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SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Feb 8, 2001

Ichiro deserves a break today

Ichiro Suzuki is a beef tongue enthusiast. He likes it so much that the owner of a Japanese grocery store in Seattle is stocking up on the tasty treat. In fact, Ichiro recently gave the proprietor a list of his favorite Japanese delicacies. Soon the major leaguer will be drinking Pocari Sweat, chewing...
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 28, 2000

Yokohama puts Rose on reserve list for possible new deal

The Yokohama BayStars put Bobby Rose on their reserve list Monday with an eye on signing a new deal with the infielder, who has drawn interest from some clubs despite his intention to retire from baseball.
BUSINESS
Sep 20, 2000

Nasdaq Japan delays plan to list U.S. blue chips

OSAKA -- The Nasdaq Japan market has moved back plans to set up a foreign section on which it will list U.S. blue chips to early 2001, Goro Tatsumi, president of the Osaka Securities Exchange said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jul 8, 2000

Kamei, Torashima on donations list

Shizuka Kamei, policy chief of the Liberal Democratic Party, and Kazuo Torashima, newly appointed Defense Agency chief, are among the recipients of political donations from Wakachiku Construction Co., it was learned Friday.
JAPAN
Mar 12, 2000

Sumitomo Bank, Hosei University on Aum-related PC firms' client list

Sumitomo Bank and Hosei University were among the clients of computer software companies believed to be under the control of the Aum Shinrikyo cult, it was learned Saturday.
JAPAN
Dec 29, 1998

Cigarette eating tops accident list

Cigarettes made up almost half of the objects accidentally swallowed by babies in fiscal 1997, according to a Health and Welfare Ministry report.
JAPAN
Dec 14, 1998

Crimes help sodium azide get on toxins list

A Health and Welfare Ministry panel has decided to designate sodium azide as a toxic substance under the Poisonous Material Control Law in the wake of its use in a series of crimes, panel members said Monday.
JAPAN
Dec 9, 1998

Vietnam put on aid list for Miyazawa Plan

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JAPAN
Nov 11, 1998

Tax panel agrees to list three upcoming cuts

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party's tax panel agreed Wednesday to list three types of tax cuts, including one intended to encourage housing purchases, in the outline of an economic stimulus package due to be released today.
JAPAN
Aug 20, 1998

BOJ recaptures leading spot on list of corporate earners

The Bank of Japan is once again the highest corporate income earner, according to statistics for fiscal 1997 released Thursday by Teikoku Databank.
JAPAN
Apr 14, 1998

'Stalker' on wanted list in Osaka woman's slaying

OSAKA -- A Taiwanese woman was stabbed to death Monday night on a street in Tennoji Ward here, and police are searching for a 46-year-old man who they believe murdered her.
JAPAN
Apr 7, 1998

Radicals put on wanted list over leaked Kobe boy documents

The Metropolitan Police Department on April 7 placed six ultra-leftists on a nationwide wanted list on suspicion of trespassing and stealing copies of prosecution depositions on a 15-year-old boy charged with murdering two children in Kobe early last year.
JAPAN
Dec 15, 1997

Tokyo to take Seoul off special low-tariff list

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JAPAN
Jul 1, 1997

Concert to list shares on TSE in autumn

Concert PLC, a global telecom firm to be established this fall by a merger of British Telecommunications PLC and MCI Communications Corp., will list its shares on the Tokyo Stock Exchange immediately after the company is formed.
JAPAN
Jan 13, 1997

Saito makes wanted list of Aum fugitives

The Metropolitan Police Department on Jan. 13 placed a 34-year-old Aum follower on a nationwide wanted list.According to investigators, Akemi Saito is suspected of assisting the flight of a 33-year-old convict linked to the shooting of Takaji Kunimatsu, the National Police Agency's director general....
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BUSINESS
Apr 9, 2023

Ueda takes over top BOJ job with a long to-do list

There will be little time to celebrate for Ueda, an academic, author and former BOJ board member who will be under the microscope as he leads the central bank through a crucial period.
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 8, 2023

Japan's ispace to list shares in Tokyo ahead of planned moon landing

The first is authorized to list 200 million shares and will debut on the Tokyo Stock Exchange's growth section on April 12, according to a release from the exchange.
BUSINESS
Jul 4, 2023

Rakuten applies to list brokerage arm as debt concerns mount

Billionaire Hiroshi Mikitani’s online retailer has seen its shares tumble to a 14-year low.
U.S. President Donald Trump unveils new U.S. tariffs at the White House in Washington on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 3, 2025

Japan promises 'bold and speedy' response to Trump’s surprise 24% tariffs

The duty rate for Japanese products is the "worst among the scenarios that had been imagined" by the market.
As a young man, preserving the 400-year-old Ueda Soko Ryu tea ceremony school, which had survived the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, was always on Soko Ueda's mind.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Nov 11, 2023

‘Life is for being who I am — not who others expect me to be’

A soon-to-be 17th-generation tea ceremony grandmaster shares the journey he took in embracing his family heritage and preserving a Hiroshima tradition.
Look for tempeh in health food stores or online from Japanese producers.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Oct 1, 2023

Recipe: Damascene tempeh kebab

Firmer than tofu, tempeh often works better as a direct substitution for both meat and nuts.
The entrance gate of the SEG electronics market in Shenzhen, China, on June 27.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 5, 2024

With smugglers and front companies, China is skirting U.S. AI bans

The U.S. worries advanced semiconductors could help China develop superior weaponry, launch cyberattacks and make faster decisions on the battlefield.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 11, 2023

Johnny's denies that it was involved in reporter blacklisting

The agency responded to the backlash that arose over a journalist blacklist for a news conference addressing sexual abuse allegations by its late founder.
PODCAST / deep dive
Jul 26, 2023

A tale of two Fujis: Bullet climbs, crowds and Lizzo

With the borders fully open, Mount Fuji is all booked up and Fuji Rock is back in full force. Drew Damron and Patrick St. Michel join us on the podcast to discuss Japan’s two favorite Fujis.
For the first time since 2019, the Tokyo Game Show returns in full force.
LIFE / Digital
Sep 20, 2023

Your livestreaming guide to Tokyo Game Show 2023

Giants of Japanese gaming will be livestreaming their major presentations for anyone across Japan — or the globe — to follow.
A list with the file name "Prohibited words" has been circulating since at least last week in official work chats, according to two U.S. Food and Drug Administration scientists.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 21, 2025

White House says FDA memo banning 'woman' and 'disabled' made in error

The erroneous FDA list likely resulted from a misinterpretation of U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order against 'gender ideology,' a White House spokesman said.
The words of encouragement that star player Shohei Ohtani gave his teammates before their final game against the United States during the World Baseball Classic in March were among those nominated on Thursday to be the buzzwords of the year.
JAPAN / Society
Nov 2, 2023

Japan's 2023 buzzwords reflect light and dark sides of the year

From the year's scandals to its champions, the annual list of buzzword candidates highlights the nation's hope, fears and diversions.
Seihan Mori, chief priest of Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto, writes "zei" (taxes), which was chosen on Tuesday as the kanji of the year.
JAPAN
Dec 12, 2023

Talk of taxes spurs choice for Japan’s kanji of the year

The choice came as tax hikes and cuts were heavily covered in the news and discussed among policymakers.

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Professional cleaner Hirofumi Sakurai takes a moment to appreciate some photographs in a Gotanda apartment whose occupant died alone.
The last cleanup: Life and death in a lonely Japan