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JAPAN
Dec 28, 2000

Female lawmakers eye domestic violence bill

A bill currently being compiled by female lawmakers would allow district courts across Japan to issue orders banning perpetrators of domestic violence from approaching their spouses, and sentence violators to up to a year in prison.
EDITORIALS
Dec 28, 2000

Protect the rights of children

Japanese children are in the news these days with a frequency that would have astonished earlier generations. Hardly a day goes by without reports of some new disturbing incident, ranging from heinous crimes committed by minors to instances of serious child abuse or neglect. When the news is not about...
BUSINESS
Dec 28, 2000

TSE feared falling to new postbubble low

Tokyo share prices may remain in a correction phase through much of the coming months. With investor sentiment at its lowest level in years, the market is unlikely to shake off its bearish sentiment anytime soon.
JAPAN
Dec 28, 2000

Three years sought for health official in HIV contamination case

Prosecutors on Wednesday demanded that a former health official be given a three-year prison term for failing to stop the use of HIV-tainted blood products in the mid-1980s.
JAPAN
Dec 28, 2000

Acting couple Ishizaka, Asaoka split over mom

Actors Koji Ishizaka and Ruriko Asaoka separated in an amicable divorce Wednesday after a nearly 30-year marriage due to Ishizaka's desire to care for his aging mother, the couple said.
JAPAN
Dec 28, 2000

Japan will bid to host ITER fusion facility

An Atomic Energy Commission panel said Japan will apply to host an experimental nuclear fusion plant being developed jointly with Western European countries and Russia, according to government officials.
BUSINESS
Dec 28, 2000

BOJ cuts print run on 2000 yen notes

The Bank of Japan said Wednesday it will reduce its print run for the new 2000 yen bank notes for the current fiscal year, which ends March 31, from the initially planned 1 billion to 770 million because of their low circulation.
JAPAN
Dec 28, 2000

NPA eyes harsher traffic penalties

The National Police Agency on Wednesday announced a drafted amendment to current traffic laws that would increase prison terms and fines for some violations.
BUSINESS
Dec 28, 2000

Nintendo denies it is in talks to buy Sega

Video game giants Nintendo Co. and Sega Corp. on Wednesday denied a New York Times report that Nintendo is negotiating to buy Sega.
BASEBALL / MLB
Dec 28, 2000

Buffs give Nakamura hefty raise

The Kintetsu Buffaloes signed infielder Norihiro Nakamura to a one-year contract carrying a 300 million yen annual salary and a performance-hinged bonus of up to 50 million yen Wednesday, making him the highest-paid player in the Pacific League.
BUSINESS
Dec 28, 2000

Kumagai debt waiver OK'd

After months of negotiations, the 15 creditor banks of ailing general contractor Kumagai Gumi Co. have basically agreed to a debt-waiver package that would relieve the firm of a loan burden totaling 450 billion yen, sources close to the talks said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Dec 28, 2000

Tax office hits Seiko Epson for concealing 4.2 billion yen

Electronics maker Seiko Epson Corp. failed to declare 4.2 billion yen in income over five business years through March 1999, including 400 million yen in concealed revenues, sources said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Dec 28, 2000

Online brokerage sure of success despite late entry

Tokyo-Mitsubishi TD Waterhouse Securities Co. was late to establish its online discount brokerage operations in Japan. When the joint venture between Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi and discount brokerage TD Waterhouse Group of the United States began accepting accounts in July, several major players had already...
BUSINESS
Dec 28, 2000

Industrial output declines 0.8%; ministry unfazed

Industrial output in November declined 0.8 percent from the previous month, reversing an uptrend logged in October, according to a preliminary report released Wednesday by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry.
MULTIMEDIA / SPORTS SCOPE
Dec 28, 2000

Japan Sports Awards 2000

Driver of The Year: Daisuke Matsuzaka.
COMMUNITY
Dec 28, 2000

Rescue center flies in the face of despair

Passersby are sure to do a double take when they see the wooden building on the corner of the busy intersection in Kawasaki, 15 minutes walk from Musashi Nakahara Station.
LIFE / Food & Drink / NIHONSHU
Dec 28, 2000

May you all live long and prosper -- kanpai!

Happy Holidays to all Japan Times readers.
COMMENTARY
Dec 28, 2000

The fight for liberty continues

WASHINGTON -- We are entering a new year, the true third millenium. Unfortunately, the prospects for liberty do not burn bright. Human history is largely one of tyranny. The history of the last couple thousand years has been largely one of combatting tyranny.
JAPAN
Dec 28, 2000

NTT East allows newcomer to lease fiber-optic network

The Nippon Telegraph and Telephone group has signed its first deal allowing a competing telecommunications firm to lease its fiber-optic networks, officials of the Posts and Telecommunications Ministry said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Dec 28, 2000

Nurses get suspended sentences in Hiroo malpractice case

The Tokyo District Court sentenced two Tokyo municipal hospital nurses Wednesday to suspended prison terms for their role in the death of a female patient who was accidentally given an intravenous dose of disinfectant in February 1999.

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