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Tetsushi Kajimoto
JAPAN
Sep 16, 2000
OECD calls for life-long learning
Academic achievement was the goal of Japan's exam-oriented education system when life-time employment was intact.
BUSINESS
Aug 29, 2000
Japan called on to help redevelop Panama Canal
Nearly a century after Japanese engineer Akira Aoyama contributed to the construction of the Panama Canal, Panama is now seeking fresh investment and expert advice from Japan to redevelop the world's crucial waterway to serve 21st-century needs.
BUSINESS
Aug 17, 2000
GM unit seeks benefits from Internet revolution
The advent of the Internet age is bringing new opportunities not only to electronic venture businesses but also to companies in traditional industries.
JAPAN
Jul 24, 2000
Global partnership urged in summit communique
NAGO, Okinawa Pref. — The leaders of the Group of Eight major nations adopted a communique Sunday calling for a "new partnership" with other countries — especially developing ones, international organizations and the public in order to cope with the increasingly complex challenges of globalization....
JAPAN
Jul 23, 2000
G8 leaders try out 'e-voting'
NAGO, Okinawa Pref. — A few hours after adopting the IT Charter here Saturday, leaders of the Group of Eight nations had some hands-on experience with Japan's "e-voting" technology to vote for one another in such categories as "most witty" and "most stylish."
BUSINESS
Jul 20, 2000
Regulating body recommended for NTT
To liberalize telecommunications and encourage competition through foreign direct investment here, Japan needs to develop an effective framework for regulating dominant carrier NTT Corp., according to Erkki Liikanen, European commissioner for enterprise and the information society.
JAPAN
Jul 13, 2000
Kono, Ivanov confirm goal of inking peace treaty this year
MIYAZAKI — Foreign Minister Yohei Kono and his Russian counterpart, Igor Ivanov, reconfirmed the two countries' commitment Wednesday to resolve their long-standing territorial row and strive to sign a peace treaty by year's end, a Foreign Ministry official said.
BUSINESS
Jul 12, 2000
Education key to closing IT gap: OECD
Developing countries should not use the digital divide as an excuse to relax efforts to catch up with the information technology revolution, according to a senior official of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
BUSINESS
Jul 8, 2000
Tokyo to push new WTO talks
Japan will push initiatives in the international community to realize the early launch of a round of trade liberalization talks under the World Trade Organization, Minister of International Trade and Industry Takeo Hiranuma said.
BUSINESS
Jul 1, 2000
12 nations ink bilateral deals at Sapporo U.N. talks
In a bid to facilitate foreign direct investment, 12 developing nations signed 22 bilateral investment pacts during a fortnight of negotiations that wrapped up Friday in Sapporo under the auspices of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
JAPAN / ELECTION 2000: VOX POPULI
Jun 24, 2000
Voters to blame for deadbeats, nepotism in Diet, says Totten
If citizens want a better Japan, they need to turn out for Sunday's election and vote against the old-school lawmakers and those who aim to inherit a parent's seat as if it were a birthright, according to American businessman Bill Totten.
JAPAN
Jun 19, 2000
Energy policy left to stagnate by 'ritual democracy': expert
The cure for a decade of economic stagnation may be the focal point of Sunday's general election, but Tetsunari Iida wants politicians to put energy and environment high on the political agenda as well.
BUSINESS
Jun 3, 2000
Alternatives to nuclear energy limited: OECD head
Japan must pursue a realistic approach toward nuclear power for the sake of energy security while simultaneously enhancing regulatory mechanisms to prevent accidents, according to a senior official of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
BUSINESS
Jun 1, 2000
Large stores must try to fit in despite deregulation
With the abolishment of the Large-Scale Retail Store Law as of Wednesday, large retailers will no longer have to worry about harmonizing their commercial interests with local smaller businesses when establishing or expanding an outlet.
BUSINESS
May 15, 2000
Manufacturers dying for new blood
Japan's manufacturers have a staunch ally in Tokai University Professor Hajime Karatsu.
BUSINESS
Mar 21, 2000
Power industry to get a jolt of competition
Competition emerging from ongoing market reforms ranging from the financial "Big Bang" to telecommunications deregulation is taking many of Japan's industrial dinosaurs to the verge of extinction.
BUSINESS
Mar 16, 2000
Hong Kong still 'gateway to China'
With its accelerating economic recovery and shift toward a balanced budget, Hong Kong will continue to be "the gateway to China" for businesses from Japan and around the world in the coming century, according to the principal representative at the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Feb 28, 2000
National oil development strategy questioned
Staff writer The expiration Monday of the 40-year-old drilling rights of Japan's Arabian Oil Co. to a Saudi Arabian oil field dealt another blow to Tokyo's long-term policy of expanding Japanese-explored oil sources as a precaution against emergencies like the 1970s oil crises. The expiration was a...
JAPAN
Feb 23, 2000
Talks on drilling rights go down to the wire
Staff writer If Arabian Oil Co.'s last-ditch negotiations with Saudi Arabia to renew its 40-year oil drilling rights fail, the pioneer Japanese driller will be hard hit, but officials don't fear a national crisis. With his firm's rights in the Khafji oil field in the former neutral zone between Saudi...
BUSINESS
Jan 4, 2000
ACCJ chief aims to fortify bilateral bridge
While major elections are likely to consume Tokyo and Washington in 2000, trade disputes are simmering beneath the relatively calm surface of Japan-U.S. economic relations.
Ishiba delays meeting with Trump, citing legal restrictions
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba waves upon arrival for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, in Callao, Peru, on Friday.
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.
Rising sex tourism exposes loopholes in Japan's anti-prostitution law
While financial misfortunes during the COVID-19 pandemic may have driven some women to work the streets, others simply want more money to spend — or want to pay off their debts — at host clubs.
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.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
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.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

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