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JAPAN
Mar 30, 2000

Cult lawyer gets 12 years for sarin attack

A former Aum Shinrikyo lawyer was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Wednesday for attempting to kill attorney Taro Takimoto with sarin gas in May 1994.
JAPAN
Mar 30, 2000

2.1 million people studying Japanese overseas, up 60% from '93

The number of people studying Japanese overseas reached 2.1 million in 1998, up 30 percent from five years earlier, according to a Japan Foundation survey announced Wednesday.
LIFE / Style & Design
Mar 30, 2000

Natural beauty care is more than just sweetness and light

Continuing in our sweets-for-the-sweet mood, try the following honey and sugar baths and full-body treatments for a wakeup call to body and spirit. All of these treatments are simple, inexpensive and amazingly effective. They are also delicious. Happy sweet spring!
LIFE / Style & Design
Mar 30, 2000

The fun of slipsliding away

You persevered. You sweated, ignominiously landed on your backside and ignored the relentless pounding of fall after fall so that you could master the art of snow boarding. But now that you feel as cool on the slopes as you thought you looked when you first zipped up your baggy shell pants, you are helplessly...
JAPAN
Mar 30, 2000

FSA eyes insurance-for-murder scams

The Financial Supervisory Agency plans to conduct an investigation into the sales activities of life insurers to forestall a recurrence of a series of insurance-for-murder cases, FSA officials said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Mar 30, 2000

Dawn of fiscal year turning financial heads

The focus of stock trading has switched to deliveries for the coming month, and inves- tors are turning their attention to what the next fiscal year may have in store.
JAPAN / Media
Mar 30, 2000

Medium is the message, no matter the language

The government's recent proposal to make English Japan's official second language has generally been met with approval. The proposal takes on quixotic overtones, however, when you consider the fact that almost no one in the government itself can actually speak English.
EDITORIALS
Mar 29, 2000

The man in the mirror

To no one's surprise, Mr. Vladimir Putin won Russia's presidential election Sunday. Although the acting president did top the 50 percent level, which allowed him to escape a runoff ballot, the narrowness of his margin was an eye-opener. The much-anticipated landslide never materialized, the Communist...
SOCCER / J. League
Mar 29, 2000

Troussier lashes out at lack of cooperation by JFA

A day before the Japan Olympic team's friendly against New Zealand, Japan manager Philippe Troussier expressed his frustration with the Japan Football Association for its lack of cooperation in setting his preparation schedule with the Olympic team.
JAPAN
Mar 29, 2000

Obuchi aims to maintain coalition

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi on Tuesday morning expressed his intention to maintain the current framework of the tripartite coalition and realize policy goals set by the three ruling parties.
JAPAN
Mar 29, 2000

Firms diversify to tap nursing care system

As the government is preparing to introduce a new insurance system to deal with Japan's rapidly aging population, major companies are gearing up to partake in the potentially lucrative market of caring for the elderly.
JAPAN
Mar 29, 2000

Expo pavilion to be made of paper

The Japan Pavilion to be built for Expo 2000 in Hanover, Germany, will be one of the world's largest structures made out of paper, according to the Japan External Trade Organization.
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 29, 2000

Giants show major league class with 9-5 victory over N.Y. Mets

Yoshinobu Takahashi and Domingo Martinez both connected for two-run homers Tuesday as the Yomiuri Giants cruised to a 9-5 victory over the New York Mets for their second straight win against their major league counterparts.
BUSINESS
Mar 29, 2000

MMC eyes DaimlerChrysler

A day after announcing a capital tieup between DaimlerChrysler AG and Mitsubishi Motors Corp., MMC President Katsuhiko Kawasoe indicated Tuesday that the Japanese automaker may obtain a stake in the German-American firm in the future.
LIFE / Digital / CYBERIA
Mar 29, 2000

Get Shorty

For many of us living in Japan, the Academy Awards ceremony serves as a reminder of where we are in the bigger scheme of things: behind the curve. We often haven't seen many of the nominated or winning films, some won't be here for another year, and others might not come at all. This is a distribution...
JAPAN
Mar 29, 2000

Former Yamaichi president given 2 1/2-year prison term

Two former top executives of the defunct Yamaichi Securities Co. were given prison terms, one suspended, by the Tokyo District Court on Tuesday for conspiring to conceal more than 200 billion yen in losses from shareholders between fiscal 1995 and 1997.
JAPAN
Mar 29, 2000

Japan to unveil new exchange-student goal to G8

The government plans to unveil a plan to double the number of foreign students in Japan from the current 56,000 by 2010 during the upcoming meeting of Group of Eight education ministers in Tokyo and Okinawa, the Education Ministry said.
BUSINESS
Mar 29, 2000

Keidanren wants private sector in postal services

The Japan Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren) proposed Tuesday that private entities be allowed to get involved in state-run postal services early in order to accelerate the system's streamlining.
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 29, 2000

Cubs rally past Lions 6-5 in final tuneup

TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. -- Sammy Sosa couldn't provide any ninth-inning heroics for the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday. Lucky for them, Mark Grace and Damon Buford could.
BUSINESS
Mar 29, 2000

DoCoMo ordered to pay 11 billion yen for tax dodge

Tax authorities have said NTT Mobile Communications Network Inc. (NTT DoCoMo) and its group failed to properly declare a 26 billion yen-plus taxable investment in equipment for its personal handy-phone system over a one-year period beginning in April 1998, NTT DoCoMo announced Tuesday.
ENVIRONMENT
Mar 29, 2000

Today amphibians, tomorrow maybe us?

Part 3 of a series
JAPAN
Mar 29, 2000

Science agency takes away JCO's license

The Science and Technology Agency formally notified JCO Co. on Tuesday that it will revoke the firm's business license because it is responsible for causing Japan's worst nuclear accident at its uranium-processing plant in Tokai, Ibaraki Prefecture.
BUSINESS
Mar 29, 2000

Toyota Tsusho to bail out Tomen

Toyota Tsusho Corp., a Nagoya-based trading firm, will inject 7.5 billion yen into troubled rival Tomen Corp. and form a business tieup, top executives of the two firms announced on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Mar 29, 2000

Prefectures to examine incinerator waste water

The Environment Agency on Tuesday sent off a letter asking prefectures to check waste water from incinerators similar to the one in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, that has been found to be spewing record levels of dioxin into a local river.
JAPAN
Mar 29, 2000

Aum knew routes used to transport nuclear fuel

One of the computer software companies affiliated with Aum Shinrikyo has been found to have kept a file showing routes for nuclear fuel being transported around Japan, police sources said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Mar 29, 2000

Companies link to sell steel over Net

Nissho Iwai Corp. said Tuesday it will join two other Japanese trading houses in forming a joint venture to run an electronic marketplace for steel products on the Internet.
COMMENTARY
Mar 29, 2000

Cut red tape to boost business

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North-South Korea Olympic podium selfie goes viral
Medalists in the mixed doubles Olympic table tennis competition take a selfie on the podium on Tuesday in Paris.
Bank of Japan delivers one-two punch few were expecting
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda speaks during a news conference at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Harley-Davidson's Japan unit raided after quotas force dealers into hardship
Harley-Davidson motorcycles on display in Tokyo. Japan's antitrust watchdog has raided the manufacturer's Japan unit for allegedly imposing excessive sales quotas on its dealers.
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.
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.
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.
For aging Japan, a troubling link between heat and dementia
The latest research indicates that heat stress is likely to worsen the condition of people with Alzheimer’s disease — which accounts for over half of all dementia cases in Japan — by making them more irritated or exacerbating their cognitive decline.

Podcast

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

Longform

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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