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COMMENTARY / World
Jun 22, 2001

Musharraf confronts the Kashmir folly

NEW DELHI -- Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's invitation to Pakistan's military ruler and now president, Pervez Musharraf, for talks -- after refusing to do so for two years -- is the best one could have hoped for in the volatile, nuclear-charged subcontinent.
BUSINESS
Jun 22, 2001

Ongoing concerns weigh heavily on yen

The yen could remain under downward pressure for some time amid concern over the nation's economic prospects.
SOCCER / J. League
Jun 22, 2001

Japan names squad for Kirin Cup

Paraguay-based midfielder Nozomi Hiroyama was on Thursday given the chance to make his international debut at the upcoming Kirin Cup after being included in Japan's 22-man squad for the three-nation tournament kicking off on June 28.
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.
BUSINESS
Jun 22, 2001

Matsushita plots Czech maneuver

OSAKA -- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said Thursday it will open a software development laboratory in Pizen in the Czech Republic in November.
JAPAN
Jun 22, 2001

Land ministry aims to pull in public works reins

In an apparent effort to recapture political initiative, the Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry unveiled policies Thursday to review public works projects, including the suspension of any new feasibility studies for large-scale dams.
JAPAN
Jun 22, 2001

Koizumi's reform blueprint promises pain before gain

A key panel headed by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Thursday unveiled a sweeping reform program aimed at fixing the bad debt-crippled economy in two to three years.
JAPAN
Jun 22, 2001

Sakaiya resigns as top expo adviser

Taichi Sakaiya, a writer and former director general of the then Economic Planning Agency, will step down as chief executive adviser of the Japan Association for the 2005 World Exposition later this month, the association's chairman said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Jun 22, 2001

Sanyo to up sales through GE goods

OSAKA -- Sanyo Electric Co. will sell home electrical goods made by General Electric Co. of the United States at its affiliated shops to invigorate their sales against rival mass retailers, Sanyo officials said Thursday.
JAPAN
Jun 22, 2001

Public firms approach day of reckoning

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi may be on the verge of opening a Pandora's box in his drive to pursue government reforms.
JAPAN
Jun 22, 2001

Child-killer sent up for 15 years

OSAKA — The Osaka High Court on Thursday rejected a lower court ruling of 13 years in prison for a 28-year-old woman who starved and beat two daughters to death and instead gave her a 15-year term.
JAPAN
Jun 22, 2001

Child-abuse inquiries up by 60%; reached record of 18,804 last year

The number of consultations on child abuse rose to a record 18,804 in fiscal 2000, 60 percent higher than the previous year, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said Thursday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 22, 2001

Tigers down Giants for fourth straight

Pinch-hitter Katsumi Hirosawa drove home the winning run with a bases-loaded hit in the bottom of the ninth inning Thursday, giving the Hanshin Tigers their second "sayonara" win over the Yomiuri Giants in as many nights with a 1-0 victory.
LIFE / Lifestyle / JET STREAM
Jun 22, 2001

Surviving to write about the JET program

When Englishman David Chandler arrived in Japan in 1995 he never imagined he'd publish an award-winning book. Neither did he foresee that one day he would be sitting in the office of Japan's prime minister discussing his JET experience.
JAPAN
Jun 22, 2001

Kids caught in latest cosmetics fad

Kyodo News While the nation's "kogyaru" teens, teetering through Tokyo's Shibuya district in their towering platform boots and outrageous makeup, have received their share of attention over the years, it may well be time to pass the torch — there are some new kids in town.
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.
BUSINESS
Jun 22, 2001

Oil firm announces Vietnam output

Nippon Mitsubishi Oil Corp., the nation's largest oil refiner and distributor, said Thursday its subsidiary has confirmed supplies of about 8,000 barrels a day of crude oil in test drillings in an appraisal well off Vietnam.
JAPAN
Jun 22, 2001

Even tax cheats rocked by spluttering economy

Tax collectors found 27.1 billion yen in undeclared taxes in fiscal 2000, down about 4.5 billion yen from the year before, due to the dismal economy, the National Tax Administration said in an annual white paper released Thursday.
SPORTS / TALK OF THE TIMES
Jun 22, 2001

Former NFL star Moon still pondering next move

Warren Moon picks up a football, drops back a few steps and throws a pass. The ball sails in a perfect spiral and with superb accuracy, which many receivers and fans love to see, and falls into the hands of his 20-year-old son Joshua, who plays wide receiver at a small college.
COMMUNITY / THE PARENT TRIP
Jun 22, 2001

Sho-chan's send-off

In Japan, leave-takings are marked with fanfare. Parties, gifts, speeches, photos, train-platform farewells, never-ending waves goodbye and bows -- the Japanese really know how to say sayonara. As a long-term resident of Japan, I have been on the receiving end of these rituals many times. But the most...
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Jun 22, 2001

Genji firefly

* Japanese name: Genjibotaru * Scientific name: Luciola cruciata * Description: Fireflies aren't flies -- they are beetles, as you can tell from the hard shell that protects their wings when they're not flying. Adults are 12-18 mm long. They have black bodies and legs, and a red thorax. The most...
SOCCER / J. League
Jun 22, 2001

Antlers scrape into quarters

Defending champions Kashima Antlers battled back from the verge of elimination to secure a place in the quarterfinals after a 4-0 second-leg win at home to Kashiwa Reysol in their J. League Nabisco Cup second-round tie Wednesday. A 40th-minute own goal and second-half strikes from Tomoyuki Hirase, Takayuki...
EDITORIALS
Jun 21, 2001

Mrs. Tanaka passes her first test

Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka's first official trip to Washington has ended with a measure of success. In a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, reportedly held in a friendly atmosphere, she reaffirmed the importance of the Japan-U.S. alliance and exchanged views on missile defense and...
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...
Tsunami advisory lifted after strong quake jolts Kyushu
A tsunami advisory, shown in yellow, was issued following an earthquake in Kyushu on Tuesday afternoon.
JR East to resume production of Suica cards as early as fall
Passengers enter Yurakucho station in Tokyo on Friday.
'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.
Top envoys to Japan set to skip Nagasaki A-bomb ceremony after Israel not invited
U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel (left) attends a U.S.-Japan ministerial meeting on extended deterrence in Tokyo on July 28.
Japan needs foreign workers, but it might not want them to stay long
Ngun Nei Par, the general manager at Ginshotei Awashima in Numata, Gunma Prefecture, graduated from a university in Myanmar with a degree in geography.
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.

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