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JAPAN
Nov 25, 2000

Monju to restart: energy panel

The government's commission on atomic energy on Friday officially adopted its plan to resume operations at Monju, Japan's prototype fast-breeder nuclear reactor that was shut following a major coolant leak in 1995.
EDITORIALS
Nov 25, 2000

Battle fatigue in the Middle East?

It is difficult to see any end to the cycle of violence that has convulsed the Middle East. A series of bomb attacks by terrorists and targeted strikes by the Israeli military are the most recent escalations in a conflict that began nearly two months ago. Yet, there are indications that both sides are...
JAPAN
Nov 25, 2000

Islanders to get funds for volcano damage

Up to 1 million yen in financial support will be provided to each Miyake Island household to help them cope with the serious damage from volcanic eruptions, Construction Minister Chikage Ogi said Friday.
JAPAN
Nov 25, 2000

Body eyed to curb rights abuses by media

The deputy managing editor of the daily Mainichi Shimbun was shocked when he found out that a Justice Ministry panel had been holding discussions on the premise that the media is an enemy of human rights.
JAPAN
Nov 24, 2000

Public facilities to be free of PCB-filled lights by 2001

The government will remove fluorescent lights and mercury lamps containing polychlorinated biphenyls from all public facilities in fiscal 2001, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said Thursday.
JAPAN
Nov 23, 2000

Japan officials scratch heads over uninvited guest Fujimori

Japanese government officials are vexed over reports that former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, who disappeared Wednesday afternoon from a Tokyo hotel, hopes to stay in Japan for an extended period of time.
EDITORIALS
Nov 22, 2000

Mori survives, for the moment

The administration of Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori managed to survive its greatest crisis Monday night when the governing parties barely voted down a no-confidence motion sponsored by the opposition parties. Tension was mounting toward a final showdown over the motion late Monday night because two LDP...
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 22, 2000

Japan needs to abandon the 'image game'

Domestic politics is not my specialty, but I am so disturbed by recent developments that I am prompted to write down some of my thoughts. First, newspaper comments and articles suggest that the opposition parties and the media have succeeded in establishing a public image of Yoshiro Mori as an incompetent...
JAPAN
Nov 21, 2000

Fujimori confirms resignation intent

Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori Monday confirmed he intends to resign within 48 hours, just hours after all 14 members of his Cabinet tendered their resignations in protest of his surprise decision.
JAPAN
Nov 20, 2000

Mori may resign before no-confidence motion, Kan says

Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori may resign before the opposition camp submits its no-confidence motion against his Cabinet this evening, a senior member of the Democratic Party of Japan said Sunday.
CULTURE / Art
Nov 18, 2000

A peep into Tokugawa Japan

During the almost two and a half centuries when Japan shunned the rest of the world, the one Western country that remained on nodding terms was the Netherlands. This year the two countries are celebrating 400 years of continuous contact in what must be one of the strangest international relationships...
JAPAN
Nov 17, 2000

LDP factions prepared for no-confidence motion

The warring sides within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party appeared ready Thursday to bring their row to the Lower House plenary session, with both indicating they were prepared for a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori submitted by the opposition camp.
EDITORIALS
Nov 11, 2000

Taiwan's democratic growing pains

The impeachment controversy thickens. Politics has descended into name-calling and threats of lawsuits. The currency is slumping, share prices are plummeting and investors are fleeing in droves. The established political order is lining up against the president and threatening to impeach him. But this...
COMMENTARY / WASHINGTON UPDATE
Nov 11, 2000

And the confusion begins

I said that this was going to be a historically close election, that it was quite possible that one presidential candidate would carry the popular vote while the other won the presidency by capturing the Electoral College vote, and that the counting would not be conclusive on election night.
JAPAN
Nov 10, 2000

New Komeito, Soka Gakkai to be tougher on Mori

New Komeito and its main base of support, Soka Gakkai, Japan's largest lay Buddhist organization, said the party will more aggressively push its agenda in the ruling coalition in response to supporters' growing dissatisfaction with Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori's administration.
JAPAN
Nov 9, 2000

Police nab Red Army founder Shigenobu

Fusako Shigenobu, the founder of the Japanese Red Army and a key figure in a series of international terrorist incidents in the 1970s, was arrested Wednesday in Osaka Prefecture.
JAPAN
Nov 7, 2000

Mori to recognize Paralympians

Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori will present silver cups to Japanese gold medalists of the Sydney Paralympic Games, including swimmer Mayumi Narita, who bagged six gold medals, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda said Monday.
COMMENTARY
Nov 6, 2000

Japan has no monopoly on obscuring past

The fuss surrounding a recent book by U.S. academic Herbert Bix, "Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan," said to detail for the first time the Showa Emperor's allegedly close involvement in Japan's past militarism, seems strange. The critics are making much of Japan's lack of interest in these revelations....
JAPAN
Nov 2, 2000

Mori says Police Law prohibits him ordering probe into Nakagawa

Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori on Wednesday dismissed demands from the opposition that an investigation be launched into allegations that Hidenao Nakagawa, his former chief Cabinet secretary, leaked police information to warn his alleged mistress that she was going to be the target of a drugs bust.
JAPAN
Oct 31, 2000

Pyongyang came to us for aid: Fukuda

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda on Monday insisted that North Korea in 1997 proposed that Japan provide 500,000 tons of rice to the famine-stricken country.
JAPAN
Oct 28, 2000

Pyongyang talks strategy: take it slow

Japan will try to narrow differences and seek points on which both sides can agree in bilateral normalization talks with North Korea next week, Foreign Minister Yohei Kono said Friday.
EDITORIALS
Oct 28, 2000

Shortsighted electoral reform

The heavy-handed tactics the ruling parties employed to railroad a controversial Upper House electoral reform bill have left an ugly blot on the nation's parliamentary history. No substantial debate was conducted in the Diet. In the Upper House, the opposition parties boycotted discussion because of...
JAPAN
Oct 27, 2000

Palau president to visit Japan

Palau President Kunio Nakamura will visit Japan as an official government guest next month in a symbolic move aimed at deepening Japan's relations with Pacific island countries.
JAPAN
Oct 26, 2000

Mori fights criticism during Diet debate

Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori was forced to fight back Wednesday as opposition leaders urged him to resign during a terse Diet debate that centered on the latest in a growing string of gaffes.
JAPAN
Oct 25, 2000

$1 million in electoral aid ready for Kosovo

Japan decided Tuesday to provide over $1 million in emergency aid to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to help it carry out free and fair elections in Kosovo this weekend, the Foreign Ministry said.
JAPAN
Oct 25, 2000

Waseda still looking for answers

Officials at Waseda University's Political Science and Economics Department said Tuesday that 189 completed answer sheets for a semester examination are missing.
JAPAN
Oct 24, 2000

Tokyo lauds Albright trip to Pyongyang

Japan hopes that U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's visit to North Korea that began Monday will have a good effect on Tokyo's talks on normalizing ties with Pyongyang, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hidenao Nakagawa said.
JAPAN
Oct 24, 2000

New version given of Mori's secret proposal

Chief Cabinet Secretary Hidenao Nakagawa on Monday contradicted Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori by saying the prime minister did not make a secret proposal to Pyongyang to resolve alleged abductions of Japanese.
China seizes disputed reef near key Philippine military outpost
China Coast Guard officers unfurl a national flag on Sandy Cay reef, near the Philippine-held Thitu Island, in disputed waters of the South China Sea this month in this screen shot taken from Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.
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.
As many as nine dead after driver plows into Vancouver festival crowd
An ambulance is parked at the site of the Lapu Lapu day festival, where a vehicle drove into a crowd killing several people in Vancouver on Saturday.
Japan struggles with gray zone of AI deepfakes exploiting children
AI-generated content — including those made using pictures of real people, which are known as “deepfakes” — is not explicitly covered under Japan's current legal framework, nor are human-drawn illustrations that depict child abuse.
How to bring up bad news in Japanese
As in other cultures, when someone shares bad news in Japanese it’s best to respond with supportive words.
‘Wildcat Dome’ challenges Japan's historical narratives
On the surface, "Wildcat Dome" tells a personal story of damaged children — now adults — bound together by tragedy. Underneath, there’s a constant undercurrent of political consequence, invisible and pervasive like radioactive particles.
Reclaiming Sanya, one meal at a time
Magokoro Yoshihira (center) is the managing director of Yui Associates, which operates the neighborhood fixtures of Sanya Cafe and Juyoh Hotel. Yusuke Takahashi (left) met Yoshihira during a difficult period in his life and now works as the cafe’s chef. Nancy Anne (right) has worked for over 10 years at Juyoh Hotel and enjoys the multicultural environment.
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

Podcast

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

Longform

A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami
By Alex K.T. Martin

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