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BUSINESS
Jan 20, 2001

Japan, Britain sign e-commerce pact

Japan and Britain agreed Friday to work together to promote e-commerce worldwide, Japanese and British officials said.
JAPAN
Jan 20, 2001

Kids must learn English at earlier age, panel says

Japan should continue to actively discuss the introduction of English language education at the elementary school level, including putting English on the mandatory curriculum, a private advisory panel to the education, culture, sports, science and technology minister said in its final report submitted...
BUSINESS
Jan 20, 2001

Bankruptcies rise 23%, leaving record debts

The number of corporate bankruptcies jumped 23.4 percent to 19,071 in 2000, with liabilities left by the bankrupt firms reaching a new postwar high, Teikoku Databank said Friday.
JAPAN
Jan 20, 2001

Keio chief to head education panel

Keio University President Yasuhiko Torii is likely to chair the Central Council for Education, an advisory body to the education minister, sources close to the minister said after panel members were named Friday.
BUSINESS
Jan 20, 2001

Construction firms' profits slide

The combined unconsolidated operating profits at Japan's 52 major construction companies declined 29.9 percent to 100.6 billion yen in the first half of fiscal 2000, the Research Institute of Construction and Economy said Friday.
JAPAN
Jan 20, 2001

Japan, China agree to more flights

Japan and China have agreed to drastically increase the number of passenger and cargo flights between the two countries, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said Friday.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 20, 2001

Bush inherits his father's legacy in Iraq

BEIRUT -- Iraqi President Saddam Hussein rang in the new year with the largest military parade Baghdad had ever seen. Over 1,000 tanks rumbled through the capital. According to the opposition Iraqi National Congress, they were equipped with new engines and cooling systems, imported from Ukraine in defiance...
JAPAN
Jan 20, 2001

Step aside, America's Cup, for a little solo catamaran

Researchers have developed a solo catamaran day-sailer with hydrofoils that they claim is faster than America's Cup yachts.
BUSINESS
Jan 20, 2001

Panel told to lift stock-buyback ban

Two business lobbies on Friday asked a Liberal Democratic Party panel to remove a legal curb on companies buying back and holding in reserve their own shares.
BUSINESS
Jan 20, 2001

Yanagisawa rejects task force plan

The state minister for financial affairs on Friday balked at a proposal by a Liberal Democratic Party task force to allow banks to repay with their shareholdings trillions of yen in public funds they received in 1998 and 1999 in order to replenish their depleted capital bases.
BUSINESS
Jan 20, 2001

Market 'volatility' acknowledged by BOJ policy chiefs

The Bank of Japan's monetary policy board members on Friday acknowledged the presence of "greater volatility" within the nation's financial markets.
COMMENTARY
Jan 20, 2001

A good pick for key Asian-policy post

Nice guys don't always finish last. Soon after Gen. Colin Powell heard from President-elect George W. Bush that he was indeed to be nominated secretary of state, he picked up the telephone and asked someone he has known for years to join his team as the next assistant secretary of state for East Asian...
JAPAN
Jan 20, 2001

Ministers hold average 357 million yen

Takashi Sasagawa, a Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker, tops a list ranking the personal assets of 29 newly appointed ministers and senior vice ministers.
BUSINESS
Jan 20, 2001

State still saying economy is on a mild recovery track

The economy remains on a mild recovery track despite a long-delayed upturn in consumer spending and the slowing of growth in industrial output, the government said Friday.
CULTURE / Art
Jan 20, 2001

Patience finds something from nothing

Tokyo galleries are back in swing after the New Year's holiday, and the surprise toast of the town is an emerging artist, Anne Daems. A look at the 34-year-old Belgian's biography reveals that Daems has had only four solo shows in her short career, and that is exactly the number of local exhibitions...
JAPAN
Jan 20, 2001

Group turns Miyake ash to glass

An institute affiliated with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government is producing glassware using volcanic ash from Miyake Island, officials said Friday.
SOCCER / J. League
Jan 20, 2001

Tuto joins Reds

Brazilian forward Tuto, who played for FC Tokyo on loan from Kawasaki Frontale last season, moved to the Urawa Reds on a full transfer, Frontale announced Friday.
CULTURE / Music / HOGAKU TODAY
Jan 20, 2001

Mixing and matching musical genres

Late January and early February offer three fascinating hogaku concerts, ranging from the traditional to the contemporary and a world premier of a collaboration of Asian musical styles and dance.
CULTURE / Music
Jan 20, 2001

Rock on in Yokohama

Rock 'n' Roll Bazaar 2001, an annual event at which more than 30,000 items relating to rock-music artists are displayed and sold, will be held Jan. 26-30 at BS Hall on the 6th floor of Yokohama World Porters.
EDITORIALS
Jan 19, 2001

No mileage in banana peels

A case came to court in Sunderland, England, earlier this week, that caused, or reflected, quite a stir -- such a stir, in fact, that its ripples have been felt far beyond England. Why is this?
JAPAN
Jan 19, 2001

Million yen prize offered for Todai's first paper

The editorial staff of the University of Tokyo's campus newspaper is offering 1 million yen to anyone who can supply them with a copy of the journal's first issue, published 80 years ago.
JAPAN
Jan 19, 2001

Obituary: Toyomune Minamoto

Toyomune Minamoto, a veteran historian of Japanese art, died of old age Wednesday at a hospital in Kyoto's Sakyo Ward, his family said Thursday. He was 105.
BUSINESS
Jan 19, 2001

M&As rose 41% in 2000 to new high

The number of merger and acquisition deals involving Japanese companies jumped 40.8 percent to a record high of 1,768 in 2000, a research division of Nomura Securities Co. said in a report released Thursday.
A prophesied disaster (likely) won’t strike Japan this weekend
A viral manga prediction of a July 5 disaster has gripped Japan with anxiety and triggered an economic impact, but experts warn that while such dates are unreliable, the threat of a massive earthquake remains real. 
Magnitude 5.5 earthquake jars Tokara Islands amid flurry of seismic activity
A strong quake struck off the Tokara Islands on Thursday afternoon, with the island chain having recorded around 1,000 earthquakes since a burst of seismic activity first began on June 21.
Japan to require flight passengers to keep power banks within sight
The transport ministry has announced new regulations requiring flight passengers to keep power banks within sight to mitigate fire risks while on board planes.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Residents of Tokara Islands begin evacuation as seismic swarm continues
Details about evacuations from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecture, is seen written on a whiteboard in the city of Kagoshima on Thursday.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Flag football facing challenges and opportunities ahead
Japan’s women’s flag football team at the 2025 International Bowl in Los Angeles in June. The sport is enjoying continued growth in the country.
From Hokusai’s Great Wave, shinkansen to One Piece: a cultural treasure box for Lego Japan
Michael Ebbesen, general manager of Lego Japan, says Lego bricks based on Japanese culture have a rich global appeal and are sellable around the world.
With farmed fish, RelationFish swims against the tide in fine dining
Chef Hideaki Matsuo (middle) and the staff of Oseto Suisan Fisheries prepare to check on their sustainably farmed fish.

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