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ENVIRONMENT
May 22, 2001

China's shifting sands close in on Beijing

BEIJING -- Mother Nature has got it in for Wang Yongxian. In 1988, the farmer fled his hillside cave when flooding triggered landslides on Dragon Treasure Mountain, 70 km north of Beijing. Forced to abandon their traditional cave homes, Wang and neighbors moved down to the safety of the plain. Or so...
JAPAN
May 22, 2001

Hansen's disease patients fight on

A total of 923 former Hansen's disease patients filed a lawsuit against the state Monday, demanding it pay them 115 million yen each in compensation for forcing them into isolation to undergo treatment for the disease.
JAPAN
May 20, 2001

NTT West may halve its branch offices

NTT West Corp. is considering integrating and consolidating its 30 branch offices to between 10 and 15 in a bid to streamline operations, cut costs and weather intensifying competition, company sources said Saturday.
COMMUNITY
May 20, 2001

The Tiger's meow

Anti-mainstream, anti-centralism, a love of losers. Such is the stuff of a Hanshin Tigers fan.
BUSINESS
May 19, 2001

Honda to develop diesel engines specifically for Europe

Honda Motor Co. said Friday it will develop diesel engines for cars and install them in a new Accord to be launched in Europe in 2003.
BUSINESS
May 19, 2001

Urban renewal key to revival: Koizumi

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Friday urban renewal is key to economic structural reform and reviving Japan.
COMMENTARY
May 19, 2001

Diplomacy fails to measure up

The administration of President George W. Bush has disclosed major changes in U.S. military and diplomatic strategies. These include the stepped-up deployment of U.S. missile defense systems, the discontinuation of the "two major war" approach and the overhaul of policies toward North Korea.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
May 19, 2001

Satellite radio: a commuter's best friend

Ever wonder how Japanese people can sleep on trains? Ever wonder how they know exactly when to wake up at their stop? I've finally figured it out: They're not really sleeping. They're listening to satellite radio. Satellite-radio stations offer a variety of programs, many of them designed with Japan's...
BUSINESS
May 19, 2001

Matsushita, Bayer enter into tieup

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said Friday it has agreed with Bayer Corp. of the United States to jointly develop, manufacture and market diagnostic products.
BUSINESS
May 18, 2001

IYBank eyes regional tieups to expand ATM network

IYBank, a new bank specializing in automated services, will actively seek tieups with regional banks, IYBank President Takashi Anzai said.
BUSINESS
May 18, 2001

Nissan posts record profit in fiscal 2000

Nissan Motor Co. said Thursday it posted record group net profits of 331.1 billion yen for fiscal 2000.
JAPAN
May 17, 2001

Disclosed ministry document casts Matsuo case in new light

Statements by Foreign Ministry officials have been called into question following the release of a formerly classified ministry document relating to the overseas visit support division.
JAPAN / STAGING A COMEBACK
May 16, 2001

Can 'e-Japan' make leap from paper to reality?

The economic slump over the past decade has crushed Japan's confidence and raised fundamental questions about the government's ability to turn things around.
BUSINESS
May 16, 2001

Study group considered to assess Japan, Mexico FTA

Japan and Mexico appear ready to launch a study group next month that will work toward concluding a bilateral free-trade agreement, said Takeo Hiranuma, minister of the economy, trade and industry.
JAPAN
May 15, 2001

SDF staff in peacekeeping ops eyed

Gen Nakatani, director general of the Defense Agency, told the Diet on Monday that he would like to consider allowing the agency to dispatch Self-Defense Forces officials to the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations.
JAPAN
May 15, 2001

Safe-sex knowledge seen eluding Japan

Despite a high rate of condom use, the Japanese population lacks knowledge and awareness on the use of contraceptives in the prevention of sexually transmitted infections, according to the head of an expert international advisory panel on sexual and reproductive health.
COMMENTARY / THE VIEW FROM MOSCOW
May 13, 2001

Don't take China so seriously

These days China is always in the news. If it's not the U.S. spy-plane incident, then it's Beijing's bid for the 2008 Olympics or the Chinese Communist Party's human-rights record or Beijing's bullying of Taiwan. After decades of condescending reporting on China, the international media is finally starting...
COMMENTARY / World
May 13, 2001

Salvaging South Korea's Sunshine Policy

SEOUL -- If the two Koreas agree on anything, it is that the reconciliation process is theirs alone to decide. So what were the EU president and the Swedish prime minister doing in Pyongyang and Seoul recently?
JAPAN
May 13, 2001

Koizumi considers joint history studies

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has told the Diet that he plans to promote joint history studies by Japan and its two Asian neighbors, China and South Korea, under existing research exchange programs.
JAPAN
May 12, 2001

Foreign Ministry officials begin sniping at Tanaka

With Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka flexing her muscles over the ministry's personnel affairs, bureaucrats have begun a counterattack, questioning her diplomatic judgment.
BUSINESS
May 12, 2001

New unemployment forum planned

The government will set up a new panel tasked with mapping out ways to curb unemployment that may result from the implementation of painful reforms, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda said Friday.
JAPAN
May 12, 2001

Tanaka gives up plan to replace vice minister

Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka indicated Friday that she has given up for now plans to replace Vice Foreign Minister Yutaka Kawashima, saying she "is not thinking about it."
BASEBALL / MLB
May 12, 2001

Dragons extend streak with win over Giants

The Chunichi Dragons extended their winning streak to six with a 4-1 win over the Yomiuri Giants at the Nagoya Dome Friday night.
COMMENTARY / World
May 12, 2001

Europe's Korean venture reaps good will

SEOUL -- One of the Europeans' first concerns after their successful diplomatic mission to Pyongyang and Seoul was to dispatch emissaries to Tokyo and Washington to inform the main allies about the results of the visit. On more than one occasion, the EU delegation emphasized that what it was doing was...
JAPAN
May 11, 2001

Korean residents mingle more since summit

OSAKA -- Pro-Pyongyang and pro-Seoul Korean resident groups in Japan have been mingling more frequently since the summit in June between the leaders of North and South Korea, a Kyodo News survey shows.
BUSINESS
May 11, 2001

Sony Bank to go online June 11

Sony Bank, an Internet bank owned 80 percent by Sony Corp., said Thursday it will open for business on June 11 in hopes of luring deposits of 1 trillion yen in five years.
JAPAN
May 10, 2001

Tax evasion nets seafood giant

The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office on Wednesday arrested a former senior official of Maruha Corp., Japan's seafood industry leader, on suspicion of tax evasion, prosecutors said.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
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.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
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.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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