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BUSINESS
May 18, 2000

Intel joins Mitsubishi on cell phones

U.S. microchip maker Intel Corp. and Mitsubishi Electric Corp. said Wednesday they have agreed to jointly develop a chip set for next-generation cellular telephones that can tap into the Internet.
BUSINESS
May 18, 2000

Toyota's profits, sales up in '99

Toyota Motor Corp. on Wednesday reported the first increases in two years in both pretax profits and sales on a consolidated basis for fiscal 1999, which ended March 31.
BUSINESS
May 18, 2000

Profit, not size, best for banks: LTCB head

Banks must increase profitability -- rather than merely their size -- in order to survive, the chairman and chief executive officer of the newly-privatized Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan said Wednesday.
JAPAN
May 18, 2000

Religious groups condemn Mori's 'divine nation' remark

Religious groups in Japan on Wednesday blasted Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori's remark that people should recognize Japan as a divine nation with the Emperor at its core.
BASEBALL / MLB
May 18, 2000

Kudo sharp for Giants in win over Carp

Toshihisa Nishi and Akira Eto homered, and Kimiyasu Kudo pitched seven strong innings Tuesday to power the Yomiuri Giants to a 5-1 victory over the Hiroshima Carp.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
May 18, 2000

You too could be the target market of a new drug

Every time I visit the United States, I am increasingly alarmed at the number of TV commercials for prescription drugs, which is something I never saw when I was a child. As a matter of fact, between 1994 and 1998, drug manufacturers increased their spending on direct-to-consumer advertising in the U.S....
BUSINESS
May 18, 2000

Europeans showing concern about ill euro

In an apparent departure from a policy of benign neglect, European monetary authorities have openly begun expressing concern about the ailing euro.
JAPAN
May 17, 2000

Half of top Japan taxpayers earned income from stocks

More than half of Japan's top 100 taxpayers last year earned income from stock transactions, with many making windfall profits from the listing of companies in which they have an interest, the National Tax Administration said Tuesday.
JAPAN
May 17, 2000

4,500 mourn at Obuchi's private funeral

Some 4,500 mourners paid their respects Tuesday at a private funeral for former Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, who died Sunday at a Tokyo hospital six weeks after he suffered a stroke and fell into a coma.
JAPAN
May 17, 2000

Stalking bill passed by Upper House

A panel of the House of Councilors approved Thursday a bill to combat stalking, paving the way for its enactment later this week.
JAPAN
May 17, 2000

Miyazawa cannot recall 3 million yen Nakamura admits getting as payoff

Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa said Tuesday that he has no recollection of handing a paper bag containing 3 million yen to Kishiro Nakamura, a politician who was convicted of accepting bribes, in 1991 to buy his support to raise antitrust fines.
BASEBALL / MLB
May 17, 2000

Salaries in Japanese baseball on the rise

The average yearly salary for Japanese pro baseball players has reached an all-time high this season, according to the results of a survey released Monday by Yakult Swallows catcher Atsuya Furuta, the head of the players' association.
COMMENTARY / World
May 17, 2000

Pakistan peace initiative just a first step

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COMMUNITY
May 17, 2000

A city of two tales

BEIJING Close to sunset, the Chinese national flag above Peach Garden School cast a long shadow on the muddy ground. Thirteen-year-old Li Jianrou, the daughter of migrant workers from Hebei, still lingered with friends in their ramshackle classroom. A peek into her home, just a minute away, soon reveals...
JAPAN
May 17, 2000

Mori's 'divine nation' remark spurs outrage

Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori on Tuesday moved to contain potential political damage after saying Monday that Japan is a "divine nation centering on the Emperor," a sentiment some compared to the nationalist fervor stoked before and during World War II.
LIFE / Digital
May 17, 2000

Webby winners for 2000

SFMOMA Webby Prizefor Excellence in Online Art Entropy8Zuper (www.entropy8zuper.org)
JAPAN
May 17, 2000

Summit expected to disrupt tourist industry

Hoteliers in Okinawa seem to have a common message to guests invited to the Group of Eight Summit in Okinawa in July: We will be happy to have you here, but we wish you would come in winter.
BUSINESS
May 17, 2000

IT-friendly business environment urged by APEC

The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum must prepare a business environment that will foster e-commerce in the region, according to participants in the two-day APEC/E-Commerce Convention that ended Tuesday in Tokyo.
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
Ishiba keeps low profile as he makes diplomatic debut
Ishiba addresses the ASEAN-Japan Summit meeting in Laos on Thursday.
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?

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

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
By Alex K.T. Martin

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