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BUSINESS
Aug 8, 2003

Cost of producing rice falls again

The cost of rice production in Japan fell for the fourth straight year in 2002, the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Aug 8, 2003

Fuji TV posts 9.02 billion yen profit

Fuji Television Network Inc. said Thursday its group net profit in the April-June period came to 9.02 billion yen, or 51.51 percent of its net profit projection of 17.5 billion yen for the full fiscal year ending March 31, 2004.
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 8, 2003

PL announces format change

Officials of the Pacific League agreed Thursday that if the first-place team leads the second-place team by more than five games at the end of the regular season next year, it will receive a one-game winning advantage in the league playoffs.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Aug 8, 2003

Agent, PSG made Ronaldinho saga all about the money

LONDON -- Before Manchester United's friendly against Barcelona last Sunday chief executive Peter Kenyon was asked who would be the first player from the Premiership champion to kick Ronaldinho.
BUSINESS
Aug 8, 2003

New special economic zones on way

The government plans to approve the creation of 48 special economic zones, including a plan by the Ashikaga city office in Tochigi Prefecture to offer English education at elementary schools, officials said Thursday.
JAPAN
Aug 8, 2003

Japan, North Korea may hold talks on abductees' families

Japan and North Korea may hold bilateral talks on the sidelines of the planned six-nation meeting over North Korea's nuclear threat, in order to discuss Pyongyang's abductions of Japanese nationals, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda hinted Thursday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Aug 8, 2003

Keeping your cool this summer

Summer is here, the season of lethargy and listlessness, of sweat and stunted appetites. There are ways to ameliorate (if not actually beat) the big heat, but very few of them involve eating. For us, summer is about sitting outside in the cool of the evening, a nice cold beer at hand, or a bottle of...
BUSINESS
Aug 8, 2003

METI OKs daily's turnaround plan

A rehabilitation plan filed by the Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun business daily was approved Thursday by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
BUSINESS
Aug 8, 2003

Banks fail to lift small-firm lending

Mizuho Financial Group Inc., Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. and six regional banks reduced their lending to small and midsize firms in fiscal 2002, despite pledging to increase such lending in exchange for receiving public fund injections, the Financial Services Agency said Thursday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 7, 2003

Furuta's HRs power Swallows past Tigers

Veteran catcher Atsuya Furuta hit a solo homer in the fourth inning Wednesday and added a three-run blast in the seventh as the Yakult Swallows downed the Central League-leading Hanshin Tigers 7-3 at Jingu Stadium.
BUSINESS
Aug 7, 2003

Fukuda pushing bullet train to China

As Aug. 15, the 58th anniversary of the end of World War II, approaches, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda is stepping up efforts to sell Japan's high-tech bullet train system to China.
EDITORIALS
Aug 7, 2003

Renewing the nonnuclear vow

Wednesday marked the 58th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Three days later, on Aug. 9, 1945, a second atomic bomb exploded over Nagasaki. This is the time for all of us to remember the tragedy and renew our vow to establish world peace and eliminate nuclear weapons.
BUSINESS
Aug 7, 2003

Economic gauge shows expansion for second month

A key gauge of the current state of the economy stayed above the boom-or-bust line of 50 percent in June for the second straight month, partly due to an improvement in consumption data, the government said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Aug 7, 2003

Toyota rating unaffected by weak earnings: S&P

Standard & Poor's said Wednesday that Toyota Motor Corp.'s weaker earnings results for the April-June quarter will not affect its AAA long-term debt rating with a negative outlook or its A-1-plus short-term rating.
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Aug 7, 2003

Taking your mate for a ride

Now here's a heartwarming tale for all readers. It involves a partner who provides free transport, free food and, as a nice bonus, unlimited sex. Our story is about an insect, but it starts thousands of years ago.
BUSINESS
Aug 7, 2003

Imported car sales off 1.9% in July

Domestic sales of new imported motor vehicles totaled 22,636 units in July, down 1.9 percent from a year earlier, the Japan Automobile Importers Association said Wednesday.
ENVIRONMENT / OLD NIC'S NOTEBOOK
Aug 7, 2003

A tale of two Afans reborn

Two thousand years ago, my native Wales had 98 percent forest cover. By 1950, when I was a little lad, woodland in Wales was down to 5 percent. I was born in Neath, where coal-mining wasn't particularly heavy, and where there were still wooded parks and groves of wild trees so I didn't really feel the...
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / ON THE BOOK TRAIL
Aug 7, 2003

"Tell the Moon to Come Out," "Illustrated Oxford Dictionary"

"Tell the Moon to Come Out," Joan Lingard, Puffin Books; 2003; 208 pp.
ENVIRONMENT / WILD WATCH
Aug 7, 2003

Golden 'weeds' of wondrous ways

It was a breezy day at Cape Notoro overlooking the Sea of Okhotsk on Hokkaido's north coast. The sun was glinting on the waves below the cliffs and a skylark singing somewhere above was producing a cascade of summer sound.
LIFE / Digital / NAME OF THE GAME
Aug 7, 2003

Lessons in rage control

"Hulk," a game that is ever so loosely based on the new Universal Studios movie, has an element missing from most superhero action games -- fun.
JAPAN
Aug 7, 2003

2003 rice crop headed for 10-year low in yield

Due to the prolonged rainy season, Japan's rice crop this year will be the poorest since 1993, when unseasonably cool weather adversely affected the harvest, the Rice Databank said Wednesday.
COMMENTARY
Aug 7, 2003

Nukes still won't help Japan

HIROSHIMA -- The walk from my hotel to the conference center took me past the Atomic Dome and through the Peace Park that commemorates the atomic bombing of Aug. 6, 1945. Friday morning, several fire trucks were parked in front of the Children's Peace Monument; someone had torched two display cases that...
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 6, 2003

Matsuzaka outduels Terahara as Lions stop Hawks

Seibu hurler Daisuke Matsuzaka fanned 10 over eight innings to outpitch Daiei's Hayato Terahara and pick up his 12th win as the Lions edged the front-running Hawks 3-1 at Fukuoka Dome on Tuesday night.
EDITORIALS
Aug 6, 2003

Detours on the Mideast 'road map'

The Israeli-Palestinian peace process has been inching forward. There has been some progress as Palestinian officials continue to try to crack down on terrorists, and Israel dismantles some Jewish settlements in occupied territories. Predictably, each action generates its own reaction. Palestinian militants...
Mount Fuji’s new measures bear fruit in tackling dangerous 'bullet climbing'
Climbers converge in front of Mount Fuji's 5th Station, which leads to the popular Yoshida trail, in Narusawa, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Aug. 11.
Seven & I buyout would be a watershed moment for Japan takeovers
Alimentation Couche-Tard’s proposed acquisition of Seven & I Holdings, if successful, would be an extremely rare case of a foreign company's buyout of a major Japanese firm.
Japan's low birthrate sparks talks of university consolidation
Akamon Gate at the University of Tokyo
Nearly 40% of employees knew of Hyogo governor’s alleged power harassment
Hyogo Gov. Motohiko Saito holds a news conference on Aug. 7.
Nintendo to open museum showcasing video game history this fall
A wall mural depicting Nintendo's Super Mario characters in an underground walkway in Kyoto. The company will open the Nintendo Museum in October.
Keiichi Tanaami, pioneering Pop Art visionary, dies at 88
Keiichi Tanaami
Is factional support still key for aspiring LDP presidential candidates?
Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Toshimitsu Motegi holds a news conference Tuesday. The party has decided to hold its leadership election on Sept. 27.
Mount Fuji’s new measures bear fruit in tackling dangerous 'bullet climbing'
Climbers converge in front of Mount Fuji's 5th Station, which leads to the popular Yoshida trail, in Narusawa, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Aug. 11.
How Japan's health care system is gearing up for more heatstroke cases
An ambulance is parked at the entrance of the emergency room of Saitama Hospital in Wako, Saitama Prefecture, on July 24.
LDP presidential hopefuls' first hurdle — securing 20 signatures
Digital minister Taro Kono at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo in September 2023

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