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JAPAN
Aug 4, 1999

Ministry pushes labels for 28 genetically altered foods

A total of 28 kinds of food using genetically modified soybeans, corn and potatoes should be subjected to mandated labeling for genetically modified organisms, the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry proposed on Wednesday.
EDITORIALS
Aug 4, 1999

A last push by the Taliban

The Taliban, the Islamic fundamentalist movement that controls 80 to 90 percent of Afghanistan, has launched a long-anticipated summer offensive to recapture the rest of the country. The fighting has been fierce, involving more than 100,000 men on five fronts. Civilian casualties have been high, since...
LIFE / Travel / NATURE TRAVEL
Aug 3, 1999

Endangered turtles vs. encaustic tourists

Something happened to the face of the Greek car rental man when we mentioned that we'd come to Zakynthos to see loggerhead sea turtles. His easy smile slipped.
JAPAN
Jul 30, 1999

Sanwa-led alliance to rival financial giants

Sanwa Bank and five other financial institutions will form a comprehensive alliance to cooperate in areas such as retail marketing and asset management, the six firms announced Friday.
JAPAN
Jul 28, 1999

Osaka man brings color to a gray industry

Staff writer
JAPAN
Jul 27, 1999

Pyongyang missile posturing an extreme concern: report

North Korea's ability to produce missiles that can reach any part of Japan is a cause for extreme concern and an issue that directly affects Japan's security, the Defense Agency said in its 1999 white paper released Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jul 27, 1999

Nissan parts makers merge

Two major auto parts makers in the Nissan Motor group formally signed an agreement Tuesday to merge on April 1, company officials said.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 25, 1999

Soong's presidential bid is good for Taiwan

No one blinked when longtime Kuomintang politician James Soong (Sung Chu-yu) announced last week that he would defy party elders and run independently for president of the Republic of China on Taiwan in the March 2000 elections.
JAPAN
Jul 23, 1999

Lower House approves M&A bill

The Lower House gave its approval Friday to a bill intended to encourage much-needed corporate realignment through mergers and acquisitions.
JAPAN
Jul 23, 1999

Yosano declares Japan ready for steel talks

Japan is ready to hold talks with the United States over the contentious issue of steel trade, International Trade and Industry Minister Kaoru Yosano said Friday.
CULTURE / Music / PLAY BUTTON
Jul 23, 1999

Under the sway of Petty Booka

Picture this: Two girls, cousins, growing up in the lush, tropical paradise of Hawaii, learn the ukulele at their father's knee. Singing the old, mournful island love songs with their mother, harmony and melody come as naturally as the hula.
JAPAN
Jul 23, 1999

Economy not so rosy: EPA chief

The economy most likely contracted in the April-June period, despite logging remarkable growth of 1.9 percent during the first three months of the year, Economic Planning Agency chief Taichi Sakaiya said Friday at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Jul 22, 1999

Computerized speech interpretation takes new strides

KYOTO -- Connecting online to three institutions in the United States, Germany and South Korea, the Interpreting Telecommunications Research Laboratories (ITL) on Thursday conducted experiments on a speech translation system in four languages.
JAPAN
Jul 22, 1999

Keidanren voices support for controversial bills

OYAMA, Shizuoka Pref. -- The head of the Japan Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren) on Thursday expressed support for almost all politically sensitive bills sent to the Diet for deliberation -- including one to legally adopt the de facto national flag and anthem and another to allow police...
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 20, 1999

Tax cuts put Japan on track

The Japanese economy is now out of the worst phase of the recession. But the process of achieving recovery and even- tual prosperity has not been entirely smooth. First, we cannot yet claim that firms in various industrial sectors have earnestly initiated their restructuring with real zest. Second, fiscal...
EDITORIALS
Jul 10, 1999

From the Rhine to the Spree

The German government was on the move this week, busily shipping desks and files 600 km east to its new home in the former capital of Berlin. On July 1, Parliament sat in Bonn for the last time. On Monday, the trucks and trains started rolling. By September, most of the federal ministries should be up...
JAPAN
Jul 7, 1999

Sony quits North America cell phone market

Sony Corp. announced Wednesday it will withdraw from the cellular phone business in North America, citing dwindling market share and profits due to intensifying competition.
JAPAN
Jul 7, 1999

Ishihara to ban Aum members from facilities

Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara told the metropolitan assembly Wednesday that he will not allow members of Aum Shinrikyo to use Tokyo's public facilities.
JAPAN
Jul 7, 1999

Will wiretapping hurt the news?

Staff writer
JAPAN
Jul 7, 1999

Osaka puts on job fair to help the unemployed

OSAKA -- In a bid to help job-seekers in the Kansai region, where the unemployment rate exceeds the national average, Osaka Prefecture Wednesday kicked off Job Information Fair '99, featuring 200 computers listing 15,000 jobs.
JAPAN
Jul 7, 1999

Japan an eavesdropping paradise

Staff writer
JAPAN
Jul 6, 1999

Setouchi Special: Sand, fruit and fun beckon in Ehime

IMABARI, Ehime Pref. -- Residents in Ehime Prefecture have long referred to their area as the "Orchard of Japan."
JAPAN
Jul 6, 1999

Setouchi Special: Museum a journey into Hirayama's art

SETODA, Hiroshima Pref. -- A museum dedicated to one of Japan's most prominent artists, Ikuo Hirayama, traces the artistic growth of the famous native and his travels throughout the world.
JAPAN
Jul 6, 1999

Crisis manual details local obligations to U.S. troops

The government finished drafting a manual Tuesday that will tell local governments and private businesses how they should support U.S. forces in times of emergency in areas near Japan.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Jul 6, 1999

From combat to sport and art

ARMED MARTIAL ARTS OF JAPAN: Swordsmanship and Archery, by G. Cameron Hurst III. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1998, 244 pp., with b/w photos. Though people today are more inclined to study the martial arts of Japan than such culturally expected forms as tea ceremony and flower arrangement, books...
JAPAN
Jul 6, 1999

Constitutional review panel approved by Lower House

The first Diet debate on the Constitution since it was written in 1946 could come in January.
JAPAN
Jul 5, 1999

Rengo seeks 14 trillion yen supplementary budget

The Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) on Monday urged the government to compile a 14 trillion yen supplementary budget for fiscal 1999 to create more jobs and to rejuvenate the nation's economy, Rengo officials said Monday.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / GETTING THINGS DONE
Jul 4, 1999

Happy holiday

The U.S. celebration of independence does not always fall on a column day and even when it does, I rarely write about it. There are some 153 diplomatic missions represented in Tokyo and they all have national days that could be noted. But then, once in a while I do. Once I wrote how Japan had honored...
JAPAN
Jul 2, 1999

Pair arrested over Net-based sales scam

OSAKA -- Two men were arrested here Friday on suspicion of posting false advertisements to sell computers and watches on an Internet Web site and swindling money out of potential customers, police said.
JAPAN
Jul 2, 1999

401(K): Principal seeks market entry, potential partner

Staff writer
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.
U.S. falling behind on aircraft shelters in Asia as China’s missile arsenal grows
Airmen from the U.S. Air Force's 104th Fighter Wing complete post-flight checks on four F-15C fighter jets at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture, in October 2023.
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.
Real wages fall for a fourth month, squeezing Japanese households further
Prices continue to outpace wage increases in Japan.
Hair removal for kids — boosting confidence or preying on insecurities?
Beauty salon Dione, which has over 100 branches nationwide, offers hair removal treatments for children as young as 3 years old. It uses hair removal equipment that emits a special light heated to around 38 degrees Celsius, unlike conventional equipment that involves temperatures of 60 to 80 C.

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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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