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COMMUNITY
Oct 13, 2001

Healer's rainbow journey brings your spirit home

British psychiatrist and healer Dr. Brenda Davies was 4 when she saw her first angel, a shining being that she regards as her first spiritual experience. From that time, she was able to see light emanating from and around people, commonly known as auras, and within them, vortexes of energy, the chakras....
JAPAN
Oct 12, 2001

500 important wetlands named in biodiversity plan

The Environment Ministry has drawn up a list of the nation's 500 most important wetlands to be included in a national biodiversity strategy, it announced Thursday.
JAPAN
Oct 12, 2001

UBC exec made a packet on client's shares

Prosecutors are investigating an executive at UBC Corp., a Tokyo data-processing company linked to the nation's largest labor union, who made huge personal gains by selling shares in a client company, sources said Thursday.
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Oct 11, 2001

When the heart rules the head

Are we at the mercy of emotional centers in the brain when we make moral decisions, or can we override them? Is there a "hard-wired," physiological component to emotions, or are they cultural products, gradually emerging as a result of our upbringing and experience?
JAPAN
Oct 11, 2001

Three arrested over union affiliate scam

Tokyo prosecutors arrested three men Wednesday, including the 59-year-old managing director of a firm affiliated with the nation's largest labor union, on suspicion of embezzling 38 million yen from the company.
BUSINESS / ON THE FRONT LINE
Oct 11, 2001

Dollar's safe-haven status questioned

The dollar is often considered a safe haven in times of international unrest -- but not these days.
BUSINESS
Oct 11, 2001

Yamaha cuts earnings forecasts

Yamaha Corp. said Wednesday it has revised downward its group earnings forecast for the first half and full 2001 business year due to sales declines in musical instruments and information technology-related devices.
BUSINESS
Oct 11, 2001

Mobile phone shipments edge down

Shipments of mobile phones in Japan edged down 0.1 percent in August from a year earlier to 3,989,000 units, declining for a third straight month, the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association said Wednesday.
CULTURE / Film
Oct 10, 2001

There's more than one way to kill a vampire

Dracula 2000 Rating: * * Japanese title: Draculea Director: Patrick Lussier Running time: 99 minutes Language: English Showing at Marunouchi Piccadilly 2 and others
BUSINESS
Oct 10, 2001

Drawn-out conflict worries Daiwa chief

Daiwa Securities Group President Yoshinari Hara has warned investors not to be optimistic about the U.S.-led military action against Afghanistan's ruling Taliban regime, noting prolonged conflict could seriously impact the world economy.
JAPAN / VIEWS ON KABUL
Oct 10, 2001

Lining up with U.S. a bad move

Dispatching the Self-Defense Forces to provide emergency support to refugees will only heighten anti-Japanese sentiment in Afghanistan and Pakistan, a volunteer aid worker said.
JAPAN
Oct 10, 2001

Security measures expanded to cover 580 areas

Security has been expanded to encompass 580 locations nationwide, including those affiliated with countries supporting the U.S.-led military action against targets in Afghanistan, the chairman of the National Public Safety Commission said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Oct 9, 2001

Most singles think economy will affect marriage plans

OSAKA -- More than half of single people believe the nation's economic slump will make people postpone marriage plans, according to an online poll conducted by marriage information service company OMMG Inc.
JAPAN
Oct 9, 2001

Park tests new transit system

AWAJI ISLAND, Hyogo Pref. -- At first glance, the buses that carry visitors around the Awaji Farm Park look like any others.
BUSINESS
Oct 9, 2001

Nation's airlines remaining steadfast in face of aftershocks from terrorism

Declines in passenger loads and increases in insurance premiums after last month's devastating terrorist attacks in the United States are threats to Japanese airlines as they are to other carriers, but reaction in Japan may not be as drastic.
JAPAN
Oct 9, 2001

Koizumi voices support for military strike

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi expressed full support Monday for U.S. and British military action against targets in Afghanistan, saying Japan will do everything it can to help.
JAPAN
Oct 8, 2001

Japan struggles to get air security off ground

The transport ministry and Japanese airlines are finding it difficult to keep pace with the United States in launching immediate measures against possible terrorist attacks, ministry officials said Sunday.
JAPAN
Oct 7, 2001

SDF planes leave for Pakistan with supplies

Six Self-Defense Forces transport aircraft left Saturday for Pakistan carrying relief supplies for refugees from neighboring Afghanistan, Japan's first "visible" contribution in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the United States, Defense Agency officials said.
JAPAN
Oct 7, 2001

Macedonia historian delighted at award

Macedonian historian Dr. Kosta Balabanov has expressed his delight at receiving this year's Japan Foundation special prize for his contribution to introducing Japanese culture to the Balkan country.
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2001

Visa offices to extend service time

The Foreign Ministry will extend the service hours of its visa consultation center and offices dealing with consular matters starting Tuesday, ministry officials said Friday.
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2001

Japan's response satisfactory, Baker says

The United States is "satisfied" with Japan's response in supporting U.S. antiterrorism efforts in the wake of the deadly terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon last month, the U.S. ambassador to Japan said Friday.
SOCCER / World cup
Oct 6, 2001

Senegal stifles Japan

LENS, France -- Japan bowed to Senegal, a World Cup qualifier from Africa, 2-0 in a friendly on Thursday night at Stade Felix Bollaert in Lens, France.
BUSINESS
Oct 6, 2001

Key economic health gauge hit zero in August

The key gauge of economic health came to zero in August, remaining well below the boom-or-bust line of 50 percent for the eighth straight month, the government said Friday in a preliminary report.
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2001

Farmers angry at ministry foot-dragging

NODA, Chiba Pref. -- It is worse than the market collapse during the economic slump triggered by the 1973 oil crisis, when beef prices plunged by two-thirds.
JAPAN
Oct 4, 2001

NPA says assault team braced for terrorism

The National Police Agency is prepared to mobilize its special counterterrorism unit in the event that U.S. facilities and other designated locations in Japan come under threat of terrorist attack, NPA officials said Wednesday. Should concrete information about a potential attack become known, the Special...
JAPAN
Oct 4, 2001

Elementary schools hit by chaos: survey

Nearly one in three elementary schools suffer from "classroom collapse," in which disruptions occur because students refuse to follow teachers' orders, according to a recent survey by the National Institute for Educational Policy Research.
JAPAN
Oct 4, 2001

German Embassy puts news on Web

The German Embassy in Tokyo launched a Web site Wednesday that offers news about the country in Japanese accessible by those with Internet-capable mobile phones.

Longform

It's back to the classroom for some residents as municipal governments across the country conduct lessons to learn how to use new technologies.
Can aging Japan go digital without leaving anyone behind?