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JAPAN
Aug 31, 2000

Pupils evacuated from Miyake settle in at west Tokyo school

Schoolchildren evacuated from Miyake Island arrived Wednesday afternoon at a school in western Tokyo that will be their temporary home shortly after an evacuation order was issued for all parts of the volcanic island.
BUSINESS
Aug 31, 2000

Osaka chamber to open B2B market

OSAKA -- The Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Wednesday announced that it will set up an electronic commerce market on the Internet for small businesses in October, in cooperation with other regional chambers of commerce and industry.
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 31, 2000

Drags lefty Yamamoto clamps down on Carp

Chunichi lefty Masahiro Yamamoto tossed a six-hit shutout against the Carp on Wednesday, leading the Central League's second-place Dragons to a 4-0 victory at Hiroshima Stadium.
JAPAN
Aug 31, 2000

Lake reclamation scheme canceled

MATSUE, Shimane Pref. -- Following the ruling coalition's termination of a 37-year-old controversial project to reclaim part of Lake Nakaumi and create 1,470 hectares of farmland, local municipalities are scrambling for new central government spending to make up for the aborted project.
BUSINESS
Aug 31, 2000

15 trillion yen set aside for weak banks

The Financial Reconstruction Commission plans to set aside as much as 15 trillion yen in government credit guarantees as a banking safety net following the planned introduction of deposit refund caps, FRC officials said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Aug 31, 2000

Tokyu to close two more hotels

Tokyu Hotel Chain Co. will close two of its hotels, in Nagasaki and Naha, on Nov. 30 as part of restructuring efforts, company officials announced Wednesday.
JAPAN
Aug 31, 2000

Justice Ministry set to review penal code

The Justice Ministry plans a major review of Japan's century-old penal system in a bid to bring prison terms and the punishment for commercial crimes more in line with current judicial values.
BUSINESS
Aug 31, 2000

Tsutaya eyes ads on cellphone Web sites

A graphic small enough to be hidden under your thumb is expected to bring in millions of yen in revenues for Japan's biggest rental video chain, Tsutaya.
JAPAN
Aug 31, 2000

10 trillion yen extra budget urged

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party's top policymaker on Wednesday urged the government to draw up a supplementary budget of more than 10 trillion yen to spur economic growth.
BUSINESS
Aug 31, 2000

Dollar fall probably correction, not trend

The dollar has failed to climb past the psychological resistance level of 110 yen and is now hovering around 106 yen.
EDITORIALS
Aug 31, 2000

More than a private matter

Not for the first time, members of the Japanese public seem to be proving the experts wrong by their behavior. It is no longer merely a provocative social phenomenon, however, when the means by which they choose to do so is suicide. According to a new report from the National Police Agency, 33,048 Japanese...
BUSINESS
Aug 31, 2000

Sony to invest 100 billion yen in plant

Sony Corp. will invest roughly 100 billion yen to build a new manufacturing plant in Kumamoto Prefecture to meet strong demand for electronic devices, the company announced on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Aug 31, 2000

Managers wise to be disabled-friendly: speaker

Managers who recruit disabled people and work to accommodate them not only tap an underused well of talent but simultaneously create an environment that will ease the transition of able-bodied workers should they fall victim to repetitive stress injuries or other perils of the modern office.
OLYMPICS
Aug 31, 2000

Osaka bid's next test in May

Osaka's hosting of the East Asian Games next May will be a key test in its uphill battle to win the right to stage the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, Japan Olympic Committee chairman Yushiro Yagi said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Aug 31, 2000

Defendants divided over hospital death

A former hospital director and a metropolitan government official on Wednesday denied charges of professional negligence resulting in a female patient's death in February 1999, but two other defendants, both nurses, pleaded guilty in the first hearing of their trial at the Tokyo District Court.
COMMUNITY
Aug 31, 2000

Nipponmaru autumn events to be held in Yokohama

Many events are scheduled at Nipponmaru Memorial Park and the Yokohama Maritime Museum near Sakuragicho Station this fall. All 29 sails of the sailing ship Nipponmaru will be hoisted on Sept. 3 and 23, Oct. 8 and 29; the ship will be decorated with signal flags Sept. 15 and Oct. 9.
BUSINESS
Aug 31, 2000

Shinsei Bank plans to waive 15 billion yen loans to Hazama

Shinsei Bank will waive 15.3 billion yen of its 43 billion yen in outstanding loans to ailing construction firm Hazama Corp. and then sell the remainder to the debt-ridden company's two main banks, sources close to the negotiations said Wednesday.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Aug 31, 2000

Kudos to the Kinki kids

Since Hideo Nomo's spectacular rookie season in 1995, a number of Japanese pitchers have proven capable of competing at the major league level. Lately, it's the lesser lights from the Land of the Rising Sun who have been shining bright.
BUSINESS
Aug 31, 2000

Nissan releases first model under restructuring plan

Nissan Motor Co. President Carlos Ghosn leans against the automaker's new Bluebird Sylphy sedan at the car's press preview Wednesday in Tokyo. Nissan Motor Co. launched its new Bluebird Sylphy compact sedan Wednesday as the first of a series of models the struggling automaker plans to introduce during...
BUSINESS
Aug 31, 2000

Japan aims to pass U.S. in IT in five years

Japanese business leaders and Cabinet members agreed Wednesday to map out a national strategy by the end of the year to promote information technology, setting a goal of outrunning the United States as a "super-express IT power" in five years.
ENVIRONMENT
Aug 31, 2000

Working together for the future

It's always your choice to live for today -- Raising your voice for all life to remain
COMMENTARY
Aug 31, 2000

When silence is truly golden

LONDON -- Leading Japanese industrialists with big investments in Britain -- especially in the automobile industry -- have launched a chorus of complaints in recent weeks.
JAPAN
Aug 31, 2000

Extremist murdered in knife attack

A 48-year-old leftist extremist was stabbed to death by a group of knife-wielding men wearing masks Wednesday morning in front of JR Uguisudani Station in Tokyo's Taito Ward, apparently the victim of an internal dispute within an ultraleftist group, police said.
CULTURE / Art
Aug 31, 2000

Covering the fine arts: Frank Stella speaks

Frank Stella As part of the celebration of the art collection at the U.S. ambassador's residence, Ambassador Foley invited celebrated artist Frank Stella to take part in the reception and media tour. The day after the media tour, The Japan Times interviewed Stella at the residence. Following are excerpts...
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 31, 2000

Russia lies between Korea and the world

SEOUL -- The demilitarized zone that stretches between North and South Korea separates one of the world's most heavily fortified borders, bristling with artillery, tanks and troops.
CULTURE / Art
Aug 31, 2000

Art and history intersect in U.S. ambassador's residence

Most of us only dream of being able to pick out our favorite pieces of art from museums to display in our homes.
JAPAN
Aug 31, 2000

Yoshino dam project may yet proceed; foes irked

OSAKA -- Opponents to the controversial Yoshino River dam project in Tokushima are dissatisfied with a ruling coalition proposal made earlier this week that the 100 billion yen project be returned to the drawing board.
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.
Nobel Prize is a warning to a world on the nuclear brink
The remains of the Prefectural Industry Promotion Building after the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima in September 1945.
Dodgers drop Padres in historic Japanese pitchers' duel to advance in MLB playoffs
Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto pumps his fist during the fourth inning of Friday's series-clinching win over the Padres at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.
Danish-style 'schools for life' gaining popularity in Japan
People engage in discussions during a program of School for Life Compath in Biei, Hokkaido, in August 2021.
Japan to ‘seriously consider’ U.N. nuke ban treaty observer status, Ishiba says
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a debate with other political party leaders at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Saturday.
Nihon Hidankyo members hope surprise Nobel win cements nuclear taboo
Toshiko Hamanaka (left), the assistant secretary-general of Nihon Hidankyo, and the organization's co-chair, Terumi Tanaka, during a news conference in Tokyo on Saturday, the day after the group was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Bank of Japan vows better messaging to avoid more market turmoil
The Bank of Japan's surprise rate increase on July 31 led to Japanese stocks plummeting into bear-market territory, with the benchmark 225-issue Nikkei average falling 12.4% on Aug. 5 alone.
Peter Barakan’s Live Magic! takes its final bow
Annual festival Peter Barakan’s Live Magic! was born a decade ago when Barakan (left) decided to create a platform to share his love of roots music, which he attributes to growing up in 1960s England.
Spate of sumo tour dropouts highlights need to rethink wrestlers' health
Shonannoumi hits the dirt at the hands of Kotozakura during a bout in Tokyo in May. Shonannoumi is among the many top wrestlers who have dropped out of this month's regional tour due to injury.
Japan pushes fossil fuel tech in Asia carbon neutrality initiative
Coal-fired power plants in Bataan, the Philippines, in June 2023. A third of the 158 agreements signed under the Japan-led Asia Zero Emission Community are linked to fossil fuel technologies, a recent study by a climate research group has found.

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