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CULTURE / Film
Oct 3, 2001

We shall, we shall rock thou

A Knight's Tale Rating: * * * Director: Brian Helgeland Running time: 132 minutes Language: English Now showing
CULTURE / Film
Oct 3, 2001

Epiphany in a puddle

Mamiko Kawamoto and I interviewed Katsuyoshi Kumakiri and his two stars, Susuma Terajima and Yuriko Kikuchi, at the press suite of the Focus on Asia -- Fukuoka Film Festival, where "Sora no Ana" was screened to a full-house crowd. Kumakiri was agreeably sincere and Kikuchi becomingly modest, while Terajima...
MORE SPORTS
Oct 3, 2001

Seagulls send Skylarks backward

Nachi Abe caught a 25-yard pass for the winning touchdown with 10 seconds remaining in the third quarter as the Recruit Club Seagulls (2-0) defeated the Onward Skylarks (1-1) 34-17 Monday at the Tokyo Dome in the X League's Central Division.
JAPAN
Oct 3, 2001

Donations to U.S. top $31 million

At least $31.79 million has so far been donated by 140 Japanese firms to various relief fund groups to aid survivors of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on New York's World Trade Center and the Pentagon, according to the Keizai Koho Center, the public relations arm of the Japan Federation of Economic Organizations...
BUSINESS
Oct 3, 2001

Komatsu to trim 10% of workforce

Komatsu Ltd. said Tuesday it will cut 2,200 jobs, or about 10 percent of its group domestic workforce, by March 2004.
SOCCER / World cup
Oct 3, 2001

VIP packs to be sold

VIP ticket deals for next year's World Cup finals will go on sale next Tuesday, the Japanese World Cup organizing committee (JAWOC) said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Oct 3, 2001

Nifty to compensate for service disruption

Nifty Corp., a leading Internet service provider owned by Fujitsu Ltd., plans to compensate more than 10,000 subscribers for system problems that occurred over the summer with its asymmetrical digital subscriber line service, company officials said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Oct 3, 2001

Two gas makers form joint venture

Nippon Sanso Corp. and Taiyo Toyo Sanso Co. said Tuesday they will launch a 50-50 venture to produce specialty gases and semiconductor-related equipment in April.
JAPAN
Oct 3, 2001

NPA girding for World Cup traffic

The National Police Agency has established a special traffic task force to deal with transportation problems that could arise during the 2002 World Cup finals to be cohosted by Japan and South Korea, NPA officials said.
BUSINESS
Oct 3, 2001

METI to open talks on liberalizing electricity market

The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry will discuss further liberalization of the electricity retail market, the minister said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Oct 3, 2001

Nordic conference is Olympic legacy

The 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics have long since passed, but some are trying to keep the legacy alive.
JAPAN
Oct 3, 2001

Infection expert receives diplomatic post

The Foreign Ministry has given an outside health expert who specializes in infectious diseases the task of helping shape diplomatic policies on aid to developing countries.
CULTURE / Film
Oct 3, 2001

The comfort of strangers

Sora no Anna Rating: * * * 1/2 Director: Kazuyoshi Kumakiri Running time: 127 minutes Language: English Now showing
JAPAN
Oct 3, 2001

Eisai fined over undeclared income

Major pharmaceutical company Eisai Co. has paid 400 million yen in penalties and back taxes for failing to properly declare about 1 billion yen in income during the two years to March 1999, industry sources said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Oct 3, 2001

Stock market measures win LDP sanction

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party approved a set of proposals Tuesday to rev up the stock market, including one to exempt from taxation the capital gains made on shares bought in 2002 and held for two or more years, LDP officials said.
BUSINESS
Oct 3, 2001

Government to help airlines face huge insurance payouts

The government said Tuesday that financial assistance would be given to Japanese airlines should they be forced to pay huge third-party compensation bills.
JAPAN
Oct 3, 2001

Surge in turtle deaths raises concern

OSAKA -- Twenty-three loggerhead turtles died and drifted ashore along the coast of the Sea of Japan this summer -- a higher number than usual -- the Osaka-based Sea Turtle Association of Japan has reported.
JAPAN
Oct 3, 2001

82% of Japanese worry about environment

About 82 percent of Japanese are concerned about the environment and 80 percent are willing to change their lifestyles to curb global warming, according to a recent Cabinet Office opinion poll.
BUSINESS
Oct 3, 2001

Future competitive gains to be limited to high-tech sectors: DBJ

Any competitive gains Japan is likely to make in the next five to 10 years will only occur in the information technology and high-tech chemical products sectors, the quasi-governmental Development Bank of Japan said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Oct 3, 2001

Tanaka admits careless leak of critical U.S. info

Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka admitted Tuesday she was careless in revealing a top secret matter regarding the U.S. just hours after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
JAPAN
Oct 3, 2001

Odakyu allowed office clerks to drive trains

The Odakyu Electric Railway Co. said Tuesday it has punished two executives and 19 employees for allowing 10 newly hired clerical workers to drive trains on three of its lines in the Kanto region.
BUSINESS
Oct 3, 2001

Africa must cure woes itself: Mbeki

Solutions to conflicts, poverty and other problems in Africa must come from within, and regional cooperation is vital for success, visiting South African President Thabo Mbeki said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Oct 3, 2001

Trend Micro in Portugal tieup

Antivirus software maker Trend Micro Inc. said Tuesday it has tied up with a Portuguese unit of Britain's Vodafone Group PLC to protect mobile phone e-mail communication in Portugal.
JAPAN
Oct 3, 2001

Coalition agrees on two-year limit for SDF counterterror role

The government and ruling coalition have agreed to impose a two-year limit on planned legislation to enable the Self-Defense Forces to assist a U.S.-led operation against terrorism.
BUSINESS / ON THE FRONT LINE
Oct 3, 2001

Online traders ready for market to bottom

Online traders have shown more gumption than other investors in recent weeks, shrugging off worries about the slowing global economy.
BUSINESS
Oct 3, 2001

Namco raises first-half projections

Video game software maker Namco Ltd. said Tuesday it has raised group earnings projections for the fiscal first half despite cutting its projections for the full year to March 31.
BUSINESS
Oct 3, 2001

Oki revises '01 earnings estimates

Oki Electric Industry Co. said Tuesday it has downwardly revised its net balance forecast for fiscal 2001 to an 8.5 billion yen loss on a group basis. It previously forecasted a 9 billion yen profit.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 3, 2001

Tigers win it late to delay Swallows' celebrations

The Yakult Swallows had to wait at least another day to enjoy the pennant-clinching champagne shower as they lost to the Hanshin Tigers 2-1 on Tuesday at Koshien Stadium.

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