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JAPAN
Jan 5, 2001

9,066 killed in traffic accidents in 2000

The number of traffic fatalities in 2000 totaled 9,066, up 60 over 1999 for the first increase since more than 10,000 deaths were recorded in 1996, the National Police Agency said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Sep 23, 2000

Toyota ups forecast after sales kick

Toyota Motor Corp. revised its unconsolidated earnings projections for the first half of fiscal 2000 upward due to brisk sales of its vehicles in domestic and overseas markets, company officials said Friday.
BUSINESS
Mar 22, 2000

0.2% increase in capital spending seen

Major Japanese corporations are planning to invest 0.2 percent more on equipment in fiscal 2000, the first increase in four years, the government-affiliated Development Bank of Japan said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Feb 24, 2000

85 trillion yen budget for 2000 hit as pre-election pork barrel

Staff writer An election looms this year and criticism is mounting that the 85 trillion yen fiscal 2000 budget is nothing more than a gigantic pork barrel. As the government debt mounts and more public works outlays are earmarked, the ruling bloc, which defends this policy, is squaring off in the political...
JAPAN
Jan 10, 2000

Make 'Rebuilding Confidence' the government slogan for 2000

Last year a series of mishaps shook our faith in various things we have grown to trust over the years, from the H-II rocket failure and the crumbling tunnels of our shinkansen lines to the nuclearcriticality accident in Tokai, Ibaraki Prefecture.
JAPAN
Dec 17, 1999

Air tankers refused for fiscal 2000

The government decided Friday not to allocate funds from the fiscal 2000 budget to bring air tankers into the Air Self-Defense Force, but left the door open for deployment in the future. The Security Council, which consists of relevant Cabinet members, made the decision apparently in consideration of...
JAPAN
Aug 25, 1999

2000 budget requests to top 82 trillion yen

Government ministries and agencies are expected to ask for more than 82.5 trillion yen in budget requests for fiscal 2000 beginning next April, it was learned Wednesday.
JAPAN
Apr 23, 1999

Ready for 2000?: ANA plugging away at 'millennium bug'

Third in an occasional series on Japan's Y2K preparedness
JAPAN
Feb 27, 1998

Small companies not yet ready for 2000 Bug

About half of small and midsize companies using computers in Tokyo have not yet adapted their systems to cope with the "Year 2000 problem," or Millennium Bug, which is expected to wreak havoc on companies with computers unable to process 21st century dates, a metropolitan survey says.
BUSINESS
Apr 14, 2004

Japan wholesale prices post first rise since 2000

Wholesale prices nationwide edged up in March from a year earlier for the first increase in three years and eight months, the Bank of Japan said Tuesday in a preliminary report.
JAPAN
Jan 11, 2003

Malpractice suits up sharply since 2000

In the last 10 years, 210 lawsuits and arbitration cases were brought against the government over incidents of malpractice at national hospitals and sanitariums, according to a health ministry report released Friday.
JAPAN
Dec 19, 2001

Fires rose over 60,000 mark in 2000

Fires reported in 2000 topped the 60,000 mark for the first time in three years, with arson accounting for one in eight cases, according to a government report released Tuesday.
JAPAN
Sep 25, 2001

New cases of TB declined in 2000 to about 39,000

About 39,000 new cases of tuberculosis were reported last year in Japan, down some 4,400 from the previous year, the first decline in four years, the health ministry has reported.
BUSINESS
Sep 7, 2001

Toyota Motor named earnings king for 2000

Toyota Motor Corp. retained its status as top earner of taxable income for the second year in a row in fiscal 2000, according to rankings of the top 50 corporate earners released Thursday by the national taxation authority.
BUSINESS
Aug 1, 2001

State revenues exceeded expenditures in 2000

Government revenues exceeded expenditures by 238.1 billion yen in fiscal 2000, mainly due to increased revenues in corporate taxes, the Finance Ministry said Tuesday.
CULTURE / Art
May 30, 2001

Futura 2000 is now

A graffiti legend from the very earliest days of New York's underground hip-hop movement, Futura 2000 is presently being elevated to iconic status by his progeny. At 46, he is old enough not only to be their father but also to know better.
BUSINESS
May 25, 2001

Nippon Steel profit margin jumped 137% in fiscal 2000

Nippon Steel Corp. said Thursday it posted a group net profit in fiscal 2000 of 26.49 billion yen, up by 137.1 percent.
BUSINESS
Apr 28, 2001

Housing starts in 2000 fell 1.1%

Housing starts in Japan fell in fiscal 2000 by 1.1 percent from the previous year to 1.21 million units, the government said Friday.
JAPAN
Feb 8, 2001

Ratio of HIV-positive blood donors reached high in 2000

The ratio of blood donors who tested positive for HIV in 2000 hit its highest level since the national government started compiling figures in 1986, according to a recently published report.
JAPAN
Feb 8, 2001

Ratio of HIV-positive blood donors reached high in 2000

The ratio of blood donors who tested positive for HIV in 2000 hit its highest level since the national government started compiling figures in 1986, according to a recently published report.
JAPAN
Jan 27, 2001

CPI tumbled 0.7% in 2000

Consumer prices in Japan dropped by a record 0.7 percent in 2000 for the second successive yearly decline, the government said Friday.
CULTURE / Music / FUZZY LOGIC
Jan 16, 2001

The buy-or-die albums of 2000

In 2000 America rocked with Limp Bizkit, Slipknot and At The Drive In, while Britain got all soppy and introverted with Richard Ashcroft, Coldplay and Belle & Sebastian. As for Japan, I have mixed feelings. It was great that Melt-Banana, Audio Active and 54 Nude Honeys (my favorite Japanese bands) all...
MORE SPORTS
Oct 20, 2000

World Sports Awards name 75 finalists for 2000

LONDON -- The year 2000 has been good to many of the world's top athletes. For a select few, it just got even better. The World Sports Awards 2000 announced the names of 75 finalists at a press conference in London on Wednesday. Athletes such as track star Marion Jones, golfing sensation Tiger Woods...
SOCCER / World cup
Jul 4, 2000

Japanese, Koreans study cohosting at Euro 2000

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands -- Senior officials from both the Japanese and Korean World Cup organizing committees said Saturday they expected to learn many things from the cohosted Euro 2000 Soccer Championship, but emphasized that the 2002 World Cup was a different kettle of fish with its own attendant problems....
JAPAN
May 28, 2000

Seven nations prepare for Rimpac 2000

About 22,000 military and coast guard personnel from seven countries will take part in Rimpac 2000, a series of military drills in waters off Hawaii that start Tuesday and continue for about a month.
COMMUNITY
Apr 20, 2000

Fall/winter 2000: cool, calm and collected

The first Tokyo collections of the 21st century were a surprisingly understated event -- no real controversies, no massive surprises. Perhaps that in itself is surprising since you would expect more from a no-holds-barred trend setter like Japan's capital city.

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