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SOCCER / J. League
Jun 21, 2000

Troussier gets job security through 2002 World Cup

The Japan Football Association offered Japan manager Philippe Troussier a contract through the 2002 World Cup, JFA president Shunichiro Okano said after meeting with the Frenchman on Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Jun 21, 2000

Firms unite on trust bank

Daiwa Bank and Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co. announced Tuesday that they have set up a new trust bank specializing in the administration of pension funds and other assets.
BUSINESS
Jun 21, 2000

Sogo may sell prime Osaka store to rival

OSAKA -- Sogo Co., a financially strapped department store chain, is in talks with longtime rival Mitsukoshi Ltd. on selling its flagship store in a prime Osaka shopping district, sources close to the talks said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jun 21, 2000

Violence against JR staff most prevalent at Shinjuku

Of all the JR train stations in the Tokyo metropolitan area, Shinjuku Station is the most dangerous in terms of reported acts of violence against station employees.
BUSINESS
Jun 21, 2000

Economy progressing toward self-sustained growth: EPA

Economic Planning Agency on Tuesday upgraded its assessment of the economy for the second consecutive month and said it is gradually approaching a self-sustaining recovery.
BUSINESS
Jun 21, 2000

U.S. soft landing to keep dollar grounded

The dollar appears likely to remain locked within a narrow range between 105 yen and 108 yen for some time.
LIFE / Travel
Jun 21, 2000

Kumamoto: the fortified city

Like the good residents of Granada in southern Andalusia, notorious for their drastic mood swings, natives of Kumamoto have a reputation for being stubborn and sulky. These durable folk (Kumamoto has one of the country's largest contingents of centenarians) are also reputed to be both easy to anger and...
JAPAN
Jun 21, 2000

Keeping it in the Takeshita family

IZUMO, Shimane Pref. — The younger brother of the late Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita, the Liberal Democratic Party kingmaker, recently addressed a crowd of some 5,000 people, pledging to carry on his brother's wish to revitalize Japan's "furusato," or hometowns.
JAPAN
Jun 21, 2000

Toxic compound found in breast milk

OSAKA — High concentrations of a chemical compound widely used as a flame retardant have been detected in mother's milk and marine life in Japan, according to a study announced this week by Japanese researchers.
JAPAN
Jun 21, 2000

Socialists basing campaigns on upholding the Constitution

The Social Democratic Party is upholding its longtime defense of the Constitution, especially war-renouncing Article 9, in its campaign for the June 25 Lower House election, SDP Chairwoman Takako Doi said.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 21, 2000

Elvira no-hits Lions

Southpaw Narciso Elvira, formerly of the Milwaukee Brewers, tossed a no-hitter while fanning nine batters Tuesday as the Kintetsu Buffaloes blanked the Central League-leading Seibu Lions 4-0.
BUSINESS
Jun 21, 2000

Convenience store sales fell in May

Sales at convenience stores run by Japan's 12 major operators fell 1.6 percent in May from a year earlier to 537.02 billion yen for the second straight monthly decrease, the Japan Franchise Association said Tuesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 21, 2000

Back to what they do best

The World Bank employs many of the best and brightest development professionals. The International Monetary Fund attracts some of the ablest brains in the financial sector. Established at Bretton Woods in 1944, both have generally been blessed with exceptional chief executives. But now, wrestling with...
JAPAN
Jun 21, 2000

Yokoyama facing 18 months in prison for molesting woman

OSAKA — The Osaka District Public Prosecutor's Office on Tuesday demanded an 18-month prison term for former Osaka Gov. "Knock" Yokoyama, who was accused of molesting a 22-year-old female campaign worker during his re-election drive in April last year.
JAPAN
Jun 21, 2000

Novice Yuko Obuchi is Gunma's heir apparent

SHIBUKAWA, Gunma Pref. — Upon entering Yuko Obuchi's election headquarters here, one notices a poster of her beaming father, the late Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, hanging at the entrance.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / GETTING THINGS DONE
Jun 21, 2000

Forgetfulness

Does it happen to you? You are looking for something which you can't find, but what you do find are all sorts of things you have looked for previously but have not been able to locate. One "something" I found was about indiscreet remarks by politicians, many of whom are still making similar indiscreet...
BUSINESS
Jun 21, 2000

Fair Inc. licensed for Sendai-Osaka flight service

Fair Inc. obtained a license Tuesday from the Transport Ministry to launch its small-jet operation on Aug. 7 between Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture and Osaka's Kansai International Airport, the company said.
JAPAN
Jun 21, 2000

State to entomb Empress Dowager

The government said Tuesday it will spend public funds to pay for the funeral of the Empress Dowager and build a mausoleum for her, officials said.
BUSINESS
Jun 21, 2000

Foreign financial firms face closer monitoring

The Financial Supervisory Agency will increase the number of its inspection staff, particularly those examining foreign institutions operating in Japan, from next month, officials said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jun 21, 2000

Panel advocates two-week holidays

An advisory panel to the labor minister will propose the introduction of a two-week vacation system in a report to be presented in July, Labor Ministry sources said Tuesday.
LIFE / Digital / CYBERIA
Jun 21, 2000

Seeing red

Red has long been the color of choice for companies venturing into the digital domain; that's red as in ink, and that choice has been by necessity.
BUSINESS
Jun 21, 2000

Japan to join talks on U.S. steel limits

Japan intends to join upcoming talks between South Korea and the United States on Washington's restrictions on imports of steel pipe products, International Trade and Industry Minister Takashi Fukaya said Tuesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 21, 2000

Two Kims now face a win-win situation

SEOUL -- Both North Korea's Kim Jong Il, the younger host, and South Korean President Kim Dae Jung, his older guest, have come off last week's world-dazzling summit with a bounce. But can they keep the momentum going?
LIFE / Travel / NATURE TRAVEL
Jun 21, 2000

Hawaii's fire island a travel hot spot

All the Hawaiian islands are the peaks of submarine volcanoes. Only one island, however, is still volcanically active -- the aptly named Big Island, largest in the 2,400-km-long archipelago and unquestionably the wildest of them all.
ENVIRONMENT / WILD WATCH
Jun 21, 2000

The little known giants of the Kalahari

The fine red sand of the Kalahari, dampened by the early morning dew, reveals the tracks of nocturnal and early morning wanderers. The heat of the rising sun soon turns the sand powder dry and the tracks blow away on the slightest breeze, but for those who are out early there are strange stories to be...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Jun 21, 2000

The dying truth

In our marriage, my Japanese wife and I have met and resolved oodles of cultural issues, but one fairly thorny matter remains . . . how to face that ultimate marital crisis: death.
COMMENTARY
Jun 21, 2000

Korean summit puts hawks in their place

The historic reconciliation between North and South Korea is arguably the most exciting Asian development since the end of World War II. So why is the reaction from Tokyo and Washington so muted?
EDITORIALS
Jun 20, 2000

Age is not all that matters

With the volume favored by candidates' loudspeaker cars, it can be difficult to tell what issues they are addressing in the campaign leading up to Sunday's election for the House of Representatives. Both the ruling and opposition parties are engaging in the usual name-calling and sloganeering and not...
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.
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.
Why Japan is so dominant in street skateboarding
Yuto Horigome defended his Olympic title in men's street skateboarding on Monday to continue Japan's dominant run in the event.
BOJ’s sudden hawkishness attributed to yen defense
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda attends a news conference after the central bank's policy meeting, in Tokyo on Wednesday.
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.
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.
What’s in a handshake? In Olympic judo, quite a lot
Japan's Ryuju Nagayama (right) refuses to shake hands with Spain's Francisco Garrigos after a controversial decision in their under-60 kg quarterfinal bout at the Paris Olympics on Saturday.

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