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CULTURE / Books
Jul 18, 2000

Get in the game with 'Ultra Nippon'

ULTRA NIPPON: How Japan Reinvented Football, by Jonathan Birchall. Headline, 2000, 256 pp., 16.99 pounds (cloth). Hundreds of books have been written about the J. League since its launch in 1993, and now one has been written in English.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 16, 2000

Whalers come out on top in IWC meeting

SYDNEY -- Once again Japanese whale-meat eaters have outwitted the world's whale lovers. Though those diners need not raise too many self-congratulatory cups of sake. Within a year or two the Tokyo whale restaurant tables could be overturned.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jul 15, 2000

Kudo fans 13 as Giants edge Yakult

Yomiuri lefty Kimiyasu Kudo gave up two hits and struck out 13 over the distance in his first shutout game since last July, carrying the Central League-leading Giants to a 1-0 win over the Yakult Swallows Friday at the Tokyo Dome.
JAPAN
Jul 13, 2000

G8 ministers ponder conflict prevention, development aid

MIYAZAKI — The Group of Eight foreign ministers kicked off a two-day conference here on Wednesday to seek ways to deal with regional conflicts and tackle other challenges in the international political arena.
CULTURE / Books
Jul 13, 2000

No easy explanation for overseas Chinese success

ETHNIC CHINESE: Their Economy, Politics and Culture, edited by Yu Chunghsun. Tokyo: The Japan Times, 2000, 247 pp., 2,800 yen (cloth). The essays in this book explore the role of the ethnic Chinese economies in economic recovery and development in Asia in the 21st century. They are largely the product...
BUSINESS
Jul 12, 2000

APEC plans Internet site to advance flow of trade

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JAPAN
Jul 12, 2000

Snow recycled milk into 'new' products

OSAKA -- Snow Brand Milk Products Co.'s Osaka plant, where a valve contaminated with bacteria has been linked to a massive outbreak of food poisoning, recycled milk products that were returned from stores to make "new" products, according to the Osaka Municipal Government.
BUSINESS
Jul 11, 2000

OSE sends delegation to Nasdaq

OSAKA -- An Osaka Securities Exchange delegation left for the United States on Monday for talks with managers of the Nasdaq stock index to enhance business tieups and offer more financial products to Japanese investors, OSE officials said.
CULTURE / Stage
Jul 11, 2000

Memories of Takizawa and Japan's 'Crucible'

Last month, stage actor Osamu Takizawa passed away at age 93. His list of appearances would fill this page, but I remember him as Danforth, the judge and prosecutor in Arthur Miller's "The Crucible."
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jul 9, 2000

'Alien 5' now playing in your local neighborhood

A band of junior high-school students showed up at my door the other morning. "Can we interview you?" they asked.
JAPAN
Jul 8, 2000

Construction chief says Wakachiku never favored despite alleged bribes

The number and value of government construction projects won by Wakachiku Construction Co. were roughly equivalent to the same figures for other authorized bidders both before and after Eiichi Nakao became construction minister in 1996, the current construction minister said Friday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jul 8, 2000

Kiyohara homers in return to Giants

Yomiuri slugger Kazuhiro Kiyohara celebrated his return to the team Friday night, smashing a pinch-hit three-run homer in the seventh inning as the Giants triumphed over the Chunichi Dragons 9-1 at the Tokyo Dome.
JAPAN
Jul 7, 2000

Survey finds 12% of women are shopping addicts

About 12 percent of women in their 20s are shopping addicts and impulse-buy unnecessary things, according to a poll.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jul 5, 2000

Drags gain ground

Kazuyoshi Tatsunami belted a two-run homer in the fourth inning Tuesday and Lee Jeong Bum followed with a solo blast in the fifth to pace the Chunichi Dragons to a 7-4 win over the Yokohama BayStars at the Nagoya Dome.
LIFE / Travel
Jul 5, 2000

Get back to the garden, the perfect summer oasis

There's a reggae-loving bar owner in Fukuoka who loathes the stereotype that reggae is "summer music." Truth is, though, his business does extremely well during summer. It seems that atmosphere-building is still an essential part of the seasons in Japan.
JAPAN
Jul 4, 2000

Governors salaries fall

The incomes of 16 prefectural governors and 5 mayors of large cities fell in 1999 from a year earlier due to government financial problems and scandal-related salary and bonus cuts, according to income declarations released Monday.
JAPAN
Jul 4, 2000

Diet members earn more despite slump

The average income among Diet members in 1999 was 30.44 million yen, up 1.94 million yen from a year earlier, according to a report released Monday.
CULTURE / Music
Jul 1, 2000

Inciting the huddled masses to Rage Against the Machine

Bruce Springsteen's controversial new song, "American Skin (41 Shots)," about the shooting death of Amadou Diallo by New York City policemen, has split his fan base of blue-collar male boomers down political lines. Bob Lucente, the president of the New York State chapter of the Benevolent Order of Police,...
JAPAN
Jun 30, 2000

Dioxin emission levels down, but Japan is largest emitter

Estimated dioxin emissions in Japan dropped to between 2,620 grams and 2,820 grams in 1999, a roughly 63 percent fall from 1997 levels, according to Environment Agency figures released Thursday.
JAPAN
Jun 29, 2000

Candidates slide in despite weak support

Nearly 60 percent of the 300 winners in single-seat constituencies in Sunday's House of Representatives general election were endorsed by less than 30 percent of the voters in their electoral districts, analyses of the results show.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 29, 2000

A Chinese teenager's dream of a better life ends in tragedy in the back of a truck

CHANGLE, Fujian -- Smartly dressed in a Calvin Klein T-shirt, jeans and white trainers, the teenager props up a motorbike in Changle, a city in the southern Chinese province of Fujian. His hair flopping over sunglasses, he flashes a shy grin at the camera. Jin Xicai hardly resembles the stereotype refugee,...
EDITORIALS
Jun 26, 2000

How healthy is 'healthiest'?

How healthy is 'healthiest'?
JAPAN
Jun 26, 2000

Ex-FRC chief Ochi likely to lose seat

Kyodo News Michio Ochi, a former chairman of the Financial Reconstruction Commission, is likely to suffer a crushing defeat in Sunday's House of Representatives election, early returns show.
EDITORIALS
Jun 23, 2000

Russia's war against the oligarchs

There may be a new boss in the Kremlin, but the Byzantine politics that rage behind its walls continue. Recent moves against two of Russia's most prominent businessmen -- the "oligarchs" -- have kindled speculation about who is making policy and to what end. Is President Vladimir Putin cleaning up the...
BUSINESS
Jun 22, 2000

Talks address Japan, U.S. e-commerce

While it may appear that the United States is far ahead of Japan and the rest of the world in embracing e-business, the U.S. itself is a newcomer to the field, and tremendous challenges lie ahead, a U.S. business school educator told a symposium organized by Keizai Koho Center.
COMMENTARY / WASHINGTON UPDATE
Jun 22, 2000

Can Daley win it for Gore?

WASHINGTON -- I saw it coming. Tony Coehlo, chairman of the Gore 2000 presidential campaign, was reported to be hospitalized for some form of unidentifiable stomach problem and his aides are reporting that he is suffering from fatigue. Yes, his end was coming.
Bangladesh is a South Asian time bomb
Many Bangladeshis hoped that the overthrow of long-time leader Sheikh Hasina last year would revitalize the country’s democracy after an authoritarian lurch under the “iron lady.” Instead it has led to proliferating human-rights abuses, intensifying repression and widespread Islamist violence.
‘Confugenics’ and East Asia's demographic crisis
East Asia’s fertility plunge is driven not just by financial costs but by perfectionist cultural expectations that burden parents with intense educational and social demands.
Tropical Storm Peipah brings heavy rain to parts of western Japan
Tropical Storm Peipah made landfall in western Japan on Friday, prompting the Japan Meteorological Agency to issue warnings of landslides and other disasters due to heavy rainfall in several areas.
Trump signs order reducing tariffs on Japanese autos
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Ryosei Akazawa, Japan’s chief tariff negotiator, shake hands.
Tamagotchi hatches 100 million shipments worldwide thanks to ’90s nostalgia
The latest version of Tamagotchi, called Tamagotchi Paradise, is awarded the best digital toy at Tokyo Toy Show on Aug. 28.
London’s calling and sumo’s top division — along with Hello Kitty — are ready to answer
Yokozuna Hoshoryu and Hello Kitty, an ambassador for sumo's upcoming tour to London, at Tokyo's Kokugikan on Tuesday
Resonac creates 27-member consortium to pursue advanced chip developments
Representatives from member companies of JOINT3, a consortium working together on semiconductor-related developments announced by Resonac, pose for a photo in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Haru Nemuri’s radical new album refuses easy listening
Musician Haruna Kimishima, better known as Haru Nemuri, confronts Japan’s politics, nationalism and censorship on her recent output.
Overseas sluggers step up to bat in small-town Hokkaido
The Betsukai Pilot Spirits welcomed new players (left to right) Yuta Yamanaka, Roman Guthrie, Scott Bellina and Leo Jiminian this year, pictured here with Yassir Lachkar of the Ishikari Red Phoenix.
Xi — joined by Kim and Putin — delivers stark warning at military parade
Chinese leader Xi Jinping walks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un before a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan and the end of World War II, in Beijing on Wednesday.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past
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