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BUSINESS
Nov 8, 2002

Yamada Denki logs strong earnings

Yamada Denki Co., a mass retailer of discount home appliances, on Thursday reported strong parent-only earnings for the first half of the 2002 business year, citing brisk sales and a larger operating profit.
JAPAN
Nov 8, 2002

Group for mentally ill admits subsidy abuse

A public-interest organization for families of the mentally impaired used more than 200 million yen in subsidies for purposes other than their original intent, group officials said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Nov 8, 2002

Popularity of Gundam boosts Bandai profit

Japan's largest toy maker, Bandai Co., said Thursday that its group net profit for the first half of the 2002 business year jumped 27.1 percent to 7.07 billion yen from the same period last year, thanks to the popularity of its TV program characters.
JAPAN
Nov 8, 2002

Illegal immigrants held at Tokyo pier

Twelve people arrested early Thursday at Oi pier in Tokyo were among about 20 Chinese from Dalian suspected of entering Japan illegally, police said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 8, 2002

DoCoMo group profit plummets

NTT DoCoMo Inc. said Thursday its group net profit for the fiscal half plummeted 95.3 percent year-on-year to 4.17 billion yen, due to hefty appraisal losses on its overseas investments.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 8, 2002

Matsui the hot topic for MLB All-Stars

Ichiro Suzuki doesn't want him to listen to the naysayers. Jason Giambi and Bernie Williams showed immense interest in the possibility of him in pinstripes. And Barry Bonds didn't bite, saying, "You probably want to ask the Yankee players."
MORE SPORTS
Nov 8, 2002

Takahashi doubtful for Tokyo race

Olympic champion Naoko Takahashi has sustained a stress fracture in her left rib and could sit out the upcoming Tokyo International Women's Marathon, her management company said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Nov 8, 2002

Chile seeks global integration: minister

Chile is determined to boost economic ties with the Asia-Pacific region, as evidenced by its conclusion last month of a free-trade agreement with South Korea, visiting Chilean Foreign Minister Soledad Alvear said Thursday.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Nov 8, 2002

F.A. in free fall as Premier League clubs make play for power

LONDON -- It was Ron Saunders, the former Aston Villa manager, who once said: "If you're going to commit suicide, do it yourself."
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 8, 2002

Lil' Angel packs big league punch

The knock on Japanese players used to be that they were too small and underpowered to make it in North America's big leagues. But with the recent success of the Seattle Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki, that argument has been laid to rest.
JAPAN
Nov 8, 2002

Animators, trains and freeing up health care

A deregulation panel is considering measures to help producers of animated films raise funds and ways to ease crowding on rush-hour commuter trains.
BUSINESS
Nov 8, 2002

Towa requests second bailout from banks of 230 billion yen

Towa Real Estate Development Co. said Thursday it is seeking a 230 billion yen bailout package from UFJ and other creditor banks under a new five-year restructuring program.
BUSINESS
Nov 8, 2002

Daiichi Pharmaceutical sees decline

Daiichi Pharmaceutical Co. on Thursday reported a decline in earnings for the first half through Sept. 30, blaming slack sales of its main products and tougher competition in the pharmaceutical market.
COMMUNITY
Nov 8, 2002

Crossing the river -- and the ocean

The award-winning writer and Columbia University professor Caryl Phillips is making his first visit to Japan from Nov. 18-24.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Nov 8, 2002

Culture shock, elusive stats, hairy insurance

Culture shock Phew. Here I am by the skin of my teeth, just back from Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and Victoria, where touching base with non-Japanese friends met here was sobering to say the least.
EDITORIALS
Nov 8, 2002

A house divided

There are two ways of interpreting the midterm elections held in the United States on Tuesday, both of them valid. On the one hand, the Republicans did very well -- perhaps not better then expected, since they held the advantage going in, but certainly much better than the Democrats had hoped they would...
JAPAN
Nov 8, 2002

NPA reports hackers attacking its computers

The National Police Agency said Thursday there were about 51,000 attempts by hackers to break into police computer systems throughout the country during the three-month period from July to September.
JAPAN
Nov 8, 2002

Report cites lack of vigilance as cause of midair collision

A deadly midair collision between a light plane and a helicopter over Mie Prefecture last year was due to the failure of both pilots to maintain proper vigilance, the transport ministry concluded Thursday.
JAPAN
Nov 8, 2002

Deliberations kick off on media coverage bills

The House of Councilors Judicial Affairs Committee started deliberations Thursday on a set of contentious bills that advocates say will protect human rights and personal information, but whose foes say will hamstring the news media.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / MATTER OF COURSE
Nov 8, 2002

Fishing for parental help on field trips

For me, a major benefit of moving to Japan was not having to chaperone school field trips anymore.
BUSINESS
Nov 8, 2002

Sky Perfect fortunes take a dive over World Cup

Sky Perfect Communications Inc., operator of satellite broadcaster Sky PerfecTV, said Thursday its group net losses quadrupled in the first half.
BUSINESS
Nov 8, 2002

Softbank U.S. arm sells Yahoo stock

Internet investor Softbank Corp. said Thursday its U.S. unit has sold part of its stake in Internet portal Yahoo Inc. of the United States to reduce Softbank's interest-bearing debts and expand the group's broadband operations.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Nov 8, 2002

Loggerhead turtle

* Japanese name: Ao-umigame * Scientific name: Caretta caretta * Description: Turtles are reptiles with limbs modified into swimming paddles. Loggerhead turtles have a characteristically large head, but they don't have a big brain: It's their jaws that are large. The reddish-brown carapace of adults...
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / ON THE BOOK TRAIL
Nov 8, 2002

"Short and Scary!," "Notso Hotso"

"Short and Scary!" Louise Cooper, Oxford University Press; 2002; 96 pp.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 8, 2002

Locals start fund to stop demolition

A group of local residents said Thursday they will start raising money to buy the former family home of Empress Michiko to prevent it from being torn down by the government this month.
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.
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.
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.
Despite disbandment, factions still loom over LDP leadership race
If two veterans, Toshimitsu Motegi and Shigeru Ishiba, run for the role of Liberal Democratic Party president, the race might come down to a choice between one of former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s allies versus one of LDP Vice President Taro Aso’s allies.
Japan Times revamps iOS mobile app
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.

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