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JAPAN
Jun 26, 2001

Osaka bar to send Takuma lawyers

OSAKA — The Osaka Bar Association said Monday it will dispatch two new lawyers to see Mamoru Takuma, the suspected killer of eight Osaka schoolchildren who dismissed his lawyers last week.
JAPAN
Jun 23, 2001

Bogus deliverymen in home shooting

Two men posing as parcel deliverymen shot and seriously wounded a 75-year-old man at his home Friday in Musashimurayama, western Tokyo, police said.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Jun 23, 2001

Dalton Tanonaka

The face and the voice are instantly familiar to viewers of CNN International's "BizAsia" show. Dalton Tanonaka is the anchor for this daily half-hour coverage of regional economic, corporate and political news, which includes interviews with famous people. Produced out of Hong Kong, "BizAsia" is the...
JAPAN
Jun 22, 2001

Drill relocation difficult: Hailston

The top U.S. commander in Okinawa said Thursday he believes relocating some U.S. Marine Corps drills to Guam or Saipan will be difficult because those locations are too small.
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.
CULTURE / Film
Jun 21, 2001

Free tickets for 'Dr. Dolittle 2'

To celebrate the launch of "Bokujo Monogatari 3," a new Play Station game known in the U.S. as "Harvest Moon," Victor Interactive Software is offering 80 pairs of free tickets to a preview of "Dr. Dolittle 2."
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....
EDITORIALS
Jun 20, 2001

Overhaul fuel-cycle policy

The Japanese public is increasingly concerned about the nation's so-called pluthermal nuclear-energy project, which uses plutonium as reactor fuel. At issue is whether the project, now stalled because of objections from worried residents, should continue as scheduled. Plutonium, a radioactive element...
JAPAN
Jun 20, 2001

Takuma was hospitalized, but not charged, in '99

OSAKA — Mamoru Takuma, who is under arrest for the June 8 massacre of eight children at an Osaka elementary school, was forcibly hospitalized instead of indicted for a March 1999 assault, sources said Tuesday.
CULTURE / Film
Jun 20, 2001

By the people, for the media

The Contender Rating: * * * * Director: Rod Lurie Running time: 127 minutes Language: English Now showing at Marunouchi Piccadilly and other theaters You see "The Contender" and you realize the level of puritanism in the United States, at least in terms of politics as presented by the media for public...
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2001

Four dead, one injured in Osaka apartment fire

OSAKA — Four bodies were found in the charred rubble of an apartment building in Hirakata, Osaka Prefecture, after a fire broke out early Sunday, police said.
JAPAN
Jun 17, 2001

Police seize legal books from home of suspect in killings at Ikeda school

OSAKA — Police on Saturday again searched the home of Mamoru Takuma, the suspect in the June 8 murders of eight schoolchildren at a state-run elementary school in Osaka, for evidence concerning growing suspicion that he feigned a mental disorder to evade criminal responsibility.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Jun 17, 2001

Fukuoka's 'Asian' flavor

FUKUOKA -- B day Fukuoka shows a sleek, modern face to the world, but when the sun goes down its complexion changes to something more timeless and intriguing as nearly 200 wooden yatai (food stalls) are towed into its downtown area.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Jun 17, 2001

A global village round the corner

We are besieged by arms reaching around, between and over us, all simultaneously trying to flip the pages of the single menu to their own outlet's selection and telling us, in variously accented Japanese, just how good this or that particular dish is.
CULTURE / Books
Jun 17, 2001

Sounds of a poet who writes to live, and lives to write

COLLECTED POEMS OF SHUNTARO TANIKAWA, CD-ROM. Iwanami Shoten Publishers, Tokyo, 2000, 19,000 yen. It's been a recent trend in the music industry to come out with boxed sets commemorating the work of some of our most celebrated musicians, from John Coltrane to the Beatles. That such a trend has spread...
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jun 17, 2001

Take me out to the big league

As U.S. President George W. Bush makes the rounds in Europe, taking flak and talking trash, it seems like a good opportunity to address what his father would refer to as the "cultural hegemony thing." South Korea and France deal with it by subsidizing their movie industries. China screens everything...
JAPAN
Jun 17, 2001

Cultural workshop to consider IT in Kyoto

Four European cultural centers in Kyoto will present an annual workshop between 10 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. on June 30 at the Goethe-Institut Kansai's Kyoto center in the city's Sakyo Ward.
JAPAN
Jun 14, 2001

Tanaka to propose rotating military drills in Powell talks

Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka indicated Wednesday she will ask the United States to relocate some of its military drills from Okinawa to Guam and other places.
LIFE / Digital / SURFERSPUD
Jun 14, 2001

Going somewhere?

www.orbitz.com The five biggest U.S. airlines got together on Orbitz to offer cut-rate fares and other travel specials. But since United, American, Northwest Delta and Continental don't belong to any of Asia's ticket cartels, you're not gonna get a discount if you're living in Japan (the regulations...
JAPAN
Jun 14, 2001

Online stores struggle for sales

Five months ago, online supermarket Olive Mart overhauled its business methods for the second time since its launch in May 1999.
CULTURE / Art / CERAMIC SCENE
Jun 13, 2001

Lightning strikes in Isezaki's Bizen

I once asked the veteran Bizen potter Jun Isezaki why he makes certain shapes exactly the same as they were centuries ago. His reply was simple: "What works well need not be changed."
JAPAN
Jun 12, 2001

Reporters are asked for a little common courtesy

OSAKA — Anger on the part of the local community toward the way the media reported on the slaying of eight children at Osaka Kyoiku University Ikeda Elementary School and on the aftermath prompted mental care experts Sunday to demand an end to what they call psychologically damaging coverage.
LIFE / Travel
Jun 12, 2001

Fujiya Hotel: At ease in a Miyanoshita time capsule

Most visits to the Hakone area of Kanagawa Prefecture begin at the heavily touristed town itself, from where numerous well-trodden routes head off through the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park of which it is the official center.
LIFE
Jun 10, 2001

Joseph Conder: Enduring legacies of a 'high-collar' expat

Japanese domestic architecture has changed a lot in the last 100 years, but Western-style architecture was slow taking off and in fact the modern Japanese architectural establishment owes its organization, training system and much of its sense of style to one man: Josiah Conder.
How Bashar Assad's inner circle fled Syria after his fall
Syrians step on posters of Bashar Assad and his father, Hafez Assad, in Homs, Syria, on Tuesday.
Zelenskyy to replace Ukraine ambassador to Japan
Ukrainian Ambassador to Japan Sergiy Korsunsky delivers a speech during a handover ceremony of Self-Defense Force vehicles to Ukraine, at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo, in May last year.
Bankruptcies and suicides rise as Japanese struggle with mounting debt
Lawyers estimate that personal bankruptcies in Japan are on track to reach the highest since 2012 this year.
Honda and Nissan consider mutual production of vehicles, report says
Honda CEO Toshihiro Mibe at the Japan Mobility Show 2023 at Tokyo Big Sight in October 2023.
The mighty Mekong River's growing plastic problem
A group of elephant keepers in Chiang Saen, Thailand, remove plastic waste from the Ruak River, a tributary of the Mekong River, as a pair of Asian elephants bathe behind them.
For baseball fans, 2024 brought The Summer of Shohei Ohtani
Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani reacts to a standing ovation from fans after hitting his 50th home run of the season, against the Marlins in Miami on Sept. 19.
Casual workouts, cool living, ‘complete’ food: Japan’s health trends of 2024
In 2024, efficiency trumped effort among Japan's fitness-focused aspirants.
Is Japan finally ready to tap its abundant geothermal energy potential?
Steam rises from a geothermal plan in Yuzawa, Akita Prefecture. Despite its long history and potential, geothermal provided just 0.3% of Japan's overall energy mix in the fiscal year from April 2023
Japanese officials inspect Yokota Air Base over PFAS concerns
The Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo in September 2019. An inspection of the base by Japanese government officials on Friday came amid public pressure to investigate suspected links between the use of PFAS-containing firefighting foam by the U.S. base and contamination of soil and groundwater in western Tokyo.
North Korea aiding Russia where it needs it most, Canadian general says
North Korean special forces soldiers march and shout slogans during a military parade marking the 105th birth anniversary of the country's founding father, Kim Il Sung, in Pyongyang in April 2017.

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