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JAPAN
Nov 29, 2003

Japan crime hit record high in 2002

A record 3.69 million crimes were committed in Japan in 2002, according to a government report released Friday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / THE SECOND ROOM
Jun 20, 2003

Solstice Music Festival off the calendar; Shared honors for 2002; new releases

It's like watching the lights go out at the stadium. You know, that low metallic "Klung!" "Klung!" "Klung!" as the off switches are hit in succession.
EDITORIALS
Dec 31, 2002

Making sense of the mess of 2002

2002 will be remembered as a year of spectacular failures. The political mistakes that became front-page news were glaring, but they were often the product of miscalculation. Those that dominated the business headlines were the result of greed and larceny. Painful as all those blunders were, there are...
BUSINESS
Jan 3, 2002

Accelerating deflation, slack investment to keep economy weak in 2002

Although an anticipated economic recovery in the United States may help Japanese fortunes during the latter half of 2002, the overall tone of the domestic economy will remain weak due to accelerating deflation and slack capital investment.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Nov 21, 2001

2002 could be busy year in Japanese sports

You read last week where the National Football League is coming back to Japan next year, having scheduled an American Bowl exhibition game between the San Francisco 49ers and Washington Redskins in Osaka on Aug. 3. Let's hope this will be the first of several announcements of major international sports...
SOCCER / World cup
Dec 1, 2001

2002 World Cup winner must qualify for 2006 finals

PUSAN, South Korea -- No more free rides. That was the message from FIFA president Sepp Blatter on Friday when he announced that the winner of the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea would not get an automatic qualifying berth for the 2006 finals in Germany.
BUSINESS
Feb 18, 2003

Average monthly pay dropped 2.4% in 2002

Average monthly pay in all industries in 2002 fell 2.4 percent from the previous year to 343,480 yen, the government said in a revised report Monday.
BUSINESS
Jan 28, 2003

Carmakers saw global output increase in 2002

Despite a shrinking domestic market, Japan's five major carmakers all increased global vehicle production in 2002, thanks to strong demand in North America, Europe and Asia, according to data released by the firms Monday.
JAPAN
Sep 1, 1999

Japan may host U.N. environment summit in 2002

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BUSINESS
Dec 5, 2003

Fiscal 2002 GDP data downgraded

The Cabinet Office said Thursday it has revised downward the nation's gross domestic product data for fiscal 2002, with real growth lowered to 1.2 percent from the 1.6 percent estimated in November.
BUSINESS
Apr 25, 2003

Nissan, Mazda, Toyota saw domestic sales grow in fiscal 2002

Three of the nation's five major automakers saw their domestic sales grow in fiscal 2002, according to figures released Thursday by the firms in question.
JAPAN
Apr 4, 2003

Police more trigger-happy in 2002: NPA

Police officers brandished or fired their guns 54 times in 2002, well up from 26 the previous year and marking the highest number of such incidents in five years, the National Police Agency said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Jan 28, 2003

Trade surplus up 51.3% in 2002; Asia exports lead way

The surplus in merchandise trade surged 51.3 percent in calendar 2002 from a year earlier to 9.93 trillion yen, the first rise in four years, due to a sharp increase in exports to the rest of Asia, the Finance Ministry said Monday in a preliminary report.
BUSINESS
Dec 25, 2001

Political parties split over fiscal 2002 budget

Ruling and opposition parties on Monday expressed conflicting views of the government's decision to cut the fiscal 2002 general account budget by 1.7 percent from the initial fiscal 2001 budget, while capping net bond issues at 30 trillion yen.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 16, 2001

Heading off hooligans at 2002 World Cup

The 2002 soccer World Cup draw was a confusing and nerve-racking affair for the national team coaches and officials attending the ceremony in Pusan, South Korea, and for the many fans watching on television all over the world. For Japanese soccer officials, the collective sigh of relief never happened....
JAPAN
Aug 11, 2001

Cabinet OKs caps on fiscal 2002 general spending

The Cabinet on Friday approved fiscal 2002 budgetary request guidelines that will cut general expenditures by some 900 billion yen to around 47.8 trillion yen, marking the biggest contraction ever.
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 7, 2001

Kamamoto learns to live with cohosting

Kunishige Kamamoto was the Hidetoshi Nakata or the Kazu Miura of his day.
SOCCER / J. League
Jun 21, 2000

Troussier gets job security through 2002 World Cup

The Japan Football Association offered Japan manager Philippe Troussier a contract through the 2002 World Cup, JFA president Shunichiro Okano said after meeting with the Frenchman on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Sep 2, 2003

Three arrests made in 2002 killing of yakuza boss while under police watch

A gang leader and two others were arrested Monday on suspicion of murdering another yakuza boss in police custody at Nippon Medical School Hospital in Tokyo in February 2002, police officials said.
BUSINESS
Aug 21, 2003

Digital cameras claim ever bigger chunk of market

Yet another tidal wave of digitization has swept Japan's camera sector, forcing makers of conventional products to compete for a share of the burgeoning new market.
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2003

Fiscal 2002 tax revenue to fall short

Tax revenue logged a 20th straight month of year-on-year decline in April, indicating that fiscal 2002 tax revenue will fall below the targeted 44.28 trillion yen, the Finance Ministry said Monday.
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2003

Fiscal 2002 tax revenue to fall short

Tax revenue logged a 20th straight month of year-on-year decline in April, indicating that fiscal 2002 tax revenue will fall below the targeted 44.28 trillion yen, the Finance Ministry said Monday.
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2003

Fiscal 2002 tax revenue to fall short

Tax revenue logged a 20th straight month of year-on-year decline in April, indicating that fiscal 2002 tax revenue will fall below the targeted 44.28 trillion yen, the Finance Ministry said Monday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / THE SECOND ROOM
Apr 19, 2003

2003 party season gets its blessing; Credit where due in 2002

As omens go, the last two Sundays have been righteously encouraging for the Tokyo party scene.
Mother hopes for reunion with daughter ensnared by Tokyo host clubs
The Kabukicho district in Tokyo, where the daughter of a woman in her 60s fell deeply into the host club culture.
43-year-old man arrested over Kitakyushu McDonald's stabbings
A McDonald's outlet in Kitakyushu where two teens were stabbed, one fatally, on Saturday. Police arrested a 43-year-old suspect on Thursday morning.
National Police Agency panel calls for stricter rules against host clubs
The streets of Tokyo's Kabukicho entertainment district in 2020. Consultations over matters relating to host clubs have been increasing every year at police stations nationwide, according to the National Police Agency.
Nippon Steel to join iron ore mine project in Canada
Nippon Steel headquarters in Tokyo
Bank of Japan opts for caution as Trump factor and wage concerns weigh
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda holds a news conference after a BOJ policy meeting in Tokyo on Thursday.
A year of Oscar wins and a quiet push for diversity
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Evil Does Not Exist,” released in Japanese theaters in April, sharply dramatizes the clash between rural and urban values. The film won five awards at the 2023 Venice Film Festival, including the second-place Silver Lion prize.
Curiosity didn’t kill the meme: Why cats still rule Japanese YouTube
A screen shot from YouTube user @lagelda shows the simplicity of going viral in Japan in 2024: A cat dancing to EDM in front of a green screen.
With rare Asia carrier deployment, France seeks greater interoperability
The flight deck of the French Navy's Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier during a stop at Changi Naval Base in Singapore in May 2019
Taiwan’s bullet train a testament to shinkansen’s export potential
A Taiwan High Speed Rail bullet train arrives at Nangang Station in the city of Taipei.
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