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JAPAN
Jul 12, 2000

Snow recycled milk into 'new' products

OSAKA -- Snow Brand Milk Products Co.'s Osaka plant, where a valve contaminated with bacteria has been linked to a massive outbreak of food poisoning, recycled milk products that were returned from stores to make "new" products, according to the Osaka Municipal Government.
BUSINESS
Jul 12, 2000

Sogo rescue package will remain as is: FRC

Financial authorities are not considering, at present, reviewing a controversial bailout plan for Sogo Co., the Financial Reconstruction Commission chairman said Tuesday.
LIFE / Travel
Jul 12, 2000

A taste of the good life in Izu

SHIMODA, Shizuoka Pref. -- There is no shortage of ryokan in Izu. The hot springs run unbroken down the coast from Atami to the tip of the peninsula, and some towns seem to have more onsen than houses.
LIFE / Travel
Jul 12, 2000

Time travel in downtown Seoul

As a resident of Japan, one might be forgiven for assuming that the South Korean film industry is nearly nonexistent, considering the scarcity of offerings here. In fact, South Korean media production is prolific, but it sometimes takes an unexpected circumstance to bring this into clear focus.
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2000

Japan, U.S. business leaders agree on NTT

Business leaders from Japan and the United States expressed their support Monday for a reduction in Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp.'s interconnection charges, a move which they say is essential to information technology-led economic growth.
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2000

Mori tells LDP to review plan to bail out Sogo

Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori instructed his ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Monday to review a bailout plan for ailing department store operator Sogo Co., party officials said.
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2000

Boost youths' social ties: Oshima

While Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori feels educational reform is a key policy for his Cabinet, new Education Minister Tadamori Oshima wants to establish an educational program to enhance children's social participation.
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2000

Ministry panel discusses tainted milk

A Health and Welfare Ministry task force on Monday held its first meeting to consider the outbreak of food poisoning in western Japan caused by contaminated low-fat and calcium-enriched milk produced of Snow Brand Milk Products Co.
JAPAN
Jul 9, 2000

Typhoon Kirogi clips Japan's east coast

The season's third typhoon was traveling northward Saturday skimming Japan's Pacific coastline, bringing heavy rain and strong winds to Tokyo, surrounding areas and northeastern Japan.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Jul 9, 2000

Andrew Wolford

"After the war, in England there was little opportunity for young people, and Africa seemed full of opportunity. So my parents and a friend bought a small plane, and flew out to South Africa in 1947."
COMMUNITY / How-tos / GETTING THINGS DONE
Jul 9, 2000

Take a chance

Here is a quick summary of some of the activities that are available as you look for ways to fill what should be, but rarely are, the less demanding summer months.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 9, 2000

Money talks loudly in American politics

After Utah Republicans booted Rep. Merrill Cook in their June primary, Republican Rep. Tom Davis of Virginia, chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, declared: "The bad news is a Republican incumbent lost." It's certainly bad news for the American people, who will be stuck paying...
JAPAN
Jul 8, 2000

Monazite storage to see no charges

People found to be in possession of monazite are not likely to be charged for failing to store the low-level radioactive material safely because laws do not cover its storage, investigative sources said Friday.
BUSINESS
Jul 8, 2000

Government set to issue report on Sogo bailout

In response to public concern, the government will draft a statement explaining the bailout of department store operator Sogo Co. with taxpayers' money, officials said Friday.
EDITORIALS
Jul 8, 2000

End Belfast's annual nightmare

Every year, Northern Ireland's Protestants march through the streets of that province to honor the Protestant victories over Catholics in centuries past. It is intended to be a commemoration, but it has also become an angry ritual that rubs raw the emotions of all involved. Opponents of the Good Friday...
BUSINESS
Jul 8, 2000

State should nurture industries: Sakaiya

The government should swiftly come up with measures to nurture fledgling industries in order to accelerate Japan's economic growth, Economic Planning Agency chief Taichi Sakaiya said.
CULTURE / Art / CERAMIC SCENE
Jul 8, 2000

Through the fires of experience to beauty

One afternoon a few months ago I had the pleasure of taking a visiting dignitary around Tokyo to view pottery. While we were riding around in his limousine and talking about Japanese pottery he said many times how sublime he thought it was.
JAPAN
Jul 7, 2000

Cabinet proves widely unpopular

The disapproval rate for the Cabinet of Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori is at 62 percent, a record high for a newly launched Cabinet, with support at 27 percent, a Kyodo News poll showed Thursday.
JAPAN
Jul 7, 2000

Red Army Faction fugitive details deportation from Lebanon

Masao Adachi, one of four Japanese Red Army Faction fugitives who were deported to Japan from Lebanon and arrested upon their arrival in March, has given Kyodo News a detailed description of how they were handed over.
CULTURE / Music / PLAY BUTTON
Jul 7, 2000

Save the last dance for Yokota

Susumu Yokota's career has been mercurial enough to warrant the many pseudonyms under which he has released his work. Flitting from house to techno and back again, Yokota has brought his musical curiosity and energy to every genre he's chosen to embrace.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 7, 2000

China's unruly, untrustworthy territory

TOM CLIFFORD Staff writer HONG KONG -- The Hong Kong handover three years ago provided some of the most contradictory TV images of our age. An imperial drama, a colony being returned, was played out in the dying days of the 20th century. All that was missing was the setting sun.
BUSINESS
Jul 6, 2000

Miyazawa open to IT-aimed supplementary budget

The government should draw up, if necessary, an extra budget focused on information technology and new public projects later this year, Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jul 6, 2000

Four arrested over stabbing of woman

Four people were arrested Wednesday in connection with the killing of a 21-year-old pregnant woman in Tokyo's Ota Ward in February, police said.
BUSINESS
Jul 6, 2000

Sanwa, Tokai, Toyo to integrate operations

Sanwa Bank, Tokai Bank and Toyo Trust & Banking Co. jointly announced Wednesday that they have agreed in principle to integrate their operations under a single holding company to be formed next April.
SDF spots China’s biggest aircraft carrier for first time
The Fujian aircraft carrier is seen in Shanghai in May 2024 as it leaves for its first sea trial.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Is America ready for Japanese-style 7-Elevens?
Convenience stores are a fixture of Japanese life and 7-Eleven, a chain that began in the U.S. in 1927, opened its first store in Japan in 1974 — and then became wholly Japanese-owned in 2005 through parent company Seven & I Holdings.
Final weeks of World Expo in Osaka likely to see large crowds
With one month left to go, crowds are expected to swell at the World Expo in Osaka during its final weeks.
Japan's elderly population down at around 36.2 million
The estimated number of people age 65 or older in Japan stands at 36.19 million as of Monday, accounting for record 29.4% of the country's total population, according to the internal affairs ministry.
Strikes on Qatar and Poland shake U.S. sway among friend and foe
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Museum of the Bible in Washington on Sept. 8. Israeli strikes in Qatar and Russian drone incursions into Poland have challenged the U.S. leaders claims of global respect.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.

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