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JAPAN
Jan 16, 2001

Europe's top luxury brands unfazed by recession

Despite the prolonged economic doldrums in Japan, top-brand handbags, jewelry and others items imported from Europe are selling quite well as manufacturers step up their offensive.
EDITORIALS
Jan 16, 2001

Freedom worth fighting for

Ten years ago, the Soviet government mounted the last furious defense of its crumbling empire. As Lithuanian citizens set up a vigil outside the television tower of Vilnius, the nation's capital, Soviet forces moved to break up the protests with tanks and troops. Fourteen people died on the night of...
BUSINESS
Jan 15, 2001

Next U.S. president should use surplus to pace savings rate

Amid growing signs of a slowdown in the U.S. economy, the whole world is closely awaiting the new policies of President-elect George W. Bush, who prevailed in one of the closest presidential races in U.S. history after more than a month of unprecedented legal wrangling.
JAPAN
Jan 15, 2001

ASEM conference stresses teamwork

KOBE -- Finance ministers from the 25-nation Asia-Europe Meeting group wrapped up their two-day conference here Sunday by adopting a chairman's statement emphasizing the importance of enhanced cooperation to avoid financial crises.
COMMENTARY
Jan 15, 2001

Calling off all bets on Japan

Predictions can be dangerous when Japan is involved.
MORE SPORTS
Jan 15, 2001

Shimode takes Kano Cup crown

Veteran heavyweight judoka Yoshinori Shimode defeated world bronze medalist Alexander Mikhaylin of Russia on Sunday on his way to his first title at the Kano Cup international men's judo competition.
EDITORIALS
Jan 15, 2001

Territories in the middle

Japan and Russia have entered the new century without the major diplomatic goal they had vowed to achieve by the end of 2000: the signing of a peace treaty. As a result, the bilateral territorial problem involving the Northern Territories -- a World War II legacy that stands in the way of full normalization...
JAPAN
Jan 14, 2001

Finance ministers to show caution on U.S. slowdown

KOBE -- Finance ministers from 25 Asian and European countries agreed Saturday to take cautious steps to minimize the impact of a U.S. economic slowdown on their economies, a Japanese government official said.
COMMENTARY
Jan 14, 2001

New Cabinet does little to boost Mori

Japan is enveloped in gloom at the dawn of the 21st century, as is much of the rest of the world. The administration of Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori continues to suffer from dismally low public-approval ratings, despite the major Cabinet reshuffle he carried out last month. The reorganization of the central...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Jan 14, 2001

Sandra Gamo

Sandra Gamo is just old enough to be able to say that she was "a rare species" in the late 1950s, when she was a bilingual Pan American Airways flight hostess. In those days few young women in this part of the world had achieved her level of two languages, poise and presence. Remarkably, and very early...
BUSINESS
Jan 13, 2001

Don't fret about economy: IMF chief

International Monetary Fund chief Horst Koehler told Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa on Friday that there is no need to worry about the outlook for the Japanese economy, although Japan will experience pain as its labor market goes through a transitional period.
BUSINESS
Jan 13, 2001

Hiranuma welcomes Zoellick nomination

Japan's minister of economy, trade and industry on Friday hailed President-elect George W. Bush's decision to name Robert Zoellick as his nominee for U.S. trade representative.
MORE SPORTS
Jan 13, 2001

Date to marry race driver

Former Japanese women's tennis ace Kimiko Date is to marry German racing driver Michael Krumm, the four-time Japan Open women's singles titlist announced Friday.
CULTURE / Art / CERAMIC SCENE
Jan 13, 2001

Pottery with a Korean foundation

A simple fact to begin the Ceramic Scene 21st century: Many great Japanese ceramic traditions of western Japan began with Korean potters.
BUSINESS
Jan 12, 2001

Ogi invites Mineta to land ministers' talks in '02

Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Chikage Ogi on Thursday asked visiting U.S. Commerce Secretary Norman Mineta to attend an international conference of land ministers in Japan next January, ministry officials said.
JAPAN
Jan 12, 2001

G8 representatives to meet in Tokyo over cybercrime

Senior government officials and private corporate executives of the Group of Eight major countries will meet in Tokyo in late May to discuss a possible joint strategy toward fighting high-tech crime, especially cybercrime, government sources said Thursday.
SOCCER / World cup
Jan 12, 2001

Japan sets up friendly with France

Asian champion Japan will start its 2001 season with a training camp in mid-February and play its first friendly in Europe against world champion France in late March, the Japan Football Association announced Thursday in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Jan 12, 2001

Traditional manufacturers embrace the Net

OSAKA -- Known for their resolute adherence to time-honored styles and techniques, the craftspeople and manufacturers of traditional products in the Kinki region are beginning to embrace the digital age.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 12, 2001

India paying dearly for its bully image

NEW DELHI -- Although world attention is invariably riveted on India-Pakistan hostility, New Delhi's ties with its other neighbors have been uneasy in the best of times.
BUSINESS
Jan 12, 2001

Japan tries new tack in stalemated WTO round

Japan is taking the initiative in getting the much-vaunted global machine of trade liberalization up and running again after it stalled more than a year ago.
EDITORIALS
Jan 11, 2001

Uranium munition in the cross-hairs

NATO is coming under increasing pressure to investigate possible health risks associated with the use of depleted-uranium ammunition. A number of "Balkans Syndrome" cases have raised fears that the munitions exposed soldiers and civilians to unsuspected danger. Thus far, the threat is more imagined that...
JAPAN
Jan 11, 2001

IMO targets harmful ballast water

The International Maritime Organization plans to devise a treaty to tackle harmful aquatic organisms found in the ballast water that freighters carry from one part of the world to another, Japanese sources said Wednesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 11, 2001

China's 'democratic' option

LONDON -- The recently released details of the secret debate among China's leaders before they crushed the prodemocracy protests on Tiananmen Square in 1989 don't just tell us about China's past. They also tell us a lot about its present, and even about its likely future.
Standoff in the skies: Witnessing an unsafe intercept over the South China Sea
A Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy helicopter is seen from aboard a Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) aircraft in the skies above Scarborough Shoal in the disputed South China Sea on Feb. 18.
Six-time Olympic gold medalist and WNBA great Diana Taurasi retires
Diana Taurasi celebrates after winning her sixth Olympic gold medal with Team USA at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 11, 2024,
Itochu drops Seven & I buyout, putting Couche-Tard back in limelight
Itochu dropping its Seven & I Holdings buyout plan would place Alimentation Couche-Tard’s offer back in the limelight.
Prince Hisahito's coming-of-age ceremony set for Sept. 6
Prince Hisahito in the city of Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture, on Feb. 12
Japan records fewest births on record, deepening demographic crisis
The number of newborns in 2024 fell 5% from the previous year to 720,988, extending a nine-year streak of declines, according to preliminary population data released Thursday by the health ministry.
Taiwan comics on the rise: Local storytellers, global aspirations
Taiwanese comic artist Rishiazao and interpreter Yun-wen Huang greet an attendee at the 2025 Angouleme International Comics Festival in France.
Nils Nielsen's vision for Nadeshiko Japan comes to life at SheBelieves Cup
Nadeshiko Japan celebrates after winning the SheBelieves Cup in San Diego on Wednesday.
Famed artist Takashi Murakami partners with MLB for Tokyo Series
A model wears items that are part of Takashi Murakami's collaboration with MLB.
Oscar-nominated documentaries put Japan under the microscope
Journalist and filmmaker Shiori Ito made the documentary “Black Box Diaries” about her years-long battle to find justice following her sexual assault.
Jose Ando's rapid rise from first pages to the Akutagawa Prize
Jose Ando purposefully wrote his Akutagawa Prize-winning novel “Dtopia” to be accessible to an audience beyond Japan and to spark conversations about race, gender and the effects of modern entertainment.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

The building of new high-rise residential buildings has some alarmed that they could empty and fall into disrepair as Japan's population shrinks.
The high cost of letting Japan's condos crumble
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