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EDITORIALS
Nov 8, 2002

A house divided

There are two ways of interpreting the midterm elections held in the United States on Tuesday, both of them valid. On the one hand, the Republicans did very well -- perhaps not better then expected, since they held the advantage going in, but certainly much better than the Democrats had hoped they would...
BUSINESS
Nov 8, 2002

Sky Perfect fortunes take a dive over World Cup

Sky Perfect Communications Inc., operator of satellite broadcaster Sky PerfecTV, said Thursday its group net losses quadrupled in the first half.
BUSINESS
Nov 7, 2002

Shiseido turns net profit of 9.87 billion yen

Shiseido Co., Japan's biggest cosmetics maker, said Wednesday it swung back into the black in the first half of fiscal 2002 due mainly to cost-cutting efforts and a reduction in inventories in its cosmetic and toiletries business.
BUSINESS
Nov 7, 2002

Takeda Chemical profits hit interim record high

Takeda Chemical Industries Ltd. said Wednesday its group net profit logged a year-on-year rise of 2.2 percent in the first half, hitting 133.67 billion yen.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Nov 7, 2002

Zico reveals his plans for Japanese team

In an exclusive interview with The Japan Times, Brazilian soccer legend and newly appointed Japan national team coach Zico aired his views on his philosophy and plans for the future of Japanese soccer.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Nov 6, 2002

MLB stars arrive; A's, M's in March?

Welcome to Japan to all the players, coaches, manager, umpires, officials and staff members arriving Wednesday for the 2002 Major League All-Star Japan Series beginning Saturday. Thanks for coming, and all the best for a successful tour.
BUSINESS
Nov 6, 2002

No growth without reforms, report says

Persistent deflation and massive bad loans in the nation's banking system have weakened Japan's economy and no improvement will be seen until structural reforms are implemented, according to an annual government white paper released Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Nov 5, 2002

Two major bank groups look to cut bonuses 10%

Mizuho Financial Group and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. have proposed that their labor unions accept cuts in winter bonuses of up to 10 percent on a year-on-year basis, industry sources said Saturday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 4, 2002

America's way not always the best way, economists say

Although U.S. and British-style capitalism has prevailed throughout the world, Japan should fight to preserve the positive aspects of its traditional economic systems, scholars and economists said at a recent seminar in Tokyo.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 4, 2002

Emperor honors six in culture, science

Emperor Akihito awarded this year's Order of Culture, Japan's most prestigious honor in the field of culture and science, to six recipients in a ceremony at the Imperial Palace on Culture Day Sunday.
COMMENTARY / JAPAN IN THE GLOBAL ERA
Nov 4, 2002

Contributing to the crisis of capitalism

YAOUNDE, Cameroon -- During a conversation at a dinner in Shanghai recently with some Chinese friends, the comment was made that Japanese businessmen in China were now known quite willingly to accept various forms of bribes and kickbacks. The man who was making this comment, who knows Japan quite well...
Japan Times
JAPAN / WEEKEND WISDOM
Nov 3, 2002

Writer draws on own experiences to overcome adversity

Up to his ears in debt and with absolutely no money, Ichiriki Yamamoto made a bold prediction to his wife.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Nov 3, 2002

A pier without peer

The Yokohama International Passenger Terminal on Osanbashi Pier is slotted into a line of redevelopments along the waterfront -- a smorgasbord of ambitious architecture ranging from renovated century-old warehouses to the Blade Runner-esque towers of the Minato Mirai 21 complex.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Nov 3, 2002

The many faces of Macao

MACAO, by Philippe Pons. Translated from the French by Sarah Adams. London: Reaktion Books, 2002. 135 pp. with 33 illustrations, £14.95 (paper) At the end of his splendid evocation of the city of Macao, Philippe Pons quotes a paragraph by journalist and novelist Italo Calvino about cities that "sometimes...
COMMENTARY / THE VIEW FROM MOSCOW
Nov 3, 2002

Terror in our own backyard

A key phrase in my recent e-mail exchanges has been, "The world has gone crazy." The hostage drama in Moscow; the shooting spree in the Washington, D.C. area; the bombing of two nightclubs in Bali; the Finnish teenager who blew up himself and six other people in a suburban shopping mall; the killing...
BUSINESS
Nov 2, 2002

Tax income from firms, individuals declines 17.3%

Tax revenues in the first half of the fiscal year came to 13.03 trillion yen, down 17.3 percent from a year earlier, due to a decline in corporate and income tax revenues, the Finance Ministry said Friday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 2, 2002

Matsui, Cabrera named MVPs

Yomiuri Giants outfielder Hideki Matsui and Seibu Lions infielder Alex Cabrera, Japanese baseball's home run kings, were named the Most Valuable Players of the 2002 season.
JAPAN
Nov 2, 2002

EU 'withholds funds' for N. Korea reactors

The European Parliament has decided to temporarily withhold its 2003 funding to a consortium charged with building nuclear reactors in North Korea following Pyongyang's admission that it is developing nuclear arms, EU sources said Friday.
BUSINESS
Nov 2, 2002

Tax revenue shortfall worse than anticipated: Shiokawa

The shortfall in tax revenue will be worse than expected for the current fiscal year, Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa said Friday, without clarifying whether additional government bonds will be issued to make up the shortfall.
BUSINESS
Nov 1, 2002

Mazda hikes group earnings forecast

Mazda Motor Corp. said Thursday it has revised upward its group earnings forecast for the first half that ended Sept. 30 and for the full year to March 31, mainly because of a weaker yen.
BUSINESS
Nov 1, 2002

LDP lawmakers pan plan

Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers voiced opposition and frustration Thursday over a package of measures unveiled by the government the day before to accelerate the cleanup of the banking system and fight deflation.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 31, 2002

Giants complete Series sweep

TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. -- Respect your elders, as the Japanese say. Seibu Lions ace Daisuke Matsuzaka and Giants outfielder Takayuki Saito went to the same Yokohama High School, four years apart.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 29, 2002

Sawamura Award goes to Uehara

Yomiuri Giants star hurler Koji Uehara, who tied the league for the most wins with 17 this season, on Monday won his second Sawamura Award for the best starting pitcher in 2002.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 27, 2002

Giants upstage Lions' Matsuzaka

The Koji Uehara Show took center stage Saturday night, playing to a packed house at the Tokyo Dome in Game 1 of the 2002 Japan Series.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Oct 27, 2002

An unflinching look at the face of suffering

FEAR AND SANCTUARY: Burmese Refugees in Thailand, by Hazel J. Lang. Cornell Southeast Asia Publications: Ithaca, New York, 2002, 240 pp., $24 (paper) An army column enters a small farming village without warning. The soldiers have been taught that everyone there is a potential enemy. Should any villagers...
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Oct 27, 2002

The lesser of many possible evils

THE UNITED STATES IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC SINCE 1945, by Roger Buckley. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 2002. 258 pp., $65 (cloth) This is a wide-ranging, ambitious and informative work on an immense subject. Given the vast terrain and limited space, Roger Buckley has had to resist the temptations...
LIFE / Digital / NAME OF THE GAME
Oct 24, 2002

Namco puts up a fight

In 1990, fighting games really came into their own, as Capcom's "Street Fighter II" lit up video arcades like they hadn't been in nearly a decade.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Oct 23, 2002

A musical that rewrites history

"Pacific Overtures" isn't one of Stephen Sondheim's most famous musicals, but the story it tells -- of the arrival of Commodore Matthew Perry's Black Ships in July 1853 and the opening of Japan to the West -- has been updated and given a new twist by a Japanese director and cast.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Oct 20, 2002

A reality check for the relationship

U.S.-JAPAN RELATIONS IN A CHANGING WORLD, edited by Steven K. Vogel. Brookings Institution Press, Washington, D.C., 2002, 286 pp., $18.95 (cloth) The Japan-U.S. alliance is a remarkable achievement. The two countries are virtual mirror images of each other, and have, until recently, had relatively little...
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.
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.
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.
MUFG fires worker over ¥2 billion theft from clients’ safe deposit boxes
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is investigating the incident and consulting with the police.
China reinstates visa-free travel for Japanese nationals
Beijing Daxing International Airport
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.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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