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JAPAN
Feb 3, 2001

Osaka plans promotion of Korea, Japan goodwill

OSAKA -- An event that organizers hope will bring together 30,000 Korean residents of Japan and local Japanese will be held at Osaka Dome next month in an effort to deepen exchanges between the two groups, organizers said.
CULTURE / Art
Feb 3, 2001

A passionate embrace of Nihon

Shinsui Ito (1898-1972) was a central figure during Japan's artistic identity crisis in the 20th century. As wave after wave of artistic movements from overseas broke upon these shores, native artists felt compelled to either abandon their own artistic traditions or embrace them even more strongly.
JAPAN
Feb 3, 2001

Osaka plans promotion of Korea, Japan goodwill

OSAKA -- An event that organizers hope will bring together 30,000 Korean residents of Japan and local Japanese will be held at Osaka Dome next month in an effort to deepen exchanges between the two groups, organizers said.
JAPAN
Feb 3, 2001

Lifetime medical cost higher in Hokkaido

A resident of Hokkaido spends an average of 30 million yen on medical costs in a lifetime, between 3 million yen and 5 million yen more than a resident of Chiba or Nagano prefectures, according to a recent study by a group of researchers.
JAPAN
Feb 3, 2001

Lifetime medical cost higher in Hokkaido

A resident of Hokkaido spends an average of 30 million yen on medical costs in a lifetime, between 3 million yen and 5 million yen more than a resident of Chiba or Nagano prefectures, according to a recent study by a group of researchers.
CULTURE / Music / HOGAKU TODAY
Feb 3, 2001

A shakuhachi innovator who continues to inspire

Shakuhachi master Hozan Yamamoto is one of the most respected and innovative shakuhachi masters of modern times. He has pioneered new music for the instrument and extended its repertory, while remaining grounded in traditional music.
COMMENTARY
Feb 3, 2001

Is Asian democracy at risk?

Is democracy in trouble in Asia? From the removal of an elected president by less than constitutional means in the Philippines to an attempt to remove another sitting president in Taiwan to questions concerning the eligibility of the presumptive prime minister in Thailand to a near-coup by the ruling...
EDITORIALS
Feb 2, 2001

Mr. Mori's vision fails to inspire

In a policy speech at the opening of this year's regular Diet session on Wednesday, Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori took great pains to win over a skeptical public. It was his first formal address to the Parliament since he took office last April. It was also the third longest such speech ever, perhaps reflecting...
CULTURE / Film
Feb 2, 2001

Johnny Rebels without a cause

When director Ang Lee's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" took off last year on its ascent to critical and commercial success, many film-goers in Japan were left scratching their heads: How did this director of small,family-based melodramas like "The Ice Storm" or "Eat, Drink, Man, Woman" suddenly make...
BUSINESS
Feb 2, 2001

Domestic auto sales rise again

Domestic sales of new motor vehicles rose 2.6 percent in January from a year earlier for the fourth-straight monthly gain due chiefly to strong demand for recreational vehicles, the Japan Automobile Dealers Association said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Feb 2, 2001

Mazda opens online auto shop to market built-to-order cars

Mazda Motor Corp. today will open an Internet site that will allow Japanese customers to custom-build their own cars.
JAPAN
Feb 2, 2001

Year in prison sought for accused MSDF spy

Prosecutors demanded Thursday a one-year prison term for former Maritime Self-Defense Force Lt. Cmdr. Shigehiro Hagisaki, 38, who is charged with passing defense secrets to a Russian military attache in exchange for cash.
BUSINESS
Feb 2, 2001

Hopes rise as Fed cuts rates, Dow rebounds

The Tokyo stock market has had an overall positive tone recently, bolstered by a rebound on Wall Street.
JAPAN
Feb 2, 2001

Upper House poll to usher in delay in vote-counting

The government plans to ease its rules mandating instant election returns by allowing votes for this summer's House of Councilors poll to be counted the day after balloting takes place, government officials said.
JAPAN
Feb 2, 2001

Kato licks wounds as majority of faction deserts

The Liberal Democratic Party faction led by Koichi Kato, former secretary general of the party, made a new start Thursday with just 15 members -- one day after 42 former Kato supporters formed their own faction under the leadership of former trade minister Mitsuo Horiuchi.
JAPAN
Feb 2, 2001

Man to hang for robbery-murders

The Tokyo District Court sentenced a 56-year-old man to death Thursday for committing two robbery-murders, in 1996 and 1999, in Tokyo.
BUSINESS
Feb 2, 2001

Funai, Toshiba plan Indonesia unit

Funai Electric Co. and Toshiba Corp. said Thursday they will establish a joint venture in Indonesia in March to manufacture 20-inch color picture tubes (CPTs) beginning next January.
JAPAN
Feb 2, 2001

Mori consoles train hero's family

Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori offered condolences Thursday to the family of a Yokohama photographer who was killed Friday while trying to save a man who had fallen onto railway tracks.
BUSINESS
Feb 2, 2001

Small businesses remain pessimistic over economy

The number of small and midsize companies expressing negative sentiment about business conditions exceeded those with optimistic views in the October-December quarter, according to a survey released Thursday.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 2, 2001

Tokyo, New Delhi eager to put synergy back in relations

Last week's massive earthquake in western India has thrown in doubt Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's planned official visit to Japan this month -- the first by a premier of the world's most populous democracy in nearly 13 years.
JAPAN
Feb 2, 2001

Fall in traffic offense arrests linked to police being 'busy'

The number of traffic offenses booked by police declined by more than 11 percent nationwide last year, but National Police Agency officials suggest the decline does not necessarily reflect a more law-abiding mentality among drivers.
BUSINESS
Feb 2, 2001

Crucial oil negotiations drawing near

Japan and Kuwait are expected to open crucial negotiations as early as this spring on extending Arabian Oil Co.'s drilling rights in the Kuwait-controlled portion of the Khafji oil field.
BUSINESS
Feb 2, 2001

S&P expects more defaults, lower bank ratings

The number of defaults in Japan, already at a record high, is bound to increase in 2001, while downgrades of credit ratings are likely to continue outnumbering upgrades, Standard & Poor's Corp. said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Feb 2, 2001

JASDAC will manage OTC stock market

The Japan Securities Dealers Association on Thursday entrusted the comprehensive management of its over-the-counter stock market to Jasdaq Market Services Inc. (JASDAC), making it the first stock company to run a stock exchange in Japan, the JSDA said.
JAPAN
Feb 2, 2001

Green product guidelines approved

Government officials approved basic guidelines Thursday regarding the selection of environmentally friendly products for use in government offices as well as the Diet and courts.
New Japanese banknotes increasingly put up for auction
The Yahoo Auction website shows new banknotes selling for much higher than their face value.
Tokyo host bar worker arrested over kickbacks for brokering prostitution
Yoshifumi Matsumura (second from right), head of the National Public Safety Commission, inspects Tokyo's Kabukicho entertainment district in June.
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.
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.
Investors take long-term view as rate hike whipsaws Japan
The Nikkei stock index saw the biggest plunge in eight years Friday following the Bank of Japan's rate hike earlier in the week.
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.
An ideal AC temperature for sleep? Science says yes ... and no.
Temperatures are soaring across Japan, making getting to sleep at night a constant battle between your body and the right setting for your air conditioner to help you nod off.
Summer sumo tour may be tough for wrestlers, but it's a boon for fans
An event that was part of a regional sumo tour in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, in April 2019.
Social media trolls beware: Olympic athletes have had enough
Members of the Romanian Olympic women's gymnastics team check their smartphones during a training session early last month.
Koshien at 100: 'Sacred' dirt, the Hanshin Tigers and a storied high school tourney
The front facade at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture. The stadium, widely regarded as the spiritual home of Japanese baseball, turns 100 on Thursday.

Podcast

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

Longform

The students at Mitaka Municipal No. 7 Junior High School have access to various cooling devices for when they play sports.
Japan's extreme heat is causing a rethink of school sports
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