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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Dec 20, 2000

Jingle bills and other ghosts of Christmas past and present

There is a hereditary disease that stalks each member of my family. Even now I can feel it ticking maliciously through my bones, fully aware there is nothing I can do to stop it. Sooner or later it is going to strike.
SOCCER / J. League
Dec 20, 2000

Japan, S. Korea set for Tokyo clash

Japan, in its first international since winning the Asian Cup in October, takes on South Korea in a friendly tonight at Tokyo's National Stadium.
JAPAN
Dec 20, 2000

Sumo's Toki probed in traffic death

OSAKA -- Professional sumo wrestler Toki hit and killed a middle-aged woman with his car Monday night at an intersection in Osaka, police sources said.
BASEBALL / MLB
Dec 20, 2000

Yakult rewards Miyamoto

Infielder Shinya Miyamoto netted a hefty pay raise Tuesday, re-signing with the Yakult Swallows for 118 million yen next season, officials of the Central League club confirmed.
LIFE / Digital
Dec 20, 2000

Government, industry reassess potential harm of video games

SEATTLE -- Can games desensitize children and teach them how to kill? Video and computer game violence is such a hot topic in the United States that the U.S. Senate has held two sets of hearings on the matter, and several senior senators each year host a conference in which they discuss problems with...
LIFE / Digital
Dec 20, 2000

Gifts galore for the gadget lover

Japan constantly churns out high-tech gadgets, and Christmas is a great time to buy the best.
COMMENTARY / WASHINGTON UPDATE
Dec 20, 2000

A divided Capitol awaits new president

WASHINGTON -- Wow! What a list of things to do for U.S. President-elect George W. Bush. It is long, and the degree of difficulty of almost every item on the list is of Olympian proportion.
JAPAN
Dec 20, 2000

Japan abandoned Sakhalin's Koreans

Tokyo snubbed a 1957 request by Seoul to help some 43,000 Koreans shipped to Sakhalin by Japan during the war leave the island, Japanese diplomatic documents declassified Tuesday show.
ENVIRONMENT / WILD WATCH
Dec 20, 2000

Glaciers prove ecological succession

That powerful forces have shaped the world we live in is somehow easier to grasp when one lives in a country wracked by earthquakes, dotted with calderas and pocked with active volcanoes.
MORE SPORTS
Dec 20, 2000

Asahi drinks from Tokyo Super Bowl

The Asahi Soft Drink Challengers scored a pair of second-quarter touchdowns Monday to defeat Matsushita Denko Impulse 20-18 in the Tokyo Super Bowl national corporate team championship game.
COMMENTARY
Dec 20, 2000

The world may welcome Bush

LONDON -- While the United States adjusts to the idea of having George W. Bush as its new president, his predecessor has been treading the international stage for the last time -- at least in a presidential capacity. Bill Clinton's "final" visit to Britain received immense coverage, some of it almost...
SOCCER / J. League
Dec 20, 2000

Yokohama promoted

JFL champion Yokohama FC, formed by former Yokohama Flugels supporters two years ago, won official approval from the J. League on Tuesday for promotion to the J. League Division Two from the non-professional league.
EDITORIALS
Dec 19, 2000

Structural reform is still key

The Japanese economy seems to have hardly improved in the past three months and appears likely to slightly worsen in the next three. This dim picture is painted by the Bank of Japan's latest "tankan" survey, which sums up how business managers view their companies' performances. The economic perception...
JAPAN
Dec 19, 2000

Female students faring poorly in job search

A record-low 52.2 percent of female high school students hoping to work after graduation in March had found a job as of the end of October, according to the results of an Education Ministry survey released Monday.
BUSINESS
Dec 19, 2000

Pace of economic recovery slowing: BOJ

The Bank of Japan on Monday downgraded its assessment of Japan's economic performance and noted that the recovery is slowing down.
JAPAN
Dec 19, 2000

TMD study worries Russian official

Russia is alarmed at the possible threat posed by the joint research between Japan and the United States on a theater missile defense system, Dmitry Rogozin, chairman of the Russian legislature's foreign affairs committee, said Monday.
JAPAN
Dec 19, 2000

Global forest guardian gives up deforestation goal

The International Tropical Timber Organization has failed to meet its primary goal of having all tropical timber products traded internationally by its member states originate from sustainably managed forests by 2000, sources said Monday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Dec 19, 2000

CL, PL name new presidents

Former Construction Ministry vice minister Hajime Toyokura was named the new president of the Central League on Monday to replace Sumiko Takahara, who decided earlier this month to resign because of an ongoing battle with cancer.
JAPAN
Dec 19, 2000

2.5 trillion yen budgeted for outlying shinkansen

The government and the three ruling parties agreed Monday to begin construction of new sections of shinkansen tracks in the Hokuriku and Kyushu regions at a cost of 2.5 trillion yen to the central and local governments over roughly 12 years.
JAPAN
Dec 19, 2000

Cultured skin next high-tech goal

First in a three series Kyodo News Professor Hisashi Aoyama is certain of the future of cultured skin.
BUSINESS
Dec 19, 2000

Economic panel to be disbanded lists failures

A soon-to-be-disbanded top government advisory panel issued a report Monday reflecting on its failure to quickly deal with major economic changes such as the information technology boom and the collapse of the asset-price bubble that depressed the economy through the 1990s.
BUSINESS
Dec 19, 2000

Rising path seen ahead for growth stocks

The Tokyo stock market appears to have hit a recent bottom on Nov. 22 when the key 225-issue Nikkei average dropped to 14,301.31, its lowest closing reading since March 4, 1999.
This scientist has a risky plan to cool Earth. There’s growing interest.
David Keith believes that by intentionally releasing sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere, it would be possible to lower temperatures worldwide, blunting global warming.
'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.
SoftBank and Naver to sell down stake in Japan’s Line app
The Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry has said the 50-50 control of LY, the operator of the Line app, by SoftBank and Naver leaves the messaging app vulnerable to cyberattacks.
Judo legend Riner leads France to team title over Japan for fifth gold medal
Japan's Tatsuru Saito (above) is dismayed after losing to France's Teddy Riner in the gold-medal bout of the judo mixed team event 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.
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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