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BUSINESS
Nov 12, 2002

Mainframe computer shipments fall

Domestic shipments of mainframe computers totaled 190.7 billion yen in value in the first half to Sept. 30, down 20 percent from a year earlier, the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association said Monday.
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2002

Taiwan's Lee applies for Japan entry visa

Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui applied for an entry visa Monday in order to make a speech at Keio University in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2002

Soka teen's kin to take case to top court

The family of a 15-year-old girl slain in 1985 in Soka, Saitama Prefecture, will appeal a ruling that cleared three men alleged to have killed the girl and rejected the family's civil damages suit against the trio, their lawyers said Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2002

Suzuki enters plea of not guilty in court

House of Representatives member Muneo Suzuki pleaded not guilty Monday to bribery, perjury and falsifying political funds reports.
BUSINESS
Nov 12, 2002

Mizuho opens combined branch

The Mizuho Financial Group said Monday it opened a joint branch office in Tokyo's Ota Ward, with Mizuho Bank, Mizuho Investors Securities Co. and Mizuho Asset Trust & Banking Co. offering their services within the same building.
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2002

Nippon Flour pays for date blunder

Nippon Flour Mills Co. said Monday it will recall 270,000 frozen-food packages bearing expiration dates that are a year earlier than the actual dates.
BUSINESS
Nov 12, 2002

Hitachi, IBM in PC recycle venture

Hitachi Ltd. and IBM Japan Ltd. said Monday they will jointly launch a recycling business for personal computers used by companies.
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2002

Government contemplates support for spouses of ethnic North Koreans

The government may consider offering livelihood support to Japanese who went to Pyongyang as spouses of North Koreans decades ago and who have since returned to Japan, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda said Monday.
BUSINESS
Nov 12, 2002

Wholesale prices fall for 25th month

Domestic wholesale prices in October fell 0.5 percent from a year earlier for the 25th consecutive month of decline, the Bank of Japan said Monday.
BUSINESS
Nov 12, 2002

Economy grew average 0.5% in July-September: think tanks

The economy is projected to have grown by an average of 0.5 percent in the July-September quarter compared with the previous quarter, according to eight major private-sector think tanks.
BUSINESS
Nov 12, 2002

Bank lending declined 5.2% in October: BOJ

Lending by banks logged a year-on-year decline of 5.2 percent in October, marking the 58th straight month of decline, the Bank of Japan said Monday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 12, 2002

Young 'weed' Uehara has grown into ace

The Yomiuri Giants pitcher who once compared himself to a "weed" took his game to another high.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2002

Boatmen boast of Biwa's bounty

OMIHACHIMAN, Shiga Pref. -- Among the many tours available for enjoying the beauty of Lake Biwa is a ride aboard a small wooden boat rowed by a skilled sculler who also serves as a guide.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 12, 2002

Japan draws first blood

The fans may have come out to see major-league stars like Ichiro Suzuki, Barry Bonds and Jason Giambi, but it was a local boy who stole the show.
EDITORIALS
Nov 12, 2002

ASEAN's last chance

Officially, economic matters topped the agenda at the annual meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, held earlier this month in Phnom Penh. In fact, the real issue was the organization's long-term survival. The summit produced the usual pledges of action on key issues, but the world is...
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2002

Japan's education style touted for terrorism fight

Japan's education system and its aid for education elsewhere in Asia could help in the international fight against terrorism, according to a senior fellow at Stanford University's Institute for International Studies.
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2002

Osaka citizens file suit against resident registry

OSAKA -- A total of 58 citizens living in eight cities in Osaka Prefecture on Monday filed a 29 million yen damages suit against their respective municipalities, claiming their privacy was violated by the introduction in August of the national resident registry network.
COMMENTARY
Nov 12, 2002

The realistic path to reform

In the mid-1970s, Keynesianism came in for criticism in the world of economics, and neoclassical economics -- which sees the market as almighty -- became the mainstream theory. One underlying reason for this was the economic decline of the Soviet Union and other socialist countries.
BUSINESS
Nov 12, 2002

Current account surplus up 42.5% in first half

The country's current account surplus increased 42.5 percent in the first half of fiscal 2002 from a year earlier to 6.96 trillion yen on the back of brisk exports to Asia, according to a preliminary report released Monday by the Finance Ministry.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2002

Bank receipts prove aide took kickbacks: lawmaker

A former secretary to farm minister Tadamori Oshima received at least 5 million yen in kickbacks from a consulting company executive for helping contractors land public works contracts, an opposition Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker said Monday.
BUSINESS
Nov 12, 2002

Koizumi defends intervention

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Monday defended the government's plan to try to revive insolvent companies that are cut off by their banks amid growing criticism it is attempting to interfere in private sector affairs.
BUSINESS
Nov 12, 2002

Machinery orders up but outlook remains uncertain

The nation's core private-sector machinery orders showed solid growth in September, but the outlook for business investment remained unclear as orders are expected to drop over the next three months, the government said Monday.
BUSINESS
Nov 12, 2002

Money supply up 3.3%; balance of quasi-money down

Japan's most closely watched money supply gauge rose 3.3 percent in October from a year earlier, but the balance of quasi-money -- mostly in time deposits -- fell 12.7 percent, the Bank of Japan said Monday.
COMMENTARY
Nov 12, 2002

Chinese politics still a personality game

HONG KONG -- The 16th congress of the Chinese Communist Party, being held this week in Beijing, marks a pivotal period in Chinese history. For the first time since the Communists won the civil war in 1949, power is being transferred without bloodshed or a political upheaval.
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2002

Plaintiffs in air-pollution lawsuit to appeal ruling

Dozens of plaintiffs waging an air-pollution lawsuit will appeal a recent ruling that denies them compensation over health problems they claim were triggered by vehicle exhaust fumes, a lawyer and one of the plaintiffs said Monday.

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