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JAPAN
Oct 7, 2000

KSD probed in breach of clients' trust

Tokyo public prosecutors launched an investigation Friday into an alleged breach-of-trust case involving the head of a Tokyo-based mutual aid organization for small enterprises.
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2000

Sogo exec's kin linked to affiliate share-buyout

Two relatives of former Sogo Co. Vice Chairman Moriichi Inoue bought all outstanding shares of an affiliate of Yokohama Sogo around April, when the management of the failing department store chain announced it would step down, it was learned Thursday.
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2000

Taiwan shift away from reactors may deal blow to Japanese firms

Taiwan's Economics Ministry has taken a step toward loosening the island's reliance on nuclear power in a move that could be a major blow to Japanese firms in the atomic power industry.
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2000

Sansei make busy visit for the sake of relations

Most of them can't speak Japanese, or can't speak it very well. Some have only been to Japan a few times.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 6, 2000

Singapore media monopolies break into rival's turf

SINGAPORE -- Competition in Singapore's expanding media industry is growing more intense as the two rival main players prepare to slug it out, having pumped in millions of dollars to upgrade existing projects and invest in new ones.
JAPAN
Oct 4, 2000

Lage urges closer ties with Cuba

Visiting Cuban Vice President Carlos Lage on Tuesday called for strengthening bilateral relations with Japan on various fronts, ranging from tourism, sports and culture to business.
LIFE / Travel
Oct 4, 2000

On the track of buried treasure

George Braseros is certain there is gold buried in the jungles of Mindanao. He is so sure it is there, just waiting to be dug up, that he has sunk a small fortune of his own into searching for it. And he knows other men have died for it.
LIFE / Travel / NATURE TRAVEL
Oct 4, 2000

The parochial charm of Carmel

Rough Guide guidebooks are some of the best on the store shelf: thorough, entertaining and with excellent briefings on things historical, political and environmental. By and large we, and the Rough Guides, think alike.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 2, 2000

Japan must commence nuclear reforms

On Sept. 30, Japan commemorated the first anniversary of its worst nuclear disaster since the inception of its nuclear power industry. Tokaimura, approximately 150 km northwest of Tokyo, experienced a criticality accident around 10:30 a.m. when employees of JCO Co., a subsidiary of Sumitomo Metal Mining...
COMMENTARY
Oct 2, 2000

Is drug-price cure worse than the disease?

WASHINGTON -- Election years in the United States are good for political consultants but bad for everyone else. Especially the average citizen who bears the brunt of Washington-style "reform."
COMMUNITY
Oct 1, 2000

A life spent on the edge

It's not entirely clear which of his visits to Japan Jim Whittaker remembers the most. The latest, earlier this year, was to promote his autobiography and attend the opening of the first overseas branch of Recreation Equipment Inc., the outdoor goods cooperative he helped set up in Seattle in 1950.
EDITORIALS
Sep 30, 2000

Denmark says 'No, thank you'

The Danish people voted this week against adopting the euro. With nearly 90 percent of eligible voters going to the polls, Denmark rejected the European Union's single currency by a narrow 53-47 margin. The result is a bitter disappointment for the country's political and business establishment, which...
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2000

Japan should look toward FTAs: report

Japan should actively explore the possibility of concluding free-trade agreements with some developing countries while forging closer economic relations with the United States and other industrialized countries through other types of new bilateral arrangements, according to a government report.
BUSINESS
Sep 30, 2000

Mizuho executives express confidence in future

Chief executives of the Mizuho Financial Group expressed confidence Friday that their company is destined to lead the Japanese banking industry and become one of the world's top banks.
BUSINESS
Sep 30, 2000

NTV and others consider tying up in digital satellites

Nippon Television Network Corp. and three other concerns are considering jointly entering communications satellite digital broadcasting services due to start next year, company officials said Friday.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 30, 2000

U.S. should drain strategic oil reserves dry

With gasoline and home heating-oil prices continuing to shoot skyward, U.S. President Bill Clinton decided late last week to flood the market with federally stockpiled oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. The SPR holds 582 million barrels of unrefined crude oil, a stock large enough to replace 37...
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 30, 2000

Time to reassess the nuclear-energy option

Safety and cost competitiveness: These two factors are clearly incompatible when it comes to nuclear energy. Yet these were some of the key words used by the government and the nuclear industry to promote nuclear energy.
JAPAN
Sep 29, 2000

Sogo urged to seek redress from execs for bad loans

OSAKA -- A citizens' group representing individual investors on Thursday called on Sogo Co. to seek damages from its former executives to recover losses stemming from irrecoverable loans to fur dealers, the group said.
BUSINESS
Sep 29, 2000

Sanwa set to control ailing Senshu Bank

OSAKA -- Senshu Bank, an ailing regional bank based in Kishiwada, Osaka Prefecture, said Thursday that it will become a subsidiary of Sanwa Bank, a major commercial bank.
BUSINESS
Sep 29, 2000

Stability, surge may be in store for stocks

The Tokyo stock market has remained in a corrective phase through much of this month, sending the key Nikkei average slumping to its year-to-date low.
JAPAN
Sep 28, 2000

Matsushita, Waseda to set up remote-learning venture

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. will set up a joint venture with Waseda University in Tokyo on Monday that will offer online learning courses to both students and the general public, Matsushita said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Sep 27, 2000

Yamanouchi sells stake in Shire

Yamanouchi Group Holding Inc., a U.S. unit of Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co., on Monday sold its stake in Shire Pharmaceutical Group PLC of Britain for about 10 billion yen.
LIFE / Travel
Sep 27, 2000

Cultivating coral gardens

IHURU, Maldives -- A sudden change in the weather sends staff at the resort on Ihuru Island grappling for the groins. Jetty-like piles of sand-bags that jut out from various parts of the island, these "groins" help lessen the effect of destructive tides. For the time being at least, they are Ihuru's...
BUSINESS
Sep 26, 2000

Electronics makers see huge increase in output

Japan's biggest electronics industry body projected on Monday that the combined output of member makers will amount to 25.69 trillion yen in 2000, the second-largest output on record.
BUSINESS
Sep 26, 2000

Textile trader Fujii requests rehabilitation

OSAKA -- Fujii & Co., an Osaka-based textile trader, said Monday it has applied for court-led rehabilitation with total liabilities estimated at 10.8 billion yen as of the end of August.
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.
Japan and U.S. to form missile plan in case of Taiwan emergency
A U.S. Marine Corps M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) and a Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force Type 12 Surface-to-Ship Missile (12SSM) system are put on display at a symposium at a base in Kisarazu, Japan, in June 2022.
Preparations for Osaka Expo well underway amid lack of excitement
The Grand Ring, a symbol of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka
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.
'Kohaku' still matters for J-pop bragging rights
Emerging Gen Z J-pop group ME:I will perform on this year's "Kohaku Uta Gassen," national broadcaster NHK’s New Year's Eve spectacle.
Are you leaving your loved ones digital legacies or headaches?
The National Consumer Affairs Center reports a growing number of consultations regarding "digital legacies" — data and online services left behind when people die.
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.
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

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