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LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Aug 10, 2000

Spicing up life on the Shonan coast

This is hardly the most obvious name for an Indian restaurant. It started life some four years ago as a friendly little Bengal-accented cafe-restaurant in the back streets on the other side of the station, quickly making a name for itself as a reliable spot for authentic Indian cooking. Then three months...
EDITORIALS
Aug 9, 2000

Gore's surprising choice

Vice President Al Gore has made his first bold move in the race for the U.S. presidency. The selection of Sen. Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut as his running mate has won applause from both sides of the aisle. The senator is a thoughtful and serious politician, who is guided by a strong moral code. He...
JAPAN
Aug 9, 2000

Bridge and road projects put public firms deep in debt

The debts of two public corporations that operate major bridge and road systems are snowballing as traffic continues to fall far short of initial estimates, a government inspection report warned Tuesday.
JAPAN
Aug 9, 2000

Gangsters arrested over shoot-out at rightist group's office

Six gang members were arrested Tuesday for their suspected involvement in a shooting incident Monday at the office of a rightist group, in which two people were killed and five injured, police said.
BUSINESS
Aug 9, 2000

NTT East planning speedy DSL service

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corp. is planning to provide its integrated services digital network subscribers with a line that is more than 10 times faster than ISDN lines by the end of fiscal 2000, company sources said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Aug 9, 2000

TSE, Australian bourse sign collaboration pact

The Tokyo Stock Exchange on Tuesday signed a comprehensive collaboration agreement with the Australian Stock Exchange, exchange officials said.
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 9, 2000

Lions claw closer in PL

Tony Fernandez and Reggie Jefferson each connected for two-run homers to lift the Seibu Lions over the Pacific League-leading Daiei Hawks 6-2 at the Fukuoka Dome on Tuesday, narrowing Daiei's lead to 1 1/2 games.
JAPAN
Aug 9, 2000

Nakaumi land-reclamation project likely to be spiked

The Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry has informally decided to terminate a controversial national project to reclaim part of Lake Nakaumi in Shimane Prefecture, Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori effectively acknowledged Tuesday.
JAPAN
Aug 9, 2000

Survivors' memories published in English

Michiko Nakano set out with the ambition of publishing a collection of stories of her peers' experiences of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki in English, hoping to educate more of the world's people about the historic facts of the attack, which occurred exactly 55 years ago today.
BUSINESS
Aug 9, 2000

Outstanding bank loans drop 4.5%

The balance of outstanding loans at Japanese commercial banks dropped 4.5 percent in July from a year earlier to mark the 31st straight month of decline, the Bank of Japan said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Aug 9, 2000

Bank officials tried to put an end to World War II

A Swedish international financial official, who later became the third managing director of the International Monetary Fund, engaged in secret maneuvers to help end World War II from neutral Switzerland at the request of his Japanese colleagues, declassified documents from Princeton University show.
BUSINESS
Aug 9, 2000

Machine orders show resurgent 14.4% growth

Private-sector machinery orders -- considered a leading indicator of corporate capital investment six to nine months in the future -- grew a strong 14.4 percent from May, the highest since the 27.3 percent registered in October 1996, the Economic Planning Agency said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Aug 9, 2000

Downward push on yen likely to continue

Growing pessimism over the prospects for a Japanese economic recovery and fears of falling share prices sent the yen lower last month.
JAPAN
Aug 9, 2000

Insect in tomato juice prompts Kirin to recall cans

Kirin Beverage Corp. said Tuesday it is recalling about 610,000 cans of tomato juice after receiving a complaint that a fly was found in a can of tomato juice sold in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Aug 9, 2000

Eight ministers plan to visit Yasukuni Shrine

Eight members of Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori's Cabinet said Tuesday they will visit Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine to mourn Japan's war dead on the 55th anniversary of the country's surrender in World War II next Tuesday.
JAPAN
Aug 9, 2000

BOJ under pressure on zero interest rate

The Bank of Japan on Tuesday came under heavy political pressure to keep its "zero-interest-rate" policy during a meeting with the government's most influential politicians on economic matters.
COMMUNITY
Aug 9, 2000

Echoes of the past in an oasis of beauty

The Japanese lords of yesteryear certainly lived in grand style. Famous gardens in Japan are like very expensive works of art. Luckily the Ritsurin Garden in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, cannot be sold at Christie's.
LIFE / Digital / SURFERSPUD
Aug 9, 2000

Fried potatoes

world.std.com/~fwhite/spud/ Yes, there is actually a server out there powered by potatoes that really does work. Kind of. This address only takes you to a link to that server, which doesn't accept a whole lot of hits, and to an article explaining why the contraption was built.
BUSINESS
Aug 9, 2000

6.23 million people lost or quit jobs in '99

Some 6.23 million workers, or 15 percent of Japan's workforce, lost or quit their jobs in 1999, down 0.1 percentage points from the previous year, according to the results of a Labor Ministry survey released Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Aug 9, 2000

Construction firm Hazama seeks alliances to survive debts

Major construction firm Hazama Corp., in an attempt to convince major creditors to forgive some of its debts of 420 billion yen, is seeking tieups with other contractors, among them Niigata-based Fukuda Corp., industry sources said Tuesday.
COMMUNITY
Aug 9, 2000

A lifetime spent selling pearls to the stars

Today's pop quiz: What do Jodie Foster, Harrison Ford and Brooke Shields have in common? Hint: They are all happy customers of the Wally Yonamine Company. No, they did not purchase autographed baseballs (although Yonamine, former ace slugger for the Yomiuri Giants, is still known as "the Jackie Robinson...
JAPAN
Aug 9, 2000

Tokyo government to seize land for dump site

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has decided to break a 6-year-old impasse with environmentalists by expropriating two plots of land to expand a municipal landfill in the town of Hinode, western Tokyo, officials announced Tuesday.
LIFE / Travel
Aug 9, 2000

Kyoto welcomes back the dear departed

Bon, the Buddhist Festival of the Dead, is celebrated throughout Japan, but exact dates vary from region to region. Kyoto traditionally observes Bon Aug. 7-16, and, not surprisingly, given its more than 1,200 years of history and strong Buddhist traditions, the town has some unique ways of paying tribute...
JAPAN
Aug 9, 2000

Acquitted Nepal man to stay in jail

The Tokyo High Court has rejected a suit demanding it release a Nepalese man who was earlier acquitted by a lower court on murder and robbery charges, the man's lawyers said Tuesday.
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.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Capsule hotels were created as a way to deal with the amount of overwork employees tend to do in Japan. Can't commute home? Then spend the night in an tiny, affordable sleeping space.
Japan wakes up to the market for a proper sleep
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