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EDITORIALS
Feb 14, 2001

Picking priorities in Russia

Russia's economy is looking good. A year of 7 percent growth and high oil prices have provided a much needed windfall for the country. By all appearances, then, it is the wrong time to pick a fight with the West. But the government of President Vladimir Putin seems to be doing just that. It is a pointless...
JAPAN
Feb 14, 2001

Surviving students arrive at Kansai airport

Nine Uwajima Fisheries High School students who survived a collision Friday between their training ship and a surfacing U.S. submarine off Hawaii arrived Tuesday afternoon at Kansai International Airport in Osaka aboard a Japan Airlines flight.
LIFE / Travel
Feb 14, 2001

The Chinese are coming!

BEIJING -- For centuries, Chinese living away from home loyally trekked back to their ancestral villages every Spring Festival. Last month, a record 45 million people hit road, rail and airlines during the seven-day public holiday. The most auspicious date in the lunar calendar is a time for family reunions....
COMMENTARY
Feb 12, 2001

Destroying a fragile trust

In the semirural area near Tokyo where I and some others spend weekends, we have just suffered our first break-ins. Nothing serious. Someone, probably delinquent kids, going through unlocked parked cars looking for loose items. Far more interesting is why we have been able to leave our houses and cars...
CULTURE / Books
Feb 12, 2001

Forget Big Brother -- it's little brothers that count

ORDER BY ACCIDENT: The origins and consequences of conformity in contemporary Japan, by Alan S. Miller and Satoshi Kanazawa. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 2000, 156 pp., $25/17.99 pounds(cloth). The title of this book is misleading, although it captures the main idea of the authors, two social...
COMMUNITY
Feb 11, 2001

The accidental ambassadors

Less than six months after bathing in the international attention that came with hosting the Olympic Games, Australians are celebrating their nation's 100th birthday.
JAPAN
Feb 10, 2001

Justice Ministry to ease visa rules for Indian IT experts

The Justice Ministry will effectively ease requirements for qualified Indian information technology experts to enter Japan for working purposes, the ministry announced Friday.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 9, 2001

Musharraf blows chance to end impasse

NEW DELHI -- For a while, it almost seemed that the recent Gujarat earthquake would help advance the peace process for Kashmir, when Pakistan's military ruler, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, not only sent relief goods to the victims but also telephoned the Indian prime minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, to convey...
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 7, 2001

Few lessons for Wahid in Estrada's fate

There are a growing number of students on the streets of Jakarta who are hoping to do to Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid what was done last month to Philippine President Joseph Estrada: depose him through the deployment of people power.
EDITORIALS
Feb 7, 2001

Averting tragedy in the sky

One week after a frightening near miss between two Japan Airlines jetliners over Yaezu in Shizuoka Prefecture, it seems almost certain that the near midair collision was caused by a combination of human errors. While investigators have yet to reach a conclusion, two human factors -- incorrect instructions...
LIFE / Digital
Feb 7, 2001

Post-Dreamcast, Sega set to become world's top game publisher

SEATTLE -- With its recent decision to abandon the 128-bit Dreamcast video game console and to publish games for PlayStation2 and other gaming platforms, Sega appears to be leaving the game hardware business permanently. Sega Enterprises cofounder David Rosen says it's about time.
JAPAN
Feb 6, 2001

Police question air controllers involved in JAL's near miss

A trainee air traffic controller and his supervisor were questioned Monday in connection with a near miss involving two Japan Airlines planes on Wednesday, police said.
JAPAN
Feb 6, 2001

Kabuki debuts at middle school

It is nothing new for kabuki actors to go out of Tokyo to perform, but Nakamura Kichiemon recently took an unprecedented step to provoke interest among young schoolchildren in the traditional theater.
JAPAN
Feb 6, 2001

Inefficient public works projects creaking under debt burden

KOBE -- The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge, looks superb as it spans the Akashi Strait, linking Kobe and Awaji Island in Hyogo Prefecture.
COMMENTARY
Feb 6, 2001

Why can't Russia be more reasonable?

I am fed up with Russia's unreasonable attitude on the reversion to Japan of the four Russian-occupied northern islands and on the conclusion of a Russo-Japanese peace treaty.
JAPAN
Feb 6, 2001

Mori apologizes again, denies LDP is corrupt

Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori offered a fresh apology before the Diet on Monday for recent corruption scandals involving LDP members and a Foreign Ministry official.
JAPAN
Feb 6, 2001

Mori apologizes again, denies LDP is corrupt

Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori offered a fresh apology before the Diet on Monday for recent corruption scandals involving LDP members and a Foreign Ministry official.
JAPAN
Feb 6, 2001

Prosecutors to investigate leak from district office

The Fukuoka High Public Prosecutor's Office said Monday that it will launch a criminal investigation into the leaking of investigative information by the deputy chief of the Fukuoka District Public Prosecutor's Office.
JAPAN
Feb 6, 2001

Prosecutors to investigate leak from district office

The Fukuoka High Public Prosecutor's Office said Monday that it will launch a criminal investigation into the leaking of investigative information by the deputy chief of the Fukuoka District Public Prosecutor's Office.
JAPAN
Feb 4, 2001

Computer beginners more prone to virus attacks

Computer viruses are now reaching plague proportions, particularly among new users who are most vulnerable to a breed of virus that transmits through e-mail.
BUSINESS
Feb 3, 2001

State to make last oil industry reform bid

A bill to scrap the 39-year-old Petroleum Industry Law, expected to be presented to the current Diet session as early as next week, will be the government's final proposal in its 14-year-long effort to liberalize the nation's oil industry, according to a senior ministry official.
BUSINESS
Feb 3, 2001

State to make last oil industry reform bid

A bill to scrap the 39-year-old Petroleum Industry Law, expected to be presented to the current Diet session as early as next week, will be the government's final proposal in its 14-year-long effort to liberalize the nation's oil industry, according to a senior ministry official.
JAPAN
Feb 2, 2001

JAL jets 10 meters from disaster

The two Japan Airlines jetliners that narrowly avoided a midair collision over Shizuoka Prefecture on Wednesday were just 10 meters away from each other at one point, the captain of one of the aircraft said Thursday.
JAPAN
Feb 2, 2001

JAL jets 10 meters from disaster

The two Japan Airlines jetliners that narrowly avoided a midair collision over Shizuoka Prefecture on Wednesday were just 10 meters away from each other at one point, the captain of one of the aircraft said Thursday.
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.
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
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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