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JAPAN
Oct 15, 1999

Groups host Canada education fair

An education fair will be held at the Canadian Embassy today and Sunday in Tokyo's Akasaka district. The fair will be the first sponsored by the Canadian Education Centre Network in conjunction with the Canadian Education Alliance, two nonprofit organizations officially supported by the embassy.
JAPAN
Oct 15, 1999

Press upholds newspaper deliveries, discount ban

UTSUNOMIYA, Tochigi Pref. -- Representatives of the nation's media services adopted a resolution Friday saying they would strive to maintain the current ban on newspaper discounts and preserve the home delivery system.
JAPAN
Oct 15, 1999

Osaka slaying suspect cleared; police apologize

OSAKA -- A man arrested in August on suspicion of being involved in a slaying in June in Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture, was released after three days when an investigation determined his innocence, police said Friday.
JAPAN
Oct 15, 1999

State stand on Korean veterans may be unconstitutional: court

OSAKA -- Refusing a state pension to Korean residents of Japan simply because they are not Japanese nationals might run counter to the constitutional principle of equality under the law, the Osaka High Court said Friday.
EDITORIALS
Oct 15, 1999

The shortsighted U.S. Senate

The United States Senate this week voted down the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. This is the first time since the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 that the Senate has rejected a major international agreement. We can only hope that the results of this shortsighted move will not be as great. Still, the vote...
JAPAN
Oct 15, 1999

Negotiations stall over sale of Toho Mutual

The Life Insurance Association of Japan has given up on its plan to sell the failed Toho Mutual Life Insurance Co. by the end of this year, association chairman Tomijiro Morita said Friday.
JAPAN
Oct 15, 1999

Aoki sees coalition gaining public support

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CULTURE / Stage
Oct 15, 1999

Kim Itoh puts the future on the map

This year's Tokyo International Festival of Performing Arts, ongoing through Oct. 31, is a scaled-down version of previous festivals, with only six official participants and few of international interest. While this shifts the onus to domestic dance companies such as Min Tanaka and Kenshi Nomi, expectations...
JAPAN
Oct 15, 1999

'No more friction' with BOJ, Miyazawa says

The apparent friction between the Finance Ministry and the Bank of Japan over monetary policy has ended following the bank's clear announcement Wednesday on monetary easing, Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa said Friday.
JAPAN
Oct 15, 1999

Obuchi invited to UNCTAD talks

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JAPAN
Oct 15, 1999

Convenience stores in race for Y2K compliance

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CULTURE / Music / PLAY BUTTON
Oct 15, 1999

Tell JB to get a new bag -- this girl's got her own funk

Takako Minekawa is a sound nerd.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 14, 1999

Megawati has lost her way

HONG KONG -- Indonesia faces a more profound immediate national crisis than India or Japan -- but all three face the same basic political problem: They badly need an effective ruling coalition. In New Delhi and Tokyo, a coalition government is in place. In Jakarta, it isn't.
EDITORIALS
Oct 14, 1999

The limits in Pakistan

The coup that deposed Pakistan's prime minister, Mr. Nawaz Sharif, was a long time coming. It had many causes, the most immediate of which was the animosity between Mr. Sharif and the military. But by almost every measure, Mr. Sharif's term in office has been a disaster. That does not excuse the military's...
JAPAN
Oct 14, 1999

Obuchi, Arafat pledge to work for peace

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi and visiting Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat reaffirmed Thursday that they will cooperate to ensure peace in the Middle East.
JAPAN
Oct 14, 1999

Hiroo hospital raided in case of fatal IV drip

Tokyo Metropolitan Hiroo Hospital was raided Thursday by the Metropolitan Police Department in connection with the death of a woman in February after disinfectant was placed in her IV drip.
JAPAN
Oct 14, 1999

Queensland seeks biotech exchange with Japan

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JAPAN
Oct 14, 1999

Sakura-Sumitomo alliance wins rave reviews

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JAPAN
Oct 14, 1999

MITI plans to inspect nuclear power plants

The Ministry of International Trade and Industry will conduct on-site inspections next week of the nation's 51 nuclear power plants, trade chief Takashi Fukaya said Thursday.
JAPAN
Oct 14, 1999

Professor calls for legal panel to aid media victims

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JAPAN
Oct 14, 1999

Keidanren urges MITI to help ailing small firms

Top business leaders want Takashi Fukaya, new minister for international trade and industry, to take further measures to assist small and midsize firms that are struggling amid the stagnant economy, officials of the Japan Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren) said Thursday.
LIFE / Travel
Oct 14, 1999

Back-to-nature nomads on the open sea

SEATTLE, Wash. -- "I must down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, and all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by."
LIFE / Food & Drink / WINE WAYS
Oct 14, 1999

Heeding the siren call of Sopron's wine country

A Japanese friend I recently met amid the late-summer amalgam of humid heat, mucky air and urban frenzy suddenly assumed a rather wistful faraway look and expressed the desire to get away from the whole maddening throng and disappear into nature.
JAPAN
Oct 14, 1999

DaimlerChrysler, Nippon Mitsubishi tie up on fuel cells

Nippon Mitsubishi Oil Corp., a leading Japanese oil distributor, and DaimlerChrysler Japan Holding, Ltd. announced Thursday that they have agreed to conduct joint research to promote vehicles powered by fuel cells.
LIFE / Food & Drink / NIHONSHU
Oct 14, 1999

Yeast developments give rise to wonderful new possibilities

Yeast has been one of those great technical advances in the sake world -- one factor that separates great ginjo of today from the run-of-the-mill sake of yesteryear. Over the last 10 years or so, dozens of new yeast strains have been developed and incorporated into sake brewing.
JAPAN
Oct 14, 1999

Envoy says Malaysian economy 'out of the woods'

The Malaysian economy is "out of the woods" and on the path to recovery, Malaysia's Ambassador to Japan Dato Marzuki bin Mohammad Noor said during a visit to The Japan Times Thursday.
JAPAN
Oct 14, 1999

IOC exec advises Osaka on Games facilities

OSAKA -- A top IOC official met with Osaka officials Thursday for discussions about the city's efforts to build sports facilities for the 2008 Olympics.
JAPAN
Oct 14, 1999

Stores attempt to invent new holiday

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JAPAN
Oct 14, 1999

Mission to scout East Timor aid flights

The Japanese government will send a six-day mission to West Timor on Sunday to study whether Self-Defense Forces aircraft can be used to transport supplies from Indonesia to East Timorese refugees, Chief Cabinet Secretary Mikio Aoki said Thursday.
JAPAN
Oct 14, 1999

Auto firms pin sales hopes on show

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Longform

Traditional folk rituals like Mizudome-no-mai (dance to stop the rain) provide a sense of agency to a population that feels largely powerless in the face of the climate crisis.
As climate extremes intensify, Japan embraces ancient weather rituals