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BUSINESS
Sep 10, 2002

Lending by banks dropped 4.5% in August: BOJ

Lending by Japanese banks fell 4.5 percent in August from a year earlier, marking the 56th consecutive month of decline, the Bank of Japan said Monday.
BUSINESS
Sep 10, 2002

Increase eyed in supply of pulpwood chips

Major Japanese trading houses are moving to increase the output of pulpwood chips abroad as their attempts to stabilize supply through forestation projects overseas have begun to bear fruit.
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2002

Koizumi leaves for U.S. to meet Bush, attend 9/11 event

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi left for the United States on Monday afternoon for talks with President George W. Bush and to attend a ceremony marking the first anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the country.
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2002

USJ hit by 'malicious' bomb hoax

OSAKA -- Osaka police received a phone call Monday by a man claiming that a bomb had been planted at the Universal Studios Japan theme park here.
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2002

Moscow Embassy pool scrapped by ministry

Bowing to sharp public criticism over a string of scandals and the lavish lives of diplomats, the Foreign Ministry said Monday it has given up a plan to construct an indoor swimming pool at the new Japanese embassy under construction in Moscow.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 10, 2002

Kanemura blanks Buffaloes

Satoru Kanemura scattered five hits over the distance and struck out seven for his ninth win as the Nippon Ham Fighters blanked the defending Pacific League champion Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes 4-0 at the Tokyo Dome on Monday.
MORE SPORTS
Sep 10, 2002

Smith bowls 'em over to win Japan Cup title

Even the most powerful bowler on the PBA Tour couldn't fight off a severe cold. The collar of his shirt soaked in sweat all day, American Robert Smith at least found some relief at the Tokyo Port Bowl alleys Sunday: A Japan Cup title and a 5 million yen paycheck.
COMMENTARY
Sep 10, 2002

Making Japan's voice heard

Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi is doing a good job -- much better than expected. She has made few blunders since she assumed the post Feb. 1, aside from the trouble over the inept bureaucratic handling of the Shenyang Japanese Consulate incident involving North Korean asylum seekers.
BUSINESS
Sep 10, 2002

Taisho and Toyama conclude tieup accord

Taisho Pharmaceutical Co. and Toyama Chemical Co. said Monday they have concluded a tieup agreement that features the establishment of a joint sales company and the acquisition by Taisho of a major equity stake in Toyama.
BUSINESS
Sep 10, 2002

View of machinery orders upgraded for third month

The government upgraded its view of domestic machinery orders for the third consecutive month on Monday, now that orders have risen for four consecutive months.
BUSINESS
Sep 10, 2002

Wholesale prices in August still stuck at February levels

August wholesale prices remained stalled for the sixth straight month at February's level, dragged down by price falls in home electronics, clocks and information technology-related goods, the Bank of Japan said Monday.
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2002

Four injured in kabuki theater blaze

OSAKA -- Four men were injured Monday morning when a fire gutted a closed-down historic kabuki theater in a main entertainment district here, police said.
BUSINESS
Sep 10, 2002

IMF official tells Japan to bolster banks

Horst Kohler, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, told Financial Services Minister Hakuo Yanagisawa on Monday that Japan should bolster its financial institutions, according to a Financial Services Agency official.
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2002

Four DPJ candidates kick off campaigns for party president

Four politicians filed their candidacies Monday for the Democratic Party of Japan's presidential election, as the nation's largest opposition party kicked off two weeks of campaigning.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / NATURE TRAVEL
Sep 10, 2002

Studying Sri Lanka's simian soap opera

Scientists at the Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center in Atlanta, Ga., are sewing the eyelids of infant primates shut to see how that affects their behavior. At the New England Regional Primate Research Center, a database is maintained of self-inflicted wounds -- fingers bitten off, holes chewed...
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2002

Tepco official suspected of giving damage coverup order

A senior Tokyo Electric Power Co. official is suspected of having given specific orders to hide cracks found in one of the firm's nuclear reactors when routine inspections were conducted in the 1990s, sources said Monday.
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2002

Coalition proposes new stimulus plan

The ruling coalition parties proposed Monday a set of economic stimulus measures that includes the government purchase of exchange-traded funds, a type of investment trust that invests in shares, and the reinforcement of the government's bad-loan buyback function.
LIFE / Travel / NATURE TRAVEL
Sep 10, 2002

Studying Sri Lanka's simian soap opera

Scientists at the Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center in Atlanta, Ga., are sewing the eyelids of infant primates shut to see how that affects their behavior. At the New England Regional Primate Research Center, a database is maintained of self-inflicted wounds -- fingers bitten off, holes chewed...
SUMO
Sep 9, 2002

Taka triumphs in return

Yokozuna Takanohana made a triumphant return to the raised ring Sunday, muscling out komusubi Takamisakari on the opening day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament.
Japan Times
JAPAN / WEEKEND WISDOM
Sep 8, 2002

Radio icon pulls plug on show after world-record 45 years

Her achievement is nothing special, she says. But the thing that has kept Chieko Akiyama going throughout her unprecedented career is the human energy radiating from the people she meets.
MORE SPORTS
Sep 8, 2002

Seagulls take X League opener

Wide receiver Nobutaka Horie scored on a 68-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Daisuke Takahashi in the second quarter as the Seagulls beat the Onward Skylarks 19-3 Friday at the Tokyo Dome in the X League's 2002 season opener.
JAPAN
Sep 8, 2002

Chongryon schools to shift Kim pictures

Portraits of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and his father, Kim Il Sung, that are displayed in classrooms at schools for pro-Pyongyang Korean residents of Japan will soon be removed, sources familiar with the matter said Saturday.
JAPAN
Sep 8, 2002

That scarf might not be a Burberry

Two supermarket operators have said they will recall scarves sold in recent years because they might be fakes.
Japan Times
SUMO
Sep 8, 2002

Last hurrah for Takanohana?

Yokozuna Takanohana has definite plans to compete in the Aki Basho at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan. It will be his first appearance on the dohyo since May 2001; he has been absent for a record (for a yokozuna) seven consecutive tournaments.
JAPAN
Sep 8, 2002

Man killed as truck flips minibus

One person died and 13 others were injured early Saturday morning on the Chuo Expressway in Hino City, Tokyo, after a truck hit a minibus from behind, causing it to overturn, police said.
JAPAN
Sep 8, 2002

Group sent swindled cash abroad: police

A Tokyo-based investment group suspected of swindling its investors has sent 3 billion yen to the Philippines and Indonesia since 1998 to finance businesses there, according to sources close to the group and documents recently obtained by Kyodo News.
‘Very strong’ Typhoon Ampil set to approach eastern Japan on Friday
A satellite image shows Typhoon Ampil south of Japan on Thursday afternoon.
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.
Japan lifts megaquake alert after no major seismic activity detected
An electronic signboard at Tokyo Station displays information about a megaquake alert last Saturday. The government lifted the alert on Thursday but urged continued vigilance.
Japan to revise consumption tax exemption for overseas tourists
Tourists walk through Nakamise shopping street near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo in April
Seoul authorities find toxic substances in Shein and Temu products
The Shein logo adors the company's first pop-up store in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Aug. 2.
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.
Ice bandanas, convenience store breaks: Running under Japan’s summer sun
Blistering heat is becoming a fixture of summer in Japan, but a few tweaks to your routine can make your outdoor runs bearable — if not enjoyable — until cooler temperatures return.
Global mindset crucial for reform of Japan's health care, minister says
In the past 11 months, health minister Keizo Takemi has been charting his own path, seeking to make Japan's health care policies more global and digitalized.

Podcast

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

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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’
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