joseph Nakajima turned failures into breakout success at Tokyo worlds
Yuki Joseph Nakajima after finishing sixth in the men's 400-meter final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Thursday.
Robot tour guides in Tokyo offer way for those with disabilities to work
Tours are being offered in Tokyo using a shoulder-mounted robot equipped with a camera, speaker and microphone. The robot twitches its wing-like arms, which it can fold together as if in prayer when visiting a temple.
World Athletics stars relish Tokyo atmosphere after COVID-hit Olympics
Organizers of the World Athletics Championships said over 500,000 tickets had been sold and that they are expecting to end the event in front of large crowds this weekend.

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