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EDITORIALS
Mar 30, 2001

Chiba sends a signal to the parties

Vernacular papers report that the governing Liberal Democratic Party will elect its new party president on April 22. The winner of that vote will become prime minister and will then launch his or her Cabinet on the following day. These reports are attributed to multiple -- but all unidentified -- sources...
JAPAN
Mar 30, 2001

Tepco delays MOX debut due to opposition in Fukushima

Tokyo Electric Power Co. will postpone the launch of plutonium-uranium mixed oxide (MOX) fuel at its nuclear plant in Fukushima Prefecture because of opposition from the governor, company sources said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Mar 30, 2001

Matsushita Electric eyes labor shift to IT section

OSAKA -- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said Thursday it will transfer 1,000 surplus workers from its marketing division to a new information technology service section that will report directly to its president.
BUSINESS
Mar 30, 2001

NEC to restructure domestic factories

NEC Corp. said Thursday it will turn five domestic plants into independent electronics manufacturing service companies while selling or integrating others in a wide-ranging restructuring plan.
JAPAN
Mar 30, 2001

FSA punishes institutions for abetting KSD scandal

The Financial Services Agency on Thursday imposed administrative penalties on about 400 financial institutions for helping KSD, a scandal-tainted industrial mutual-aid foundation, increase its membership.
EDITORIALS
Mar 29, 2001

Success in Stockholm

European Union leaders held a peaceful two-day summit in Stockholm last weekend. After the bitter row in Nice last year, a show of unity was as important as any concrete results. The EU leaders got that, and a little more. But the bar must be raised if Europe is to play a larger role in global affairs....
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 29, 2001

Reform out of reach for Kim Dae Jung

SEOUL -- Some weeks ago, I attended an academic conference that attempted a critical evaluation of the performance of administration of South Korea President Kim Dae Jung three years after its inception. I sat on a panel with probably the most prominent liberal political scientist in South Korea today,...
COMMENTARY
Mar 29, 2001

Time to act is running out

The captain of a sinking cruise ship was trying to persuade his male passengers to let women and children board the lifeboats first. But he quickly learned he'd have to customize his pitch according to the nationalities on board. The Englishmen were easy; the captain simply appealed to their sense of...
JAPAN
Mar 29, 2001

Mori unrepentant for missing king's reception

Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori came under fire Wednesday for skipping a reception the night before hosted by Norway's visiting King Harald V, only to later dine at a sushi restaurant with his LDP colleagues.
JAPAN
Mar 29, 2001

Flash24 news site set for Web debut

Kyodo News said Wednesday it will launch a news Web site Sunday together with 23 of its member newspapers.
BUSINESS
Mar 29, 2001

Isuzu kicks off bus production in China

Isuzu Motors Ltd. said Wednesday it has started production of large and medium-size buses in China, the first Japanese firm to embark on a venture of this kind.
JAPAN
Mar 29, 2001

Abe acquitted of negligence in HIV blood-products scandal

A former top authority on hemophilia was acquitted Wednesday of professional negligence resulting in the death of a male patient through the use of HIV-tainted blood coagulants at Teikyo University Hospital in Tokyo.
BUSINESS
Mar 29, 2001

Monthly wages rise for second year

Average monthly wages for regular payroll employees in 2000 came to 302,200 yen, a 0.5 percent rise from a year before and the second consecutive annual increase, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said Wednesday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 29, 2001

Hawks rookie pitcher picks up win in debut

Hiroki Kokubo homered twice and rookie Akichika Yamada earned the win in his first career start Wednesday as the Daiei Hawks soared to a 7-4 victory over the Kintetsu Buffaloes at the Osaka Dome.
JAPAN
Mar 29, 2001

Profit-based nursing-care system under fire from providers

It's almost become routine for Yoshiko Nakamura to wake up at 2 a.m. to a phone call from a desperate elderly person who has no one else to turn to.
COMMUNITY
Mar 29, 2001

Relax to the sound of one door sliding

There's a sliding glass door inside Keiko Torigoe's new house in Suginami Ward, Tokyo, that rattles when opened, and it took a lot of time and energy to make it that way.
BUSINESS
Mar 29, 2001

Arabian Oil pumps red ink for third consecutive year

Arabian Oil Co. said Wednesday it marked its third consecutive year in the red for the business year that ended Dec. 31, citing damage from one-off losses.
BUSINESS
Mar 29, 2001

Tax reform bills enacted by Diet

The Diet on Wednesday enacted a set of tax revision bills for fiscal 2001 featuring extended tax breaks for home loans and withholding taxes on capital gains.
JAPAN
Mar 29, 2001

HIV-hit hemophiliacs fight on

When the government began allowing hemophiliacs to self-inject blood-clotting agents in 1981, Satoru Ienishi thought "spring had finally come" to a life plagued by problems stemming from the condition.
JAPAN
Mar 29, 2001

Worker's comp urged for train station hero

The parents of a South Korean man killed by a train in Tokyo on Jan. 26 have applied to the government for workers' insurance, the man's former employer said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Mar 29, 2001

Surprise ruling won't wash with the victims

Contrary to widespread expectations, the Tokyo District Court on Wednesday acquitted Takeshi Abe, former vice president of Teikyo University in Tokyo, of professional negligence resulting in the death of one of his patients.
JAPAN
Mar 29, 2001

Fukutoku Bank execs cleared

OSAKA -- The Osaka District Court found two former executives of the now-defunct Fukutoku Bank not guilty Wednesday of aggravated breach of trust in connection with some 8.2 billion yen in loans illegally extended in a bid to realize the smooth merger between the bank and another financial institution....
BUSINESS
Mar 29, 2001

MMC facing 350 billion yen net loss

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. said Wednesday it will post 350 billion yen in parent-only net loss for fiscal 2000, far higher than the 130 billion yen loss estimated earlier.
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.
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.
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. 
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.
U.S. military apologizes over Okinawa sexual assault case
Col. Neil Owens (right), chief of staff for the 3rd Marine Division, bows in apology at the Okinawa Prefectural Government office in Naha 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.
As Southeast Asia heats up, a Japanese cooling giant sees a major opportunity
An employee of Daikin Cambodia explains the use of different tools during an air conditioner installation training session in Phnom Penh. Daikin is one of Japan’s oldest air conditioning companies, but as Japan’s population falls, the firm is keying in on overseas growth.

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