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Sumiko Oshima
JAPAN
Sep 22, 1999
Japan grabs for promise of MOX
Staff writer
JAPAN
Sep 17, 1999
Nuclear utilities' Y2K assurances difficult to sell
Staff writer
JAPAN
Aug 10, 1999
City joins quest to list air raid victims of '45
Staff writer
JAPAN
Jul 23, 1999
Low-key ivory sale served more than craftsmen
Staff writer
JAPAN
Jun 28, 1999
Base not Ishihara's only target
Staff writers
JAPAN
Jun 23, 1999
Emergency contraception is here, but where?
A day after spending the night with her steady boyfriend, Mika roamed the area around her office in Tokyo, desperately looking for an obstetrician or gynecologist who could prescribe the medication she sought — an emergency contraceptive pill.
JAPAN
May 24, 1999
Ishihara firing from hip at status quo
Staff writer
COMMUNITY
May 5, 1999
Immune system research pays off, paves way to AIDS cure
In 1987, American molecular biologists Jack Strominger and Don Wiley shocked the scientific world with a supreme example of the adage "A picture is worth a thousand words."
JAPAN
May 3, 1999
Prize-winning immunologists paved way for AIDS cure
Staff writer
JAPAN
Apr 22, 1999
Sharp-tongued Aoshima exits Tokyo tight-lipped
Staff writer
JAPAN
Apr 1, 1999
Local Elections '99: Akashi vows to revive Tokyo
Staff writer
JAPAN
Mar 31, 1999
Local Elections '99: Mikami would ax megaprojects, not staff
Staff writer
JAPAN
Mar 30, 1999
Local Elections '99: Masuzoe on mission for elderly care
Staff writer
JAPAN
Mar 26, 1999
Local Elections '99: Hatoyama and 'symbiosis with nature'
Staff writer
JAPAN
Mar 25, 1999
Local Elections '99: Showdown in cash-dry Tokyo
Staff writer
JAPAN
Mar 4, 1999
Japan should foster risk-takers, MIT president says
Staff writer
COMMUNITY
Feb 21, 1999
Frustrated flowers are good news for you
While Yoneko Yoshida, anxiously awaits the arrival of spring, she is also bracing herself for discomfort. As a victim of hay fever, the 62-year-old Tokyo woman suffers from a scratchy throat, itchy, watery eyes and a persistently runny nose for several weeks each year from February till April.
JAPAN
Jan 27, 1999
Aoshima now called friend of bureaucrats, status quo
Mavericks Yukio Aoshima and "Knock" Yokoyama rode a tidal wave of voter discontent with the status quo four years ago and won gubernatorial races in Tokyo and Osaka, pleasing the public and shocking lawmakers and assembly members of the Liberal Democratic Party and other non-Communist forces.
JAPAN
Sep 1, 1998
Preventing Disaster: Quake prediction said overemphasized
Staff writer
JAPAN
Aug 31, 1998
JANUS system blazes trail in speech recognition
Staff writer
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.

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