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BUSINESS
May 25, 2000

Any recovery of the euro will be limited

There are two main reasons for the current weakness of the euro. One is the interest rate differential between the dollar and the euro, a gap that was temporarily contracting but is now widening again based on the extraordinary strength of the U.S. economy.
BUSINESS
May 25, 2000

Three shipbuilding firms in talks on 350 billion yen alliance

is planning comprehensive talks with Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. and Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co. on a major shipbuilding tieup, industry sources said Wednesday. The alliance, which would have some 350 billion yen in combined sales, would be Japan's largest shipbuilding union, outperforming...
BUSINESS
May 25, 2000

Bank deposit, insurance policy safety nets enacted

The Diet passed a bill Wednesday to create a new mechanism to safeguard deposits in the event of bank failures after the current blanket deposit protection system is lifted in April 2002.
JAPAN
May 25, 2000

Locals face eviction from dump site

A garbage-disposal association filed a request with Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara on Wednesday calling for the city to order residents of Hinodemachi, western Tokyo, to vacate land allocated to expand a garbage dump.
JAPAN
May 25, 2000

NPA official held for allegedly buying drugs on Net

OSAKA -- Health and Welfare Ministry narcotics agents have arrested a technical official with the National Police Agency on suspicion of buying amphetamines via the Internet, an Osaka office of the ministry said Wednesday.
LIFE / Food & Drink / WINE WAYS
May 25, 2000

Winding down the vine along Austria's Danube

Can't you just see yourself, on a ship cruising the Danube from one charming Austrian wine town to another, sipping their world-class wines while wondering how you ever got so lucky? This is a possible dream, the more so because the Danube and many wine towns it connects -- Krems, Spitz, etc. -- are...
BUSINESS
May 25, 2000

ISP subscribers soar 44.6% in '99

The number of subscribers to Internet service providers in Japan soared 44.6 percent from a year earlier to 16.88 million as of March 31, a private research institute said Wednesday.
COMMENTARY / World
May 25, 2000

Japan's national security policy ignores public sentiment

The impression that one gets when looking at the evolution of Japan's security policy in recent years is that the Japanese public has consented to steps taken by Tokyo. After all, that is the fundamental expectation that democracies nurture. Following this reasoning, Tokyo should be developing a security...
LIFE / Food & Drink / NIHONSHU
May 25, 2000

Strong traditions flow through Iwate sake

Talk about a late bloomer. From its location in the northeastern corner of Honshu, Iwate Prefecture exerts a tremendous influence on the sake world. Yet, sake was not even produced there on any real scale until well after 1678, long after Nada, Itami and Kyoto were well into their sake-brewing heyday....
CULTURE / Art
May 25, 2000

Draw the bow, ride and speak the truth

You could argue that in this age, we look to movies to preserve our traditions. But it begs the chicken and egg question: Where does the filmmaker go to authenticate the details?
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
May 25, 2000

On a culinary cruise in Akasaka

We have numerous restaurants which bear the name of their chefs, owners or svengalis. But Denis Allemand is perhaps the first to proudly boast the name of the man responsible for its interior design -- whose main work in Japan up to now has been producing deli-diners in airport departure lobbies for...
COMMENTARY
May 25, 2000

One currency, 11 masters

LONDON -- Many commentators seem genuinely surprised at the miserable performance of the euro. How, they ask, can it be that the new currency for most of Western Europe, which was billed to be the rival of the dollar and the world's alternative reserve currency, is now trading against the dollar at 25...
EDITORIALS
May 24, 2000

Caught in a legal nightmare

The belief that the law should be applied fairly to all, regardless of nationality, received a setback last week from Japan's judiciary. That is the reaction of people of good will to the rejection by the Tokyo High Court of the appeal filed over its earlier decision to allow continued police detention...
JAPAN
May 24, 2000

Constitution divisive: survey

Politicians are split almost evenly on revising the Constitution, according to a survey on six controversial issues that was released Tuesday.
JAPAN
May 24, 2000

Bill OK'd to limit high-interest lenders

A plenary session of the Lower House on Tuesday approved a bill to regulate money-lending businesses being run by so-called daily usurers.
JAPAN
May 24, 2000

Opposition plans no-confidence motion

Four opposition parties agreed Tuesday to form a united front and submit a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori's Cabinet in the near future.
JAPAN
May 24, 2000

Dead boy's parents' campaign ends in conviction of trucker

A trucker was convicted Tuesday of killing an 8-year-old boy in a 1997 traffic accident and handed a suspended sentence in a case that prosecutors initially dropped for "a lack of witnesses" and later reopened under public pressure.
JAPAN
May 24, 2000

Home care givers face dwindling wages

When the new state-run nursing-care insurance system was launched in April, many of its planners predicted it would lead to better working conditions and salaries for home helpers.
JAPAN
May 24, 2000

Modern society, sexual equality partners: Norway ombudsman

A Norwegian ombudsman on gender equality says utilizing the power of women is "the key to the development of a modern society."
BUSINESS
May 24, 2000

Yen hamstrung by fund flows out of stocks

After briefly testing the 110 yen level earlier this month, the dollar has given up much of its recent gains and is now hovering around 107 yen.
BUSINESS
May 24, 2000

Four banks returned to profitability in 1999

Four major banks that released their fiscal 1999 earning reports Tuesday returned to the black after at least a year of losses.
COMMUNITY
May 24, 2000

Plutocrat's quiet country place preserved

Tonogayato Garden is located in Kokubunji, about 25 km from Tokyo Station. The garden is now owned by the Tokyo Metropolitan Parks Department but was originally owned by the Iwasaki family, of Mitsubishi fame.
LIFE / Digital / CYBERIA
May 24, 2000

Shopping with the herd

We track the tickers of global auctions. We flock to comparative shopping sites seeking the deal of the century. We sign up for sweepstakes galore and even occasionally invite vendors into our in-boxes to inform us of their latest discounts.
BUSINESS
May 24, 2000

Commission favors tax based on size

The Tax Commission on Tuesday effectively selected a size-based local business tax system to be introduced nationwide. The commission is an advisory panel to the prime minister.
JAPAN
May 24, 2000

Video violence begets real thing

When a 14-year-old Kobe boy shocked the nation three years ago by killing an elementary school boy and placing his severed head in front of a school gate, Masatoshi Taguchi said he was afraid similar crimes would follow.
BUSINESS
May 24, 2000

Think tanks favor Japan-South Korea free-trade bloc

State-run institutions from Japan and South Korea said Tuesday they favor forming a comprehensive mutual free-trade agreement aimed at improving competitiveness and market access.
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.
Grilled eel leaves one dead and 140 sick in Japan
President Shinji Kaneko (left) and other executives of Keikyu Department Store bow in apology during a news conference in Yokohama on Monday.
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.
When did summer in Japan stop being fun?
Summer in Japan is now consistently brutal enough to drive you indoors and keep you there until autumn.
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.
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.

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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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