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JAPAN
Aug 13, 2000

Ping-pong parlors are bouncing back

Frustrated groans and whoops of excitement echo around the ninth floor of a Shibuya game center. Surprisingly, there's not a video or arcade game in sight.
JAPAN
Aug 13, 2000

Izu islands brace for mudslides as typhoon nears

Typhoon Ewiniar began dumping rain Saturday afternoon on the quake-hit Izu island chain in the Pacific Ocean south of Tokyo, the Meteorological Agency said.
BUSINESS
Aug 13, 2000

Woman finds dead lizard in Calbee potato chips

Calbee Foods Co. started recalling 62,000 bags of potato chips and suspended operations at its affiliate's factory Saturday after a customer reported finding a dead lizard in the company's product, the major confectionery maker said.
JAPAN
Aug 13, 2000

Students to participate in social service activities

The Education Ministry plans to initiate a nationwide pilot program from fiscal 2001 in which schoolchildren will participate in short-term volunteer activities, ministry sources said Saturday.
JAPAN
Aug 13, 2000

Takadanobaba: A lot of history and a bit of romance

Waseda Dori near JR Takadanobaba Station is dotted with budget restaurants, bars, book shops and travel agencies, all ready to cater to Waseda University students.
COMMUNITY
Aug 13, 2000

Women! Enhance your lifestyles with Webgrrls

Talking with American Khristine (Khris) Schaffner lowered the heat in Tokyo's Nishi-Shinjuku by several degrees. She has that kind of tall, willowy, pale blonde beauty that acts as a psychological cooler even if she is talking 10 to the dozen and making a complete fool of herself over a Starbucks chocolate...
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 13, 2000

Beijing boils over Chen's U.S. stopover

China doesn't like it that the United States has given Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian a visa for a stopover in Los Angeles today on his way to the Caribbean.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 13, 2000

Rash media prolonging hostage crises

HONG KONG -- Recent hostage crises in Fiji and Sulu have been made more protracted by unprincipled journalism.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Aug 13, 2000

David A. Quarmby

LONDON -- People generally agree that the weather is not a selling point for tourism in Britain. Sport is. The summer calendar here highlights the dates of Ascot racing, Wimbledon tennis, cricket at Lord's, golf, rowing, athletics. These popular events draw crowds of supporters growing ever more enthusiastic...
CULTURE / Art
Aug 13, 2000

Getting interconnected at Kim's

Interconnectivity is a technology buzzword, but Kim Gordon -- rock star of Sonic Youth fame, originator of the X Girl label, and now artist and curator of "Kim's Bedroom," currently at Parco Gallery -- has presented it as the locus of her first curatorial foray. Gordon has assembled an eclectic group...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Aug 13, 2000

Seven key ways to enjoy the rest of your days

I've finally figured out why Japanese people don't take more vacations -- they don't want to. Work is comfortable and safe for them. Vacations offer too much adventure. Japanese people try to avoid using the "f" word: Fun.
CULTURE / Stage
Aug 13, 2000

A Dance of hope: Rediscovering the artistry and power of Choi Seung-Hee

On March 20, 1926, a 14-year-old Korean girl was in Seoul, watching a performance of the internationally renowned dancer Baku Ishii and his troupe.
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 13, 2000

Nishiguchi helps Lions to narrow win over Lotte

Ace hurler Fumiya Nishiguchi allowed one run on five hits over 8 2/3 innings and picked up his ninth win as the Seibu Lions edged the Lotte Marines 2-1 at the Seibu Dome on Saturday.
JAPAN
Aug 13, 2000

Subway platform gates sought by the visually impaired

A group of visually impaired people will launch a petition drive calling on the Tokyo Metropolitan Government to install protective gates on platforms of the newly opened Oedo subway line to help prevent accidents.
CULTURE / Music
Aug 13, 2000

Asahina still tall on the podium at 92

Osaka Philharmonie Kokyo Gakudan
JAPAN
Aug 12, 2000

Base cuts beyond SACO sought

ITAMI, Osaka Pref. -- In order for the U.S. and Japan to maintain friendly relations, America must reduce its military presence on Okinawa, which is little more than a colonial outpost controlled by the U.S. military, said leading Okinawa politician Tokushin Yamauchi during a recent symposium.
BUSINESS
Aug 12, 2000

Japan, Singapore to begin formal free-trade talks soon

In a significant departure from its traditional trade policy, Japan will open formal negotiations with Singapore by the end of this year on concluding a free-trade agreement between the two Asian countries, according to government sources.
JAPAN
Aug 12, 2000

Police think they've caught i-mode's e-mail prankster

Police believe they have tracked down the prankster responsible for sending e-mail to subscribers of NTT DoCoMo's i-mode mobile phone service that causes the phones to automatically dial the police, investigative sources said Thursday.
JAPAN
Aug 12, 2000

Not our fault: health ministry

The Health and Welfare Ministry on Friday denied responsibility for the widespread use of imported dura mater -- it estimates 200,000 transplants of the human tissue have taken place nationwide -- which has been linked to the contraction of the deadly Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
JAPAN
Aug 12, 2000

Cases of child abuse rising

Police dealt with 94 child abuse cases nationwide during the first half of this year, 33 more than in the corresponding period of last year, the National Police Agency said Friday.
JAPAN
Aug 12, 2000

Ex-Zero pilot tells Japan to avoid all war

A former Zero fighter pilot who shot down more than 60 Allied planes during World War II has called on Japan not to forget the horror of war and to make sure that it never becomes involved in a military conflict again.
EDITORIALS
Aug 12, 2000

Preparing to welcome foreign students

Japan could soon see the long-expected increase in the number of foreign students attending its universities and specialized schools that the government has been promoting with only limited success. In a marked departure for this country's official development assistance policy, a new program scheduled...
BUSINESS
Aug 12, 2000

Number of new condos for sale in Tokyo rises 17.9%

The number of new condominiums put on sale in metropolitan Tokyo rose 17.9 percent in July from a year earlier to 9,081, a private research institute said Friday.
JAPAN
Aug 12, 2000

Entry for Japanese tougher at Portland, Oregon airport

OSAKA -- Japanese travelers to the United States appear to have become targeted by U.S. immigration officials at an Oregon airport amid a crackdown on illegal immigrants from Asia, according to recent press reports from Oregon.
JAPAN
Aug 12, 2000

Young journalists cover Republican National Convention

PHILADELPHIA -- Mika Maeda, a 16-year-old high school student from Kanagawa Prefecture, made her journalistic debut last week here at the Republican National Convention.
JAPAN
Aug 12, 2000

Glico weathers extortion demand

OSAKA -- Major confectioner and food manufacturer Ezaki Glico Co. received threats in late June that its products would be poisoned if a 50 million yen ransom was not paid, it was learned Friday.
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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