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COMMENTARY / World
Dec 20, 2001

War 'back home' divides Jordan's Chechen community

ZARQA, Jordan -- When the wounded Chechen fighters arrived in Jordan in 1994, everything changed for Younis Ashab.
JAPAN
Dec 20, 2001

Professor suspended for harassment

A professor at the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology in Fuchu has been suspended for three months for sexually harassing two female students, officials said Wednesday.
COMMENTARY
Dec 19, 2001

Door to constitutional change

Last June, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi created an advisory panel on his proposal aimed at empowering the public -- not lawmakers as at present -- to directly elect the premier. The group is expected to come up with recommendations on the plan by next summer.
EDITORIALS
Dec 19, 2001

EU readying for new challenge

Leaders of the European Union, meeting in Brussels last weekend, agreed to set up a broadly represented advisory body next March to draft recommendations for EU reform. The agreement marks another milestone on the road to an enlarged EU. Half a century following the creation of a common European market,...
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Dec 19, 2001

No Big Mac, no surprise

It should not be a surprise to anyone that Mark McGwire is not going to play for the Chunichi Dragons next season.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Dec 19, 2001

Capturing the moving image

Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) is holding an exhibition of photographs of the homeless, running till Jan. 27 at the Tokyo Photographic Culture Centre.
SOCCER / J. League / ON THE BALL
Dec 18, 2001

Japan aiming to boost E. Asia

What can Japan do for Asia? Does Japan want to be part of Asia's soccer fraternity? It's a long-standing question, but now maybe some answers are emerging.
JAPAN
Dec 17, 2001

Japan to support intellectual property rights at last

With the Internet age advancing rapidly in Japan and elsewhere around the globe, it may seem a rather belated move -- but perhaps better late than never.
BUSINESS
Dec 17, 2001

Discount chains thrive amid Ginza's chic boutiques

With the end of the year just around the corner, Christmas shoppers visiting Tokyo's posh Ginza commercial district may find a new aspect to the area this winter.
JAPAN
Dec 17, 2001

Ex-publisher, drug smuggler Kadokawa gets medical jail

Haruki Kadokawa, a former publisher convicted for smuggling cocaine from the United States, has been moved into detention at a medical prison after spending about a year in a hospital, sources close to the case said Sunday.
EDITORIALS
Dec 16, 2001

Would you believe? e-mail@30

When Alexander Graham Bell sent the first telephone message on March 10, 1876, he was not only well aware of the date, he had someone on hand to record his words ("Mr. Watson, come here. I want you.") The man knew he was making history.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Dec 16, 2001

Young Japanese struggle to find their way

As another year comes to an end, the Japanese media continue to wonder at the new generation at school and at work. The term "shinjinrui" (new species) seems to have fallen out of use but the prevailing attitude is still one of bemusement and even dismay.
BUSINESS
Dec 15, 2001

Investment pact near for Tokyo, Seoul

Japan and South Korea are likely to agree on the outline of a bilateral investment accord by the end of this year and put it into force in summer, Japanese trade officials said.
BUSINESS
Dec 15, 2001

Kirin to buy stake in San Miguel

Kirin Brewery Co. said Friday that it will buy a 15 percent stake in Philippine beverage maker San Miguel Corp. to expand its business in the Southeast Asian market.
JAPAN
Dec 14, 2001

Death penalty upheld for former cultist

The Tokyo High Court on Thursday upheld the death penalty for one-time senior Aum Shinrikyo figure Kazuaki Okazaki, 41, for his role in the 1989 murders of a Yokohama lawyer, the lawyer's family and a cultist who tried to defect.
BUSINESS
Dec 14, 2001

Showa Denko to ax 1,000 workers, slash salaries 33%

Comprehensive chemical maker Showa Denko K.K. said Thursday it will cut an additional 1,000 jobs at its group firms and reduce salaries up to 33 percent in 2002 to survive the harsh business environment.
JAPAN
Dec 14, 2001

Child abuse deaths post 30% rise

The National Police Agency said Thursday that 56 children died as a result of child abuse in the 12 months after a law against abuse came into force in November 2000.
BUSINESS
Dec 13, 2001

Arabian Oil, Kuwait nearing deal

Arabian Oil Co. said Wednesday it has signed memorandums with the Kuwaiti government that oblige the two sides to seek to reach an agreement by Jan. 29 to allow Arabian Oil to continue tapping Kuwait's Khafji oil field.
JAPAN
Dec 13, 2001

Readers reach out with fund

Total contributions to The Japan Times Readers' Fund in 2000 came to 3,401,372 yen.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 13, 2001

Arafat losing his grasp on leadership

BEIRUT -- The closer Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat gets to the fulfillment of his long-standing dream of establishing a Palestinian state, the more his plans seem to go awry. Now holed up in Ramallah, just 10 km from the holy city, his chances of ever entering it look their bleakest ever....
JAPAN
Dec 13, 2001

Over 60,000 fires reported in the last year, up 6.7%

A total of 62,454 fires were reported in the year through September, up 3,928, or 6.7 percent, from a year earlier and cracking the 60,000 mark for the first time in three years, according to an outline of a 2001 white paper complied by the Fire and Disaster Management Agency.
JAPAN
Dec 13, 2001

Snow Brand to dispute link to death

OSAKA -- Three Snow Brand Milk Products Co. officials indicted on charges of negligence over a massive food poisoning case last summer plan to dispute a possible link between the poisoning and a victim's death, sources familiar with the case said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Dec 12, 2001

Safety a priority for marrow foundation

Ensuring the safety of goodwill donors is the priority when conducting bone marrow transplants, according to officials of the Japan Marrow Donor Foundation.
JAPAN
Dec 12, 2001

Out-of-court settlement reached in Daiwa case

Former executives of Daiwa Bank agreed Tuesday to pay 250 million yen to settle a lawsuit filed by the bank's shareholders over illicit bond trading at the bank's New York branch.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 12, 2001

Marrow bank struggles to meet demand

More bone marrow donors are needed to save the lives of people with deadly blood diseases, according to the Japan Marrow Donor Foundation.
JAPAN
Dec 12, 2001

State making slow progress on environment

The government has achieved only four of the 13 goals set in 1995 to improve its environmental performance, the Environment Ministry said Tuesday.

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