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BUSINESS
Apr 3, 2004

FamilyMart, Itochu eye China foray

FamilyMart Co. and Itochu Corp. said Friday they will set up a joint venture in Shanghai to operate convenience stores in the region, beginning in the summer.
EDITORIALS
Apr 3, 2004

Nurturing the sprouts of recovery

Japan's economic recovery, supported chiefly by large, export-oriented manufacturers, is spreading to other sectors, according to the Bank of Japan's quarterly survey on business sentiment. However, it is premature to conclude that the economy is headed for a self-sustaining recovery led by domestic...
JAPAN
Apr 3, 2004

Professor Kitaoka to be U.N. envoy

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BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 3, 2004

Tigers hand Giants a mauling

The next time the Yomiuri Giants go shopping, they might want to consider a few good relief pitchers.
BUSINESS
Apr 3, 2004

Chinese firm tells IRCJ of Kanebo purchase plan

Chinese drugmaker Sanjiu Enterprise Group has informed the Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan of its plans to buy the pharmaceutical business of Kanebo Ltd., an official of the Chinese firm's Japan unit said Friday.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Apr 3, 2004

F.A. gives Eriksson new deal, but how long will he stay?

LONDON -- "Ladies and gentlemen, we got him."
BUSINESS
Apr 3, 2004

Household spending up in February

Household spending rose a real 5.2 percent in February from a year earlier for the fourth consecutive monthly gain.
BUSINESS
Apr 3, 2004

Boeing upbeat over new 7E7 jets

U.S. aircraft maker Boeing Co. said Friday it anticipates steady demand for its new 7E7 Dreamliner jets in Asia.
BUSINESS
Apr 3, 2004

Kamei rejects U.S. proposal on beef ban

Farm minister Yoshiyuki Kamei on Friday brushed aside a U.S. request for outside mediation aimed at breaking the impasse over Japan's ban on U.S. beef imports.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Apr 3, 2004

Amazing instant anywhere electric mug!

It used to be that we only had to deal with funny Japanese English. But with the flood of goods imported from China, we now have a different kind of English written on the boxes of products we buy.
BUSINESS
Apr 3, 2004

Microsoft raid highlights growing fears

The surprise raid by Japanese antimonopoly authorities on Microsoft Corp.'s Tokyo offices was impeccably timed -- barely a month before the European Union slapped a $613 million fine on the company.
BUSINESS
Apr 3, 2004

Toyota extends China reforestation

A Chinese reforestation project financed by Toyota Motor Corp. will be extended for three years under an agreement signed in Beijing on Friday, Toyota said.
BUSINESS
Apr 3, 2004

Senior executive of MMC leaves firm under a cloud

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. said Friday that Steven Torok, executive vice president in charge of overseas sales, left the company the same day to return to the Chrysler Group.
MORE SPORTS
Apr 3, 2004

Jockey Takemoto dies after fall

Takashi Takemoto, who had been in a coma since falling from his horse during a steeplechase race last weekend, was pronounced dead Friday due to brain damage. He was 20.
BUSINESS
Apr 3, 2004

JR East workers use Suica cards as ID

They look like commuters passing the ticket wickets at train stations, flashing their electronic train-fare cards at a scanner.
JAPAN
Apr 3, 2004

China visit irks many in government

Government leaders lashed out Friday at Taku Yamasaki, a former vice president of the Liberal Democratic Party who is now out of office, and LDP lawmaker Katsuei Hirasawa for visiting China in an apparent bid to negotiate on the sly with North Korea over its abduction of Japanese nationals.
BUSINESS
Apr 3, 2004

Summer bonuses set to rise 0.5%

Employees at Japanese corporations are likely to see their summer bonuses rise 0.5 percent this year from 2003 levels, Mizuho Securities Co. said Friday.
BUSINESS
Apr 3, 2004

Takenaka buoyed by latest 'tankan'

Economic and fiscal policy minister Heizo Takenaka said Friday that the Bank of Japan's "tankan" survey for March, released Thursday, shows that Japan's ongoing economic recovery is sustainable.
JAPAN
Apr 3, 2004

Drug offender to serve rest of term in U.K.

Japan will for the first time allow a foreign prisoner to serve the remainder of a sentence in the inmate's home country, Justice Minister Daizo Nozawa said Friday.
JAPAN
Apr 3, 2004

U.S. to sit in if police grill crime suspects in the military

Japan and the United States agreed Friday to allow U.S. officials to be present during police questioning of U.S. service members suspected of committing heinous crimes in Japan, the Foreign Ministry said.
MORE SPORTS
Apr 3, 2004

Yokohama to host WBC title bouts

World superflyweight champion Masamori Tokuyama will be making his ninth title defense when two World Boxing Council title matches take place this summer in Yokohama, event organizers said Friday.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Apr 3, 2004

John Berg

This month a respected and well-loved Englishman leaves Japan. Known for his humor, humanity and quick wit, the Rev. John Berg is retiring from Yokohama Christ Church, where he has been rector since 1968. Three years ago, he retired from Yokohama's Mission to Seamen, where he was concurrently chaplain....
JAPAN
Apr 3, 2004

Hirasawa exits post over secret talks with Pyongyang

Katsuei Hirasawa, parliamentary secretary to the home affairs ministry, resigned that post after drawing flak for a secret trip he made to China to apparently hold talks with North Korean officials about resolving the abduction issue, the ministry said Friday.
JAPAN
Apr 3, 2004

NKK may have paid off mob to quell incinerator outcry

Steelmaker NKK Corp., now known as JFE Engineering Corp., is suspected of using some 500 million yen in undeclared income to quell opposition to its construction of two waste incinerators.
MORE SPORTS
Apr 3, 2004

Terauchi bags springboard title

Ken Terauchi denied Kiichiro Miyamoto an eighth straight title as he won his first 1-meter springboard title on the opening day of the diving national championships Friday.
JAPAN
Apr 2, 2004

BOJ 'tankan' shows recovery widening

Business confidence at major manufacturers has risen to its highest level since June 1997, according to a key business survey released Thursday.
JAPAN
Apr 2, 2004

State subsidies went to officials

Around a dozen health ministry officials were paid a total of at least 10 million yen in fiscal 2000 and 2002 by a private company for editing training videos for public nurses, the health ministry said Thursday.
Clinical trial set to begin in Japan for medicine to help grow teeth
Inside the mouth of a mouse whose teeth were missing due to congenital anodontia (left) and the inside of the mouth after teeth were grown after taking medicine.
Typhoon Shanshan gains steam as storm projected to hit broad swath of Japan
Typhoon Shanshan is forecast to approach or make landfall on the islands of Honshu or Shikoku by Tuesday afternoon, with rough weather expected from western to eastern Japan through Wednesday before hitting the country’s northeastern areas late Wednesday into Thursday.
Typhoon Shanshan set to become a 'very powerful' storm later this week
Typhoon Shanshan is the sixth typhoon to form in August, with the Meteorological Agency forecasting strong winds and potentially severe weather for a broad swath of the country from Tuesday as it approaches.
Japan braces for typhoon landfall early next week
Severe Tropical Storm Shanshan is seen in a satellite image from Friday afternoon
Why it's hard to find rice at Japan's supermarkets right now
A supermarket worker puts up a sign asking purchasers to buy only one bag per person, in Tokyo on July 25.
Ueda promises better communication as he sticks to the script
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda speaks during a Lower House hearing on Friday in Tokyo.
Remembering Keiichi Tanaami's surreal grotesqueries
Keiichi Tanaami died on Aug. 9 after a 60-year career as a Pop Art pioneer. He was 88.
In Japan’s flyover country, 72 hours of hidden gems
Okayama and Tottori prefectures are some of the least-visited regions in Japan among foreign tourists — which is why they offer such a welcome break from crowd-clogged cities like Tokyo and Kyoto.
Why it's hard to find rice at Japan's supermarkets right now
A supermarket worker puts up a sign asking purchasers to buy only one bag per person, in Tokyo on July 25.
Italy-Japan ties enter ‘new era’ amid deepening alignment, top envoy to Tokyo says
The Italian Navy's aircraft carrier ITS Cavour at the Yokosuka naval base on Thursday. The 244-meter, 27,100-ton Italian flagship arrived at the base in Kanagawa Prefecture Thursday morning for a port call.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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The volunteer lifesavers of Nishihama Surf Lifesaving Club never know what's in store at the start of their day.
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