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BUSINESS
Dec 27, 2000

Japan falling; U.S. slipping; euro on a roll

Worries linger over slowing U.S. economic growth.
BUSINESS
Dec 27, 2000

OSE agrees to absorb Kyoto bourse

OSAKA -- Members of the Osaka Securities Exchange and the Kyoto Stock Exchange on Tuesday held separate extraordinary meetings and approved an agreement to merge the two bourses March 1.
JAPAN
Dec 27, 2000

SDF contracts lack transparency: report

Irregularities were found in 73 procurement contracts, worth 39.1 billion yen, concluded by the Maritime and Air Self-Defense Forces in 1998, the Management and Coordination Agency said in a report released Tuesday.
JAPAN
Dec 27, 2000

Samsung rapped over illegal exports

The Ministry of International Trade and Industry on Tuesday warned Samsung Japan Corp. against repeating an action it took in the 1990s involving the illegal export of goods that could be diverted for military use.
JAPAN
Dec 27, 2000

Yamamoto may get 30-month stretch

Prosecutors demanded a 21/2-year prison sentence Tuesday for Joji Yamamoto, a former House of Representatives lawmaker and ex-member of the Democratic Party of Japan accused of fraud for misappropriating public money paid to his secretary.
BUSINESS
Dec 27, 2000

Household spending declines second month

Spending by Japan's wage-earning households fell an inflation-adjusted 2.3 percent in November from a year earlier to an average 312,376 yen per household, the Management and Coordination Agency said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Dec 27, 2000

Tieup agrees to focus on broadband Webcasting

Sony Corp., Tokyu Corp., Kansai Electric Power Co. and Itochu Corp. said Tuesday they have agreed to begin content-distribution services on a commercial basis via broadband Webcasting.
JAPAN
Dec 27, 2000

Blind, deaf may become doctors soon

The Health and Welfare Ministry aims to amend laws banning blind and deaf people from becoming doctors, dentists or nurses, in line with advisory panel recommendations submitted Tuesday, ministry officials said.
BUSINESS
Dec 27, 2000

New framework for economic ties with U.S. eyed

With the launch of the new U.S. administration coming next month, Japan is considering introducing a new framework for bilateral economic talks, which would include the participation of experts from the private sector.
BUSINESS
Dec 27, 2000

Chiyoda's debts likely much higher

Chiyoda Mutual Life Insurance Co.'s liabilities are estimated to have exceeded its assets by some 500 billion yen, about 15 times higher than its earlier publicized negative net worth of 34.3 billion yen, industry sources said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Dec 27, 2000

Vice ministers named for merging ministries

The Cabinet on Tuesday named the career bureaucrats who will take up posts as vice ministers at the Cabinet Office and the seven ministries to be created under sweeping reforms that will take effect Jan. 6, when the current 23 government entities will be reduced to 13.
BUSINESS
Dec 27, 2000

FRC official named to head FSA

Shoji Mori, secretary general of the Financial Reconstruction Commission, will become the head of the Financial Services Agency on Jan. 6, succeeding Masaharu Hino, who will retire, government officials said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Dec 27, 2000

Jobless rate rose to 4.8% in November

The nation's jobless rate in November climbed 0.1 percentage point from the previous month to a seasonally adjusted 4.8 percent, its first increase since September, the Management and Coordination Agency said Tuesday.
LIFE / Digital / SURFERSPUD
Dec 27, 2000

Reay for the end of the year?

www.nenga.co.jp One of the biggest New Year's traditions is entering your friends in a lottery by sending them special nengajo greeting cards printed by the post office. This year it moves to the Internet. Sort of. You're not gonna make any of your friends a millionaire, and the prizes come from the...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Dec 27, 2000

Thermal underwear comes out of the fashion closet

Until a few years ago, most young women abhorred long-sleeved undershirts, commonly derided as babashatsu (granny shirts).
MORE SPORTS
Dec 27, 2000

Tatsuyoshi plans return to ring

OSAKA -- Former World Boxing Council bantamweight champion Joichiro Tatsuyoshi said Monday he will come out of retirement to take a shot at a third world title next year. Tatsuyoshi, a popular 30-year-old boxer who announced his retirement after a crushing defeat in August 1999, said he has already started...
BUSINESS
Dec 27, 2000

Mitsui Sumitomo plans to repay public funds

Sumitomo Bank and Sakura Bank on Tuesday said the merged entity they will form in April, Mitsui Sumitomo Banking Corp., aims to repay by the end of fiscal 2007 all the 1.501 trillion yen in public funds they have received.
SOCCER / World cup
Dec 27, 2000

World XI side enlists Chilavert, Matthaeus

World Cup veterans Jose Luis Chilavert of Paraguay and Lothar Matthaeus of Germany have been named to a World XI side for the Jan. 3 friendly against a joint squad of 2002 World Cup cohosts Japan and South Korea, organizers said Monday.
COMMUNITY
Dec 27, 2000

Hard for many to fight the big chill

Winter is a painful season for Satoko Kojima (not her real name), a Tokyo office worker who says she cannot tolerate cold temperatures.
JAPAN
Dec 27, 2000

Teachers losing jobs over indecency

A record 115 teachers at public schools were reprimanded for sexually indecent acts in fiscal 1999, with a record 67 losing their jobs, according to an Education Ministry survey released Tuesday.
LIFE / Travel
Dec 27, 2000

Running on Soviet time

In December 1991, Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian leaders met at a hunting lodge in western Belarus. There they signed the Belavezha Agreement, which had no small historical significance. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was being consigned to the dustbin of history -- the same contemptuous...
JAPAN
Dec 27, 2000

Shipowners issue warning on Haneda expansion

The Japanese Shipowners' Association on Tuesday asked the Transport Ministry to ensure that any possible expansion plans for Tokyo's Haneda airport do not adversely affect navigation in Tokyo Bay.
JAPAN
Dec 27, 2000

Heavy snowfall swathes Sea of Japan coast

The Sea of Japan coast early Tuesday recorded its heaviest snowfall this winter, the Meteorological Agency said.
LIFE / Food & Drink / KISSA KULTUR
Dec 27, 2000

Brewing up a winning formula: Starbucks hits it big in Japan

I admit it: I had a breakdown. It probably happened sometime after Starbucks Store No. 100 opened in the cavernous Tameike-Sanno subway station. My first reaction was: What, another one? How many more of these places, full of smiling, happy crowds, nursing "bold expressions" and munching on brownies...
JAPAN
Dec 27, 2000

More ministry appointees named

Foreign Minister Yohei Kono on Tuesday appointed the ministry's Treaties Bureau Director General Shotaro Yachi as deputy vice minister for foreign policy and Japanese Minister to the United States Shin Ebihara to take Yachi's place, the ministry said.
General election campaigning to kick off Tuesday
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (center right) makes a speech Sunday in Soka, Saitama Prefecture, along with Komeito leader Keiichi Ishii (center left).
Israeli envoy criticizes Japanese atomic survivor's Gaza comparison
The co-chair of the Nihon Hidankyo atomic bomb survivors' group, Toshiyuki Mimaki, who lived through the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, attends an online news conference from the city on Saturday.
Rising sex tourism exposes loopholes in Japan's anti-prostitution law
While financial misfortunes during the COVID-19 pandemic may have driven some women to work the streets, others simply want more money to spend — or want to pay off their debts — at host clubs.
China’s ‘new great wall’ casts a shadow on Nepal
A Nepali paramilitary police force office in the village Hilsa, Nepal, on Oct. 12, 2023
Aging A-bomb survivors face challenges in passing on their stories
Toshiyuki Mimaki, the co-chair of Nihon Hidankyo, offers flowers Sunday at the cenotaph for those who died in and after the atomic bombing in the city of Hiroshima.
Amid skepticism, CDP faces once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in Oct. 27 polls
Constitutional Democratic Party (CDP) leader Yoshihiko Noda speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Thursday.
Where does Shigeru Ishiba stand on the climate issue?
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba chairs an Asia Zero Emission Community meeting in Vientiane, Laos, on Friday.
Tokyo’s Indonesians get through life abroad with a couple of laughs
Performers at Stand Up Indonesia Tokyo shows crack plenty of jokes, but the main purpose behind the group, organizers say, is to provide a space where Indonesian expats can express themselves about any struggles they may have about living abroad.
As Japan shuns stiff drinks, cider aims for a bigger share of the market
Cider in Japan doesn't have as long a history as other alcoholic beverages, but with consumer preferences shifting, it might be just the easy sip for drinkers sick of stiff tipples.
Kyoto partners with e-gift service company to let tourists Donate & Go
The city of Kyoto boasts historic artifacts and cityscapes that millions are willing to travel thousands of kilometers to see, but such treasures are not cheap to maintain, prompting the city to ask foreign tourists for a helping hand.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Capsule hotels were created as a way to deal with the amount of overwork employees tend to do in Japan. Can't commute home? Then spend the night in an tiny, affordable sleeping space.
Japan wakes up to the market for a proper sleep
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