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BUSINESS
Dec 29, 2000

Spring recovery may see the yen rebound

The dollar has climbed past the 114 yen level for the first time in a year and four months amid growing skepticism about Japan's economic recovery.
SOCCER / J. League
Dec 29, 2000

New contract gives Ono option to move abroad

Urawa Reds midfielder Shinji Ono on Wednesday signed a new contract with the newly promoted J. League side, which includes a clause allowing the Japan international to move abroad in midseason, Urawa officials said.
JAPAN
Dec 29, 2000

DPJ puts off opposition coalition plan

Naoto Kan, secretary general of the Democratic Party of Japan, said his party will postpone plans to push for a coalition government with two other opposition parties -- the Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party.
JAPAN
Dec 29, 2000

20 held, 86 warned over stalking so far

Police have arrested 20 men and warned 86 other people for stalking offenses since an antistalking law took effect Nov. 24, the National Police Agency said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Dec 29, 2000

Downsizing victims to open second pub

A union comprised mainly of middle-aged Japanese who lost their jobs due to restructuring drives is set to open its second pub in February, union members said.
JAPAN
Dec 29, 2000

Prius hybrid to challenge Paris-Dakar

A group of six Japanese plan to drive a low-emission vehicle along almost the same course as the 2001 Paris-Dakar rally to promote public awareness of environmental issues, project supporters said.
BUSINESS
Dec 29, 2000

100 yen stores now the shopping craze

Relatively new to a Japanese retail scene long dominated by now-suffering high-priced department stores and supermarket chains, 100 yen shops are catching on.
JAPAN
Dec 29, 2000

Shopping district tour shakes Mori's belief in full recovery

Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori recently confessed that his goal of realizing a full economic recovery has yet to be achieved.
JAPAN
Dec 29, 2000

Police report Obara-Blackman link

Hair found in a condominium belonging to accused rapist Joji Obara may be that of missing Briton Lucie Blackman, a flight attendant-turned bar hostess who disappeared in July, police said Thursday.
JAPAN
Dec 29, 2000

Number of municipalities could be slashed by 81%

The number of Japan's cities, towns and villages could be slashed from the current 3,229 to as few as 600 if merger plans that some two-thirds of all prefectures have drawn up are fully implemented, and if the remaining prefectures compile similar plans, a Kyodo News survey showed Thursday.
JAPAN
Dec 29, 2000

State urged to improve understanding of Islam

A study group set up by Foreign Minister Yohei Kono earlier this year is urging the government to improve its understanding of Islamic thinking to deepen ties with Muslim states.
JAPAN
Dec 29, 2000

'Pachisuro' firm hit with penalties for unpaid taxes

Aruze Corp., Japan's largest manufacturer and seller of "pachisuro," a cross between pachinko and a slot machine, has been accused by tax authorities of concealing about 4 billion yen in income between fiscal 1996 and fiscal 1998, industry sources said Thursday.
JAPAN
Dec 29, 2000

Chinese tied to burglary of dentist's guns

It is highly likely that a group of Chinese from Fujian Province was behind the Dec. 15 burglary of a Tokyo dentist in which seven guns were stolen, sources said Thursday.
JAPAN
Dec 29, 2000

Non-EU nations circle wagons on climate

Top environmental negotiators from Japan, the United States and eight other non-European Union industrialized countries will hold secret talks in New Zealand in the middle of February, informed sources said Thursday.
JAPAN
Dec 29, 2000

Mori eyes February trip to Russia

Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori is aiming to visit Russia in early February for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on a peace treaty, Liberal Democratic Party member Muneo Suzuki said Thursday.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 29, 2000

Arms sales exacerbating global poverty

At the U.N. Millennium Summit held in September, world leaders pledged both to "free our peoples from the scourge of war, whether within or between states" and to halve global poverty by 2015.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 29, 2000

Rare rumblings of dissent ruffle Dalai Lama's agenda

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SOCCER / J. League
Dec 29, 2000

Gamba denies Atletico will sign Inamoto

J. League club Gamba Osaka on Thursday denied published reports out of Spain that Japanese midfielder Junichi Inamoto was poised to sign with Spanish second division side Atletico Madrid.
JAPAN
Dec 29, 2000

Century reaches last work day

Employees of public organizations and many private companies experienced the last business day of the century in various ways across Japan on Thursday.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 29, 2000

Popular challenger lets down many Thais

BANGKOK -- Thai voters dissatisfied with Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai's ruling Democrat Party will have a hard time turning to the alternative Thai Rak Thai Party of telecom tycoon Thaksin Shinawatra since public trust in the businessman has eroded.
BUSINESS
Dec 29, 2000

State oil firm to help drill Azadegan

Japan National Oil Corp. said Thursday it has decided it will participate in a project to develop Iran's largest oil field, the Azadegan field, situated near the Iraqi border.
CULTURE / Music
Dec 29, 2000

Hipster Arthur H sings in his own lingua franca

The late '50s and early '60s was an interesting time for American musical tastes. Listeners who considered themselves hip embraced a wide variety of styles, from the calypso of Harry Belafonte to the bossa nova of Antonio Carlos Jobim and even the chanson of Jacques Brel. If they listened to American...
BUSINESS
Dec 29, 2000

Tax revenues to exceed projection

Japan's tax receipts in fiscal 2000 are likely to exceed the government's projection for the second straight year and may top 50 trillion yen for the first time in three years, due to increased corporate tax revenues, Finance Ministry data released Thursday showed.
BUSINESS
Dec 29, 2000

Full-scale Vietnam talks near

After nearly two years of preparatory talks, Japan and Vietnam are expected to launch full-scale negotiations early next year on an investment protection pact to encourage Japanese companies to invest in the potentially lucrative, communist-ruled Southeast Asian market.
JAPAN
Dec 28, 2000

Mori to call for stability in Johannesburg speech

Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori will announce Japan's policy regarding Africa during a speech he is scheduled to give in South Africa in January, according to government officials.
New Japanese banknotes increasingly put up for auction
The Yahoo Auction website shows new banknotes selling for much higher than their face value.
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.
'Overwhelmed' Yulo wins historic Olympic gymnastics gold for Philippines
Carlos Yulo of the Philippines cries after winning gold in the men's floor exercise on Saturday at the Paris Olympics.
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.
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.
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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