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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
May 18, 2000

Polio vaccine suspected in death of girl aged 3

A 3-year-old girl died April 27 of fulminant encephalitis and a 1-year-old boy is suffering slight paralysis in his right leg after both were vaccinated for polio at a Fukuoka Prefecture hospital, according to prefectural officials. Prefectural authorities are investigating the possibility that the vaccine...
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.
JAPAN
May 17, 2000

Sherpas say G8 agenda to include IT, arms control

The Group of Eight major nations will establish a coordination mechanism on information technology when their leaders gather for the July 21-23 summit in Okinawa Prefecture, G8 officials said Tuesday. The eight nations also intend to highlight conflict prevention based on an initiative to be hammered...
JAPAN
May 17, 2000

Extorters face trial as adults

Prosecutors on Tuesday turned over to a family court two 16-year-old Nagoya boys accused of playing key roles in allegedly extorting 54 million yen from a 15-year-old boy, attaching a rare opinion that the accused deserve to be tried in a criminal court rather than in a family court. The Juvenile Law...
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.
JAPAN
May 17, 2000

Pond's floating solar panel charges up enthusiasts

Power to the ponds. Authorities in Kagawa, a prefecture known for its abundance of ponds, are dreaming of literally empowering the many bodies of water in the prefecture by using them to generate electricity. The idea, the brainchild of Kagawa solar power enthusiasts, has turned into an experiment where...
JAPAN
May 17, 2000

Two girls arrested for confining and mutilating woman

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COMMENTARY / World
May 17, 2000

Pakistan peace initiative just a first step

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JAPAN
May 17, 2000

Amuro sings to fete Oahu's Okinawa ties

Japanese pop singer Namie Amuro, who hails from Okinawa, held a concert Sunday in Honolulu to commemorate the centenary of the start of emigration from Okinawa to Hawaii. Amuro, 22, sang a number of songs, including her hit "Can You Celebrate?" at the outdoor stadium Waikiki Shell, which was packed with...
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.
JAPAN
May 17, 2000

Police, killing suspect retrace steps

A 17-year-old suspected of fatally stabbing a woman in Toyokawa, Aichi Prefecture, accompanied police in retracing the route by which he is thought to have fled the murder scene. The youth, a third-year student at a private high school in the prefecture, is suspected of killing Kiyo Tsutsui, 64, at her...
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.
JAPAN
May 17, 2000

Mount Usu evacuees allowed brief home visits

Residents of the Lake Toya hot springs resort area, access to which has been prohibited since eruptions began on Mount Usu on March 31, were briefly allowed to return home Tuesday for the first time in more than six weeks. The spa area in the town of Abuta is located close to the craters created in the...
BUSINESS
May 17, 2000

Budding recovery prompts fiscal focus shift

The economy is moving upward slowly, fueling debate about the need to put the nation's financial house in order. The question is how soon efforts should be stepped up to put both the central and local governments on a sounder fiscal footing.
BUSINESS
May 17, 2000

Sweep kicks up suspicious trading sites

The Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission is examining 25 Japanese-language Web sites for fraudulent activity related to securities transactions, commission officials said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
May 17, 2000

Trade paper urges wider scope

Japan must adopt a multilayered approach to its trade policy to cope with the ever-accelerating globalization of world economies through greater regional integration, according to the 2000 White Paper on International Trade released Tuesday.
BUSINESS
May 17, 2000

Stores' sales fall 0.6% in April

Sales at department stores in Tokyo's 23 wards totaled 172.6 billion yen in April, down 0.6 percent from a year earlier, for the second straight month of decline, the Japan Department Stores Association said in a preliminary report Tuesday.
BUSINESS
May 17, 2000

Nisso chief captured in waste export case

Police Tuesday interrogated the president of Nisso Ltd., an industrial-waste disposal company in Oyama, Tochigi Prefecture, in connection with the firm's illegal export of toxic waste to the Philippines last year. Police said Hiromi Ito, 50, was arrested Monday night in Niigata and taken to the Oyama...
CULTURE / Music
May 17, 2000

Korean musicians plan presummit Tokyo concert

South Korean violinist Jung Chan Woo and North Korean conductor Kim Hong Je, both renowned musicians residing in Japan, will give a Tokyo concert in June ahead of the summit between the leaders of North and South Korea, according to the event's organizers.
LIFE / Digital / SURFERSPUD
May 17, 2000

Flurry of fast food

www.mcspotlight.orgThe first revolution the world eagerly followed the Americans into after World War II went largely unnoticed as a revolution. But perhaps even more than the Internet, fast food has allowed hundreds of millions of people to drastically alter their lifestyles. Now when we discuss the...

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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