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LIFE / Food & Drink / KISSA KULTUR
Nov 23, 2000

The orthodox way of milk tea

In my search for a pleasant place to enjoy a coffee or tea, I often feel like a detective. Wandering Tokyo's nooks and crannies, I diligently try to track down havens where weary souls can rejuvenate from harried schedules and the din that seems to accompany us wherever we go.
ENVIRONMENT / GARDENING FOR ALL
Nov 23, 2000

Floating island a relic of a long-gone geologic age

SHINGU, Wakayama Pref. -- Inosawa Ukishima, a bog woodland in the center of Shingu City at the mouth of the Kumano River, isn't an ordinary park.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 23, 2000

Awakening the spirit of voluntarism in Japanese youth

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COMMENTARY
Nov 23, 2000

Japanese politics come up short again

Politics in Britain is characterized by a confrontation between the Conservative Party and the Labor Party. Each has its own policy platform, and voters choose between them, forcing changes in government. Likewise in the United States, the Republican and Democratic Parties alternate in power, running...
LIFE / Food & Drink / NIHONSHU
Nov 23, 2000

The man who never forgets a sake

Haruo Matsuzaki raises the small glass to his nose, sniffs for but a couple of seconds, and takes in a small sip. Slurping in a bit of air, he scribbles for a few seconds into his ever-present tiny notebook, finally expelling the sake into the spittoon next to the table. On to the next.
LIFE / Food & Drink / WINE WAYS
Nov 23, 2000

End your festive feast with a liquid dessert

With yet another Thanksgiving, Hanuka, Christmas and so forth soon to come, the question is, should you gorge away at the big dinner or discreetly desist a bit to "make sure," as some say, "that there's still some room left for dessert"?
JAPAN
Nov 23, 2000

Mori foot-in-mouth blunders catching

Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, notorious for his verbal blunders, may not be the only Cabinet member who needs to watch his tongue.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 23, 2000

Rose may be back in Japan again

YOKOHAMA -- Bobby Rose, who announced his retirement last month, could sign a new one-year deal with the Yokohama BayStars after officials of the Central League club contacted the infielder's agent Wednesday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Nov 23, 2000

A night at the culinary opera

Let it be stated unequivocably and from the outset: The Food File is not a great fan of gastrodomes and flashy new mega-restaurants where style outweighs substance and quality is sacrificed at the altar of fleeting fashion. Nor are we enamored of restaurant chains, where menus -- no matter how titillatingly...
EDITORIALS
Nov 22, 2000

Mori survives, for the moment

The administration of Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori managed to survive its greatest crisis Monday night when the governing parties barely voted down a no-confidence motion sponsored by the opposition parties. Tension was mounting toward a final showdown over the motion late Monday night because two LDP...
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 22, 2000

Yomiuri inks No. 1 pick

The Japan Series champion Yomiuri Giants signed top draft choice Shinnosuke Abe on Tuesday, while Pacific League picks Akichika Yamada and Tomokazu Iba also inked deals with their respective clubs.
JAPAN
Nov 22, 2000

Kato's momentous rebellion leaves Mori in charge -- for the moment

The failure of Koichi Kato's revolt against Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori leaves the unpopular leader at the nation's helm -- at least for the moment.
JAPAN
Nov 22, 2000

Justice Minister Yasuoka to make three-day visit to China

Justice Minister Okiharu Yasuoka will make a three-day visit to China from Dec. 3, marking the first visit by a Japanese justice minister to the country in seven years, Justice Ministry officials said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Nov 22, 2000

Suspect leads police to body of his partner

The body of a Tokyo company president who had been missing since last week was found Tuesday in a mountain forest in Ibaraki Prefecture after his business partner guided police to the corpse.
JAPAN
Nov 22, 2000

Mori survives ouster motion after LDP rebels get cold feet

Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori survived a no-confidence motion against his Cabinet early Tuesday after his rivals in the Liberal Democratic Party -- primarily Koichi Kato and Taku Yamasaki -- reneged on their pledge to support the motion submitted by the opposition camp.
JAPAN
Nov 22, 2000

Gays included for human rights

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government on Tuesday restored the term "homosexuals" in its guidelines for promoting human rights measures after hundreds of Tokyo residents urged that it do so.
SOCCER / World cup
Nov 22, 2000

Japan-Korea against the World

A joint All-Star team composed of J. League and Korean League players will face the World All-Star team in the Accenture Dream Soccer Match, organizers of the exhibition announced Tuesday.
JAPAN
Nov 22, 2000

Pair arrested for harboring Red Army founder Shigenobu

OSAKA -- Police on Tuesday arrested two supporters of Japanese Red Army founder Fusako Shigenobu for allegedly harboring the fugitive while in Japan.
JAPAN
Nov 22, 2000

Law for bankrupt individuals altered

The Diet enacted on Tuesday a bill to revise the law on rehabilitating bankrupt individuals.
JAPAN
Nov 22, 2000

Dual corporate tax system eyed

The Home Affairs Ministry on Tuesday proposed a dual corporate tax system that would force businesses to pay local taxes, even if they are operating in the red.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 22, 2000

Japan needs to abandon the 'image game'

Domestic politics is not my specialty, but I am so disturbed by recent developments that I am prompted to write down some of my thoughts. First, newspaper comments and articles suggest that the opposition parties and the media have succeeded in establishing a public image of Yoshiro Mori as an incompetent...
JAPAN
Nov 22, 2000

Public angered by Kato's flip-flop on no-confidence motion

People around the country expressed disappointment and anger Tuesday over the anticlimactic end to Koichi Kato's closely watched revolt against his Liberal Democratic Party colleague, Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori.
JAPAN
Nov 22, 2000

Some assembly required for newly found artifacts

OSAKA -- The board of education of the city of Shijonawate, Osaka Prefecture, on Tuesday announced that a number of wooden artifacts that appear to be parts of a stand dating from the early fifth century have been discovered at the city's Kamada ruins.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 22, 2000

Two countries, one system?

CAMBRIDGE, England -- Last week, Willy Wo-Lap Lam lost his job as the China correspondent on the South China Morning Post. That technically he resigned rather than be "promoted" to a non-China-related job is irrelevant, as it was clear that he was not going to be allowed to continue writing his weekly...
SOCCER / J. League
Nov 22, 2000

Dortmund wants Ono, Takahara

German League club Borussia Dortmund is hoping to sign Urawa Reds and Japan midfielder Shinji Ono, along with Jubilo Iwata and Japan Olympic team striker Naohiro Takahara, a Dortmund official said Tuesday in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Nov 22, 2000

Faulty switch delays 88 bullet trains

Bullet train runs on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line between Tokyo and Shin-Yokohama stations were disrupted for eight hours Tuesday, affecting some 80,000 passengers, after a switch at Tokyo's Shinagawa signal station malfunctioned, railway officials said.
LIFE / Travel
Nov 22, 2000

An evening out in Hua Hin, the classiest beach town in Thailand

HUA HIN, Thailand -- Like any town in Thailand, Hua Hin has its share of stray dogs, especially near the temple grounds. In this proud provincial town of sandy beaches, sea breezes and clean streets, however, even the stray mutts look healthier.

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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