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COMMENTARY / THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK
Oct 30, 2000

U.S. reporter misses the mark on Japan

"Given America's willingness to avert its eyes from the most troubling chapters of its history and to resist critical self-evaluation and discussion of the country's atrocities against native Americans and African Americans . . ."
COMMENTARY
Oct 30, 2000

Zhu puts relations to rights

Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji's visit to Tokyo this month marked a turning point in Sino-Japanese relations, which have been strained for the past two years as a result of disagreements over wartime history. In a Tokyo news conference Oct. 16, Zhu said the Japanese people, as well as the Chinese, were "victims...
MORE SPORTS
Oct 30, 2000

Tight race closes out Sydney Paralympics

SYDNEY - A photo finish in the women's marathon Sunday denied Japan a gold medal double on the final day of the 11th Paralympic Games in Sydney.
EDITORIALS
Oct 29, 2000

Glamour in a good cause

There was a gathering at the United Nations in New York last Monday that nobody paid much attention to. The World Series and a high-wattage Senate race were distracting New Yorkers. A murderous flareup in the Middle East and a surreal encounter in Pyongyang were distracting the rest of the world.
JAPAN
Oct 29, 2000

Defendant admits role in Osaka killing

OSAKA -- A Japanese man on trial in Macau on charges of murdering a Chinese woman and injuring another in August has admitted being involved in the murder of a Japanese man in Osaka earlier this year, investigative sources said Saturday.
JAPAN
Oct 29, 2000

DNA identifies soldier held in Siberia

A DNA test has identified the remains of a former Japanese serviceman who died in detention in a Siberian labor camp after the end of World War II, the Health and Welfare Ministry said Saturday.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Oct 29, 2000

Hawks' Pedraza found relief in Japan

You wonder why he never made it to the majors. Talking here about Fukuoka Daiei Hawks relief ace Rod Pedraza, the best closer in the Pacific League if not all of Japanese baseball, and one big reason the Hawks have won the PL pennant each of the two years Pedraza has been their game-ender.
JAPAN
Oct 29, 2000

Collectors go cuckoo for Choco Eggs

KADOMA, Osaka Pref. -- Chocolate eggs are an integral part of Easter celebrations in the West. Although they have yet to catch on in Japan, one particular egg-shaped variety has become a hit here.
JAPAN
Oct 29, 2000

Japan hopeful ahead of North Korea talks

Japan and North Korea will hold talks in Beijing from Monday, with the focus of discussions likely to be on North Korean demands for compensation for Japan's 1910-1945 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula.
JAPAN
Oct 29, 2000

Once 'golf course heaven,' Hyogo now at opposite extreme

KOBE -- Hyogo Prefecture, with the largest number of golf courses on Honshu, has a reputation as the country's golf heaven.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 29, 2000

Giants dethrone Hawks for Japan Series title

Hideki Matsui provided much of the offense and Darrell May pitched in with a stellar performance on the mound Saturday night at the Tokyo Dome as the Yomiuri Giants claimed their 19th Japan Series title in emphatic style, blowing out the defending champion Daiei Hawks 9-3 in Game 6.
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COMMUNITY
Oct 29, 2000

Food Bank Japan to aid homeless

It is hard to imagine how Charlie McJilton makes ends meet as a single father living in Tokyo. He says he does "this and that" to pay the bills. Committed to staying in Japan for love of his daughter, most of his time is spent helping those in the direst need -- foreign residents who have fallen through...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Oct 29, 2000

No shortage of fruits and vegetables at university

The first thing I do when I have a new class of university students is separate them into fruits and vegetables. This is because when you stand up at the podium and look out at a hundred students with black hair and black eyes, it's like addressing a crowd of straight pins with black heads. It's practically...
JAPAN
Oct 29, 2000

Methods to cut emissions said already available

OSAKA -- With a United Nations conference on global warming just around the corner, a citizen's group is calling for existing energy-saving technologies to be more widely used to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
JAPAN
Oct 29, 2000

Second warrant served on Blackman case suspect

Police have served a fresh arrest warrant against Joji Obara, a 48-year-old company executive under arrest for raping a Canadian woman in 1996, on suspicion of raping another foreign woman.
MORE SPORTS
Oct 29, 2000

Wallabies romp past President's XV squad

The Australian Wallabies rugby union team ended a credible effort by the President's XV -- a selection of Japanese and international players -- at Chichibunomiya Stadium in Tokyo on Saturday, with the world champions running out winners 64-13.
CULTURE / Art
Oct 29, 2000

The painting of Zen: Seeing the funny side of it all

In art as in philosophy, Zen revels in contradiction. The picture of an ant running endlessly round a grindstone is a comment on futility. A priest, on the brink of spiritual discovery, is not in elegant robes or mystic postures but wearing a battered straw raincoat, resting on a walking stick.
CULTURE / Art
Oct 29, 2000

Local boy makes good on his own

It is practically impossible to beat the odds and attain major recognition and success in Japan as an individual artist. When an artist does achieve success it is usually the result of a miracle -- or nepotism. It is not uncommon for gallerists who want to promote a particular artist to arrange a show...
CULTURE / Music
Oct 29, 2000

Two chamber orchestras go for Baroque

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BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 29, 2000

Sasaki reflects on first season in majors

Seattle Mariners closer Kazuhiro Sasaki said he enjoyed his first year of pitching in the major leagues, but contends that Japanese baseball is still "interesting."
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 29, 2000

Sexism remains a rampant social disease

I am fortunate to be able to count among my relatives a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, Felix Frankfurter. Felix, appointed to the court by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, was a cousin on my mother's side of the family and, needless to say, far removed from me in age.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 28, 2000

Takahashi steers Giants to 6-0 win

FUKUOKA -- This is supposed to be the "O-N" Series between the two megastars of yesteryear -- Daiei Hawks manager Sadaharu Oh and Shigeo Nagashima, the Yomiuri Giants' skipper -- but the hero of Game 5 on Friday was a 25-year-old rookie who wasn't even born when the two managers were in their heyday...

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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