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JAPAN
Aug 11, 2000

NPA survey finds Internet-related crime, arrests surging

The number of Internet-related criminal cases in which arrests were made totaled 201 in the first six months of this year, compared with 247 cases in all of 1999, according to a National Police Agency survey released Thursday.
BUSINESS
Aug 10, 2000

MITI wants IT budget allocation

The Ministry of International Trade and Industry said Wednesday it wants budget allocations for fiscal 2001 to help the nation jump on the information technology bandwagon.
EDITORIALS
Aug 6, 2000

Between a rock and a riptide

Where culture and technology are concerned, the news isn't just news any more; it's a chronicle of emblems. Barely a week passes without some fresh development highlighting the fact that everyday life is caught up in a riptide of change. Even those still standing timidly on the shore can see the way...
CULTURE / Music
Aug 6, 2000

Bach Collegium Japan fetes anniversary year with passion

Bach Collegium Japan: July 28, Masaaki Suzuki conducting in Suntory Hall -- "Saint John Passion," BWV 245 (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750) featuring Gerd Tyrk, Stephan MacLeod, Chiyuki Urano, Midori Suzuki and Robin Blaze
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2000

Gun-related crime leaps 26%

The number of serious crimes involving the use of firearms in Japan rose 26.1 percent in the first six months of this year compared with the same period last year, the National Police Agency said Thursday.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 2, 2000

Lebanon's Daily Star does battle on a new front

BEIRUT -- The Daily Star did not need to send a reporter to the front line to cover the first salvos of the 15-year civil war that nearly broke Lebanon's back. The newspaper's offices were already there.
BUSINESS
Jul 31, 2000

Bangalore emerges as Asia's high-tech hub

BANGALORE, India -- At a recent roadshow for India's Karnataka state, one proud exhibit was a slide of the cover of Newsweek's issue of Nov. 9, 1998, showing a list of the world's "hottest tech cites." The magazine had chosen 10, of which only two were in Asia -- Singapore and Bangalore, Karnataka's...
EDITORIALS
Jul 30, 2000

Pulp-free fiction, at a price

"There's a fellow sitting up in Maine having fun," said one American literary agent last week, "but (what he's doing) is not a way to run a business."
LIFE / Digital
Jul 26, 2000

Itsy-bitsy, teeny-tiny . . . camera

oceankey.com/cam.htm The surfcam pointing out from the Ocean Key Resort in Key West, Fla., gives glimpses of leisure boats as they make wakes, and then, as it refreshes every couple minutes, makes them disappear. It's a beautiful seascape even on a CRT, but Sleepyspud just can't wake up in time to catch...
BUSINESS
Jul 25, 2000

JAL, ANA to join airlines in e-market for goods, parts

Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways said Monday that they will join eight other international airlines in establishing a venture to operate an online market to help them procure goods and services.
CULTURE / Stage
Jul 22, 2000

Inspiring words into action, play staged for world peace

"Respect for life," "Reject violence in all its forms," "Rediscover solidarity." These lofty ideals are the substance of a six-point statement put forward earlier this year by a group of Nobel Peace Prize laureates, when asked to formulate a declaration for the United Nations' International Year for...
LIFE / Digital / CYBERIA
Jul 19, 2000

Big train a-comin'

Pick your measure. No matter what standard you choose, the information revolution is less than 3 percent complete. That's right: Whether you count users, devices, speed, content or number of applications, the revolution is just revving up. That has two implications: 1) virtual lifetime employment for...
JAPAN
Jul 18, 2000

Japan urged to promote IT in developing nations

Japan should promote education in developing countries by offering international education programs over the Internet and by providing information technology training to school teachers and engineers in those nations, an Education Ministry panel said Monday.
BUSINESS
Jul 12, 2000

APEC plans Internet site to advance flow of trade

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LIFE / Digital / CYBERIA
Jul 12, 2000

I-mode uber Alles

A small cheer could be heard recently when it was announced that NTT DoCoMo would add English-language content to the menus of its i-mode cell phones. It went official July 3, and, well, the selection wasn't that big of a surprise. In fact, some of it had already been available in previous months (and...
EDITORIALS
Jul 9, 2000

Putting out more flags

Even this far from America, the whiff of U.S. patriotism -- a heady blend of gunpowder, barbecue smoke and hot air -- was unusually palpable last week. Tuesday was Independence Day, always an occasion for Americans to put out more flags, if only because they like the look of red, white and blue in July...
COMMUNITY / How-tos / GETTING THINGS DONE
Jul 9, 2000

Take a chance

Here is a quick summary of some of the activities that are available as you look for ways to fill what should be, but rarely are, the less demanding summer months.
LIFE / Digital / CYBERIA
Jun 28, 2000

All thumbs

In past columns, I've expressed my support for those people you've probably seen silently staring at their cell-phone screens, furiously typing away or intently scrolling. I recently joined their growing number. I think of it as a test drive; others might call it an occupational hazard. At any rate,...
LIFE / Food & Drink / KISSA KULTUR
Jun 28, 2000

Star cafe keeps the customers beaming

Catwoman is back. This time, though, she isn't wearing a black spandex body suit. No mask, no whip and no sexy purr in her voice. In fact, at 67, she's not quite as lithe as she used to be.
BUSINESS
Jun 27, 2000

Amex out to change 'stereotypes' of card users

American Express International is trying to change the widely held perception in Japan that only affluent customers use American Express, and only for overseas travel.
BUSINESS
Jun 23, 2000

7dream.com Web shop to open in July

7dream.com Ltd., a joint venture centered on convenience store chain Seven-Eleven Japan Co., announced Thursday that it will open one of the nation's biggest e-commerce shopping Web sites on July 1.
BUSINESS
Jun 23, 2000

Used car group seeks to bring in new allies

Carseven Development Corp., a union of major used car dealers, announced Thursday that it will form strategic alliances with an affiliate of Tokyo Nissan Auto Sales Co. and a subsidiary of Stanley Electric Co. to reinforce its purchasing and sales network.
JAPAN
Jun 23, 2000

Network to monitor pollution

Japan plans to set up an Internet-based program to monitor the environment in the Asia-Pacific region in an effort to assist in the early detection of environmental degradation, Environment Agency sources said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Jun 22, 2000

Sanwa plans Internet bank by yearend

Sanwa Bank said Wednesday it plans to establish an Internet bank in July at the earliest, with an eye to launching deposit-taking and settlement operations by year's end.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Jun 22, 2000

How 'bout them Dallas Cowgirls!

This was one assignment I didn't want to miss.
Japan ruling bloc projected to lose majority in Upper House election drubbing
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks at the Liberal Democratic Party’s headquarters Sunday after exit polls showed poor results for the ruling coalition in the Upper House election.
Polls open for key Upper House election that could shake Japanese politics
People vote during Japan's Upper House election at a polling station in Tokyo on Sunday.
Sunken WWII Japanese warship Teruzuki found off Solomon Islands
The Solomon Islands. A team from the U.S. nonprofit Ocean Exploration Trust has discovered the Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Teruzuki on the deep seabed off the Solomon Islands as the 80th anniversary of the war's end approaches.
Japan team finds ancient ocean full of squids
The ancient ocean was full of squids, whose population exceeded that of fish or ammonites, a Japanese research team mainly from Hokkaido University has found through a new method using technology.
Hitomi Obara, 2012 Olympic champion in wrestling, dies at 44
Hitomi Obara competes at the London Olympics in August 2012.
‘Noto Democracy’ and the slow work of civic change
Yukio Iokibe’s “Noto Democracy" centers on Motoyuki Takii, a former junior high school teacher who publishes a handwritten newspaper every month to encourage the residents of Anamizu, Ishikawa Prefecture, to engage in local politics.
In microbes we trust: Embracing the nature of fermented food
You don't need an oven to make Kenji Morimoto's easy and delicious Miso Sticky Toffee Crepe Cake.
Touring the Silk Road — without leaving Tokyo
One of the entrances to Pao Compound, a nine-story Silk Road-inspired complex in Tokyo's Higashinakano neighborhood
Japan's rice farmers are confounded by Shinjiro Koizumi’s policies
Kiyoshi Shibata stands in front of one of the rice paddies in Murayama, Yamagata Prefecture, where he produces the prefecture's signature rice brand Tsuyahime.
In Gaza-made obi, Palestinian embroidery meets Japanese kimono
The Palestinian Embroidery Obi Project brings together a traditional Japanese garment and age-old designs from the Middle Eastern region.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
How remote work is rewriting the migrant experience in Japan
By Megha Wadhwa

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