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JAPAN
Aug 27, 2000

33% support organ donation

Nearly one-third of Japanese want to donate their organs in the event of brain death but only 4 percent constantly carry organ donor cards, the Prime Minister's Office said Saturday, citing a government poll.
JAPAN
Aug 27, 2000

Petroleum stockpile set to increase

The government will raise the country's petroleum stockpile to 345.95 million barrels from 314.5 million barrels for the first hike in 14 years, government officials said Saturday.
JAPAN
Aug 27, 2000

Endoscope users report problems

Nearly 75 percent of users of Toshiba Corp.'s electronic endoscope have experienced problems with the product, according to the results of a survey made available Saturday.
JAPAN
Aug 27, 2000

Political influence law may widen in scope

A proposed law prohibiting politicians from accepting money or goods in exchange for influencing government officials on behalf of private citizens or businesses will also be applied to Diet members' official secretaries and local assembly members, political sources said Saturday.
JAPAN
Aug 27, 2000

Women join the ranks of the nation's lost

With 92,000 yen in her pocket, the 52-year-old woman left her native city in northern Kanto for Tokyo on March 15, seeking a new job in the nation's capital after she was fired from a hotel where she had worked for 10 years.
JAPAN
Aug 27, 2000

Infants contract bacterial infection at Tokyo hospital

Seven infants being treated at the University of Tokyo Hospital have contracted an antibiotic-resistant bacteria, officials at the facility said Saturday.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Aug 27, 2000

Kinjo: Is he the Central League Ichiro?

Yokohama BayStars cleanup hitter Bobby Rose enjoyed a 10-point lead in this year's Central League batting title race on Friday, Aug. 18. He was ahead of the runnerup, Yomiuri Giants slugger Hideki Matsui, .345 to .335. But the next day, Rose found himself in second place, 39 points behind the new leader,...
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 27, 2000

BayStars' Rose, Ishii prove too much for Giants to handle

Bobby Rose went 3-for-4 and drove in five runs and Takuro Ishii had a four-hit night with two stolen bases Saturday as the Yokohama BayStars held off a late rally to overpower the Yomiuri Giants 12-9 at Yokohama Stadium. Rose hit an RBI double in a three-run first inning and connected for a two-run homer...
JAPAN
Aug 27, 2000

Foreigners receive haiku awards

A Chinese literary researcher is among the five recipients, all aged 70 or above, of the first international haiku awards, the vice chairman of the award selection committee said.
JAPAN
Aug 27, 2000

Cancer-causing chemicals found at Yokohama site

YOKOHAMA -- Just above the junction of the Tsurumi and Toriyama rivers lies a fenced-off area that looks like a simple abandoned lot.
JAPAN
Aug 27, 2000

Guerrillas blamed for morning attack

Police suspect guerrillas were behind a predawn explosion Saturday that damaged a car belonging to a Transport Ministry official.
SOCCER / J. League
Aug 27, 2000

West is best as Pixi shines

RIFU, Miyagi Pref. -- East is East but West was best on Saturday night as the J-West team beat the J-East squad 5-2 in the 2000 J. League Tarami All-Star Soccer match at Miyagi Stadium, one of the venues for the 2002 World Cup.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Aug 27, 2000

SHARE and help the world

SHARE is Japan's version of Medecins Sans Frontieres, a small nongovernment aid organization that sends volunteer doctors, nurses and health workers to assist in stricken areas abroad. It also helps those in need on the domestic front -- women involved in the sex industry and people who have overstayed...
JAPAN
Aug 27, 2000

Mejiro gets a long-overdue facelift

For the first time in 70 years, Mejiro Station is finally getting a facelift.
JAPAN
Aug 27, 2000

Dai-ichi Mutual, Yasuda Fire considering tieup

Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Co. and Yasuda Fire & Marine Insurance Co. plan to form a comprehensive tieup with a view to integrating their future operations, industrial sources said Saturday.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Aug 27, 2000

Yoko Ishii

LONDON -- "I am very proud that I really did find a wonderful job. I can travel the world with my scissors and comb, and wherever I go not only can I find work, but by making people beautiful I can also give them hopes and dreams," said Yoko Ishii.
JAPAN
Aug 27, 2000

Chopper failure sees test flights canceled

The Defense Agency has canceled test flights for its newly developed antisubmarine patrol helicopter SH60JKai after multiple cracks were found in its rotary wings, agency sources said Saturday.
COMMUNITY / How-tos
Aug 27, 2000

Home sweet home

WASHINGTON -- As a born-again nonsmoker (when I was three a great aunt tied a white ribbon around my wrist signifying a commitment never to smoke, a promise on my behalf that for years I chose not to honor), it is a joy to be in a country where smoking is all but prohibited. Here there are neither smoking...
CULTURE / Art
Aug 27, 2000

Dogs at Saatchi and Saatchi Gallery

The philosophy that primes Jun Fukukawa's work, a combination of painting and sculpture, is a blast from the recent past. Fukukawa is inspired by the writings of Carlos Castaneda, particularly the book "The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge" whose hallucinatory Indian mystical experiences...
CULTURE / Music
Aug 27, 2000

Maestro Comissiona bows to talent of Asian youth

When Sergiu Comissiona was invited to take over as conductor of the Asian Youth Orchestra in 1993, one of his first concerns was whether he could take the heat.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Aug 27, 2000

Visitors from the dark side of the Inland Sea

I'm dead. Not only that, but my spirit is now floating around the Seto Inland Sea. But before I explain to you how I died, I have to explain about Obon.
JAPAN
Aug 26, 2000

Students to be evacuated from rumbling Miyake

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government began preparations Friday to evacuate hundreds of students from Miyake Island and temporarily relocate them at facilities in Tokyo due to the continuing threat of eruptions from Mount Oyama and the health risks posed by ash from the volcano, officials said.
BUSINESS
Aug 26, 2000

Fiscal reconstruction 'up to politicians'

For anyone wondering when the Finance Ministry will start to put the nation's debt-ridden public finances in order, Vice Minister Toshiro Muto has the clear answer: Whenever the politicians are ready.
BUSINESS
Aug 26, 2000

NEC reorganizes group companies

NEC Corp. will transfer its business of office telephones and point-of-sale devices to affiliated Nitsuko Corp. next April as part of efforts to reorganize NEC group companies, top officials of the two firms announced on Friday.
JAPAN
Aug 26, 2000

MMC may face charges over defect coverup

The Transport Ministry is considering filing a criminal complaint against Mitsubishi Motors Corp. for violating the Road Vehicle Law by concealing information on defective vehicles, a Transport Minister Hajime Morita said Friday.
JAPAN
Aug 26, 2000

Youth restoring 'chindon-ya' name

"Chindon-ya," traditional street performers who promote shops, pachinko parlors and other local businesses, were once on the verge of extinction due to a lack of successors.
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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