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Mayumi Negishi
JAPAN
May 21, 2000
Chen seen as good for business, too
TAIPEI -- Tai Ya-Chang has just one word on his name card: "Taiwanese."
JAPAN
Mar 31, 2000
Local governments shy to follow in capital's tracks
Despite widespread public support for the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's plan to levy a new tax on major banks, other local governments have been slow to follow suit -- because they realize the capital's situation is unique.
COMMUNITY
Mar 26, 2000
So many blossoms, so little time
The last flower viewing of the century will be here and gone in a matter of weeks.
JAPAN
Mar 12, 2000
Landfill seen dooming Edo fishing tradition
The fish that used to throng in the Edo-mae shallows of Tokyo Bay haunt fishermen today.
JAPAN
Mar 4, 2000
Nine staff of Hiroo hospital charged
A case credited with shedding light on a tendency within the medical community to cover up malpractice has taken another step into uncharted waters.
JAPAN
Jan 30, 2000
Tokyo barely balances budget despite spiking haloed items
The Tokyo governor has lost 7,000 supporters for his next election, promises marathon aficionado Taeko Hara.
JAPAN
Jan 16, 2000
Hub offers glimpse of the past
Eighty-six years after its construction, Tokyo Station has grown to contain the hustle and bustle of an estimated 386,500 people who part, meet or pass through every day.
JAPAN
Jan 16, 2000
Viva Odaiba! Ishihara dreams of casinos in the bay
Cigarette smoke wafts out of noisy pachinko parlors, crowds armed with racing forms jostle one another on trains on horse racing days, and lines form in front of lottery ticket booths. You may or may not call it gambling, but playing to test your luck has grown into a huge industry in Japan.
JAPAN
Dec 28, 1999
Bungling bureaucrats just another day at work for Ishihara
Staff writer The harried city official sighs as he looks at a poster designed to promote the Year 2000 countdown celebrations in Tokyo's Odaiba district. "He didn't like it," the Port and Harbor Bureau official says, bewildered. "He said we should think it out more, be more creative." A little while...
JAPAN
Dec 22, 1999
New game rides in the slow lane
Staff writer After test-driving a simulation game and ramming right into a curb, Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara announced Wednesday, "I guess I wasn't meant to be a bus driver." "Tokyo Bus Guide," created for Sega Enterprises Ltd.'s Dreamcast game console, focuses on an ungainly, slow-plodding mode of...
JAPAN
Nov 26, 1999
Tokyo to urge scolding as solution to societal ills
Staff writer
JAPAN
Nov 18, 1999
Beijing boycotts sister-city celebrations
Staff writer
JAPAN
Nov 12, 1999
Japan hit over weak antinuclear stance
Staff writer
JAPAN
Nov 11, 1999
Tokyo governor's house goes Italian
Staff writer
JAPAN
Nov 5, 1999
Ishihara outraged over misplaced mail
Staff writer
JAPAN
Nov 1, 1999
Child pornographers vanish as law takes effect
Staff writer
JAPAN
Sep 27, 1999
Storm-delayed MOX ship docks amid tight security
Staff writer
JAPAN
Sep 22, 1999
High waves hamper MOX fuel delivery
Staff writer
JAPAN
Sep 2, 1999
Low-dose birth control pill makes debut
Staff writer
JAPAN
Jul 22, 1999
'Kimigayo' controversy leaves students indifferent, confused
Staff writer
Japan to revise consumption tax exemption for overseas tourists
Tourists walk through Nakamise shopping street near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo in April
Japan's tourism industry hit by cancellations after megaquake alert
A beach closed due to a megaquake alert in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, from Friday to Thursday.
Focus shifts to incoming typhoon as Tropical Storm Maria dissipates
Newly formed Tropical Storm Ampil, which is forecast to approach eastern Japan this weekend, is seen on the left side of this satellite image.
Kishida to step down in September in bid to show ‘LDP has changed’
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference Wednesday at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.
Publisher finds surprise audience after translating history textbooks
Yamakawa Shuppansha president Takeshi Nozawa holds the publisher's textbook on Japanese history — used in high schools across Japan — alongside the new English version in Tokyo on May 23.
Economic security is about strengthening and sustaining growth, former minister says
Former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi says changes in the international balance of power, along with deepening economic interdependence, have led some countries to attempt to use their economic power to impose their will on others.
Ice bandanas, convenience store breaks: Running under Japan’s summer sun
Blistering heat is becoming a fixture of summer in Japan, but a few tweaks to your routine can make your outdoor runs bearable — if not enjoyable — until cooler temperatures return.
Japan issued its first-ever megaquake alert. What does that mean?
Naoshi Hirata (center), chairman of a committee tasked with evaluating the risk of a Nankai Trough earthquake, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.
France brings down the curtain on its Olympic party with Tom Cruise and Leon Marchand
Fireworks are set off during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics at Stade de France in Saint-Denis on Sunday.
Japan fuels U.S. LNG boom even as climate targets and impacts loom
Flaring at the Cameron LNG export terminal in Hackberry, Louisiana. Flaring, a common sight at LNG plants, is a controlled burning of gas for reasons ranging from depressurizing equipment to disposing of gas that can’t be used. The practice is a "waste of money" and negatively impacts climate change and human health, says the International Energy Agency.

Podcast

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

Longform

Sociologist Gracia Liu-Farrer argues that even though immigration doesn't figure into Japan's autobiography, it is more of a self-perception than a reality.
In search of the ‘Japanese dream’
By Thu-Huong Ha

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