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JAPAN
May 26, 2000

EPA in hot water for fudging GDP

The Economic Planning Agency said Thursday it will likely slice its gross domestic product data for the October-December quarter of 1999 to around minus 1.6 percent from a preliminary figure of minus 1.4 percent.
BUSINESS
May 26, 2000

Introduction of hydrogen filling stations to get fast start

The launch date for hydrogen filling stations has been bumped up to accelerate the development of pollution-free vehicles that will run on the gas, officials of a semigovernmental body said Thursday.
BUSINESS
May 26, 2000

Domestic auto output rose 11.1% in April

Domestic production of cars, trucks and buses in Japan increased 11.1 percent in April from a year earlier for the third consecutive monthly gain, the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association said Thursday.
JAPAN
May 26, 2000

Taiwan demands apology, redress for war sex-slaves

A group of Taiwan legislators made a request Thursday to their Japanese counterparts that Japan pass an opposition-proposed bill that would offer apologies and redress to former sex slaves of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.
JAPAN
May 26, 2000

Chinese spy ship traverses Tsugaru Strait

A Chinese Navy surveillance ship passed through the Tsugaru Strait in northern Japan this week, according to Japan Coast Guard officials.
BUSINESS
May 26, 2000

KDD pushes net balance into black for '99

KDD Corp. said Thursday that its consolidated net balance returned to the black in fiscal 1999, due to brisk earnings from domestic phone services and a number of one-off factors, including mammoth gains from securities sales.
BUSINESS
May 26, 2000

TSE aiming to be Asia's top bourse

The new president of the Tokyo Stock Exchange said Thursday he will push to make the Tokyo stock market one of the core markets in the world, ahead of other Asia exchanges.
BUSINESS
May 26, 2000

Osaka approves bank tax but decision rests with Ota

OSAKA -- The Osaka Prefectural Assembly's General Affairs Committee gave its approval Thursday to a controversial bill to impose a 3 percent tax on the gross profits of large banks operating in the prefecture.
JAPAN
May 26, 2000

Billions in aid eyed for foreign students

HISANE MASAKI Staff writer The government and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party are considering creating a multibillion yen fund using low-interest yen loans to provide financial aid to foreign students in Japan, according to government and LDP sources.
JAPAN
May 26, 2000

Hughes cancels NASDA rocket deal

Hughes Space and Communications International, Inc. of the United States has notified the National Space Development Agency that it will cancel its contract to launch satellites aboard NASDA's next-generation H-IIA rocket, it was learned Thursday.
BUSINESS
May 26, 2000

Japan-U.S. talks to address pension premium collection

Japan and the United States have agreed to open formal negotiations on concluding a long-awaited social welfare pact aimed at preventing double collection of public pension premiums from their citizens, government sources said Thursday.
SOCCER / J. League
May 26, 2000

Radchenko chips Jubilo to victory

IWATA, Shizuoka Pref. -- Dmitry Radchenko's first-half goal gave Jubilo a 1-0 win over Vissel Kobe at Jubilo Iwata Stadium on Wednesday night and helped Iwata move into third place in the J. League Division One table.
COMMENTARY / World
May 26, 2000

From Asian style to global style

"If mankind eradicates the habitat of the giant panda, then the panda ceases to exist in the wild. The IMF package is a mandate to eradicate the existing habitat of Asia's corporates." -- Russel Napier, a strategist at Credit Lyonnais Securities Asia
CULTURE / Music / PLAY BUTTON
May 26, 2000

Indie supergroup likes it fun, dumb -- and loud

Walk into any "live house" in Tokyo, and unless you are still hitting your college textbooks or just exiting puberty, you are apt to be the oldest person there.
BUSINESS
May 26, 2000

Kawasaki ups profits; other steelmakers suffer

Kawasaki Steel Corp. returned to profitability, while four other major steel makers suffered another disappointing year, according to fiscal 1999 earnings reports released Thursday.
COMMENTARY
May 26, 2000

No time for anachronisms

Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori's controversial remark that Japan is "a divine nation centering on the Emperor" reminded me of a group of people I saw at Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine, which is dedicated to Japan's war dead. As a veteran who survived the battle of Iwo Jima, I occasionally visit the shrine with...
BASEBALL / MLB
May 26, 2000

BayStars finally end Giants' jinx

Satoru Komiyama tossed a six-hit shutout for Yokohama on Wednesday at the Fukuoka Dome, lifting the BayStars over the Yomiuri Giants 1-0 for their first win against Yomiuri this season in eight tries. Komiyama struck out eight and walked none for his fourth win. Lefty Darrell May also fanned eight and...
EDITORIALS
May 25, 2000

At long last, silence in Aceh

After nearly a quarter of a century of fighting, the Indonesian government and rebels in the province of Aceh have taken a first, albeit shaky, step toward a peaceful solution to their conflict. Earlier this month, the two sides signed a ceasefire agreement that opens the way for dialogue and negotiations...
SUMO
May 25, 2000

Miyabiyama officially promoted

Sekiwake Miyabiyama was officially promoted to sumo's second highest rank of ozeki Wednesday after posting a solid 11-4 record at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament.
COMMUNITY
May 25, 2000

More and more men are getting left on the shelf

"When I come home from work in the evening, my room is dark, and in winter it's cold. At these times I always wish I had a wife waiting for me, with a hot meal," says Yoshiharu Mitamura (not his real name), a 36-year-old photographer.
BUSINESS
May 25, 2000

Bills passed for spinoff firms, upholding of labor accords

The Diet on Wednesday enacted revisions to the Commercial Code aimed at facilitating corporate spinoffs as well as a law to protect workers and detailing the succession of labor contracts at the time of a spinoff.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
May 25, 2000

You say Fusaichi, I say Fusaichi

Whenever a Japanese name enters the sporting world's lexicon, all sorts of problems arise. Take the Nagano Olympics for example. Is it pronounced NA-ga-no or Na-GA-no? The foreign media wrestled with this question for two straight weeks during the winter of 1998. The confusion trickled down to the masses...
BUSINESS
May 25, 2000

Hazama to seek debt forgiveness

Midsize general contractor Hazama Corp. plans to ask its major creditor banks to forgive some 110 billion yen in loans, industry sources said Wednesday.
Nihon Hidankyo awarded Nobel Peace Prize for efforts to achieve nuclear-free world
Toshiyuki Mimaki, the co-chair of Nihon Hidankyo, speaks at an event held in November at United Nations headquarters in New York on the sidelines of the second meeting of state parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
Ban on dual nationality is constitutional, Fukuoka High Court rules
Yuri Kondo (center), who filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Japan's ban on dual nationality, speaks at a news conference in the city of Fukuoka in December 2023.
17-year-old girl found dead in Osaka hotel room was strangled
A security camera footage shows a 17-year-old girl and a man entering a hotel in the city of Osaka on Saturday. She was found dead in the hotel room several hours later.
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.
Long-time 'Doraemon' voice actor Nobuyo Oyama dies at 90
Nobuyo Oyama
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.
The forgotten Japanese naturalist who created a U.S. national park
Without Japanese outdoorsman George Masa, America might not have the Great Smoky Mountains National Park — so why do so many people in Japan not know he existed?

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