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LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Apr 27, 2000

Ohmatsuya: Down on the farm, just off the Ginza

You could call Ohmatsuya rustic -- but only in the most Ginza sense of the word. It sits just one floor above the brand-name bustle of the street, inside a modern multistory building little different from any others occupying that premium patch of real estate. Step inside, however, and you could have...
SOCCER / J. League
Apr 21, 2000

Avispa faces fine over lineup

Avispa Fukuoka will face a J. League arbitration ruling as early as next week for making big changes to its starting lineup in recent Nabisco Cup matches from the one fielded in league play, the J. League said Thursday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 16, 2000

Giants tied for CL lead after beating 'Stars 4-3

Yomiuri right fielder Yoshinobu Takahashi belted a two-run come-from-behind blast in the sixth inning to lift the Giants over the Yokohama BayStars 4-3 at the Tokyo Dome on Saturday.
SOCCER / J. League
Apr 16, 2000

Edmilson helps Marinos win

YOKOHAMA -- Brazilian forward Edmilson celebrated his debut with Yokohama by scoring a second-half goal and South Korean forward Yoo Sang Chul added another in the F. Marinos' 2-0 win over Nagoya Grampus Eight in Division One action Saturday at Yokohama International Stadium.
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 9, 2000

Giants clip Swallows in ninth

Shortstop Tomohiro Nioka drove in the winning run with a two-out, bases-loaded bloop single to center Saturday to lift the Yomiuri Giants to a 2-1 "sayonara" victory over the Yakult Swallows at the Tokyo Dome.
SOCCER / J. League
Mar 29, 2000

Troussier lashes out at lack of cooperation by JFA

A day before the Japan Olympic team's friendly against New Zealand, Japan manager Philippe Troussier expressed his frustration with the Japan Football Association for its lack of cooperation in setting his preparation schedule with the Olympic team.
BUSINESS
Mar 29, 2000

MMC eyes DaimlerChrysler

A day after announcing a capital tieup between DaimlerChrysler AG and Mitsubishi Motors Corp., MMC President Katsuhiko Kawasoe indicated Tuesday that the Japanese automaker may obtain a stake in the German-American firm in the future.
JAPAN
Mar 29, 2000

Science agency takes away JCO's license

The Science and Technology Agency formally notified JCO Co. on Tuesday that it will revoke the firm's business license because it is responsible for causing Japan's worst nuclear accident at its uranium-processing plant in Tokai, Ibaraki Prefecture.
BUSINESS
Mar 28, 2000

Fukaya, Lamy to push WTO round

Trade chief Takashi Fukaya said he and Pascal Lamy, the European Union's trade commissioner, agreed Monday to pursue efforts to jointly hold working-level meetings with the United States and Canada in Geneva on Friday to encourage the World Trade Organization to swiftly launch a new round of free-trade...
JAPAN
Mar 28, 2000

Police arrest ministry official

Police on Monday arrested a bureaucrat at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries who was allegedly wined and dined to the tune of about 1.9 million yen by an agricultural cooperative in Kagawa Prefecture in return for favors involving farm subsidies.
JAPAN
Mar 27, 2000

State slow in Tokai fiasco, report notes

The government reacted slowly last year to the nuclear disaster in Tokai, Ibaraki Prefecture, which resulted in the first fatality from radiation exposure in postwar Japanese history, according to a government report obtained by Kyodo News.
JAPAN
Mar 26, 2000

Obuchi puts G8 before election

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi indicated Saturday that he will not dissolve the Lower House for elections before the Okinawa summit of the Group of Eight major nations in July.
BUSINESS
Mar 26, 2000

68% of Japanese executives believe economy is recovering

The majority of top executives at major Japanese companies nationwide believe the domestic economy is recovering, according to a recent survey conducted by Kyodo News.
BUSINESS
Mar 25, 2000

All 47 prefectures in the red in '98 for first time

The financial situation at prefectural and municipal governments continued to worsen in fiscal 1998, according to a government white paper released Friday.
JAPAN
Mar 24, 2000

Haneda's role could grow as its third runway opens

The roar of jet engines christened the new 2,500-meter runway at Haneda airport in Tokyo's Ota Ward on Thursday as an All Nippon Airways plane took off on a ceremonial flight to Wakkanai, on the northernmost tip of Hokkaido.
BUSINESS
Mar 22, 2000

Fisher intent on pushing shift to information age

Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Richard Fisher expressed his determination Tuesday to work with Japan in hammering out a new set of deregulatory measures this week that will help its people embrace the Internet.
JAPAN
Mar 21, 2000

Central government officials occupying local posts

At least 742 bureaucrats on loan from central government institutions occupied senior posts in local governments as of Jan. 1, according to ministry and agency reports compiled by Kyodo News on Monday.
JAPAN
Mar 18, 2000

Cohen dismisses 15-year limitation on U.S. military use of new heliport

U.S. Defense Secretary William Cohen on Friday rejected the 15-year time limit proposed by the mayor of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, for a new heliport to relocate the helicopter operations at Futenma Air Station.

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