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BUSINESS
Sep 21, 2000

Trade surplus falls 12% but gap with U.S. grows

Japan's merchandise trade surplus declined 11.8 percent in August from a year earlier to 614.8 billion yen for the second straight month of decline, as soaring crude oil prices boosted imports, the Finance Ministry said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Sep 21, 2000

G8 meeting to target cybercrime

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BUSINESS
Sep 21, 2000

Economists question scale of extra budget

The announcement Wednesday of a fiscal 2000 supplementary budget, which is expected to surpass 10 trillion yen in total size and include 4 trillion yen in new government spending, has prompted some economists to wonder why a budget of that scale is needed now.
JAPAN
Sep 21, 2000

Whaling issue not black and white

Incensed over Japan's expanded whaling program, Washington has threatened Tokyo with trade sanctions in what the media have largely portrayed as a black and white issue.
JAPAN
Sep 21, 2000

Daiwa execs ordered to repay $775 million

OSAKA -- The Osaka District Court on Wednesday ordered 11 former and current Daiwa Bank executives to pay the bank $775 million in compensation for losses it incurred from unauthorized bond deals by a rogue trader at its New York branch over an 11-year period beginning in 1984.
BUSINESS
Sep 21, 2000

Panels approve outline of IT bill

Business leaders and Cabinet members Wednesday approved the framework of a government-proposed bill to set guidelines for Japan's strategy to facilitate social and economic changes in line with an IT revolution.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 21, 2000

MacArthur's audacious landing at Inchon astounded everyone -- except Mao

HONG KONG -- Sept. 15 was the 50th anniversary of the famous Inchon amphibious landing by U.S. forces under Gen. Douglas MacArthur, which so decisively turned the tide of battle in the early stages of the Korean War.
JAPAN
Sep 20, 2000

Boat license class offered in English

The Tokyo Sail and Power Squadron is holding a series of classes in English to prepare individuals for registering as well as taking both the written and underway examination for the Class IV boating license.
BUSINESS
Sep 20, 2000

10 trillion yen urged for extra budget

Ruling coalition policymakers on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori to draw up a supplementary budget totaling more than 10 trillion yen, including some 3.9 trillion yen to be taken from state coffers for direct fiscal spending.
BUSINESS
Sep 20, 2000

Tokyo Motor Show set for Oct. 31

About 130 domestic and foreign automakers and auto parts manufacturers will exhibit over 260 buses, trucks and vans and the latest components at the 34th Tokyo Motor Show, which will focus on commercial vehicles, its organizing association said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Sep 20, 2000

Land prices drop for ninth straight year

Overall land prices in Japan fell for the ninth straight year but are declining more slowly in urban areas, the National Land Agency said Tuesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 20, 2000

Taiwan is worthy of a place in the U.N.

The United Nations' Millennium Summit in New York, attended by about 150 heads of state and governments earlier this month, pledged to make globalization a positive force for all the people of the world. It published a list of central values for 21st-century international relations. It also admitted...
EDITORIALS
Sep 19, 2000

A welcome slowdown

The biggest concern among economists in the last year has been the prospect of a "hard landing" for the high-flying U.S. economy. They feared that either because of a crisis or by design, the United States would stall and knock the wind out of the global economy. That danger seems to be abating: The...
JAPAN
Sep 18, 2000

Mori to promote budget, IT when extra Diet session opens

Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori will promote the extra budget, the development of information technology and the continuation of talks with North Korea and Russia in his policy speech Thursday when an extraordinary session of the Diet begins, government sources said Sunday.
JAPAN
Sep 17, 2000

Ikuno pitches kimchi for World Cup

OSAKA -- While the nation is gripped by Olympic fever, Shigemitsu Nishihara in Ikuno Ward here is looking forward to the 2002 World Cup to be cohosted by Japan and South Korea as an event to boost bilateral relations and to promote his hometown.
EDITORIALS
Sep 17, 2000

What about the foreign residents?

Japan now has a record 1.55 million registered foreign residents, representing 1.23 percent of the population. These entirely legal residents are still being given short shrift in government planning, such as disaster-prevention and relief measures. It is two weeks since the nation as a whole -- nearly...
CULTURE / Art
Sep 17, 2000

2000 Noma Concours for book illustrations

The Noma Concours for Picture Book Illustrations is accepting works from nationals of UNESCO-member states in Asia, the Pacific, Africa, the Arab world, Latin America and the Caribbean for the 2000 contest. Organized by the Asia-Pacific Culture Center for UNESCO (ACCU) in Tokyo, the biennial contest...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Sep 17, 2000

Ted Turner

CNN says that for 20 years it has been bringing you the world. As the world's first 24-hour news network, it signed on the air in June 1980 to 1.7 million cable households in the U.S. Since then it has gone on to notch up an impressive list of more firsts. Its news services around the world now reach...
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 17, 2000

U.S. whaling sanctions smack of hypocrisy

Japan's whale-research vessels are now scheduled to return to port after completing their observations and sampling in the northwestern Pacific. Meanwhile, the United States continues to criticize Japan's research program and threaten trade sanctions. One can't help but suspect that all the antiwhaling...
BUSINESS
Sep 16, 2000

Young people play key role in IT ventures

Young people are increasingly playing a key role in Internet-related ventures amid the information-technology revolution in Japan.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 16, 2000

Shining a light on global 'Big Brother'

Perhaps more appropriately to the world of James Bond than to the European Union, Echelon -- an international spying network in which governments covertly cooperate to intercept global communications -- is causing a stir in the European Parliament.
JAPAN
Sep 16, 2000

OECD calls for life-long learning

Academic achievement was the goal of Japan's exam-oriented education system when life-time employment was intact.
COMMENTARY
Sep 16, 2000

Public TV in the digital era

LONDON -- The British Broadcasting Corporation was a pioneer of public-service broadcasting when it was established in the 1920s. It built up a strong reputation in its early years under its first director, General Lord Reith, although it also earned the nick-name of "Auntie" because it was regarded...
JAPAN
Sep 15, 2000

Japanese-made tatami to give judoka footing

Judo competitions at the Sydney Olympics will be played out on tatami mats made in Japan, marking their debut in overseas competitions and lending the Japanese team confidence in its footing.
BUSINESS
Sep 15, 2000

New panel chairman vows tax-system reform

An advisory panel to the prime minister on tax issues began deliberations Thursday on tax system reforms for fiscal 2001, with its new chairman vowing to overhaul the system to meet emerging challenges in the 21st century.
JAPAN
Sep 15, 2000

Tokyo to recognize car-free day

Eight Tokyo-based nongovernment organizations are hoping people will give their cars a break on Tokyo Car Free Day 2000, scheduled for Sept. 23.
JAPAN
Sep 15, 2000

Transport chief warns JAMA to halt coverups

Transport Minister Hajime Morita on Thursday urged the president of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Hiroshi Okuda, to try to ensure there are no further coverups of customer complaints in the auto industry, ministry officials said.
30 minutes with Yuzuru Hanyu
Yuzuru Hanyu smiles during an interview in his hometown of Sendai in between performances of his latest tour, Ice Story.
Eight students recovering after hammer attack at university in Tokyo
Police investigate the scene after eight people were injured by a hammer-wielding woman on Hosei University's Tama campus in Tokyo on Friday afternoon.
Stage set for action-packed New Year Basho with yokozuna promotion battle
Kotozakura is in position to fight his way to a promotion to yokozuna going into the New Year Basho.
Race circuit and resort among post-event proposals for Osaka Expo site
A portion of the Grand Ring at the site of the Osaka Expo during a media tour late last month
Japan's health ministry reports record-high flu cases
A busy street in Tokyo on Dec. 30. The number of influenza patients per clinic, on average, in the final week of December was the highest since health ministry records began in 1999.
Can an international makeover help Tokyo salons meet foreign demand?
Otono Kuboki, a Japanese Canadian hair stylist for salon chain Sozo, is a key figure in the company's mission to elevate the viability of Japan's hairdressing industry to foreign residents.
Isekai anime offers a key to understanding globalization
“The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic” centers on three teenage protagonists who are transported into a fantasy world where they must grapple with a foreign culture.
Japanese space startup readies for second lunar lander launch
Ispace CEO Takeshi Hakamada with the countdown clock for the launch of the startup's lunar lander, in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on Thursday
Emanuel leaves reform legacy amid historic shifts in U.S.-Japan alliance
Rahm Emanuel professes that the biggest thing he has brought to the U.S.-Japan relationship might be a fresh injection of vitality.
‘Unbound’ breaks NHK period drama tradition with a hero of the common folk
NHK’s latest taiga period drama, “Unbound,” centers on Tsutaya Juzaburo (Ryusei Yokohama), a commoner who becomes a successful bookseller and publisher.

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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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A man offers prayers at Hebikubo Shrine in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward. The shrine is one of several across the country dedicated to the snake.
Shed your skin and reinvent yourself in the Year of the Snake
By Kathryn Wortley

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