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CULTURE / Art
Jun 27, 2001

Deconstructing the concept of 'home'

An exhibition of works by artists, architects and designers on the theme of "home" opens July 1 at Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery.
JAPAN
Jun 26, 2001

Will LDP groundswell extend beyond Tokyo?

Despite the Liberal Democratic Party's resounding victory in Sunday's Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election, experts said it remains unclear whether the groundswell will mean very much in the Upper House election next month.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 26, 2001

Is Japan moving to the right?

Recently, I had the opportunity to participate in a discussion with U.S. experts on Asian problems. Several of the U.S. participants stated that the new junior high-school history textbook issued by Fuso Publishing Co. was a "swing to the right." Since Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka has said publicly...
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 26, 2001

Justice takes a step backward in Texas

NEW YORK -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry's decision to veto legislation that would have banned the execution of mentally retarded criminals is a setback to the elimination of a barbaric policy that has almost universal repudiation. This decision comes at the same time as the release from prison -- where he...
JAPAN
Jun 25, 2001

Government special accounts run deficits of 10 trillion yen

Twenty-two of the 38 government-run special accounts for such services as labor insurance and postal savings have posted estimated deficits totaling some 10.48 trillion yen for fiscal 2000, according to government financial documents made available Sunday.
JAPAN
Jun 24, 2001

Four arrested over sale of ship to North Korea

Tokyo police arrested the president of a ship-dealing company and his three associates Saturday on suspicion of exporting a secondhand fishing boat to North Korea without government approval. Police suspect the firm has illegally exported ships to North Korea in the past and that some of them may have...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Jun 24, 2001

Reaching out to the world

Japan is often criticized for simply doling out large sums of money to international relief and development activities and rarely contributing human resources. There are, however, more than a few Japanese who become actively involved in international cooperation as overseas volunteers.
CULTURE / Books
Jun 24, 2001

When reason became treason in China

JAPAN'S IMPERIAL DIPLOMACY: Consuls, Treaty Ports and War in China 1895-1938, by Barbara Brooks. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, 2000, 272 pp., $55. Why did Japan suddenly lurch from being a good international citizen in the 1920s to becoming a regional rogue in the 1930s? Usually Japan's Asian...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Jun 24, 2001

Charity begins at the checkout

No time for voluntary work? An easy -- and fun -- way to alleviate your conscience is to go shopping.
CULTURE / Books
Jun 24, 2001

Nagashima provides balm for the caregiver's soul

THE GIRL WHO TURNED INTO TEA, by Minako Nagashima, translated by Hiroaki Sato. P.S., A Press, 2000, 56 pp., $12. The frailties and failings of the human body and mind are not usually the stuff of poetry, but Minako Nagashima, a longtime social worker and aid to the physically and mentally handicapped,...
BUSINESS
Jun 23, 2001

Get a grip, brokers -- this is only a first step

The introduction in October of the much-touted U.S. 401(k)-style corporate pension system in Japan will have little impact until individual investors feel more confident about the regulatory environment and the economy, said Brian Murdoch, president and CEO of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers.
JAPAN
Jun 23, 2001

State approves Kanagawa tax regime

The state will approve a new taxation system by the Kanagawa Prefectural Government that targets companies enjoying tax exemptions due to cumulative deficits despite being profitable on a yearly basis, the home affairs ministry said Friday.
JAPAN
Jun 23, 2001

Chongryon head wants to reach youth, offers olive branch to Mindan

The new head of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon), a pro-Pyongyang group, says the association sees the need to adapt to the demands of the younger generation and is ready to promote exchanges with the pro-Seoul Korean Residents Union in Japan (Mindan).
JAPAN
Jun 22, 2001

Cooperation critical to reform of legal system, Yasuoka says

The key to successfully overhauling the nation's legal system lies in the extent to which the nation's top judicial circles can work with each other toward that goal, according to former Justice Minister Okiharu Yasuoka.
EDITORIALS
Jun 22, 2001

Reversing Europe's downturn

At the beginning of this year, there were forecasts that Europe could pick up the economic slack created by the U.S. downturn and Japan's continuing economic problems. The 12-nation common currency, the euro, was enjoying a rise against the dollar after falling steadily in the first year of its existence....
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 / OF SOUND MIND
Jun 22, 2001

Ikeda massacre puts judicial psychiatry in spotlight

The June 8 killing of eight children by a knife-wielding man at an Osaka elementary school has inevitably rekindled the old debate about whether — and how much — judicial authorities should be able to intervene when dealing with mental patients accused of committing serious crimes.
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...
BUSINESS
Jun 21, 2001

State tries to get nation online

In a desperate attempt to boost Japan's cyberspace population to numbers more closely resembling those of other industrialized nations, the government is struggling to draw attention to its online exposition, said Taichi Sakaiya, a special adviser to the prime minister and former chief of the Economic...
BUSINESS
Jun 21, 2001

Bailout needed for Chogin Tokyo

The negative net worth of Chogin Tokyo Shinyo Kumiai, a pro-Pyongyang credit union that was declared insolvent in May 1999, had quadrupled to 193 billion yen as of the end of March, administrators said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Jun 21, 2001

Regional economies in recession

Regional economies are in the grip of recession, according to a quarterly survey released Wednesday by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
BUSINESS
Jun 20, 2001

State-backed firms face new accounting rules

An advisory panel to the finance minister unveiled on Tuesday new accounting guidelines for government-affiliated corporations as part of an effort to improve transparency in their management.
JAPAN
Jun 20, 2001

Windmills huff, puff against nuclear powerhouses

White windmills gently turn in a green pasture where cows graze in Kuzumaki in the Kitakami mountains of Iwate Prefecture.
BUSINESS
Jun 20, 2001

TSE, U.S. sign cross-listing deal for mutual funds

The Tokyo Stock Exchange and the American Stock Exchange signed a memorandum Tuesday on a strategic alliance to promote cross listings of exchange-traded funds. The organizations will jointly build a platform to enable investors to buy and sell ETFs, index-based mutual funds that can be traded throughout...
JAPAN
Jun 20, 2001

Japan urges China to drop special tariffs

Japan urged China on Tuesday to retract a decision to slap special tariffs on cars, mobile phones and air conditioners imported from Japan in retaliation for emergency curbs imposed by Japan on Chinese farm imports.
JAPAN
Jun 19, 2001

Koizumi may visit Moscow by yearend to discuss islands

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi may make his first official visit to Moscow by the end of this year to rekindle negotiations on a long-standing territorial dispute between Japan and Russia.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.

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