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BASEBALL / MLB
Dec 28, 2000

Buffs give Nakamura hefty raise

The Kintetsu Buffaloes signed infielder Norihiro Nakamura to a one-year contract carrying a 300 million yen annual salary and a performance-hinged bonus of up to 50 million yen Wednesday, making him the highest-paid player in the Pacific League.
BUSINESS
Dec 28, 2000

Kumagai debt waiver OK'd

After months of negotiations, the 15 creditor banks of ailing general contractor Kumagai Gumi Co. have basically agreed to a debt-waiver package that would relieve the firm of a loan burden totaling 450 billion yen, sources close to the talks said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Dec 28, 2000

Tax office hits Seiko Epson for concealing 4.2 billion yen

Electronics maker Seiko Epson Corp. failed to declare 4.2 billion yen in income over five business years through March 1999, including 400 million yen in concealed revenues, sources said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Dec 28, 2000

Online brokerage sure of success despite late entry

Tokyo-Mitsubishi TD Waterhouse Securities Co. was late to establish its online discount brokerage operations in Japan. When the joint venture between Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi and discount brokerage TD Waterhouse Group of the United States began accepting accounts in July, several major players had already...
BUSINESS
Dec 28, 2000

Industrial output declines 0.8%; ministry unfazed

Industrial output in November declined 0.8 percent from the previous month, reversing an uptrend logged in October, according to a preliminary report released Wednesday by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry.
MULTIMEDIA / SPORTS SCOPE
Dec 28, 2000

Japan Sports Awards 2000

Driver of The Year: Daisuke Matsuzaka.
COMMUNITY
Dec 28, 2000

Rescue center flies in the face of despair

Passersby are sure to do a double take when they see the wooden building on the corner of the busy intersection in Kawasaki, 15 minutes walk from Musashi Nakahara Station.
LIFE / Food & Drink / NIHONSHU
Dec 28, 2000

May you all live long and prosper -- kanpai!

Happy Holidays to all Japan Times readers.
COMMENTARY
Dec 28, 2000

The fight for liberty continues

WASHINGTON -- We are entering a new year, the true third millenium. Unfortunately, the prospects for liberty do not burn bright. Human history is largely one of tyranny. The history of the last couple thousand years has been largely one of combatting tyranny.
JAPAN
Dec 28, 2000

NTT East allows newcomer to lease fiber-optic network

The Nippon Telegraph and Telephone group has signed its first deal allowing a competing telecommunications firm to lease its fiber-optic networks, officials of the Posts and Telecommunications Ministry said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Dec 28, 2000

Nurses get suspended sentences in Hiroo malpractice case

The Tokyo District Court sentenced two Tokyo municipal hospital nurses Wednesday to suspended prison terms for their role in the death of a female patient who was accidentally given an intravenous dose of disinfectant in February 1999.
JAPAN
Dec 28, 2000

$1.36 million pledged to Eritrean refugees

Japan has pledged $1.36 million in emergency grants to support Eritreans who have suffered as a result of their country's two-year conflict with Ethiopia over a border dispute, the Foreign Ministry said.
BUSINESS
Dec 28, 2000

Monex to absorb Saison Securities

Online brokerage Monex Inc. said Wednesday it plans to absorb Saison Securities Co. of the Seibu Saison retail group next year to become Japan's No. 3 online brokerage service provider in terms of number of accounts managed.
LIFE / Food & Drink / WINE WAYS
Dec 28, 2000

Terrific turkey dish fit for a robust red

Season's greetings as the Year of the Snake, 2001, prepares to slither in. By this time of year, some of us have eaten so much turkey in so many guises that we'd gladly throttle the next bird we see and pray for a fowl-free New Year. Banish the thought! Before you curse the very mention of roast fowl,...
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 28, 2000

Protecting Japan's right to freedom of navigation

HONOLULU -- Japan's economic security depends on safe and secure passage of its oil imports and trade through the Malacca/Singapore Straits and the South China Sea. Yet a recent upsurge in piracy, "creeping" jurisdiction and possible conflict between rival claimants in the Spratly Islands threaten these...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Dec 28, 2000

Down's diagnoses defied

Hope was not in the prognosis that doctors gave to Chie Myo, after examining her first son, Shunsuke, at the age of 3 months. They diagnosed the baby as having been born with Mongolism, a derogatory term previously used for Down syndrome, and predicted that he would not live long, saying a mere cold...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Dec 28, 2000

Looking back at the future

In honor of that particularly Japanese custom of creating instant tradition ("Since 1999"), this last column of the year peers forward by looking back. Here are just three of the many new places we have visited and enjoyed during the past 12 months but never got around to writing up.
EDITORIALS
Dec 27, 2000

Learning the wrong lessons

Japan's basic law on education, enacted after the end of World War II to replace the Imperial Rescript, should be reviewed -- that is a key recommendation from Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori's advisory panel. The final report, released last week, calls for a set of reforms. The report is in marked contrast...
JAPAN
Dec 27, 2000

Education panel hits individuality, stresses Japanese-language focus

An Education Ministry advisory panel is calling for increased Japanese-language study and reading opportunities for children, saying a good command of the language provides a solid platform for education and cultural literacy.
JAPAN
Dec 27, 2000

Evacuees face New Year gloom

The dawn of the 21st century will be little cause for celebration for some 3,800 evacuees from Miyake Island.
BUSINESS
Dec 27, 2000

TTNet accelerates rate cut for city calling

Tokyo Telecommunication Network Co. (TTNet) said Tuesday it will reduce its city call rates in the Tokyo area next month, four months ahead of schedule.
BUSINESS
Dec 27, 2000

Tech firms plan Bluetooth venture

Toshiba Corp., Taiyo Yuden Co. and IBM Japan Ltd. said Tuesday they will form a joint venture that will authorize the use of a trademark for the new Bluetooth wireless technology.
BUSINESS
Dec 27, 2000

Computer demand up 4% for fiscal 2001

Domestic shipments of computers and computer peripherals are projected to total 6.852 trillion yen in fiscal 2001, up 4 percent from the 6.606 trillion yen projected for the current fiscal year ending March 31, 2001, an industry group said Tuesday.
General election campaigning to kick off Tuesday
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (center right) makes a speech Sunday in Soka, Saitama Prefecture, along with Komeito leader Keiichi Ishii (center left).
Israeli envoy criticizes Japanese atomic survivor's Gaza comparison
The co-chair of the Nihon Hidankyo atomic bomb survivors' group, Toshiyuki Mimaki, who lived through the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, attends an online news conference from the city on Saturday.
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.
China’s ‘new great wall’ casts a shadow on Nepal
A Nepali paramilitary police force office in the village Hilsa, Nepal, on Oct. 12, 2023
Aging A-bomb survivors face challenges in passing on their stories
Toshiyuki Mimaki, the co-chair of Nihon Hidankyo, offers flowers Sunday at the cenotaph for those who died in and after the atomic bombing in the city of Hiroshima.
Amid skepticism, CDP faces once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in Oct. 27 polls
Constitutional Democratic Party (CDP) leader Yoshihiko Noda speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Thursday.
Where does Shigeru Ishiba stand on the climate issue?
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba chairs an Asia Zero Emission Community meeting in Vientiane, Laos, on Friday.
Tokyo’s Indonesians get through life abroad with a couple of laughs
Performers at Stand Up Indonesia Tokyo shows crack plenty of jokes, but the main purpose behind the group, organizers say, is to provide a space where Indonesian expats can express themselves about any struggles they may have about living abroad.
As Japan shuns stiff drinks, cider aims for a bigger share of the market
Cider in Japan doesn't have as long a history as other alcoholic beverages, but with consumer preferences shifting, it might be just the easy sip for drinkers sick of stiff tipples.
Kyoto partners with e-gift service company to let tourists Donate & Go
The city of Kyoto boasts historic artifacts and cityscapes that millions are willing to travel thousands of kilometers to see, but such treasures are not cheap to maintain, prompting the city to ask foreign tourists for a helping hand.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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