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CULTURE / Books
May 23, 2000

The new China, from hamburgers to lonely hearts

THE CONSUMER REVOLUTION IN URBAN CHINA, edited by Deborah S. Davis. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000, 379 pp., 35 b/w photos, 21 tables, $22 (paper). McDonald's is the great equalizer. Wherever you go in the world it tastes exactly the same. The same beef, the same cheese, the same shredded...
BUSINESS
May 23, 2000

Domestic auto production on the increase

Japan's five largest automakers increased domestic production in April from a year earlier, with Toyota Motor Corp. reporting a 13.3 percent rise, according to data released by the companies Monday.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
May 23, 2000

Basho, a man for all seasons

REDISCOVERING BASHO: A 300th Anniversary Celebration, edited by Stephen Henry Gill & C. Andrew Gerstle. Kent: Global Oriental/Global Books, 1999, 168 pp., 14.95 British pounds. During the 300 years since his death, Basho has turned into Japan's most famous poet, the personification of haiku...
JAPAN
May 23, 2000

Usu eruption cycle winding down

Magma activity at Hokkaido's Mount Usu is gradually subsiding, with experts monitoring the mountain saying Monday that the eruptions may end if this trend continues.
BUSINESS
May 23, 2000

Consumer mood up a tick; worries remain

Consumer sentiment in Japan has improved, but only slightly, with concerns lingering about employment and income prospects, according to a survey released Monday by a governmental research institute.
CULTURE / Music / MUSIC NOMAD
May 23, 2000

Have guitars, will travel -- extensively across Europe

Hurtling toward Vienna on the German autobahns, I have two passengers. One is Okinawan, Takashi Hirayasu. The other, Bob Brozman, is American. Both are playing Bolivian charangos to pass the time, which makes for an interesting multicultural soundtrack for driving. Something like Indian Ocean rhythms...
BUSINESS
May 23, 2000

Market focus turning to corporate profits

The Tokyo stock market is turning its attention to corporate earnings now that the highly anticipated U.S. Fed policy meeting is over.
JAPAN
May 23, 2000

Poisoning suspect knew pesticides

A former employee of an ostrich-breeding company in Ibaraki Prefecture who was arrested Sunday for allegedly poisoning an employee of the firm had experience handling agricultural pesticides, sources said Monday. However, it is not known if Katsuhei Sugeta, 58, had ever handled Benzoepin, the pesticide...
JAPAN
May 23, 2000

APEC ministers to consider 'subregional' trade pacts

Trade Ministers from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum will discuss the rising trend for nations, including Japan, to embrace subregional free trade agreements, when they meet next month, according to a draft agenda. "Ministers will be invited to discuss recent developments in subregional trade...
CULTURE / Music
May 23, 2000

Steely Dan still rocks, albeit more tastefully

The first two songs Steely Dan played at their May 15 show at the Tokyo International Forum -- "The Boston Rag" and " Bodhisattva" -- come from their second record, "Countdown to Ecstasy," which happens to be their least-selling album as well as my personal favorite. I should have been giddy with appreciation,...
CULTURE / Books
May 23, 2000

In Cambodia, hell looks like this

VOICES FROM S-21: Terror and History in Pol Pot's Secret Prison, by David Chandler. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999, pp. 238, $17.95. Men, women and children are arrested on the basis of rumor, rounded up in trucks and hauled, without trial, to prison, where they are asked to give information...
BUSINESS
May 23, 2000

Sumitomo, Sakura back in black

Sumitomo Bank and Sakura Bank returned to the black in fiscal 1999, partly due to gains from sales of stocks and fewer bad-loan writeoffs compared to the year before, according to their earnings reports released Monday.
BUSINESS
May 23, 2000

New cellular service named 'au'

Japanese telecom carriers DDI Corp., IDO Corp. and KDD Corp. said Monday that the unified brand name for cellular phone service under their Oct. 1 merger will be "au."
COMMENTARY / World
May 23, 2000

Filling in the gaps of a Japan-North Korea deal

Suspense is growing over whether the first North-South Korea summit will be held in June as scheduled. It has obscured ongoing Japan-North Korea talks on diplomatic normalization. Japanese public attention is focused on the alleged abduction of a dozen Japanese by North Korean agents. It is anybody's...
JAPAN
May 23, 2000

Taxi firm owner to take 1,000 used cabs to North Korea

OSAKA -- In his recent meeting with North Korean Vice Premier Kwak Pom Gi, the 71-year-old owner of Kyoto-based taxi company MK Corp. was told of three areas in which the Stalinist country is seeking assistance.
BUSINESS
May 23, 2000

Tepco's net profit declines on loss

Despite its first pretax profit increase in two years, Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s fiscal 1999 consolidated net profit of 87.44 billion yen dropped 10.3 percent from the previous year, the firm announced Monday.
JAPAN
May 23, 2000

City calls for dissolution of Honohana cult

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BASEBALL / MLB
May 22, 2000

'Wave send Matsuzaka to first loss

Ichiro Suzuki went 3-for-5 with two RBIs and a run scored and Carlos Pulido won his first start Sunday as the Orix BlueWave rolled 8-2 over the Seibu Lions at Nagano Olympic Stadium.
JAPAN
May 22, 2000

Former foes seek helping hand from Ishihara

Some politicians in Tokyo planning to run in the general election next month are seeking the backing of Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara in an attempt to ride on the popularity the governor maintains among unaffiliated voters.
JAPAN
May 22, 2000

Man thrown into coma by tainted soft drink

A company employee in the town of Yasato, Ibaraki Prefecture, was paralyzed Saturday after drinking the remains of a canned soft drink he left in a refrigerator in his company's dormitory, police said Sunday. Police said they found that an agricultural chemical had been mixed into the drink and are investigating...
JAPAN
May 22, 2000

Airport enemies fail to oust Kobe mayor

A movement calling for recall of Kobe Mayor Kazutoshi Sasayama, launched by a civic group in a last-minute attempt to stop the controversial Kobe airport project, appears to have failed. Signatures of one-third of the local electorate, or some 390,000 Kobe eligible voters, were needed to launch a procedure...
JAPAN
May 22, 2000

Twister injures nine at school sports festival

Nine people were injured Sunday when a small tornado swept through the school yard of an elementary school in Nagasaki Prefecture during a sports competition, police said. The tornado hit Nagaura Elementary School in the town of Kinkai on the coast of Omura Bay at around 2:45 p.m., blowing away tents,...
JAPAN
May 22, 2000

Moderate quake shakes up Kyoto

An earthquake measuring 4.2 on the open-ended Richter scale jolted Kyoto on Sunday morning, the Meteorological Agency said.
BUSINESS
May 22, 2000

Ishihara tax reflects paralysis caused by national tax scheme

The new size-based tax on big banks that has been introduced by Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara is causing major repercussions and prompting Osaka Prefecture to consider a similar tax.
JAPAN
May 22, 2000

Woman indicted for insurance scam murder

Prosecutors on Sunday indicted a 30-year-old female suspect in a 1990 insurance-murder who surrendered to police in April after being on the wanted list for nine years. Chie Matsuda, in collusion with a male accomplice, allegedly stabbed to death a 20-year-old employee of her jewelry shop in Fukuoka...
SUMO
May 22, 2000

Komusubi Kaio claims first Emperor's Cup

Seven years after entering the Makunouchi Division and 12 years after his sumo debut, Kaio finally captured his first yusho Sunday with an outstanding 14-1 record in the Natsu Basho at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan.
EDITORIALS
May 22, 2000

China's hope, Beijing's anger

Saturday was a historic moment in Chinese history. For the first time in that country's long past, the leader of the opposition party took power democratically and peacefully. The inauguration of Mr. Chen Shui-bian as president was celebrated -- and feared. The government in Beijing has made it clear...
BUSINESS
May 22, 2000

Former Nichiei president may quit board of directors

OSAKA -- Kazuo Matsuda, who stepped down as president of major nonbank moneylender Nichiei Co. in February to take responsibility for a scandal over the firm's loan collection practices, will resign from its board of directors in June, industry sources said Sunday.
MORE SPORTS
May 22, 2000

Silk Prima Donna wins Oaks

Race favorite Silk Prima Donna held off the field for a neck win of the 61st running of the Japanese Oaks (G1) at Tokyo Racecourse on Sunday.
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
May 22, 2000

Exotic pet importer confirms Japan is haven for illegal animal imports

The situation is worse than I imagined. In my last column (May 8), I wrote about smugglers carrying live primates into Japan in their luggage. Days after that column appeared, I was put in touch with an exotic pet importer who confirmed that government oversight of trade in animals is abysmal.
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.
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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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