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JAPAN
Oct 11, 2001

Web gossip sparks corporate anger

Two major life insurers were battered by a swirl of rumors in September as several message boards on a popular Web site began predicting their demise.
BUSINESS
Oct 11, 2001

Starbucks perks on Nasdaq debut

OSAKA -- Starbucks Coffee Japan Ltd. made a superb debut Wednesday on the Nasdaq Japan stock market as investors scooped up shares of the high-profile firm.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Oct 10, 2001

That was the season that was

Yomiuri Giants slugger Hideki Matsui said prior to this season it was possible for him to win a Triple Crown this year, "But the most difficult for me would be to win the batting title." So what did he do? He won the batting title. Matsui led the CL with a .333 average and did not really come close to...
CULTURE / Art
Oct 10, 2001

Such stuff as dreams are woven from

Just as poetry is more than a few well-chosen words, fabrics are more than a gathering of threads. People have always understood the spiritual importance of our "second skin," from the early Peruvians who wrapped their departed in priceless tapestries to the ancient Greeks who believed that the Three...
JAPAN
Oct 10, 2001

Ministry data show air quality deteriorating

Air quality deteriorated across the nation last year in terms of particulate matter, while nitrogen dioxide levels were largely unchanged from 1999, according to Environment Ministry data released Tuesday.
CULTURE / Art
Oct 10, 2001

Something got lost along the way from Istanbul

When stood up beside the glamorous grand old lady of international art fairs, the Venice Biennale, Turkey's roughly concurrent Istanbul Biennale comes across as a country cousin -- a little ragged, to be sure, but not without its own particular charms. Now in its seventh incarnation, the Istanbul Biennale...
BUSINESS
Oct 9, 2001

METI to ease loan rules for entrepreneurs

The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry plans to foster venture firms nationwide by overhauling the rules under which entrepreneurs can receive loans without providing collateral or a guarantor, METI officials said.
JAPAN
Oct 8, 2001

Out & About

Author to give talk on history of geisha The International House of Japan will host a lecture Friday evening by Lesley Downer, author of the book "Geisha: The Secret History of a Vanishing World," published in 2000, at its lecture hall in Roppongi, Tokyo.
BUSINESS
Oct 6, 2001

Chuo Mitsui may be rescued

Financially troubled Chuo Mitsui Trust & Banking Co. has entered the final phase of talks to come under the management of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp., sources said Friday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Oct 6, 2001

Puppet opera for adults and the Shinoda she-fox

Now here's an intriguing collaboration. A troupe of puppeteers from Sado Island in Niigata Prefecture and a group of musicians from the small farming village of Hartland in Devon, southern England, have come together to perform a puppet opera, based on a traditional Japanese story about a fox that transforms...
JAPAN
Oct 5, 2001

Bond cap may go: Koizumi

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi suggested Thursday that he is ready to withdraw his policy goal of limiting the current fiscal year's net bond issues to within 30 trillion yen.
JAPAN
Oct 4, 2001

Bureau nabs 13 over illegal entry

The Tokyo Immigration Bureau on Wednesday detained 13 Afghan and Pakistani nationals in Tokyo and Chiba Prefecture on suspicion of violating the Immigration Control Law.
JAPAN
Oct 4, 2001

Panels on defense approve SDF bills

Defense-related panels within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party approved two draft bills Wednesday that would allow Japan to provide noncombat support for any U.S. retaliation over the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and protect U.S. bases here.
LIFE / Digital / SURFERSPUD
Oct 4, 2001

A look at terror

www.newyorker.com/FROM_THE_ARCHIVE/ARCHIVES/?010924fr_archive05 As modern journalism sinks ever deeper into its spoon-feed-me mentality, William T. Vollman, a novelist and magazine reporter, actually does the hard research. Before embarking on an assignment to Afghanistan to find out what the Taliban...
JAPAN
Oct 4, 2001

Survey on nursing-fee reductions planned

The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry will survey municipalities that are reducing or waiving premiums for nursing-care insurance for low-income senior citizens, ministry officials said.
BUSINESS
Oct 3, 2001

METI to open talks on liberalizing electricity market

The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry will discuss further liberalization of the electricity retail market, the minister said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Oct 2, 2001

'Tankan' shows mood darkening across the board

Business sentiment among large manufacturers fell for the third consecutive quarter amid increased fears of a global economic downturn, according to a key economic survey released Monday by the Bank of Japan.
BUSINESS
Oct 2, 2001

Nasdaq transactions hit record low

OSAKA -- The total value of transactions on the Nasdaq Japan stock exchange plunged 55.5 percent in September from the previous month to 12.7 billion yen, its lowest level since the market opened on June 19, 2000, the Osaka Securities Exchange said Monday.
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.
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.
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
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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