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JAPAN
Jul 19, 2000

G8 chiefs' script covers debt relief, 'digital divide'

Helping developing countries ride the global wave of the information technology revolution will top the economic agenda at the Friday-Sunday Group of Eight summit in Okinawa.
JAPAN
Jul 15, 2000

Hail a cab in Naha now and they'll all come quick

NAHA, Okinawa Pref. -- It is said there is a reliable litmus test to gauge the state of Okinawa's economy: Stick out your hand and see how long it takes to hail a taxi.
JAPAN
Jul 14, 2000

Steps urged for police to regain public trust

A government panel on police reforms recommended Thursday that police make greater efforts on information disclosure and require officers to issue written responses to complaints as measures to regain the public's trust in the nation's scandal-tainted force.
COMMUNITY
Jul 13, 2000

Members of La Leche League rewrite breast-feeding rules

For new mothers with an abundance of milk and beginner's confidence, the choice to breast-feed may be the simplest and most obvious one to make.
LIFE / Food & Drink / NIHONSHU
Jul 13, 2000

Compulsories of sake keeps brewers in top form

Last month, I gave an overview of the Shinshu Kanpyokai, the national new-sake tasting competition held each spring, and its logistics. Here is a look at what kind of sake wins, and what the big deal is about anyway.
BUSINESS
Jul 12, 2000

Education key to closing IT gap: OECD

Developing countries should not use the digital divide as an excuse to relax efforts to catch up with the information technology revolution, according to a senior official of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
JAPAN
Jul 12, 2000

Sister of missing British hostess flies in for search

The sister of a 21-year-old woman who went missing in Tokyo nearly two weeks ago is working with the British Embassy and the Japanese police in an attempt to locate her sibling.
BUSINESS
Jul 12, 2000

Business leaders agree NTT fees too high

The Japan-U.S. Business Conference ended Tuesday, with business leaders from the two nations adopting a statement urging a "substantial and prompt reduction in interconnection rates" charged by the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. group.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 11, 2000

Fathers must do their duties

The brutal crimes committed by teenagers here recently have shocked the nation. In discussing the issue of juvenile violence, however, we seem to be making a basic mistake: that only those who have the right to vote are "adults." Considering various aspects of human physiology, it is unrealistic to say...
JAPAN
Jul 9, 2000

G7 ministers agree on policies for IT

FUKUOKA — Finance ministers from the Group of Seven economic powers agreed Saturday that governments need to maximize the benefits of the information technology revolution and minimize the risks through deregulation and coordinating their regulatory policies.
COMMENTARY / WASHINGTON UPDATE
Jul 9, 2000

Taking better care of business

The 37th annual Japan-United States Business Conference is being held this week at the Hotel Okura. Top business executives from the two nations who comprise separate, compatible organizations are spending three days discussing important issues that concern commerce between the two most important economies...
JAPAN
Jul 8, 2000

Nuclear safety report apologizes for Tokai

Commission vows to win back trust The Nuclear Safety Commission on Friday expressed regret over its inability to prevent last September's fatal nuclear accident in Tokai, Ibaraki Prefecture.
JAPAN
Jul 5, 2000

Snow lied after milk-poisoning case

OSAKA -- Officials of Snow Brand Milk Products Co. on Tuesday said that a valve at an Osaka production facility found to be contaminated with a toxin-causing bacteria was used almost every day, and not rarely as it had claimed Saturday.
EDITORIALS
Jul 2, 2000

Dumb and dumber

There is a wonderful anecdote about Oscar Wilde in Richard Ellmann's monumental biography of the Victorian wit, aesthete and playwright. In 1882-3, Wilde undertook a North American lecture tour, with the aim of bringing the gospel of beauty to the New World. A highlight of the tour was his stopover in...
JAPAN
Jul 1, 2000

Doctors to protest patenting of data

An international association consisting of doctors from 71 countries will protest a move to patent data on the genetic makeup of humans, claiming such action could bring exclusive benefits to certain companies, according to Japanese members of the group.
CULTURE / Music / HOGAKU TODAY
Jul 1, 2000

Sinking to sulphurous musical depths

One of the few consolations amid the relentless damp and humidity of the Japanese rainy season are the irises and hydrangeas whose colors seem to become ever more limpid in the mist.
BUSINESS
Jun 29, 2000

NTT breakup fails to level playing field

Nearly a year after the splitup of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp., the big experiment is coming under scrutiny as questions are raised over whether its new profile has actually made a difference.
ENVIRONMENT
Jun 28, 2000

Nature's playground welcomes kids of all ages

Located on low hills (67 meters above sea level) in Yokohama's Minami Ward, the Yokohama Children's Botanic Garden opened to the public in 1979 (the Year of the Child) with an area of 4 hectares. Since then, many of the trees have matured, creating a woodland atmosphere.
LIFE / Digital
Jun 28, 2000

A thinker's journey back to the future

Paul Saffo spends a lot of his time thinking about the past. That might seem a bit odd for a man who makes his living as a futurist, but perspective is critical, argues Saffo, director of the Institute for the Future, a Silicon Valley think tank that contemplates the way things will be.
CULTURE / Music / MUSIC NOMAD
Jun 27, 2000

Different tunings, same brilliance

Two exceptional American guitarists visit Japan next month. Although at opposite ends of the spectrum in style, background and geography, both operate firmly outside the mainstream, share a desire to innovate and produce music that can be at once both meditative and challenging.
BUSINESS
Jun 22, 2000

Japanese women: the new faces of small business

Most people would assume that to start a business you need plenty of time and money, or at least experience working in a relevant field. But an increasing number of Japanese women are proving this assumption wrong by setting up their own companies based on little more than a good idea and the will to...
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 22, 2000

Thailand refuses to face its bloody past

BANGKOK -- The Thai Ministry of Defense recently released a 605-page report of a team that investigated a May 1992 uprising in which soldiers shot dead dozens of prodemocracy demonstrators. To people abroad, the news headlines may make it appear as if Thailand finally is coming to terms with political...
JAPAN
Jun 21, 2000

Close digital divide: ministry

An environment better suited to the Internet and cellular phones is urgently needed for the development of the rapidly growing "new economy" in Japan, the Posts and Telecommunications Ministry said in a report released Tuesday.
ENVIRONMENT
Jun 19, 2000

Chromosome 21: new hope for Down's

The second human chromosome sequence to be mapped, chromosome 21, was published in the science journal Nature May 18, and is available free on the Internet.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Jun 18, 2000

Toshio Sugihara

Recently the College Women's Association of Japan held an anniversary celebration. "Music and Tea" was an afternoon program commemorating 25 years of the activities of Volunteers for Blind Students, a group that is part of CWAJ's education program. "In April, The Japan Vocational Development Center for...
CULTURE / Music / HOGAKU TODAY
Jun 17, 2000

A tribute to Japanese world music

In two previous columns (Feb. 5 and May 20) I wrote about recently established live-music houses, WAON in Nippori and Manabiya in Yokohama, where one can hear hogaku. The familiar settings of these spaces allow for an intimate connection with the music, which ranges from relatively unknown young musicians...
BUSINESS
Jun 16, 2000

Low-price shares gain favor amid IT slide

Investors are opting for low- and medium-priced shares on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, reflecting a major shift in investors' preferences.
BUSINESS
Jun 16, 2000

Hewlett-Packard, Softbank planning PC joint venture

Hewlett-Packard Co. of the United States will be entering the Japanese personal computer market by setting up a joint venture with Softbank Corp. and selling home-use products on the Internet, the U.S. firm's chief executive officer announced Thursday.
BUSINESS
Jun 15, 2000

Hitachi to sell gene-analysis software

Hitachi Ltd. said Wednesday that it will exclusively market in the Asia-Pacific region gene-analysis software developed by a U.S. firm devoted to the life sciences.
U.S. Osprey accidentally drops cargo into sea in Okinawa
A V-22 Osprey
Large fire breaks out near Osaka's Tsutenkaku Tower
Smoke rises from a fire at a commercial building near Tsutenkaku Tower, in Osaka, on Tuesday.
Nissan to end production of compact van as Honda rescue looms
A trailer transports Nissan’s NV200 Venette minivans in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture.
BOJ likely to raise rates this week in absence of immediate Trump tariffs
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda is still signaling caution ahead of the central bank's January meeting.
'Quad' diplomats meet in signal of Trump commitment to grouping
Top "Quad" diplomats — Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi (left to right), Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong — walk to their meeting at the State Department in Washington on Tuesday.
'America first' returns as Trump ditches focus on allies and rules-based order
U.S. President Donald Trump reviews troops during his inauguration ceremony at the Capitol in Washington on Monday.
Japan looks to learn from the past with bid to build Australian warships
The Maritime Self-Defense Force's Mogami frigate, of the class of the same name, is anchored at the MSDF's naval base in the city of Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, in September 2022.
Amid rising world hunger, a Japan-inspired group in Kenya is making a big impact
Wawira Njiru, the founder of Food4Education, serves food during the opening of a new kitchen in Mombasa County, Kenya, in 2022. The organization started in 2012 by feeding 25 children out of a single kitchen. Now it feeds nearly half a million every day.
From Tokyo to Manhattan, Takuma Watanabe stirs up a stiff drink
It's taken Takuma Watanabe little time to establish himself as one of New York's hottest bartenders.
For tourists in search of seasonal sights, Yamagata makes its case
For some time away from Tokyo's suffocating urban sameness, Yamagata Prefecture is home to a soothing array of natural abundance.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Atsuyoshi Koike, the president and CEO of Rapidus, says there is a “sense of urgency” when it comes to Japan’s efforts in manufacturing semiconductors. “We have to make sure we are successful,” he says.
Atsuyoshi Koike’s big game: Fourth down and 2 nanometers to go
By Kazuaki Nagata and Richard Meyer

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