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COMMENTARY
Nov 28, 2002

A reunion on neutral ground

HONOLULU -- Shame on Pyongyang . . . and shame on Tokyo, too!
BUSINESS
Nov 28, 2002

Heisei Den Den to offer discount ADSL service

Telecommunications venture Heisei Den Den Co. will launch Monday a discount ADSL service with a maximum Internet access speed of 12 megabits per second, officials said Wednesday.
EDITORIALS
Nov 28, 2002

Staving off banking disaster

The latest financial reports from Japan's major commercial banks tell more of the same story: The huge overhang of nonperforming loans continues to block a return to health. To be sure, banks made a profit in their main lines of business in the first six months of fiscal 2002, as they did in previous...
BUSINESS
Nov 28, 2002

Kinki Nippon to slash 1,000 jobs

Kinki Nippon Tourist Co. on Wednesday released a three-year business plan under which it will cut its regular workforce by 1,000, or 20 percent, by the end of fiscal 2005.
JAPAN
Nov 28, 2002

Public hospital entity bill advances

The House of Representatives Committee on Health, Labor and Welfare approved a bill Wednesday aimed at establishing an independent public corporation to take over the management of national hospitals.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / GARDENS FOR ALL
Nov 28, 2002

Autumn chilly spell yields a spectacular cast of colors

This year, the autumn color has been truly magnificent in the Kansai region, primarily thanks to the Japanese maple. Every year, these trees are almost guaranteed to deliver wonderful yellow-and-red fall foliage, but this year the sudden drop in temperature in the first few days of November pushed into...
JAPAN
Nov 28, 2002

Year added to sentence of girl's killer

The Tokyo High Court on Wednesday added a year to the original 14-year prison sentence of Mitsuko Yamada, who killed the 2-year-old daughter of a female acquaintance in 1999 in a public lavatory in Tokyo.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 28, 2002

Hachiyo chief held over fraud

Police on Wednesday arrested Osamu Tadokoro, former honorary chairman of health food firm Zenkoku Hachiyo Butsuryu (Hachiyo), and 13 of its former employees for allegedly defrauding investors out of some 70 million yen by promising them their money would grow within a certain period.
COMMENTARY
Nov 28, 2002

Jiang's 'thought' deified in his own time

HONG KONG -- The constitution of China's Communist Party, revised at the recent 16th Party Congress, elevates President Jiang Zemin to virtually the same level as that of party founder Mao Zedong and the late paramount leader Deng Xiaoping. Each is identified as "chief representative" of the Communists...
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Nov 28, 2002

Superfly just f- f- f- fades away, showing that insects age too

Neil Young referred to it with, "It's better to burn out than to fade away" while Pete Townshend echoed the sentiment with the line, "I hope I die before I get old."
BUSINESS
Nov 28, 2002

Bills for splitting public entities pass

The Diet passed nine bills Wednesday to convert designated special-purpose public corporations, including the National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan, into nine independent administrative entities.
MORE SPORTS
Nov 28, 2002

Thai champ romps Honda for title

Thai champion Pongsaklek Kratindaenggym pounded out a unanimous decision over Japan's Hidenobu Honda to retain his World Boxing Council flyweight title Tuesday. Southpaw Pongsaklek outclassed second-ranked challenger Honda throughout the 12-rounder at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium, scoring with crisp...
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Nov 28, 2002

From oil-dependent past to hydrogen future

Making a global transition from fossil fuels to clean hydrogen-energy systems seems like pure science fiction -- until you meet Amory Lovins.
JAPAN
Nov 28, 2002

Fugitive's wife pleads not guilty to passport charges

A fugitive's wife charged with violating the Passport Law argued Wednesday in the first session of her trial that a government order to surrender her passport in 1988 was without grounds and unfair.
BUSINESS
Nov 28, 2002

Wholesale and retail sales continue downward spiral

Wholesale and retail sales fell 1.5 percent in October on a year-on-year basis, marking a 21st consecutive month of decline, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Nov 28, 2002

Takeda signs R&D pact with Albany Molecular

Takeda Chemical Industries Ltd. said Wednesday it has signed an agreement to conduct joint research and development on new pharmaceuticals with New York-based biotechnology venture Albany Molecular Research Inc.
BUSINESS
Nov 27, 2002

Labor ministry eyes spending spree to help jobless

The labor ministry called on the government Tuesday to spend 931.4 billion yen out of a planned supplementary budget to fund employment-related measures and other welfare steps.
BUSINESS
Nov 27, 2002

Banks pushed on restructure efforts

Cabinet ministers urged the nation's major banks Tuesday to make further restructuring efforts to improve their financial health.
BUSINESS
Nov 27, 2002

Keep tax cuts under 1.5 trillion yen, Shiokawa says

Tax cuts for the next fiscal year should not top 1.5 trillion yen, Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa said Tuesday, citing the country's tight fiscal conditions.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 27, 2002

Business chief proposes hike in consumption tax

Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren), on Tuesday proposed hiking the rate of the consumption tax 1 percentage point per year beginning fiscal 2004 until it reaches 16 percent in 2014 to stabilize Japan's finances.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 27, 2002

Seibu plans to keep its own Matsui

General manager Kenji Ono said Monday the Seibu Lions do not intend to exercise the posting system and put up Kazuo Matsui for auction for a chance to play in the major leagues next season.
BUSINESS
Nov 27, 2002

Towa secures 230 billion yen bailout

Towa Real Estate Development Co. said Tuesday that UFJ Bank and other creditor banks have agreed to a 230 billion yen bailout -- 200 billion yen in debt relief and 30 billion yen in debt-for-equity swaps.
JAPAN
Nov 27, 2002

190 million yen for funeral, tomb for Prince Takamado

The Cabinet approved a plan Tuesday by the Imperial Household Agency to spend 190 million yen on funeral services and the construction of a tomb for Prince Takamado, who died last week.
JAPAN
Nov 27, 2002

Travel abroad up despite terror threat

Despite recent terrorist attacks overseas, including the bombing of a packed disco on Bali and the hostage-taking incident in a Moscow theater, more and more Japanese are traveling abroad.
JAPAN
Nov 27, 2002

Donor fall feared if 'gifts' for blood end

Nearly a month has passed since the Japan Red Cross Society stopped giving gift coupons to blood donors, and now concerns are being raised that the move will result in fewer younger people providing blood.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 27, 2002

Game software firms Enix, Square to merge on April 1

Game software makers Enix Corp. and Square Co. said Tuesday they have agreed to merge on April 1 to bolster their earnings base and development capacity.
Typhoon Ampil lashes eastern Japan with heavy rain and wind
Waves crash ashore amid Typhoon Ampil on Tokyo's Hachijojima Island on Friday. The dangerous storm is brushing by the Kanto region but will not make landfall.
Takayuki Kobayashi set to announce LDP presidential bid
Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Takayuki Kobayashi speaks to reporters during a visit to Tokyo's war-linked Yasukuni Shrine on Thursday, the 79th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II.
Love was a most subversive affair in Edo Japan
Only two other class of persons were treated with anything like the merciless ferocity meted out to lovers: subversives and Christians.
The rule of law is coming for Putin
Efforts to hold the Kremlin accountable for the war in Ukraine have begun, with the International Criminal Court already issuing arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin and others for unlawfully deporting Ukrainian children to Russia.
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.
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.
New tales in translation to give you chills and thrills this summer
For centuries, Japanese people have been scaring themselves with horror stories as a way of cooling down during the stifling summer months.
Women's sumo takes big step forward with first high school championships
Yuzuki Komiya (left) competes in the first national high school sumo tournament for girls in Tachikawa, western Tokyo, on Saturday.
Kishida's out. Who will likely be Japan's next leader?
Digital minister Taro Kono (left), Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Toshimitsu Motegi (center) and former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba are among the potential candidates for the ruling party's presidential election next month.
Economic security is about strengthening and sustaining growth, former minister says
Former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi says changes in the international balance of power, along with deepening economic interdependence, have led some countries to attempt to use their economic power to impose their will on others.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Sociologist Gracia Liu-Farrer argues that even though immigration doesn't figure into Japan's autobiography, it is more of a self-perception than a reality.
In search of the ‘Japanese dream’
By Thu-Huong Ha

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