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BUSINESS
Aug 24, 2002

SMBC eyes Arai-Gumi bailout move

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. is considering providing Arai-Gumi Ltd., a medium-size construction company, with a bailout worth billions of yen, sources close to the deal said Friday.
BUSINESS
Aug 24, 2002

Nippon Electric Glass in CRT move

Nippon Electric Glass Co. said Friday it has established a new subsidiary in China to expand its output of glass bulbs for cathode-ray tubes.
BUSINESS
Aug 24, 2002

Labor entities to merge

The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare plans to integrate two labor-related entities into a new institute next year to better deal with unemployment problems, ministry sources said Friday.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 24, 2002

When guilt goes beyond crime

First of two parts. The second will appear on this page tomorrow. If you kill one person, an old joke goes, you get sent to jail. Kill 20, you get sent to a mental asylum. Kill 20,000, you get sent to Geneva for peace talks. The story is very much a reflection of the mass atrocities of the 20th century....
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 24, 2002

Slovaks falling victim to EU hypocrisy

CAMBRIDGE, England -- Slovakia is the eastern part of the old Czechoslovakia that left the federation in 1993. It came off worse economically in the break-up, unfairly so, but it won in the geographical carve-up, getting two-thirds of the wine country and above all, the Tatra mountains.
JAPAN
Aug 24, 2002

Tokyo seeks compensation for Mizuho computer fiasco

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government on Friday demanded that Mizuho Bank pay 17 million yen in compensation to cover losses caused by the bank's massive computer failure earlier this year, according to metropolitan government officials.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Aug 24, 2002

Fumiko Daido

Early each morning, Fumiko Daido likes to go out into her garden to tend her plants. In western Tokyo, near Mount Takao, at the back of her garden she has an arrangement of bamboos merging into the hillside, and in front a gazebo focusing on an opposite hill. Fumiko does not grow prize blooms with bright...
JAPAN
Aug 24, 2002

10% carry gene mutation tied to abnormal clotting

OSAKA -- About 10 percent of Japanese carry one of four gene mutations linked to abnormalities in blood clotting that may be connected to circulatory breakdowns such as cerebral infarction, according to the latest findings of a Japanese research group.
BUSINESS
Aug 24, 2002

Kenwood to cut 550 jobs by Sept. 30

Financially troubled Kenwood Corp. said Friday it plans to cut 550 jobs from its workforce by Sept. 30 through a voluntary retirement program.
SUMO
Aug 23, 2002

Takanohana promises return in fall

Yokozuna Takanohana, facing calls for retirement if he does not wrestle in next month's fall tourney, told his fan club Wednesday that he is ready to get back onto the raised ring after more than a year's absence.
COMMENTARY
Aug 23, 2002

Chen eyes Taiwan's 'own road'

HONG KONG -- In the days following Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's provocative declaration Aug. 3 that Taiwan and China are separate countries, there has been much speculation regarding his motives, with some analysts suggesting it was an unintentional slip of the tongue. Others said his words were...
JAPAN
Aug 23, 2002

FSA offers protection in exchange for zero interest

The Financial Services Agency is considering maintaining full government protection for ordinary deposits beyond April 1 on condition that the deposits earn no interest, FSA sources said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 23, 2002

Kobe activists hope to repay Tanaka by rallying behind his Nagano race

KOBE -- Kobe-based activists who had worked with former Nagano Gov. Yasuo Tanaka as volunteers helping this city following the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake are lending support to his re-election bid in the Sept. 1 gubernatorial race.
JAPAN
Aug 23, 2002

Fifth mad cow case found in Japan

Japan's fifth case of mad cow disease has been found in an inspection of slaughtered cows in Kanagawa Prefecture, the health ministry said Thursday.
JAPAN
Aug 23, 2002

Net-dating crimes up 2.6-fold through June

Crimes linked to Internet dating sites more than doubled in the first half of this year, according to a National Police Agency report released Thursday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 23, 2002

Matsui's double not 'magic' for Giants

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JAPAN / INTERNATIONAL RATIONALE
Aug 23, 2002

Japan gropes for ideal corporate governance model

The rash of U.S. corporate scandals has rocked the Japanese business community, which until recently admired the success of the American business model.
JAPAN
Aug 23, 2002

Victims of bad medicine slated for relief in 2004

A new independent administrative agency will be set up in April 2004 to support victims of tainted or faulty medications and to simplify approval procedures for new drugs and medical equipment, health ministry sources said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2002

Merchandise trade surplus leaps 80%

Led by brisk exports to the rest of Asia, the country's merchandise trade surplus soared 80.3 percent in July from a year earlier to 752 billion yen, according to a preliminary report released Thursday by the Finance Ministry.
JAPAN
Aug 23, 2002

Ministry seeks 1.04 trillion yen for child-rearing aid

The health ministry is asking for 1.04 trillion yen in the fiscal 2003 national budget to support child-rearing in a bid to curb the declining birth rate, ministry officials said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2002

Kyoei Mutual pulls out of Millea group merger

Kyoei Mutual Fire & Marine Insurance Co. on Thursday formally announced that it will not join the Millea Insurance Group, bidding to instead strengthen its finances as a subsidiary of the National Mutual Insurance Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives (Zenkyoren).
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 23, 2002

'Politically motivated' arrests slammed

The head of the public security department of the Osaka High Public Prosecutor's Office was arrested April 23 for allegedly being entertained to the tune of 280,000 yen by mobsters in return for providing internal information.
Japan to revise consumption tax exemption for overseas tourists
Tourists walk through Nakamise shopping street near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo in April
Typhoon to force railway closures as it nears Kanto on Friday
A satellite image from Wednesday afternoon shows Tropical Storm Ampil south of Japan
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.
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.
‘Very strong’ Typhoon Ampil set to approach eastern Japan on Friday
A satellite image shows Typhoon Ampil south of Japan on Thursday afternoon.
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.

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