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BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 7, 2000

Big boys come up big as Giants avoid sweep

Pinch-hitter Domingo Martinez and outfielder Hideki Matsui came up big Sunday as the Central League-leading Yomiuri Giants avoided their third straight defeat with a 4-1 win over the Yakult Swallows at Tokyo's Jingu Stadium.
COMMENTARY
Aug 7, 2000

Laissez faire destroys itself

The market economy is akin to nature. Government intervention in the market is comparable to the destruction of the natural environment and should be avoided. Nature untouched by the human hand is great. The fury of the elements dwarfs human power. Essentially, that is the opinion of free-market advocates,...
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 7, 2000

Muslims under fire in Russian Far East

PETROPAVLOSK-KAMCHATSKY, Russia -- When Usman Usmanov laid the cornerstone of the first mosque in the Russian Far East last summer, he was thrilled to see the start of a spiritual center for 30,000 Muslims in the Kamchatka region.
COMMENTARY
Aug 7, 2000

Updating the nuclear debate

LONDON -- Appearing before the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, Defense Secretary William Cohen has confirmed that he and his colleagues see the threat to the United States of long-range missile attack as growing. The intention to develop a national missile defense system against is therefore still...
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2000

Dioxin-ridden incinerator may be scrapped but local distrust smolders

NOSE, Osaka Pref. -- Despite the accord reached last month to settle the nation's worst dioxin pollution, which hit this rural town, deep-rooted distrust of local authorities lingers among town residents.
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2000

Marist headmaster inspired by nation's morals, quake ordeal

KOBE -- What is behind Japanese people's moral behavior remains a mystery to Brother George Fontana, although he has spent 11 years here as headmaster of Marist Brothers International School in Suma Ward.
BUSINESS
Aug 6, 2000

FTC probes Tepco over questionable practices

The Fair Trade Commission has questioned Tokyo Electric Power Co. officials over possible violation of the Antimonopoly Law in connection with an upcoming bid to select a power supplier for a government building, industry sources said Saturday.
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2000

Bill for SDF ship inspections slated for fall

The ruling tripartite coalition has agreed to submit a bill to the Diet in the fall that would allow the Self-Defense Forces to inspect ships when enforcing U.N. sanctions, government officials said.
BUSINESS
Aug 6, 2000

Seibu mulls business tieup with Sogo

Seibu Department Stores Ltd. is considering a wide-ranging business tieup with collapsed Sogo Co. in a move that could lead to a merger and herald an era of retail industry realignment, industry sources said Saturday.
EDITORIALS
Aug 6, 2000

Between a rock and a riptide

Where culture and technology are concerned, the news isn't just news any more; it's a chronicle of emblems. Barely a week passes without some fresh development highlighting the fact that everyday life is caught up in a riptide of change. Even those still standing timidly on the shore can see the way...
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2000

Law eyed on greenhouse gas target

The Environment Agency has decided to submit a bill on attaining Japan's reduction target for greenhouse gas emissions to the 150-day regular Diet session beginning in January 2002, agency sources said Saturday.
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2000

Court allowed defendant in Itoman scandal to travel

The Osaka District Court allowed a defendant in a scandal involving defunct trading house Itoman Corp. to travel abroad 29 times between December 1993 and his disappearance while on trial in October 1997, according to Supreme Court officials.
BUSINESS
Aug 6, 2000

Zero-rate policy set to stay: poll

Eight of nine Japanese research institutes and financial institutions surveyed do not think the Bank of Japan will end its "zero-interest-rate" policy this month.
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2000

British ex-POW takes redress crusade to Net

A former British prisoner of war campaigning for Japanese compensation is designing a Web site to document the torture and suffering British POWs endured at the hands of their captors during World War II.
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 6, 2000

Hawks slam door on Ham

Keizaburo Tanoue pitched 6 1/3 scoreless innings and three relievers held Nippon Ham scoreless the rest of the game on Saturday as the Pacific League-leading Daiei Hawks shut out the Fighters 2-0 at Fukushima Stadium for their fifth straight win.
COMMUNITY
Aug 6, 2000

Founder of ballooning in Japan plans pioneering flight

A licensed hot air balloon pilot herself, Ichiyoshi Sabu's wife knows about fear. After her husband came close to losing his life trying to fly over Mount Everest, she put her foot down. No more daredevil stunts, she declared; you've a family to think of. This explains why he will be ground master of...
COMMUNITY
Aug 6, 2000

Pundits ponder whether Japanese have sense of humor

The question of whether Japanese really have no funny bone was tackled by pundits at a recent gathering at Kansai University.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Aug 6, 2000

Yankees Day at Tokyo Dome on Sept. 3

The Nippon Ham Fighters have announced their annual Yankees Day promotion will be held on Sunday, Sept. 3, when the team will play host to the Chiba Lotte Marines in a Pacific League game to begin at 1:30 p.m. at the Tokyo Dome. AIWA Co., Ltd., will sponsor the event and, as usual, the Nippon Ham club...
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 6, 2000

It's Delhi's move in Kashmir

India recently celebrated the first anniversary of victory over Pakistan-backed incursion into the Kargil sector of Kashmir. Some victory: The two had faced off in the most dangerous nuclear confrontation since the Cuban missile crisis of 1962. They have gone to full-scale war three times already and...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Aug 6, 2000

William Currie

At the end of last year, to say goodbye to 1999 and welcome in 2000, The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan held "a sing-along session of songs from the good old days." Playing the piano and leading the songs was William Currie. The Press Club billed him as "the renowned singing father from Sophia...
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 6, 2000

Journalistic cleansing at the Boston Globe

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COMMENTARY / World
Aug 6, 2000

A step forward in Asian cooperation

SEOUL -- Asia is gradually moving toward a security framework dramatically different from that in Europe, consisting of processes rather than institutions between and among nation-states -- many of which have outstanding political, ideological or territorial conflicts. And in Asia, unlike the case in...
CULTURE / Music
Aug 6, 2000

Fuji Rock fest hits its stride

After only four years, it might seem premature to subtitle the Fuji Rock Festival a "summer classic," but the event's institutional status was boosted this year by the fact that it was held at the same location as it was the year before. The Naeba Ski Resort was never the organizers' first choice --...
CULTURE / Art
Aug 6, 2000

Urawa Art Museum picks art to make book on

Urawa Art Museum, which opened in April as the second public museum in Saitama Prefecture, is currently exhibiting 220 books created by 20th-century Western artists.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Aug 6, 2000

Breaking down the Japanese inferiority myth

Do Japanese people have an inferiority complex? Japanese people often tell me they feel inferior to foreigners. You've probably heard Japanese people say some of following yourself:
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.
Why do young people in Hungary want kids more than in Japan?
Hungary, which has increased its birth rate since 2010, has adopted policies that support those who want or have children, including financial incentives, housing subsidies and better work-life balance.
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.
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.
7-Eleven's curry bread certified by Guinness World Records
Seven Eleven officials receives a Guinness World Records' certificate for its product as the most sold freshly made curry bread in volume in 2023 during a ceremony in Saitama Prefecture on Thursday.
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.

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