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EDITORIALS
Dec 8, 2000

Europe's growing pains

European Union leaders are finding that success comes with a price. They meet today in Nice, France, for a critical summit that will modernize the EU and prepare it for new members and new responsibilities. Despite complete agreement that decision-making procedures must be changed, there is no consensus...
BUSINESS
Dec 8, 2000

Carrefour chief takes aim at Japanese market

MAKUHARI, Chiba Pref. -- Unveiling Carrefour's first Japanese outlet to reporters Thursday, Carrefour France Chairman Daniel Bernard said the world's second-largest retailer has a good opportunity to do business in Japan, at a time when the domestic retail industry is changing.
BUSINESS
Dec 8, 2000

IBJ to cut long-term prime lending rate

The Industrial Bank of Japan said Thursday it will cut its long-term prime lending rate to 2.1 percent from 2.25 percent, effective today.
CULTURE / Music / PLAY BUTTON
Dec 8, 2000

Hanayo's gift wrapped in seductive complexity

With her mix of artifice, artistic discipline and sexual promise, no traditional figure is more ambiguous than the geisha.
JAPAN
Dec 8, 2000

International flights at Haneda OK'd for Narita's off-hours

The Chiba Prefectural Government has approved the use of Tokyo's Haneda airport for international chartered flights, telling transport authorities that it would allow such flights on condition they are operated during the hours Narita airport is closed, it was learned Thursday.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 8, 2000

Flood of goods from China an eye-opener for Indians

NEW DELHI -- China's invasion of India in 1962 was perhaps less of a humiliation for India than Beijing's latest attempt at capturing its market.
COMMENTARY
Dec 8, 2000

Mori's prospects remain dim

Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori Tuesday inaugurated his new Cabinet, which includes two former prime ministers. Mori retained Kiichi Miyazawa as finance minister and named Ryutaro Hashimoto as special minister for administrative reform and chief of the Okinawa Development Agency. Effective Jan. 6, Hashimoto...
BUSINESS / CABINET INTERVIEW
Dec 7, 2000

Miyazawa to focus on employment, spending

The state budget for fiscal 2001 to be drawn up by the government later this month is expected to be characterized by "guarded optimism," Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Dec 7, 2000

Buying over Net bucks downward trend

While the downtrend in Tokyo share prices continued unabated in recent months, a growing number of individual investors stepped up purchases over the Internet.
BUSINESS / CABINET INTERVIEW
Dec 7, 2000

FRC chief firm on payoff plan

Having returned to head the Financial Reconstruction Commission, Hakuo Yanagisawa on Wednesday emphatically ruled out the possibility of an extension to a controversial payoff plan.
BUSINESS
Dec 7, 2000

Economic indexes point in unison to expansion

The Economic Planning Agency said Wednesday that three economic gauges exceeded the 50 percent boom-or-bust line in October for the first time since November 1996.
JAPAN
Dec 7, 2000

Japan pledges 1.5 billion yen for Zambia's program of reforms

Japan on Wednesday pledged 1.5 billion yen in grants to Zambia to support the country's efforts to improve its economic structure and to promote sanitary and educational development programs, Foreign Ministry officials said.
JAPAN
Dec 7, 2000

Mori appoints 22 parliamentary vice ministers

A day after reshuffling his Cabinet, Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori on Wednesday appointed 22 parliamentary vice ministers who will assist his Cabinet ministers.
JAPAN
Dec 7, 2000

Priest on quest for schools in Cambodia

Fumio Goto never imagined that he would end up helping to build schools in Cambodia when he first accepted refugees from the country in 1981.
JAPAN
Dec 7, 2000

Journalists debate role of English in Asia

English, as the dominant language in cyberspace, is becoming an indispensable communication tool for Asian people. And the increased use of English among nonnative speakers should make it more colorful as a world language.
BUSINESS
Dec 7, 2000

LDP panel set to extend housing loan tax breaks

The tax panel of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party basically agreed Wednesday to maintain tax breaks for housing loans for two to three years, albeit on a reduced scale, sources within the party said.
EDITORIALS
Dec 7, 2000

New Cabinet looks familiar

As expected, Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori has completed his Cabinet reshuffle. Yet at a time of political tumult, there is much that is familiar in the new Cabinet and LDP leadership, and the means by which they were chosen. Despite being assaulted on all sides, Mr. Mori and the Liberal Democratic Party...
JAPAN
Dec 7, 2000

High court rejects ex-sex slaves' appeal

The Tokyo High Court on Wednesday rejected an appeal filed by 46 Filipino women seeking 920 million yen in compensation for having been forced to provide sex to Japanese soldiers during the war.
JAPAN
Dec 7, 2000

Video shop bomber sent to prosecutors

Police turned over to public prosecutors Wednesday the case of a 17-year-old boy from Tochigi Prefecture who was arrested on charges of bombing a video shop in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward.
BUSINESS
Dec 7, 2000

DDI joins hands with Hakuhodo

The nation's second-largest telecommunications carrier DDI Corp., known as KDDI, said Wednesday it has formed a joint venture with advertising agency Hakuhodo Inc. and three other firms to run ads on its mobile-phone Internet services.
JAPAN
Dec 7, 2000

SDP set for about-face on SDF

The Social Democratic Party may take a major step back from its historic decision in 1994 recognizing the Self-Defense Forces as constitutional and supporting the continuance of the Japan-U.S. security treaty, according to party sources.
BUSINESS
Dec 7, 2000

Ex-MITI official tapped as next Daiei chairman

Jiro Amagai, a former bureaucrat of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, is likely to become chairman of ailing supermarket chain operator Daiei Inc., sources at the company said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Dec 7, 2000

Slovakia hopes for Japanese Embassy in capital

Slovakia wants Japan to establish an embassy in its capital, Bratislava, and scrap visa requirements to enhance bilateral ties, according to Jozef Migas, president of the National Council -- Slovakia's parliament.
BUSINESS
Dec 7, 2000

Retail chains under siege

Conventional Japanese supermarket chains, which are suffering dwindling sales and being cold-shouldered by consumers, will be dealt another blow with the advance of foreign retail giants wielding aggressive business plans into the Japanese market.
BUSINESS
Dec 7, 2000

FTC defends proposal on postal competition

The head of the Fair Trade Commission, the nation's anti-cartel watchdog, on Wednesday defended a proposal by an FTC panel to allow private concerns to compete with the postal service in the letter-delivery business.
BUSINESS
Dec 7, 2000

Kamei wants postal savings funds placed in stocks

The top policymaker in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Wednesday urged the state-run postal savings and pension fund systems to invest in stocks to help prop up the sagging market.
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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