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BUSINESS
Aug 10, 2001

Mitsubishi group chalks net profit for April-June

Trading house Mitsubishi Corp. said Thursday it posted a group net profit of 28.69 billion yen in the April-June quarter, achieving 95.6 percent of its first half-year target and 35.9 percent of the full-year projection for the business year to March.
BUSINESS
Aug 10, 2001

FSA aims to ease tax on capital gains

The Financial Services Agency said it aims to lower the capital gains tax and allow tax exemptions on small capital gains.
JAPAN
Aug 10, 2001

Abuse rate high among reformatory residents

More than half the minors sent to juvenile reformatories suffered repeated physical abuse from their parents and other relatives before their admission, according to a Justice Ministry survey released Thursday.
COMMENTARY / WASHINGTON UPDATE
Aug 9, 2001

Times get tougher for Bush

WASHINGTON -- President George W. Bush has now been in the Oval Office for a little more than one half year, and it has been the best of times and the worst of times for him.
SOCCER / J. League
Aug 9, 2001

Fujita is players' pick, pockets check

Jubilo Iwata midfielder Toshiya Fujita has won the players' player award for the first stage after helping his side romp home to the first-division first-stage title, the J. League announced Wednesday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 9, 2001

Tigers get revenge

Osamu Hamanaka belted a two-run homer and Shinjiro Hiyama had a two-run double as the Hanshin Tigers ended their three-game losing skid by defeating the Yomiuri Giants 7-3 Wednesday at the Tokyo Dome.
JAPAN
Aug 9, 2001

North Korea, Ukraine join saury fishing off Hokkaido

Russia has granted North Korean and Ukrainian boats permission to fish for saury in waters around Russian-held islands off Hokkaido that are also claimed by Japan, the Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Aug 9, 2001

Japan may formalize China import curbs

Upping the ante in its rankling, tit-for-tat trade war with China, the government could soon begin procedures to formalize emergency import restrictions on three Chinese farm products, government sources said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Aug 9, 2001

145 arrested over election violations

A total of 145 people have been arrested for suspected election law violations in connection with the July 29 House of Councilors poll, the National Police Agency said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Aug 9, 2001

Short margin positions rise

The balance of short margin positions rose for the second consecutive week last week.
COMMENTARY
Aug 9, 2001

The dangers of cohabitation

LONDON -- The institution of marriage has been taking some hard knocks lately. It is not just that cohabitation -- living together without the marriage commitment -- is now increasingly popular. Nor yet that, as is widely known, one in four British marriages end in divorce. (In the United States, the...
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 9, 2001

Koizumi: a sheep in wolf's clothing

LONDON -- "I am resigned to not seeing a visible economic recovery for two or three years," said Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi last month. He had just won a resounding election victory despite his tough-love talk about the need for economic pain to pull the country out of its long slump....
JAPAN
Aug 9, 2001

Gaffe earns Tanaka slap on wrist

The Liberal Democratic Party gave Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka a slap on the wrist Wednesday for "unsuitable" remarks while stumping for an LDP candidate in the Upper House election last month, party officials said Wednesday.
ENVIRONMENT / IN BLOOM
Aug 9, 2001

Kusa (Meadow grasses)

"It's Bon, it's Bon -- but Only today and tomorrow. The next day we're up in the hillsCutting grass for fodder."
JAPAN
Aug 9, 2001

Shinkansen tax break eyed for JR Tokai

The transport ministry may give tax relief to Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) in an attempt to reduce the financial burden stemming from the carrier's repairs to the Tokaido Shinkansen Line, ministry officials said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Aug 9, 2001

Asia needs reforms to avert crises

Asian countries must boost reform of their financial sectors to achieve sustainable economic growth and prevent financial crises from recurring, according to an interim report released Wednesday by a Finance Ministry advisory panel.
JAPAN
Aug 9, 2001

ODA, public works cuts face LDP opposition

The Foreign Ministry and some LDP policymakers expressed opposition Wednesday to a government panel's decision to cut Official Development Assistance in the fiscal 2002 budget by 10 percent from the initial fiscal 2001 budget.
EDITORIALS
Aug 9, 2001

Argentina's turn in the spotlight

There has been a dangerous complacency in the world of international finance since the Asian financial crisis of 1997. Although that contagion spread through emerging markets with breathtaking speed, once the crisis was weathered, talk of real global financial reform was first muted and then seemed to...
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Aug 9, 2001

Teetering Toto scores on own goal

A rush of adrenaline ran through my inebriated body when I read the Toto results one Saturday evening a few months back. Hang on, better check that again, was my thinking at the time. According to the numbers on my computer screen, I had all the day's numbers correct with only three games to be played...
ENVIRONMENT / GARDENING FOR ALL
Aug 9, 2001

Hidden treasures in south Kyushu

Aside from the feral horses and the splendid views from Cape Toimisaki, southeastern Kyushu is known for its "living fossils": the cycads.
BUSINESS
Aug 9, 2001

With election over, focus turns to reforms

The Tokyo stock market has reacted little to the ruling coalition's victory in last month's Upper House election, as the outcome was well within expectations.
JAPAN
Aug 9, 2001

MSDF unit sent to Ehime Maru site

Defense Agency chief Gen Nakatani on Wednesday ordered the dispatch of about 130 Maritime Self-Defense Force members to Hawaii to assist the U.S. Navy in salvaging the Japanese fisheries training ship Ehime Maru.
BUSINESS
Aug 9, 2001

Stock market slump drives business confidence down further

Business confidence deteriorated further in the April-June period from the previous quarter to its lowest level in 21/2 years, mainly on a continued decline in stock prices and exports, the government said Wednesday.
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Aug 9, 2001

Wolverine mouse regenerates heart tissue

In the movie "X-Men," humans with genetic mutations displayed supernatural powers: telepathy, weather control, telekinesis, the ability to create magnetic fields, etc. All clearly sci-fi, comic-book stuff, above nature . . . or was it?
BUSINESS
Aug 9, 2001

Jusco to open more stores in 2002

OSAKA -- Supermarket chain operator Jusco Co. plans to open more than 10 new stores in the 2002 business year, company sources said Wednesday.
Japan braces for more quakes as authorities dismiss doomsday hype
Evacuees from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecuture, arrive at Kagoshima Port on Friday.
Heatstroke alert issued for 19 prefectures as Japan enters 'once-in-a-decade' heat wave
Japan will experience a heat wave through mid-July on a “level only seen once in a decade,” the Meteorological Agency said on June 30.
Hidden AI prompts in academic papers spark concern about research integrity
Waseda University is one of 14 institutions in eight countries found to have used hidden prompts in research papers.
Tokyo and Kyoto feature among top ‘noctourism’ destinations
Tokyo ranked second after New York and ahead of Dubai and Singapore in a ranking of the top global cities for nighttime tourism.
Elon Musk says he has created a new U.S. political party
Elon Musk looks on during a news conference with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on May 30.
Ainu land rights in crosshairs as Hokkaido communities debate nuclear waste
A street in Suttsu, Hokkaido, with a sign put up by an anti-nuclear organization. The small community is considering hosting a facility that would hold nuclear waste.
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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