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JAPAN
Jul 4, 2000

Toll from contaminated milk passes 7,000

OSAKA -- Over 7,000 people had been affected by food poisoning as of Monday after drinking low-fat milk marketed by Snow Brand Milk Products Co., while only 15 percent of the milk subject to recall had been retrieved.
JAPAN
Jul 3, 2000

Public urges state to help battered wives

A government panel on equal rights has received 308 opinions and found that most favor reinforcing support for battered women, panel sources said Sunday.
BUSINESS
Jun 29, 2000

Car firms' exports rose 1.9% in May

Japan's 11 automakers exported 314,602 cars, trucks and buses in May, up 1.9 percent from the same month the previous year, the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jun 29, 2000

Red Army fugitive returned for trial

Red Army Faction fugitive Yoshimi Tanaka arrived Wednesday in Japan to face trial for his role in a Japan Airlines jetliner hijacking 30 years ago, following his arrest in Thailand by Japanese police the previous night.
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.
JAPAN
Jun 26, 2000

TV stations divided over ruling bloc's majority

Kyodo News Major television stations gave differing predictions Sunday on whether the three ruling parties would be able to secure a "stable" majority, meaning 254 of the 480 seats being contested at the House of Representatives.
JAPAN
Jun 26, 2000

Mori need not quit if LDP falls below 229 seats: Aoki

Kyodo News Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori would not need to step down even if the Liberal Democratic Party fails to attain a target of 229 Lower House seats set by the party's No. 2 leader, Chief Cabinet Secretary Mikio Aoki said Sunday night.
JAPAN
Jun 25, 2000

800 campaign workers to be grilled by police

But violations down significantly from 1996 general election Police will question about 800 campaign workers on suspicion of buying votes and other violations of the Public Offices Election Law after polls close for the Lower House elections tonight, the National Police Agency said Saturday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 23, 2000

Wilson's hat trick of homers keys Fighters

Designated-hitter Nigel Wilson went 3-for-5 with three solo homers as the surging Nippon Ham Fighters cruised to a 14-5 victory over the Lotte Marines at the Tokyo Dome on Thursday.
BUSINESS
Jun 22, 2000

Bankruptcy declared for realtor, unit

Real estate developer EIE International Corp. and its affiliate General Lease Co. have been declared bankrupt by the Tokyo District Court, a private credit research agency said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Jun 21, 2000

Japan, U.S. to resume NTT discussions July 10

Japan and the United States plan to resume bilateral deregulation talks in Tokyo on July 10 in a last-ditch effort to resolve their telecommunications row before July's Group of Eight summit in Okinawa, a senior Foreign Ministry official said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2000

Man arrested over posting of monazite

Police arrested on Saturday a 42-year-old man on suspicion of mailing radioactive materials to 10 government offices last week with a message claiming nuclear materials were being smuggled to North Korea.
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2000

Pyongyang is 'willing' to improve Japan ties

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il indicated at this week's first-ever inter-Korean summit that he is willing to work toward normalizing ties with Japan, a Japanese Foreign Ministry official quoted South Korean President Kim Dae Jung as saying Saturday.
BUSINESS
Jun 17, 2000

Firms expected to raise capital spending 5.2%

Capital spending by major Japanese companies is expected to rise 5.2 percent in fiscal 2000 from a year earlier, the first increase in four years, a government advisory panel said Friday.
BUSINESS
Jun 17, 2000

All regional telecoms plan to invest in PNJ

Seven regional telecommunications carriers plan to invest in PNJ Communications, a Tokyo-based data communications services firm, bringing all 10 of the nation's regional carriers on board, industry sources said Friday.
JAPAN
Jun 16, 2000

HIV-positive man sues police for not hiring him

A man in his 20s filed a suit Thursday with the Tokyo District Court against the metropolitan government, claiming the Metropolitan Police Department refused to hire him after finding out he is HIV-positive.
JAPAN
Jun 15, 2000

KEPCO to step up monitoring of MOX

OSAKA — In the wake of a scandal involving British Nuclear Fuels PLC, Kansai Electric Power Co. said Wednesday that it will step up efforts to monitor the quality of plutonium fuel manufactured by foreign companies for use in its nuclear power plants.
JAPAN
Jun 15, 2000

Killer's sentence increased to life

OSAKA — The Osaka High Court on Wednesday sentenced a 28-year-old man to life imprisonment for the May 1997 abduction and murder of a teenage girl from Nara Prefecture, dismissing an 18-year prison term handed down by a lower court.
JAPAN
Jun 15, 2000

Friend of foundation head quizzed over radioactive mail

A man close to the chief of an Education Ministry foundation is being questioned in connection with the mailing of radioactive material to 10 government offices last week, police sources said Wednesday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 15, 2000

Giants fans give silent treatment

The Yomiuri Giants tried to bring a North American feel to the Tokyo Dome on Wednesday evening, asking their fans to leave the drums, trumpets and megaphones at home as they took on the Yokohama BayStars.
Japan to resist Trump efforts to form trade bloc against China
As Japan gears up for the trade talks, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is also seeking to cushion the blow that the U.S. tariffs may have on the domestic economy.
Japan doubles down on stimulus to counter effects of Trump tariffs
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks about U.S. tariffs in Tokyo last week.
Tokyo court fines Amazon Japan ¥35 million over counterfeit products
Takahiro Fujii (center), the president of Try and E, and his lawyers speak during a news conference on Friday in Tokyo after a ruling was handed down in a case against Amazon Japan.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Toyota chairman proposes record buyout of its supplier at $42 billion valuation
Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Akio Toyoda after a meeting in Beijing last month
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ¥100,000 ($700) in Japan.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Japan weighs using U.S. rice imports as tariff negotiation tool with Trump
A restaurant owner pours California-grown Calrose rice into a rice cooker at his restaurant in Tokyo
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
Crow meat, goat tartare: Mauvaise Herbe raises its game
Crow meat, shaped into a ball and attached to a foot of the bird, is one of the peculiar offerings of game at Mauvaise Herbe.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Visitors walk past Sou Fujimoto's Grand Ring, which has been recognized as the largest wooden structure in the world.
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