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BUSINESS
Apr 4, 2001

NTT unit jumps on rate-cut wagon

NTT Communications Corp., a key unit of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp., said Tuesday that it will reduce daytime local-call charges on weekdays to 8.5 yen per three minutes, instead of the originally planned cut to 8.8 yen, starting May 1.
JAPAN
Apr 4, 2001

Foreign Ministry to gloss over textbook uproar

The approval Tuesday of a controversial history textbook will probably prompt a new wave of criticism from China and South Korea, where concerns have already been voiced over the original draft.
JAPAN
Apr 4, 2001

Lower House opens lounge for female politicians

Female lawmakers in the Lower House will have exclusive use of this newly opened lounge in Tokyo's Nagata-cho. The first women-only lounge has opened in the House of Representatives building, allowing female Diet members, secretaries and employees to rest without men being present.
BUSINESS
Apr 4, 2001

Yen's downward march could continue

The yen has come under severe downward pressure, reflecting a major shift in market sentiment.
CULTURE / Film
Apr 4, 2001

Anyone for more gore?

Flashback to 1960.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 4, 2001

Making the case for private cosmonauts

Russia's mostly privatized space agency, Energia, like a good capitalist company, wants to make money by carrying a private paying passenger to the International Space Station. NASA, the U.S. government's space agency, opposes this procapitalist venture.
JAPAN
Apr 4, 2001

Strict checks pushed for public firms

Ryutaro Hashimoto, administrative reform minister, repeated Tuesday his determination to conduct a serious and comprehensive review of public corporations, asking government ministries and agencies to refer to a 76-point list of checks to evaluate their performance, government officials said.
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 4, 2001

Yoshinaga dinger powers Giants past Swallows

Veteran catcher Koichiro Yoshinaga hit a two-run homer and youngster Tsuyoshi Jobe turned in a stellar relief performance Tuesday to lead the Yomiuri Giants to a 4-3 win over the Yakult Swallows.
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Apr 4, 2001

Jijijyujyu

What do you get when you mix classical ballet and modern dance with traditional Indonesian gamelan and dance, a vocalist with a 31/2-octave range and monochrome works of art designed for a small performance space that was once a storage room?
JAPAN
Apr 4, 2001

10% of seniors need external care

About 10 percent of all seniors have been recognized as in great need of external assistance under the public nursing-care insurance system a year after its launch, according to the Health Ministry.
CULTURE / Art
Apr 4, 2001

Rare Tokyo excursion for Daigoji's treasures

The statue of Yakushi Nyorai, the principal image of Kyoto's Daigoji Temple and a national treasure, is on public show in Tokyo for the first time in 36 years, along with other art works from the temple.
BUSINESS
Apr 4, 2001

Sanwa, Tokai consolidate overseas

Sanwa Bank and Tokai Bank said Tuesday they will merge subsidiaries Sanwa Bank California and Tokai Bank of California on July 2 to create United California Bank.
JAPAN
Apr 4, 2001

Temp staff rise said worrisome

Workers dispatched from temporary employment agencies make up one of the fastest-growing sectors of Japan's workforce.
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Apr 4, 2001

Gorillaz

As half of Handsome Boy Modeling School, producer Dan "the Automator" Nakamura watched Prince Paul receive most of the laurels, and though Deltronic 3030 would have been nothing without him, it was assumed to be the baby of rapper Del Tha Funky Homosapien. So, of course, Blurmeister Damon Albarn is considered...
SOCCER / J. League
Apr 4, 2001

J. League Nabisco Cup set to kick off

Featuring all the J. League Division One and Division Two teams, the Nabisco Cup gets under way tonight.
JAPAN
Apr 4, 2001

GSDF gives its hardware softer, cuter nicknames

In a move aimed at softening the public's perception of Japan's military hardware, the Ground Self-Defense Force has decided to give some of the weapons in its arsenal endearing nicknames.
JAPAN
Apr 4, 2001

Sub's surprise port call due to U.S. Navy error

The arrival Monday of a U.S. submarine in Sasebo port, Nagasaki Prefecture, without advance notification was due to a misunderstanding by the U.S. Navy in Japan over where the sub was anchored, Foreign Minister Yohei Kono said Tuesday.
CULTURE / Art
Apr 4, 2001

Artists spellbound by the frames of Hitchcock

An exhibition of videos, films, photos and installations by 14 artists inspired by the works of legendary film director Alfred Hitchcock opens today at Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery.
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Apr 4, 2001

Talvin Singh's "Ha"

As an accomplished tabla player, there's no doubting Talvin Singh's percussion skills, and as a producer he's clearly in command of the vocabulary of modern electronic dance music (as evidenced on his debut album "Calcutta Cyber Cafe"). The question is -- like with any session player-turned-solo artist...
CULTURE / Music / J-POPSICLE
Apr 4, 2001

And the Gold Disc goes to... well, what did you expect?

Show-biz awards ceremonies -- who needs 'em? They're formulaic, plastic, inane, banal, maudlin, crass . . . There's no end to the pejoratives one can use to describe them.
JAPAN
Apr 4, 2001

Disputed history text approved

After scores of revisions, the Education Ministry on Tuesday authorized a junior high school history textbook that has been roundly criticized by Asian countries charging that it glossed over Japan's wartime history.
CULTURE / Music / HIGH NOTES
Apr 4, 2001

The Royal Crown Revue

The neo-swing boom was shorter than the original swing era, which, according to experts, lasted only as long as World War II did. Nothing so momentous accompanied the '90s explosion of zoot suits and horn sections, which may be why it sounds so empty of ideas. Big bands with "daddy" in their names, like...
CULTURE / Art
Apr 4, 2001

Capturing the taste of the natural world

A joint exhibition featuring the works of Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami and nihonga painter Masaaki Miyasako will open Monday at Tokyu department store in Shibuya, Tokyo.
CULTURE / Art
Apr 4, 2001

While my guitar gently weeps, the video rolls

Few pop-culture icons are as enduring as the electric guitar. Maybe that's why artists so love to destroy the things. Foremost in the pantheon of ax-smashers is Jimi Hendrix, who, after performing a screaming feedback version of the "Star Spangled Banner" at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, set his lighter...
CULTURE / Art
Apr 4, 2001

Face to face with Ishimoto

The face is a special part of the body that represents one's whole existence, but how is it approached by a photographer? Some photographers respect the face as an icon and carefully capture its dignity, while others challenge its privileged status. Yasuhiro Ishimoto does both.
JAPAN
Apr 4, 2001

Teen trio probed over porn e-mails

Tokyo police sent papers to prosecutors Tuesday on three junior high school students in Kanagawa Prefecture for allegedly sending obscene images to the governors of Tokyo and Nagano Prefecture via e-mail.
CULTURE / Art
Apr 4, 2001

Incidental nudity and sci-fi plants

The life force that infuses the natural world can be an incomprehensible, vast subject. To capture its intangible beauty, the photographer is often forced to find an object that crystallizes or embodies it. Two of the most convenient examples of this are flowers and nudes.
Nikkei plunges by 12% as it registers largest-ever point fall
The 225-issue Nikkei stock average dropped more than 4,000 points on Monday.
Heartbreak for Japan's volleyball team after narrow loss to Italy
Japan's Yuki Ishikawa cheers during the match on Monday.
Tokyo stocks rebound 10% following Monday’s mad rout
An electronic stock board displaying the Nikkei 225-issue Nikkei average outside a securities firm in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan works on evacuation plans in event of Taiwan contingency
Map exercises for evacuations, simulating a situation in which an armed attack is expected, are conducted at the Okinawa Prefectural Government office in Naha on Jan. 30.
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.
Up rates before it’s 'too late,’ one BOJ policy board member said in June
The Bank of Japan released minutes from its June policy board meeting Monday.
Gymnastics and skateboarding highlight a solid first half of the Paris Olympics for Japan
From left: Gymnastics men's team gold medalists Takaaki Sugino, Kazuma Kaya, Wataru Tanigawa, Shinnosuke Oka (who also won gold in men's all-around) and Daiki Hashimoto at Champions Park in Paris on Thursday. The gymnastics team was one of the highlights of a successful first half of the 2024 Games for Team Japan.
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.
The wider international and domestic implications of the SDF scandals
Defense Minister Minoru Kihara speaks on July 30 during a parliamentary inquiry into a series of scandals involving the ministry and the Self-Defense Forces.
How a grassroots push helped Japan's fencers become world-beaters
Japan's Koki Kano (right) battles Yannick Borel of France in the gold-medal bout of the men's individual epee at the Paris Olympics on July 28.

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