Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri articles from January 2000

Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri archives from January 2000

Opposition boycott of Diet session set to continue//The Da.
January 31, 2000... Opposition boycott of Diet session set to continue Yomiuri The opposition's boycott of Diet sessions is likely to continue this week after Yukio Hatoyama, leader of Minshuto (Democratic Party of Japan), the largest opposition party, demanded...

Ministry to start subsidizing new ventures run by elderly/.
January 31, 2000... Ministry to start subsidizing new ventures run by elderly Yomiuri The Labor Ministry is set to launch a new system Tuesday that will provide subsidies to partly fund the start-up costs of business ventures established by groups comprising...

Minshuto planning to adopt guerrilla tactics//The Daily Yo.
January 31, 2000... Minshuto planning to adopt guerrilla tactics Yomiuri The "Next Cabinet" of Minshuto (Democratic Party of Japan)--a British-style shadow cabinet--will stage extra-Diet activities, including mock Diet sessions and nationwide campaigns,...

Govt compiles manual on non-GM foods//The Daily Yomiuri</copyright>.
January 31, 2000... Govt compiles manual on non-GM foods Yomiuri The Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry has compiled a manual concerning the distribution of soybeans and corn that have not been genetically modified in addition to a new labeling system...

Tokyo government unveils proposal to charge traffic tolls/.
January 31, 2000... Tokyo government unveils proposal to charge traffic tolls Yomiuri The Tokyo metropolitan government has revealed the details of a proposal to relieve the capital's chronic traffic congestion by collecting tolls from vehicles driving into...

Editorial / Challenges for red-hot U.S. economy//The Daily.
January 31, 2000... Editorial / Challenges for red-hot U.S. economy Yomiuri Next month, the United States looks certain to break its postwar record of eight years and 10 months of economic expansion established during the 1960s. The current economic boom, which...

Opposition boycott of Diet session set to continue.
January 31, 2000... The opposition's boycott of Diet sessions is likely to continue this week after Yukio Hatoyama, leader of Minshuto (Democratic Party of Japan), the largest opposition party, demanded an apology from the ruling coalition Sunday as a...

Ministry to start subsidizing new ventures run by elderly.
January 31, 2000... The Labor Ministry is set to launch a new system Tuesday that will provide subsidies to partly fund the start-up costs of business ventures established by groups comprising three or more people aged 60 or older. The system is aimed at...

Toho U. hospital waste found in Nisso shipment.
January 31, 2000... Police examining industrial waste illegally exported by waste-processing company Nisso Ltd. to the Philippines have confiscated plastic outpatient cards bearing the name of a hospital affiliated with Toho University's Medical Department,...

Minshuto planning to adopt guerrilla tactics.
January 31, 2000... The "Next Cabinet" of Minshuto (Democratic Party of Japan)--a British-style shadow cabinet--will stage extra-Diet activities, including mock Diet sessions and nationwide campaigns, beginning early this week. The party has boycotted Diet...

Govt compiles manual on non-GM foods.
January 31, 2000... The Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry has compiled a manual concerning the distribution of soybeans and corn that have not been genetically modified in addition to a new labeling system for food using genetically modified produce...

Tokyo government unveils proposal to charge traffic tolls.
January 31, 2000... The Tokyo metropolitan government has revealed the details of a proposal to relieve the capital's chronic traffic congestion by collecting tolls from vehicles driving into central Tokyo. According to the proposal, which was unveiled at a...

Poll: Would-be mothers deterred by expense.
January 31, 2000... An overwhelming majority of respondents to a Yomiuri Shimbun survey said that although they wanted another child they could not bear the financial burden. The nationwide survey, conducted on Jan. 15 and 16, also found that about 80...

Editorial: Challenges for red-hot U.S. economy.
January 31, 2000... Next month, the United States looks certain to break its postwar record of eight years and 10 months of economic expansion established during the 1960s. The current economic boom, which started in March 1991, gathered strength year by...

Police: Woman's captor made prior kidnap bid//The Daily Yo.
January 31, 2000... Police: Woman's captor made prior kidnap bid Yomiuri NIIGATA The Niigata Prefectural Police Headquarters has revealed that a 37-year-old man from Kashiwazaki in the prefecture who allegedly kidnapped a 9-year-old girl and kept her in his...

Toho U. hospital waste found in Nisso shipment//The Daily.
January 31, 2000... Toho U. hospital waste found in Nisso shipment Yomiuri Police examining industrial waste illegally exported by waste-processing company Nisso Ltd. to the Philippines have confiscated plastic outpatient cards bearing the name of a hospital...

Man held over obscene Internet notes//The Daily Yomiuri</copyright>.
January 31, 2000... Man held over obscene Internet notes Yomiuri URAWA A 26-year-old unemployed man from Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, was arrested Sunday on suspicion of adding obscene notes about a female acquaintance to an Internet chat page, police said....

Newspeople / Prize-winning cartoonist a man of passion//Th.
January 31, 2000... Newspeople / Prize-winning cartoonist a man of passion Kenichi Sato Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri "A cartoon is a joke told by a pen," said Alfons Vos, the Belgian winner of the 21st Yomiuri International Cartoon Contest. The...

Japanese-Filipino seeks help tracing roots of dead father/.
January 31, 2000... Japanese-Filipino seeks help tracing roots of dead father Yomiuri Has anybody heard of Masaichi Komiya? Juan Komiya, a 68-year-old doctor living in the Philippines, is asking for help in tracing the roots of his father, a Japanese who died...

Bulletin board//The Daily Yomiuri</copyright>.
January 31, 2000... Bulletin board Yomiuri Open classroom seminar The Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Educational Research and In-service Training will hold an open classroom seminar for teachers of various subjects at Oizumi Ninami Primary School in Nerima...

Team Canada ices Japan//The Daily Yomiuri</copyright>.
January 31, 2000... Team Canada ices Japan Dave Hilson Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri Japan started its road to the Olympic-qualifying round off with a disappointing 4-1 exhibition loss to Team Canada at Higashi-Fushimi Arena in western Tokyo on Sunday...

Simon 3-peats in Osaka//The Daily Yomiuri</copyright>.
January 31, 2000... Simon 3-peats in Osaka Ken Marantz Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri OSAKA Taking the lead with a late spurt, Harumi Hiroyama had Sydney firmly in her sights ahead. Behind her, Lidia Simon had other ideas. Simon chased down Hiroyama in the...

Students 'connect' with Net education//The Daily Yomiuri</copyright>.
January 31, 2000... Students 'connect' with Net education Atsushi Kodera Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri As the Internet quickly permeates the formal school system, the private sector is eagerly taking advantage of the new medium to fill a void where...

Man held over obscene Internet notes.
January 31, 2000... URAWA A 26-year-old unemployed man from Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, was arrested Sunday on suspicion of adding obscene notes about a female acquaintance to an Internet chat page, police said. According to police, Masahiro...

Policeman held on suspicion of theft.
January 31, 2000... Tokushima prefectural police on Saturday arrested one of its own officers on suspicion of stealing money belonging to a suspect held in a theft case on Nov. 6. According to police, Sgt. Tsutomu Kasai, 43, stole more than 100,000 yen from...

Newspeople: Prize-winning cartoonist a man of passion.
January 31, 2000... Kenichi Sato Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer "A cartoon is a joke told by a pen," said Alfons Vos, the Belgian winner of the 21st Yomiuri International Cartoon Contest. The 61-year-old cartoonist responded to this year's contest...

Japanese-Filipino seeks help tracing roots of dead father.
January 31, 2000... Has anybody heard of Masaichi Komiya? Juan Komiya, a 68-year-old doctor living in the Philippines, is asking for help in tracing the roots of his father, a Japanese who died almost 60 years ago. Juan, a second-generation...

Bulletin board.
January 31, 2000... Open classroom seminar The Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Educational Research and In-service Training will hold an open classroom seminar for teachers of various subjects at Oizumi Ninami Primary School in Nerima Ward, Tokyo, on Feb. 8...

Students 'connect' with Net education.
January 31, 2000... Atsushi Kodera Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer As the Internet quickly permeates the formal school system, the private sector is eagerly taking advantage of the new medium to fill a void where government support is lacking. The Internet...

Team Canada ices Japan.
January 31, 2000... Dave Hilson Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Japan started its road to the Olympic-qualifying round off with a disappointing 4-1 exhibition loss to Team Canada at Higashi-Fushimi Arena in western Tokyo on Sunday afternoon. Chris...

Simon 3-peats in Osaka.
January 31, 2000... Ken Marantz Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter OSAKA Taking the lead with a late spurt, Harumi Hiroyama had Sydney firmly in her sights ahead. Behind her, Lidia Simon had other ideas. Simon chased down Hiroyama in the final 500...

Jomon-period bones found on Rebun Island.
January 31, 2000... Human bones unearthed at the Funadomari ruins on Rebun Island off Hokkaido were recently confirmed to be those of the northernmost group of Jomon-period people yet recorded, according to anthropologists at the National Science Museum in...

Govt may resume talks with N. Korea in April.
January 31, 2000... The government has confirmed policies concerning the reconvening of bilateral talks with North Korea aimed at normalizing diplomatic relations between the two countries, The Yomiuri Shimbun learned Saturday. Officials expect to conduct...

Toshiba to fight slump with performance-based salaries.
January 31, 2000... Toshiba Corp. plans to adopt a performance-based salary system in April that will allow its best workers to increase their annual salaries by as much as 60 percent, company officials said Saturday. About 30,000 white-collar workers,...

Police: Body by lake libel case suspect's.
January 31, 2000... SAPPORO The body of a man found dead Thursday evening by a lake in Teshikagacho, Hokkaido, was confirmed Friday as that of the former manager of a sex parlor who had been wanted on suspicion of playing a key role in libeling a woman...

Free-gauge Shinkansen passes 1st tests.
January 31, 2000... A new type of Shinkansen that can run on both regular tracks and wider Shinkansen tracks has completed 200,000 kilometers of high-speed testing in the United States, prompting developers of the system to feel upbeat about putting their...

Bureau 'underreported sales of New Year's cards'.
January 31, 2000... OSAKA The Kinki Regional Bureau of Postal Service is suspected to have padded the number of New Year's postal cards it sold by several million, it was learned Saturday. The bureau reportedly entered postal cards returned unsold from...

Phone system to let callers pick carrier in advance.
January 31, 2000... The Posts and Telecommunications Ministry will introduce a system in May 2001 that automatically connects calls to the telephone company of a customer's choice, a ministry official said Saturday. To make long-distance calls with companies...

Editorial: Restore Diet functions immediately.
January 31, 2000... An interpellation session in which the policy speech made Friday by Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi will be questioned is to start Monday at the House of Representatives. Infuriated by the passage through the lower house of a bill to reduce...

New Paperbacks.
January 31, 2000... PC3 The Koreans A book that ventures to explain "who they are, what they want, where their future lies." Michael Breen's engaging combination of travel journalism, history and business book fulfills an urgent need to remedy the...

Japanese women vie for Olympic ticket in Osaka.
January 31, 2000... Ken Marantz Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter For Yuko Arimori, Junko Asari and a handful of other Japanese elite marathoners, the road to the Sydney Olympics begins today on the streets of Osaka. The Osaka International Women's...

Kobe the winner as rugby World turns upside down.
January 31, 2000... Jeremy Walker Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Whatever the outcome of the national company rugby championship on Sunday afternoon, the winner is already assured: the city of Kobe. This is the feeling of Australian coach Jake Howard,...

Obuchi policy speech boycotted.
January 31, 2000... In an unprecedented boycott, no opposition party members were in attendance when Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi and three other key ministers delivered their policy speeches to both houses of the Diet on Friday. The three main opposition...

GSDF special units to target guerrilla war.
January 31, 2000... In the next mid-range defense buildup program for fiscal 2001 to 2005, the Defense Agency will establish special commando units to deal with "low-intensity conflicts," or armed guerrilla attacks, it was learned Friday. The incursion into...

73-year-old suspected in 100 burglaries.
January 31, 2000... A 73-year-old unemployed man has been arrested on suspicion of breaking into a home in Nerima Ward, Tokyo, through the ground floor window and stealing about 16,000 yen in cash at around noon on Jan. 12, police said Thursday. Police were...

Holland starts feting 400-year link with Japan.
January 31, 2000... Mina Mitsui Yomiuri Shimbun Correspondent AMSTERDAM Japan and the Netherlands held a ceremony Thursday at a palace in Amsterdam to launch a series of events celebrating 400 years of bilateral exchange. Taro Nakayama, former...

MSDF petty officer gave away bullets.
January 31, 2000... A Maritime Self-Defense Force petty officer stole rifle and pistol ammunition during shooting practice and passed some of it on to his gun enthusiast friend, according to Defense Agency and Self-Defense Forces officials. The petty...

Overseas academics to assess Osaka Univ.
January 31, 2000... OSAKA Foreign scholars have been invited to sit on a committee formed recently to evaluate the management of Osaka University, marking the first time that individual non-Japanese academics have been asked to offer opinions on the...

Court rejects mom's appeal against sacking.
January 31, 2000... The Supreme Court on Friday rejected an appeal by a former employee of Kenwood Corp. who had filed a suit against her former employer over alleged unfair dismissal from work due to her refusal to be transferred to another branch. The...

Govt set to OK 3-year monitoring of Aum.
January 31, 2000... The Public Security Examination Commission on Monday will place the Aum Supreme Truth cult under supervision for as many as three years, in accordance with a recently passed law regulating dangerous organizations, it was learned Friday. ...

Parties using seat bill as negotiating tool.
January 31, 2000... Akitoshi Muraoka Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Although a bill to cut House of Representatives seats gained through proportional representation passed through the lower house Thursday, there remains a lack of discussion regarding the...

Auschwitz Museum opens in Tochigi.
January 31, 2000... A museum displaying photographs and belongings of Jews who were tortured and killed at the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland during World War II is now open to the public in Shioyamachi, Tochigi Prefecture. The Auschwitz Museum is...

Seat-cut bill sets scene for showdown.
January 31, 2000... The tactics used by the coalition to force through a bill to reduce by 20 the number of lower house seats allocated under the proportional representation system has escalated the confrontation between the ruling and opposition parties. ...

Readers' Forum: What desires, dreams & ambitions do you have for the new millennium?
January 31, 2000... School system in crisis My hope for the nation for the next century is that major changes to the educational system may be implemented, positively affecting society. I have been in the country only six months as an educator, but during...

Editorial: Obuchi's policy speech ambiguous.
January 31, 2000... Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi delivered his policy speech Friday for the current regular Diet session in the absence of members from opposition parties. It was the first time that the policy speeches by the prime minister and three other key...

Have-a-go farm enables the disabled.
January 31, 2000... Isabel Reynolds Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer It is difficult to classify a place like Kokoromi Gakuen. It is the place 90 mentally disabled people call home, but it is far from the institutionalized environment one might imagine. Set...

Vitamin price-fixing probe opened.
January 31, 2000... The Fair Trade Commission on Thursday searched the headquarters and offices of major Japanese and European pharmaceutical and chemical firms on suspicion of conspiring to fix world vitamin prices. According to informed sources, the...

Cult leaders puzzle police investigators.
January 31, 2000... More than a week has passed since two mummified bodies were discovered at the headquarters of the Kaedajuku cult in Miyazaki on Jan. 20, but two cult leaders who have been arrested continue to puzzle investigators with their incomprehensible...

Booming economy hides risks of popular 401(k) pension plans.
January 31, 2000... This is the ninth installment in a series of reports from around the United States that examine that country's vitality, potential and influence. By Nobuo Arai Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer With the introduction of 401(k) type pension...

Designer housing beats the recession.
January 31, 2000... Naohiko Takahashi Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Though the recession has taken its toll on the ordinary housing rental market, so-called designer apartments are more popular than ever. Marked by exposed concrete walls, high ceilings,...

Furusawa to head Chuo Mitsui Trust.
January 31, 2000... Chuo Trust and Banking Co. and Mitsui Trust and Banking Co. have decided to appoint Mitsui Trust President Kiichiro Furusawa, 60, as president of the merged Chuo Mitsui Trust and Banking Co., which will begin operating April 1, sources close...

Japan coach optimistic on Olympic qualifying.
January 31, 2000... Dave Hilson Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Japan national ice hockey team coach Steven Tsujiura has enlisted the help of some veteran players and a former National Hockey League assistant to help lead his squad through the first round of...

Pelata revamps Nissan organization, operations.
January 31, 2000... Hiroshi Ikematsu Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer This is the last installment in a three-part series describing the first During the unveiling of the new multipurpose recreational vehicle Bassara held at a Tokyo hotel in November,...

Troussier gets national team ready for next big step.
January 31, 2000... Jeremy Walker Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter HIRONO, Fukushima Japan's French coach Philippe Troussier will take the next step of his master plan toward the 2002 World Cup today when he announces his 22-strong squad for two events...

Opposition parties boycott interpellations//The Daily Yomi.
January 31, 2000... Opposition parties boycott interpellations Yomiuri Opposition parties on Monday boycotted a question-and-answer period during a plenary session of the House of Representatives regarding the policy speech delivered by Prime Minister Keizo...

Accident exposed 119 to high radiation levels//The Daily Y.
January 31, 2000... Accident exposed 119 to high radiation levels Yomiuri The Science and Technology Agency reported Monday that the JCO Co. nuclear accident in Ibaraki Prefecture exposed 119 people to levels of radiation that were higher than the maximum...

Tanker spill shuts Tomei Expressway//The Daily Yomiuri</copyright>.
January 31, 2000... Tanker spill shuts Tomei Expressway Yomiuri SHIZUOKA A tanker carrying 10 kiloliters of acrylic acid overturned on the Tokyo-bound lane of the Tomei Expressway in Fuji, Shizuoka Prefecture, spilling 30 cubic centimeters of the toxic chemical...

Former officer sentenced for drug use//The Daily Yomiuri</copyright>.
January 31, 2000... Former officer sentenced for drug use Yomiuri YOKOHAMA The Yokohama District Court on Monday sentenced a former Kanagawa prefectural police assistant inspector to 18 months in prison, suspended for three years, for the use of illegal drugs....

SPM ruling leaves egg on govt's face//The Daily Yomiuri</copyright>.
January 31, 2000... SPM ruling leaves egg on govt's face Yomiuri It was impossible for the Environment Agency to hide its embarrassment following the Kobe District Court's announcement Monday of its decision to order the central government and an expressway...

Govt's responsibility clarified//The Daily Yomiuri</copyright>.
January 31, 2000... Govt's responsibility clarified Mamoru Kishibe Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri KOBE Monday's Kobe District Court ruling on the Amagasaki pollution lawsuit severely criticized the government and the Hanshin Expressway Public Corporation...

Poll: Ota leads in gubernatorial race//The Daily Yomiuri</copyright>.
January 31, 2000... Poll: Ota leads in gubernatorial race Yomiuri OSAKA The popularity of Fusae Ota gave her the lead on two other candidates vying for position in what has become a three-horse race among four contestants for the Osaka governorship, a Yomiuri...

Aum kids admission sought//The Daily Yomiuri</copyright>.
January 31, 2000... Aum kids admission sought Yomiuri URAWA A lawyer for a former senior member of the Aum Supreme Truth cult submitted a written statement Monday to the Tokigawamura Board of Education in Saitama Prefecture, requesting the board admit the...

Diet members ponder April dissolution dateYomiuri Shimbun.
January 31, 2000... Diet members ponder April dissolution dateYomiuri Shimbun Members of both ruling and opposition parties have started to Yomiuri Members of both ruling and opposition parties have started to discuss the possibility of holding House of...

Editorial / Pollution policy rethink overdue//The Daily Yo.
January 31, 2000... Editorial / Pollution policy rethink overdue Yomiuri A mild shudder went through the nation after a decision Monday by the Kobe District Court on a lawsuit filed by a group of residents demanding compensation for damage to their health caused...

Reportage Nippon / Japanese producers on lookout for piece.
January 31, 2000... Reportage Nippon / Japanese producers on lookout for piece of global action Motomi Takahashi Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri Last week, something almost unprecedented took place in the world of Japanese cinema. A young, relatively unknown...

Govt to set up online system to improve freight services//.
January 31, 2000... Govt to set up online system to improve freight services Yomiuri The International Trade and Industry and Transport ministries Monday unveiled a plan to set up an Internet-based system that would match transporters available to take return...

Troussier on trial as JFA looks to 2002//The Daily Yomiuri</copyright>.
January 31, 2000... Troussier on trial as JFA looks to 2002 Jeremy Walker Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri Frenchman Philippe Troussier can land the plum job of leading Japan into the 2002 World Cup on home soil if the results of the senior team over the next...

Teams to spring//The Daily Yomiuri</copyright>.
January 31, 2000... Teams to spring Yomiuri With spring still weeks away, Japan's 12 pro baseball clubs open their chilly spring training camps today as they get ready for the season--which for the Central League is less than two months away on March 31. For the...

Virtuosity & variety//The Daily Yomiuri</copyright>.
January 31, 2000... Virtuosity & variety Yomiuri The Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra's lineup for the 2000-2001 season boasts a variety of exciting programs with some of the finest conductors and soloists around. Prior to the season's April opening, the...

Govt, expressway corp. must pay for pollution//The Daily Y.
January 31, 2000... Govt, expressway corp. must pay for pollution Yomiuri KOBE The Kobe District Court on Monday ordered the central government and Hanshin Expressway Public Corporation to pay 210 million yen in compensation to residents of Amagasaki, Hyogo,...

Big Bankg/ Goldman Sachs looks to IPO, investment in chang.
January 31, 2000... Big Bankg/ Goldman Sachs looks to IPO, investment in changing climate Junko Okamoto Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is stepping up its drive into Japan. In addition to strengthening its position as an asset...

Assembly Line/ Once a local drink, chuhai now a best-sell.
January 31, 2000... Assembly Line/ Once a local drink, chuhai now a best-seller Yomiuri Although chuhai-based drinks have become popular canned alcoholic beverages, the origin of the mixture of shochu distilled-spirits and carbonated water is somewhat obscure....

Expectations sky high for Astro-E//The Daily Yomiuri</copyright>.
January 31, 2000... Expectations sky high for Astro-E Jun Sugimori Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri Japan's fifth X-ray observatory mission, Astro-E, is being prepared for launch from the Kagoshima Space Center of the Institute of Space and Astronautical...

ADSL catches on as alternative to ISDN//The Daily Yomiuri</copyright>.
January 31, 2000... ADSL catches on as alternative to ISDN Okihiro Kamiizawa Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri Fast, fixed-fee Internet connections through the ADSL (asymmetric digital subscriber line) telephone system are becoming popular as the service...