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COMMENTARY / World
Jun 22, 2001

Musharraf confronts the Kashmir folly

NEW DELHI -- Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's invitation to Pakistan's military ruler and now president, Pervez Musharraf, for talks -- after refusing to do so for two years -- is the best one could have hoped for in the volatile, nuclear-charged subcontinent.
JAPAN
Jun 22, 2001

Birthrate increases slightly thanks to millennium-baby factor

The national birthrate rose slightly to 1.35 last year from a record low 1.34 in 1999, according to Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry statistics.
JAPAN
Jun 22, 2001

Kids caught in latest cosmetics fad

Kyodo News While the nation's "kogyaru" teens, teetering through Tokyo's Shibuya district in their towering platform boots and outrageous makeup, have received their share of attention over the years, it may well be time to pass the torch — there are some new kids in town.
JAPAN
Jun 21, 2001

Lawmaker blasts Mori role in AIDS forum

An HIV-positive lawmaker has blasted plans to let former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori address a special U.N. session on AIDS later this month, citing previous discriminatory remarks made by Mori regarding the disease. On Tuesday, 41-year-old Satoru Ienishi of the Democratic Party of Japan slammed the...
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 21, 2001

India watches as Nepal's drama unfolds

If the June 1 blood bath that resulted in the deaths of many members of Nepal's royal family was not enough for a tragedy, we also have a Maoist insurgency and fears of two giant neighbors against the backdrop of palace intrigues.
JAPAN
Jun 21, 2001

Fuji toilets need chip-hauling volunteers

A nonprofit organization is seeking volunteers to carry wood chips to the top of Mount Fuji for use in environmentally friendly toilets that would cut down the amount of human waste left on the mountain each season.
JAPAN
Jun 21, 2001

Landslides plague west Japan; one dead

OSAKA — A 68-year-old man was killed early Wednesday in Ehime Prefecture when his home was buried in a landslide brought on by a seasonal rain front that caused widespread damage in western Japan, police and firefighters said.
JAPAN
Jun 21, 2001

SDF ranks open to reservists with no military experience

Need a part-time job? Ever considered the Self-Defense Forces? Spending holidays in boot camp could earn you 7,900 yen a day.
JAPAN / INTERNATIONAL RATIONALE
Jun 21, 2001

Localities approach foreign firms to raise tax base

With the economy in the doldrums, cash-strapped local governments have begun warring with each other to attract foreign businesses and the jobs and tax revenue they bring. Touting tax incentives, lower land prices and proximity to factories in related industries, they are encouraging foreign firms to...
COMMENTARY
Jun 21, 2001

The trouble with free trade

Japan, for all its talk about the virtues of free trade, has now invited Chinese retaliation by imposing emergency barriers on the import of some farm products from China. And that could be only a beginning. Made-in-China clothing is sweeping the chain stores. Japan's towel-makers are conceding defeat....
JAPAN
Jun 21, 2001

Women turn to crisis hotline

Some 60 percent of calls received in the past year by a mental crisis hotline set up by 11 hospitals affiliated with the labor ministry were from women, according to survey results released Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jun 20, 2001

Koizumi to commemorate Okinawa battle

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi will visit Okinawa Prefecture on Saturday to attend ceremony marking the 56th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa between U.S. and Japanese forces, the government's top spokesman said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jun 20, 2001

Government considers laws to control magic mushrooms

The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry is analyzing the composition of hallucination-inducing mushrooms, known as magic mushrooms, in a bid to tighten laws over their use, a health ministry research group said Tuesday.
CULTURE / Music
Jun 20, 2001

Fans of all stripes come together for the rock of ages

There were Mods, rockabillies, psychobillies, surf punks, indie rockers, metalheadz and Uniqlo/Gap kids. There were 12-year-old girls, 40-year-old salarymen, 18-year-old boys, young couples with toddlers and at least one very pregnant woman.
CULTURE / Art
Jun 20, 2001

Wrap artist blooms on the Outside

"Metamorphosis," an exhibition of "Outsider art" by Judith Scott, opens today at the Shiseido Gallery in Tokyo's Ginza district.
CULTURE / Music
Jun 20, 2001

Combat rock

At the Tokyo office of Bad Music Co., Ltd. the walls are covered in skulls and crossbones of various designs and a man in black is sitting at a table smoking strong cigarettes.
COMMENTARY
Jun 19, 2001

Three challenges for Koizumi

Approximately 50 days have passed since the Cabinet of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi was sworn in. Various opinion surveys have shown that its public approval ratings have climbed to nearly 90 percent from around 80 percent at the time of its birth, defying the usual pattern of approval rates declining...
JAPAN
Jun 19, 2001

Counselors struggle with Ikeda trauma

OSAKA — The June 8 slaying of eight children at Osaka Kyoiku University Ikeda Elementary School shocked the nation.
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2001

Ministers split on system for mentally ill suspects

Government ministers were split Sunday over whether Japan should incorporate a new system under which suspects with psychiatric problems would receive hospital treatment at the advice of courts.
JAPAN / WEEKEND WISDOM
Jun 17, 2001

Folklore researcher advocates power of story-telling for kids

In an age of rising violence and crime, parents and teachers who are at a loss over how to teach children the importance of life could find a treasure trove of hints in ancient tales.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Jun 17, 2001

Some like it steamed

Many Japanese who grew up in the 1950s still recall roba no panya, horse-drawn bakery wagons selling mushi-pan (steamed bread). Popularized by Kyoto-based bread manufacturer Vitamin Pan Rensa-ten Honbu in the latter part of the decade, by around 1960 the company boasted 160 roba no panya across the country,...
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Jun 17, 2001

The bright side of bamboo

BAMBOO IN JAPAN, by Nancy Moore Bess, with Bibi Wein. Tokyo and New York: Kodansha International, 2001, 224 pp., 160 color prints and duo-tone photographs, 5,800 yen. Bamboo, the ancient, ubiquitous grass, is everywhere in Japan. Of the over 1,500 species worldwide, nearly half are found here. It...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Jun 17, 2001

Ms. Popularity unleashes charm while her poodle mows the grass

"Look at it this way," one of my mother's cornier friends blabbed to her when she learned of my engagement, "You're not losing a son, you're gaining a daughter."
In a first, Japan issues cease-and-desist order against Google
The Google logo is seen at the company's Bay View campus in Mountain View, California. Japanese authorities on Tuesday issued a cease-and-desist order to Google over an alleged violation of the country's anti-monopoly law.
Tokyo hotel operators face possible warnings over suspected price cartel
Foreign tourists gather on a platform at Kyoto Station on Wednesday.
Japan and the U.S. begin tariff talks on good terms, but without breakthroughs
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, speaks to reporters in Washington on Wednesday.
Magnitude 5.0 earthquake jolts Nagano
A map showing the location of an earthquake that hit Nagano Prefecture on Friday evening, with the numbers indicating the seismic intensity on the shindo scale to 7.
Parts of Yamanote and Keihin-Tohoku lines to be suspended over weekend
Sections of the outer loop of Tokyo's Yamanote Line and the Keihin-Tohoku Line will be shut down all day Saturday, and from the start of service through around noon on Sunday.
Nothing sells like Shohei Ohtani, MLB’s marketing megastar
People walk past an advertisement featuring Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani outside Tokyo Dome on March 18.
Tokyo stock picker advises Trump-proofing portfolios with Godzilla-creator Toho
The head of Godzilla, a Japanese monster movie character, is seen on a building of Toho Cinema in Tokyo. Toho is one tariff-defensive stock being recommended by brokers.
LDP and CDP lawmaker groups propose 0% consumption tax on food
A vegetable stand displays prices at a supermarket in Tokyo in 2023. Some lawmakers are proposing lowering the consumption tax on food to 0%, which is expected to result in a loss of up to ¥5 trillion in tax revenue annually.
Tokyo hotel operators face possible warnings over suspected price cartel
Foreign tourists gather on a platform at Kyoto Station on Wednesday.
Kyotographie 2025 opts for laughter and levity in the face of global strife
Palestinian American photographer Adam Rouhana’s exhibition at this year’s Kyotographie festival shows Palestinian life, not death and rubble.

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