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EDITORIALS
Apr 12, 2002

A positive message from Pyongyang

The situation on the Korean Peninsula is showing fresh signs of improving. North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, in a recent meeting with South Korea's presidential envoy, Lim Dong Jung, agreed to resume exchanges with the South. Kim also reportedly expressed his willingness to revive dialogue with the United...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 12, 2002

Women's group helps foster friendships

NARA -- Noriko Yamaue, 58, did not enjoy her first trip abroad.
BUSINESS
Apr 12, 2002

Seven-Eleven Japan thanks extra stores for 3.3% sales growth

Seven-Eleven Japan Co., the nation's largest convenience store chain, said Thursday its sales rose 3.3 percent to 2.11 trillion yen in the business year through February.
BUSINESS
Apr 12, 2002

Ito-Yokado claims top supermarket slot

Ito-Yokado Co. has claimed top spot in the supermarket chain sector in terms of operating profits for the first time in two years, according to an earnings report released by the company Thursday.
BUSINESS
Apr 12, 2002

Mazda drives up earnings estimates

Mazda Motor Corp. said Thursday it has upwardly revised its fiscal 2001 earnings estimates, thanks to the favorable impact of cost-cutting efforts and a weakened yen.
JAPAN
Apr 12, 2002

Wife of murder victim held for asking lover to kill him

OSAKA -- The 34-year-old wife of a company worker slain Saturday in Moriguchi, Osaka Prefecture, has been arrested for asking her lover to kill her husband, police officials said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / INTERNATIONAL RATIONALE
Apr 11, 2002

Domestic, foreign insurers engaged in turf war

The deregulation of Japan's insurance sector last year has set domestic and foreign-affiliated companies squarely against each other in the cancer and medical insurance battlefield.
JAPAN
Apr 11, 2002

Tokyu Agency to pay 840 million yen over tax evasion

Major advertising agency Tokyu Agency Inc. failed to declare 1.03 billion yen in income for the five years to March 2001 and must pay 840 million yen in additional taxes and penalties, industry sources said Wednesday.
EDITORIALS
Apr 10, 2002

Another casualty of money politics

The resignation from the Diet of Mr. Koichi Kato, former secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party, is yet another reminder that corruption is deeply embedded in the nation's political system. He made the decision, rightly, to take "social, political and moral responsibility" for the tax evasion...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2002

Africa aid forum searches for solutions

In an attempt to find solutions to Africa's persistent poverty and low economic growth, regional leaders and experts recently met in Tokyo to discuss ways to remedy the continent of its problematic governments.
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2002

Envoy rapped for romantic e-mail on computer system

An ambassador based in Europe was admonished last week for using the Foreign Ministry's computer system to send romantic e-mail to a female employee, Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi said Tuesday.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Apr 10, 2002

Japanese pro boxer dead at 22

Yoshihiro Irei
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2002

Lower House approves Kato's resignation

The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved the resignation of scandal-tainted Koichi Kato.
BUSINESS
Apr 10, 2002

Moody's Japan to get new director

Moody's Japan K.K., the Japanese branch of U.S. credit-rating agency Moody's Investors Service Inc., said Tuesday that Naoki Yamauchi will become its new representative director. Yamauchi, 41, will take up the post when Thomas Keller, 42, the current representative director, relocates to Moody's Asia-Pacific...
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League / SPORTS SCOPE
Apr 9, 2002

J. League to help newcomers and retirees

The J. League this season has launched two new projects. The first is to help players look for a job when they retire from the game. The second is the J. League Academy -- a developing program for players aged five to 21.
BUSINESS
Apr 9, 2002

Japan's wholesale prices fall fourth straight year

Domestic wholesale prices fell 1.1 percent in fiscal 2001 for the fourth consecutive annual decline, the Bank of Japan said Monday, providing yet another sign that the economy has been ensnared by deflation.
EDITORIALS
Apr 8, 2002

New hard line against Pyongyang

I t has always been difficult to understand the thinking of the leadership in North Korea. The rhetorical blasts that Pyongyang unleashes against the United States, Japan and South Korea are usually balanced by sotto voce assurances that dialogue will continue. The schizophrenia has been especially pronounced...
JAPAN
Apr 8, 2002

Asian issues carry much weight on global stability

NAGO, Okinawa Pref. -- There were times when relations between the European Union and Japan suffered from having a narrow focus, centered on economic matters.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 8, 2002

Japan has golden chance for revival

Improved corporate governance at Japanese firms coupled with better public policy can "lead to a magnificent revival" in the country's economy, according to James K. Glassman, who delivered the 2002-'03 Mansfield American-Pacific Lecture, jointly sponsored by Keizai Koho Center.
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 7, 2002

Southpaw gives Tigers Moore to celebrate

Southpaw Trey Moore held the Yakult Swallows to one run on six hits and struck out nine Saturday as the Hanshin Tigers matched a 64-year-old club record with a 3-1 victory over the Yakult Swallows.
COMMUNITY
Apr 7, 2002

Ishihara gambles on casinos

"Building a casino will create employment for 10,000 people."
LIFE / Food & Drink / VINELAND
Apr 7, 2002

Think wild and feisty, think Sauvignon Blanc

In these budget-conscious times, it pays to be a wine nerd. When you sense a hot trend, run in the other direction. Dare to be contrary. The world's greatest wine bargains come from places and grape varieties that are temporarily out of fashion or simply overlooked.
BUSINESS
Apr 6, 2002

Upper House approves new BOJ board appointees

The House of Councilors on Friday approved the government's decision to appoint two new members of the Bank of Japan Policy Board: Toshikatsu Fukuma, vice chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, and Hidehiko Haru, executive vice president of Tokyo Electric Power Co.
JAPAN
Apr 6, 2002

House of Councilors rejects censure motion against Takebe

The House of Councilors rejected on Friday a nonbinding censure motion against farm minister Tsutomu Takebe, but New Komeito's decision to abstain from the vote underlined the flagging unity within the Liberal Democratic Party-led ruling coalition.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
Japan to aid introduction of multilingual ride-hailing apps
A Nihon Kotsu Co. taxi departs one of the company's service offices in Tokyo.
Seven & I founding family sounded out KKR and others about buyout: report
A 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”

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