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BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 14, 2002

JOC to lobby IOC to keep baseball

The Japanese Olympic Committee will step up its efforts to lobby against possible exclusion of baseball and softball from the Olympic program, as proposed last month by an International Olympic Committee working group.
BUSINESS
Sep 14, 2002

Yanagisawa slams Shiokawa RCC plan

Financial Services Minister Hakuo Yanagisawa on Friday rejected a proposal by Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa for the state-run Resolution and Collection Corp. to buy bad loans from banks at higher-than-market value.
BUSINESS
Sep 14, 2002

Monetary easing entreaty on agenda

Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa said Friday he will try to get the Bank of Japan to further ease its already ultra-easy monetary conditions when the BOJ Policy Board meets next week.
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2002

Louis Vuitton remains top earner

Louis Vuitton Japan remained in fiscal 2001 the biggest earner of declared income among Japanese units of famous overseas fashion brands, Teikoku Databank Ltd. said Friday.
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2002

North Korea keeps NPA guessing

The first-ever Japan-North Korea summit, slated for next Tuesday in Pyongyang, has left Japanese police wondering what role they will play in the security arrangements, police sources said Friday.
BUSINESS
Sep 14, 2002

Skymark Airlines suffers heavy loss

Skymark Airlines Co. incurred net losses of 1.65 billion yen in the three-month period to July due to disappointing traffic during the soccer World Cup and a large drop in cargo operations, the carrier said Friday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 14, 2002

Cabrera cracks No. 51 as Lions cruise past Buffaloes

Alex Cabrera hit his 51st homer of the season and drove in four runs on a 3-for-4 night as the front-running Seibu Lions routed the Kintetsu Buffaloes 7-3 at Osaka Dome on Friday night.
BUSINESS
Sep 14, 2002

Mazda to sell unit rights to Sandvik

Mazda Motor Corp. said Friday it will sell the operating rights of its wholly owned subsidiary Mazda Earth Technologies Co. to Sandvik Tamrock Japan Co., an affiliate of Sweden's Sandvik Group, on Nov. 1.
Japan Times
JAPAN / MUSEUM MUSINGS
Sep 14, 2002

Romantic-era painter's works bring old-fashioned district of Tokyo to life

For anyone who enjoys the sight of old-fashioned Japanese houses and the rich culture that flourished in the early 1900s, the Nezu residential district of central Tokyo is a wonderful place for a stroll.
BUSINESS
Sep 14, 2002

Toyo Tire & Rubber in new venture

Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. said Friday it has agreed to take a 20 percent stake in a Chinese joint venture involved in the manufacture of radial tires for trucks and buses.
BUSINESS
Sep 14, 2002

Bankruptcies down 3.1% in August

The number of corporate bankruptcies fell 3.1 percent in August from a year earlier to 1,562, down for the first time in two months, Teikoku Databank Ltd. said Friday.
BUSINESS
Sep 14, 2002

Aichi Steel unit inks car parts deal

Aichi Steel Corp. said Friday its wholly owned subsidiary in the United States will begin producing sintered automobile parts in October. The special steel maker is affiliated with Toyota Motor Corp.
BUSINESS
Sep 14, 2002

Customs houses to open longer at seven ports

The Finance Ministry said Friday it will begin a pilot project next month to have eight customs-house branches at seven major cargo ports remain open on weekends and adopt longer business hours on weekdays.
COMMENTARY
Sep 14, 2002

It's folly for U.S. to go it alone

LONDON -- "Go it alone" is clearly the prevailing mood in Washington. Officials and commentators alike argue that with the United States' overwhelming military might and Europe's alleged weakness, the world must be set right by unilateral American action, and the international community can either like...
BUSINESS
Sep 14, 2002

Fujitsu recalls hard-disk drives

Fujitsu Ltd., Japan's largest computer manufacturer, said Friday it is recalling all 10 million hard-disk drives it produced between September 2000 and September 2001 because some contain defective parts.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2002

Pyongyang summit light at end of tunnel?

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SUMO
Sep 14, 2002

Takanohana bounces back with victory over Tosanoumi

Rumors of Takanohana's imminent retirement had to wait Friday as the grand champion bounced back from Thursday's loss with an emphatic win at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament.
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2002

Test satellite fails to enter correct orbit, NASDA says

The National Space Development Agency of Japan said Friday the data relay test satellite released by an H-IIA rocket on Tuesday has failed to enter geostationary orbit due to engine failure.
MORE SPORTS
Sep 14, 2002

Gold-medalist Ikeda dies of cancer

Former freestyle wrestler Mitsuo Ikeda, who won a gold medal at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, died of esophagus cancer Thursday, his family said. He was 67.
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2002

Osaka Gas takes part blame for fire

OSAKA -- The head of Osaka Gas Co. admitted Friday that an error in a gas-pipe map the firm prepared is partly responsible for the fire that gutted Nakaza theater in the city's Dotonbori district.
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2002

Agency named Tepco informant

The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency leaked the name of the whistle-blower at Tokyo Electric Power Co. long before the utility's nuclear coverup scandal came to light, according to informed sources.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Sep 14, 2002

Capt. Robert Guy

LONDON -- The Japan Society, founded in 1891, is the oldest organization in Britain concerned with Anglo-Japanese relationships. It grew out of a meeting a decade earlier of the International Congress of Orientalists. In over 90 events each year, and largely through a cluster of groups that focus on...
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2002

Abduction issue 'most important': governor

Niigata Gov. Ikuo Hirayama on Friday urged Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to put the abductions issue at the top of the agenda at next week's summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.
BUSINESS
Sep 14, 2002

Fee change eyed for NTT units

An advisory panel to the telecommunications minister recommended Friday that NTT East Corp. and NTT West Corp. set different interconnection fees to promote competition between them.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Sep 14, 2002

Rip Van Twinkle: awake for 100 years

You all know the story of Rip Van Winkle, who slept for 20 years. But how many of you know the story of Rip Van Twinkle, who stayed awake for 100 years?

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’