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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.
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.
COMMUNITY / How-tos
Mar 29, 2000

Very little help

A foreign woman married to a Japanese is concerned about her son who refuses to go to school, a problem that is shared by a lot of other families today. Many kids are revolting against Japan's education system. It could be an indication that they are getting smarter, but unfortunately it doesn't make...
CULTURE / Books
Mar 28, 2000

Blindness tips the scales of history

THE POSTWAR CONSERVATIVE VIEW OF ASIA: How the Political Right has Delayed Japan's Coming to Terms with its History of Aggression in Asia, by Yoshibumi Wakamiya. Tokyo: LTCB International Library Foundation, 1999, 370 pp. 3,000 yen, This study of Japan's dilatory and grudging attempts to come to terms...
JAPAN
Mar 28, 2000

Police arrest ministry official

Police on Monday arrested a bureaucrat at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries who was allegedly wined and dined to the tune of about 1.9 million yen by an agricultural cooperative in Kagawa Prefecture in return for favors involving farm subsidies.
BUSINESS
Mar 27, 2000

Excessive currency liquidity fuels speculative rise in crude

Crude oil prices, which just a year ago appeared on the verge of falling below $10 per barrel, began a steep climb this year, at one point hitting $34 per barrel -- the highest level since the Persian Gulf Crisis. There are two major reasons behind this phenomenon.
COMMUNITY
Mar 26, 2000

Lebanese Marie-Rose has a lot to say on love

Last Tuesday Marie-Rose Ishiguro was at odds with her handbag. Dressed in a bright red suit, with gold jewelry and matching buttons, she looked every inch the power executive. But her battered brown leather bag -- more a holdall really, handles secured with string and spilling papers, books and clothes...
COMMUNITY / How-tos
Mar 26, 2000

Once around again

Except for a few well-seasoned apartment buildings, the street I moved to 10 years ago was lined with old-style houses. Now only one remains. It is still a quiet street in an upscale neighborhood, but nearby are several small industry suppliers engaged in cutting, shaping and shipping metal forms. They...
BUSINESS
Mar 25, 2000

All 47 prefectures in the red in '98 for first time

The financial situation at prefectural and municipal governments continued to worsen in fiscal 1998, according to a government white paper released Friday.
JAPAN
Mar 25, 2000

Former Iran diplomat accused in arms case

Police sent papers to prosecutors accusing a former Iranian ambassador to Japan and a former embassy staff member of being directly involved in illegal weapons exports to Iran, Metropolitan Police Department officials said.
JAPAN
Mar 25, 2000

Takeshita's political influence radiates even from his sickbed

A year after disappearing from sight following hospitalization for a back injury, former Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita maintains his reputation as a major behind-the-scenes political influence.
BUSINESS
Mar 24, 2000

Recovery difficult to judge from figures

Official figures released earlier this month gave a conflicting picture of the prospects for economic recovery.
JAPAN
Mar 24, 2000

Allies urge Japan to be Asian leader

As a regional and global power, could Tokyo have halted '97 crisis? The meltdown that started in Thailand in 1997 nearly brought the economies of East Asia to their knees. Why did it happen and how might a similar crisis be averted in the future? These and other questions were the focus of the March...
BUSINESS
Mar 24, 2000

Trade surplus surges 26.8%

The nation's trade surplus increased in February for the first time in 11 months, as exports -- especially to the rest of Asia -- expanded more than imports, the Finance Ministry said Thursday.
JAPAN
Mar 23, 2000

Monju ruling infuriates plaintiffs

OSAKA -- Antinuclear activists expressed shock and outrage Wednesday over the Fukui District Court's ruling against local residents' efforts to permanently close the Monju fast-breeder reactor, and both plaintiffs and their lawyers vowed their nearly 15-year battle was not over.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 23, 2000

Breaking down the doors of Japan's discriminatory press clubs

In May 1993, David Butts, then Tokyo bureau chief of Bloomberg Business News, was fed up. After years of unsuccessful efforts to penetrate Japan's press clubs through polite negotiation, the tall Texan chose a more direct approach. On the day annual company reports were released, Butts, with other foreign...
BUSINESS
Mar 23, 2000

Miyazawa tells IMF chief Asians need more votes

Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa on Wednesday reminded the next head of the International Monetary Fund of the need to give Asian countries more voting power at the IMF.
ENVIRONMENT
Mar 23, 2000

Housing for human beings: Let natural harmony prevail

Akinori Sagane is a man with a mission, an architect with an idealistic vision of how humans can live in greater harmony with the natural environment.
JAPAN
Mar 22, 2000

More female politicians key to gender equality, Swedish politician says

Increasing the number of female politicians may be the key to encouraging Japanese women to continue working after marriage and creating a gender-equal society in Japan, Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Lena Hjelm-Wallen said.
JAPAN
Mar 22, 2000

'Knock' admission angers trial watchers

OSAKA -- Former Osaka Gov. "Knock" Yokoyama's admission of guilt Tuesday in the opening session of his trial on molestation charges inflamed Osaka's citizens, many of whom flocked to the polls just last April to re-elect the popular comedian-turned-politician.
BUSINESS
Mar 22, 2000

Fisher intent on pushing shift to information age

Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Richard Fisher expressed his determination Tuesday to work with Japan in hammering out a new set of deregulatory measures this week that will help its people embrace the Internet.
LIFE / Travel
Mar 22, 2000

Oberland -- garden of springtime delights

In the western part of Hyogo Prefecture, nestled among broadleaf deciduous forests at the foot of Mount Hyo-no-sen (1,510 meters), lies Oberland Garden (also known as Tajima Kogen Botanical Garden). First opened to the public in June 1997, Oberland has a total area of 17 hectares, and boasts over 1,300...
BUSINESS
Mar 22, 2000

Toyota holding company set for June

Toyota Motor Corp. will establish a holding company in June under which affiliated financial companies will offer a wide range of financial services, company officials said Tuesday.
EDITORIALS
Mar 21, 2000

Fighting for the global commons

Protecting the environment is always a popular issue -- until hard choices have to be made. There has been a series of international conferences on the issue, but they have yielded little real progress. In Rio de Janeiro in 1992 and in Kyoto in 1997, attempts to set international standards for environmental...
JAPAN
Mar 21, 2000

Staff office softened colonel's punishment

The Ground Self-Defense Force Ground Staff Office helped reduce the punishment for a colonel arrested last Monday for allowing his civilian friends to fire a gun during a 1994 drill, sources at the Defense Agency said Monday.
Taiwan stuns Samurai Japan to capture Premier12 title
Japan starter Shosei Togo reacts after allowing a three-run home run against Taiwan in the fifth inning of the Premier12 final on Sunday.
Ishiba shelves proposal for liaison offices with North Korea amid rising tensions
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks on Saturday in Tokyo at a rally that was held by a group of families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea decades ago to demand the immediate return of all abductees.
How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit
A man walks past a gasoline station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
Japan beats Taiwan ahead of rematch in Premier12 final
Keita Sano celebrates with his teammates after scoring on Kotaro Kiyomiya's two-run triple against Taiwan during their Premier12 game at Tokyo Dome on Saturday.
An iconic 32-foot doughnut might give Randy’s an edge in Japan
Randy's Donuts in Inglewood, California. Replicas of the giant doughnut sculpture will be installed, where possible, at shops in Japan.
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.

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