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CULTURE / Art
Jul 23, 2000

True gem in the rough of Aichi

The first time you see her, Mika Kato does not appear very different from the typical young female Tokyo contemporary art insider, another of the attractive and sophisticated sort that flutter from gallery opening to gallery opening each Friday evening to sip white wine and style the scene so fashionably,...
COMMUNITY
Jul 23, 2000

Fair dinkum, no drongos at the Strine Olympics

The Japan Olympic Committee and official sponsor NOVA have struck upon the bright idea of offering free English lessons to athletes in the peak of their training for the Sydney Games.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jul 23, 2000

Baffling Japanese mysteries solved at last

There are many myths about Japan. Let's look at some of them and see whether they're true or false.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 23, 2000

Japan as a global environmental model

Japan's miraculous postwar recovery and spectacular economic growth earned it worldwide admiration and led many to view it as a growth model. Subsequently, however, it became clear that Japan's economic growth came at a huge cost in terms of environmental degradation and human health.
BUSINESS
Jul 22, 2000

S&P keeps watch on NTT for possible downgrading

Standard & Poor's said Friday its long-term rating for Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. remains on credit watch for possible downgrading.
BUSINESS
Jul 22, 2000

Softbank to set up sports site

Softbank Media & Marketing Corp., a media-related business unit of Softbank Corp., announced Friday that it will set up a joint venture with Rivals.com Inc. of the United States to launch a Japanese version of Rivals' sports Web site.
BUSINESS
Jul 22, 2000

G7 upbeat on global economy

NAGO, Okinawa Pref. — Leaders of the Group of Seven industrialized nations on Friday hailed the positive outlook for the global economy — including Japan's — but expressed concern about high oil prices that could dent economic stability.
SOCCER / J. League
Jul 22, 2000

Foreign refs aiming to help Japanese colleagues

International referees Jose Maria Garcia-Aranda Encinar and An Yan Lim Kee Chong have brought their experience to Japanese soccer this summer in order to try and help the standard of Japanese referees and the J. League.
JAPAN
Jul 22, 2000

Strong earthquake rocks much of eastern Japan

A strong earthquake measuring an estimated 6.1 in magnitude jolted eastern Japan early Friday, triggering emergency measures to check the state of railways, highways and nuclear plants.
CULTURE / Stage
Jul 22, 2000

Inspiring words into action, play staged for world peace

"Respect for life," "Reject violence in all its forms," "Rediscover solidarity." These lofty ideals are the substance of a six-point statement put forward earlier this year by a group of Nobel Peace Prize laureates, when asked to formulate a declaration for the United Nations' International Year for...
CULTURE / Stage
Jul 22, 2000

Success in communication

Observing a rehearsal of the Art of Life company's upcoming production, "John-kun and Yoko-chan," a famous line from the '60s classic "Cool Hand Luke" springs to mind: "What we have here is failure to communicate."
CULTURE / Art
Jul 22, 2000

Frozen moments of photographers' lives

They might have been shot in a shadowy New York street in the '30s, at a Parisian cafe in the '50s, or in the middle of a Vietnamese battlefield in the '60s . . . The settings and contexts of the 260 photographs currently on display at "The Century of Photography Exhibition" at Ginza's Matsuya department...
BUSINESS
Jul 22, 2000

Attention turns to long-term interest rates

Although the Bank of Japan has left its "zero-interest-rate" policy intact for now, interest rates remain a main factor in the marketplace.
CULTURE / Art / CERAMIC SCENE
Jul 22, 2000

When a woman tends the flame

Women potters have been on the move in recent years in Japan, which is quite a contrast to bygone days when they weren't even allowed near a kiln.
EDITORIALS
Jul 22, 2000

Mr. Clinton's bold gamble

There were no doubts that the Camp David peace talks would be punctuated by drama, threats and scares. The negotiations between Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat were focusing on core issues that touched on the very identity of Israelis and the Palestinian people....
COMMENTARY
Jul 22, 2000

Korean summit: A potential 'win-win' for all

There has been considerable debate since last month's historic North-South Korea summit about the meeting's impact on the peninsula's neighbors and benefactors. The conventional wisdom seems to be that China fared best. However, I would argue that all four major powers have come out ahead and that the...
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 22, 2000

No point mourning the loss of languages

Early in Monty Python's "The Meaning of Life," there's a skit sending up the Catholic Church's ban on contraception in which hordes of ragged but pious urchins sing several choruses of "Every Sperm Is Sacred." The industry of worrying about dead, dying and declining languages is a bit like that.
BUSINESS
Jul 22, 2000

Carmakers get in gear to offer online service, sales

Growing enthusiasm for information technology is spurring Japanese carmakers to introduce online automotive services in an effort to cultivate new customers and establish efficient procurement systems.
JAPAN
Jul 21, 2000

Groups hit G8 inaction on illegal logging

As the Group of Eight major nations kick off three days of summit meetings in Okinawa today, environmentalists are mounting an effort to steal a slice of the limelight.
EDITORIALS
Jul 21, 2000

Make the summit a success

The world's attention is focused on Okinawa, as heads of the eight leading industrialized nations kick off their 26th annual summit. Japan, the chair of this year's meeting, has invested heavily in the get-together. The 81 billion yen that the government has spent on the summit indicates the significance...
JAPAN
Jul 21, 2000

Residents of Nago proud to display town's charms

NAGO, Okinawa Pref. — Many locals were excited on the eve of the Group of Eight summit here today, expressing hope that the event will attract international attention to what they boast is the most beautiful coastline in Okinawa.
JAPAN
Jul 21, 2000

Clinton set to arrive in time for G8 start

Despite delays, U.S. President Bill Clinton is expected to arrive today in time for the beginning of the Group of Eight summit in Okinawa, and will bring to the table such issues as debt relief and bridging the digital divide, U.S. government sources said.
BUSINESS
Jul 21, 2000

Corporate Japan needs concierges, group head says

OSAKA -- Not many Japanese know this, but the corporate concierge business is booming in the United States and Sara-ann Kasner predicts the same will soon happen in Japan.
BUSINESS
Jul 21, 2000

26 banks to collect via convenience stores

Twenty-six regional banks will launch a system to collect payments on behalf of businesses through convenience stores, banking sources have said.
Yen on the march as Plaza Accord 2.0 debate grows
The yen strengthened dramatically this month — hitting ¥139.9 to the dollar on Tuesday — and could become a topic of conversation in trade talks between the United States and Japan.
Social media helps fuel growing 'sex tourism' in Japan
People walk down a street in the red-light entertainment area of Kabukicho in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo on March 31.
Jetstar Japan fined for failing to provide adequate cabin crew breaks
The logo of Jetstar Airways on an aircraft parked outside a maintenance hangar in Melbourne, Australia, on Feb. 27.
Japan wants to 'separate' tariff and security issues. That may be tough.
Japan’s chief tariff negotiator, Ryosei Akazawa, poses with a "Make America Great Again" cap at the White House in Washington on April 16.
Cases of epidural use in labor rise in Japan alongside concerns
Of the 721,000 childbirths reported in 2024 in Japan, 13.8% involved the use of an epidural, according to the Japan Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
The floor is art: Takuro Tamayama transforms mundanity
Takuro Tamayama’s sculpture “Models (Pair, 6 sets, 12 rings)” comes with a mathematical formation that scales it for different spaces.
Cases of epidural use in labor rise in Japan alongside concerns
Of the 721,000 childbirths reported in 2024 in Japan, 13.8% involved the use of an epidural, according to the Japan Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
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.
Calling all Potterheads: ‘The Goblet of Fire’ comes to Tokyo
The Tokyo version of the globe-trotting exhibition features a Ministry of Magic set, which includes an imposing replica of the Magic Is Might monument representing magical fascism.

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