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SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jun 7, 2003

England still too selfish about international calendar

LONDON -- On the day England captain David Beckham made a televised plea to England supporters to behave at last Tuesday's friendly against Serbia and Montenegro and the Euro 2004 qualifying tie against Slovakia next Wednesday, UEFA rewarded Manchester City with a place in Europe for 2003-2004 as England...
BUSINESS
Jun 7, 2003

State lenders told to rethink role

The home affairs ministry on Friday urged 11 governmental financial institutions to come up with schedules for withdrawing from the lending business, pointing to the need to reduce their outstanding loans over the medium and long term.
JAPAN
Jun 7, 2003

Five-year plan to improve social infrastructure gets nod

The Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry said Friday it has drafted a new five-year program to improve social infrastructure, giving weight to 15 priority targets.
EDITORIALS
Jun 6, 2003

What can revive insurance firms?

Deflation in Japan is taking its toll on life insurance companies. Since they make profits by investing policyholders' premiums and bank-supplied funds in stocks, bonds, real estate and other assets, they are more susceptible to falling asset prices and near-zero interest rates than companies in other...
BUSINESS
Jun 6, 2003

Sales of imported cars fell in May

Sales of imported automobiles logged a year-on-year slide of 0.2 percent in May, coming in at 20,506 vehicles.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 5, 2003

Sogo, Seibu launch united gift campaign

Sogo Co. and Seibu Department Stores Ltd., which integrated their operations Sunday under the holding company Millennium Retailing Inc., officially kicked off summer gift campaigns Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jun 4, 2003

Health ministry study turns up 124 malpractice cases

There were at least 124 cases of medical malpractice reported by public hospitals in fiscal 2002, up 31 from the previous year, according to a health ministry file released Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jun 4, 2003

Health ministry study turns up 124 malpractice cases

There were at least 124 cases of medical malpractice reported by public hospitals in fiscal 2002, up 31 from the previous year, according to a health ministry file released Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jun 4, 2003

Health ministry study turns up 124 malpractice cases

There were at least 124 cases of medical malpractice reported by public hospitals in fiscal 2002, up 31 from the previous year, according to a health ministry file released Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jun 4, 2003

Professor embezzled research grants

The University of Tokyo decided Tuesday that Osamu Tsutsumi, a gynecology professor who serves as Crown Princess Masako's chief doctor, should be suspended from duty for a month for embezzling state research grants.
JAPAN
Jun 4, 2003

Professor embezzled research grants

The University of Tokyo decided Tuesday that Osamu Tsutsumi, a gynecology professor who serves as Crown Princess Masako's chief doctor, should be suspended from duty for a month for embezzling state research grants.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 4, 2003

Is obscenity in the eye of the public?

In November 1994, Takashi Asai -- president of Uplink, a movie distribution and publishing house -- published a Japanese edition of "Mapplethorpe," a collection of 260 black-and-white photographs by the U.S. photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, who died in 1989 of AIDS.
BUSINESS
Jun 4, 2003

Waterfront development credited for creating jobs

Waterfront areas along Tokyo Bay have been commercialized rapidly and are creating many jobs in an otherwise stagnant economy, according to a government report released Tuesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jun 4, 2003

'Chicago': After the movie, we had it coming

Bathed in bright lights, but almost shrouded by the haze of jazz, booze and dancing, lies a story of adultery, murder and greed. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to "Chicago."
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FRONT-RUNNERS
Jun 3, 2003

Sanyo charging ahead in cell phone battery sector

Chances are if you use a mobile phone equipped with a camera, it's powered by a Sanyo battery.
BUSINESS
Jun 3, 2003

Trucks, large autos lead rise in domestic car sales

Domestic sales of new cars, trucks and buses in May rose 2.3 percent from the same month last year to 291,363 units, logging the first increase in two months, the Japan Automobile Dealers Association said Monday.
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2003

From language to food, things Korean seen finding favor in World Cup wake

A year after the historic cohosting by Japan and South Korea of the 2002 World Cup finals, Japan's embracing of things Korean appears to have gone beyond being simply a one-time fad.
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2003

From language to food, things Korean seen finding favor in World Cup wake

A year after the historic cohosting by Japan and South Korea of the 2002 World Cup finals, Japan's embracing of things Korean appears to have gone beyond being simply a one-time fad.
BUSINESS
Jun 2, 2003

Millennium Retailing born from Seibu, Sogo coupling

Seibu Department Stores Ltd. and Sogo Co. integrated their operations Sunday to form one of Japan's largest department store groups.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
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.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
Japan will spend ¥325 million in government funds on Princess Yuriko's funeral
Princess Yuriko waves during the New Year's public greeting at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in January 2019.
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.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.

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