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JAPAN
May 7, 2000

Youth held in attack on elderly pair

A 19-year-old man was arrested Saturday on suspicion of using what appeared to be a hammer to attack an elderly couple outside their home in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, earlier in the day, police said. Kunio Yamaguchi, 70, and his wife Choko, 68, reportedly sustained head and arm injuries but were fully...
JAPAN
May 7, 2000

Film on war hero Sugihara shown for Holocaust Week

A documentary film about Chiune Sugihara, the Japanese consul to Lithuania during World War II who issued more than 2,000 visas to Jews fleeing Poland, was screened at the Simon Wiesenthal Center during Holocaust Remembrance Week. "Sugihara Conspiracy of Kindness" was completed in July 1999 and was first...
SUMO
May 7, 2000

Trio of favorites for Natsu Basho

The Natsu Basho is shaping up as a three-man struggle among yokozuna Takanohana, yokozuna Akebono and sekiwake Miyabiyama, with two other would-be favorites, yokozuna Musashimaru and new ozeki Musoyama, nursing injuries and unable to compete this time around.
COMMUNITY
May 7, 2000

Activist with gypsy soul returns to roots

Reading years ago that the majority of us end our lives within 30 km of where we were born, I remember thinking: Not me. But after meeting Margareta Weisser, who knows.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
May 7, 2000

Mari Ito

Mari Ito describes herself as "a photographer who has been taking photos of ethnic minorities and free-range pigs in Yunnan, China, for the past 10 years."
CULTURE / Art
May 7, 2000

Jewels of the printmaker's art

"I call these my jewels," said Joanna H. Schoff, as we bent to catch a gleam of silver in the softly lit museum. Treasures indeed, but instead of the brilliance of diamonds we were looking at far gentler beauties: rare gems of Japanese printmaking from the 1800s.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / GETTING THINGS DONE
May 7, 2000

All good things

Here is good news for all Kenny Endo fans, and if you aren't a fan you will be once you attend one of his performances. Kenny is a master of the taiko. Most of you know that taiko is drum, and then there is "odaiko," a huge drum. In general, taiko is to drum like the tea ceremony is to a tea bag. It...
JAPAN
May 7, 2000

Love Bug bites 30,000 Japan computers

An estimated 30,000 computers in Japan have received e-mail containing the "Love Bug" virus, a provider of antivirus computer software said Saturday.
BASEBALL / MLB
May 7, 2000

'Wave ride Burrows to sixth straight win

Southpaw Terry Burrows tossed a two-hitter over seven strong innings Saturday as the Pacific League-leading Orix BlueWave downed the Lotte Marines 4-1 at Chiba Marine Stadium for their sixth straight victory.
JAPAN
May 7, 2000

Police search the home of boy in bus hijacking

Police on Saturday searched the home of a 17-year-old youth who was arrested Thursday for allegedly hijacking a bus in southwestern Japan the previous day, stabbing one passenger to death and injuring at least four others. On Friday, police sent the boy's hijacking case to prosecutors. The teenager,...
LIFE / Travel
May 7, 2000

Hayama, Kanagawa: A spring abound with vermillion azaleas

Hayama is a picturesque seaside town located about 4 km south of Kamakura. Favored with a mild climate and scenic coasts, it sports a neighborhood of upscale houses and sophisticated restaurants facing a small yacht harbor. A chain of quiet beaches stretches south along the rock-strewn coast; inland,...
CULTURE / Art
May 7, 2000

Of statues and men -- the fourth plinth problem

LONDON -- Trafalgar Square is all things to all people. For out-of-towners and tourists, it is where you have your photograph taken with the National Gallery and the church of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields as a backdrop, or of you feeding the pigeons or climbing Sir Edwin Landseer's lions. Four of them...
JAPAN
May 7, 2000

U.S. bases' PCB waste to be sent to Pacific isle

PCB-contaminated waste from U.S. military bases in Japan will be moved from Japan to Wake Island in the central Pacific by May 18 until a final decision on how to dispose of the waste is made, the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo said in a statement Saturday.
EDITORIALS
May 5, 2000

The sound and the fury

There are passions aplenty in the mounting protests against the world economic order. It is ironic that in a time of unprecedented prosperity, insecurity and uncertainty are climbing. Actually, among protesters, there is little uncertainty. They are quite convinced that the global economic order is broken...
SUMO
May 5, 2000

Maru, Musoyama to skip summer basho

Yokozuna Musashimaru and newly promoted ozeki Musoyama will sit out the upcoming Summer Grand Sumo Tournament with injuries picked up in training last week, stablemaster Musashigawa confirmed Thursday.
JAPAN
May 5, 2000

Germany, Britain join chorus for G8 talks success

Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori on Wednesday received the support of Britain and Germany to ensure that the upcoming Group of Eight summit in Okinawa is a success after whistle-stop visits to London and Berlin. Mori, who is on a tour of Japan's G8 partners, met with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder in...
JAPAN
May 5, 2000

Racehorse Haiseiko dies

Legendary racehorse Haiseiko, the first horse in Japan to earn over 200 million yen and a catalyst for popularizing horse racing in the 1970s, died Thursday in Hokkaido. Staffers at the Meiwa farm in Niikappu, Hokkaido, said the horse died of heart failure at around 1:30 p.m. He was more than 30 horse...
JAPAN
May 5, 2000

Self-brewing helps to combat Japan's indistinguishable ales

It's warm and sunny -- a nice day to have a cold glass of beer. At supermarkets and convenience stores, beers with a variety of colorful labels, tempting names and intriguing catch phrases line the shelves.
JAPAN
May 5, 2000

Clinton to thank Okinawans

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JAPAN
May 5, 2000

Number of children on wane for 19th year

The number of Japanese children under 15 fell from a year earlier for the 19th straight year, renewing the postwar low for the 13th year in a row, the Management and Coordination Agency announced one day before today's Children's Day holiday.
JAPAN
May 5, 2000

Aid question hurt Japan's UNSC bid

Japan's failure to assume an active role in aiding East Timor will make it harder for the country to secure a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council, a London-based think tank said Thursday. In a report, the International Institute for Strategic Studies said Tokyo's inability to send troops...
JAPAN
May 5, 2000

SDF planning to purchase long-range transport planes

The Self-Defense Forces will introduce personnel-transport aircraft with longer ranges to its fleet so they can be used in evacuations and peacekeeping operations abroad, Defense Agency chief Tsutomu Kawara said Thursday. "Opportunities for international activities are rapidly increasing," for the SDF,...
COMMENTARY
May 5, 2000

Boost Chinese human rights through trade

Business profits vs. human rights. So do critics of trade between America and China frame the debate. But freer trade is likely to advance human rights as well as boost business profits.
JAPAN
May 5, 2000

Environmentalists slam Japan plan to hunt new whale species

The World Wide Fund for Nature demanded Wednesday that Japan abandon its reported plan to include the sperm whale and Bryde's whale among species it catches for scientific research. "The Japanese government is showing a flagrant disregard for world opinion by proposing an escalation of whaling outside...
JAPAN
May 5, 2000

Guatemalan cops arrest nine over 'baby stealing' riot

Guatemalan police said Wednesday that they have arrested nine people over Saturday's attack on a group of Japanese tourists by a mob of 500 Mayan villagers that left a Japanese man and a local tour bus driver dead. Those arrested include Juan Bautista, 49, allegedly the principal offender, and a 22-year-old...
BUSINESS
May 5, 2000

Sowa Bank fabricated capital base

Tokyo Sowa Bank, a regional bank declared insolvent last June, fictitiously replenished its capital base in 1997 and 1998 to inflate its capital-adequacy ratio, industry sources said Thursday.
COMMUNITY
May 5, 2000

Two Murakamis mull quake in Japanese life

A look at recent best-seller lists reveals several familiar faces. "Eien no Ko," a two-volume novel about the long-term effects of child abuse, is back with the broadcasting of a TV dramatization (Monday nights on NTV). There's another mystery by Nishimura Kyotaro and a book for improving one's English,...
BUSINESS
May 5, 2000

Japan, Singapore decide on sectors

Japan and Singapore agreed Wednesday to include export insurance, safety standards and information technology in a proposed free-trade agreement between the two countries. The agreement was reached by International Trade and Industry Minister Takashi Fukaya and his Singaporean counterpart, George Yong-Boon...
BUSINESS
May 5, 2000

Toyota plans energy scheme to supply new Nagoya airport

Toyota Motor Corp. and three other firms will jointly set up a cogeneration company as early as July to supply power to an international airport to open in Nagoya in 2005, company sources said Thursday. Toyota will set up the company with Central Japan International Airport Co., Chubu Electric Power...
BUSINESS
May 5, 2000

Bluetooth wants bite of mobile market

Portable computers' claim to fame is that they allow you to access and send information anytime and anywhere. But what if you leave a cable at home or bring the wrong one on a business trip?
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.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
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.
In historic move, U.S. to upgrade military command structure in Japan
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin (left to right), U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa and Defense Minister Minoru Kihara prior their "two-plus-two" talks at the Iikura Guest House in Tokyo on Sunday

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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