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BUSINESS
Jun 13, 2003

Nissan to raise auto output in China fourfold

Nissan Motor Co. said Thursday it will increase its annual production capacity of cars in China to as much as 270,000 units in 2004, up from 60,000 at present.
BUSINESS
Jun 13, 2003

Resona hints profit vow is unattainable

Resona Holdings Inc. may be unable to make it into the black this year as promised, the company's president admitted Thursday.
BUSINESS
Jun 13, 2003

Lower House OKs insurer yield cuts

The House of Representatives approved a bill Thursday allowing life insurance companies to cut their promised yields to policyholders.
BUSINESS
Jun 13, 2003

Japan Net Bank ordered to address computer glitches

Japan Net Bank was ordered Thursday to implement measures aimed at halting computer glitches and to improve its handling of computer-system malfunctions.
JAPAN
Jun 13, 2003

Jaguar, Fiat dealers to recall vehicles

Importers of Jaguar and Fiat cars and Harley-Davidson motorcycles said separately Thursday that they will recall some of the vehicles to repair defective parts.
BUSINESS
Jun 13, 2003

Home video-game industry now in a tight corner

Since Nintendo Co. began selling its "family computer" in 1983, the company and other manufacturers have sold millions of home video-game machines, including portable versions, not to mention several hundred million units of software.
JAPAN
Jun 13, 2003

Briton handed 14-year sentence

CHIBA -- The Chiba District Court sentenced a British man to 14 years in prison Thursday in a drug-smuggling case that has drawn international condemnation of the Japanese judicial system.
JAPAN
Jun 13, 2003

Scientists forecast Tama trout bounty

The run of young trout up the Tama River this summer is expected to top last year's figure, the most promising in almost a decade, according to the Tokyo Metropolitan Fisheries Experiment Station.
JAPAN
Jun 13, 2003

Briton handed 14-year sentence

CHIBA -- The Chiba District Court sentenced a British man to 14 years in prison Thursday in a drug-smuggling case that has drawn international condemnation of the Japanese judicial system.
JAPAN
Jun 13, 2003

Scientists forecast Tama trout bounty

The run of young trout up the Tama River this summer is expected to top last year's figure, the most promising in almost a decade, according to the Tokyo Metropolitan Fisheries Experiment Station.
JAPAN
Jun 13, 2003

FTC blames two institutes for rigging bids

The Fair Trade Commission determined Thursday that two semigovernmental research institutes have been rigging bids regularly since at least 1999, artificially inflating prices on 327 research contracts.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 13, 2003

Yakult crushes Yomiuri

Veteran catcher Atsuya Furuta went 4-for-5 to drive in five runs and lefty Masanori Ishikawa tossed a seven-hitter over seven-plus innings as the Yakult Swallows overpowered the Yomiuri Giants 10-2 on Thursday to move into a share of second place with Yomiuri in the Central League standings.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 13, 2003

Closed schools finding new leases on life

With schools closing left and right amid the nation's declining birthrate, necessity is forcing cash-strapped local governments to come up with creative ways to reuse such facilities, many of which are aging.
EDITORIALS
Jun 13, 2003

Cambodia gets its tribunal

At long last, the people of Cambodia entertain hope of justice. Nearly a quarter of a century after the Khmer Rouge were forced from power, the Phnom Penh government and the United Nations have agreed on a tribunal to try former Khmer Rouge leaders. Some claim that the court is a sham, designed to pick...
JAPAN
Jun 13, 2003

FTC blames two institutes for rigging bids

The Fair Trade Commission determined Thursday that two semigovernmental research institutes have been rigging bids regularly since at least 1999, artificially inflating prices on 327 research contracts.
JAPAN
Jun 13, 2003

Briton handed 14-year sentence

CHIBA -- The Chiba District Court sentenced a British man to 14 years in prison Thursday in a drug-smuggling case that has drawn international condemnation of the Japanese judicial system.
BUSINESS
Jun 13, 2003

Output drop revised downward

Industrial production in April was revised downward to a seasonally adjusted fall of 1.5 percent from the 1.2 percent decline reported earlier, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Thursday.
JAPAN
Jun 13, 2003

Scientists forecast Tama trout bounty

The run of young trout up the Tama River this summer is expected to top last year's figure, the most promising in almost a decade, according to the Tokyo Metropolitan Fisheries Experiment Station.
JAPAN
Jun 13, 2003

FTC blames two institutes for rigging bids

The Fair Trade Commission determined Thursday that two semigovernmental research institutes have been rigging bids regularly since at least 1999, artificially inflating prices on 327 research contracts.
Couche-Tard bids for $31 billion Japanese retailer Seven & I
A 7-Eleven convenience store, operated by Seven & I Holdings, in Tokyo
LDP presidential hopefuls' first hurdle — securing 20 signatures
Digital minister Taro Kono at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo in September 2023
Rising star Takayuki Kobayashi launches bid for LDP president
Former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi announces his candidacy in the Liberal Democratic Party presidential election in Tokyo on Monday.
Japan offers lifeline to ESG investing amid backlash overseas
Wind turbines in Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture
Pillar at entrance to war-linked Yasukuni Shrine vandalized again
Graffiti was found on the pillar bearing Yasukuni Shrine’s name and at its base at the Tokyo shrine's entrance Monday.
LDP presidential hopefuls' first hurdle — securing 20 signatures
Digital minister Taro Kono at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo in September 2023
Democratic Party platform emphasizes Asia, but muted on Harris
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, speaks on the first night of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago on Monday.
Japan offers lifeline to ESG investing amid backlash overseas
Wind turbines in Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture
Dreading the Big One? How to manage pre-disaster anxiety.
Earthquakes are a fact of life in Japan, but there are strategies to keep yourself from spiraling into stress and despair over future catastrophes.
Hurdles remain in Japan for transplants of pig organs into humans
Surgeons perform the world’s first genetically modified pig kidney transplant into a living human at Massachusetts General Hospital in March.

Podcast

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.
It's no simple day at the beach for Japan's volunteer lifesavers
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