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JAPAN
Nov 16, 2000

1 billion yen in ODA wasted on failed Indonesia project

A roughly 1 billion yen technical assistance project in Indonesia launched in the late 1980s, in which dairy cows were bred using artificial insemination, faltered after six seed bulls sent from Japan died, it was learned Wednesday through a report by the Board of Audit.
JAPAN
Nov 16, 2000

Osaka postpones shelters after clash with residents

OSAKA -- A controversial plan to build temporary shelters for nearly 400 homeless men living in Osaka's Nagai Park was postponed Wednesday after city officials clashed with local residents in the morning.
JAPAN
Nov 16, 2000

Nurses admit malpractice in poll

More than 90 percent of nurses surveyed said they have been involved, or nearly involved, in cases of medical malpractice, according to an interim report by a nationwide medical union released Wednesday.
JAPAN
Nov 16, 2000

LDP may sack Mori to stay intact

Koichi Kato's revolt against Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori has fueled growing sentiment within the Liberal Democratic Party that the unpopular Mori should step down to avert a crisis that could severely split the ruling party.
JAPAN
Nov 16, 2000

Press mulls role of English in Asia

Foreign Press Center/Japan will hold its annual one-day Asia-Pacific Journalists Meeting on Nov. 30 in Tokyo.
LIFE / Style & Design / BEAUTY EAST AND WEST
Nov 16, 2000

Spoiling yourself with beauty treats and baubles

Sometimes a girl needs to indulge herself -- or, better yet, be indulged by some generous other. (You could always clip this column, color-highlighting your most-desirables, and leave it lying around in some conspicuous spot to drop the perfect hint.)
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Nov 16, 2000

Social guilt: putting the blame on Mom

Though the media agrees with the government that Japan's flagging birthrate is a bad thing, they seem determined to make potential parents dread the prospect of raising kids in a world where every wrong choice, major or minor, could turn their offspring into criminals, deviants, or just plain miserable...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Nov 16, 2000

Inspirations for the new millennium

The recent Tokyo collections, for spring/summer 2001, brought together over 50 designers for two weeks of shows.
JAPAN
Nov 16, 2000

Palau leader hopes for COP6 compromises

Noting that the environment is of extreme importance to his island nation, visiting Palau President Kunio Nakamura voiced both concern and hope for the outcome of the ongoing U.N. conference on global climate change in The Hague.
JAPAN
Nov 16, 2000

Kato eyes power via the party

Koichi Kato, who has stirred up a power struggle within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, said he will do "everything possible" short of quitting the party to bring about the downfall of Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori.
SOCCER / World cup
Nov 16, 2000

FIFA boss wraps up Tokyo trip

FIFA president Sepp Blatter breezed through Tokyo Tuesday and Wednesday for a series of meetings aimed at resolving a number of issues concerning the 2002 World Cup and next year's Confederations Cup.
LIFE / Style & Design / SIMPLY DIVINE
Nov 16, 2000

Where the schwingers swing

Do you sometimes feel a night out in Roppongi is like a scene from the hip film "Swingers"? You spend the time it takes to quaff a drink and scan the crowd in one bar before you are off to yet another in search of something elusive, somewhere indefinable.
COMMENTARY
Nov 16, 2000

In all but economics, Kato makes sense

Koichi Kato, head of a large faction in the Liberal Democratic Party, now aims openly to be Japan's next prime minister. He has credentials. A former diplomat with good English skills and wide international contacts, he would do much to improve Japan's bland global image. He is also one of the few LDP...
JAPAN
Nov 16, 2000

Halls of power resound with ouster speculation

The corridors of power in Tokyo's Nagato-cho district on Wednesday resounded with speculation on the possible replacement of embattled Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, currently in Brunei for a two-day summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Nov 16, 2000

Tencel magic at the NY collections

At the 2001 New York spring/summer collections in September, Japanese fashion designers Ichiro Seta and Takashi Kataoka showed their designs as part of the Tencel collection, and succeeded in demonstrating the versatility of the new fiber.
EDITORIALS
Nov 15, 2000

Ground the flying-tanker plans

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JAPAN
Nov 15, 2000

Mori tells opposition he won't quit despite pressure from within LDP

Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori on Tuesday rejected an opposition demand that he step down, despite similar calls from among his Liberal Democratic Party colleagues.
JAPAN
Nov 15, 2000

Shots fired during bank robbery

A man armed with a handgun on Tuesday attacked two employees of a "shinkin" bank branch office in Tachikawa, western Tokyo, and made off with $10,000 (1,076,800 yen) in cash, police said.
JAPAN
Nov 15, 2000

Costly Kansai airport plagued by pullouts, rivals, debts, sea

OSAKA -- Six years after opening, Kansai International Airport is struggling to stay above water -- literally and figuratively.
JAPAN / COP6 AGENDA
Nov 15, 2000

NGO submits greenhouse gas solution

Citizens left disillusioned by the government's attempts to curb greenhouse gas emissions have come up with an alternative plan.
JAPAN
Nov 15, 2000

Mom, 19, held in baby's fire death

A 19-year-old woman was arrested early Tuesday on suspicion of gross negligence resulting in the death of her 1-year-old daughter at their apartment in the Ikebukuro district of Tokyo's Toshima Ward in a fire allegedly caused by a hair dryer, police said.
JAPAN
Nov 15, 2000

Bust of father of Japanese chemistry installed in Osaka

OSAKA -- A bronze bust of Koenraad Wolter Gratama, a 19th-century Dutch chemist considered the father of Japanese chemistry, has been installed near the site where a state-run chemistry school was once located in Osaka.
JAPAN
Nov 15, 2000

Panel to outline ideas on education change

An advisory panel to Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori agreed at a meeting Tuesday to clearly state in its final report to be submitted Dec. 22 whether it supports revising the 1947 Fundamental Law of Education, panel members said.
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.
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.
Novice investors under pressure after Japan stock rout
A man looks at an electronic stock quotation board outside a brokerage in Tokyo on Friday.
Hina Hayata fights through pain to capture first Olympic medal
Hina Hayata reacts after a point during the women's table tennis bronze medal match against South Korea's Shin Yubin at South Paris Arena on Saturday.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Japan experienced its hottest July on record
People cross a street in Tokyo's Harajuku district on Wednesday. In July, the deviation from the average temperature between 1991 and 2020 — a period when warming was already well underway — was 2.16 degrees Celsius.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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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
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