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Oct 13, 2000

IJF says Shinohara decision stands

The International Judo Federation (IJF) has notified the All Japan Judo Federation (JJF) that it will not reverse a call against heavyweight judoka Shinichi Shinohara in a Sydney Olympic gold medal match, judo officials said Thursday.
CULTURE / Music / PLAY BUTTON
Oct 13, 2000

Wire's sonic zeitgeist knows no boundaries

Certain music magazines do more than just chronicle the ins and outs of bands and fans. In their pages they capture the mood of a particular era. Thus Rolling Stone was more than just a San Francisco rock magazine, and so London's The Wire is more than just a magazine about modern music.
COMMENTARY
Oct 13, 2000

Communists to 'tolerate' SDF

The national convention of the Japan Communist Party is expected to approve a proposal in November to revise its charter in order to tolerate the mobilization of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces in a military emergency. The policy turnaround to match the party's basic stance to reality was long overdue....
JAPAN
Oct 13, 2000

Bringing Japan to Canadian kids

SARNIA, Ontario -- While the number of Japanese language learners and educators in Canadian schools is growing, elementary schools like Gregory A. Hogan, a Catholic institution here, are eager for teaching intern Akiko Samukawa's volunteer services.
JAPAN
Oct 13, 2000

Foot-reading guru denies bilking flock

Hogen Fukunaga, founder of the Honohana Sanpogyo foot-reading cult, denied in his first trial hearing Thursday that he conspired with other members of the sect to defraud 31 people out of about 149 million yen.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 13, 2000

Ichiro leaving 'Wave for majors

Seven-time Pacific League batting champion Ichiro Suzuki of the Orix BlueWave said Thursday he wants a chance to play in the North American major leagues next season.
LIFE / Digital / CYBERIA
Oct 13, 2000

Tomorrow today

Predicting the future is always a risky business, but the uncertainties seem to be magnified when it comes to information technologies. Blame it on "tipping points," unstable equilibriums, systems analysis, whatever, but planning ahead has never been a more hazardous exercise.
JAPAN
Oct 13, 2000

Ruling bloc set to railroad electoral reform bill today

The ruling coalition parties are poised to ignore objections from the opposition bloc and vote in the Diet as early as today on a contentious bill to revise the electoral system, coalition sources said Thursday.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 13, 2000

Will Arab fury translate into action?

BEIRUT -- In his workshop in suburban Beirut, Reef Hammoudi has been painting Israeli and American flags at the rate of 50 a day, so high is the demand from people demonstrating in support of the new Palestinian "intifada." He does them on nonabsorbant cloth just an hour or so before they are due for...
EDITORIALS
Oct 12, 2000

Pakistan's year of living dangerously

It has been one year since Gen. Pervez Musharraf seized power in Pakistan. The coup was welcomed by many Pakistanis who had grown weary of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his increasingly corrupt rule. The rest of the world was more wary, although many countries were willing to tolerate the new government...
JAPAN
Oct 12, 2000

Zhu to boost ties on Japan trip

Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji arrives today for a six-day official visit, hoping to improve China's standing in the eyes of the Japanese people and nurture a new bilateral relationship through enhanced economic cooperation.
JAPAN
Oct 12, 2000

Pollution protesters forced off dump site after standoff

Local residents opposing the expansion of a garbage landfill in Hinode, western Tokyo, left the site Wednesday following a nearly two-day standoff with officials of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.
JAPAN
Oct 12, 2000

Report on data privacy gets nod, exempts press

A government committee formalized a blueprint on Wednesday for basic legislation designed to protect personal information held by private organizations but explicitly exempting the media.
JAPAN
Oct 12, 2000

USJ opens auditions for entertainers

OSAKA -- The operator of Universal Studios Japan began auditions Tuesday in Osaka for entertainers to work at its theme park due to open here next spring.
JAPAN
Oct 12, 2000

Number of disabled seeking jobs rises

The number of disabled people who are seeking jobs at public labor exchanges reached a record high of 128,915 at the end of August, compared with 126,254 at the end of March, according to the Labor Ministry.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 12, 2000

Kanemoto joins select club as Carp edge Swallows 2-1

Tomoaki Kanemoto hit a solo homer in the fourth inning and Toyo Asayama had an RBI double in the sixth Wednesday as the Hiroshima Carp closed out the Central League season with a 2-1 victory over the Yakult Swallows.
JAPAN
Oct 12, 2000

1.39 million petition for court reform

The Japan Federation of Bar Associations submitted petitions to the government Wednesday signed by some 1.39 million people, calling for reform of the country's judicial system to reflect public opinion.
COMMUNITY
Oct 12, 2000

Till bedtime do us part

At midnight every night, Shoko Ohara, a 39-year-old construction company employee, drives to the station to pick up her hard-working husband Takeshi, an engineer. The two chat during the 10-minute ride to their suburban home, and while Takeshi takes a bath, Shoko warms up his dinner in the kitchen. She...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Oct 12, 2000

Nagano microbrewer takes eco-friendly path

Remember that book, "100 Simple Things You Can Do To Save The Earth?" Here is the 101st: Head out to Kurohime in Nagano Prefecture. At the foot of Mount Kurohime you'll find Shinano Brewery. Walk into the woody Chestnuts Pub, order one of their English-style beers and you'll be partaking in a unique...
JAPAN
Oct 12, 2000

New law means marching orders for bad tenants

Motokazu Miyama's big fear is one probably shared by hundreds of thousands of other property-owners in Japan: What if unwelcome tenants refuse to leave after the apartment lease expires?
JAPAN
Oct 12, 2000

Nikkei sinks to 19-month low

The benchmark 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average plunged to a 19-month low Wednesday, dragged down by weakness on Wall Street.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Oct 12, 2000

Bunny thrives in Predators' den

Yujiro Nakajimaya, captain of the Kokudo Bunnies and a member of Japan's national team, is not your average Japanese professional hockey player. In four teenage years spent at Notre Dame College, a high school in Wilcox, Saskatchewan, the Hokkaido native gained more than just a fluent command of English....
LIFE / Food & Drink / WINE WAYS
Oct 12, 2000

What bulging waistline? Let's talk about cheese

When your 8-year-old son suddenly starts thumping your belly gleefully like a bongo drum, chances are it means you've put on some weight. I confess that I've added 2-3 kg to my 190-cm frame since arriving more than a year ago in Belgium, a gastronomic paradise blessed with a tremendous variety of wines,...
JAPAN
Oct 12, 2000

Nobel Prize surprises Tsukuba chemist

Hideki Shirakawa of Japan and Americans Alan Heeger and Alan MacDiarmid have been awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry for their discovery that some plastics can conduct electricity. Shirakawa, 64, a professor emeritus at the University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, said the honor came as a total...

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