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JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Aug 2, 2001

You say Frankenfruit, we say miracle tomato

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JAPAN
Aug 2, 2001

Experts to join Ehime Maru team

Japan will send two shipbuilding experts to observe the salvage of the Ehime Maru, a Japanese vessel that sank off Hawaii in February after being struck by a U.S. Navy submarine, government officials said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Aug 2, 2001

Commuters fume over train temperatures

Frustration levels are running high among train and subway commuters amid a spell of uncomfortably hot weather this summer, driving many to demand cooler trains.
JAPAN
Aug 2, 2001

Daiwa to set up holding firm with two other Kansai banks

Daiwa Bank Ltd. said Wednesday it will set up a joint holding company with two regional banks by April, creating the largest financial group in the Kansai region.
JAPAN
Aug 2, 2001

Tanaka, Fukuda feud over top diplomats

A tug of war continued Wednesday over whether the nation's top diplomats would be removed, with Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda warning Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka that a prolonged stalemate could damage national interests.
BUSINESS
Aug 2, 2001

Heat of summer ups demand for electricity, beer

The relentless summer sizzle has pushed electric power consumption to record highs and boosted consumer demand for summer-season staples -- especially beer.
ENVIRONMENT / IN BLOOM
Aug 2, 2001

Yamayuri (Golden-rayed lily)

"The snake fleeing away, The mountain is silent. This lily flower!"
JAPAN
Aug 2, 2001

Vanity stamps on offer at Tokyo exhibition

Visitors to a weeklong stamp exhibit that began Wednesday in Tokyo can have their photo printed on a stamp sheet, postal services officials said.
JAPAN
Aug 2, 2001

Riken denies organized part in U.S. genetic material case

The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (Riken) has denied any organized involvement in the alleged 1998-1999 industrial espionage in which U.S. prosecutors accused an institute member of stealing genetic materials from an Ohio laboratory.
BUSINESS
Aug 2, 2001

Fusion to cut overseas call rates

Fusion Communications Corp. said Wednesday it will cut its international call rates by up to 75 percent beginning Sept. 1.
JAPAN
Aug 2, 2001

Panel approves research guidelines for embryonic stem cells

A bioethics panel approved guidelines Wednesday for research into embryonic stem cells, which can be used to grow all organs and tissues of the human body.
BUSINESS
Aug 2, 2001

Major Indian software services firm turns gaze toward Japan

The economic slowdown in the United States is pushing a major Indian software services company to diversify into the Japanese market, said Vivek Paul, president of Wipro Technologies.
LIFE / Digital / SURFERSPUD
Aug 2, 2001

From old Edo to South Park

www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/flashback/0009/ National Geographic has been running a flashback series highlighting its rich photographic history. Here's the September 2000 peek-to-the-past: a Hadaka Matsui feat at Saidaiji Temple in Okayama just after World War II. The photographer's flash provided...
JAPAN
Aug 2, 2001

Panel touts benefits of ODA budget

An advisory panel to Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka on Wednesday stressed the importance of official development assistance with regard to Japan's foreign policy.
BUSINESS
Aug 2, 2001

JSAT to cover North America

Compiled from wire reports JSAT Corp., the nation's largest communications satellite operator, and PanAmSat Corp. of the United States, announced a tieup Wednesday that will make JSAT the first Asian satellite company to cover North America.
COMMENTARY
Aug 1, 2001

Dialogue welcome and needed

HONOLULU -- When it comes to U.S. missile defense, the Chinese remain unconvinced -- and unconvincing. Despite numerous attempts by Washington to reassure Beijing that it is not the intended target -- the latest coming this past weekend during Secretary of State Colin Powell's visit to China -- Chinese...
CULTURE / Film
Aug 1, 2001

A samurai flick for the MTV generation

Red Shadow Aka Kage Rating: * * 1/2 Director: Hiroyuki Nakano Running time: 108 minutes Language: JapaneseOpens Aug. 11 at Marunouchi Toei and other theaters Silent-era samurai movies fulfilled the same function as the westerns of W.S. Hart and Tom Mix: They entertained the common herd, particularly...
BUSINESS
Aug 1, 2001

Japan Windows XP due out Nov. 16

The Japanese unit of Microsoft Corp. said Tuesday it will launch the Japanese version of the next-generation operating system Windows XP on Nov. 16.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Aug 1, 2001

American talking the talk down in Hiroshima

Most interpreters working for Japanese baseball teams are Japanese. Though there has been a need for translators in a variety of languages in recent years as the suketto (foreign "helpers") hired by Central and Pacific League teams have come from various countries, most of the men hired to change Nihongo...
JAPAN
Aug 1, 2001

Shiokawa set to cut public works 10%

Five Cabinet members spoke out Tuesday on economic matters, with two, including Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa, calling for a reduction in public works for fiscal 2002, and the others discussing the need for a supplemental budget for the current fiscal year.
BUSINESS
Aug 1, 2001

Salaried households spent less in June

Households whose breadwinners work for companies spent less in June than a year before, the third straight month of decline and despite the first pickup in income in seven months, the government said in a preliminary report released Tuesday.
CULTURE / Film
Aug 1, 2001

There's 'cheerleader angst'

Bring It On Rating: * * * Director: Peyton Reed Running time: 98 minutes Language: EnglishNow showing Thank you, O Lord. Such was my reaction after viewing "Bring It On," a bouncing-with-exuberance tale of high school cheerleaders. Hey, where are you going? Don't put down the paper just because...
Japan issues first-ever alert over risk of Nankai Trough megaquake
Naoshi Hirata, chairman of a committee tasked with evaluating the risk of a Nankai Trough earthquake, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Thursday evening.
Tsunami advisory lifted after strong quake jolts Kyushu
A tsunami advisory, shown in yellow, was issued following an earthquake in Kyushu on Tuesday afternoon.
'I didn’t know if it was real': Yui Susaki suffers shock wrestling defeat
Yui Susaki reacts after losing in the opening round of the women's 50-kg freestyle wrestling competition at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday.
Kyushu escapes major damage from magnitude 7.1 earthquake
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks to reporters at the Prime Minister's Office on Thursday following a major earthquake in the Kyushu region.
Nagasaki peace ceremony overshadowed by diplomatic wrangling
The Nagasaki Municipal Government, which is hosting the city's annual peace ceremony, said it did not extend an invitation to the Israeli ambassador due to security concerns.
No sumo tickets? No problem. Here are some other ways to take in the sport.
Wrestlers battle during the national women's championships in Osaka in 2018. Amateur sumo is a great way to experience the sport for tourists who are unable to get tickets to professional tournaments.
The definitive guide to Utagawa Hiroshige's masterwork is a feast for the eyes
Utagawa Hiroshige produced several highly successful series of landscape prints over the course of his career, including “One Hundred Famous Views of Edo” — the largest collection of his career.
From the Bronx to Paris: Breaking set for its Olympic close-up
Shigekix, whose real name is Shigeyuki Nakarai, in action during the world championships in Leuven, Belgium, in September
Kishida looks to constitutional reform to win over LDP conservatives
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks at a meeting of a Liberal Democratic Party panel on constitutional reform in Tokyo on Wednesday.
In sleepy Chichibu, Japan's whisky landscape is quietly shifting
Founded in the early 2000s, Ichiro's Malt has since become a third pole in Japan's whisky world dominated by beverage giants.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Sociologist Gracia Liu-Farrer argues that even through immigration doesn't figure into Japan's autobiography, it is more of a self-perception than a reality.
In search of the ‘Japanese dream’
By Thu-Huong Ha

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