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Sep 8, 2000

'Squadzilla' squashes Japan

OMIYA, Saitama Pref. -- The United States men's Olympic team put a wrap on its brief Japan tour Wednesday night by scoring a decisive 105-49 victory over the host nation in the final game of the Super Dream Games 2000 tournament at the new Saitama Super Arena.
JAPAN
Sep 8, 2000

LDP approves 17 billion yen loan to China

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Thursday approved a 17.2 billion yen special loan package for China despite Japanese protests over recent Chinese naval activities near Japanese waters, LDP officials said.
EDITORIALS
Sep 7, 2000

The price of failure

Nippon Credit Bank, which came under state control in December 1998, was sold last Friday to a consortium led by Internet investor Softbank Corp. The contract includes a controversial clause that says the buyer (the Softbank group) can request the seller (the government) to buy back troubled NCB loans...
BUSINESS
Sep 7, 2000

Index remains above boom-bust threshold

Japan's index of coincident economic indicators came to a preliminary 85.7 percent in July, the 15th straight month it has remained above the boom-or-bust threshold of 50 percent, the Economic Planning Agency announced Wednesday.
JAPAN
Sep 7, 2000

Jobless grads opt for civil service sector

The National Personnel Authority said Wednesday a record 49.2 percent of candidates who passed the "category 2" senior civil service exam for fiscal 2000 are jobless graduates.
BUSINESS
Sep 7, 2000

Net data center outsourcing could ease growth headaches

Fast-growing Internet companies have to frequently upgrade and expand computer servers and related facilities to remain competitive.
BUSINESS
Sep 7, 2000

Symantec, DoCoMo discuss virus measures for i-mode

Antivirus software maker Symantec Japan Inc., the Japan unit of Symantec Corp. of the United States, is in talks with NTT DoCoMo Inc. on supplying the mobile phone services provider with software to protect its i-mode Internet phones, Symantec officials said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Sep 7, 2000

Miyake gets power back after 21 hours

Power was restored to most areas of Miyake Island on Wednesday after the essential personnel who remain on the volcanic island went 21 hours without electricity, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government said.
BUSINESS
Sep 7, 2000

Keidanren, Nikkeiren set merger date

Japan's two major business organizations -- the Japan Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren) and the Japan Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren) -- will merge by May 2002, Nikkeiren Chairman Hiroshi Okuda said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Sep 7, 2000

Fujitsu wins order to link Singapore, Jakarta and Sydney

Fujitsu Ltd. said Wednesday it has received an order from Nava Networks Ltd., a U.S. fiber-optic network company, to build an undersea fiber-optic cable network between Singapore, Jakarta and Sydney.
JAPAN
Sep 7, 2000

Two new typhoons form off Okinotori, China

Typhoon Bopha, the 15th of the season, was forming Wednesday morning in the Western Pacific, while Typhoon Wukong, the 16th, was developing over the South China Sea, the Meteorological Agency said.
BUSINESS
Sep 7, 2000

Firms follow Matsushita on recycling charges

Toshiba Corp., Hitachi Ltd. and Mitsubishi Electric Corp. said Wednesday they will follow the example set by Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. in determining charges for recycling of home appliances.
JAPAN
Sep 7, 2000

Limits sought for waste-water chemicals

Limits should be placed on the amount of nitrogen and phosphorous in waste water that pours into Tokyo and Osaka bays as well as the Inland Sea, according to a report released Wednesday by an Environment Agency advisory committee on water quality.
BUSINESS
Sep 7, 2000

Pacific Century takes 55% stake in Jaleco

Pacific Century CyberWorks, a major Hong Kong Internet company, said Wednesday it acquired a controlling stake of 55 percent in Japanese game-software developer Jaleco after the firm issued new shares via third-party allocation.
JAPAN
Sep 7, 2000

School libraries short 66 million books

Libraries at the nation's elementary schools and junior high schools are a combined 65.79 million books short of government standards for class sizes, the Education Ministry said.
JAPAN
Sep 7, 2000

Japan, Iran to agree on investment talks

Japan and Iran will agree this autumn to open negotiations on concluding an investment protection pact to encourage private-sector Japanese investment in the Persian Gulf nation, government sources said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Sep 7, 2000

FRC to approve first Internet bank

The government's Financial Reconstruction Commission will provisionally approve today a plan by a consortium led by Sakura Bank to form an Internet bank, making it the first to be granted a license to offer Web-based banking services, FRC officials said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Sep 7, 2000

Snow Brand to resume sales of milk products

Snow Brand Milk Products Co. said Wednesday it will resume sales of low-fat and calcium-enriched milk made at its Osaka plant, the source of a recent food-poisoning scandal.
BUSINESS
Sep 7, 2000

Economic, corporate earnings support yen

The yen is supported by favorable economic and corporate earnings prospects.
JAPAN
Sep 7, 2000

Fivefold vote-value disparity tolerable: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court ruled for a second time Wednesday that a nearly 5-1 disparity in the value of votes from different prefectures is constitutional -- despite the fact that the Constitution mandates equality among voters.
BUSINESS
Sep 7, 2000

Toshiba transforms for IT revolution

Back in the 1960s, a TV set, a refrigerator and a washing machine symbolized affluence for Japanese households. They were dubbed the "three sacred treasures" -- an analogy to the sword, mirror and sacred bead treasured by the Imperial Household.
SOCCER / J. League
Sep 7, 2000

Manager quits after Frontale reaches Nabisco Cup semifinals

Frontale Kawasaki manager Toshiaki Imai announced his resignation Wednesday despite Frontale's 2-0 win over Verdy Kawasaki in the second leg of the Nabisco Cup quarterfinals at Kawasaki's Todoroki Stadium.
JAPAN
Sep 7, 2000

Yaohan chief extracts success from failure

OSAKA -- It is considered difficult and extremely unusual in Japan for those who have failed once in businesses to have a chance to succeed again.
JAPAN
Sep 7, 2000

Buddhist icon left 3 billion yen estate

Nikkyo Niwano, cofounder of Rissho Koseikai, Japan's second-largest lay Buddhist organization, left a taxable estate worth 2.954 billion yen following his death last year, it was learned Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Sep 7, 2000

DaimlerChrysler seeks bigger MMC stake

DaimlerChrysler AG is likely to increase its proposed stake in Mitsubishi Motors Corp. to between 36 percent and 38 percent from the originally planned 34 percent, sources close to negotiations between the German-U.S. auto giant and the scandal-hit Japanese automaker said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Sep 7, 2000

Sumitomo sells coal mine concession

Sumitomo Corp. said Wednesday wholly owned Australian subsidiary Sumisho Coal Development Pty. Ltd. has agreed in principle to sell 100 percent of its coal mining concession to two corporations based in Australia.
JAPAN
Sep 7, 2000

Detention OK'd for Yamamoto

The Tokyo District Court on Wednesday approved a prosecutors' request to detain House of Representatives member Joji Yamamoto and his secretary for 10 days until Sept. 15.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Sep 7, 2000

Dream Team foes face mission impossible

I left Team USA's practice on Tuesday with one lingering thought: poor Angola. At the time, I didn't even know exactly where Angola was (it turns out it's just north of Namibia along the Rio Cunene, if that helps any). But here's what I already knew about the country: It has a basketball team that's...
Japanese stocks fall almost 6% just days after shock rate rise
The Nikkei 225 fell more than 2,000 points on Friday, capping a volatile week in the financial markets.
An ideal AC temperature for sleep? Science says yes ... and no.
Temperatures are soaring across Japan, making getting to sleep at night a constant battle between your body and the right setting for your air conditioner to help you nod off.
IOC addresses boxing controversy at Paris Olympics
Algeria's Imane Khelif walks to the ring for her bout against Italy's Angela Carini during the Paris Olympics on Thursday.
Social media trolls beware: Olympic athletes have had enough
Members of the Romanian Olympic women's gymnastics team check their smartphones during a training session early last month.
Government reveals 25 offshore active faults on country's Sea of Japan side
Road signs are tilted over a road damaged by the New Year's Day earthquake in Nishiaraya, Ishikawa Prefecture. A new report, part of a long-term assessment, was swiftly drawn up in response to the 7.6-magnitude quake that struck the Noto Peninsula area, so that coastal municipalities can improve their disaster reduction measures.
Summer sumo tour may be tough for wrestlers, but it's a boon for fans
An event that was part of a regional sumo tour in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, in April 2019.
Koshien at 100: 'Sacred' dirt, the Hanshin Tigers and a storied high school tourney
The front facade at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture. The stadium, widely regarded as the spiritual home of Japanese baseball, turns 100 on Thursday.
Japan experienced its hottest July on record
People cross a street in Tokyo's Harajuku district on Wednesday. In July, the deviation from the average temperature between 1991 and 2020 — a period when warming was already well underway — was 2.16 degrees Celsius.
How Japan's gymnasts picked each other up and toppled China
Teammates swarm Daiki Hashimoto after his gold medal-clinching performance on the horizontal bar on Monday.
A President Harris might be decidedly Trumpy in approach to Asia trade
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris might maintain some of the economic policies of former President Donald Trump.

Podcast

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

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The students at Mitaka Municipal No. 7 Junior High School have access to various cooling devices for when they play sports.
Japan's extreme heat is causing a rethink of school sports
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